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The Prospect Wanner Knights invite has some great talent attending this year. We should see some prestigious names compete for great marks here. We break down all the action here! Distance The distance events are definitely the standout events here at the Wanner Knights Invite. There are two main events that will likely put up some premier times, they will be the 1600 and the 4x8. 1600 The field for the Wanner Knights 1600 is absolutely stacked this year, we could see some hu

The second annual Cougar Grand Prix presents some major talent in this elite middle school meet. We break down all the action here! Sprints Starting with the sprints, Jayla Hope of University Park Crete Moore is the obvious favorite for the hurdles as her seed time of 15.9 blows away the competition. After she helps her team in the hurdles, she will help lead the University Park Crete Moore 4x100m relay to the gold as they look to break that 52 second barrier. The 400m is tig

Week 13 of the Illinois Running News Track & Field Team Rankings brings some movement across all classifications as new performances continue to reshape the projected team scores. These rankings are built using a state meet scoring simulation, awarding points based on where athletes rank statewide in each event and combining those marks to form a projected championship-style team total. Only 9 athletes score in each event at the State Meet, this does not reflect regular meet

lllinois Running News Event Rankings return this week as these rankings are built using a in-season indoor and outdoor performances. By factoring in results alongside known credentials, the rankings provide context while still allowing room for movement as new performances are recorded. As the season continue, these event rankings will begin to shift, reflecting who is rounding into form and who is making an early statement across the state. We use PR's, head to head records,

Its time to vote for your weekly performers of the week! Something a little new this year will be a giveaway to our top weekly vote getter from a single week. We will be giving away a Illinois Running News Bucket Hat to the top weekly voter getter from the season. Voting runs from Monday to Sunday so make sure to get your votes in! Any athletes that use bots in order to get votes will be disqualified. Boys Week 1: Ben Blank (Naperville Central) [293 votes] Week 2: Logan Abram

Everett Swanson - Morris Distance Night in Palatine 2 Mile 9:15.41 We have learned that twins in running are always dangerous. The Swanson twins from Morris have just proved that. For a while, it seemed like Cuyler was the stand out. However, Everett decided that this year is his year. Going into Section 3 of the 2 Mile at Palatine, Everett was ranked 12th and came out in 2nd, just behind his brother. Not only that, but he closed in a 1:02 last 400m. This is a 13 second PR fo

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Distance Night in Palatine is the premier distance meet in Illinois, and this year looks to be a great year again. Across the board, we will see huge PRs and big breakouts from a ton of great distance runners. We break down all the action at DNIP here! Boys 800m Main Event The DNIP 800 is the shortest event at the meet, but it is looking to be one of the best races of the night, with lots of talent from multiple states and schools. The overall favorite based off of PR’s is Je

Week 4 of the Illinois Running News Track & Field Team Rankings brings some movement across all classifications as new performances continue to reshape the projected team scores. These rankings are built using a state meet scoring simulation, awarding points based on where athletes rank statewide in each event and combining those marks to form a projected championship-style team total. Only 9 athletes score in each event at the State Meet, this does not reflect regular meet s

lllinois Running News Event Rankings return this week as these rankings are built using a in-season indoor and outdoor performances. By factoring in results alongside known credentials, the rankings provide context while still allowing room for movement as new performances are recorded. As the season continue, these event rankings will begin to shift, reflecting who is rounding into form and who is making an early statement across the state. We use PR's, head to head records,

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Its time to vote for your weekly performers of the week! Something a little new this year will be a giveaway to our top weekly vote getter from a single week. We will be giving away a Illinois Running News Bucket Hat to the top weekly voter getter from the season. Voting runs from Monday to Sunday so make sure to get your votes in! Any athletes that use bots in order to get votes will be disqualified. Boys Week 1: Ben Blank (Naperville Central) [293 votes] Week 2: Logan Abram

East Aurora Outdoor Meet Geneva VanDeever Invite

The Distance Night In Palatine heat sheets have DROPPED!! Check out who has made the biggest distance invite of the year!!

Check out the initial entries for Distance Night in Palatine! These will change as the declaration period continues but enjoy for your viewing pleasure! Current cutoffs are as follows, but as the declaration window continues, these numbers will go UP due to athletes being entered in multiple events. Girls 800 (56 spots) - 2:20.87 1600 (80 spots) - 5:19.17 3200 (64 spots) - 11:32.39 Boys 800 (56 spots) - 1:58.71 1600 (64 spots) - 4:23.13 3200 (64 spots) - 9:32.90 Frosh 1600 (

Distance Night In Palatine is bursting at the seams this year as it projects to potentially be the deepest year in the events history. In this article we look at the CURRENT field for the fast sections of each event and the CURRENT cutoffs in each event. These WILL CHANGE and be either FASTER or SLOWER once declarations happen. These are just the top entrants AS OF NOW. Entries close tomorrow at 11:59PM Boys 800m CURRENT ENTRIES 1 Jemekhi Tally Homestead, WI 1:51.21 2 Mat

Nicholas Segura - Kenwood Norm Armstrong Invite 100m 10.67 What a start to the outdoor season as Nicholas Segura drops .7 seconds off of his 100m best from last season. His indoor season was very impressive but this seals the deal on the fact that he is here to stay for the outdoor season. Being a part of an all-state 4x200m team last year, Segura breaks away as a stud individual athlete now, as he is on the hunt for another medal earned all by himself. His #5 IL currently se

The annual SmithStrong invitational brings together some great teams for a great track meet. We’ll see several household names face off against each other, it should lead to state leading times all over the place. We break down all the action here! Sprints The sprints are the main event at the SmithStrong invite, we are going to see some outlandish marks this Saturday. One of the biggest superstars in Illinois will be competing in his opening invite this weekend, it’ll be non

The Mascoutah Military Classic is a large meet with over 20 boys' teams coming to compete. These teams are some of the best in the state and are from all three classes. Some of them have many all-state and state champions coming to this meet for all different types of events, and it is looking to be one of the most competitive meets in Illinois this week. Starting in the sprints, one of the top athletes is Daylin Donaldson of Belleville East, who has already put up the numb

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