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Photo: Cross Lutheran Track State Meet
Boys team won state championship; girls captured second.
A special thanks to Coach Craig Weyrich for providing the following news release and photograph.
The Cross Lutheran boys and girls track teams completed another successful season over Mother’s day weekend with a 1st and 2nd place finish at the LSA state championship meet in River Forest, IL. Both teams competed against 31 other teams from around the state. The boys’ win makes the 7th year in a row that either the boys’ or girls’ team have won the state meet.
The boys’ team dominated the track on day two of the event, scoring 84 points to beat second place Palatine (57 points). The boys were led by individual champions Gabe Arroyo (100M), Trevor Wills (1600M,800M), and relay teams of Arroyo, Will Hoving, Mason Funk, and Henry Hoving (4x100M, 4x200M) and Patrick McNamara, Henry Hoving, Arroyo, and Funk (4x400M). Wills established a new state record of 4:55.12 in the 1600M, while the 4x100 and 4x200 relay teams set new marks of 48.37 and 1:39.83 respectively.
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The girls’ team scored an impressive 94 points, but fell short of champion Belleville’s 100 points. The girls also had their share of individual champions. Skyler Bollinger won both the 800M and 1600M for second year in a row, while Rebecca Taylor placed first in the 200M. The 4x800M team of Bollinger, Kelly Knauf, Stephanie Schlichting, and Alexandria Weyrich also placed 1st for the Crusaders.
