TRACK-FIELD

Here are the top times, distances for Peoria-area high school track and field in 2023

Illinois Valley Central sophomore David Russell throws the shotput during a track and field meet April 28, 2021 at Dunlap High School.
Adam Duvall
Journal Star

2023 Journal Star boys track and field honor roll

Below are the top times and distances among boys track and field athletes from the Peoria area as of Thursday, April 27. Results are taken from Athletic.net. Please send any additions or corrections to sports@pjstar.com.

The girls list is below. We will update these online lists as the postseason approaches.

100-meter dash

10.95 - Bryson Thomas (4) Galesburg. 11.05 - Adam Pepper (4) Peoria Christian. 11.07 - Nyamedze Maison (3) Morton. 11.09 - Jaiduan Cranford (1) Metamora. 11.15 - Zach Alwardt (1) Metamora. 11.15 - Amarie Richardson (3) Galesburg. 11.28 - Andrew Burwell (4) Illinois Valley Central. 11.29 - Gabe Zeigler-Harris (4) East Peoria.

200-meter dash

22.52 - Jerome Jackson (4) Monmouth-Roseville. 22.56 - Carl Whitaker (4) Morton. 22.72 - Bryson Thomas (4) Galesburg. 22.74 - Amarie Richardson (3) Galesburg. 22.76 - Adam Pepper (4) Peoria Christian. 22.78 - Prestin Stabler (2) Kewanee. 22.87 - Luke Schaff (3) Morton. 22.94 - Andrew Burwell (4) IVC.

400-meter dash

50.06 - Plamedi Nseka (3) Galesburg. 50.15 - Reece Dusek (4) Dunlap. 51.52 - Max Ryner (4) Macomb. 51.67 - Tayshaun Kieser Princeville. 51.84 - Layton Knoop (3) Morton. 52.04 - Isaiah Hill (3) Elmwood/Brimfield. 52.36 - Carson Lehman (3) Eureka. 52.61 - Charlie Bardwell (4) Eureka.

800-meter run

1:59.00 - Charlie Bardwell (4) Eureka. 1:59.21 - Sam Springer (3) Delavan. 1:59.42 - Layton Knoop (3) Morton. 1:59.94 - Clayton Bell (4) Limestone. 2:00.05 - Carson Lehman (3) Eureka. 2:01.50 - Yonas Wuthrich (3) Morton. 2:02.38 - Tyler Bickerman (4) Rushville-Industry. 2:02.79 - Brecken Fahrenkrug (3) IVC. 2:03.39 - Elijah House (4) Bureau Valley. 2:04.15 - Plamedi Nseka (3) Galesburg. 2:05.44 - Aiden Mohr (4) Dunlap. 2:05.84 - Joe Ehrhart (3) Peoria Notre Dame.

1600-meter run

4:30.70 - Josh Weeks (3) Morton. 4:33.42 - Christian Harris (2) Morton. 4:36.57 - Sam Springer (3) Delavan. 4:37.66 - Brady Monk (3) Eureka. 4:37.70 - Andrew Perry (3) Eureka. 4:37.77 - Sam Bushert (4) El Paso-Gridley. 4:38.27 - Clayton Bell (4) Limestone. 4:38.46 - Rafael Francisco (4) Monmouth-Roseville. 4:38.74 - Dominic Cantarini (3) Galesburg. 4:38.82 - Aiden Mohr (4) Dunlap. 4:41.79 - Charlie Bardwell (4) Eureka. 4:41.84 - Jackson Manley (2) Limestone.

3200-meter run

9:49.57 - Josh Weeks (3) Morton. 9:54.01 - Andrew Perry (3) Eureka. 9:55.47 - Dominic Cantarini (3) Galesburg. 10:05.48 - Sam Bushert (4) El Paso-Gridley. 10:06.81 - Tucker Hinkle (2) Eureka. 10:10.82 - Andrew Elward (3) Peoria Notre Dame. 10:13.99 - Dean Witzig (3) El Paso-Gridley. 10:16.03 - Jackson Manley (2) Limestone. 10:20.96 - Rafael Francisco (4) Monmouth-Roseville. 10:24.17 - Max Martinez (4) Galesburg. 10:26.43 - Ayden Thompson (3) East Peoria. 10:27.05 - Isaiah Hill (3) Elmwood/Brimfield.

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110-meter high hurdles

15.75 - Keagan Uphoff (3) Olympia. 15.92 - Zenon Rule (4) Richwoods. 15.96 - Amare Bell (3) Metamora. 16.13 - Kaden Hartnett (4) Metamora. 16.16 - Andrew McLauchlan (3) Morton. 16.21 - Jaiden Little (4) Kewanee. 16.27 - Anthony Padilla (1) Kewanee. 16.39 - Grant Bennington (4) Metamora.

300-meter intermediate hurdles

40.77 - Keagan Uphoff (3) Olympia. 41.57 - Grant Bennington (4) Metamora. 42.24 - Morgan Caho (4) Canton. 42.45 - Preston Berg (3) Morton. 42.71 - Gino Williams (3) Galesburg. 42.71 - Andrew McLauchlan (3) Morton. 43.52 - Gavin Johnsen (2) Metamora. 43.82 - Joseph Clark (2) East Peoria.

4x100-meter relay

43.16 - Galesburg (Thomas, Lewis, Phillips, Richardson). 43.38 - Morton (Wong, Maison, Aberle, Whitaker). 43.59 - Richwoods (Wysinger, Rule, Oliva, Dussett). 44.14 - Stark County (Orwig, Kieser, Gerber, Rewerts). 44.30 - Metamora (Schroers, Keil, Schmitz, Frederick). 44.33 - Peoria High (Rutherford, McFadden, Washington, Giles). 44.57 - Illini West (Bentzinger, Knotts, Curfman, Dittmer). 44.60 - Monmouth-Roseville (Pullen, Clark, Rivera, Jackson).

4x200-meter relay

1:29.60 - Morton (Wong, Maison, Schaff, Whitaker). 1:30.14 - Galesburg (Thomas, Richardson, Phillips, Lewis). 1:32.47 - Illini West (Bentzinger, Dittmer, Deitrich, Knotts). 1:33.21 - Monmouth-Roseville (Rivera, Clark, Smith, Jackson). 1:33.27 - Metamora (Schmitz, Walker, Keil, Schroers). 1:33.60 - Peoria High (K. Rutherford, McFadden, G. Rutherford, Webb). 1:34.48 - East Peoria (Zeigler-Harris, Clark, Eklund, Tegbede). 1:34.54 - Eureka (Morin, R. Bachman, J. Bachman, Wiegand).

4x400-meter relay

3:32.08 - Limestone (Smallwood, Trammell, Manley, Bell). 3:32.92 - Eureka (Lehman, Bachman, Schmidt, Bardwell). 3:33.75 - Galesburg (Williams, Range, Stevenson, Nseka). 3:34.44 - Morton (Berg, Wuthrich, Chatwell, Knoop). 3:34.84 - Princeville (Kieser, Johnson, Melick, Bosch). 3:35.22 - El Paso-Gridley (Dohman, Graham, Bushert, Gentes). 3:36.31 - Dunlap (Hernandez, Ai. Mohr, Aa. Mohr, Dusek). 3:38.24 - Macomb (Bright, Royer, Doyle, Ryner).

4x800-meter relay

8:11.78 - Eureka (Lehman, Monk, Gerber, Bardwell). 8:24.11 - Pekin (Holmes, Holloway, Watson, Glesne). 8:32.56 - El Paso-Gridley (Porzelius, Graham, Holderby, Bushert). 8:32.98 - Galesburg (Cantarini, Thomas, Peterson, Nseka). 8:36.20 - Princeville (Johnson, Sennett, Melick, Bosch). 8:36.83 - Bureau Valley (Gallardo, Roth, Moore, House). 8:39.68 - Metamora (Claudin, Eppenger, Helwig, Roth). 8:44.75 - Peoria Notre Dame (Duffy, Cave, Ehrhart, Sary).

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Shot put

17.99 meters - David Russell (4) IVC. 17.64 - Payne Miller (3) Princeton. 15.86 - Hank Alvey (3) Illini Bluffs. 15.55 - Ethan Davis (4) Monmouth-Roseville. 15.50 - Joe Atkins (2) Washington. 15.14 - Trevor Snyder (4) Monmouth-Roseville. 15.03 - Landon Erxleben (2) Pekin. 14.88 - Bennett Williams (3) Princeton.

Discus

54.49 meters - David Russell (4) IVC. 50.80 - Bennett Williams (3) Princeton. 47.37 - Ian Morris (2) Princeton. 46.57 - Tyler Kasap (4) Metamora. 46.05 - Ethan Davis (4) Monmouth-Roseville. 45.72 - Leocadio Gandarilla (2) Kewanee. 45.22 - Michael Moreno (4) Galesburg. 44.99 - Trevor Snyder (4) Monmouth-Roseville.

Long jump

6.99 meters - Jayden Jones (3) Macomb. 6.66 - Jerome Jackson (4) Monmouth-Roseville. 6.63 - Dante Golden (2) El Paso-Gridley. 6.62 - Kanye Tyler (4) Pekin. 6.61 - Mikey Eiker (4) Galesburg. 6.58 - Eli McFadden (4) Peoria High. 6.55 - Jayden Washington (2) Illini Bluffs. 6.50 - Kaleb Lawson (4) Peoria High.

Triple jump

12.93 meters - Rahkim McCellan (1) Galesburg. 12.69 - Luke Kelly (2) Washington. 12.62 - DeAndre Jackson (3) Washington. 12.46 - Dane Olson (4) Havana. 12.41 - Micah Wong (4) Morton. 12.33 - Hudson Stickel (2) IVC. 12.31 - Chase Ragar (2) Olympia. 12.24 - Maddox Clark (2) Monmouth-Roseville.

High jump

1.98 meters - Drew Tucker (4) Metamora. 1.93 - Jayden Jones (3) Macomb. 1.93 - Nolan Deitrich (4) Illini West. 1.91 - Keagan Uphoff (3) Olympia. 1.91 - Lance Wiegand (2) Eureka. 1.88 - Logan Morse (4) Farmington. 1.87 - Nick Walker (3) Metamora. 1.86 - Cayden Green (1) Havana. 1.86 - Cayden Green (1) Havana.

Pole vault

4.60 meters - Heath Hawkins (3) Pekin. 4.52 - Marcus Czapar (2) El Paso-Gridley. 4.35 - Zenon Rule (4) Richwoods. 4.12 - Charlie Terry (4) Rushville-Industry. 3.81 - Brayden Morse (3) Farmington. 3.58 - Matthew Bright (3) Macomb. 3.49 - Cody Hughes (3) Morton. 3.43 - Hank Harlan (4) El Paso-Gridley. 3.43 - Kaden Foglesong (2) South Fulton.

Richwoods' Lena Jackson cruises to victory as the anchor leg of the Knight's 4X100-meter relay during the Class 2A Girls Dunlap Sectional track and field meet Wednesday, May 11, 2022 at Dunlap High School. The foursome of Jackson, Mariah Cade, Brenna Huff and Olivia Skibinski qualifed for state in a time of :48.69.

2023 Journal Star final girls track and field honor roll

Below are the final top times and distances among girls track and field athletes from the Peoria area as of Wednesday, May 24. Results are taken from Athletic.net. Please send any additions or corrections to sports@pjstar.com.

100-meter dash

11.99 - Lena Jackson (2) Richwoods; 12.16 - Ranaisha Howard-Dunigan (3) Limestone; 12.32 - Syriah Boyd (3) Galesburg; 12.33 - Lindley Johnston (4) Stark County; 12.39 - Jessy Tran (3) Richwoods; 12.43 - Daniella Bumber (1) Henry/Midland; 12.50 - Jaela Pierson (4) Peoria Heights; 12.60 - Jordyn Manbeck (2) Dunlap.

200-meter dash

24.81 - Syriah Boyd (3) Galesburg; 24.86 - Ranaisha Howard-Dunigan (3) Limestone; 25.04 - Lena Jackson (2) Richwoods; 25.07 - Lindley Johnston (4) Stark County; 25.35 - Daniella Bumber (1) Henry/Midland; 25.66 - Cambria Geyer (4) Tremont; 25.86 - Reece Bertelsen (3) United; 25.93 - Mia Jackson (4) Richwoods.

400-meter dash

57.27 - Daniella Bumber (1) Henry/Midland; 57.34 - Syriah Boyd (3) Galesburg; 57.71 - Lindley Johnston (4) Stark County; 58.58 - Violet Schramm (3) IVC; 58.71- Laurel Munson (4) Eureka; 59.32 - Bri Harms (1) Lowpoint/Washburn-Roanoke-Benson; 59.52 - Camryn Driscoll (1) Princeton; 59.87 - Sophia Ramirez (1) Washington.

800-meter run

2:17.19 - Kennady Anderson (3) Annawan/Wethersfield; 2:18.51 - Sophia Ramirez (1) Washington; 2:21.77 - Anna Bieber (4) Olympia; 2:21.99 - Meg Simmons (4) South Fulton; 2:22.04 - Avery Braker (2) Morton; 2:22.21 - Saniya Mathew (4) Dunlap; 2:23.20 - Jayne Hermann (1) Washington; 2:23.50 - Sophie Krueger (3) Morton; 2:23.78 - Bri Harms (1) Lowpoint-Washburn; 2:23.88 - Mia Whitfield (1) Metamora; 2:24.17 - Taygen Beyer (3) Morton; 2:25.48 - Maddie James (1) Washington.

1600-meter run

4:54.85- Sophia Ramirez (1) Washington; 5:08.43 - Kennady Anderson (3) Annawan/Wethersfield; 5:15.67 - Taygen Beyer (3) Morton; 5:19.52 - Saniya Mathew (4) Dunlap; 5:22.24 - Meg Simmons (4) South Fulton; 5:23.06 - Sophie Krueger (3) Morton; 5:24.66 - Olivia Knowles (1) Canton; 5:24.75 - Jayne Hermann (1) Washington; 5:24.85 - Abby Tudeen (2) Dunlap; 5:25.28 - Meika Bender (2) Eureka; 5:25.71 - Olivia Nordhielm (2) Washington; 5:28.31 - Audrey Heil (3) Metamora.

3200-meter run

10:57.73 - Kennady Anderson (3) Annawan/Wethersfield; 11:03.73 - Abby Tudeen (2) Dunlap; 11:38.91 - Olivia Nordhielm (2) Washington; 11:43.53 - Audrey Heil (3) Metamora; 11:53.38 - Meg Simmons (4) South Fulton; 11:54.97 - Annabelle LaFary (1) Delavan; 11:55.28 - Elly Heineke (1) Lowpoint-Washburn; 12:00.92 - Sophie Krueger (3) Morton; 12:04.66 - Meika Bender (2) Eureka; 12:05.18 - Naomi Roth (4) Eureka; 12:05.67 - Caroline Wettstein (1) El Paso-Gridley; 12:07.84 - Eileen Zopel (4) Peoria Notre Dame.

IHSA track and field records:The all-time best performances around Peoria

100-meter high hurdles

14.23 - Cambria Geyer (4) Tremont; 15.38 - Mia Jackson (4) Richwoods; 15.97 - Elli Sines (2) LaSalle-Peru; 16.17 - Symone Jackson (2) Peoria High; 16.31 - Keyli Cogdal (1) El Paso-Gridley; 16.58 - Melissa Bieber (3) Olympia; 16.60 - Miyah Fox (3) Princeton; 16.86 - Angelina Odum (4) Metamora.

300-meter low hurdles

44.71 - Cambria Geyer (4) Tremont; 47.09 - Lily Bosnich (1) St. Bede; 47.34 - Melissa Bieber (3) Olympia; 48.71 - Macy Gochanour (1) Fieldcrest; 48.74 - Lily Furrow (1) Galesburg; 48.91 - Josie Hughes (2) Havana; 48.94 - Symone Jackson (2) Peoria High; 49.31 - Enycia Price (1) Limestone.

4x100-meter relay

47.98 - Richwoods (Cade, Trane, Skibinski, L. Jackson); 49.53 - United (Haun, Huston, Flynn, Bertelsen); 49.83 - Eureka (Musselman, Tharp, Kaufman, Munson); 49.98 - Dunlap (Mungee, Sullivan, Jackson, Manbeck). 50.30 - St. Bede (Shaver, Lopez, De La Torre, Bosnich); 50.83 - ROWVA/Williamsfield (Welch, C. Manning, Gonzalez, H. Manning); 50.86 - Macomb (Emerick, Thorman, Quinn-Necak, Hines); 50.89 - Henry/Midland (Mitchell, T. Frawley, M. Frawley, Bumber).

4x200-meter relay

1:42.19 - Richwoods (Huff, Tran, Skibinski, L. Jackson); 1:44.51 - Dunlap (Sullivan, Jacobson, Kammerer, Manbeck); 1:45.07 - United (Haun, R. Flynn, K. Flynn, Bertelsen); 1:47.82 - Eureka (Wegner, Musselman, Tharp, Kaufman); 1:47.93 - El Paso-Gridley (Stoller, Deckard, Smith, Phillips); 1:48.15 - St. Bede (Lopez, Shaver, De La Torre, Bosnich); 1:49.09 - Farmington (Hayden, Stevens, Gilstrap, Miller); 1:50.11 - Galesburg (Akers, Boyd, Furrow, Willford).

4x400-meter relay

4:04.49 - Richwoods (Johnson, Green, Keyes, Filipak); 4:05.28 - United (Huston, R. Flynn, K. Flynn, Bertelsen); 4:07.84 - Eureka (Kaufman, Albertson, Schumacher, Munson); 4:11.37 - Olympia (A. Bieber, Whiteside, Miller, M. Bieber); 4:12.85 - Galesburg (Akers, Admire, Boyd, Furrow); 4:12.95 - ROWVA/Williamsfield (Welch, Stickle, H. Manning, C. Manning); 4:13.64 - Peoria Notre Dame (Hanley, Breitbach, Dooley, Fassino); 4:16.00 - Annawan/Wethersfield (Celus, Johnson, VanOpdorp, Anderson).

4x800-meter relay

9:24.06 - Washington (Ramirez, Hermann, James, Nordhielm); 9:35.57 - Morton (Armstrong, Braker, Krueger, Beyer); 9:47.34 - Eureka (Albertson, Axelson, Roth, Bender); 9:50.00 - El Paso-Gridley (Wettstein, Zimmerman, Hinthorne, Melick); 9:58.34 - Peoria Notre Dame (Breitbach, Zopel, Mingus, Fassino); 9:59.48 - Stark County (Rewerts, Hamilton, Kraklow, Smith); 9:59.59 - Knoxville (E. King, McKee, Higgins, L. King); 10:08.26 - Dunlap (Tudeen, McNutt, Meghrian, Mathew).

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Shot put

12.33 meters - Laney Lester (4) Henry/Midland; 12.07 - Carmyn Huston (3) Monmouth-Roseville; 11.33 - Morgan Foes (3) Princeton; 11.31 - Lizzy Short (3) IVC; 11.19 - Hannah Cleveland (3) Olympia; 11.18 - Aubrey Sorrell (4) Rushville-Industry; 11.13 - Etta Wagner (3) Elmwood/Brimfield; 11.06 - Lauren Orwig (2) Stark County.

Discus

42.43 meters - Laney Lester (4) Henry/Midland; 40.01 - Brianna Brodie (3) Princeville; 39.15 meters - Morgan Foes (3) Princeton; 36.94 - Mia Howard (4) Illini Bluffs; 36.60 - Anna Webel (4) Farmington; 36.40 - Kyra West (3) Olympia; 35.27 - Kylea Seidell (1) Pekin; 35.21 - Carmyn Huston (3) Monmouth-Roseville.

Long jump

5.76 meters - Teagan Sullivan (3) Dunlap; 5.52 - Mariah Cade (4) Richwoods; 5.47 - Laurel Munson (4) Eureka; 5.42 - Lena Jackson (2) Richwoods; 5.28 - Josie Bryan (3) Illini West; 5.18 - Taylor Frawley (1) Henry/Midland; 5.12 - Emma May (3) Elmwood/Brimfield; 5.11 - Jennifer Bonnett (4) Havana.

Triple jump

11.37 meters - Anna Lopez (4) St. Bede; 10.95 - Mariah Cade (4) Richwoods; 10.76 - Elianna Keyes (3) Richwoods; 10.65 - Callie Schumacher (3) Eureka; 10.63 - Chelsea Wetzel (3) Dunlap; 10.58 - Mikaela Mwangong (2) Macomb; 10.38 - Tori Brown (2) Illini Bluffs; 10.30 - Olivia Taylor (3) Metamora.

High jump

1.67 meters - Aubrey Phillips (2) El Paso-Gridley; 1.65 - Lindley Johnston (4) Stark County; 1.65 - Karlee Zumstein (4) Canton; 1.63 - Samantha Yeh (1) Dunlap; 1.60 - Madeline Kammerer (1) Dunlap; 1.60 - Daphaney Kessling (3) Henry; 1.57 - Teagan Sullivan (3) Dunlap; 1.55 - Kennedy Gunning (1) Illini West.

Pole vault

4.00 meters - Chelsea Wetzel (3) Dunlap; 3.66 - Mya Strahm (2) Elmwood/Brimfield; 3.07 - Lizzie Uphoff (3) El Paso-Gridley; 2.97 - Grace Pauli (2) Limestone; 2.92 - Violet Weinman (1) Metamora; 2.82 - Adeline Hudelson (4) Dunlap; 2.77 - Mariah Hayden (3) Farmington; 2.74 - Brooklyn Duncan (2) Macomb.

Adam Duvall is a Journal Star sports reporter. Email him at aduvall@pjstar.com. Follow him on Twitter @AdamDuvall.