Illinois High School XC 2022

Crazy how palatine reloaded after losing lots of guys.

benet academy has everyone back next year

I meant New trier. But I can actually say the same about palatine. They did lose 3 guys but they are much, much deeper now. 10 guys fighting for varsity spots

if hinsdale central didn’t have that big of a 3-5 gap they would have challenged Plainfield south

WWS is ranked 9th in the state by milesplit, East is unranked. WWS 13th on dyestat, East 20.

There is no question WWS is better at this moment, just that East deserves more respect.

No disrespect. It's just I think WWS has a better shot at Top 10.

Nalley's excellent time was on the Detweiller course, so for proper context we can compare his achievement as a junior to the best all-time Illinois State Meet results for fellow juniors:

1.) Craig Virgin 13:59

2.) Nalley 14:03

3.) Verzbicas 14:07

4.) Kilrea 14:08

5.) Tom Graves 14:09

6.) Methner 14:12

Is this the Shetty that goes to Newbury Park by any chance?

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Arnav Shetty

Arnav Shetty - IL Cross Country results and photos on Athletic.net

Link:www.athletic.net/CrossCountry/Athlete....

He is one of the finalists to get the 7th spot on the Newbury Park team. It will be between him and a transfer who is finally allowed to run varsity this week

York’s top 2 runners (Hill and Bryk) were only their 6th and 7th

Faster than Sandburg alums Verzbicas and Jacobs

How many teams podium at the Illinois state meet?

191 speed rating

Look how different their jerseys look….even though they go to different schools

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Zac Close wins the 3A boys race | Peoria High School Invitational

Peoria High School Invitational

Link:il.milesplit.com/videos/582261/zac-clo...

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Dylon Nalley wins the 1A 2A boys race | Peoria High School Invitational

Peoria High School Invitational

Link:il.milesplit.com/videos/582253/dylon-n...

Similar* their jerseys

St Charles east got 10th place at Peoria and they lose only 2 guys. Next year they could build into a team that’s closer to what they had in 2019-2020

2 of York’s top 5 were sophomores

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Elmhurst (York) Results at Peoria High School Invitational

MileSplits official Elmhurst (York) results for the 2022 Peoria High School Invitational, hosted by Peoria (H.S.) in Peoria IL.

Link:il.milesplit.com/meets/503610-peoria-h...

Hill and Bryk didn’t score but were expected to be their 1-2 runners coming into the season

I think DGN has the best approach to peaking for state. They run an early competitive meet to get a barometer then avoid overracing and concentrate on consistent pack running and now another barometer test before the post regular season meets to again see where they are in their training.

I wonder about Plainfield, which this year seems to seek respect by running several high caliber meets two of them on back to back weekends. I don't know what sectional they're in but if it's tough it'll be yet another hard race before state.

HC on the other hand seems to try and avoid running a full team. While there may be reasons such as injury or "saving" their guys it's also risky because there may no cohesiveness and you're not sure how good you really are.

OPRF is also looking for respect, which they got at Spring but was that their season apex once it was achieved? They don't have a history of top finishes at state and may have come back to the field.

HC did run their full team at this meet.

they had a strong top 3. Gamboa was not up with them but I didn’t expect that.

we still haven’t seen a race where their 5th was able to keep up with their 3/4. If their 5th guy can’t catch up to their 4th, their chances for a state title are over.

Plainfield south has a little better 1-4 than HC. So if HC’s 5th doesn’t close the gap, their chances of a state title are gone.

plainfield south pretty much has 5 guys ready to go.