NXN Midwest Regional - results & coverage
Girls
Auto Qualifiers:
1. Carmel (IN), 108 points
2. Naperville North (IL), 120 points
Potential Wildcards:
3. Minooka (IL), 135 points
PROs: third at state meet; rated as top wildcard team so far in NXN At-Large Speed Ratings Merge
4. Yorkville (IL), 165 points
PROs: beat Minooka at state meet by 4 pts; also beat them at First to the Finish Invitational
CONs: Last year, the #3 and #4 girls teams got invited. This year, Minooka and Yorkville have consistently run very close to Naperville North but never recorded a W. The closeness of the final results to overall team champion Carmel are slightly misleading as Carmel's top runner Sarah Leinheiser dropped out of the race but is expected to return in good health for NXN, where they are projected to be a podium team.
-jojo
Boys
Auto Qualifiers:
1. Neuqua Valley (IL), 88 points
2. Downers Grove North (IL), 136 points
Potential Wildcards:
3. Mahomet-Seymour (IL), 168 points
4. Lyons Township (IL), 189 points
CONs: Mahoment-Seymour has won a lot of meets but only against local teams. Lyons Township took fourth at the Illinois state meet behind Neuqua Valley, Downers Grove North and Lake Zurich and scored over 200 points.
- billy