Niles West shuffles relays for conference meet points

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Updated: August 4, 2011 4:20PM

GIRLS TRACK AND FIELD — Niles West got one of the best warmups it could have asked for to this week’s CSL South Meet.

The Wolves competed against some of the state’s best teams Saturday at New Trier’s 15-team invitational. Homewood-Flossmoor, which took sixth place at the State Meet last spring, won the team title with 113 points. Young, fifth at State a year ago, was third. The Wolves finished ninth with 30 points, while Evanston (fourth) registered he highest place among the six CSL teams competing.

“For us, it’s about trying to determine who to put where and how we can score the most points in conference,” said Niles West coach Mark Medland, whose team hosts Friday’s league meet. “We still are experimenting with our lineup.”

Kellion Gordon stood out among the standouts last weekend. The senior sprinter won the 100 meters in 12.72 and took second in the 200 in a season-best 25.36.

“We all feel like her times will continue to come down,” Medland said.

Hurdlers Sydney Hellwig and Jessica Sutfin also performed well against good competition. Hellwig, a sophomore, took second in the 100 hurdles in 16.78 and fifth in the 300 in 49.01. Sutfin came in eighth in the 300 hurdles in 49.66.

“Those times have been dropping, and that’s what we want to see,” the coach said.

Sutfin most likely will run on the 4x800 relay Friday with Annie Goudes, Lily Chapman and Tiffany Bugara.

“We’re still putting it together, and it always could change from conference to the sectional,” said Medland, whose Wolves compete at the Loyola Sectional on May 12, along Evanston, Glenbrook South, Glenbrook North, Maine East, Maine South, Niles North and New Trier from the CSL.

Medland also is looking for the right formula for his 4x100 and 4x400 relays. As of Monday, he still was unsure who he will pencil in for the conference meet.

“A lot of this stuff is up in the air,” he said.