Since the inception of the Illinois Central Eight (ICE) Conference in 2019, Lisle hasn't come close to winning a conference championship on either the boys' or girls' side. That changed this year when the girls won their first conference championship since winning the Interstate 8 Conference in 2005.

Full Meet Splits

Girls Race - Results

Senior Dani Erickson and junior Ashley Ritchey had a goal of finishing 2nd and 3rd, and they met that goal. There was a point on the course where they missed a turn and had to backtrack, but had they not needed to do so, they would have set new lifetime PRs. They ended up running 18:39 and 18:40 to hold off Peotone's freshman Emma Pena who had a great race to finish 4th in 18:47. Junior Summer Klein had a goal of finishing in the top five, but the great race from Peotone's freshman put the kibosh on that plan. Summer still had a fantastic race, finishing with All-Conference honors in 7th place and running a nearly 30-second PR with a time of 19:31. Summer currently has the 5th-fastest time in Lisle history. Junior Jennifer Duban had her best race of the season and maybe the best race of her career. Jen was in 9th place for the majority of the race, a few steps behind fellow junior Lyla Nevel from Manteno. Every time Jen was asked to catch Lyla she did so. With just over 400 meters to go, Jen made her final move and this time she moved ahead of Lyla and kept pushing. Over the final 400 meters, she left no doubt that she would earn the final All-Conference spot. Her eighth-place finish in 19:53 was the fastest time of her career and gave her the 10th-fastest time in school history. Sophomore Madi Madsen continues to make improvements as the season rolls along. She hasn't made the huge leaps that some other runners on the team have, but she has gotten faster at every race this year. She continued that trend at conference and finished in 12th place with a time of 21:03. Sophomore Sofia Maldonado and senior Molly Martin were the only Lisle runners to improve their seeds. Sofia improved from 16th to 14th, and Molly had a huge jump moving from a seed of 21st to finish in 15th place. Both runners set PRs with Sofia finishing in 22:13 and Molly finishing in 22:40. The rest of the team didn't contribute to the team score, but they had great individual races. The freshman trio of Giuliana Rotelli, Hylie Woodhouse, and Lila Helderle ran the first mile together, but Lila twisted her ankle on the course's only hill. Giuliana and Hylie ran lifetime PRs of 22:42 and 22:47 to finish in 26th and 27th and Lila gutted out the race when she could have easily walked off the course. Lila ended up finishing just behind her sister, Rose Helderle, who supported her by holding her hand for a bit before the final 400 meters. Rose finished in 32nd place with a time of 24:25 and Lila finished one place behind in 24:30. Freshman Sadie Shields, who has battled injuries all season, came back to run her final race of the season and gutted out a 38th-place finish in 27:34. Sophomore Violet King closed out her sophomore season with a 37:06 in 42nd place.

The team race wasn't close. Our Lions finished with 32 points to Manteno's 47 points. Sofia and Molly, our sixth and seventh runners, finished ahead of the fifth runner from every other team. The girls came into the season with a goal of winning conference, and they met that goal in dominating fashion.

Boys Race - Results

Luke Erickson had a goal of breaking 18 minutes to start the season. He underestimated his abilities and is on track to break 16 by season end. He set another lifetime PR, earning All-Conference honors with a fourth-place finish in 16:06. Luke set the freshman boy's record for Eastwood Golf Course with his finish. Junior Charlie Wang had a breakthrough race to run a huge lifetime PR of 18:09 to finish in 14th place. This was nearly a one-minute improvement over his previous PR. Sophomore Cayden Denhart continues to run PRs every week and he ran a big one to break 19 minutes for the first time with a 16th-place finish in 18:31. Freshman Carson Thomas joined Cayden in the sub-19 club with a 19th-place finish in 18:48, and sophomore Blake Madsen nearly joined them with a 22nd-place finish in 19:01. All four of them met their placement goals for the meet, with Charlie, Carson, and Cayden shooting for top 20 and Blake shooting for the top 24. Junior Liam Newton, coming off a great race at Elmwood Park, didn't have his best stuff. He finished in 27th with a time of 19:30, which still represents his third-fastest time ever. Senior Simon Klein continues to improve after missing a few weeks last month. He finished one place behind Liam and ran another season PR of 19:40 to finish as our last scorer. Freshman Steven King was the next to finish with a time of 19:51 in 30th place. Seniors Aiden Slehofer and Lincoln Calfo were close to each other for most of the race and finished their Lisle running careers in 36th and 37th place with times of 20:32 and 20:37. Fellow senior Ethan George finished his only season of cross country with a lifetime PR of 23:00 to finish in 48th place.

On the team side, the boys were seeded fourth, but ended up improving enough to pass Streator and finish in 3rd with 72 points to Streator's 83. Manteno was second with 62 points and Herscher won conference with 17.

Lion of the Meet

Dani and Ashley once again ran great races, and they both set course records for the Eastwood Golf Course. Summer and Jen ran huge lifetime PRs and were also considered for Lion of the Meet. Molly dropped a huge season PR and beat the fifth runner of every other team. Giuliana and Hylie ran lifetime PRs to finish their freshman seasons strong. Lila hurt her ankle before the mile mark, but still persisted and gutted out the race. Rose ran a lifetime PR in her final race of her junior season. Luke set the course record for freshman boys and continues to approach the 15-minute range. Cayden has run a PR in every race this year and broke the 19-minute barrier. Blake ran a nearly one-minute PR and almost broke the 18-minute barrier as well after breaking 20 minutes just two weeks ago. Simon continues to improve and ran another season PR. Ethan finished his cross country season strong with a PR of almost a minute. Speaking of minute PRs, our Lion of the Meet is Charlie Wang. Charlie has struggled to have a breakthrough race this year making only incremental improvements. That changed in Streator, though, as Charlie improved his lifetime PR from 19:05 to 18:09. Congrats, Charlie!