ELGIN ROAD WARRIORS / OUR HISTORY
An Elgin story, growing since 2016.
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FROM THE TEAM PHOTO ARCHIVENOVEMBER 2016 / THE BEGINNING
A small Elgin team became a place to grow.
ERW began in November 2016. A 2021 team recap remembered a club that started with just three runners. The years since have brought division wins and national medals across track & field, cross country and race walking.
These are selected milestones from meet results and team records. Available results are linked, and team-reported honors are identified; the archive grows as more of the earlier seasons are documented.
RACE RESULTS / PEOPLE / TEAM HONORS
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USATF Illinois Association Junior Olympic Cross Country Championships
Miguel Rodriguez won the boys’ 13–14 4K in 15:12.51. Hope Powell won the girls’ 15–16 5K in 24:24.89, and Jocelyn Guerrero won the girls’ 17–18 5K in 26:54.82.
November 11, 2017 · Northern Illinois University · Association championshipsAAU Northern National Outdoor Championships
Brinlee Jimenez won the girls’ 10-year-old 1,500m in 5:58.02 and finished third in the 800m in 3:00.28. An early chapter in an ERW career that later included a Junior Olympic title.
June 9–10, 2018 · Memorial Stadium · Results, page 4Elgin Fox Trot
ERW’s team records celebrate Cinthya Ortega receiving the Coach Pleticha Award at the Elgin Fox Trot.
2019 · Team-reported award · Archived photo and captionRandall Oaks Run · 5K
Jinni Jimenez finished as the first female runner in 20:41.5, a win celebrated among the team’s 2019 road-racing highlights.
June 9, 2019 · West Dundee, Illinois · Overall female winnerHuntley Fall Fest 5K / Champions for Children 5K
ERW’s team records recognize Irma Jimenez as the overall female 5K winner at both Huntley Fall Fest and Champions for Children.
2019 · Team-reported results · Archived photos and captionCross Country Coaches National Youth Championships
Irma Jimenez ran 12:34.06 for 13th in the combined girls’ 9–10 3K field at the national cross-country meet.
November 23, 2019 · Blue River Cross Country Course · Combined age-group placingCross Country Coaches National Youth Championships
ERW’s season report described nine All-American medalists at the national meet in Paris, Kentucky. Seven had joined the club less than a year earlier; two were four-time All-Americans.
November 20, 2021 · Team-submitted recap published December 1, 2021AAU Track & Field Awards
Jose Uriostegui received AAU’s Zone C Coach of the Year award. AAU recognized his athlete development across distance running, cross country and race walking, and his work creating opportunities with other clubs and local businesses.
2022 · Zone C Coach of the YearAAU Junior Olympic Games · Girls’ 10-year-old 1,500m race walk
Amelie Guzman won in 9:03.56, with Yarely Robledo second in 9:03.64. Both represented Elgin Road Warriors in the final.
2023 · Des Moines, Iowa · Girls’ 10-year-old divisionAAU Junior Olympic Games · Girls’ 13-year-old 3,000m
Irma Jimenez finished seventh in the 3,000m final in 11:03.30, adding a distance-running highlight to ERW’s season.
2023 · Des Moines, Iowa · Timing-provider archiveAAU Central Illinois
Elgin Road Warriors’ team materials record the 2023 AAU Central Illinois Team of the Year honor.
Team-reported district honorAAU Junior Olympic Games · Girls’ 13–14 4×800m relay
Giselle Moret, Hailey Romano, Irma Jimenez and Shayne Dietzen combined for 10:01.77 and second place in the relay final.
2024 · Greensboro, North Carolina · AAU labels the event “14 years old”AAU Junior Olympic Games · Women’s 17–18 3,000m race walk
Brinlee Jimenez won the national title in 19:06.51. Teammate Lizbeth Alvarez earned bronze in 20:40.72.
2025 · Houston, Texas · Age-division final resultsAAU Junior Olympic Games
2,000m steeplechase — the latest championship chapter in the team’s story.
Reported in the team’s 2026 sponsorship materialsAAU Junior Olympic Games
Across the team’s Junior Olympic performances.
Reported in the team’s 2026 sponsorship materialsThis is a selection of documented highlights, not a complete medal count. Placings belong to the event and age division shown. Team-reported honors are identified in their source notes.
THE FIRST SEASONS / 2016–2017
ERW’s earliest documented seasons include cross country in 2016, indoor track in 2016–17 and outdoor track in 2017. Those runners and seasons helped build the Road Warriors.
IESA / IHSA
ERW’s team history also celebrates the program’s role in developing middle-school and high-school state qualifiers and medalists in cross country and track & field. Those school seasons are part of the team’s legacy, alongside club meets and national competition.
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