Thornton's Maribel Salgado finished seventh Saturday with a time of 21:05.12 at Class 2A Illiana Christian Regional at North Creek Meadow.

Illiana Christian's Maddie DeYoung left, and Holly Schoon run the course at North Creek Meadow Saturday at the Class 2A Illiana Christian Regional.

Valparaiso's Logan Ferngren runs in between Portage's Kyra Ball, left, and Lake Central's Jennifer Crague in the New Prairie Semistate.

Runners race through the snake pit at the New Prairie Semistate Saturday.

Valparaiso's Elena Kipp, left, and LaPorte's Kat Shuble run side by side during the New Prairie Semistate Saturday morning. They finished 11th and 17th, respectively, as their teams qualified …

Griffith's Maegan Perkovich, left, Crown Point's Kammi Kurtz and Munster's Mackenzie Peirick race through the woods at Saturday's New Prairie Semistate.

Life on the other side of the ropes was just fine for Maddie DeYoung.

When: 10:30 a.m. (girls), 11:15 (boys) today.

Name: Summer Brown.

Illiana Christian's Colin DeYoung, left, persuaded his sister Maddie to go out for cross country.