Scrappy Illinois Travel Party Is Ready For Arcadia Invite

Arcadia Invitational

Tony Jones

Apr 11, 2025

The 2024 Arcadia Boys Invite 800m champion, Patrick Hilby, was a featured athlete (Raymond Tran photo)

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Date: Friday-Saturday, April 11-12, 2025

Schedule: HERE

Location: Arcadia HS; Arcadia, CA How to follow: @milesplitheart_ on IG

Meet day info: Sunny skies; temps in the upper 70s, lower 80s all weekend

Boys all-time lists: IL boys all-time best

Girls all-time lists: IL girls all-time bests

Heat Sheet: HERE

Illinois Contingent: Another solid contingent that is going to make the state proud and worth the trip and a bag of chips. There are some new faces, like teammates Carter Hayes and Alex Krieg, and others are Arcadia vets by the names of Annika Swan and Rory Gaan. We have a mix of hurdles, middle distance, and long distance!

Friday:

Simon Lane (Sr., Chicago University)- 3200 open #3- 10:08p

Sydney Gertsen (Jr., Montini)- 3200 open- 9:22p

Josie Cahill (Sr., New Trier)- 3200 open 9:22p

Saturday:

Annika Swan (Jr., Chicago St. Ignatius)- Invite mile, Invite 2 mile- 10:06p

Dylan Maloney (Sr., Plainfield South) Rated 3200-9:38p

Rory Gaan (Sr., Palatine Fremd) (Sr., - Seeded 3200- 10:20p

Owen Horeni (Jr., Yorkville)- Seeded 800- 4/12 7:40p #3

"Sunny" Sundara Weber (Jr., Sandwich)- 2mile Invite- 10:06p

Alexander Krieg (Jr., Palatine)- 3200 rated 9:38p

Brian E. Smith II (Sr., Northshore Country Day)- 400 open 1:20p