Below are the top times and distances among boys track and field athletes from the Peoria area for the 2026 season. Results are taken from Athletic.net. Please send any additions or corrections to sports@pjstar.com.
2026 Journal Star high school boys track & field honor roll
100-meter dash
10.58 – Jaiduan Cranford (12) Metamora. 10.61 – Braden Gibson (11) El Paso-Gridley. 10.65 – DJ Brooks (10) Limestone. 10.66 – Taven Ostrander (12) ROWVA/Williamsfield. 10.73 – Logan Smallwood (12) Limestone. 10.78 – Casey Etheridge (12) Princeton. 10.81 – Kylan McMillen (12) Metamora. 10.85 – Melvin Jenkins (12) Peoria High.
200-meter dash
21.39 – Taven Ostrander (12) ROWVA/Williamsfield. 21.56 – Nick Glisson (12) Illini Central/Delavan. 21.67 – Jaiduan Cranford (12) Metamora. 21.78 – Ayce Hawks (11) Richwoods. 21.78 – Braden Gibson (11) El Paso-Gridley. 21.96 – Kylan McMillen (12) Metamora. 22.08 – Logan Smallwood (12) Limestone. 22.09 – Carter Stroot (12) Abingdon-Avon.
400-meter dash
48.50 – Logan Smallwood (12) Limestone. 48.89 – Ben Gorsage (11) Washington. 49.27 – Nick Glisson (12) Illini Central/Delavan. 49.51 – Coriell Green (12) Illini Central/Delavan. 49.73 – Isaak Roley (11) Washington. 49.75 – Zach Born (11) Metamora. 49.97 – Aiden Duhs (11) Illinois Valley Central. 50.22 – Darwin Herman (12) Elmwood/Brimfield.
800-meter run
1:49.88 – Ben Gorsage (11) Washington. 1:51.18 – Zach Born (11) Metamora. 1:51.28 – Aiden Duhs (11) Illinois Valley Central. 1:51.81 – Coriell Green (11) Illini Central/Delavan. 1:53.75 – Ty Basham (12) Illini Bluffs. 1:53.78 – Darwin Herman (12) Elmwood/Brimfield. 1:55.82 – Abe Martin (10) Morton. 1:56.73 – Jacob Bosch (11) Princeville. 1:56.76 – Everett Henderson (11) Tremont. 1:57.11 – Drew Hodel (11) Metamora. 1:57.14 – Alex Linneman (10) Washington. 1:57.88 – Keyston Beyer (11) Morton.
1600-meter run
4:16.54 – Maxwell Carter (11) Morton. 4:19.24 – Keyston Beyer (11) Morton. 4:19.56 – Dax Duffy (12) Peoria Notre Dame. 4:19.62 – Ben Gorsage (11) Washington. 4:20.67 – Zach Born (11) Metamora. 4:23.09 – Abe Martin (10) Morton. 4:24.13 – Aiden Faulkner (12) Elmwood/Brimfield. 4:24.62 – Evan Knobloch (10) Stark County. 4:25.65 – Coriell Green (11) Illini Central/Delavan. 4:25.86 – Joe Anders (11) Morton. 4:26.29 – Duke Hendrick (11) Morton. 4:28.58 – Maxwell Kirby (11) PND.
3200-meter run
9:21.27 – Maxwell Carter (11) Morton. 9:24.77 – Adam Perry (9) Eureka. 9:28.66 – Maxwell Kirby (11) Peoria Notre Dame. 9:32.04 – Weston Hodel (10) El Paso-Gridley. 9:32.06 – Evan Knobloch (10) Stark County. 9:38.22 – Ethan Adams (10) Washington. 9:42.85 – Aiden Faulkner (12) Elmwood/Brimfield. 9:43.69 – Danny Sharp (10) Elmwood/Brimfield. 9:47.39 – Drew Cooper (12) El Paso-Gridley. 9:47.70 – John Baker (11) PND. 9:47.81 – Duke Hendrick (11) Morton. 9:47.99 – Peter Stoltz (12) Illini Bluffs.
110-meter high hurdles
14.56 – Cade Walcott (11) IVC; Trae Brickner (12) Peoria Christian. 14.85 – Crew Martin (10) Morton. 14.88 – Paul Reason (11) Metamora. 15.11 – Noah Perfetti (11) Pekin. 15.15 – Casey Etheridge (12) Princeton. 15.25 – Luca Hilst (11) Pekin. 15.33 – Kinnick Bliss (10) Illini West.
300-meter intermediate hurdles
37.87 – Trae Brickner (12) Peoria Christian. 38.85 – Crew Martin (10) Morton. 38.87 – Luca Hilst (11) Pekin. 39.15 – Emerson Ponce (11) ROWVA/Williamsfield. 39.76 – Casey Etheridge (12) Princeton. 39.97 – Paul Reason (11) Metamora. 40.34 – Cade Walcott (11) IVC. 40.53 – Cooper Patterson (10) Pekin.
4×100-meter relay
41.68 – Metamora (Cox, McMillen, Pickles, Cranford). 42.01 – Limestone (Hammond, Smallwood, Randle, Brooks). 42.84 – Galesburg (Schleich, Phillips, Watson, McCellan). 43.03 – Richwoods (Hunt, Robertson, Curtis, Hawks). 43.20 – El Paso-Gridley (Bergquist, Maxon, Adams, Gibson). 43.27 – East Peoria (Kirby, Lee, Hindert, Eklund). 43.59 – Morton (Bryant, Martin, Bair, Smith). 43.62 – R/W (Tamburro, Ponce, Skala, Ostrander).
4×200-meter relay
1:27.08 – Metamora (Cox, Alwardt, McMillen, Cranford). 1:28.82 – Richwoods (Hawks, Taylor, Cadoree, Curtis). 1:28.98 – Limestone (Hammond, Smallwood, Randle, Brooks). 1:29.98 – Dunlap (Montano, Farris, Babatunde, Glatz). 1:30.10 – Galesburg (Schleich, Phillips, Nwagbo, McCellan). 1:30.20 – ROWVA/Williamsfield (E. Ostrander, Ponce, Skala, T. Ostrander). 1:30.50 – Rushville-Industry (Bertoux, Fretueg, Bickerman, Escapa). 1:30.61 – Washington (Moehle, Roley, Lenover, Gorsage).
4×400-meter relay
3:15.94 – Morton (Seneca, Rogers, Beyer, Martin). 3:21.00 – Metamora (Roos, Eppenger, Hodel, Born). 3:21.27 – Washington (Linneman, Roley, Schaefer, Gorsage). 3:24.77 – Limestone (Hammond, Randle, Hermacinski, Smallwood). 3:25.07 – Galesburg (Schleich, Phillips, Anderson, Watson). 3:25.94 – Princeville (Melick, Sarnes, Hunt, Bosch). 3:26.36 – Illini Bluffs (Rademaker, Thomas, Emhoff, Basham). 3:26.62 – Illini Central/Delavan (Newton, Glisson, Damm, Green).
4×800-meter relay
7:48.93 – Metamora (Born, Eppenger, Kingham, Hodel). 7:49.78 – Morton (Anders, Akers, Beyer, Martin). 7:51.63 – Eureka (Dingledine, Rogers, Roth, Stalter). 8:00.42 – Illini Bluffs (Fortin, Thomas, Emhoff, Basham). 8:06.80 – IVC (Fraikes, Fahrenkrug, Hedden, Duhs). 8:08.57 – Washington (Linneman, Spiezio, Hahn, Gorsage). 8:11.71 – Elmwood/Brimfield (Hubbard, Cahill, Stevenson, Herman). 8:13.29 – El Paso-Gridley (Lartz, Nowark, Cooper, Hodel).
Shot put
67-7 – Patrick Peterson (10) Dunlap. 55-11.25 – Gregory Mahle (11) Morton. 53-4.25 – Payton Bridgeman (12) Pekin. 53-0.75 – AJ Ioerger (10) Metamora. 52-5.5 – Daxton Eastburg (10) Galesburg; Alex Rodriguez (12) Putnam County. 52-0.75 – Jace Lott (11) Washington. 51-9.75 – Charlie Bodiford (11) Macomb.
Discus
201-5 – Patrick Peterson (10) Dunlap. 173-2 – Landen Hoffman (10) Princeton. 170-3 – Harlin Toillion (10) El Paso-Gridley. 165-7 – AJ Ioerger (10) Metamora. 164-11 – Aavery Hill (10) LaSalle-Peru. 163-7 – Alex Rodriguez (12) Putnam County. 154-10 – Landon Montroy (11) Monmouth-Roseville. 153-0 – Braydin Eplin (12) Fieldcrest.
Long jump
23-2.5 – Malik Johnson (12) Peoria High. 23-2 – Kaden Powers (12) Morton. 22-11.25 – Nathan Silomba (12) Limestone. 22-5.75 – Carter Fretueg (11) Rushville-Industry. 22-2.25 – Kaden Eklund (12) East Peoria. 22-0.25 – Owen Bergquist (12) El Paso-Gridley. 21-11.5 – Kaleb Powell (12) Limestone. 21-9 – Chris Crowe (10) Kewanee.
Triple jump
48-4.5 – Malik Johnson (12) Peoria High. 47-2.25 – Ian Escapa (12) Rushville-Industry. 45-1.75 – MaKai Hill (12) Manual. 44-5.5 – Kaleb Powell (12) Limestone; Micheal Beckett (12) Fieldcrest. 43-11.25 – Caleb Currie (11) LaSalle-Peru. 43-8.5 – Brett Ulrich (12) Metamora. 43-4.25 – Rahkim McCellan (12) Galesburg.
High jump
6-8.25 – Antwon Walker (10) Galesburg. 6-7 – Chris Crowe (10) Kewanee. 6-6.75 – Nick Glisson (12) IC/D. 6-6 – Cam Gunn (12) Peoria High; Parker Tinkham (11) Monmouth United. 6-5.5 – Mayson Renteria (10) Illini West. 6-4.75 – Jayvion Maxon (11) El Paso-Gridley; Marvin Jordan (10) Dunlap.
Pole vault
14-6 – Riley Foglesong (11) South Fulton. 14-5.25 – Owen Stoller (12) Eureka. 14-4 – Brody Brush (12) Rushville-Industry. 14-2.5 – Brek Thompson (12) Eureka. 13-8.5 – Henry Rhoades (9) Metamora. 13-8.25 – Jude Eveland (10) Rushville-Industry. 13-3.5 – Cameron McPhail (11) Dunlap. 13-3 – Nile Hassan (12) Dunlap.
2026 Journal Star high school girls track and field honor roll
Below are the top times and distances among girls track and field athletes from the Peoria area for the 2026 season. Results are taken from Athletic.net. Please send any additions or corrections to sports@pjstar.com.
100-meter dash
12.16 – Ava Alt (12) East Peoria. 12.18 – Jaida Reed (11) El Paso-Gridley. 12.19 – Brianna Johnson (12) Richwoods. 12.27 – Kylie Smith (11) Morton. 12.28 – Zoe Liedtke (11) Pekin. 12.36 – Jordan Hines (12) Macomb. 12.49 – Daniella Bumber (12) Henry/Midland. 12.59 – Olivia Jacobson (12) Dunlap.
200-meter dash
24.92 – Ava Alt (12) East Peoria. 25.23 – Jordan Hines (12) Macomb. 25.33 – Daniella Bumber (12) Henry/Midland. 25.39 – Madeline Kammerer (12) Dunlap. 25.42 – Jaida Reed (11) El Paso-Gridley. 25.51 – Brianna Harms (12) Lowpoint-Washburn/Roanoke-Benson. 25.59 – Piper Roach (11) H/M. 25.60 – Ava Marty (10) Galesburg. 25.64 – Brianna Johnson (12) Richwoods. 25.67 – Zoe Liedtke (11) Pekin.
400-meter dash
56.63 – Daniella Bumber (12) H/M. 56.75 – Elise House (10) Bureau Valley. 57.16 – Jaydah Green (12) Richwoods. 58.22 – Nyameye Maison (12) Morton. 58.83 – Brianna Johnson (12) Richwoods. 59.15 – Ava Alt (12) East Peoria. 59.31 – Sophia Watson (11) Eureka. 59.47 – Ella Helms (11) E/B.
800-meter run
2:14.30 – Audrey Dickinson (9) Illini Bluffs. 2:15.29 – Sophia Watson (11) Eureka. 2:16.72 – Cheyenh Smith (12) Stark County. 2:18.53 – Mya Hill (10) Elmwood/Brimfield. 2:18.68 – Jessica Henderson (9) Tremont. 2:18.92 – Morgan Coker (11) Pekin. 2:19.41 – Sophia Ramirez (12) Washington. 2:19.62 – Haven Miller (11) El Paso-Gridley. 2:19.81 – McKinlee Williams (9) Pekin. 2:19.99 – Emily King (12) Knoxville. 2:20.09 – Mia Whitfield (12) Metamora. 2:20.36 – Nyameye Maison (12) Morton.
1600-meter run
4:57.15 – Audrey Dickinson (9) Illini Bluffs. 5:00.37 – Dusti Smith (11) Stark County. 5:00.93 – Mya Hill (10) E/B. 5:05.26 – Sophia Ramirez (12) Washington. 5:09.37 – Ava Otto (11) Eureka. 5:09.46 – Alyssa Higgins (12) Knoxville. 5:14.71 – Emily King (12) Knoxville. 5:15.22 – Kasyn Jibben (9) Havana. 5:16.56 – Caylie Ahten (12) Washington. 5:17.98 – Mia Whitfield (12) Metamora. 5:20.54 – Jessica Henderson (9) Tremont. 5:20.75 – Bristol Schmidgall (10) E/B.
3200-meter run
10:59.20 – Emily King (12) Knoxville. 11:02.98 – Kasyn Jibben (9) Havana. 11:16.22 – Caylie Ahten (12) Washington. 11:17.71 – Alyssa Higgins (12) Knoxville. 11:19.70 – Sierra Herrmann (11) Eureka. 11:22.40 – Ava Otto (11) Eureka. 11:23.89 – Maya Zopel (12) Peoria Notre Dame. 11:26.78 – Audrey Dickinson (9) Illini Bluffs. 11:41.83 – Ellison Heineke (12) L-W/R-B. 11:50.58 – Bristol Schmidgall (10) E/B. 11:56.02 – Kiley Knapp (11) El Paso-Gridley. 11:56.73 – Brooklyn Virtue (10) Dunlap.
100-meter high hurdles
14.63 – Lily Bosnich (12) St. Bede. 15.05 – Baylie Nena (10) Metamora. 15.31 – Ava Ray (12) Morton. 15.34 – Marryn Ferguson (9) Bushnell-Prairie City. 15.60 – Avery Striegel (9) Morton. 15.74 – Brianna Harms (12) L-W/R-B. 15.78 – Aubrey Hurckes (12) Tremont. 15.79 – Anna Sears (9) Eureka.
300-meter low hurdles
43.74 – Brianna Harms (12) L-W/R-B. 43.86 – Lily Bosnich (12) St. Bede. 46.13 – Ava Ray (12) Morton. 46.14 – Baylie Nena (10) Metamora. 46.43 – Brenna Metzger (12) Eureka. 46.62 – Aubrey Holthaus (11) Macomb. 46.73 – Keyli Cogdal (12) El Paso-Gridley. 47.54 – Whitney Humphreys (12) Knoxville.
4×100-meter relay
49.06 – Galesburg (E. Herchenroder, McCellan, T. Herchenroder, Marty). 49.22 – Dunlap (Unes, Kammerer, Joshi, Jacobson). 49.59 – El Paso-Gridley (Cogdal, Reed, Wettstein, Tibbs). 49.61 – Morton (Ray, Maison, Smith, Molton). 49.86 – H/M (Mitchell, Frawley, Chambers, Bumber). 50.15 – Richwoods (B. Johnson, R. Johnson, Moseti, Green). 50.81 – Eureka (Garza, Lehman, L. Sears, A. Sears). 51.13 – Macomb (Nelson, Holthaus, O’hern, Hines).
4×200-meter relay
1:41.47 – Galesburg (E. Herchenroder, McCellan, T. Herchenroder, Marty). 1:43.84 – Dunlap (Jacobson, Unes, Joshi, Kammerer). 1:45.70 – El Paso-Gridley (Cogdal, Reed, Wettstein, Tibbs). 1:46.07 – Morton (Evans, Brown, Berg, Smith). 1:46.60 – Macomb (Thompson, Holthaus, Nelson, Hines). 1:47.34 – H/M (Mitchell, Frawley, Chambers, Bumber). 1:47.41 – South Fulton (Kelly, Gorsuch, Miller, Riadi). 1:48.45 – Metamora (Roth, Weinman, Points, Perry).
4×400-meter relay
3:57.73 – Galesburg (E. Herchenroder, G. Herchenroder, T. Herchenroder, Furrow). 4:01.75 – Eureka (Lehman, Metzger, Garza, Watson). 4:06.65 – Morton (Maison, Ray, Parnham, Martin). 4:09.19 – Metamora (Roth, Points, Olson, Whitfield). 4:10.46 – Illini Bluffs (Parker, Johnson, McBroom, Dickinson). 4:11.26 – Stark County (Terwilliger, Rorem, C. Smith, D. Smith). 4:11.51 – Wethersfield (C. Anderson, K. Anderson, Nelson, Carman). 4:11.80 – E/B (Troglio, L. Quiram, C. Quiram, Helms).
4×800-meter relay
9:24.77 – Stark County (C. Smith, Rorem, Terwilliger, D. Smith). 9:34.03 – Eureka (Metzger, Hubert, Otto, Watson). 9:35.11 – El Paso-Gridley (Wettstein, Knapp, Hinthrone, Miller). 9:35.99 – Putnam County (Dinoto, Dorado, Schrowang, Poignant). 9:47.24 – Pekin (Williams, Rotherham, Ladendorf, Coker). 9:50.16 – E/B (Schmidgall, Ori, Walker, Forney). 9:59.61 – Wethersfield (Wilson, Landwehr, K. Anderson, C. Anderson). 10:00.13 – Dunlap (Tranel, Siddaraju, Sack, Ott).
Shot put
39-8.75 – Eva Deener (10) Dunlap. 38-5.5 – Makaylynne Correa (12) Canton. 37-4.75 – Megyn Erlacher (12) ROWVA/Williamsfield. 36-1.25 – Gaba Musselman (11) Eureka. 35-5.75 – Damaris Diaz (11) Kewanee. 35-3.25 – Bryanna Musselman (9) Eureka. 35-1.75 – Savannah Bray (12) St. Bede. 34-4 – Rylie Whitman (10) Pekin; Andrea McNairy (12) Dunlap.
Discus
126-3 – Dakota Thorman (12) Macomb. 116-1 – Megyn Erlacher (12) ROWVA/Williamsfield. 115-0 – Brynna Musselman (9) Eureka. 114-11 – Sophia Mendoza (10) Monmouth United. 112-8 – Annabelle Parker (11) Illini Bluffs. 112-1 – Makayla Lynch (12) Metamora. 111-9 – Pru Mangan (12) Fieldcrest. 111-2 – Khloe Cremeens (9) Washington; Gwen Tierney (10) Illini Central/Delavan.
Long jump
18-6.5 – Aubrey Duttlinger (11) LaSalle-Peru; Zoe Liedtke (11) Pekin. 18-5 – Jamiya Jones (10) Peoria High. 18-1.75 – Aanika Joshi (11) Dunlap. 18-0.25 – Kylie Sullivan (12) Dunlap. 17-9.5 – Carly Ulrich (10) L-W/R-B. 17-9 – Taylor Frawley (12) Henry/Midland. 17-8.25 – Olivia Perry (9) Metamora.
Triple jump
36-6.75 – Jamiya Jones (10) Peoria High. 36-3.5 – Kate Fitzjarrald (10) PND. 36-0 – Jocelyn Esther (9) Rushville-Industry; Carly Ulrich (10) L-W/R-B. 35-4.75 – Aubrey Duttlinger (11) LaSalle-Peru. 35-4.5 – Lily Furrow (12) Galesburg. 34-9.75 – Madisyn Shipp (9) Bureau Valley. 34-9 – Leah Sears (12) Eureka. 34-3.5 – Caela Myers (12) Morton.
High jump
5-6.5 – Samantha Yeh (12) Dunlap. 5-4.25 – Carly Ulrich (10) L-W/R-B. 5-3.75 – Khloe Diggs (9) Macomb; Ra’Niya Taylor (9) Farmington. 5-2.25 – Madeline Kammerer (12) Dunlap; Tyra Jones (12) Wethersfield. 5-2 – Aubrey Hurckes (12) Tremont; Kenley Molton (11) Morton; Baylie Nena (10) Metamora; Alannah Fahrenkrug (9) IVC.
Pole vault
12-3.5 – Reagan Bishop (11) Eureka. 11-7 – Addie Lehman (11) Peoria Christian. 11-6 – Violet Weinman (12) Metamora. 11-5.75 – Emory Hiel (10) Washington. 11-3.75 – Bre Lehman (11) Eureka. 11-2.5 – Sophia Pauli (10) Limestone. 11-0 – Kenzie Gerdes (9) Eureka. 10-6 – Marryn Ferguson (9) Bushnell-Prairie City; Ashlyn Bertsch (10) E/B.
This article originally appeared on Journal Star: The final honor roll for 2026 Peoria-area high school track and field for boys and girls
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