Articles filed under Track and Field
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New U.S. sprint star Melissa Jefferson-Wooden helped save her dad's life when she was 17Sep 19, 2025 7:52 pm - American sprinter Melissa Jefferson-Wooden has a gold medal from the world championships. Two of them, in fact. Her biggest win of all might be that her father, Melvin, was on hand in Tokyo to watch her. The country's brightest new sprint star donated stem cells from her bone marrow in 2018 to help her dad overcome a potentially deadly sickness in which the marrow doesn't produce enough white blood cells to enrich the immune system.
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Cruel September takes two legends of Illinois running communitySep 10, 2025 8:12 pm - State track and field and cross country suffered a blow with the deaths of retired North Central College coach Al Carius and media expert Mike Newman.
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Bad blood. Lyles shoved by Bednarek after his win in 200 meters at US nationalsAug 03, 2025 7:20 pm - Noah Lyles landed the day’s biggest blow on the track, passing Kenny Bednarek for the win, then looking his way to talk some trash. Bednarek’s answer was a two-handed sho...
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‘He’s missed greatly by everybody’: Late Fremd coach Dave Yates continues to inspireJun 18, 2025 8:39 pm - At the Windmill City Weekend Shootout girls basketball event, Batavia coach Kevin Jensen continues what he and the late Fremd coach Dave Yates started
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Naperville parents voice objections after transgender student competes in track meetMay 20, 2025 9:28 am - Parents on Monday packed a Naperville Unit District 203 school board meeting after a transgender female student competed at a track meet at a middle school.
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Bregenzer, Znajda can count themselves among ‘the best of the best’Apr 02, 2025 6:42 pm - Barrington’s Joe Bregenzer and Prospect’s Veronica Znajda are among 26 student-athletes statewide named to the Illinois High School Association’s 2025 Academic All-State Team.
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‘It was a great day’: Kaneland High graduate is first American in 31 years to win Los Angeles MarathonMar 18, 2025 1:52 pm - Kaneland High School graduate Matt Richtman, from Elburn, won the Los Angeles Marathon on March 16 in a blazing time.
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Elburn native Matt Richtman is 1st American man to win Los Angeles Marathon in 31 yearsMar 17, 2025 9:26 am - LOS ANGELES — Matt Richtman won the 40th annual Los Angeles Marathon on Sunday, becoming the first American man to take the title in 31 years. The Elburn native and Kanel...
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College Achievers: Stephen vaults to another Big Ten awardMar 03, 2025 12:00 pm - College Achievers: Michigan State University senior Gabrielle Stephen, a graduate of Bartlett High School, earned her third Big Ten women’s gymnast of the week award.
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College Achievers: Watcke burning up the track for VillanovaFeb 23, 2025 1:00 pm - College Achievers: In Hinsdale Central graduate Dan Watcke’s first three indoor track meets competing for Villanova University, he set three program records.
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