Athletes from Boylan, Belvidere North and Hononegah set new NIC-10 girls track & field records at last week's conference meet at Beloit (Wis.) College.

Grace McLaughlin of Boylan won the 3,200 meters with a time of 10:57.49, easily surpassing the 1983 record of 11:02.00 by Guilford's Sherry Allen.

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Hononegah's 4x400 relay team of Megan Leppart, Jordan Tresemer, Honesty Sandlin and Katrina Meyers set a new conference record in a thrilling battle with Belvidere North. The Indians ran the race in 4:04.39, barely eding the Blue Thunder's time of 4:04.85. Both Hononegah and North topped the 2003 Boylan record of 4:04.95.

North etched a new mark in the record book in the 4x800 relay. Sabrina Elder, Kayla McGuire, Madison Diercks and Jenna Lutzow ripped off a time of 9:33.40. That beat the 1986 Guilford team's time of 9:36.50.

Here are the rest of the records that survived Saturday's meet.
100 meters - Jesse Strand, Boylan, 1998, :12.24.
200 meters - Donna Cargill, East, 1991, :25.04.
400 meters - Donna Cargill, East, 1992, :56.84.
800 meters - Courtney Clayton, Hononegah, 2012, 2:14.09.
1,600 meters - Delany Appino, Boylan, 2016, 5:00.49.
100 meter low hurdles - Akila Carter, Guilford, 1994, :14.74.
300 meter hurdles - Jenna Combs, Harlem, 2010, :43.08.
4x100 meter relay - Belvidere (Cushman, McBride, C. Margis, S. Margis), 1982, :49.24.
4x200 meter relay - Belvidere (Cushman, McBride, C. Margis, S. Margis), 1982, 1:44.54.
High jump - Shari Wolfram, Harlem, 1983, 5-6.
Pole vault - Kaylin Himes, Guilford, 2006, 12-0.
Long jump - Jesse Strand, Boylan, 1998, 18-1.
Triple jump - Aleisha Leeper, Freeport, 2007, 39-1.
Shot put - Heather Nelson, Belvidere, 1991, 45-3.
Discus - Heather Nelson, Belvidere, 1991, 145-2.

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