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La Salle-Peru, Mendota athletes in hunt for medals: NewsTribune Class 2A girls state track and field preview · Illinois Valley - Shaw Local

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  Speaker 1: Lasal Peru, Mendota athletes and hunt for medals. News Tribune
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  Class to a Girl's State track and field preview written
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  by Kevin Schlum. This article is being read by an
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  automated voice brought to you by Everlett. Last spring, lasal
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  Peru's Aubrey Dutlinger tried to come back from an injury
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  for the Class to A Sterling Sectional. She was able
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  to compete in the long jump, placing fourth and missing
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  the cut for a return trip to state, but scratched
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  the triple jump. This season, the junior is one percent
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  healthy and was able to earn the second state berth
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  in her career, qualifying in the long jump and triple jump.
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  It feels great to be back, Dutlinger said, I'm super excited.
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  Dutlinger punched her ticket to state by winning the long
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  jump with a leap of five point three eight meters,
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  placing third in the triple jump, and beating the state
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  qualifying standard in the triple jump at ten point seventy
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  nine at the Mendota Sectional. The Class two Estate preliminaries
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  are Friday at Eastern Illinois University's O'Brien Stadium, with the
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  final set for Saturday. My goal is to set a PR,
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  break the school record and also place, said Dutlinger, who
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  finished seventeenth in the long jump and twenty first in
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  the triple jump as a freshman earlier this season. Dutlinger
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  leapt five point six five meters, which is the fourth
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  best jump in the state this spring. Lawrence freshman Gabrielle
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  Jones owns the top jump at five dots of seven COMMA,
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  followed by Aurora Central Catholic junior Analyzed McCarty five point
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  six y nine and Chicago South Shore International senior Jordan
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  Hamb five point sixty seven. Dutlinger's five point sixty five
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  is just shy of the LP record of five point
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  six eight set by Shay Sherry in twenty seventeen. Dutlinger
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  has the twenty fourth best triple jump this spring. The
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  top twelve advance to the in jumps. I'm using it
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  as motivation to keep my spot in PR, Dutlinger said
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  about going into state with the fourth best jump in
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  two A this season. The key to success is to
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  be confident in myself and use the adrenaline to my advantage.
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  Mendota junior Maria Elam also looks to be in the
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  metal hunt. Elam will compete at state in the high
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  jump for the third time in her career. She won
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  the high jump state title as a freshman and placed
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  second last season. She'll also compete at State in the
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  triple jump and on Mendoda's four AC two hundred meter relay.
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  I plan to be top three in both of my
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  field events and at least top ten in our relay,
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  said Eliam, who was a sectional champion in both jumps.
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  Elam comes into State tide for the second best jump
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  in the state this season at one point sixty eight
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  with Jersey senior Morgan Allen Mantino. Freshman Olivia McElroy owns
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  the top jump this spring at one point sixty nine.
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  This season, compared to freshman year, is more chick challenging.
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  Elam said, there are a lot more girls who can
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  jump crazy heights, so I'm excited for the competition. Elim
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  enters the triple jump with the seventh best leap this
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  season at eleven point three to two. Chicago South Shore
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  International senior Jordan Ham owns the top jump at eleven
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  point nine to four. Dutlinger and Elam aren't the only
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  athletes from their schools who will compete at State. LaSalle
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  Peru freshman Aubrey Urbanski qualified for state in the eight
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  hundred meters by placing second at the Mendoda Sectional in
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  a personal record time of two twenty eight point nine
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  to two. For Mendota, freshman Jenia Francis won the title
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  at the Mendoda Sectional in the one hundred in a
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  school record twelve point four to one seconds, which was
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  the fourteenth fastest sectional time. The top nine advance to
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  the finals this season is very exciting for me going
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  to state again, Elam said. I'm glad to be able
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  to share this experience with some of my teammates. I'm
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  proud of us Elam and France. We'll run on the
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  Trojans four x two hundred along with a b. Beuitner
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  and Reagan Atherton. The foursome placed second at the sectional
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  in one forty eight point sixty three. Our four x
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  two hundred team is great and even if we don't place,
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  I know we will at least go home with a
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  big pr because I believe the girls at State will
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  push us all to our full potential. Elim said,