The Brownstown-St. Elmo Junior High track team will be represented well at this upcoming weekend’s Class A State Track Meet as 11 girls and 6 boys qualified for the meet with their performances at this past Saturday’s Altamont Sectional Meet. Last year’s 7th Grade girls 400m Dash Champion, 3rd Place 100m Hurdle finisher and 100m Dash finalist Claire Wilhour, now an 8th grader, will return to State in all three events as well as qualifying in the long jump. 8th grader Natalie Oberlink who finished 5th place in the Discus as a 7th grader last year, will once again compete in the discus. 8th grader Cassidy Moss, who was the 2nd leg of last year’s 4×100 qualifying team will compete in 3 events this year as she qualified in the 100m Hurdles, 400m Dash and the Long Jump. Also qualifying for the girl’s team is the 7th grade 4×200 relay team of Andi Chandler, Kaylie Curry, Elly Wilhour and Elena Waltrip that placed 1st at Sectionals and also the 4×400 Relay team of Audrey Wilhour, Elly Wilhour, Olivia Campbell and Josie Strauch. Elly Wilhour will also compete in the 100m Hurdles, Josie Strauch will compete in the Long Jump and Kaylie Curry in the High Jump at the State Meet.
On the boy’s side, Jace McWhorter, a 110m Hurdle state qualifier as a 6th grader last year, will again compete in the event after placing 1st on Saturday. McWhorter also qualified in the 400m Dash and High Jump. 7th grader Colton Bell has qualified in the Shot Put and the 4×100 relay team of Jace McWhorter, Levi Barker, Lukas Miller and Joe Durbin qualified as well after besting the state qualifying time.
The Class A State Track Meet will be held this Friday and Saturday at the EastSide Centre in East Peoria.
7th Grade Girls Team Scores
- Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City – 76
- Brownstown-St. Elmo – 66
- Neoga – 59
- Okaw Valley – 52
- Altamont – 40.5
- (Tie) Effingham St. Anthony – 39, Stewardson-Strasburg – 39
- Sigel St. Michael – 20.5
- Blue Mound Meridian – 14
- Windsor – 11
- Central A&M – 9
- Sacred Heart – 8
7th Grade 1st Place
Josie Strauch – Long Jump (State Qualified)
4×200 Relay – Andi Chandler, Kaylie Curry, Elena Waltrip, Elly Wilhour (State Qualified)
7th Grade 2nd Place
Elly Wilhour – 100m Hurdles (State Qualified)
4×400 Relay – Audrey Wilhour, Elly Wilhour, Olivia Campbell, Josie Strauch (State Qualified)
7th Grade 3rd Place
Josie Strauch – 100m Dash
Kaylie Curry – High Jump (State Qualified)
4×100 Relay – Audrey Wilhour, Josie Strauch, Olivia Campbell, Malanie Parkison
7th Grade 4th Place
Elly Wilhour – 400m Dash
Audrey Wilhour – 100m Hurdles
Haley Golden – Long Jump
7th Grade 6th Place
Autumn Reynolds – Discus
8th Grade Girls Team Scores
- Central A&M – 81
- Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City – 76
- Brownstown-St. Elmo – 74
- Neoga – 55
- St. Anthony – 47
- Altamont – 41
- Sigel St. Michael – 28
- Okaw Valley – 8
- Stewardson-Strasburg – 7
- Blue Mound Meridian – 6
- Windsor – 1
8th Grade 1st Place
Claire Wilhour – 400m Dash & 100m Hurdles (State Qualified in Both)
Natalie Oberlink – Discus (State Qualified)
8th Grade 2nd Place
Claire Wilhour – 100m Dash (State Qualified)
Cassidy Moss – 100m Hurdles (State Qualified)
Natalie Oberlink – Shot Put
8th Grade 3rd Place
Cassidy Moss – 400m Dash & Long Jump (State Qualified in Both)
8th Grade 5th Place
Cassidy Moss – 100m Dash
Claire Wilhour – Long Jump (State Qualified)
7th Grade Boys Team Scores
- Neoga – 88
- Altamont – 85
- St. Anthony – 71
- Sigel St. Michael – 52