Area athletes compete in the Kishwaukee River Conference boys Track and Field Meet on Tuesday, May 13, 2025, at Richmond-Burton High School in Richmond.

Despite only managing two wins on the day, St. Charles North surpassed expectations to win it's first-ever Kane County Meet championship, while five meet records were broken across the board at the 106th event, the most since 1977.

When all was said and done, St. Charles North captured the championship of the eight-team meet with 140.5 points. Huntley and Warren (103 points) tied for second followed by Fremd (96 points) in fourth, and the host Mustangs (93 points) in fifth.

Jacobs senior Matt Scardina starred on the football team and now is excelling as a first-year sprinter in track. He was named Athlete of the Meet after winning the 100, 200 and 400 dashes in the McHenry County Meet last week.

The best weather of the track and field season turned into a cold reality for Katie Jewell, briefly, fortunately for Prairie Ridge’s star sprinter. She pulled up lame after winning the 100 in the McHenry County meet, but also won the 200. Matt Scardina won three races for Jacobs.

Local athletes compete in the McHenry County Track and Field Meet on Thursday, April 24, 2025, at McCracken Field in McHenry.

Here are five boys track and field athletes to watch in the Northwest Herald area for the 2025 season.

Check out the Northwest Herald's team-by-team boys track and field preview for the 2025 season with top returners, key newcomers and information on each local team.

Algonquin resident and Huntley High grad Owen Cravens just missed medaling at the Paris Paralympics.

Owen Cravens, an Algonquin resident and Huntley High School graduate, will make be making his Paralympics debut Monday.

Evan Jager, a 2007 Jacobs graduate, finished fourth in the USA Track and Field Olympic Trials on Sunday night in Eugene, Oregon. Normally, the top three runners make the Olympic team, but Jager may have a shot because of his world ranking to still make Team USA.

Jacobs graduate Evan Jager finishes fourth in the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the USA Track and Field Olympic Trials on Sunday night. The two-time Olympian still may have a shot at his third trip to the Olympics.

Jacobs graduate Evan Jager battled his way into the 3,000-meter men's steeplechase finals from Friday's qualifying heat at the USA Track and Field Olympic Trials.

Here is the 2024 All-Fox Valley Conference boys track and field team.

Cary-Grove's Reece Ihenacho was on top of his game at the IHSA Boys Track and Field State Meet, where he won the Class 3A discus with near-state-meet record throw. Ihenacho is the 2024 Northwest Herald Boys Track and Field Athlete of the Year.