With four first place individual efforts and two relay first place finishes, West Chicago's co-op that includes Geneva and Batavia was able to win Saturday’s St. Charles East sectional with 276 points. St. Charles North was second with 274.50 points.

St. Charles North took first place in all 11 swimming events to cruise to Saturday's DuKane Conference boys swimming and diving title.

Hinsdale Central won its third straight state swimming title in dominant fashion, while Marmion was second. Individually, St. Charles North's Thomas McMillan set a state record in the 100 fly and Oswego Co-op's Chase Maier swept the 200 and 500 free.

Brady Nightlinger, who qualified in two individual events and was on two winning relay teams, was instrumental in leading St. Charles North to the swimming sectional title on Saturday.

Oswego Co-op senior Chase Maier won the 500 freestyle in a pool record time, swam on the 400 relay that set another pool record and also won the 200 free, while Marmion won the team title and Oswego Co-op was third at the Neuqua Valley Sectional.

Four St. Charles North sophomores won five events including two events by Thomas McMillan as the North Stars rolled to the conference title with 281 points. Wheaton co-op was the runner-up with 215 points

St. Charles East senior Kyle Algrim, who placed sixth at state in the 500-yard freestyle and broke the school record in the 200 individual medley, is the Kane County Chronicle Athlete of the Week in an online vote. Here is his Q&A with Sports Editor Joshua Welge.

Hinsdale Central senior Nate Harris, who made a big statement by winning the 200-yard freestyle in the time of 1:37.29.

West Chicago claimed first place in the talent-laden St. Charles East sectional with 256 points. St. Charles North was the runner-up with a score of 224 while host East was third with 208 points. Conant took fourth with 196 points.

Marmion was second and Oswego Co-op third at the Metea Valley Sectional swimming meet on Saturday, while Oswego's Chase Maier swept the 200 and 500 freestyle races and Marmion's Brayden Capen won the 200 IM to lead state qualifiers.

Led by first-place efforts from freshman Thomas McMillan, who won the 200 individual medley and 100 butterfly, St. Charles North edged St. Charles East to win the DuKane Conference swimming title.

Winning eight of 12 events, defending state champion Hinsdale Central was impressive in claiming top honors at Saturday’s St. Charles Invitational on Saturday with 384 points.

St. Charles North was second and St. Charles East was third at the sectional swimming meet won by Lake Park on Saturday in St. Charles.

St. Charles North scored 235 points to win its fifth straight DuKane Conference championship Saturday afternoon at St. Charles East. The North Stars have won all five DuKane titles.

St. Charles East, spearheaded by Kyle Algrim, placed fourth with a score of 266. Algrim was second in the 200 IM and third in the 100 backstroke.

Hinsdale Central won the team title at the 67th New Trier Trevian Relays, while St. Charles East junior Kyle Algrim won the 500 freestyle race.

In the seventh annual 'For Scout' crosstown swim meet Thursday, St. Charles North and East raised $10,000. The meet is put on in honor of Madison "Scout" Cantrell who died unexpectedly in Oct. 2014.

Kaneland's Leah Hayes, who won two IHSA state titles and and set the World Junior record for the 200 IM at the FINA World Championships in Budapest, Hungary, last month, is the Kane County Chronicle Female Athlete of the Year.