Benet Academy is undoubtedly the favorite for 2A boys. They are moving down from 3A last year where they just missed qualifying for State in that ridiculous Waubonsie Valley Sectional and return their entire top 5 who all ran under 16 at Peoria. On the athletic.net hypothetical team results for Ill. from last year (excluding seniors), they are ranked 7th in the entire state in all classes combined. Definitely not a National Class team but they will make noise across the State.
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Girls Predictions:
1) Prospect - lose 3 of top 7 (Kalaway, Erickson and Patterson) need to get a 5th but Top 3 is elite, 4th runner doesn’t run track (Wildhart) but plays lacrosse. Great depth.
2) York - lose 3 of top 7, Bennis and Berger huge losses. Klimeck huge track season, the 2 Quinn’s don’t run track. But crazy depth so should be fine.
3) DGN - super young core and return everyone after a huge track season. this is the next up and coming program. could knock York off by Prospect too good upfront. Done sleep on them.
4) Naperville North and Naperville Central - very young and talented.
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Illinois is going to be fireworks this year we could see 20-25kids below 14:30 between the (3) classes at Detweiler. I hope we can see some super races with all classes racing each other.
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Wow IL wrote:
Illinois is going to be fireworks this year we could see 20-25kids below 14:30 between the (3) classes at Detweiler. I hope we can see some super races with all classes racing each other.
Gonna be one of the best years for Illinois in a while
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Illinois Speed Ratings are out. Pre-Season #1 DGN. A young Barrington team is #2.
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Don Corleone wrote:
Illinois Speed Ratings are out. Pre-Season #1 DGN. A young Barrington team is #2.
Arlington Heights at #3… that’s surprising. I think they will be on the bubble of 10th place
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Alrofff wrote:
Don Corleone wrote:
Illinois Speed Ratings are out. Pre-Season #1 DGN. A young Barrington team is #2.
Arlington Heights at #3… that’s surprising. I think they will be on the bubble of 10th place
Plainfield South is 13th here… I think they will do better than that. I think their 4&5 will do better than this chart shows. Those 2 ran a 9:50 and a 9:55 3200
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more rankings here
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Was just told by a York boys xc alumni that they are holding a fundraiser for uniforms and equipment. That is truly strange but I also saw a pic posted by Mike Newman of the team's first meeting and their squad looked really small compared to the Newton era. Don't know if it was the camera angle but it appeared to have been taken from the back and I only saw maybe 20 or 25 guys.
Were they defunded?
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JMysterio wrote:
Was just told by a York boys xc alumni that they are holding a fundraiser for uniforms and equipment. That is truly strange but I also saw a pic posted by Mike Newman of the team's first meeting and their squad looked really small compared to the Newton era. Don't know if it was the camera angle but it appeared to have been taken from the back and I only saw maybe 20 or 25 guys.
Were they defunded?
Interesting… there were 53 non seniors on the team last year
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www.ilxcspeedratings.com/projections-a...
Illinois Speed Ratings are out. Pre-Season #1 DGN. A young Barrington team is #2.I don't know what races the ratings are based on but from what I saw in their track results there's no way their 5th man will be back in 97th.
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Alrofff wrote:
JMysterio wrote:
Was just told by a York boys xc alumni that they are holding a fundraiser for uniforms and equipment. That is truly strange but I also saw a pic posted by Mike Newman of the team's first meeting and their squad looked really small compared to the Newton era. Don't know if it was the camera angle but it appeared to have been taken from the back and I only saw maybe 20 or 25 guys.
Were they defunded?
Interesting… there were 53 non seniors on the team last year
Yeah something is missing here. I wonder if with the girls' success and large numbers if the boys budget limit was reached. Need more info.
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York has more kids on the team than the Southern Illinois teams have in the entire school. To many sports and activities now days and the small schools struggle for numbers.
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What is the boy's course record for the Lincoln Park cross country course in Springfield?
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JMysterio wrote:
Was just told by a York boys xc alumni that they are holding a fundraiser for uniforms and equipment. That is truly strange but I also saw a pic posted by Mike Newman of the team's first meeting and their squad looked really small compared to the Newton era. Don't know if it was the camera angle but it appeared to have been taken from the back and I only saw maybe 20 or 25 guys.
Were they defunded?
Defunded, no. Most teams do some kind of fundraiser.
but I agree with the picture, it seems as though they lost half their team
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A_K wrote:
JMysterio wrote:
Was just told by a York boys xc alumni that they are holding a fundraiser for uniforms and equipment. That is truly strange but I also saw a pic posted by Mike Newman of the team's first meeting and their squad looked really small compared to the Newton era. Don't know if it was the camera angle but it appeared to have been taken from the back and I only saw maybe 20 or 25 guys.
Were they defunded?
Defunded, no. Most teams do some kind of fundraiser.
but I agree with the picture, it seems as though they lost half their team
But for uniforms and equipment? Isn't that included in some kind of fee paid by the parents?
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JMysterio wrote:
A_K wrote:
Defunded, no. Most teams do some kind of fundraiser.
but I agree with the picture, it seems as though they lost half their team
But for uniforms and equipment? Isn't that included in some kind of fee paid by the parents?
Most schools AD expect them to use the same uniforms for 10-15 years before getting new ones.
The York team probably just wants newer uniforms but are not yet in the time line where the official budget gets used for it.
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