BOYS TRACK RUNNER NOMINEES
ALEXANDER BROWN MADDUX COOLEY
KINNIK RITCHIE
ALEXANDER BROWN
CENTRAL DEWITT | SENIOR
• Brown placed seventh in the 200-meter dash and also ran in the 400-meter dash, where he finished in 13th at the IHSAA State Track and Field Championships. He set a season’ s best time of 21.96 in the 200-meter prelims.
• Brown was also a part of the 4x200-meter relay squad that finished eighth overall.
MADDUX COOLEY
CLINTON | JUNIOR
• Cooley placed 10th overall in the 100- meter dash in the state championships in May. He also placed 6th in the 200-meter dash.
• On top of his performances at the state championship, Cooley placed second in the MAC in the 100 and 200 meters.
KINNIK RITCHIE
EASTON VALLEY | FRESHMAN
• As a freshman, Ritchie placed 13th in the 100-meter dash and 11th in the 200-meter dash at the state championships.
• Ritchie also placed second in both the 100 and 200 in the Tri-Rivers Conference meet.
GIRLS TRACK RUNNER NOMINEES
DELANY HOMAN
JORDAN TEGELER
BROOKLYN THOMS
DELANY HOMAN
CAMANCHE | JUNIOR
• Homan impressed in the long-distance events at the state championships, running the 1500-meter and 3000-meter. She placed ninth overall in the 1500-meter and 16th in the 3000-meter.
• Homan also placed fifth in the 1500 and fourth in the 3000 at the River Valley Conference meet.
JORDAN TEGELER
NORTHEAST | JUNIOR
• Tegeler placed second in both the 200- meter and 400-meter dashes at the state championships, setting a personal best time in both events.
• She was also a part of the girls’ 800-meter sprint medley, which placed 2nd at state.
• She was third in the 200, first in the 400 at the River Valley Conference meet.
BROOKLYN THOMS
FULTON | SENIOR
• Placed second in both the 100-meter and 200-meter events in the Northwest Upstate Illini Conference meet.
• Placed second at the IHSA Girls State Track and Field Championships as a part of the 4x400-meter relay team and ninth in the 4x200-meter relay team.
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