By Doug Binder, DyeStat Editor

A primer

Here is the link to the IHSA cross country pages for Boys and Girls

Recent sectional results and rankings are here.

Here is a link to last year's 3A State Championships results 

RunnerSpace event page for the Illinois cross country championships

All of Mike Newman's DyeStatIL coverage

Put Your Hand on Seven

The relevant meet records at Detweiler:

Boys -- Craig Virgin (Lebanon), 1972, 13:50.6

Girls -- Madeline Perez (Glenbard West), 2012, 16:02

Course record-holder Madeline Perez is nearing full strength again after an injury and Stanford-bound Patrick Perrier of O'Fallon is favored on the boys side. Big question: Can York overcome recent setbacks to win its 29th state title?

This is a thread starter. We'll post updates as we get them on Saturday.

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