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Evan Jager returns to Jacobs and his Algonquin fans

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Nine-year-old Logan Marx of Algonquin gets his shirt signed by olympian Evan Jager who returned to H.D. Jacobs High School in Algonquin Wednesday.

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Olympian Evan Jager makes his way through the cheerleaders as he returns to H.D. Jacobs High School in Algonquin Wednesday.

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Four-year-old Rio Nystad of East Dundee tries to get the attention of Olympian Evan Jager as he returns to H.D. Jacobs High School in Algonquin.

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Just a few of the state champion flags that adorn the gymnasium where Olympian Evan Jager returned to H.D. Jacobs High School in Algonquin.

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Olympian Evan Jager returned to H.D. Jacobs High School in Algonquin on Wednesday.

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Evan Jager has set an American record in the 3000-meter steeplechase and represented the U.S. at the 2012 London Olympic Games, and still the Jacobs High School graduate places the state title-winning 4x800-meter relay his junior year in the top three performances of his career. “It was so much fun to be able to bring back the first relay title for the school with three of my best friends,” Jager reminisced at Jacobs.

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