Senior Sunny Weber realized quickly that Sandwich moving from Class 2A to 1A for this girls cross country would affect repeating her state title.

For the 2024 2A champion to repeat, it was going to be harder – a lot harder.

“At first I was nervous because I’m not used to running with competition, but I knew that it would prepare me for later races, the (after IHSA) postseason as well as college,” Weber said.

“Even though I was nervous, I was excited. Obviously it played out. There were girls to push me and we all pushed each other.”

Once again, Weber was at the front but this time she even had the fastest time among the three girls races at Peoria’s Detweiller Park.

Weber became the 1A state champion in another school-record 15:54.42 for 3.0 miles that just missed breaking the girls

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