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High school sports are 360 degrees in nature- a full circle if you will. Most long distance runners will begin their quest during the early months of summer training for cross country. The three months of training that kids put in are an attempt to run in the state championship in November. For the few lucky ones, they will go on and compete in Nike Cross Nationals, Foot Locker or some other post-season meet. But what has been lost in the sauce is the entire school calendar which runs through the winter indoor campaign and finally back around to the all-important outdoor track and field season. We wanted to chronicle the very beginning and end. Obviously, some athletes get lazy after cross country or hurt. Others may play other sports in the spring: lacrosse, club soccer, baseball, volleyball, etc.
(Disclaimer: we may closely examine places in individual events and provide a deeper context to state final placement: i.e. 12/12 or "last")
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| 1 | Christopher Collet- Double state champion (1600/3200); clocked 4:17.86 and 9:25.88 PB's | 12 | Seneca High School | 14:45.25 | 1 | ||
| 2 | Garrett Dixon- Competed in 2A; 3200 state-runner up, 1600 (7th pl); 9:11.45 & 4:23.28 PBs | 12 | Monticello High School | 14:56.88 | 2 | ||
| 3 | Negus Bogard- Placed 8th state/3200 (9:48.29 PB); 3rd/1600... 4:23.11 PB | 11 | Robinson High School | 15:06.15 | 3 | ||
| 4 | Jackson Stewart- DID NOT RUN TRACK | 12 | Decatur St. Teresa High School | 15:07.67 | 0 | ||
| 5 | Dawson Smith- Competed in 2A; 3rd pl state/3200... 9:25.64 PB | 11 | Rock Falls High School | 15:10.45 | 4 | ||
| 6 | Spencer Mauch- Placed 15th state/3200... 10:01.44 PB; 1600/14th state prelims (4:33.02 PB) | 12 | Newman Central Catholic High School | 15:10.77 | 5 | ||
| 7 | Miles Sheppard- Placed 3rd in state/3200 (9:40.90); 1600 prelim (17th- 4:35.77 PB) | 9 | Hamilton-Warsaw- West Hancock HS | 15:11.42 | 0 | ||
| 8 | Colby Johnson- 1600/23rd state prelim; Placed 6th in state/4x800m (8:08.12); 800 (2:03.34); 3200 (10:42.56) | 11 | DeeMack High School | 15:12.05 | 0 | ||
| 9 | Cort Ross- Placed 7th state/1600... 4:26.26 PB; 9th pl/3200 (9:50.18) | 11 | Casey-Westfield High School | 15:13.46 | 0 | ||
| 10 | Noah Smith- Placed 10th state/3200 (9:53.50 SB); 1600/13th in state prelim (4:32.73 SB) | 12 | El Paso-Gridley High School | 15:14.06 | 6 | ||
| 11 | Drew Rogers- Competed in 2A; State 14th/3200; 1600 (4:40.76) | 9 | Herscher High School | 15:16.56 | 7 | ||
| 12 | Ryder James- Competed in 2A; State 7th/3200... 9:35.52 PB; 1600 (4:30.28) | 9 | Paxton-Buckley-Loda High School | 15:17.42 | 8 | ||
| 13 | Isaiah Ditta- Competed in state prelim 27th/1600m (4:43.74); Placed 19th in the 3200m at state; 3200 (9:58.13i); ran leg on team's state's 12th place 4x800 team (8:31.14) | 11 | Central High School (Clifton) | 15:18.80 | 9 | ||
| 14 | Leland Sumer- Ran leg on state 4x800 that placed 7th in the state (8:08.36); 1600 prelim (28th place, 4:43.92); 3200 (10:27.19) | 11 | Tremont High School | 15:19.91 | 0 | ||
| 15 | Cameron Woodard- Competed in 2A; did not advance to state in any events; 1600 (4:34.66 PB); 3200 (10:22.31 SB) | 12 | Tolono Unity High School | 15:20.05 | 0 | ||
| 16 | Jeremy Snejberg- Ran on team's 4x800 that took 12th at state (8:31.14); 1600 (4:48.12) | 12 | Central High School (Clifton) | 15:22.87 | 10 | ||
| 17 | Cree Stumpf- Competed in 2A; did not advance to state in any events; 1600 (4:45.14 PB); 3200 (9:57.37 PB) | 12 | Roxana High School | 15:25.13 | 11 | ||
| 18 | Shay Hafner- Placed 5th in state 3200 (9:45.05 PB); 1600 (4:39.70 SB) | 12 | Newman Central Catholic High School | 15:27.27 | 12 | ||
| 19 | Noah Mcintyre- State runner-up/1600... ran 4:25.58 PB; 800 (2:00.20 PB); 3200 (9:56.20 PB) | 11 | Athens Senior High School | 15:27.57 | 13 | ||
| 20 | Aryan Lalwani- Placed 24th state prelim 1600... 4:33.97 PB; Ran 4x800m in prelims (3rd place, 8:11.73); 3200 (9:57.61); 800 (2:05.15i) | 10 | Urbana University High School | 15:29.78 | 14 | ||
| 21 | Layton Hall- Placed 7th state/3200... clocked 9:45.11 PB; 1600 (18th prelim/4:35.88) | 10 | Arthur-Lovington-Atwood- Hammond HS | 15:30.93 | 0 | ||
| 22 | Caelin Foley- Took 8th in 1600m (4:33.50); State Runner-Up in the 3200m; 800 (2:05.53 PB); 3200 (9:56.02 PB); 1600 (4:26.67 PB) | 12 | Galva High School | 15:31.58 | 0 | ||
| 23 | Tristan Olpin- Placed 13th state/3200... 9:49.68 PB; 1600/state-11th... 4:27.56 PB; 800 (2:07.69i) | 11 | Rockford Keith Country Day High School | 15:31.90 | 0 | ||
| 24 | Matt Gedraitis- Placed 21st state/3200... 10:15.24 PB; 1600 (4:48.98 SB) | 12 | Westmont High School | 15:32.00 | 0 | ||
| 25 | Kyle Johnson- Competed in 2A; did not advance to state in any event; 3200 (10:01.76); 1600 (4:45.87 SB) | 12 | Eureka High School | 15:34.27 | 15 | ||