Princeton’s Landen Hoffman leads 2A discus after prelims: Friday’s NewsTribune roundup

Princeton’s Ian Morris, Cade Odell, L-P’s Richie Santiago also advance to finals in throws

May 30, 2025 at 1:46 pm CDT

BOYS TRACK AND FIELD

Charleston: Princeton freshman Landen Hoffman launched the top discus throw during Friday’s IHSA Class 2A state preliminaries at Eastern Illinois University’s O’Brien Field.

Hoffman recorded a personal record 52.39 meters to take the top spot by almost 2 meters over Johnsburg senior Brett Centnarowicz (50.85) entering Saturday’s finals.

Princeton senior Ian Morris also qualified for the finals along with La Salle-Peru senior Richie Santiago.

Morris tossed the discus a personal best 50.6 meters, which puts him in third, while Santiago sits in eighth at 47.42 meters.

Princeton senior Cade Odell advanced to the finals in the shot put with a toss of 15.78 meters, which ranks fifth.

L-P junior Griffin Hammers and Princeton junior Casey Etheridge did not advance in their events.

Hammers finished 29th in the 800 meters in 2:04.82, while Etheridge was 20th in the 300 hurdles in 41.53 seconds.