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Oakwood’s Nikita Taylor Leaps to Top Half Finish at Class 1A State Track Meet
By Fred Kroner
Oakwood senior Nikita Taylor finished among the top half of all competitors in the IHSA girls’ Class 1A state track and field meet in the long jump.
Her best mark was 16 feet, 1 inch. Taylor placed 16th out of 38 competitors on Thursday (May 16) at Eastern Illinois University, in Charleston.
She was the Comets’ lone state-qualifier.