HIGHLAND | There's a joke between Gavit boys track coach Neil Dimos and senior sprinter Dontae Adams. If Adams doesn't win either the 100 or 200 meters, he knows the punchline.

HIGHLAND | On a daily basis, Bishop Noll student-athletes walk into their home gymnasium and see a bright blue indoor track with gold lane lines.

Gavit's Dontae Adams, left, won the 100 meters Wednesday at the Highland Invitational. Bishop Noll's Lee Howard, center, was second and E.C. Central's Dovante Jones, right, finished third.

Highland's Austin Guerra, left, won the 1,600 meters Wednesday at the Highland Invitational. Teammate Tristen Comer, right, placed second.

Gavit's Dontae Adams, left, takes first place followed by Bishop Noll's Lee Howard, center, in second and E.C. Central's Dovante Jones, right, in third at the Highland Invite.

Bishop Noll's Shana Cooper, center, won the 100-meter dash Wednesday at the Highland Invite.

Morton's Kendria Huff finishes first followed by Bishop Noll's Faith Jackson in the final of the 100-meter hurdles Wednesday at the Highland Invite.

Andrean's Richard Thiel, middle, won the 110-meter hurdles at Wednesday's Highland Invitational. Gavit's Malcolm Lang, right, was second and Griffith's Rocco Renton finished third.

(Last week's rankings in parentheses; NR = not ranked)

It wasn't by design that Valparaiso's Liam McGrath wound up in the 400-meter dash.