Kiara Jones is headed to state for the second time in her career.
As a seventh-grader, the Heritage Junior High student won the Class 1A Sectional Championship and repeated the feat in 2021 with a time of 12 minutes and 50 seconds, a 28-second margin of victory.
Jones won the PBL Invitational and placed third at the Cowchip Classic earlier this season.
The IESA state meet will be on Saturday at Maxwell Park, in Normal.
