Fourteen of the team’s top runners traveled to the Chicago area this past weekend to take on some of the best team’s in the midwest. Meeting at the Palatine Invitational was Kentucky’s top ranked team, Assumption HS; Illinois’s 2nd ranked team as well as nationally ranked Palatine HS; as well as a number of other top tier Illinois and Kentucky teams. The Elks performed very well on this 3 mile course finishing 3rd in the team race. The team was led by Lainey Studebaker, who finished 4th in the race. Following her were Meredith Rintoul (20th), Megan Quinlan (29th), Meghan Harris (30th), Alexa Jennings (61st), Melissa Rintoul (66th), and Taylor Malchow (74th). In the JV race, the Elks finished 2nd out of 20 teams. Leading the way was Sonal Gupta (2nd overall), then Cait Culberg (6th), Abby Hecht (8th), Kelsey Kohls (9th), Laura Drew (20th), and Emily Pantuso (44th).
The Elks top harriers placing 3rd at the Palatine Invitational near Chicago, IL.
The JV team placed 2nd just behind host school, Palatine HS (IL).
The girls enjoyed the trip to downtown Chicago where they enjoyed deep dish Chicago-style pizza and a trip to Millenium Park!