JOLIET — Auston Schellig loves to challenge himself.

"I'm just a pretty competitive person," Schellig recently told MTN Sports.

It doesn’t matter whether he’s running underneath the fall colors decorating Main Street in Joliet, or challenging his sister in speech, drama and debate.

"I mean, we both want to win state," he said.

Turns out, Schellig is as comfortable in the classroom as he is chasing his first cross country championship. Maybe more so, especially in chemistry.

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"I've always been fascinated by the process of making things," Schellig said.

His academic achievements are nothing short of extraordinary. Schellig scored a perfe

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