All-South honors crown two four-time track greats
Massac County senior Lindsay Zeiler and Centralia senior Ragena Wallace earned All-South Girls Track and Field honors for the fourth time. The 2002 team also includes Keyoina Burkes of Murphysboro and Frances Jones of Carterville among other top area performers across events from sprints to field events.
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Massac County
Lindsay Zeiler
Centralia
Ragena Wallace
Southern Illinois Coaches Association
Keyoina Burkes
Murphysboro
Fai
Red Devils
Hope Carrell
Marion
Frances Jones
Carterville
Lady Lions
Lauren Swearingen
Katie Wagner
Mount Vernon
Lindsay Wagner
Massac
Southeast Missouri State
Dani Davis
Emily Stocks
Rachel Simmons
Elizabeth Davenport
Jami Wright
Renee Luster
Zeiler earns year’s top track honors amid record splashes
Lady Patriot Zeiler capped a standout season by shattering school marks in the 400 and 3,200, clocking 59.3 in the 400 and 10:58.6 in the 3,200 while posting a 4:59.8 1,600. Her pace set River-to-River and state times, drawing college attention as she plans to run full time at Southeast.
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Summer Owens
Mount Vernon
State
Chelsea Porter
Taylor Lampley
Benton
Heather Mitchell
Harrisburg
Emily Murphy
Marion
Brittini Peck
Sparta
Riley Seers
Zeiler
Eastern Illinois University
Illinois
IHSA
Southeast
Sun block prep football camps keep players busy in off season
Downers Grove South and many Illinois schools run voluntary summer workouts from June into August under IHSA rules. Coaches defend camps as teaching time while others warn of burnout and fatigue. Deaths in college programs nearby intensify scrutiny of summer conditioning.
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Downers Grove
Downers Grove South High School
Martin O'Donnell
John Belskis
Belskis
Downers Grove South
Illinois
Randy Kuceyeski
Libertyville High School
Northwestern
Rashidi Wheeler
Alabama
Iowa
Illinois High School Association
Sparta
Carbondale
Terriers
Terrier
Fred Heinz
IHSA
Marty Hickman
Frank Lenti
Powerhouse
Chicago
Mount Carmel
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Erin Kutovsky
Rangerettes
Stephanie Ledbetter
Jasmine Matthews
Annie
Julia Minton
Sharla Suggs
Burkes
Luster
Wright
Suggs
Morgan Johnson
Julie Sweetin
Vanessa Welch
Andrea Hoy
Welch
Amanda Speidel
L. Wagner
Owens
Caitlin Chrisman
Lisa Ducker
Samantha Gee
Carmi
White County
Sarah Hogue
Casey Stout
Anna Jonesboro
Cairo
Kareeka Wright
Whitney Brown
Vivian Howard
Danielle Brown
Iman Jones
Genelle Lennox
Jennifer Wahib
Yvette Hicks
Katie Burke
Jennifer Stilley
Davenport
Orphan Annies
Nashville
Emily Pytlinski
Cynthia Skinner
Mary Hatch
Kayla Markham
By Jim Gordillo
Kutovsky Benton
Lampley Benton
Speidel
Mt. Vernon
K,wagner
Davis Carterville
Johnson Benton
Swearingen Murphysboro
Sweetin Benton
Zeiler Massac County
Lady Patriot
Bréanne Tre
Shelbyville
Sarah Selby
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