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11/7/98 at Detweiler Park, Peoria - boys 3 miles, girls 2.5 miles

Illinois State Meet

US #4 Jorge Torres won his third straight Illinois championship in 14:00 (3 mi); St. Charles girls win back to back, only 3rd Illinois team to do so.

Robert Thomas report - St. Charles girls win 2nd straight

Robert Thomas report

From: Robert E. Thomas [ret1@grove.ufl.edu]
Sent: Saturday, November 07, 1998 11:07 PM
Subject: t-and-f: Torres 14:00 in Ill State Meet!

Duplicating our own Jim Spivey's best at Detweiler Park, Jorge Torres gets as close as possible to going sub-14 without actually joining the club. He did, however, win his 3rd straight State title and lead his team to a State Team championship. The following partial results were taken from the Chi Trib Web page.

Class AA results
At Detweiler Park, Peoria
Distance: 3 miles
Final team standings: 1, Wheeling 126. 2, York 131. 3, Schaumburg 151. 4, Lockport 171.

1, Jorge Torres, Wheeling, 14:00. 2, Donald Sage, York, 14:16. 3, Edwardo Torres, Wheeling, 14:24. 4, Chris Siemers, Fenton, 14:35. 5, Andy Janssen, Naperville Central, 14:38. 6, Ryan Teising, Naperville Central, 14:41. 7, Mike Cropper, Conant, 14:41. 8, Brad Bennett, Hoffman Estates, 14:42. 9, Nathan Purcell, Salem, 14:44. 10, Juan Ortega, Morton, 14:49. 11, Nick Setta, Lockport, 14:55.

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For those interested in girls' results, I've included the following. Interesting, I believe Mitchell was trying to duplicate Torres feat of winning 3 straight titles. However, she finished what I presume to be a disappointing 7th.

Class AA results

November 7, 1998
At Detweiller Park, Peoria
Distance: 2.5 miles
Final team standings: 1, St. Charles 83. 2, Naperville North 111. 3, Lake Zurich 165. 4, Wheaton North 229

Individuals
1, Ann Gaffigan, Springfield Sacred Heart-Griffin, 14:03. 2, Katie Hartmann, Woodstock, 14:13. 3, Christin Wurth, Bloomington, 14:18. 4, Lissa Vogley, Benet, 14:22. 5, Jenni Goebel, Willowbrook, 14:25. 6, Rachel Endress, Wheaton North, 14:25. 7, Rebecca Mitchell, Geneva, 14:28. 8, Kara Lahey, Lockport, 14:28. 9, Victoria Jackson, Lake Forest, 14:30. 10, Delilah DiCrescenzo, Queen of Peace, 14:31. 11, Katie Steffen, Lake Park, 14:31. 12, Tera Moody, St. Charles, 14:35.

Robert E. Thomas
Graduate School of Business
University of Florida
Gainesville, Florida 32611

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St. Charles girls win 2nd straight

From: Thomas N Roderick [runnerrod@juno.com]
Sent: Sunday, November 08, 1998 8:22 PM
Subject: t-and-f: STC-XC

St. Charles HS Girls Cross Country Team became only the third school in the state of Illinois to become back to back State Champions, joining Wheeling and Palatine. The Saints won a closely contested race over Naperville North 83-111.

Four time All-Stater Tera Moody led the way finishing 12th in 14:35 over the 2.5 mile course.. (new distance for the girls this year, up from 2.1). Sophomores Carrie Phelps (22, 14:50) and Christine Wampach (23, 14:51) also made the All-State Team. Denise Hefferin (Jr., 32, 15:02) and Renee Kleckner (Sr., 50, 15:17) each running in their 3rd State Final rounded out the scoring with a 42 second split. Senior Lauren Brannon running in her 4th Final ( 54th, 15:19) was ahead of all 5th runners except Naperville’s. Likewise Elizabeth Altekruse (Jr., 101, 15:48) running in her 1st State Meet was ahead of all 5th runners except Naperville and Wheaton North (4th Place Team - 229 points).

Naperville put together an incredible 11 sec. pack . placing 25-31-37-39-40.Lake Zurich was 3rd - 165, Champaign Centennial 5 - 231, Benet Academy from Lisle 6 - 236, and York 7- 247. ( St. Charles, Naperville, Wheaton, Benet, and York were the 5 teams to advance from the East Aurora Sectional) Individual Champion was Ann Gaffigan from Springfield14:03, 2. Katie Hartman, Woodstock, 3. Christin Wurth , Bloomington, 4. Lissa Vogley, Benet, 5. Jenni Goebel, Willowbrook,6. Rachel Endress, Wheaton N. 7. Becca Mitchell, Geneva.

Tom Roderick
St. Charles HS