New Trier boys track coach Andrew Schmitt’s first impression of Will Landwer didn’t bring to mind his great athletes at Bloom.

Schmitt had coached William Williams, the 2023 U.S. indoor champion in the long jump; Japheth Cato, the 2017 U.S. indoor champion in the heptathlon; long jumper Hannah Morris; and high jumper Jelena Rowe.

So Landwer didn’t really stand out when Schmitt was getting to know everyone in his first year at New Trier.

“You could see the flash,” Schmitt said. “But he was 120 pounds and just another one of 200 kids in the program.”

That’s not true anymore. Statewide, Landwer is one of the best ever.

On May 31, Landwer won the Class 3A state championships in the 100-meter and 200-meter dashes, setting Illinois High School Association records in both, to carry the Trevi

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