The schools of The Times area sent plenty of athletes to the IHSA Boys Track and Field State Meet this spring, with Ottawa, Streator, Newark, Sandwich, Seneca, Marquette, Somonauk and Fieldcrest all represented in Charleston.
Here are those state qualifiers, the 2024 Times Boys Track and Field All-Area Honor Roll.
200 dash
Isaiah Brown, jr., Streator – 2A state qualifier
Garin Zaeske, sr., Somonauk – 1A state qualifier
400 run
Simeion Harris, jr., Sandwich – 2A state qualifier
800 run
Logan Pasakarnis, sr., Newark – 1A state qualifier
Caleb Krischel, jr., Fieldcrest – 1A state qualifier
1,600 run
Caden Hamer, fr., Somonauk – 1A state qualifier
3,200 run
Landin Stillwell, so., Somonauk – 1A state qualifier
110 hurdles
Weston Averkamp, jr., Ottawa – 3A state qualifier
Colton Pumphrey, jr., Seneca – 1A state qualifier, sectional champion
300 hurdles
Weston Averkamp, jr., Ottawa – 3A state qualifier, sectional champion
4x400 relay
Sandwich (Simeion Harris, Brodie Case, Shaun Smith, Kayden Page) – 2A state qualifier
4x800 relay
Somonauk (Landin Stillwell, Jackson Brockway, Gunnar Swenson, Caden Hamer) – 1A state qualifier, sectional champion
Shot put
Peter Popp, jr., Sandwich – 2A state qualifier
Discus
Alex Bogner-Kidwell, sr., Seneca – 1A state qualifier, sectional champion
Pole vault
Sam Churchill, sr., Seneca – 1A state qualifier, sectional champion
Sean Sigler, so., Seneca – 1A state qualifier
Jacob Ross, fr., Sandwich – 2A state qualifier
Long jump
Denver Trainor, sr., Marquette – 1A state qualifier