Shamier Little placed the state team trophy on her dresser and enjoyed it alone for a weekend, a fair indulgence considering the Lindblom junior won it by herself.

CHARLESTON, Ill. — Eight relay teams already had completed the Class 3A 1,600-meter relay Saturday as Plainfield North's third man limped around the back curve at O'Brien Stadium.

CHARLESTON, Ill. — The initial celebration of their boys track and field state championship was understated — a jump and hip bump by Kevin Spejcher and Scott Filip in the nearly empty high jump corner of O'Brien Stadium.

CHARLESTON, Ill. — Leo senior Keith Harris Jr. was somber.

CHARLESTON, Ill. — Scott Filip stayed close to his portable cool-down station — a cooler filled with ice water, vitamin drinks and wet rags that he placed over his head between triple jumps at the Class 3A boys track and field state prelim...

CHARLESTON, Ill. — Brian Carter clasped Jamal McNeeley's hand and patted his back following the 200-meter dash preliminaries at the Class 2A boys track and field state meet.

CHARLESTON, Ill. — Redemption and remembrance pushed Joe Morrow on Thursday during the boys track and field Class 1A state preliminaries.

CHARLESTON, Ill. — Leo senior Keith Harris Jr. missed the Lions' run to a boys track and field Class 1A state title last year because of a hamstring injury.

Thornton Fractional North track coach Moses Hulbert was new to raising a child, but he could tell his nephew needed a place to vent his energies.

CHARLESTON, Ill. — McKenna Kiple's favorite part of the 3,200-meter relay is the final 100 meters. That stretch was especially enjoyable — if not a little painful — Saturday for the Wheaton Warrenville South junior.