What It Takes To Be A State Champ: Boys Edition

Everyone has the goal to win a state title in track and field, but very few know what it actually takes to bring home a gold medal in May. Well here you go, a guide for what time you should shoot for. The averages come from the winning times from all the state meets since we moved to a three class system. 

Class	Fastest	Slowest	Average	Athletes Under Average
1A	10.60	11.04	10.81
2A	10.57	10.85	10.72
3A	10.31	10.74	10.53	Marcellus Moore, Cedric Rowzee

Class	fastest	slowest	average	athletes under average
1A	21.73	22.37	21.99
2A	21.20	22.23	21.78	Finnigan Schirmer
3A	20.96	22.06	21.49	Marcellus Moore, Jermarrion Stewart, Ricky Johnson

class	fastest	slowest	average	athletes under average
1A	47.59	49.25	48.56
2A	47.31	49.30	49.04	Willie Johnson, Jerry Harper
3A	46.24	48.89	47.49

class	fastest	slowest	average	athletes under average
1A	1:51.22	1:57.92	1:54.48
2A	1:51.48	1:56.52	1:54.75	Riley Wells
3A	1:49.91	1:53.28	1:51.74

class	fastest	slowest	average	athletes under average
1A	4:15.30	4:25.99	4:20.13	Christopher Collet
2A	4:14.28	4:20.53	4:18.20	Daniel Chen
3A	4:05.17	4:15.13	4:11.01	Andrew O'Keefe, Thomas Shilgalis, Zachary Albrecht

Class	fastest	slowest	average	athletes under average
1A	9:05.23	9:36.72	9:22.44
2A	9:08.44	9:24.35	9:18.60	Mathias Powell, Garrett Dixon
3A	8:57.61	9:12.39	9:04.04	Jared Kreis, Josh Methner

Class	Fastest	slowest	average	athletes under average
1A	14.25	14.80	14.55
2A	13.93	14.45	14.23	Finnigan Schirmer
3A	13.71	14.25	14.01	Victor Cameron

class	fastest	slowest	average	athletes under average
1A	37.97	39.85	38.70
2A	36.53	38.67	37.77	Finnigan Schirmer
3A	36.90	37.96	37.47

class	fastest	slowest	average	teams under average
1A	42.38	43.28	42.76
2A	41.12	42.54	42.13	East St. Louis, Thornridge
3A	41.29	42.24	41.75	Crete-Monee, Homewood-Flossmoor

class	fastest	slowest	average	teams under average
1A	1:28.12	1:29.81	1:29.06
2A	1:25.83	1:29.38	1:27.94
3A	1:26.01	1:27.98	1:26.63

class	fastest	slowest	average	team under average
1A	3:19.95	3:26.73	3:22.92
2A	3:17.57	3:21.27	3:19.35
3A	3:14.76	3:19.76	3:17.08

class	fastest	slowest	average	team under Average
1A	7:54.78	8:03.91	7:58.92
2A	7:46.38	8:00.03	7:50.90
3A	7:37.36	7:47.22	7:43.76

class	highest	lowest	average	Athletes Above average
1A	7-0	6-7	6-9.25
2A	7-1.50	6-7	6-9.50	Zack Pluff
3A	7-1	6-9	6-11

class	highest	lowest	average	athletes above average
1A	24-0.25	22-1.75	23-1
2A	25-0.25	22-3	23-5	Jamonny Skinner
3A	24-1.75	23-0.25	23-6.75	Jamal Safo, Jalen Hunter

class	longest	shortest	average	athletes above average
1A	47-2.25	43-10.75	45-10
2A	50-6	46-0.5	48-0
3A	51-1	46-9.5	48-11.25	Quinton Stringfellow

class	highest	lowest	average	athletes above average
1A	16-3	14-9	15-8.50	Kyle Kruthoff
2A	17-1	14-6	15-6	Chandlar Ifft
3A	17-6	15-0	16-6

class	longest	shortest	average	athletes above average
1A	60-7	55-9	58-4.25
2A	63-6	56-7	60-7.75
3A	68-8	59-4.75	63-5.25

class	longest	shortest	average	athletes above average
1A	193-2	162-1	175-7
2A	188-4	160-2	175-6
3A	205-11	181-3	193-4	Jordan Johnson