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CARLINVILLE – Marquette Catholic’s Sammy Hentrich made her first trip to the Class 1A girls track state meet after qualifying in the long jump as a sophomore.

She returned as a state qualifier in both the long jump and 200 meters as a junior. As a senior, Hentrich gets busier and will compete in three events next week at the three-class state meet at Eastern Illinois’ O’Brien Stadium in Charleston.

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Hentrich will join the Explorers’ 4x800 relay to give Marquette four entries qualified for state on Thursday at the Carlinville Class 1A Sectional. Hentrich repeats as sectional champ in the long jump after winning at 16 feet, 3.75 inches. She also goes in the triple jump with a second-place finish at 32-5.75.

Hentrich made it three events by joining freshmen Caroline Cain and Karly Davenport and senior Kailey Vickrey to place second in the 4x200 in 1 minute, 51.35 seconds. Marquette also sends its 4x800 relay back to state after Vickrey ran a big second leg with juniors Paige Rister, Katie Johnson and Ava Certa placing second in 10:40.39. New Berlin won in 10:38.72. It is the third consecutive season those four Explorers have qualified in the 4x8.

The top two finishers in each event advance from sectionals to state, along with those matching state-qualifying standards. The Class 1A state preliminaries are Thursday, with the finals in all three classes on Saturday.