Girls State Track: Tigers Sending Large Contingent to Class 3A Meet
Wheaton North and St. Francis also will be represented in the Class 3A and Class 2A meets, respectively, this weekend.
The Tigers clearly have one of their best girls track teams in recent years. Wheaton Warrenville South nipped a formidable Glenbard West squad by two points (86-84) to win last Thursday’s Glenbard North sectional. Now the Tigers—with nine individuals in seven events and three relay teams—are setting their sights on the Class 3A state meet, which starts Friday and concludes with the finals on Saturday at Eastern Illinois University. If the expected teams reach Saturday’s 4x800 relay final, that race alone should be worth the price of admission. The Tigers’ team, consisting of McKenna Kiple, Hope Schmelzle, Mikayla Kightlinger and Amy Yong, has the best time qualifying time of any 4x800 quartet that's going into the state meet (9:13.65)— …
