Here are the girls track and field state qualifiers from the Springfield area.
From each sectional, the top two placers and qualifying performances advance to the state meet at O’Brien Field in Charleston beginning Thursday, May 21 through Saturday, May 23.
This page will be updated with Thursday, May 14 results.
Class 3A
O’Fallon Sectional
200-meter dash: Iye Adaramola, sophomore, Chatham Glenwood (25.07)
800-meter run: Sophie Rentmeister, junior, Chatham Glenwood (2:14.31)
1600: Ali Londrigan, junior, Chatham Glenwood (5:05.27); Rentmeister, Chatham Glenwood (5:10.10)
3200: Londrigan, Chatham Glenwood (11:00.33)
4×200-meter relay: Chatham Glenwood (Audri Brown, Layne Matthew, Natalie Fair, Iye Adaramola) 1:43.35
What to know: Chatham Glenwood’s Ali Londrigan swept the 1600- and 3200-meter runs. Fellow long-distance runner Sophie Rentmeister won the 800 by .35 seconds, while also qualifying in the 1600 where she took third place. Londrigan took fourth in the 1600 and fifth in the 3200 at last year’s 3A state finals.
Class 2A
Southeast Sectional
Meet is scheduled Thursday, May 14.
Mattoon Sectional
Meet is scheduled Thursday, May 14.
Class 1A
Pleasant Plains Sectional
Meet is scheduled Thursday, May 14.
Carlinville Sectional
100: Lana Cress, freshman, Litchfield (12.73); Sophia Watkins, sophomore, Hillsboro (12.95)
200: Cress, Litchfield (26.76); Watkins, Hillsboro (26.89)
400: Alena Graham, freshman, Mount Olive (59.58); Brooke Braasch, senior, Litchfield (1:08.28)
800: Leighton Warchol, junior, Litchfield (2:33.90); Sylvee Gibbs, freshman, Carlinville (2:35.10)
1600: Maggie Schwab, freshman, Litchfield (5:43.36); Halle Bredel, freshman, Carlinville (5:44.39)
3200: Schwab, Litchfield (12:53.28)
100 hurdles: Kaelin Cress, freshman, Hillsboro (15.64)
300 hurdles: Cress, Hillsboro (47.08); Ava White, freshman, Litchfield (48.55)
4×100 relay: Litchfield (Lana Cress, Harley Foulk, Jada Carroll, Kilee Hoover), 50.99; Hillsboro (Kaelin Cress, Lydia Collins, Kailey Weiss, Sophia Watkins), 51.48
4×200 relay: Litchfield (Foulk, Carroll, Hoover, Cress), 1:49.61
4×400 relay: Litchfield (Leighton Warchol, Carroll, Brooke Braasch, Hoover), 4:20.26; Carlinville (Hannah Truax, Emma Suttles, Madeline Murphy, Sylvee Gibbs), 4:21.70
4×800 relay: Carlinville (Truax, Murphy, Halle Bredel, Aspen Tipps), 10:58.69; Auburn (Reese Piper, Madison Staggemeyer, Anna Ventress, Mackenzie Mallicoat), 11:22.23
Shot put: Payton Harding, junior, Carlinville (36-9 ¾); Chloe Green, junior, Mount Olive (36-7)
Discus throw: Maggie Heyen, junior, Gillespie (122-1 ¼); Harding, Carlinville (116-6 ¾)
High jump: Kilee Hoover, sophomore, Litchfield (5-2); Emily Wisniewski, sophomore, Auburn (5-2); Abby Dearing, junior North Mac (5-0)
Pole vault: Ella Brawner, freshman, Gillespie (10-7); Asher Ronan, junior, North Mac (9-1)
Long jump: Lydia Collins, freshman, Hillsboro (16-2 ½)
Triple jump: Amya Greenwood, junior, Hillsboro (32-8)
What to know: Litchfield claimed the team sectional title. Freshman sprinter Lana Cress won four events in the 100, 200, 4×100 and 4×200. Gillespie’s Ella Brawner quashed the pole vault qualifying standard of 9-1.
Shelbyville Sectional
Discus throw: Reagan McGlauchlen, senior, Pana (134-1 ¾); Phoenix Pope, junior, Pana (113- ½)
Long jump: Camryn Engelman, senior, Nokomis (16-8 ¾)
Triple jump: Engelman, Nokomis (33-11)
What to know: Pana’s Reagan McGlauchlen won the discus throw with a personal best. She reached as high as fourth place in the 2024 state finals with a distance of 126-11.
Maroa-Forsyth Sectional
Meet is scheduled Thursday, May 14.
Tremont Sectional
Meet is scheduled Thursday, May 14.
This article originally appeared on State Journal-Register: Here are the Springfield area’s 2026 state qualifiers for girls track
Reporting by Bill Welt, Springfield State Journal-Register / State Journal-Register
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