These are the State Rankings from DyeStatIL:
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Rankings are nice, but it will all come down to actual performance in the Sectional Meet on Saturday. Good Luck to all of the runners!!
Results and Videos are posted.
A preview of the IHSA Regional Meet from Michael Newman of DyeStat-IL:
Girls – 10:00 AM
The top two UEC teams #4 Batavia and #8 Geneva were only separated by 5 points at last week’s conference meet. It should be that close as the 2 teams face each other on the new course at Leroy Oaks Forest Preserve. Batavia’s had to come from behind in the last half of the race last week to earn the win. In looking back at past regional meets, it is possible that Geneva will not run all of their top 7 in this race. St. Charles North, St. Charles East, and Bartlett should advance out of this sectional. The individual race should be a repeat of last week’s conference meet with top 3 finishers McKenzie Altmayer (Geneva HS), Emma Stephens (Batavia HS), and Audrey Ernst (St. Charles North HS) leading the front pack.
Boys – 11:00 AM
UEC Champion #12 St. Charles East and CCL Champion #14 Marmion Academy should be close in the team competition. Marmion put 5 runners in the top 17 led by top 5 finishes by Michael Ronzone and Andrew Burroughs. Their top 5 split in that race was 38 seconds. The key for success for St. Charles East is getting their top four ahead of Marmion’s #3 runner in order to win this meet. St. Charles East only had a 24 second split last week on 5 in winning their conference meet. #21 Geneva has continued to improve finishing 2nd behind the Saints last week at the UEC. They had a 31 second split on 5 led by Tyler Lau that could put them in the regional championship conversation. East Aurora, Batavia, and St Charles North could be among the final 3 teams qualifying for sectionals. UEC champion Connor McCue should be the individual favorite in this meet.
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Source: DystatIL.com
We added a new Course Map for LeRoy Oakes.
The Geneva Cross Country Team had a big day at the Upstate Eight Conference Championships.
Congratulations to McKenzie Altmayer, the 2015 Upstate Eight Conference Champion!!
The Varsity Girls Team took second place behind McKenzie Altmayer’s first place finish. Six girls earned All-Conference titles.
The Varsity Boys Team took second place behind Tyler Dau’s second place finish. Six boys earned All-Conference titles.
The Frosh/Soph Girls Team took 3rd place behind Holly Nusser’s sixth place finish. Eight girls placed in the Top-23.
The Frosh/Soph Boys Team took second place behind Ryan Kredell’s fourth place finish. Five boys placed in the Top-23.
The Open Girls Team took second place behind Madeleine Nowak’s second place finish. Four girls placed in the Top-23.
The Open Boys Team took second place behind Jordan Evans sixth place finish. Four boys placed in the Top-23.
Full results are on the Results page as well as here. Videos are here.
Congratulations to all of the runners and good luck to the Seniors!
| Girls | Boys |
| McKenzie Altmayer, Sr | Tyler Dau, Jr |
| Emma Ehrhardt, Jr | Brian Kuehl, Jr |
| Emily Belanger, Fr | Boon Andrews, So |
| Sophia McDonnell, Fr | Brian Caskey, Sr |
| Taryn Christy, So | Josh Rodgers, Fr |
| Mary Grace Neville, Jr | Jake Tracey, Sr |