The IHSA boys track and field state meet is this weekend on the campus of Eastern Illinois in Charleston. Here are five storylines to watch for Suburban Life-area athletes this weekend.

Kaneland boys track and field senior Jackson Boryc, who won the Class 2A Rochelle sectional titles in the 4x100 and 4x200-meter relays and also qualified for state in the 100 and 4x400, is the Kane County Chronicle Athlete of the Week.

The IHSA boys track and field state meet is this weekend on the campus of Eastern Illinois in Charleston. Here are five storylines to watch for Kendall County-area athletes this weekend.

The IHSA boys track and field state finals take place Thursday-Saturday at Eastern Illinois University in Charleston. Here is the full list of state qualifiers from the Kendall County area.

The IHSA boys track and field state finals take place Thursday-Saturday at Eastern Illinois University in Charleston. Here is the full list of state qualifiers from the Suburban Life area.

The IHSA boys track and field state meet takes place Thursday through Saturday at Eastern Illinois University in Charleston. Here is the full list of state qualifiers from the Sauk Valley area. Dixon is chasing a state trophy in 2A and Morrison is the defending 1A champion.

The IHSA boys track and field state championships run Thursday-Saturday at Eastern Illinois University in Charleston. Here is the full list of state qualifiers from the Northwest Herald area.

Junior high track and field athletes from across the area claimed 10 state titles spanning classes 1A through 4A at the IESA state meets held over the last two weekends in East Peoria.

Indian Creek junior Parker Murry enters the state boys track preliminaries as the top seed in the high jump, while Sycamore thrower Will Rosenow enters as the top seed in the shot put and 2nd in the discus. We look at IC, Hinckley-Big Rock, DeKalb, Genoa-Kingston and Sycamore.

Alex Casanas won three events as Hinckley-Big Rock won a boys sectional track championship for the first time. Indian Creek was third behind throwers Wyatt Gletty and Isaac Willis.

Forreston-Polo's 4x400 meter relay broke its own school record as F-P took second as a team at the Class 1A Oregon Sectional boys track and field meet on Friday. Oregon also had state qualifiers at the sectional.

Joseph Michelini secured his third state trip in the shot put, leading Lake Park's boys track team to Friday's sectional title, while star hurdler Benjamin Schoettle led Glenbard West to second, Geneva's Bennett Konkey swept the 100 and 200 and Batavia's Darin Ashiru the jumps.

In one of the most competitive 2A boys track & field sectionals in the state, Rochelle and Byron finished in the top 5 of team standings.

Oswego junior Jezhian Sprinkle overcame hitting a hurdle on his first race to sweep both hurdles races, among the many individual highlights along with Lemont's Nathan Murray running the state's second-best 400 while Hinsdale Central took the team title at Downers Grove North.

Wilmington's McKenna Van Tilburg advanced to Saturday's state finals in four events and Milford/Cissna Park's Addison Lucht advanced in three to lead a group of Class 1A girls track and field athletes in Thursday's prelims. That and more in Thursday's Daily Journal roundup.

Morrison boys track and field took third at the Class 1A Erie Sectional on Thursday, and Erie-Prophetstown was fifth as area athletes qualified for the state meet next week.

Local teams competed for a chance at the at state tournament Wednesday, May 20, 2026, in boys Class 1A track and field held in Erie. Photos by Jessie Ottens

At the IHSA Class 2A Pontiac Sectional on Wednesday night, Morris won a pair of events and qualified five athletes for state, while Ottawa, Manteno, Joliet Catholic, Coal City and Streator also sent qualifiers on to Charleston.

The Dixon boys track and field team used its depth to win a sectional title for the first time since 2002. Rock Falls and Sterling also had state qualifiers at Rochelle.

Kaneland qualified athletes in 14 out of 18 events from Wednesday's Class 2A Rochelle Boys Track and Field Sectional, while Sycamore is sending eight entries to next week's state track meet.

Bishop McNamara's Malachi Lee, Bradley-Bourbonnais' Lyzale Edmon and Kankakee's George Noble are all headed to boys track and field state next week, with all three schools qualifying multiple relay teams as well. That and more in Wednesday's Daily Journal roundup.

Prairie Ridge held off a late Woodstock surge to clinch its third straight IHSA sectional boys track and field championship Wednesday. Woodstock, Johnsburg, Woodstock North, Crystal Lake South, Harvard, Richmond-Burton, Marian Central and Marengo all qualified events for state.

Teams from Coal City, Herscher, Joliet Catholic, Manteno, Morris, Ottawa, and Streator all competed during the Class 2A boys track and field Sectional on Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at Pontiac High School.

Local athletes compete in the IHSA Class 2A Richmond-Burton Sectional Boys Track and Field Sectional Meet on Wednesday, May 20, 2026, at Richmond-Burton High School.

Several area teams took part in the Class 2A Rochelle Boys Track Sectional Wednesday including Byron, Dixon, Kaneland, Mendota, Plano, Rochelle, Rock Falls, Sandwich, Sterling and Sycamore, here are photos of the field events at the meet.

Several area teams took part in the Class 2A Rochelle Boys Track Sectional Wednesday including Byron, Dixon, Kaneland, Mendota, Plano, Rochelle, Rock Falls, Sandwich, Sterling and Sycamore, here are photos of the running events at the meet.

Here is a look at the sectional meets that local boys track and field athletes are competing in on Wednesday and Friday. Dixon is looking for its first sectional title since 2002. Morrison and Forreston-Polo are defending sectional champions.

Dixon junior Owen LeSage is the Sauk Valley Athlete of the Week, presented by Loescher Heating and Air Conditioning. His top throw in the shot put this season is ranked third in Class 2A, and he has seven wins in the event this season. Here is his Q&A.

Marengo identical twins Grant and Jackson Heimsoth have helped the Indians excel in sprit relays this spring. Their next test comes Wednesday in the Class 2A Richmond-Burton Sectional.

The Iroquois West and Momence softball teams opened regional play with commanding quarterfinal wins, with Iroquois West beating Hoopeston 18-8 and Momence beating Illinois Lutheran 10-1, and more in Monday's Daily Journal roundup.

The IESA held its Class 1A and 2A State Meet over the weekend for both seventh- and eighth-graders At EastSide Centre in East Peoria. Multiple Times-area student-athletes earned state medals for top-eight finishes in their respective events.

Lake Park had four wins, three of which came in field events, to help secure its first outdoor DuKane Conference title in school history. St. Charles North had six wins to secure second-place, while Darin Ashiru collected three wins to help Batavia to third.

In almost every event in the 1A Seneca Sectional on Thursday night, a Fighting Irish track and field athlete was competing for the lead and producing points en route to another championship while advancing multiple girls to state.

The Dixon boys track and field team won a 10th straight Big Northern Conference meet. Byron was second by 101 points. 'I think this is the best Dixon team ever.'

Jumper Kyle Brents and sprinter Oreoluwa Sobodu each won two individual events, leading Dundee-Crown's boys track and field team to its first Fox Valley Conference title in 25 years.

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Kankakee's Dominic White split the Southland high jump title and was joined by Kymani Billings, Phillip Turner and George Noble on the winning 4x100 relay team. At the SWSC meet, Bradley-Bourbonnais' Lyzale Edmon won the 200. That and more in Thursday's Daily Journal roundup.

Local athletes compete in the Fox Valley Conference Boys Track and Field Meet on Thursday, May 14, 2026, at Huntley High School.

Yorkville scored 112.5 points as a team at the Southwest Prairie Conference Boys Track championship to finish in first place.

Ellery Shutt won three individual races, giving him nine titles in his four-year varsity career, and Woodstock's boys track and field team repeated as Kishwaukee River Conference champions.

Local athletes compete in the Kishwaukee River Conference Boys Track and Field Meet on Tuesday, May 12, 2026, at Johnsburg High School.

Wheaton Warrenville South's Zachary Turner won the discus and York's Patrick Hill won the 3,200 at Friday's DuPage County Boys Track and Field Championships in Elmhurst.

St. Charles North, despite only having two wins, had seven double-scoring efforts to defend its team title in the 107th annual Kane County Meet. Bennett Konkey, who broke two meet records, led Geneva to second, while Kaneland took third.

Here are the IHSA sectional assignments for McHenry County-area boys track and field teams.

Callaghan O'Connor went five the first five innings before Braylon Ricketts' closed out Bishop McNamara's combined no-hitter, Lexi Strohm threw a perfect game for Wilmington softball and more in Monday's Daily Journal roundup.

Glenbard West put forth a strong effort in its own invitiational allowing it to finish third at the Jim Arnold Invitational.

Oswego East won its third consecutive boys title at the Palatine Relays while Hersey fended off York to win the girls crown in a tightly contested battle.

Morrison senior Brady Anderson's record-breaking track season continued at the Oregon Hall of Fame Classic. Amboy freshman Ian Hassler won the discus, while Rochelle, Erie-Prophetstown and Oregon also had wins on Friday.

The Herscher Invite was held Friday, where Wilmington's McKenna Von Tilburg won all four of her events and Tigers seniors like Kelly O'Connor and Jeremy Szepelak ran their final home meets.

Beecher and Momence both walked off with wins in River Valley Conference play, Herscher's softball team did the same in Illinois Central Eight Conference play and more in Tuesday's Daily Journal roundup.