Athletes from across Illinois competed in the IHSA Girls State Swimming Preliminaries at FMC Natatorium in Westmont on Friday, Nov. 14.

St. Charles North won its home sectional with 312 points while West Chicago was second with 280 points. Tess Stavropoulos won the 100 and 200 free for the North Stars.

Rosary senior Becky Rentz, who signed with Notre Dame this week, won the 100 and 200 freestyle and swam on a record-setting 200 free relay as the Beads won their second straight state swimming title. St. Charles North, third, set a new state record in the 400 free relay.

Tennessee recruit Avery Luedke, a transfer from Minnesota, won the 100 and 200 freestyle and swam on the winning 200 and 400 freestyle relays, and St. Charles North won all 11 swimming events to win the sectional title on Saturday at St. Charles East.

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West Chicago, which co-ops with Batavia and Geneva, scored 275 points to win Saturday’s St. Charles North Sectional. The host North Stars were second with 256 points. It was the first sectional championship for West Chicago since 1992.

Propelled by standouts Izzy Beu and Tess Stavropoulos, St. Charles North won its fifth straight DuKane Conference swimming championship Saturday. St. Charles East was second.

Caroline Kramer and Kit Schneider won individual championships in the 50 freestyle and 100 breastroke to lead Hinsdale Central to second at state, while St. Charles North won the meet-ending 400 freestyle relay to get third. Oswego Co-op's Katie Gresik was second in the 500 free.