Athletes from across Illinois competed in the IHSA Girls State Swimming Preliminaries at FMC Natatorium in Westmont on Friday, Nov. 14.

St. Charles North won its home sectional with 312 points while West Chicago was second with 280 points. Tess Stavropoulos won the 100 and 200 free for the North Stars.

Rosary senior Becky Rentz, who signed with Notre Dame this week, won the 100 and 200 freestyle and swam on a record-setting 200 free relay as the Beads won their second straight state swimming title. St. Charles North, third, set a new state record in the 400 free relay.

Tennessee recruit Avery Luedke, a transfer from Minnesota, won the 100 and 200 freestyle and swam on the winning 200 and 400 freestyle relays, and St. Charles North won all 11 swimming events to win the sectional title on Saturday at St. Charles East.

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West Chicago, which co-ops with Batavia and Geneva, scored 275 points to win Saturday’s St. Charles North Sectional. The host North Stars were second with 256 points. It was the first sectional championship for West Chicago since 1992.

Propelled by standouts Izzy Beu and Tess Stavropoulos, St. Charles North won its fifth straight DuKane Conference swimming championship Saturday. St. Charles East was second.

Caroline Kramer and Kit Schneider won individual championships in the 50 freestyle and 100 breastroke to lead Hinsdale Central to second at state, while St. Charles North won the meet-ending 400 freestyle relay to get third. Oswego Co-op's Katie Gresik was second in the 500 free.

St. Charles North and Rosary got off to strong starts in Friday's state swimming preliminaries, sending several swimmers to Saturday's state finals.

St. Charles North won seven of the 11 events and advanced all three relay teams and five swimmers to next week’s state meet, winning its fourth consecutive sectional title.

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 showed the state why her future in girls swimming is so bright, everyone is going to have to wear shades. Hayes easily won titles in both of her events at Saturday’s IHSA girls swimming and diving state championships at the brand-new FMC Natatorium in Westmont.

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Images from the IHSA State Swimming and Diving Championships at FMC Natatorium in Westmont on Saturday, Nov. 13, 2021.

St. Charles North qualified all three relays and in eight individual events for Saturday's state swimming finals in Westmont, while Rosary also qualified all three relays and three individuals out of Friday's preliminaries.

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The IHSA State Swimming Championship preliminaries was held at FMC Natatorium in Westmont on Friday, Nov. 12, 2021.

St. Charles North senior Julia Fifer, who won the 50 freestyle and also swam on the winning 200 medley, 200 freestyle and 400 freestyle relays in leading the North Stars to a sectional title, is the Kane County Chronicle Athlete of the Week. Fifer was voted on by readers for the recognition presented by Don McCue Chevrolet in St. Charles.

Kaneland sophomore Leah Hayes broke two pool records at Saturday's St. Charles North Sectional, while the host North Stars cruised to the team title.