Girls Cross Country news
Ottawa's Kamimayla Ragan has signed to continue her education at IVCC and her cross country career at the NJCAA level with the Eagles.
McHenry Community High School will host the first McHenry Runathon, a one-hour event on Saturday, Aug. 10 at McCracken Athletic Field that will help raise money for the school's boys and girls cross country teams. Runners of all ages and skill levels are welcomed.
Korima Gonzalez qualified for the state cross country for the first time, then set a school record in the 800 at the state track tournament. The DeKalb senior was named the Daily Chronicle 2024 Girls Athlete of the Year.
Meet the 2023 Northwest Herald Girls Cross Country All-Area Team.
McHenry's Danielle Jensen was the second-highest placer in school history at the IHSA Cross Country State Meet. Jensen also is the Northwest Herald Girls Cross Country Runner of the Year.
A look at the top girls cross country runners in the NewsTribune area during the 2023 season.
Henry-Midland sophomore Daniella Bumber is a sprinter, but decided to try cross country last fall and had success. She was even better this year as she qualified for state to help her earn 2023 NewsTribune Girls Cross Country Runner of the Year honors.
After a near-miss last year, DeKalb senior cross country runner Korima Gonzalez had a very singular goal for the 2023 campaign. When she set a personal best at the Lake Park sectional, she achieved that goal with her first trip to the state meet.
From freshmen to seniors, there was not shortage of standout seasons for girls cross country runners. We look at some of the best with our all-area team.
St. Charles East senior Marley Andelman, won the Kane County Meet, was fifth in both the DuKane Conference meet and regionals, seventh at sectionals and 42nd at the Class 3A state meet, is the 2023 cross country Athlete of the Year.
Here is a list of Northwest Herald area athletes who can sign their National Letters of Intent this week with NCAA scholarship schools, and those who are headed to other colleges.
Ranked No. 1 all season, Downers Grove North's boys cross country team on Saturday won its second state title, while York's girls team won its second state championship in three years and Hinsdale Central senior Aden Bandukwala successfully defended his individual 3A title.
Check out photos from the Class 2A girls State Cross Country meet on Saturday, Nov. 4, 2023 at Detweiller Park in Peoria.
Dixon junior Aaron Conderman bettered his seeding and took 18th place in 2A with a time of 15:05, blasting away his previous best effort of 15:40.
McHenry's Danielle Jensen took fifth in the Class 3A girls race at the IHSA Cross Country State Meet to repeat as an All-State runner. Huntley's Tommy Nitz earned his first All-State status taking 21st in 3A boys.
Huntley's Tommy Nitz overcame adversity at the Class 3A sectional and now has high hopes for IHSA Cross Country State Meet.
Boys and girls cross country runners take aim at the IHSA State Meet. Dale Johnson leads the way for Sterling, while Prophetstown makes history.
Mendota's Anthony Kelson, La Salle-Peru's Ashlee Lord and Henry-Midland's Daniella Bumber will compete in the IHSA State Cross Country Meet on Saturday in Peoria.
Runners from Dixon, Sterling and Rock Falls advanced to state from the Geneseo and Woodstock cross country sectionals on Saturday.
Wheaton Warrenville South had both individual winners Saturday at the Class 3A Lake Park Sectional.
Johnsburg's historic season came to an end with a 4-1 loss to Peoria Christian in a Class 1A Illinois Valley Central Boys Soccer Supersectional. Plus cross country and girls swimming results in Saturday's high school sports roundup.
Under Liz Green, the Erie-Prophetstown cross-country program has always been an environment of caring for one another. That attribute played dividends, as both boys and girls teams advanced to the IHSA state meet.
Marmion's boys win the Class 2A Woodstock Cross Country Sectional title; Sandwich's Sunny Weber runs away with girls title. Kaneland also qualifies as a team while Sycamore qualifies two boys runners.
Downers Grove North swept the team titles Saturday, and Hinsdale Central senior Aden Bandukwala, the defending Class 3A champion, kicked past Neuqua Valley senior Zac Close to win the 3A Hinsdale Central Sectional.
Prairie Ridge's Will Gelon and Crystal Lake Central's Hadley Ferrero both took second place in their races at the Class 2A Woodstock Cross Country Sectional, leading their teams back to the state meet. Woodstock boys and Crystal Lake South girls also area headed to Peoria.
Niki Tselios of Lemont stormed to a win at the end of a hilly course at the Class 2A Geneseo Regional. JCA and Morris were among the schools also to have qualifiers for the state meet.
Runners competed Saturday, Oct. 28, 2023 at Emricson Park in Woodstock in the Class 2A Woodstock Sectional cross country meet.
Johnsburg and Richmond-Burton both won by 3-1 scores to set up a KRC championship game in the Class 1A Oregon Boys Soccer Sectional; and more in Saturday's high school sports roundup.
The Sterling boys cross country team and Dale Johnson won Class 2A Galesburg Regional titles, Polo volleyball took 2nd at the AFC Tournament and the Sterling boys soccer season ended in a regional championship loss to Dunlap. Plus more local results in Saturday's roundup.
A look at all the cross country regionals involving NewsTribune-area teams.
The Dixon girls cross country team turned in a dominant performance Saturday at the Big Northern Conference meet, while the boys team also took home the title.
Huntley's Kate Burkey and Carlie Weishaar took second in the Class 2A Cary-Grove Girls Tennis Sectional and will play in the state tournament. Jacobs' Kylie Cohn and Sara Casey also advanced. More in Saturday's high school sports roundup.
Prairie Ridge's boys and Huntley's Tommy Nitz win boys race; Huntley's girls and McHenry's Danielle Jensen win girls race at Fox Valley Conference Cross Country Meet.
The Sterling boys and girls cross country teams each finished in second place at the Western Big 6 Conference Championships. Plus the Eastland volleyball team took down Polo and more from Thursday's high school sports action.
Seneca junior Evelyn O’Connor ran to second place overall helping the Irish to a fourth-place finish at the 50th annual Amboy Columbus Day Invite. Here is a roundup of local sport events in The Herald-News coverage area for Monday, October 9.
Runners from Newman, Erie-Prophetstown and Oregon led the local contingent at the 50th Amboy Columbus Day Cross Country Meet at Shady Oaks Country Club on Monday.
Sterling's Dale Johnson won the boys race, Rock Falls' Ariel Hernandez placed sixth in the girls race, and the Sterling girls placed third at the Sterling Invite at Hoover Park on Saturday.
Morris and Coal City boys soccer earned Tuesday victories, plus more from the Herald-News area for Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2023.
The Newman and Rock Falls volleyball teams won at home, the Newman boys cross country team placed third at the Erie-Prophetstown Invite, and the Sterling girls swimming & diving team beat Byron on Tuesday.
Ava Grevengoed was potent on the attack again Tuesday with 10 kills in the Tigers’ 25-21, 25-7 Southwest Prairie Conference win at Plainfield South, plus more from across the Herald-News coverage area.
The Erie-Prophetstown volleyball team won the Sterling Invite, while the Sterling girls swimming & diving team won the seven-team United Township Sprint Invite on Saturday.
McHenry's Danielle Jensen took first in the Class 3A girls race at the Peoria Central Invitational, run at Detweiller Park where IHSA Cross Country State Meet will run in November. And more in Saturday's high school sports roundup.
Golfers from Newman, Oregon, Fulton, Bureau Valley, Eastland and Erie-Prophetstown advanced out of the Class 1A Port Byron Regional on Wednesday. The Rock Falls volleyball team also picked up a win over Stillman Valley.
The Rock Falls and Polo volleyball teams won on the road, while the Dixon girls tennis team and Sterling swimming & diving team won at home on Tuesday.
McHenry went 3-0 to win its own soccer tournament, and more boys soccer, volleyball, girls tennis, boys and girls cross country and girls swimming in Saturday's high school sports roundup.
Another Rock River Run at Hoover Park, another strong showing for Sauk Valley area cross country teams. The Dixon and Sterling boys and girls teams and the Rock Falls girls team were the biggest local standouts on Saturday.
The Rock Falls and Newman volleyball teams won at home, while the Dixon girls tennis and Sterling girls swimming & diving teams won on the road on Tuesday.
Rock Falls boys golf fired a 344 as a team to edge the host Tigers by four strokes for the team title Saturday at Princeton's tournament. Plus more local results in Saturday's roundup.
Prairie Ridge's boys and girls cross country teams won Woodstock's Ryan Byrne Festival in Emricson Park. Plus results in boys and girls golf, girls swimming, boys soccer and more in Saturday's high school roundup.
Lincoln-Way Central freshman cross country runner Brea Counihan is the Herald-News Athlete of the Week after winning the Joliet Central Steelmen Invitational.