Why she was selected: Zick won the 60-meter dash (7.92) and 200-meter dash (26.62) at Saturday’s Northern Illinois Big 12 indoor meet

Kaneland junior Lauren Zick paced the Kaneland girls track and field team to a runner-up finish at Saturday’s Northern Illinois Big 12 meet by capturing individual titles in the 60 and 200 meters. Zick, the St. Charles Bank & Trust-Kane County Chronicle Athlete of the Week, also competed in the 400 meters and long jump. Chronicle sports reporter Kevin Druley caught up with Zick about the meet and the week ahead. The following is an edited transcript:

What was the key to your event titles this weekend?
Basically, we’ve just been doing a lot of tough workouts to get us back in shape and get us ready for the race plans we knew we’d be running and the competion that would be there. ... We were talking about it the whole week.