By Fred Kroner
Oakwood’s Taylor Wells recorded the top 800-meter time of her career on Saturday (May 13) in the IESA girls’ Class 1A seventh-grade state track and field meet at the Eastside Centre, in East Peoria.
She ran the race in 2:38.63, an improvement of nearly 7 ½ seconds from her previous best. Wells placed 12th.
She was also a qualifier in the 1,600 meters and ended 13th with a time of 6:01.07.
