(Left to right) Julian Hylton of Lincoln-Way North, Darvell Harris of Dunbar, and Zach Gordon of Wheaton North compete in the fourth heat of the 200 meter. Patrick Gleason ~ For Sun-Times Media
Waubonsie Valley's Demitrius Gray takes the baton from teammate Austin Ameri in the first exchange of the 4x400-meter relay. Patrick Gleason ~ For Sun-Times Media
David Schmieg starts of the 4x400 prelim for Lane. Patrick Gleason ~ For Sun-Times Media
Luke Pilliod of Glenbrook South takes off with the baton in the 4x400 as teammate Kyle Pekosh stumbles to the ground. Patrick Gleason ~ For Sun-Times Media
Jack Keelan of St. Ignatius leads the first heat of the 1600 meter by a small margin. Patrick Gleason ~ For Sun-Times Media
Hinsdale South's Tavaris Binion (left) wins the first heat of the 200 meter. Also trying to qualify is Schaumburg's Juwaan Richard (center) and Glenbard East's Markel Brackett.Patrick Gleason ~ For Sun-Times Media
Glenbard West's Mike Lederhouse wins the third heat of the 1600 meter with a considerable gap. Patrick Gleason ~ For Sun-Times Media
Dom Blake of Jacobs clears a hurdle during the first heat of the 300-meter hurdles. Patrick Gleason ~ For Sun-Times Media
Stepfan Thelemaque of Plainfield East competes in a 400-meter heat. | Patrick Gleason~For Sun-Times Media
Waubonsie Valley's Kyle Schafer (left) battles for first place with Fox Lake's Sean Wells in the second heat of the 300-meter hurdles. Patrick Gleason ~ For Sun-Times Media
Antonio Farley of Round Lake, shown winning a race at last year’s state track meet, is now running the 400 for Illinois State University. | Patrick Gleason~For Sun-Times Media
(Left to right) Thornwood's Kenneth Allen, Young's Dakarai Howard, and Mchael Gleeson of Cary-Grove try to qualify for the 400 meter. Patrick Gleason ~ For Sun-Times Media
Terrell Campbell of Elgin takes the second leg of the 4x100-meter relay. Patrick Gleason ~ For Sun-Times Media
Bloom's Justin Banks (left) and T.F. North's Claude Garrett compete in the 800-meter relay. | Patrick Gleason~For Sun-Times Media
Shawn Kock competes in the triple jump prelims for Lake Park. Patrick Gleason ~ For Sun-Times Media
(Left to right) Zach Booth of Oak Park-River Forest, Jalen Banks of Thornton, and Tavaris Binion of Hinsdale South all itch for first in the second heat of the 100 meter. Patrick Gleason ~ For Sun-Times Media
Joliet West's Calvin Edwards (from left), Wheaton North's Patrick Sharp and Oak Park-River Forest's Tariq Taylor compete in a 100-meter heat. | Patrick Gleason~For Sun-Times Media
Scott Filip of Lake Park lands in the pit as he tries to qualify for Lake Park. Patrick Gleason ~ For Sun-Times Media
Michal Filipczak of Maine South leads the third heat of the 800 meter with ease. Patrick Gleason ~ For Sun-Times Media
Crete-Monee's Rashad Hulbert competes in a heat race in the 110-meter hurdles. | Patrick Gleason~For Sun-Times Media
Kevin Jamison of Proviso West tries to qualify for triple jump. Patrick Gleason ~ For Sun-Times Media
Crystal Lake Central's Sean Buczek splashes in the sand as he tries to qualify for the triple jump. Patrick Gleason ~ For Sun-Times Media
James Travis of Waubonsie Valley flies high in the triple jump prelims. Patrick Gleason ~ For Sun-Times Media
Jordan Banks of Bolingbrook tries to qualify in the triple jump. | Patrick Gleason~For Sun-Times Media
West Aurora's Aaron Kennebrew soars in the triple jump prelims at last May's Class 3A state finals. | Patrick Gleason ~ For Sun-Times Media
Hinsdale Central's Nkemjika Nwosu competes in the triple jump preliminaries on Friday at the IHSA Class 3A Boys Track and Field Meet. | Patrick Gleason~for Sun-Times Media
(Left to right) Belleville East's Christian Hernig, Jonathon Anderson of Thornton, and Ben Bowers of Conant leap for an edge in the 110-meter hurdles. Patrick Gleason ~ For Sun-Times Media
Lane's Lucas Beltran is off with the baton to keep the lead in the second heat of the 4x800-meter relay. Patrick Gleason ~ For Sun-Times Media
Jacobs'William Hennessy pushes his was to the finish in the 4x800-meter relay. Patrick Gleason ~ For Sun-Times Media
Luke Schroer of Wheaton Warrenville South helps his team find a win in the second heat of the 4x800-meter relay prelim. Patrick Gleason ~ For Sun-Times Media
Oak Park-River Forest's Lionel Towns passes the baton to teammate Zach Booth in the thrid heat of the 4x100-meter relay. Patrick Gleason ~ For Sun-Times Media
Evanston's Adonis Jones reaches forward in the triple jump prelims. Patrick Gleason ~ For Sun-Times Media
Carl Heinz of Oak Park-River Forest lands in the triple jump pit in prelims. Patrick Gleason ~ For Sun-Times Media