Britain Covey is the newest member of the Los Angeles Rams after signing a one-year deal with the defending NFC West champions on Monday. He’s an electric return specialist who led the NFL in punt return yards in 2023, consistently making defenders miss in the open field.

It’s something he’s been doing since he was a high school quarterback at Timpview in Utah. Covey was only a starter for two years but he put up some eye-popping numbers. He had nearly 7,400 yards of total offense, throwing for 4,492 yards with 56 touchdown passes and rushing for 2,904 yards with another 44 touchdowns on the ground.

He led Timpview to a perfect 26-0 record in those two years as a starter, scoring a total of 111 touchdowns in two years, fourth-most in Utah high school history.

The only thing more impressive than those numbers is his highlight reel. These are just his rushing highlights, but they show how elusive he was in high school. There wasn’t anyone who could tackle him, making anyone and everyone miss in the open field.

It’s easy to see why Covey is such a talented returner because when he has the ball in his hands, he’s tough to get on the ground. It almost wasn’t fair to opposing defenders in high school because he was on a different level agility-wise.

He also showed good toughness and strength to fight through some of those tackles, but jukes were his bread and butter.

The Cooper boys volleyball team got back on the winning track with a sweep of International School of Minnesota Friday.

The Hawks won 25-22, 25-17, 25-15.

Cooper has three matches this week, hosting Fridley and Columbia Heights and facing St. Anthony on the road.

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Here are my highlights from Algonquin varsity sports competitions last week and the schedule for this week.

MIAA release its Power Rankings last week.

The highest ranked Titans team was Baseball, at #6 for Division 2. The team’s record is 8-3 following uneven results last week. They beat Wachusett 7-0, then lost 2-0 to Leominster.

Softball also added both a win (Nashoba 12-8) and loss (Shepherd Hill 11-2) last week. Their record is a less impressive 4-6 ranked #42 for Division 1.

Boys Lacrosse, the Titans team with most wins, was #10 for D2. The team extended its winning streak to 8 games last week by beating Shrewsbury (8-6), AMSA (10-1), and Hopkinton (10-5). They now stand at 11-1 for the season.  The Community Advocate covered the team’s win over Hopkinton. That included thoughts from Head Coach Mark Kelley on the team’s approach and prospects:

With a stretch of formidable opponents to close the season — including Saint John’s, Nashoba, and Westborough — Algonquin hopes to take its momentum into the playoffs.

“We just take it one game at a time. We deal with what we’re dealing with. We focus on the opponent in front of us, and we work together every day,” Kelley said. “We’re focusing on each opponent individually.”

Read the full story here. You can also checkout bleow photographer Jeff Slovin’s instagram post highlighting moments from the AMSA match:

Girls Lacrosse unfortunately is on a 4 game losing streak. Last week’s losses were to Shrewsbury (12-8) and Hopkinton (14-12). Their record is 4-8, and they’re ranked #23 for D2.

Boys Volleyball lost to Fitchburg (3-0) and to Doherty (3-2) but beat Leominster (3-1). They now stand at 6-5 and are #30 in the D1 Power Rankings.

In ARHS Rugby, the Boys beat Lincoln-Sudbury Regional on Friday, improving their record to 3-1. The Girls lost to Belmont 0-40. Including a prior forfeit, the team is now 1-3. Slovin’s highlights from the Boys game are below:

In Tennis, the Boys beat Tyngsborough (5-0) and Grafton (4-1) but lost to Westborough (4-1). Their record is 6-4. The Girls lost to Westborough 5-0 but beat Grafton 5-0. (You can see Slovin’s highlights from their win below.) They currently stand at 5-5.

In Outdoor Track the Girls team lost to Wachusett 104-40 last Wednesday. You can find full results here. (The Boys’ results weren’t posted.) Neither the Gonk Boys or Girls had any top three finishers at the Weston Twilight Meet on Saturday. You can find their full results for that competition here.

Girls Golf* lost to Wachusett 23-29 and to Quabbin 26-16. In between, they beat Ayer-Shirley 30.5-11.5, their first win of the season.

Now, here are the ARHS varsity games on tap for this week:

Note: Tickets for any Home Games which require them are sold here. (Some away game tickets may be found here.)

Monday, May 5, 2025

• 3:30 pm – Girls Golf* vs. Auburn @ Pakachoag Golf Course
• 4:00 pm – Girls Tennis vs. Nashoba Regional High School @ Algonquin
• 4:00 pm – Boys Tennis Game vs. Nashoba Regional High School @ Nashoba Regional High School
• 5:15 pm – Boys Volleyball vs. Nashoba Regional High School @ Algonquin (Gym A)

Tuesday, May 6, 2025

• 4:00 pm – Girls Lacrosse vs. Nashoba Regional High School @ Nashoba Regional High School
• 4:30 pm – Softball vs. North Middlesex Regional @ North Middlesex Regional High School
• 6:00 pm – Boys Lacrosse vs. Nashoba Regional High School @ Algonquin (multi-use turf field)

Wednesday, May 7, 2025

• 3:30 pm – Boys Tennis Game vs. Shrewsbury High School @ Shrewsbury
• 4:00 pm – Baseball vs. Westborough High School @ Westborough High School
• 4:00 pm – Boys Outdoor Track vs. Shepherd Hill Regional High School @ Algonquin
• 4:00 pm – Softball vs. Marlborough High School @ Marlborough High
• 4:00 pm – Girls Tennis vs. Shrewsbury High School @ Algonquin

Thursday, May 8, 2025

• 3:30 pm – Girls Golf* vs. Wellesley @ Nehoiden Golf Club
• 4:00 pm – Baseball vs. Wellesley @ Algonquin
• 4:00 pm – Boys Lacrosse vs. Wachusett Regional @ Wachusett Reg. High School
• 5:00 pm – Boys Volleyball vs. Ayer Shirley RSD @ Ayer-Shirley Regional High School
• 5:15 pm – Girls Rugby vs. Needham @ Needham High School
• 6:00 pm – Girls Lacrosse vs. Wachusett Regional @ Algonquin Stadium

Friday, May 9, 2025

• 3:30 pm – Girls Golf* vs. Wachusett @ Bed Rock Golf Course
• 3:30 pm – Boys Tennis Game vs. Marlborough High School @ Marlborough High
• 4:00 pm – Softball vs. Groton-Dunstable Regional @ Algonquin
• 5:30 pm – Boys Rugby vs. Blue Hills Regional Tech @ Algonquin
• Saturday, May 10, 2025
• 10:00 am – Baseball vs. Westford Academy @ Westford Academy

(To check for changes or find a complete schedule of Algonquin sports, including JV, freshmen, and unified match ups, click here. Follow these links for the Assabet sports schedule and the St. Mark’s sports schedule.)

*Girls Golf is a multi-school co-op program run through Westborough High.

If I have a photo to use — here’s a caption:

Above: (images cropped from pics courtesy of Owen Jones Photo or tweet by @ARHSAthletics)

Illinois High School Track & Field Weekend Highlights – May 4, 2025

By Michael Newman

In some parts of this state, athletes and coaches are wondering when the warm weather will come. It is coming sooner than we think. But this is outdoor track in Illinois. You must learn to deal with the elements and persevere in those moments. This is not the sterile atmosphere of the indoor track. The IHSA will not be building banked curves on the Big Blue Oval at Eastern Illinois University. Sorry to burst that bubble for some of you.

There were top performances achieved across the state on a windy but misty night in the Chicago area meets. Saturday’s meets we saw the sun with the winds deciding to stick around for just one day longer.

Here are highlights of some of the meets that took place over the weekend. We head into next week with conference meets for the Girls teams and the last weekend of invitational meets for Boys team. Things are heating up as we head to Charleston where the fun will begin.

Tiger Invitational @ Wheaton-Warrenville South – The 47 edition of this meet put up some great performances that started in warm weather, temperatures dropped when rain hit during the hurdles and 1600 and then turned calm allowing a great 4×400 Meter Relay. Prospect won the team title for the second year in a row scoring 137 points finishing ahead of Huntley (80 points) and Lincoln-Way East (76.5 points). The meet started with the state’s best time in the 4×800 Meter Relay. Lincoln-Way Central pulled away from the field in the second half of the race as they ran 9:22.33 to claim the win. Wheaton-Warrenville South ran 9:31.28 (IL #8) to finish second. Prospect (9:32.75) and Huntley (9:38.48) finished third and fourth. Prospect did not run their full lineup in the 4×8. We did see their strength in the 800 Meter Run. Four runners ran under 2:15 in this race. Three of those runners came from Prospect. Meg Peterson took the lead in the final 200 meters to run 2:12.61 (IL #3) for the win. Mary Laba ran 2:14.54 (IL #11) to finish second with Lily Hodneland of Hinsdale Central running 2:14.84 (IL #16) and Veronica Znajda running 2:14.90 (IL #17) finishing third and fourth.

Prospect was not affected by the cooler weather in the 4 x200 Meter Relay. The Knights ran 1:39.03 (IL #3) to win the race and set a new meet record. Bolingbrook finished second (1:43.86) ahead of Oak Park-River Forest (1:45.04). The meet ended with a fast 4×400 Meter Relay. A strong anchor leg from Alaina Steele helped Lincoln-Way East run 3:57.37 (IL #5) to claim the win. Glenbard West ran 3:58.42 (IL #7) to finish second ahead of Prospect (4:01.50). Steele earlier in the meet ran 57.53 (IL #13) to win the 400 Meter Dash. Bolingbrook ran 48.16 to win the 4×100 Meter Relay ahead of Oak Park-River Forest (48.57), Lincoln-Way East (48.71), and Downers Grove South (48.76).

Amina Hadziahmetovic of Prospect was the only double event winner in this meet. The senior ran 12.29 into a headwind to win the 100 Meter Dash placing ahead of Grace Murphy of Lincoln-Way East (12.48). Hadziahmetovic came back with her second season’s best of the meet running 44.82 to win the 300 Meter Hurdles holding off Kyra Hayden of Lincoln-Way East (45.26) and Amy Carhee of Schaumburg (46.55). Carhee and Hayden came across the final hurdle in the 100 Meter Hurdles together. Carhee edged Hayden (14.74-14.76) in that race. Hayden’s time is currently ranked in the top 10 in the state. Prospect captured the top three places in the 200 Meter Dash with Anna Niebrugge winning (24.90) ahead of Nikki Niebrugge (25.12) and Samantha Skowronski (25.52).

Naperville North won both distance races in this meet. One of the best performances in this meet came in the 3200 Meter Run. Freshman Georgia Karstens ran over a 20 second personal best as she ran 11:15.61 pulling away in the final lap to win the race ahead of Isabella Ciesla of Huntley (11:18.16) and Alyssa Novak of Glenbard West (11:21.70). Emma Berres held the lead from the start in the 1600 Meter Run. The senior won this event for the second year in a row running 5:04.20 for the win. Lola Satre-Morales of Naperville Central (5:07.12) and Nia Ortega of Downers Grove South (5:10.33) finishes second and third.

Field event winners included Courtney Clabough of Yorkville in the Shot Put (38-9), Sienna Robertson of Huntley in the Discus (134-8), Kaylee Meyer of Schaumburg in the High Jump (5-5.75), Brooke Neri of Prospect in the Pole Vault (11-9.25), Dominique Johnson of Huntley in the Long Jump (18-3), and Karen Boakye of Downers Grove South in the Triple Jump (37-7.25).

Wanner Knights Invitational @ Prospect HS – One of the top Boys meets of the weekend. New Trier won the team title (92.5 points) ahead of Prospect (89 points) and Naperville Central (85.33 points). The next four teams were separated by less than seven points led by Neuqua Valley (78.5 points) ahead of Barrington (75.5 points), Oak Park-River Forest (74.5 points), and Rockton Hononegah (71.5 points).

The feature event was the 4×800 Meter Relay. Payton Prep ran the fastest time in the state in this race winning with a time of 7:44.63. The Grizzlies won by 12 seconds as Naperville Central ran 7:56.27 (IL #5) in finishing second. Four other teams finished under eight minutes in this race led by Whitney Young (7:57.25, IL #9) and followed by Hersey (7:57.71), Oak Park-River Forest (7:58.40), and New Trier (7:59.20).

Ben Crane of New Trier won a close race in the 3200 Meter Run. Crane ran 8:53.48 pulling away for the win. Francesco Benelli of Batavia ran under 9 minutes for the first time running 8:56.20 (IL #2) to finish second. Nicholai Martino of Winnebago ran 9:06.23 (IL #8) to finish third. A strong final lap from Max Sudrzynski of Jacobs gave him the win in the 1600 Meter Run with a 4:15.37 time (IL #9). Crane doubled back to run 4:18.09 to place second ahead of Patrick Clune of Naperville Central (4:19.69). Mark McGinn of Barrington won the 800 Meter Run (1:58.16) with Blake Salbilla of Lakes running 1:58.40 to place second.

Barrington ran 42.22 to win the 4×100 Meter Relay edging Neuqua Valley and New Trier who finished second and third both timed at 42.30. Jacobs ran 1:28.16 (IL #6) to win the 4×200 Meter Relay finishing ahead of Batavia (1:28.65) and Prospect (1:30.29). Hononegah finished the night winning the 4×400 Meter Relay with a 3:21.82 time (IL #3). Batavia ran 3:22.36 (IL #7) to place second with Zion-Benton running 3:24.24 to finish third.

It was a close finish in the 100 Meter Dash. William Landwer of New Trier ran 10.87 to edge Matt Scardina of Jacobs (10.91) and Mekhi Newman of Springfield (11.00) for the win in the event. Newman came back to run 22.15 to win the 200 Meter Dash ahead of Daniel Robinson of Neuqua Valley (22.25) and Miles Lyons of Loyola Academy (22.34). Five runners went under 50 seconds in the 400 Meter Dash. Chase Cutler of Hononegah ran 48.50 to win the 400 Meter Dash ahead of Nolan Lamoureaux from Lockport (48.93) and Adam Lyon of Barrington (48.93). Lyons (49.03) and Newman (49.53) finished fourth and fifth. Cooper McGinnis of Neuqua Valley ran 14.33 (IL #2) in winning the 110 Meter Hurdles. Matthew Vergamini of Glenbrook South (14.85) and Nathan Cichy of Prospect (14.88) placed second and third. Thomas Woodard of Batavia ran 39.50 to win the 300 Meter Hurdles with Vergamini running 39.67 placed second.

Logan Farrell of Hersey unleashed a 56-3.75 mark on his third attempt to win the Shot Put. Enijel Shelton of Evanston Township and Gavin Pecor of Batavia had 55-7.75 puts to finish second and third. Ferrell also threw 182-2 (IL #3) to win the Discus. Ben Blank of Naperville Central threw 176-3 (IL #8) finishing second. Lukas Braunc of Oak Park-River Forest cleared 15-5.75 to win the Pole Vault. Maxwell Warner of Whitney Young was a double winner jumping 44-10.25 to win the Triple Jump and reaching 22-6.5 to win the Long Jump.

New Trier Girls Invitational – Late season meets as we approach championship season have teams show us some different lineups. Saturday in this meet Homewood-Flossmoor took home the team title (114 points) ahead of New Trier (96 points) and Whitney Young (82 points). Diamond Childress was a double winner in the hurdles races. The Homewood- Flossmoor sophomore ran 14.80 to win the 100 Meter Hurdles by over a second. Childress came back to run 47.02 to win the 300 Hurdles again winning by over a second. Angelina Bullocks of Whitney Young ran 11.67 in her win in the 100 Meter Dash ahead of Homewood-Flossmoor’s Aniya Mullins (12.03) and London Willingham (12.24). Homewood-Flossmoor won the 4×100 Meter Relay (47.72) winning by almost four seconds. Jaloni Wiley of Homewood-Flossmoor won both weights. Wiley threw 123-1 to win the Discus. She came back with a 39-6.5 put to win the Shot Put.

Triad Knight Invitational @ Troy Triad – There were several great performances in this meet that were the best in the state on Friday evening before Saturday’s meets. Belleville West achieved a state best time of 1:27.05 to win the 4×200 Meter Relay ahead of Cahokia (1:28.06, IL #4), and Chatham-Glenwood (1:29.04). Belleville East ran 42.28 to win the 4×100 Meter Relay ahead of Chatham-Glenwood (42.50) and Mascoutah (42.62). Cahokia dominated in the 4×400 Meter Relay running 3:20.46 for the win (IL #2). Belleville East ran 3:23.30 to place second.

Defending Class 2A champion Louis Yohannes of Triad ran 14.34 (IL #4) to win the 110 Meter Hurdles. Daylin Donaldson of Belleville East ran 14.39 (IL #6) to place second. Donaldson came back to run 38.15 (IL #2) in winning the 300 Meter Hurdles. Tyjaire Kellum of Murphysboro won the 100 Meter Dash (10.77) finishing ahead of Edwardsville’s Clayton Lakatos (10.92) and Cincere Ruffin (10.96). Troy Mclean of Belleville West ran 21.84 for the 200 Meter Dash win again with Edwardsville’s Lakatos (22.13) and Ruffin (22,18) second and third. Alex Lacke of North Point MO was timed in 48.90 to win the 400 Meter Dash. Four runners were under 50 seconds in the race led by Jaylen Pennington of Cahokia (49.04) followed by Logan Smallwood of Limestone (49.45) and Brady Moser of Chatham-Glenwood (49.61).

Chatham-Glenwood stepped into the spotlight in the 4×800 Meter Relay running 7:53.56 (IL #3) ahead of Herrin (8:02.88), Highland (8:08.28), and Roxana (8:08.45). Drew Twyman electrified his home crowd as he ran 9:24.10 to win the 3200 Meter Run. Liam Bettis of Taylorville ran a personal best of 4:18.13 to win the 1600 Meter Run ahead of Max Weber of Althoff Catholic (4:22.66). Leo Cozzi of Mascoutah ran 1:57.28 to win the 800 Meter Run.

Edwardsville’s Gavin Stukenberg (53-11 and Iose Epenesa (52-7.75) took the top two places in the Shot Put. Epenesa came back to throw 188-2 to win the Discus. Devin Habermehl of Collinsville threw 176-6 to place second. Freshman Logan Thompson of Althoff Catholic jumped 22-6.5 for the Long Jump win. Victreze Thomas of Cahokia jumped 45-5 to win in the Triple Jump.

Hunt Invitational @ Plainfield Central – Plainfield North concentrated on achieving good relay times in this four team meet featuring all the Plainfield schools. North started off with a meet record in the 4×800 Meter Relay running 9:30.16 (IL #6) winning the race by more than a minute. Their quartet in the 4×100 Meter Relay was next as they ran 47.03 (IL #4) to win that race ahead of Plainfield East (48.76). The quartet of Kaiya Bradshaw, Lauren Dellangelo, Aniya Poindexter, and Taylor McClain helped Plainfield North to a 1:38.76 (IL #2) win in the 4×200 Meter Relay winning by more than 10 seconds. They concluded the meet by running a state leading 3:50.76 to win the 4×400 Meter Relay ahead of Plainfield East by 18 seconds. Marlie Czarniewski ran a solo 5:02.58 to win the 1600 Meter Run. Taylor McLain of Plainfield North ran 1203 to win the 100 Meter Dash.

Dylan Buturusis of Plainfield South ran 1:55.91 to win the Boys 800 Meter Run. Plainfield North swept the top two places in the 1600 Meter Run. Quinn Davis ran 4:17.69 to the win with Thomas Czerwinski running 4:17.83 to finish third. Austin Cory of Plainfield South ran 4:20.64 to finish third. The 3200 Meter Run was electric as Dylan Maloney of Plainfield South ran 9:03.70 for the win with Aidan Connors of Plainfield North running 9:10.71 to place second.

Morton Distance Gala @ Morton HS – It was Morton High School’s turn to host their annual distance meet featuring some of the top runners form the central part of the state. It was Abe Martin of Morton that might have stolen the spotlight in this meet. Martin won the freshman mile last week at Palatine. In this meet, the freshman ran 1:55.04 (IL #8) to win the 800 Meter Run. AJ Ince of Normal Community ran 1:55.87 in finishing second ahead of Ben Gorsage of Washington (1:56.72). The finish of the 1600 Meter Run required a review of the photo. Elmwood’s Darwin Herman ran an 11 second personal best of 4:17.75 to break the meet record and win just ahead of Christian Harris of Morton (4:17.89). Fisher Rinkenberger of Washington ran 9:34.85 to win the 3200 Meter Run with his closest competition coming from Mika Nelson of Elmwood (9:37.05).

Brooke Zeibert of Rochester set a new meet record of 2:14.63 to win the 800 Meter Run. Abigail Jackson of Normal West finished second (2:18.69) and Lily Cavanaugh of Normal Community (2:19.02). Sophia Ramirez of Washington won the 1600 Meter Run (5:06.29) ahead of Zoe Carter of Normal University (5:08.92) and Aver Braker of Morton (5:11.30). Abby Tudeen of Dunlap ran 11:05.66 to set a meet record by over two seconds to win the 3200 Meter Run. Meghan Zopel of Peoria Notre Dame (11:16.52) finished second.

Red Ribbon Classic @ Waubonsie Valley HS – 16 mph northeast winds gusting at point up to 25 mph played a part in the sprints in this meet. It did not phase Amari Williams of Wheaton-Warrenville South in the 300 Meter Hurdles. He is the defending champion in Class 3A. Williams made up the stagger by the third hurdles, then pushed towards the finish into the wind. He ran the state’s fastest time of 37.75 to win by over three seconds ahead of Luke De Simone from York (40.62). The 110 Meter Hurdles were wind affected as De Simone ran 15.32 for the win ahead of Patrick Fitzgerald of Marmion Academy (15.44) and Williams (15.62).

York won the team title (140 points) ahead of Yorkville (117.33) and Waubonsie Valley (98.17 points). York captured the first two events to help them on their way to the title. The Dukes had an eight second lead heading into the final leg of the 4×800 Meter Relay. Yorkville had Owen Horeni anchoring. Horeni ran the first 400 in 53 seconds and closed the gap to three seconds heading into the final 150 meters of the race. York held on to run 7:59.56 for the win with Yorkville running 8:05.79 to finish second. Horeni also ended the meet running a 48.8 anchor leg to give his team the win (3:23.88) ahead of Metea Valley (3:27.57) and York (3:28.66). The second relay win for the Dukes in the 4×100 Meter Relay. Great exchanges helped the Dukes run 42.13 for the win ahead of Metea Valley (42.86).

Everett Sinson of York held off the closing pack to run 1:59.99 to win the 800 Meter Run finishing ahead of John Daffenberg of Marmion Academy (2:00.02), Sam Kehoe of York (2:00.28), and Braedon Koerner of Waubonsie Valley (2:01.05). A move in the final 100-meters of the 1600 Meter Run led to a 1-2 finish from Marmion Academy’s Michael Whitacre (4:27.27) and Joesph Dorando (4:27.45). Patrick Hill of York finished third (4:28.07).

Palatine Relays @ Palatine HS – Carter Hayes of Palatine was the Boys athlete of the meet as he won both the 800 Meter Run and the 1600 Meter Run on his final time on his home track. Hayes ran 1:56.93 to win the 800 Meter Run with Cole Bonham of Carmel Catholic (1:59.05) his closest competition. Hayes also ran 4:20.08 to win the 1600 Meter Run ahead of Henry Thuet of Niles Notre Dame (4:23.11). Shane Conroy of Portage IN ran 9:24.34 to win the 3200 Meter Run 10 seconds ahead of Alex Krieg of Palatine (9:34.45).

Aisha Kazeem of Palatine was the big winner in the Girls meet winning three individual events. The junior ran a season’s best of 14.48 (IL #4) to win the 100 Meter Hurdles ahead of Tori Robinson-Thomas of Proviso East (14.85, IL #10). Kazeem’s second hurdle win came when she ran the fastest time in the state (42.93) to win the 300 Meter Hurdles with Robinson-Thomas running 45.08 (IL #10) finishing second. Kazeem’s third win came when she ran 24.68 (IL #8) to win the 200 Meter Dash. Palatine’s Elizabeth Garrett ran 11:08.41 to win the 3200 Meter Run ahead of Stella Davis of Evanston Township (11:14.72) and Hudson Szymonik of Jacobs (11:15.54). Sophia Galiano-Sanchez of York ran 2:17.84 to win the 800 Meter Run. Leija Matijevic of Eanston had a 41-0.5 best (IL #3 to win the Shot Put.

Pete Struck Classic @ Sandburg HS – The big race at this Friday night meet was the 1600 Meter Run where the top four placers are ran faster than 4:21. Downers Grove North’s Grant Schroder (4:16.46 and Will Surratt (4:16.71) took the first places in the race. Gavin O’Connor of Brother Rice (4:19.80) and Mateo Ramiro-Garcia of Sandburg (4:20.87) finished third and fourth.

Weekend Notes

Nina Brown of Champaign Centennial ran 24.72 (IL #8) to win the 200 Meter Dash Friday evening at the Urbana Girls Invitational. Madalyn Marx of Mahomet-Seymour ran 25.36 to finish second. Champaign Centennial ran 47.95 (IL #09) to win the 4×100 Meter Relay. Kankakee ran 1:39.78 (IL #5) to win the 4×200 Meter Relay finishing ahead of Belleville West (3:58.29, IL #6),

Tommy Nitz of Huntley ran his outdoor season’s best in the 3200 Meter Run at the Rolling Meadows Mustang Classic on Friday. Nitz ran 9:05.53 (IL #7) to win the race by 48 seconds. Highland Park’s Brian Hatoum (4:21.05) and Dylan Dominguez (4:23.90) finished first and second in the 1600 Meter Run.

Zion Morrison of Homewood-Flossmoor ran a state leading 14.27 to win the 110 Meter Hurdles in the Dick Beebe Invitational on his home track. Homewood-Flossmoor ran 41.90 (IL #5) to win the to win the 4×100 Meter Relay.

Anthony Lusciatti of Lincoln-Way West ran 38.36 (IL #4) to win the 300 Meter Hurdles Friday at his home invitational. Teammate Brendan Vlasak ran 38.90 (IL #8) to finish second.

Lyric Jones of Belleville East had a great breakthrough Friday at the Lady Kahok Invitational at Collinsville High School. Jones ran 56.03 (IL #2) to win the 400 Meter Dash. Lily Gilbertson of Father McGivney ran 57.43 in finishing second. Elena Rybak of Father McGivney ran 4:56.50 to win the 1600 Meter Run. Ali Londrigan of Chatham-Glenwood ran 5:00.30 for second overall. O’Fallon was timed at 1:42.24 (IL #7) to win the 4×200 Meter Relay. Belleville East ran 3:53.39 (IL #2) to win the 4×400 Meter Relay.

Two great Girls distance races made the Herscher Invitational Friday night even more special. Klarke Goranson of Manteno ran 2:13.12 (IL #5) to win the 800 Meter Run finishing ahead of Mikayla Chambers of Dwight (2:18.29) and Kelly O’Connor of Herscher (2:20.52). Sundara Weber of Sandwich ran IL #2 time of 4:46.29 to win the 1600 Meter Run. Goranson ran 4:59.55 to finish second.

Rockford Boylan ran a school record of 9:29.13 (IL #4) to win the 4×800 Meter Relay Friday at Woodstock’s Steve Erwin Invitational.

St. Charles North ran 9:29.65 (IL #5) to win the 4×800 Meter Relay at the Kane County Girls Meet. Batavia ran 9:34.78 (IL #10) to finish second. Four runners finished within two seconds in the 1600 Meter Run. Julia Rodney of St. Charles North ran 5:08.21 to capture the win with Sofia Borter of Geneva running 5:09.38, Avery Hacker of Batavia (5:10.25), and Kara Glenn of St. Charles North (5:10.65) finishing behind.

Ashlyn Denney of Tolono Unity ran a personal best on Friday at the Lady Sages Invitational held at Monticello. The senior ran 2:13.79 to win the 800 Meter Run which had five runners under 2:20 in that race. Lily Woolery of Shelbyville ran 2:14.78 to finish second followed by Emily Decker of Tolono Unity (2:15.90), Savanna Franzen of St. Joseph-Ogden (2:18.31), and Aly Douglass of Shelbyville (2:19.40). Zoe Carter of Normal University ran 5:07.88 to win the 1600 Meter Run. Tolono Unity ended the meet running at 4:00.33 (IL #10) to win the 4×400 Meter Relay.

ANN ARBOR — These athletes may be young, but their talent is impressive.

The Ann Arbor area is full of freshmen and sophomore athletes who have demonstrated star potential in just a short amount of time.

And now, readers have the opportunity to acknowledge their potential.

MLive-The Ann Arbor News has listed 42 underclassmen athletes from the Ann Arbor area for readers to vote on for the top underclassman athlete.

Note that this list is strictly for freshmen and sophomore athletes as we have already highlighted juniors and seniors last month.

Readers will have unlimited voting for the top underclassman until the poll closes at 9 a.m. on Monday, May 12. The poll winner will be announced on Tuesday, May 13.

Here are the candidates for the Ann Arbor-area’s top underclassman athlete.

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Alexis Adelman, Ann Arbor Father Gabriel Richard

Girls Track and Field

Adelman has already shown improvement from a strong freshman season. She has already won the 800 and 1600 this season.

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Cate Alumkal, Ann Arbor Greenhills

Girls Soccer

Alumkal had a strong freshman season as she earned third-team all-state honors.

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Amelia Baker, Chelsea

Girls Tennis

Baker has had a strong sophomore season as a double’s player. She has more than 10 victories with partner Ellie Kuck.

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Colby Boyce, Dexter

Softball

Boyce has already displayed her potential early in her first season with the Dreadnaughts. She’s already hit two home runs double-digit hits, RBIs and runs scored.

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Ryder Concannon, Saline

Baseball

Concannon has been one of Saline’s top players throughout the season. He ranks among the area’s best in batting average, hits and RBIs.

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Louisa Cowen, Ann Arbor Greenhills

Girls Track and Field

Cowen has hit the ground running as a freshman for the Gryphons with first-place finishes in the 200, 400 and 800 this season.

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Sarah Crane, Ann Arbor Pioneer

Girls Track and Field

Crane is tied for the best high jump height in the area (5’2) and has six victories in the event.

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Aarit das, Ypsilanti

Boys Golf

Das is one of Ypsilanti’s top golfers and has finishes in the top 10 this season.

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Natasza Dudek, Ann Arbor Pioneer

Girls Track and Field

Dudek is one of the state’s top freshman runners. She ranks No. 1 in the 3200 and leads the area in the 1600 as well.

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Emma Hasey, Ypsilanti Lincoln

Girls Soccer

Despite being a freshman, Hasey has already earned the respect of her teammates as she was named a team captain.

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Tynne Hannahs, Ann Arbor Skyline

Girls Track and Field

Hannahs is one of the area’s fastest hurdlers and has multiple wins in both the 100 and 300 hurdles.

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Cruz Hanson, Saline

Boys Track and Field

Hanson has two victories in the 400 and has helped the Hornets win races in the 400 and 800 relay events.

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Coen Hill, Dexter

Boys Track and Field

Hill has already shown flashes of improvement from his freshman season. He won the 3200 at the Lincoln Spring Indoor Classic, slashing off 35 seconds from his best time from last year.

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Teagan Hill, Chelsea

Girls Track and Field

As a freshman, Hill had six top 3 finishes in the 100 and won multiple 200 races. Hill has already won three races in the 100 this spring.

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Andrew Hoffman, Ann Arbor Huron

Baseball

Hoffman was an honorable mention all-conference selection last season as a freshman and has double-digit hits and RBIs this spring.

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Keating Holland, Ann Arbor Greenhills

Boys Golf

Holland had a strong freshman season last year by helping the Gryphons earn a state finals bid with an eighth-place finish at regionals and a 26th-place finish at the D3 state finals. Holland also has a victory this season.

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Esha Jadhav, Ann Arbor Huron

Girls Tennis

Jadhav has emerged as Huron’s No. 1 singles player as a freshman and has won eight matches so far this season.

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Atiya Khaldun, Ann Arbor Greenhills

Girls Soccer

Khaldun earned third-team all-state recognition last season as a forward.

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Ellie Kim, Ann Arbor Greenhills

Girls Tennis

Kim’s freshman season was as good as it gets as she won the No. 2 singles title in D4 and finished the year with a 25-0 record. Kim is off to another strong start with 11 wins this year.

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Kalia Lawson, Ann Arbor Pioneer

Girls Track and Field

Lawson ranks in the top 5 in the area in the 100 dash and has multiple victories in the event.

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Georgia Linzell, Milan

Softball

Linzell burst onto the scene as a freshman sensation last year for the Big Reds and has continued that rise this spring.

She leads Milan in batting average and has more than 10 RBIs and runs scored.

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Kaylie Livingston, Whitmore Lake

Girls Track and Field

Livingston enters the track season fresh off a Division 4 individual state title in cross country in the fall and an all-state season in basketball.

She ranks among the area’s best in the 1600 and 3200 races and has multiple victories in each event.

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Oskar MacArthur, Ann Arbor Skyline

Boys Track and Field

MacArthur, a freshman, has wins in the 800, 1600 and 3200 this season.

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Nina Malani, Ann Arbor Greenhills

Girls Tennis

Malani won the No. 1 doubles state title last season with Lauren Ye but has opened this year with 11 victories in the No. 4 singles position.

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Katarina Munson, Saline

Girls Track and Field

Munson had victories in the 400 and 1600 last year and competed at the D1 state finals in the 800. She has a win in the 200 this year.

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Sean O’connell, Whitmore Lake

Boys Golf

O’connell finished as the top golfer at the MIAC’s first jamboree and has shown promise throughout his freshman season.

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Nesaias Paige, Ypsilanti

Boys Track and Field

Page has several victories in the long jump and the 400 this season.

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Preston Paoletti, Chelsea

Baseball

Paoletti was one of two underclassmen and the only freshman to earn all-SEC White honors last season. He has double digit hits so far this season.

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Annie Pinsky, Ann Arbor Huron

Softball

Pinsky is one of Huron’s top players already as a freshman. She leads the team in hits, RBIs and runs scored.

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Bria Powell, Ypsilanti Lincoln

Softball

Powell was one of Lincoln’s top offensive contributors last season as a freshman and hasn’t missed a beat this spring. Powell ranks in the top 10 in the area in batting average, hits and RBIs.

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Mikailyn Rodriguez, Ypsilanti Lincoln

Girls Soccer

Rodriguez is another freshman for the Railsplitters who has contributed to the team from the striker position.

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Kamari Ronfeldt, Ann Arbor Pioneer

Boys Track and Field

Ronfeldt ranks among the area’s best in the 1600 and 3200 races.

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Olivia Rollins, Ann Arbor Pioneer

Girls Track and Field

Last year, Rollins had top 5 finishes in both the 100 and 200 and helped the Pioneers win several 400 and 800 relay races.

This season, she is a member of Pioneer’s 400 relay team that has the fastest time in the area.

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Alex Stockton, Saline

Boys Track and Field

Stockton ranks among the area’s top high jumpers this season.

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Isla Tharp, Ann Arbor Skyline

Girls Track and Field

Tharp has several top 5 finishes in the 200 and 400 races and ranks among the area’s best in the 400.

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Ella Varitek, Ann Arbor Father Gabriel Richard

Softball

The freshman standout has been on a tear this spring. She ranks among the area’s top players in batting average, hits, RBIs and stolen bases.

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Bella Vetere, Dexter

Girls Soccer

Vetere is a sophomore standout who has been a spark plug for the Dreadnaughts in the middle of the field.

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Jack Walden, Saline

Boys Track and Field

Walden is a new addition to Saline’s program. He ranks in the top 5 in the area in the 200 dash and is a contributor in relay races.

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Gracie Waldrop, Saline

Softball

Waldrop has been a consistent contributor for the Hornets with more than 20 hits and double digits numbers in RBIs and runs scored.

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Nora Walsh, Saline

Girls Soccer

Walsh had a strong freshman season that led to honorable mention all-conference honors last year.

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Parker Westcott, Chelsea

Boys Golf

Westcott has showcased his value to the Bulldogs in his freshman season with multiple first-place finishes.

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Mira Wroten, Ann Arbor Skyline

Softball

Wroten has been a strong contributor as a sophomore. She is one of the team’s leaders in multiple categories and leads the team in runs scored.

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