10 Vandalia Junior High School Athletes are set to compete at the IESA State Track Meet in East Peoria today and tomorrow. For VJHS Girls, 7th grader Jenna Protz will be competing in discus with the preliminaries and finals in that event coming today. 7th grader Josie Womack and 8th grader Dawsyn Evans will be competing in the pole vault. 8th grader Riley Ward will be competing in the shot put and they will be competing today.
For the boys, 7th grader Christian DuPlayee and 8th grader Leo Krueger will both be competing in the pole vault. The 7th graders will compete at state today. The 7th grade 4×100 relay team of Pierson Wilkerson, Lendon Isaiah, Preston Nestrick, and Matthew Hagy–with alternate Garrett Meyers—are also at the state tournament this weekend.