Charleston on their mind: A look at local IHSA girls' track and field state qualifiers
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May 20—The IHSA girls' track and field state meet begins on Thursday with Class 1A prelims, continues on Friday with 2A and 3A prelims and concludes on Saturday with finals for all three classes. Before the action gets going at O'Brien Field on the Eastern Illinois University campus in Charleston, here is a look at the 143 area qualifiers from 34 area programs who will compete later this week.
Centennial: Nina Brown, Sr., 100-meter dash (11.66, second), 200-meter dash (24.21, third); Alaina Kimble, Sr., 800-meter run (2:19.40, 42nd); Alicia Thomas, Sr., 300-meter hurdles (45.49, 17th).
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Champaign Central: Audrey Allender, Sr., pole vault (10 feet, 8 inches, 26th); Izzy Roundtree, Sr., 100-meter dash (12.19, 18th).
Centennial: 400-meter relay of Vivian Alexander, So., Flora Louise, Sr., Rochelle Ngwayah, Sr., Nina Brown, Sr. (47.56, seventh)
Champaign Central: 1,600-meter relay of Londyn Grant, Jr., Izzy Roundtree, Sr., Ava Clark, Sr., Sarah Donahoe, Sr. (4:04.16, 39th).
Argenta-Oreana: Emelyn Roberts, Jr., high jump (5 feet, 0 1/2 inches)
Clinton: Abi Moser, Sr., shot put (39 feet, 3 3/4 inches, first); Aubrey Peterson, So., 800-meter run (2:22.63, 21st)
Danville: Jada Bell, Jr., discus (115 feet, 0 inches, 13th); Samantha Brown, Jr., triple jump (34 feet, 3 1/2 inches), pole vault (12 feet, 9 inches, first); Jamia Esther, So., 100-meter dash (12.13, third), 200-meter dash (24.74, first); Jhe'Nyi Parker, Jr., 200-meter dash (25.84, 21st)
Mahomet-Seymour: Emily Anand, Sr., 3,200-meter run (11:36.19, 19th); Anniston Huff, Jr., 800-meter run (2:22.24, 19th); Paige Jansen, Fr., 3,200-meter run (11:42.55, 21st); Hannah Martin, Jr., triple jump (36 feet, 0 inches, 13th); Madalyn Marx, Sr., 200-meter dash (24.92, fourth), 400-meter dash (54.89, first); Cecily Smith, So., pole vault (10 feet, 2 3/4 inches); Finley Smith, So., pole vault (9 feet, 9 inches, 27th); Selma Tilton, Jr., 300-meter hurdles (46.99)
Monticello: Taylor Mabry, Jr., 1,600-meter run (5:17.30, 11th), 3,200-meter run (11:18.32, sixth)
Prairie Central: Aubrey Atkins, So., 110-meter hurdles (15.67, 16th), 300-meter hurdles (47.98, 23rd); Jayla Hammond, Jr., shot put (35 feet, 5 1/4 inches, 22nd); Hannah Sedam, So., 300-meter hurdles (48.56)
Rantoul: Aubreyana Thompson, Sr., 110-meter hurdles (14.60, second), 300-meter hurdles (44.52, second)
St. Joseph-Ogden: Grace Bressner, So., 1,600-meter run (5:17.71, 13th); Atleigh Miller, So., long jump (17 feet, 0 inches, 24th); Sophie Schmitz, Jr., pole vault (9 feet, 9 inches, 25th); Vivian Smith, So., shot put (36 feet, 3 1/2 inches, 14th), discus (130 feet, 1 inch, fourth)
Unity: Mackenzie Pound, Sr., 800-meter run (2:24.48, 30th); Jillian Schlittler, Sr., long jump (18 feet, 3 3/4 inches, second); Emma Swisher, Sr., 200-meter dash (26.08, 29th); Kendal Zerrusen, Jr. (10 feet, 2 3/4 inches, 20th)
Urbana: Kaleigh Bell, Sr., 100-meter dash (12.64, 27th), 200-meter dash (25.85, 22nd); Lillian DiSanto, Sr., shot put (36 feet, 6 1/4 inches, 12th); Marley Yau, Jr., 800-meter run (2:21.89, 16th)
Clinton: 3,200-meter relay of Averie Fatheree, Jr., Joi Lord, Jr., Kacy Koritz, So., Aubrey Peterson, So. (10:09.30, 21st)
Danville: 400-meter relay of Samantha Brown, Jr., Jamia Esther, So., Yariah Shaw, Fr., Jhe'Nyi Parker, Jr. (47.89, second); 800-meter relay of Samantha Brown, Jr., Jamia Esther, So., Yariah Shaw, Fr., Jhe' Nyi Parker, Jr. (1:41.58, first)
Mahomet-Seymour: 1,600-meter relay of Anniston Huff, Jr., Madalyn Marx, Sr., Selma Tilton, Jr., Evelyn Hillard, Jr. (3.57.17, first); 3,200-meter relay of Anniston Huff, Jr., Taylor Mills, Jr., Cecily Smith, So., Ava Cvengros, Fr., (10:05.19, 16th)
Prairie Central: 800-meter relay of Hannah Sedam, So., Anna Cutrell, So., Addison Zimmerman, Sr., Aubrey Atkins, So. (1:47.59, 30th)
Rantoul: 400-meter relay of Carly Lathan, So., Haley Sage, So., Tywana Grayer, So., Aubreyana Thompson, Sr. (50.68, 32nd); 1,600-meter relay of Aubreyana Thompson, Sr., Za'niah Henry, Fr., LaNiece Johnson, Jr., Khloe Winston-Fischer, So. (4:08.03, 10th)
Unity: 400-meter relay of Emma Swisher, Sr., Grace Wherley, Jr., Grace Tempel, Jr., Jillian Schlittler, Sr. (48.33, fifth); 800-meter relay of Emma Swisher, Sr., Grace Wherley, Jr., Grace Tempel, Jr., Jillian Schlittler, Sr. (1:43.78, fifth); 1,600-meter relay of Grace Wherley, Jr., Cameron Kaiser, Sr., Jillian Schlittler, Sr., Mackenzie Pound, Sr. (4:10, 37, 20th); 3,200-meter relay of Ava Sommer, So., Mia Reifsteck, So., Carolina Popovics, Fr., Mackenzie Pound, Sr. (9:58.94, ninth)
Armstrong-Potomac: Ashlyn Ackerman, So., high jump (4 feet, 11 3/4 inches, 40th)
Arthur-Lovington-Atwood-Hammond: Alex Clark, Sr., shot put (35 feet, 0 1/4 inches, 22nd), discus (114 feet, 0 inches, 20th); Summer Melton, Sr., triple jump (33 feet, 5 3/4 inches, 30th); Bella Romine, So., long jump (17 feet, 4 inches, eighth), triple jump (34 feet, 5 1/2 inches, 12th)
Bismarck-Henning/Rossville-Alvin: Reece Larsen, Fr., triple jump (32 feet, 9 3/4 inches, 33rd); Nevaeh Scott, Sr., 100-meter-dash (12.62, 19th), 200-meter dash (26.35, 20th); Natalie Thomason, Sr., 100-meter hurdles (15.42, sixth), 300-meter hurdles (46.95, 10th), high jump (5 feet, 3 3/4 inches, fifth)
Blue Ridge: Ariahna Miller-Brown, Jr., 400-meter dash (1:02.58, 28th); Alexis Winstead, Sr., 100-meter dash (13.00, 45th)
Cerro Gordo/Bement: Madisen Callway, So., 400-meter dash (1:00.71, 18th); Lauren Hill, Fr., pole vault (9 feet, 7 inches, 13th); Maddie Willard, Fr., pole vault (9 feet, 0 1/2 inches, 24th)
Fisher: Amani Brown, Fr., 200-meter dash (26.89, 33rd), long jump (16 feet, 101/2 inches, 17th); Ellie Emberson, So., 1,600-meter run (5:23.95, 18th), 3,200-meter run (11:20.94, fifth); Teagan Murray, Fr., shot put (38 feet, 1 1/4 inches, seventh); Vanessa Sides, So., 100-meter hurdles (16.20, 20th), 300-meter hurdles (46.36, fifth)
Georgetown-Ridge Farm/Chrisman: Leah Phipps, Sr., 3,200-meter run (12:34.60, 36th)
Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley: Makayla Evans, So., 400-meter dash (1:00.49, 14th); Erin McCall, Fr., 1,600-meter run (5:29.75, 34th); 3,200-meter run (12:10.27, 26th)
Heritage: Bre Ploense, Jr., 200-meter dash (26.83, 31st)
Iroquois West: Audrey Griffin, Sr., high jump (5 feet, 13/4 inches, 10th); Peyton Howe, So., shot put (35 feet, 5 1/4 inches, 18th); Phylicity Leonard, So., shot put (35 feet, 9 1/2 inches, 13th)
Milford/Cissna Park: Addison Lucht, Sr., 100-meter dash (12.94, 42nd), long jump (17 feet, 3 1/2 inches, 10th), triple jump (34 feet, 4 3/4 inches, 13th), shot put (39 feet, 8 inches, third)
Oakwood: Taylor Wells, So., 800-meter run (2:24.38, 17th), 1,600-meter run (5:27.75, 28th)
Paxton-Buckley-Loda: Maddison DeOrnellas, Jr., 1,600-meter run (5:25.17, 20th); Hallee Johnson, Jr., 100-meter hurdles (16.35, 28th), 300-meter hurdles (47.45, 14th)
Ridgeview/Lexington: Jaclyn Grunloh, Jr., 100-meter hurdles (16.50, 33rd), 300-meter hurdles (48.13, 21st); Makayla Tyner, Fr., high jump (4 feet, 9 3/4 inches)
St. Thomas More: Henley Parsons, Fr., 1,600-meter run (5:02.31, second)
Salt Fork: Brylee Filicsky, Jr., discus (110 feet, 6 inches, 30th); Brycie Hird, Sr., 200-meter dash (26.47, 22nd); Callie Richardson, Jr., 1,600-meter run (5:26.15, 23rd), 3,200-meter run (11:53.11, 14th)
Schlarman: Bayleigh Smith, Fr., pole vault (6 feet, 11 3/4 inches, 37th)
Sullivan: Riane Bear, Sr., high jump (5 feet, 13/4 inches, 17th); Emma Drake, Fr., 100-meter hurdles (16.56, 34th); Julia Moody, Jr., 1,600-meter run (5:29.21, 32nd), 3,200-meter run (12:00.88, 19th); Addie Patterson, Fr., 100-meter hurdles (15.36, fourth), 300-meter hurdles (48.63, 27th); Devon Richardson, Sr., long jump (17 feet, 4 1/4 inches, seventh), triple jump (35 feet, 2 inches, fifth); Lyla Wright, Fr., long jump (16 feet, 6 1/2 inches, 31st)
Tuscola: Kate Foltz, Sr., 1,600-meter run (5:20.24, 13th); 3,200-meter run (11:13.38, third); Kali Gilpin, Sr., high jump (5 feet, 1 3/4 inches, 15th); Ava Kleiss, Fr., (16 feet, 7 1/4 inches, 27th)
Villa Grove: Evalice Callison, Jr., 200-meter dash (27.12, 38th), high jump (5 feet, 3 3/4 inches, sixth); Baylee Martin, Jr., long jump (16 feet, 10 inches, 18th); Amijah Riggleman, Fr., 100-meter dash (12.78, 26th)
Uni High: Cadence Scheunemann, Jr., 800-meter run (2:31.15, 35th)
Westville: Kaitlyn Sapp, Jr., pole vault (7 feet, 6 inches, 36th)
Arthur-Lovington-Atwood-Hammond: 400-meter relay of Grace Romine, Sr., Bella Romine, So., Leighton Poulos, Jr., Summer Melton, Sr. (51.33, 27th); 800-meter relay of Grace Romine, Sr., Macelyn Boddy, Fr., Summer Melton, Sr., Bella Romine, So. (1:50.07, 31st); 1,600-meter relay of Ruby Burton, Sr., Sophia Johnson, So., Lily Vanda, Sr., Rylie Ward, So. (4:19.41, 42nd); 3,200-meter relay of Embrey Reardon, Jr., Lily Vanda, Sr., Sophia Johnson, So., Ruby Burton, Sr. (10:27.50, 24th)
Bismarck-Henning/Rossville-Alvin: 400-meter relay of Jaz Ingram, Fr., Nevaeh Scott, Sr., Mackenzie Stow, Sr., Emily Dice, Sr. (51.75, 37th); 800-meter relay of Jaz Ingram, Fr., Emily Dice, Sr., Natalie Thomason, Sr., Nevaeh Scott, Sr. (1:49.09, 22nd)
Cerro Gordo/Bement: 3,200-meter relay of Cassie Block, Jr., Aubrey Ferguson, Fr., Sarah Hill, Fr., Madisen Callaway, So. (10:19.60, 19th)
Paxton-Buckley-Loda: 1,600-meter relay of Audrey McCoy, Jr., Logan Loschen, So., Olivia Rehg, Sr., Hallee Johnson, Jr. (4:15.59, 26th); 3,200-meter relay of Maddison DeOrnellas, Jr., Audrey McCoy, Jr., Ella Strebeck, So., Brooklyn Stafford, Fr. (10:31.33, 29th)
St. Thomas More: 1,600-meter relay of Taylor Wells, So., Avery Humphrey, Fr., Alex Anderson, Jr., Henley Parsons, Fr. (4:12.32, 14th)
Salt Fork: 400-meter relay of Maya Smith, Sr., Brycie Hird, Sr., Ella Cary, Jr., Scarlett Trisler, Fr. (51.61, 32nd); 800-meter relay of Maya Smith, Sr., Scarlett Trisler, Fr., Ella Cary, Jr., Brycie Hird, Sr. (1:50.85, 38th)
Sullivan: 400-meter relay of Tenley Campbell, Fr., Addie Patterson, Fr., Avery Renfro, So., Mya Dyer, Jr. (50.83, 20th); 800-meter relay of Tenley Campbell, Fr., Emma Drake, Fr., Elin Watkins, Fr., Mya Dyer, Jr. (1:49.54, 24th); 1,600-meter relay of Riane Bear, Sr., Emma Drake, Fr., Wren Wall, Fr., Avery Renfro, So. (4:15.79, 27th)
Uni High: 3,200-meter relay of Clara Knutson, So., Shriya Nagaraj, Sr., Ella Ylagan, Sr., Cadence Scheunemann, Jr. (10:23.84, 21st)
Note: All times, distances and rankings are from sectional meets last week.