The IHSA Board of Directors held a special meeting today, where they voted to extend the boys & girls golf and boys & girls cross country postseason by an additional round. Both were previously scheduled to end after Regional competition,but will now culminate after the Sectional
Good luck to all Illinois runners competing in sectional races today. You made it through this crazy season. Show your toughness one more time when the gun goes off. RUN FOR FUN AND PERSONAL BESTS!
REALIZE YOUR DREAMS TODAY!
Sectional Saturday for XC Runners in Illinois. GOOD LUCK to all athletes that will step to the line today. Regardless of the outcome, leave the cross-country course with a smile on your face knowing that you have given it your very best this entire season. Realize your dreams!
Maddie Denner of Oak Ridge CA gets spiked with 600m left in Girls 2 Mile but still wins. Needed 12 stitches....When you know what you want, you block out the pain. Good photo by
@duffylduffy
87 years ago Hitler blamed everyone else for the Reichstag fire that his criminal gang set in order to tightened his grip on power. Again, history does repeat itself. We have an unstable "human" in the White House that expects loyalty but only cares about himself.
Happy for the way the IL runners ran this morning. Sad that I have lost a teacher, coach, mentor, friend. Everything that I learned from him is in my heart.
He is Illinois XC.
Thank you for the forever moments Mr. Newton.
Today is Sectional Saturday for XC Runners in Illinois. GOOD LUCK to all athletes that will step to the line today. Leave the course with your head held high and a smile on your face knowing that you have given it your very best this entire season regardless of the outcome.
Remember when Tommy Brady helped up Zach Kinne at state track last May? Brady fell with 10 meters left (ran the race sick) and got a pat of encouragement from Andrew O'Keefe. An idea of what XC is all about. Great photo by
@DuffyLens
Dear ESPN,
I dare you to cut to a commercial in the middle of the 100 Meter Dash final on Friday.
Signed,
All of us who only saw 12 minutes of a 28 minute race.
Katelynne Hart runs an incredible 16:09.56 for 5k tonight at Boston University. US
#1
. All Time Illinois Indoor and Outdoor best for the distance for a HS Girl. Way to go KK!
@KatelynneHart
@KellyHass
@KelleeHart
So the one thing I want to say - In a High School sectional race when you have so many quality runners, there is no such thing as an upset.
Congrats to all that had the honor to run today in a sectional race.
#IHSAXC
#MoM
Kevin McDowell, class of 2011 from Geneva and a former All-State XC runner, finishes 6th in the
#Triathlon
in the
#Olympics2021
- best finish for a US Male athlete in the event.
My senior year we had almost 3 weeks of meets cancelled due to bad weather. I was freaking out. The first race back dropped my PR in the 3200 by 20 seconds. Have faith. Good things are coming 👍
An interview from last night gave me a great quote from Liam Newhart, the Boys race winner. "I was in a lot of discomfort, but I knew I could push it harder. Racing is about working through discomfort but also causing discomfort for others in the race."
SO TRUE!
I'm alive. Have not felt this bad...however, I will get better. Thank you for the well wishes, thoughts, prayers.
Would rather be there than here. I am blessed I have a strong IL running community that will get me back to a course.
Beautiful weather. A great day for a XC meet. Any day is a great day for XC. Good luck to all athletes running in a regional this morning. Realize your dreams.
Congratulations to Wheaton-Warrenville South and York as the auto Boys team qualifiers. St. Charles East 3rd - should be in Portland. Congratulations to Naperville North and Beavercreek OH as the Girls Auto Qualifiers. Yorkville 3rd - on the rise.
SUPER FRESHMAN Marcellus Mines takes a commanding lead in the Varsity race for Joliet West today against Plainfield South. Mines set the course record running 15:26.7 for 3 miles!
@jdubxc
@ILXCTF
@MileSplitIL
All 5 Illinois teams finished in the top 13 - 3 WSC-Silver teams in the top 10 - let that sink in how tough this conference is, let it sink in how tough this STATE is!
DGN finishes 10th - were ignored by the "experts" all year until after they finished 3rd at NXR MW - proved themselves today....no, I don't do national rankings
Congratulations to
@_marcellusmoore
and
@KatelynneHart
as winners of the 2019 Track & Field Athletes of the Year.
You can find all the announcements of the award winners here.
📸
@DuffyLens
Congratulations to Emmanuel Angomas of Plainfield East who was accepted at John Hopkins University! He will continue his running career and continue his education majoring in Neuroscience!
Did not need an alarm to wake this morning. Excited for what this day brings on XC Conference Championship Saturday.
Good luck to all running today. Enjoy the moments. Absorb the memories.
Thoughts and prayers go out to
@CoachLawrenceHC
, the
@runHCXC
team and community. Noah's daughter Beatrix passed away Friday afternoon.
Such sad news. Keep Noah and his family in your prayers.
So how many times do we have to say we can't let this happen again? How many times have we repeated this phrase? The sick thing is, we will be probably saying it again and again and again....
I wish it would stop. I wish someone will want to make it stop.
I realized my dreams 40 years ago at the IHSA State XC Championships.
Now, it's your turn.
Good luck to all the student/athletes competing in today's IHSA State XC Championships
#ihsaxc