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It's another thing when those finishes qualify athletes to the state meet.St. Charles East -- which won the meet after scoring 295 points and meet host St. Charles North, which finished second with 265 points, both saw a number of athletes swim under the state qualifying and advance to next weekend's IHSA state meet in Evanston, which is always everyone's goal.St. Charles East qualified all three relays and takes an additional eight entries to the state meet."We were a little shellshocked after finishing second at conference and the meets before conference, we kept getting second," St. Charles East coach Adam Musial said. "We thought we could get first, so coming away with the sectional title is nice. It's good for the kids and it gets them excited that we were able to do this today."Among those Saints who qualified was junior Garrett Prybel, who finished fourth in the 200 IM and later finished fourth in the 100 breaststroke."A lot of us were a little worried after the conference meet because we didn't perform as well as we felt we could," Prybel said. "We wanted to work to get the job done today, because this is the meet to get us to the state meet. If we didn't nail this today, we wouldn't have gotten to state."Prybel said most of the Saints weren't rested for the sectional. He said he wore his fast suit just as a confidence move, but that the full taper will hit this week, which should mean some large time drops at the state meet."Next week's a big week. I feel we're well-bonded this year. We all have a friendship and trust in other, and next weekend will be great," Prybell said.One of the athletes who was rested for the sectional was freshman Calvin Windle, who qualified the 100 butterfly and the 100 backstroke after finishing third in each event."Winning the sectional meet shows our ability to pull off some good races," Windle said. "After a long season and lot of hard work, I feel really happy about my races today, and I'm really ready to go with the team. We're going to swim our hearts out and do the best we can."S... (Chicago Daily Herald)