KANELAND—A highly successful 2011-12 spring season was recognized with team awards dished out earlier this week, as well as honors from the end-of-year senior athletic banquet.

Lady Knights track qualifies for State in five events after Sterling meet STERLING, Ill.—Some might shake their head at a fourth-place showing for a girls track meet.

KANELAND—Lady Knights track used the important meet at Streator High School to have a Northern Illinois Big XII pow-wow, and found they have a final output good for the middle of the pack.

KANELAND—With the regular season in its final weeks, the Kaneland High School girls track squad finds itself homestretching across finish lines.

KANELAND—Windy conditions abounded, and whomever emerged from Saturday’s Jenni’s ABC Meet in Maple Park would have to do so by force.

BELVIDERE, Ill.—All KHS coach Doug Ecker could have hoped for was a consistent and smart race by his girls cross country team.

Kaneland’s Jen Howland, shown here at the ITU World Championship Final Gold Coast in Austrailia last year, has high aspirations for her racing future. Courtesy USA Triathlon

KANELAND—Earlier this month, the Northern Illinois Big XII Conference released its girls and boys list for premier All-Conference runners.

Peoria—A two-year layoff from cross-country running didn't seem to have much of an effect on Kaneland High School's Jen Howland at the IHSA 2A State Final on Saturday in Peoria.

BELVIDERE—Kaneland girls cross country may not have a large presence in Peoria this coming weekend, but it will be significant.

MALTA—How can fortunes still be promising with the girls cross-country season in its last throes? When you run for the Lady Knights.

ELBURN—For the majority of the 2010 season, Kaneland girls cross-country has struggled to post a full lineup.

STERLING—Could it be a perfect storm of sorts for the Lady Knights cross country team?

KANELAND—With a roster that returns several that missed State a year ago, motivation is available aplenty for Lady Knights cross-country in 2010.

Standout junior triathlete Jennifer Howland took top honors Saturday at the USA Triathlon Flatland Junior Elite Cup, and became eligible to represent the United States on Sept. 12 at the 2010 ITU Junior Triathlon World Championship.

MAPLE PARK—With the Lady Knight girls cross country roster getting stopped after a sixth-place finish at the Class 2A Belvidere Sectional a year ago, the group wishes to hold off offseason plans a little later, in to...