HF Girls' Distance & XC

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A special thanks to our entire crew for an amazing season- they were great support, and they left hungry to qualify as a team next year!

[HF Girls' Distance & XC @HFXCountry]

Our 3 individual qualifiers ran amazing races at the Sectional Meet last weekend! We’re beyond excited that our underclassmen got this experience, and we’re grateful for Mattie’s senior leadership.

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@CrusaderTF_XC Congrats on a great high school career, Gavin!

[HF Girls' Distance & XC @HFXCountry]

Vote for an amazing student-athlete and person- Gavin O’Connor!!

[Illinois Prep Top Timing @IPTTiming]

Good luck to all! Voting takes place below, and on Twitter/X! Results will be combined!

[HF Girls' Distance & XC @HFXCountry]

This week's Runner of the Week is sophomore Carrington Hughes who came through with a huge PR to punch her ticket to Sectionals!!
Congrats, C!

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Our Conference week Runner of the Week was Nathalia Bravo for her amazing development, hard work, and encouragement!!

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@WestWarriorsXC Thanks, Coach! We are very excited to keep rolling.

[HF Girls' Distance & XC @HFXCountry]

This crew accomplished some great things at the Regional Meet! While some were unhappy with the outcome, they demonstrated incredible growth, took risks, and improved in their overall race sense & technique. Be proud, Vikings!

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3 Vikings advance to Sectionals! Congrats to freshman Makayla Shulman, Senior Matilyn Terrell, and sophomore Carrington Hughes- can’t wait to see what they accomplish next week representing our crew in the postseason!

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Thank you to Parker Jr. High for hosting us and @HFDistanceSquad in the Falcons 2 Vikings program. Our athletes had a great morning discussing the value in and what it takes to be a great student athlete yesterday morning!

[HF Girls' Distance & XC @HFXCountry]

Last week we celebrated Anika Izenbart as our Runner of the Week! She has proven to be a valued leader and member of the team on and off the course.

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The Vikings had a great Saturday at the SWSC Championship hosted by @LockportTrackXC . Led by top finisher Makayla Shulman, Tolani Babawale, Carrington Hughes, Jerni Mahone, Eryn Mason, Izzy Davies, Nathalia Bravo, & Cristen Claxton all ran lifetime PRs!

[HF Girls' Distance & XC @HFXCountry]

It’s all coming together for the Vikings! Our medalists included Makayla Shulman- Varsity (4) and freshmen Asha Maclin & Safiya Douglas (24 & 25). Sophomore Lilia Abramcyzk had to sit out due to a hip strain, but she wanted to speak her pride to the team!

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Our Fresh/Soph crew was 5 for 5 with LIFETIME PRs at Jimmy Daniels!! Led by freshmen Asha Maclin & Safiya Douglas who ran 2:35 & 2:39 PRs, Ginger followed with 1:14, Cristen who broke 30 minutes with 3:01, and Nathalia with 60 seconds, all ran absolutely stellar races. Congrats!

[HF Girls' Distance & XC @HFXCountry]

Our Varsity squad took 4th place at the Jimmy Daniels Invite yesterday by running 6 LIFETIME PRs! Led by freshman Makayla who broke 20 for the first time ever with a 19:34, Mattie & Tolani broke 21, Barrington 22, Itzel 24, and Anika a 39 second PR!!

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Captain Tolani Babawale has been an incredible runner of the week this week, and she capped it off with a 27 second PR at the Jimmy Daniels Invite by breaking 21 for the first time with a 20:58. Keep it up, T!

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Congrats, Makayla!! A well-deserved honor.

[Illinois Prep Top Timing @IPTTiming]

Voting is complete! @HFXCountry Makayla Schulman is our IPTT Female Athlete of the Week!

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@BremenXCTrack We do love the Meadows! Can’t thank you enough.

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Despite the mud, we had some outstanding performances at the Tolefree-Farley Invite on Saturday- Safiya Douglas & Asha Maclin with nearly 3 minute PRs, Itzel Nunez-Rosario 80 seconds, Nathalia Bravo & Cristen Clazton with nearly a minute, and Ginger Wilford-Holley with a 3:43 PR!

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We love a goal-setting session! Our girls have big plans for themselves.

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This week, our girls nominated freshman Asha Maclin for Runner of the Week. Check out the great things they had to say about her!