Best Meets Of The Week: Week 2

This article breaks down the top 10 meets of the week for rankings implications! These rankings are based off top rankings matchups and amount of ranked teams at a certain meet. These are a subjective ranking by Carson Vittorio. All teams listed are from the previous years meet so if you don't see your team under a meet you are attending then please email IllinoisRunningNews@gmail.com to be added. Enjoy!

1. Red Devil Invite

Boys: 3A- #6 Winnetka (New Trier), #10 Mt. Prospect (Prospect), #11 Palatine, #12 Wheaton Warrenville South, #16 Batavia, #17 Arlington Heights (Hersey), #20 Naperville Central, #25 Hinsdale Central, 2A- #6 Lisle (Benet Academy), #7 Chicago (Latin); Aurora (Metea Valley), Bolingbrook, Deerfield, Evanston, Highland Park, Minooka, Naperville (Neuqua Valley), Oak Park (Fenwick), Oswego, Oswego East, Skokie (Niles North)

Girls: 3A- #3 Mt. Prospect (Prospect), #6 Arlington Heights (Hersey), #8 Minooka, #11 Batavia, #12 Wheaton Warrenville South, #15 Glen Ellyn (Glenbard West), #17 Naperville (Neuqua Valley), #20 Naperville Central, #23 Winnetka (New Trier), #25 Hinsdale Central, 1A- #4 Chicago (Latin); Oswego East, Aurora (Metea Valley), Palatine, Evanston, Downers Grove South, Lake Forest, Oswego, Highland Park, Bolingbrook, Addison Trail

2. Granite CIty Robinson/Lang Invite

Boys: 3A- #7 O'Fallon, #9 Edwardsville, 2A- #5 Chatham-Glenwood, #12 Bethalto (Civic Memorial), #18 Mascoutah, #19 Highland, #21 Marion, 1A- #12 Eureka, #22 Roxana; Alton, Alton (Marquette), Belleville (Althoff Catholic), Belleville East, Belleville West, Breese (Mater Dei), Carbondale, Collinsville, Columbia, Dupo, East St. Louis, Edwardsville (Metro-East Lutheran), Fox, Freeburg, Granite City, Herculaneum, Jacksonville, Jerseyville (Jersey), Marissa, Mt. Vernon, O'Fallon (First Baptist Academy), Quincy, Rockton (Hononegah), Salem, Springfield, St. Louis University, Staunton, Troy (Triad), Waterloo, East Alton-Wood River

Girls: 3A- #22 Edwardsville, 2A- #1 Chatham-Glenwood, #15 Waterloo; Alton, Alton (Marquette), Belleville (Althoff Catholic), Belleville East, Belleville West, Bethalto (Civic Memorial), Breese (Mater Dei), Carbondale, Centralia, Collinsville, Columbia, Dupo, East St. Louis, Edwardsville (Metro-East Lutheran), Fox, Freeburg, Granite City, Herculaneum, Highland, Mascoutah, Mt. Vernon, O'Fallon, O'Fallon (First Baptist Academy), Piasa (Southwestern), Quincy, Roxana, Salem, Springfield, Staunton, Troy (Triad)

3. St. Charles East Leavey Invite

Boys: 3A- #22 St. Charles East, #24 Naperville North, 2A- #4 Aurora (Marmion Academy); Bartlett, Carol Stream (Glenbard North), Crystal Lake (Prairie Ridge), Franklin Park-Northlake (Leyden), Geneva, Grayslake Central, Huntley

Girls: 3A- #2 Barrington, #4 Elmhurst (York), #10 Huntley, #13 Wheaton North, 2A- #12 Lisle (Benet Academy); Aurora (Rosary), Bartlett, Crystal Lake (Prairie Ridge), Franklin Park-Northlake (Leyden), Geneva, Oak Park-River Forest, Rockton (Hononegah), St. Charles East, Streamwood

4. Sycamore Invite

Boys: 2A- #3 Maple Park (Kaneland), #10 Dixon, #23 Belvidere North, #24 Sycamore, #25 Glen Ellyn (Glenbard South), 1A- #5 Aurora Central Catholic; DeKalb, Freeport, Genoa-Kingston, Hampshire, Hinckley-Big Rock, Oregon, Rochelle, Rock Falls, Sandwich, Sterling, Sterling (Newman Central Catholic), West Chicago, West Chicago (Wheaton Academy), Wheaton (St. Francis)

Girls: 2A- #3 Wheaton (St. Francis), #16 Dixon, 1A- #22 Aurora Central Catholic; Aurora (Rosary), DeKalb, Genoa-Kingston, Hampshire, Maple Park (Kaneland), Oregon, Rock Falls, Sandwich, Sterling, Sterling (Newman Central Catholic), Sycamore, West Chicago, West Chicago (Wheaton Academy)

5. Galesburg Silver Streaks Invite

Boys: 2A- #2 Morton, #14 Geneseo, 1A- #4 Peoria (Notre Dame); Abingdon-Avon, Cambridge, Dunlap, East Moline (United), East Peoria, Fort Madison, Galesburg, Kewanee (Wethersfield), Macomb, Metamora, Monmouth (United), Normal Community West, Oneida ROWVA, Sterling

Girls: 3A- #18 Normal Community West, 2A- #8 Dunlap, #13 Morton, 1A- #3 Peoria (Notre Dame); Abingdon-Avon, Cambridge, East Moline (United), East Peoria, Fort Madison, Galesburg, Geneseo, Kewanee (Wethersfield), Knoxville, Macomb, Metamora, Oneida ROWVA, Sterling

6. NCHS Open

Boys: 2A- #15 Normal University, 1A- #8 Elmwood, #18 El Paso-Gridley; Bloomington, Bloomington (Cornerstone Christian Academy), Chillicothe (Illinois Valley Central), Decatur (Eisenhower/MacArthur), Heyworth, Normal Community, Peoria (Richwoods), Rantoul, Stanford Olympia

Girls: 2A- #9 Normal University, 2A- #9 El Paso-Gridley, #10 Elmwood, #11 Stanford Olympia; Bloomington, Chillicothe (Illinois Valley Central), Decatur (Eisenhower/MacArthur), Heyworth, Normal Community, Peoria (Richwoods)

7. Rochester XC Invite

Boys: 2A- #20 Taylorville, 1A- #7 Pleasant Plains, #17 Clinton; Lincoln, Petersburg (PORTA), Delavan, Rochester, AUburn, Tremont, Gillespie, Franklin, Liberty, Springfield (Sacred Heart-Griffin), Springfield Southeast, Beardstown, Camp Point Central, Moweaqua (Central A&M), Pittsfield, Riverton, Springfield (Lanphier)

Girls: 2A- #6 Rochester, 1A- #7 Pleasant Plains, #14 Delavan, #25 Clinton; Auburn, Beardstown, Franklin, Gillespie, Liberty, Lincoln, Moweaqua (Central A&M), Pana, Petersburg (PORTA), Pittsfield, Riverton, Springfield (Lanphier), Springfield (Sacred Heart Griffin), Springfield Southeast, Taylorville, Tremont

8. Plainfield City Meet

Boys: 3A- #2 Plainfield North, #3 Plainfield South; Plainfield Central, Plainfield East

Girls: 3A- #9 Plainfield North; Plainfield South, Plainfield Central, Plainfield East

9. Art Campbell Lake County Invite

Boys: 3A- #5 Barrington, 2A- #11 Lake Villa (Lakes), #22 Mundelein (Carmel); Antioch, Deerfield, Fox Lake (Grant), Grayslake Central, Grayslake North, Lake Forest Academy, Libertyville, Lincolnshire (Stevenson), Mundelein, Round Lake, Vernon Hills, Wauconda, Waukegan, Zion-Benton

Girls: 2A- #5 Grayslake Central, #17 Antioch, #18 Lake Villa (Lakes), #19 Mundelein (Carmel); Deerfield, Fox Lake (Grant), Grayslake North, Lake Forest, Lake Forest Academy, Libertyville, Lincolnshire (Stevenson), Mundelein, Round Lake, Vernon Hills, Wauconda, Zion-Benton

10. Mike Kuharic Invite

Boys: 3A- #13 LaGrange (Lyons), #14 Orland Park (Sandburg), #15 New Lenox (Lincoln-Way Central); West Aurora, Berwyn-Cicero (Morton), Burbank (Reavis), Chicago (Brother Rice), Chicago (Marist), Chicago (Taft), Downers Grove South, Homewood-Flossmoor, LaGrange Park (Nazareth Academy), Lombard (Glenbard East), Lowell, New Lenox (Lincoln-Way West), Oak Lawn (Richards), Park Ridge (Maine South), Riverside-Brookfield, Skokie (Niles West), Villa Park (Willowbrook)

Girls: 3A- #1 Downers Grove North, 2A- #24 LaGrange Park (Nazareth Academy); West Aurora, Berwyn-Cicero (Morton), Burbank (Reavis), Chicago (Marist), Chicago (Mother McAuley), Chicago (Taft), Homewood-Flossmoor, Frankfort (Lincoln-Way West), LaGrange (Lyons), Lombard (Glenbard East), New Lenox (Lincoln-Way West), Orland Park (Sandburg), Riverside-Brookfield, Skokie (Niles West), Villa Park (Willowbrook)