IHSA State Meet
The IHSA state series for girls began in 1979 with one division. In 1988 a second division, Class 2A, was established until its current format of 3 classes, which began in 2007. Oswego competed in Class 2A for all years before moving to the large school division Class 3A in 2007. The years 2008 and 2009 Oswego competed in Class 2A before moving back to 3A for the 2010 season.
The state meet for girls has run all championships at Detweiller Park in Peoria. The first 19 years of competition the girls raced 2.1 miles. In 1998 the distance was changed to 2.5 miles until it was changed in 2002 to the current distance of 3.0 miles.
The first Oswego state qualifier was Betsy Shaw in 1982. The first All-Stater for Oswego was Casie Simpson in 1997. Casie was All-State the next 2 years, but was injured during her senior season. Amy Heinzer narrowly missed All-State in 1988 placing 27th. She is also the only Panther to have competed in 4 championships until Isabelle Christiansen matched that feat running 2015 to 2018. Oswego qualified for state as a team in 1985, 1986, 1987 and 2015, 2017 and 2018. The 2018 team placed 8th, which is the highest team finish for Oswego.
1982 Class 2A
Betsy Shaw 37th 12:21
1985 Class 2A
18th Place 448 points
Amy Plauck 92nd 12:56
Kritsty Johnson 113th 13:06
Amy Heinzer 118th 13:09
Tracy Jones 144th 13:25
Deana Bundy 151st 13:29
Cathy Muller 168th 13:39
Diana Bundy 178th 13:44
1988 Class 2A
Amy Heinzer 27th 12:29
Michelle Silagi 98th 13:33
1999 Class 2A
Casie Simpson 6th 14:24
2008 Class 2A
Christina Sliepka 6th 18:00
2012 Class 3A
Coach: Eric Simon
Kelsey Hjorth 24th 17:09
Ashley Golembeski 82nd 17:56
2017 Class 3A
12th Place 350 pts
Coach: Eric Simon
Isabelle Christiansen 27th 17:30
Grace Pagone 41st 17:43
Caitlin Guist 84th 18:04
Ella Hale 123rd 18:21
Isabel Aguado 174th 18:50
Jaycie Simon 180th 18:59
Megan Berg 201st 19:24
1986 Class 2A
19th Place 455 points
Amy Heinzer 99th 13:33
Amy Plauck 119th 13:55
Jackie Buckley 125th 14:06
Diana Bundy 131st 14:13
Cathy Muller 146th 14:30
Deana Bundy 158th 14:48
Nadine Ideran 186th 15:16
1997 Class 2A
Casie Simpson 15th 12:03
2006 Class 2A
Coach: Alex Rodriguez
Christina Sliepka 56th 18:01
2010 Class 3A
Coach: Eric Simon
Kelsey Hjorth 35th 17:35
2015 Class 3A
19th Place 404 pts
Coach: Eric Simon
Isabelle Christiansen 26th 17:16
Allyson McLaughlin 110th 18:16
Grace Pagone 114th 18:18
Ava Weyrich 121st 18:20
Kayla Wooten 138th 18:31
Megan Berg 148th 18:37
Maddy Kammerer 159th 18:43
2018 Class 3A
8th Place 289 pts
Coach: Eric Simon
Rebecca Corbett 23rd 17:06
Isabelle Christiansen 36th 17:22
Ella Hale 57th 17:45
Paige Bohnert 120th 18:19
Caitlin Guist 133rd 18:25
Peyton Brueck 162nd 18:43
Becky Jermolowicz 174th 18:53
1987 Class 2A
14th Place 366 points
Michelle Silagi 64th 12:49
Cathy Muller 99th 13:08
Jackie Buckley 102nd 13:09
Amy Plauck 103rd 13:09
Amy Heinzer 149th 13:33
Julie Patterson 179th 13:51
Eileen Geltz 190th 13:56
1998 Class 2A
Casie Simpson 17th 14:43
2007 Class 3A
Coach: Eric Simon
Christina Sliepka 51st 18:16
2011 Class 3A
Coach: Eric Simon
Kelsey Hjorth 13th 17:13
2019 Class 3A
11th Place 316 pts
Coach: Eric Simon
Rebecca Corbett 37th 17:39
Audra Soderlind 39th 17:40
Peyton Brueck 85th 18:12
Ella Hale 92nd 18:17
Paige Bohnert 149th 18:53
Sophia Marasco 161st 18:58
Molly Krall 204th 19:56