Wheaton Warrenville South’s McKenna Kiple hugs relay teammate Emma Dalan as lead off runner Jessica Spera talks with her Friday at the Class 3A girls state track and field preliminaries at O’Brien Stadium at Eastern Illinois University in Charleston. Dalan lost control of the baton on her leg of the 1,600-meter relay and the team finished last in their heat.
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Wheaton Warrenville South’s Emma Dalan covers her face after retrieving a loose baton and handing it to teammate Helen Majer Friday in the second and third leg of the 1,600-meter relay at the Class 3A girls state track and field preliminaries at O’Brien Stadium at Eastern Illinois University in Charleston. Dalan fell as she approached Majer in heavy traffic for the handoff.
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Wheaton Warrenville South teammates Helen Majer, McKenna Kiple and Jessica Spera try to cheer up Emma Dalan after their 1,600-meter relay race finished Friday at the Class 3A girls state track and field preliminaries at O’Brien Stadium at Eastern Illinois University in Charleston.
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Geneva’s Kathryn Adelman keeps pace in the 800-meter run Friday at the Class 3A girls state track and field preliminaries at O’Brien Stadium at Eastern Illinois University in Charleston.
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Neuqua Valley’s Maya Neal competes in the 100-meter high hurdles Friday at the Class 3A girls state track and field preliminaries at O’Brien Stadium at Eastern Illinois University in Charleston.
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Huntley’s Anthonia Moore strains to finish third in her heat of the 400-meter dash Friday at the Class 3A girls state track and field preliminaries at O’Brien Stadium at Eastern Illinois University in Charleston.
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Naperville North’s Stephanie Mueller clears five feet,two inches in the high jump Friday at the Class 3A girls state track and field preliminaries at O’Brien Stadium at Eastern Illinois University in Charleston.
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As the other competitors step into their starting blocks for the 100-meter dash, Wheeling’s Sydney Keith jumps up Friday at the Class 3A girls state track and field preliminaries at O’Brien Stadium at Eastern Illinois University in Charleston.
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Metea Valley’s Nina Brandenburg plants the pole as she competes in the pole vault Friday at the Class 3A girls state track and field preliminaries at O’Brien Stadium at Eastern Illinois University in Charleston.
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Cary-Grove’s Nicole Robins hands the baton to teammate Lauren Schoepke Friday in the 800-meter relay at the Class 3A girls state track and field preliminaries at O’Brien Stadium at Eastern Illinois University in Charleston.
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Wheaton Warrenville South’s Hope Schmelzle leads her heat of the 1,600-meter run Friday at the Class 3A girls state track and field preliminaries at O’Brien Stadium at Eastern Illinois University in Charleston.
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Willowbrook’s Molly Krawczykowski, right, Wheaton Warrenville South’s McKenna Kiple, middle, and St. Charles East’s Corrin Adams, left, control the lane in their heat of the 800-meter run Friday at the Class 3A girls state track and field preliminaries at O’Brien Stadium at Eastern Illinois University in Charleston.
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Jacobs’s Lauren VanVlierbergen leads the pack, including Lake Park’s Sam Montalbano and Brianne Murphy, and Prospect’s Christina Santiago in the 1,600-meter run Friday at the Class 3A girls state track and field preliminaries at O’Brien Stadium at Eastern Illinois University in Charleston. VanVlierbergen won after a battle with Santiago in the last 200 meters.
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Naperville Central’s Rachel Skinner and teammate Mary Beth Blank hug after finishing the 800 -meter relay Friday at the Class 3A girls state track and field preliminaries at O’Brien Stadium at Eastern Illinois University in Charleston.
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St. Charles East’s Jordan Shead and teammate Britney Williams, in lane seven, jump out of the blocks at the start of the 400-meter dash Friday at the Class 3A girls state track and field preliminaries at O’Brien Stadium at Eastern Illinois University in Charleston.
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Wheaton Warrenville South’s Erin Zappia clears five foot, two inches in the high jump Friday at the Class 3A girls state track and field preliminaries at O’Brien Stadium at Eastern Illinois University in Charleston.
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Schaumburg’s Darneisha Spann clears the second obstacle in the 300-meter low hurdles Friday at the Class 3A girls state track and field preliminaries at O’Brien Stadium at Eastern Illinois University in Charleston. At left in Rebecca Ridderhoff of Downers Grove North.
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Lake Zurich’s Lindsey Moritz leads Barrington’s Sara-Kate Capel to the finish of the 800-meter relay Friday at the Class 3A girls state track and field preliminaries at O’Brien Stadium at Eastern Illinois University in Charleston.
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West Aurora’s Anita Saffa and Waukegan’s Aliyah Reams try to stay with 100-meter dash winner Aaliyah Brown of Lincoln-Way East Friday at the Class 3A girls state track and field preliminaries at O’Brien Stadium at Eastern Illinois University in Charleston.
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Wheaton Warrenville South’s Amy Smith watches the bar stay on the standards in the pole vault Friday at the Class 3A girls state track and field preliminaries at O’Brien Stadium at Eastern Illinois University in Charleston.
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Palatine’s Tess Wasowicz and teammate Liz Cox run together in their heat of the 1,600-meter run Friday at the Class 3A girls state track and field preliminaries at O’Brien Stadium at Eastern Illinois University in Charleston.
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