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Giving it their best shot at state
By MATT DANIELS mdaniels@news-gazette.com,
25 days ago
Buy Now Jayvon Irwin of the Mahomet-Seymour boys’ track and field team will run in four events on Friday during the Class 2A prelims of the IHSA state meet at O’Brien Field on the Eastern Illinois University campus in Charleston. Robin Scholz/The News-Gazette
The top area boys’ track and field athletes — all 180 of them — will step foot inside O’Brien Field on the Eastern Illinois University in Charleston starting Thursday with hopes of winning a state title by Saturday evening. Here’s a breakdown by school of the local state qualifiers:
➜ Oakwood: Bryson McDaniel, Sr. (triple jump, 400-meter relay, 800-meter relay); Connor Moss, Jr. (400-meter relay, 800-meter relay); Macen Phillips, Jr. (1,600-meter relay, 3,200-meter relay); Jacob Pricer, Jr. (400-meter relay, 800-meter relay); Jakob Rupp, Jr. (1,600-meter relay, 3,200-meter relay); Connor Smith, Jr. (100-meter dash, 400-meter dash, 400-meter relay, 1,600-meter relay); Connor Taflinger, So. (800-meter relay, 1,600-meter relay); Lucas Tyas, Fr. (3,200-meter relay); Thomas Wells, Jr. (1,600-meter run, 3,200-meter relay).
➜ Paxton-Buckley-Loda: Robert Boyd-Meents, Jr. (100-meter dash, long jump); Isaiah Busby, Jr. (1,600-meter run); Mason Vaughan, So. (110-meter hurdles).
➜ Tuscola: Jackson Barrett, Sr. (1,600-meter run, 3,200-meter run); Calvin Cook, So. (800-meter relay, 1,600-meter relay); Kamden Flenner, So. (100-meter dash, 200-meter dash, 800-meter relay); Will Foltz, Sr. (800-meter run, 3,200-meter run); Dylan Graves, So. (800-meter relay, 1,600-meter relay); David Hornaday, Jr. (300-meter hurdles, 1,600-meter relay); Josiah Hortin, Sr. (800-meter run, 1,600-meter run); Carter Simpson, Jr. (110-meter hurdles); Kam Sweetnam, Jr. (long jump, triple jump); Aiden Weaver, Sr. (shot put); Kade Wilcox, Jr. (800-meter relay, 1,600-meter relay); Sawyer Woodard, Jr. (shot put, discus).
➜ Uni High: Pieter Duursma, Jr. (800-meter run, 1,600-meter relay); Ben Newman, Jr. (400-meter dash, 1,600-meter relay); Kelby Svendsen, Sr. (3,200-meter relay); Bruce Tang, Jr. (1,600-meter relay, 3,200-meter relay); Matthew Ulozas, Sr. (3,200-meter relay); Henry Wang, Jr. (1,600-meter relay, 3,200-meter relay)
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