Sauk Valley ladies track and field professional athletes to watch at

IHSA Girls Track and Field State Meet The essentials: Class 1A preliminaries take place Thursday, with Class 2A prelims Friday. The finals occur Saturday at Eastern Illinois University’s O’Brien Stadium in Charleston.Advancing: The top nine

finishers, plus any ties for ninth, advance to Saturday’s finals in each occasion. The high jump and pole vault are run as finals only. The 800 meters, 1,600, and 4×800 relay have 12 entries in the finals.Here are some of the athletes and occasions to watch in 1A and 2A from

the Sauk Valley area. Class 1A Emma Randecker, West Carroll, sr.: Randecker is the safeguarding state champ in the 100-meter dash. She also took 2nd in the 200 and 5th inthe 400 in 2015. She has the top times in the 100(11.73 )and 200(24.22) this season in 1A. Bree Schneiderman, Forreston, so.: Schneiderman published the third-best times in 1A this season in the

100( 12.05)and 200( 25.10)at the sectional fulfill. She ran in three occasions at state as a freshman, completing in the 100 and 200 and taking ninth with Forreston’s 4×100 relay.Elaina Allen, Newman, so.: Allen will aim to medal in a sprint event or two once again as she posted top-10 times in 1A in the 100(12.30)and 200( 25.59 )this season. She took seventh as a freshman in the 100 and 12th in the 200. Jillian Hammer, Oregon, fr.: Try to find Hammer in the hurdle events, as she published the fourth-best time in the

100 hurdles(15.28 )and seventh-best time in the 300 hurdles (46.65 )this season in 1A. Kylie Smither, Fulton, sr.: Smither’s finest include the shot put, 11.96 meters, was 10th best in 1A this season. She was sectional champ

and won the occasion atseven of her8 meets this season. She is looking for her very first state medal in the shot put.Fulton relays: The Steamers aim to make some noise in the relay events after their 4×100, 4×200 and 4×400 won sectional titles. Paige Cramer, Brooklyn Thoms, Haley Smither and Miraya Pessman’s

season-best time of 50.09 was seventh finest in 1A this season in the 4×100. Smither, Thoms, Cramer and Pessman ran a 1:47.80 at the sectional in the 4×200, which was 8th finest in 1A this season. Peighton Stretton, Jordin Rathburn, Jessa Read and Thoms will compete in the 4×400.Class 2A Anessa Johnson, Sterling, jr.: Johnson is coming off a personal record of 16.00 in the 100 difficulties and took second in the 300 obstacles(47.85) at the sectional. Her PR in the 300 obstacles

is 46.93.

She likewise qualified in the 4×100 with Nia Harris, Alivia Gibson and Taah Liberty. Ariel Hernandez, Rock Falls, sr.: She took 13th at state in the 3,200 last season with a time of 11:33.12. She ran an 11:46.20 at the sectional, and her season best is an 11:43.25. Abby Ryan, Sterling, jr.: Ryan struck a PR of 1.59

meters in the high jump atthe sectional tocertify for state her first time. Simply three athletes jumped greater at the sectional, and 5 others struck 1.59. Sterling sophomore Kaelee Varden also certified

in the event with a dive of 1.54. Pole vault: The occasion includes 2 location competitors in first-year vaulter Ryleigh Eriks of Rock Falls and Sterling’s Presley Winters. Winters broke through to get approved for state with a vault of 2.97 after failing last season. Eriks will attempt to ride the momentum of hitting a 2.97 to PR at the sectional.Discus: Sterling freshman Kendall Barajas and Rock Falls junior Kayla Hackbarth are competing in the event. Hackbarth was 18th at state last season with a throw of 31.32 meters. Her PR is a 33.94, and she tossed a season-best 33.46 at the sectional. Kendall threw a PR of 34.56 to qualify in her very first occasion.