Track

The 2024 BHS Track and Field award winners from left to right are, Diana Huerta, Emma Ford-Dewitt, Marcos Laurencio, Gerardo Ruiz-Gonzales, and Joel Sosa.

BHS Track and Field Awards

The Beardstown girls’ and boys’ track and field teams recognized several athletes at the season ending awards banquet.

According to girls’ coach Jacki Kelly, “this season the girls track team finished with 14 athletes. The girls had a great season, with individuals bringing home hardware from every medal meet we competed in. Although we were bumped to 2A, the girls tied for 10th place out of 16 teams at sectionals. They were a team of fourteen girls competing with schools that had rosters with up to seventy-five athletes.”

Track

PORTA/A-C State Track results

A great track and field season ended at the IHSA State Championships for the PORTA-AC Central Bluejays boys team with some great finishes.  Bryson Schachtsiek placed sixth in the 300 hurdles finishing in a time of 41.18.  He placed 28th in the long jump with a leap of 5.96 meters.  Isaac Rennecker finished ninth in the triple jump, bounding 12.83 meters and fifteenth in the high jump, clearing 1.8 meters.  Daxton Trueblood finished 18th in the 800 meters running a time of 2:02.56.  Jacob Vogel ended in 26th place in the 200 meter dash, sprinting a time of 23.25.  

Virginia-Meredosia-Triopia’s Mylee Tracy and coach Megan Werner are pictured at the IHSA State Track and Field Finals. Tracy, also a standout player on the Trojan softball team, competed in the 200 and 400 meters at State.

Mylee Tracy at girls state

The track and field season ended for the Virginia-Meredosia-Triopia track teams last week.  

For the girls, Mylee Tracy represented Redbird nation very well at the Class 1A IHSA State Track and Field Championships. Tracy qualified in both the 200 meters and the 400 meters and traveled to Charleston for preliminaries last Thursday.  The top nine finishers in the prelims advanced to the finals and ninth place came in with a time of 26.12 in the 200 meters.  Tracy’s time of 26.6 was good enough for 15th place. In the 400 meters, ninth place had a time of 59.24. Mylee’s time of 103.78 put her in 24th place.

The Beardstown Middle School contingent of (L/R) Kellen Brown, DeWade Gaffney, Ashten Guzman and Ola Quigley are pictured after the "Walk of Champions" before they left for the IESA State Track and Field Championships.

Brown places fifth at State finals

Beardstown’s Kellen Brown finished fifth in the state at the eighth-grade level in the pole vault at the IESA State Track and Field Championships held last Saturday in East Peoria.  

Track

Numerous Bluejays are State bound

A very successful boy’s track and field season continued for PORTA-AC Central as the Bluejays placed second as a team in the Class 1A Rushville Sectional and will be sending a host of athletes to the IHSA State Finals starting Thursday, May 23 at Eastern Illinois University.  

Representing Virginia-Triopia-Meredosia Junior High at the IESA State Track Meet were (L/R): Corbin Beck, Avery Neathery, Kenzie Meyer, Addilynn Tracy and Alais Anderson.

Tracy heading to State 

Mylee Tracy will represent the Virginia-Triopia-Meredosia Redbird girls track and field team in two events at the IHSA State Finals starting Friday, May 17 at Eastern Illinois University.  Tracy placed second in the 400 meters and third in the 200 meters while beating the qualifying time at the Class 1

Tigers Huerta and Kanda qualify for State

Two Beardstown Lady Tiger high school tracksters have qualified for the IHSA State Track and Field Championships to be held starting Friday, May 17 at Eastern Illinois University.  

The Lady Tigers traveled to Metamora last Wednesday for the Class 2A sectional and finally lucked out with some good weather. Against some very tough competition, the Lady Tigers did a great job of representing Beardstown in their first appearance in Class 2A track.

track

Four Jr. High Tiger tracksters headed to State

Four Beardstown Junior High track and field athletes have qualified for the IESA State Track and Field Finals May 17 and 18 at East Side Center in East Peoria.  

Seventh graders Wade Gaffney, Ashten Guzman, and Ola Quigley and eighth grader Kellen Brown qualified by virtue of their performance at the Class 3A Sectional in Maroa last Saturday. Gaffney placed second and met the qualifying height in the high jump, Guzman placed third in the pole vault and met the qualifying height, Quigley placed third in the long jump, meeting the qualifying distance and Brown won the pole vault to advance.

Track

Bluejays sweeps last chance track meet

The PORTA-AC Central track and field teams wrapped up their regular season competitions by sweeping to team victories in both the boys and girls meets at their own PORTA Last Chance Meet last Monday. 

For the boys, Jacob Vogel won the 100 and placed second in the 200, Noah Hardy placed second in the 400, Daxton Trueblood won the 800, Justin Zimmerman finished third in the 800, Kade Parker won the 1600, Logan Baker was second in the 110 hurdles, Avery Jockisch was third in the 110 hurdles, Bryson Schachtsiek won the 300 hurdles and the long jump, Owen Gilbert placed third in the discus, and Isaac Rennecker won the high jump and the triple jump. The 4x200 relay team of Hunter Stroupe, Schachtsiek, Rennecker and Jacob Vogel, the 4x400 relay team of Stroupe, Quincy Stuhmer, Cael Cotner and Trueblood and the 4x800 relay team of Justin Zimmerman, Stuhmer, Parker and Trueblood all won first place in their races.

Junior High Tigers host relay

The weather turned out beautifully last Wednesday for the annual Beardstown Junior High Tiger Relays. With seven teams making up a very competitive field, Beardstown finished in fourth place as a team in both the boys’ and girls’ contests.