Photo of the Day | Ready to run, focused before the big race

Lead-off runner Sonia Slusarczyk, from Lyons Township High School, focuses on her start at the 2016 state track meet.

Photo: PhotoNews Media/Clark Brooks

Charleston - Lyons' lead runner Sonia Slusarczyk focuses on her upcoming run before the starter's gun goes off for the Class 3A 4x400-Meter Relay championship race at the IHSA Girls Track and Field State Finals on Saturday, May 21, 2016. Slusarczyk, a sophomore, along with junior Maggie Caplice, Tara Schwarz, a sophomore, and senior Luci Lussier finished the race with a time of 4:03.09 in ninth place. The Lions finished tied for 58th place in the final team standing.

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