Richwoods made its annual trip to the Galesburg Invitational with some concerns because of the strength shown by Galesburg in its previous outings this season. The concerns proved to be well founded. The Knights however maintained their composure and fought the Silver Streaks throughout the meet which was not decided until the final events. The Streaks maintained a mere 1 point lead over Richwoods very late in the meet.

    The Knights produced several season or career bests in the meet in stepping up to the competition. Career bests included Nathalie Razo in both hurdle events (:17.0 and :53.3), Brittney Wallace who matched her :49.3 best in the 300 hurdles, Laura Unes who with a 31'  11½" effort exceeded her previous best in the triple jump by nearly 2 feet, Moriah Johnson in the 3200 (13:05.7) and Alesha Guard in the 1600 (6:25.0). Yet another mix surfaced in the 4x100 relay - Unes, Jessica Smith, Ashley Gordon, and  Alisha Smith. They promptly responded with a :50.3 clocking which is good for 7th place on the all-time Knights list.

    Stephanie Lovingood continued her quality efforts. She won her opening event, the high jump, in 4' 10" and then after conferring with coaches had the  bar raised 7" to a meet record 5' 5" but was unsuccessful in her attempts with two being very near misses. (Click for animated view). She immediately followed up the high jump by winning the long. The 4x400 provided an interesting and exciting finale to her day. When she took the baton the Knights were approximately 25 meters from the lead. Lovingood had made up the deficit and claimed the lead by the 100 mark on the way to an out time at the 200 mark of approximately 27 seconds and...then she came to personally understand the concept of the penalty imposed on one who goes out too fast...her in was :37. The overall effort was remarkable nonetheless.