Photo gallery: Saturday's sectional meets
Naperville North freshman Emily Smith stays close to the lead early and finished second during the St. Charles East cross country sectional at LeRoy Oakes Forest Preserve in St. Charles Saturday.
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Phillip Fairleigh of Cary Grove, number 250, center, leads during the Schaumburg cross country sectional at Busse Woods Saturday.
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Schaumburg's Petrey Britten heads for the finish during the Schaumburg cross country sectional at Busse Woods Saturday.
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Leader and eventual winner Sarah MacIntosh of Palatine runs during the Schaumburg cross country sectional at Busse Woods Saturday.
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Palatine's Chano Bernardo digs hard during the during the Schaumburg cross country sectional at Busse Woods Saturday.
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Eventual winner Phillip Fairleigh leads the pack during the Schaumburg cross country sectional at Busse Woods Saturday.
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Photis Karkalis heads for a second-place finish during the Schaumburg cross country sectional at Busse Woods Saturday.
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Libertyville's Mitch Neubauer heads for the finish during the Schaumburg cross country sectional at Busse Woods Saturday.
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Start of the boy's race during the Schaumburg cross country sectional at Busse Woods Saturday.
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Pat Lesiewicz of Schaumburg finishes fourth during the Schaumburg cross country sectional at Busse Woods Saturday.
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Naperville Central's Amanda Fox finishes well ahead of the competition during the St. Charles East cross country sectional at LeRoy Oakes Forest Preserve in St. Charles Saturday.
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Geneva's Kelly Shogren finishes 7th during the St. Charles East cross country sectional at LeRoy Oakes Forest Preserve in St. Charles Saturday.
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St. Charles North's Meghan Heuer finishes 3rd ahead of Wheaton Warrenville South's Lauren Mordini during the St. Charles East cross country sectional at LeRoy Oakes Forest Preserve in St. Charles Saturday.
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Rolling Meadows' Christina Gestfield is in front of a pack trailing the leader during the Schaumburg cross country sectional at Busse Woods Saturday.
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Palatine's Sarah McIntosh heads for the finish as she wins the Schaumburg cross country sectional at Busse Woods Saturday.
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Dundee-Crown's Anthony Manfrin cruises to a 2nd place finish during the St. Charles East cross country sectional at LeRoy Oakes Forest Preserve in St. Charles Saturday.
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Naperville Central's Amanda Fox passes the 1 mile mark en route to a first place finish during the St. Charles East cross country sectional at LeRoy Oakes Forest Preserve in St. Charles Saturday.
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Phillip Fairleigh of Cary Grove wins the boys race during the Schaumburg cross country sectional at Busse Woods Saturday.
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Runners are bunched during the Schaumburg cross country sectional at Busse Woods Saturday.
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Palatine's Sarah McIntosh heads for the finish as she wins the Schaumburg cross country sectional at Busse Woods Saturday.
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Start of the girls' race during the Schaumburg cross country sectional at Busse Woods Saturday.
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Hersey's Ashley Martin, right, beats Palatine's Courtney Brown to the finish as they finish third and fourth, respectively during the Schaumburg cross country sectional at Busse Woods Saturday.
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Geneva's Kevin Sparks finishes 7th ahead of teammate Kevin McDowell during the St. Charles East cross country sectional at LeRoy Oakes Forest Preserve in St. Charles Saturday.
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Taylor Crawford of Bartlett crosses the finish line in 23rd place during the St. Charles East cross country sectional at LeRoy Oakes Forest Preserve in St. Charles Saturday.
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Wheaton Warrenville South's Lauren Mordini (231) and St. Charles East's Mallory Abel (1) jump out front early during the St. Charles East cross country sectional at LeRoy Oakes Forest Preserve in St. Charles Saturday. Mordini finished 4th and Abel 6th.
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Naperville North's Tyler Jermann, right, leads Dundee Crown's Anthony Manfrin and Geneva's Kevin McDowell after about a mile during the St. Charles East cross country sectional at LeRoy Oakes Forest Preserve in St. Charles Saturday.
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Stevenson's Mackenzie Levy heads for the finish during the Schaumburg cross country sectional at Busse Woods Saturday.
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Runners are bunched early during the Schaumburg cross country sectional at Busse Woods Saturday.
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Runners head downhill during the Schaumburg cross country sectional at Busse Woods Saturday.
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Juan Cerrera of Round Lake, number 351, is with the center of the pack during the Schaumburg cross country sectional at Busse Woods Saturday.
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Wheaton North twins Jake, left, and James Waterman finish the race 5th and 4th respectively during the St. Charles East cross country sectional at LeRoy Oakes Forest Preserve in St. Charles Saturday.
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Naperville North's Tyler Jermann wins during the St. Charles East cross country sectional at LeRoy Oakes Forest Preserve in St. Charles Saturday.
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