Henry-Midland senior Laney Lester won a state title and claimed a runner-up medal, while several other athletes from Henry-Midland, St. Bede and Princeton also earned state medals Saturday.

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The IHSA held their girls track and field finals for 1, 2 and 3A classes Saturday, May 20, 2023 at Eastern Illinois University in Charleston.

Streator's Kody Danko broke a 42-year-old school record to help the Bulldogs win the Rollie Morris Invitational in Spring Valley for the second year in a row, while Princeton claimed the girls crown.

St. Bede's Anna Lopez and the Amboy co-op's Lauren Althaus and Elly Jones each qualified for the IHSA Class 1A State Track and Field Meet in multiple events.

The Princeton girls track and field team did not qualify anyone for the IHSA Class 2A State Meet but did record many personal bests Wednesday at the Geneseo Sectional.

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Sterling, Dixon, Rock Falls, LaSalle-Peru, Princeton, Sandwich, Plano, Streator and Ottawa athletes compete for a chance at state Wednesday, May 11, 2022 in Geneseo.

Traveling quite a distance to the Class 1A Bureau Valley Sectional on Wednesday, the Indian Creek Timberwolves made the most of their track and field trek with a fourth-place finish and five state qualifiers.

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Girls high school track teams from Earlville, Putnam County, Bureau Valley, Marquette, St. Bede, Serena, Hall, Amboy, Indian Creek, Sterling Newman, competed in the Class 1A girls track Sectional at Bureau Valley High School on Wednesday, May 11, 2022 in Manlius.

A look at the sectionals involving BCR area girls track and field teams.