1 Hannah Blaksley-Wheaton North
2 Peyton Heagy-Lasalle Peru
3 Isabella Wilhelm-Deerfield
4 Katie Kuehn-Fremd
5 Lauren Collins-Naperville Central
6 Audrey Mahoney-Downers South
7 Jasmine Morgan-St. Ignatius
8 Reese Frighetto-Buffalo Grove
1 Claudia Rzeznik-Stevenson
2 Nya Robinson-Glenbrook North
3 Hannah Shimada-Northside
4 Isabella Chow-Kenwood
5 Jenna Kerr-Barrington
6 Georgia Kahler-Libertyville
7 Kaelyn Gridley-New Trier
8 Logan Howard-Libertyville
1 Zuzanna Krasnicki-Schaumburg
2 Gracie Colvin-Hononegah
3 Mikayla Durkin-Rockford Guilford
4 Sally Ma-Urbana Univ.
5 Kit Schneider-Hinsdale Central
6 Julia Fifer-St. Charles North
7 Marin McAndrew-Cham. Centennial
8 Genesis Munoz-Aviles-Berwyn Morton
This is the second race in a row where we have a clear favorite in Sally Ma. Ma was runner-up 2 years ago when nobody was beating Grace Cooper and I expect her to close the deal. Gridley and Shimada in the middle circle are the other returning scorers from 2 years ago and Gridley should make the move to the top 6. Shimada doesn’t have a history of dropping any time at state, so she is likely destined for the bottom again.
The rest of this event is filled with wild cards. I see a decent chance for Kuehn, Kerr and Schneider to make a run at top 6, considering their talent and times all season. Then you have Chow a Freshman with a best time of 24.4 as best I can tell before the season already at 23.1. The 50 is always the most least predictable because it is for obvious reasons by far the easiest race to hold you taper in. The other individual races punish you more for cutting down too much the week before.