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Pinnick blows away heptathlon field

Sean Fuchs

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Waubonsie Valley junior Shakeia Pinnick set meet records for the first day, second day and total points this weekend to win the heptathlon at the Illinois Prep Top Times Mutli Event Championships.

Pinnick scored 3,019 points on Friday winning three events and tieing for first in the high jump. She ran meet records in the 100-meter hurdles (14.30 seconds) and the 200 dash (24.4).

Saturday brought another dominating performance from Pinnick, who qualified in four events for the IHSA Class AA state finals. Pinnick won the long jump, ran a meet record 2:15 in the 800 and placed second in the javelin to finish with 5,053 points.

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