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Alton's McGoy, Havis medal - The Telegraph - 5/26/2019
Updated on 06/10/2022
Alton’s McGoy, Havis medal; Staunton’s Rantanen third in 1A 100
Staunton’s Rantanen finishes3rd in Class 1A 100-meter dash
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Alton’s Deonte McGoy (middle) finished sixth in the 100-meter dash Saturday at the IHSA Class 3A Boys state Track Meet in Charleston. he is pictured running in the Winston Brown Invitational earlier this
CHARLESTON — A pair of Alton High runners picked up medals Saturday at the Illinois High School Association Class 3A Boys State Track Meet at Eastern Illinois University.
The three-class boys finals finished a three-day run at EIU’s O’Brien Field.
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The Redbirds’ Deonte McGoy grabbed a sixth-place finish in the 100-meter dash and teammate Cassius Havis was eighth in the 800-meter run.
McGoy, a senior, finished the 100 in a time of 10.79 seconds, a split-second behind fifth-place Xavier Curtis of Glenbard North in the finals.
Havis, a junior, posted a time of 1:57.29 in the 800 finals, edging Prairie Ridge’s Grant Jensen, who finished ninth in 1:57.29.
Meanwhile, Edwardsville’s finsihed 12th in the triple jump with a distance of 45 feet, 3.745 inches. The event was won by Homewood-Flossmoor’s Quinton Stringfellow with a leap of 49-04.
Crete-Monee won the 3A state championship with 66 points. Homewood-Flossmoor was second with 53. Collinsville was 15th with 16 points. Alton tied for 50th with six points, while Edwardsville was 71st with one point.
CLASS 2A
Staunton senior Carson Rantanen posted the highest Telegraph-area finish of the day when he placed third in the 2A 100-meter dash. His time of 10.83 edged Chicago St. Rita freshman Kaleb Brown, who posted a time of 10.84.
Finnigan Schirmer of Marengo was the state champion in the 100 in a time of 10.62 seconds.
East St. Louis ran away with the 2A state championship, outdistancing runner-up Marengo 84-42.
CLASS 1A
Carlinville captured six medals at the 1A finals. Will Walton had two of those medals when he finished fourth in the triple jump with aleap of 44 feet, 10.25 inches and was eighth in the long jump at 21-8.5.
The Cavies’ pole-vaulting duo of Isaac Daugherty and Dustin Roberts finished fifth and ninth, respectively. Daugherty’s fifth-place heighth was 14-6, while Roberts’ ninth-place vault was 13-6.
Michael Douglas of Carlinville was sixth in the high jump with a leap of 6 feet, five inches. He edged Carrollton’s Dylan Smith, who was seventh in the high jump with a leap of 6-4.
The Cavies’ Jacob Landon was fourth in the 800-meter run. He had a time of 1:57.10, good enough to edge Morrison’s Kby Brackmeyer, who was fifth in 1:57.49. Decatur St. Teresa’s Boston Stewart was the state champ in a time of 1:54.93.
In the discus, sophomore Jake Carter of Gillespie finished ninth with a toss of 151-10.
Meanwhile, Southwestern’s EJ Kahl was seventh in the 200-meter run in a time of 22.38. He was edged out for sixth place by Adam Snedden of Princeville, who has a time of 22.30. Pana’s Cody Kelin won the event in 21.57.
Catlin High school came from behind to edge Du Quoin and Pana for the team championship. Catlin finished with 40 points, while Du Quoin and Pana tied for second with 36. Pleasant Plains was fourth with 25.5.
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Alton’s McGoy, Havis medal; Staunton’s Rantanen third in 1A 100
Staunton’s Rantanen finishes3rd in Class 1A 100-meter dash
Pete Hayes, phayes@thetelegraph.com
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Alton’s Deonte McGoy (middle) finished sixth in the 100-meter dash Saturday at the IHSA Class 3A Boys state Track Meet in Charleston. he is pictured running in the Winston Brown Invitational earlier this
CHARLESTON — A pair of Alton High runners picked up medals Saturday at the Illinois High School Association Class 3A Boys State Track Meet at Eastern Illinois University.
The three-class boys finals finished a three-day run at EIU’s O’Brien Field.
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The Redbirds’ Deonte McGoy grabbed a sixth-place finish in the 100-meter dash and teammate Cassius Havis was eighth in the 800-meter run.
McGoy, a senior, finished the 100 in a time of 10.79 seconds, a split-second behind fifth-place Xavier Curtis of Glenbard North in the finals.
Havis, a junior, posted a time of 1:57.29 in the 800 finals, edging Prairie Ridge’s Grant Jensen, who finished ninth in 1:57.29.
Meanwhile, Edwardsville’s finsihed 12th in the triple jump with a distance of 45 feet, 3.745 inches. The event was won by Homewood-Flossmoor’s Quinton Stringfellow with a leap of 49-04.
Crete-Monee won the 3A state championship with 66 points. Homewood-Flossmoor was second with 53. Collinsville was 15th with 16 points. Alton tied for 50th with six points, while Edwardsville was 71st with one point.
CLASS 2A
Staunton senior Carson Rantanen posted the highest Telegraph-area finish of the day when he placed third in the 2A 100-meter dash. His time of 10.83 edged Chicago St. Rita freshman Kaleb Brown, who posted a time of 10.84.
Finnigan Schirmer of Marengo was the state champion in the 100 in a time of 10.62 seconds.
East St. Louis ran away with the 2A state championship, outdistancing runner-up Marengo 84-42.
CLASS 1A
Carlinville captured six medals at the 1A finals. Will Walton had two of those medals when he finished fourth in the triple jump with aleap of 44 feet, 10.25 inches and was eighth in the long jump at 21-8.5.
The Cavies’ pole-vaulting duo of Isaac Daugherty and Dustin Roberts finished fifth and ninth, respectively. Daugherty’s fifth-place heighth was 14-6, while Roberts’ ninth-place vault was 13-6.
Michael Douglas of Carlinville was sixth in the high jump with a leap of 6 feet, five inches. He edged Carrollton’s Dylan Smith, who was seventh in the high jump with a leap of 6-4.
The Cavies’ Jacob Landon was fourth in the 800-meter run. He had a time of 1:57.10, good enough to edge Morrison’s Kby Brackmeyer, who was fifth in 1:57.49. Decatur St. Teresa’s Boston Stewart was the state champ in a time of 1:54.93.
In the discus, sophomore Jake Carter of Gillespie finished ninth with a toss of 151-10.
Meanwhile, Southwestern’s EJ Kahl was seventh in the 200-meter run in a time of 22.38. He was edged out for sixth place by Adam Snedden of Princeville, who has a time of 22.30. Pana’s Cody Kelin won the event in 21.57.
Catlin High school came from behind to edge Du Quoin and Pana for the team championship. Catlin finished with 40 points, while Du Quoin and Pana tied for second with 36. Pleasant Plains was fourth with 25.5.
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Alton’s McGoy, Havis medal; Staunton’s Rantanen third in 1A 100
Staunton’s Rantanen finishes3rd in Class 1A 100-meter dash
Pete Hayes, phayes@thetelegraph.com
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Alton’s Deonte McGoy (middle) finished sixth in the 100-meter dash Saturday at the IHSA Class 3A Boys state Track Meet in Charleston. he is pictured running in the Winston Brown Invitational earlier this
CHARLESTON — A pair of Alton High runners picked up medals Saturday at the Illinois High School Association Class 3A Boys State Track Meet at Eastern Illinois University.
The three-class boys finals finished a three-day run at EIU’s O’Brien Field.
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The Redbirds’ Deonte McGoy grabbed a sixth-place finish in the 100-meter dash and teammate Cassius Havis was eighth in the 800-meter run.
McGoy, a senior, finished the 100 in a time of 10.79 seconds, a split-second behind fifth-place Xavier Curtis of Glenbard North in the finals.
Havis, a junior, posted a time of 1:57.29 in the 800 finals, edging Prairie Ridge’s Grant Jensen, who finished ninth in 1:57.29.
Meanwhile, Edwardsville’s finsihed 12th in the triple jump with a distance of 45 feet, 3.745 inches. The event was won by Homewood-Flossmoor’s Quinton Stringfellow with a leap of 49-04.
Crete-Monee won the 3A state championship with 66 points. Homewood-Flossmoor was second with 53. Collinsville was 15th with 16 points. Alton tied for 50th with six points, while Edwardsville was 71st with one point.
CLASS 2A
Staunton senior Carson Rantanen posted the highest Telegraph-area finish of the day when he placed third in the 2A 100-meter dash. His time of 10.83 edged Chicago St. Rita freshman Kaleb Brown, who posted a time of 10.84.
Finnigan Schirmer of Marengo was the state champion in the 100 in a time of 10.62 seconds.
East St. Louis ran away with the 2A state championship, outdistancing runner-up Marengo 84-42.
CLASS 1A
Carlinville captured six medals at the 1A finals. Will Walton had two of those medals when he finished fourth in the triple jump with aleap of 44 feet, 10.25 inches and was eighth in the long jump at 21-8.5.
The Cavies’ pole-vaulting duo of Isaac Daugherty and Dustin Roberts finished fifth and ninth, respectively. Daugherty’s fifth-place heighth was 14-6, while Roberts’ ninth-place vault was 13-6.
Michael Douglas of Carlinville was sixth in the high jump with a leap of 6 feet, five inches. He edged Carrollton’s Dylan Smith, who was seventh in the high jump with a leap of 6-4.
The Cavies’ Jacob Landon was fourth in the 800-meter run. He had a time of 1:57.10, good enough to edge Morrison’s Kby Brackmeyer, who was fifth in 1:57.49. Decatur St. Teresa’s Boston Stewart was the state champ in a time of 1:54.93.
In the discus, sophomore Jake Carter of Gillespie finished ninth with a toss of 151-10.
Meanwhile, Southwestern’s EJ Kahl was seventh in the 200-meter run in a time of 22.38. He was edged out for sixth place by Adam Snedden of Princeville, who has a time of 22.30. Pana’s Cody Kelin won the event in 21.57.
Catlin High school came from behind to edge Du Quoin and Pana for the team championship. Catlin finished with 40 points, while Du Quoin and Pana tied for second with 36. Pleasant Plains was fourth with 25.5.
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Alton’s McGoy, Havis medal; Staunton’s Rantanen third in 1A 100
Staunton’s Rantanen finishes3rd in Class 1A 100-meter dash
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Alton’s Deonte McGoy (middle) finished sixth in the 100-meter dash Saturday at the IHSA Class 3A Boys state Track Meet in Charleston. he is pictured running in the Winston Brown Invitational earlier this
CHARLESTON — A pair of Alton High runners picked up medals Saturday at the Illinois High School Association Class 3A Boys State Track Meet at Eastern Illinois University.
The three-class boys fina
Havis wins 800, McGoy does well in sprints, as Redbirds come in sixth in conference meet - Riverbender.com - 5/9/2019
Updated on 06/10/2022
Havis wins 800, McGoy Does Well in Sprints, As Redbirds Come In Sixth In Conference Meet
by Dan Brannan and Colin Feeney
published May 9 2019 6:11 AM
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COLLINSVILLE – The Alton boys track team continues its prep for the IHSA state finals with a sixth place finish in the Southwestern Conference meet Wednesday at Kahok Stadium.
The Redbirds placed sixth with a total of 51 points, a point ahead of Belleville West, who had 50, with East St. Louis winning the meet with 145.5 points, and Edwardsville was second with 137.5 points.
In the sprints, Deonte McGoy was second in the 100 meters, with a time of 10.78 seconds, and third in the 200 meters, coming in at 22.16 seconds. Cassius Havis won the 800 meters with a time of 1:59.56, with Gerard Bruce placing sixth at 2:06.80.
In the distance races, Issac Evans with fifth in the 1,600 meters, coming in at 4:47.40, while in the 3,200 meters, Dylan Forsythe came in seventh, with a time of 12:09.99 seconds. Joe Morrissey finished fifth in the 300-meter hurdles, with a time of 39.73 seconds.
In the relays, the 4x400-meter team of Keegan Bratton, Havis, Tim Johnson and Morrissey came in second with a time of 3:24.22. In the field events, Ju’Qui Womack came in sixth in the long jump, going 20’ 9”, and was also sixth in the triple jump at 41’ 6.5”.
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PREP BOYS TRACK: Tigers second, Redbirds fourth at invite - The Telegraph - 5/5/2019
Updated on 06/10/2022
PREP BOYS TRACK: Tigers second, Redbirds fourth at invite
Shells’ Stumpf, Cavs’ Landon step up game at Collinsville
Greg Shashack, gshashack@thetelegraph.com
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Alton’s Deonte McGoy (left) beats Collinsville’s Jermarrion Stewart to the finish in the 100 meters on April 20 at the Winston Brown Invitational. After Stewart lost to McGoy on both the 100 and 200 in
COLLINSVILLE – Roxana’s Cree Stumpf and Carlinville’s Jacob Landon were seeking bigger challenges than Monday’s South Central Conference track meet in Hillsboro can offer.
Both distance runners found those tests Saturday at Kahok Stadium. And both seniors rose to the occasion with personal-best performances in the Collinsville Invitational.
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Stumpf broke 10 minutes for the first time while shattering Roxana’s school-record in the 3,200 meters by more than seven seconds with his third-place finish in 9 minutes, 57.37 seconds, placing behind Carbondale freshman Alex Partlow in 9:46.23 and Lyons sophomore Sawyer Madell in 9:50.08.
And a week after turning in a 1:59.24 to win the 800 at the Jokisch-Grandone Invite on his home track, Carlinville’s Landon bettered that PR by running fourth in 1:58.50 in an 800-meter race that had nine runners break two minutes. Granite City’s Andrew O’Keefe won in 1:53.32 to set a school and meet record.
Lyons Township from LaGrange made the trip from suburban Chicago and claimed the team championship with 66 points. Edwardsville was the runner-up with 60 points, ahead of a top 10 capped by Cahokia (55.5), Alton (55), Collinsville (50), Freeburg (50), OFallon (49.5), Mascoutah (47), Belleville West (40) and Belleville East (36).
Roxana, which had Dylan Murray run the 100 in 11.37 to place sixth, scored nine points to finish 20th with Landon’s five points putting the Cavaliers 22nd in a 25-team field. Quincy senior Jordan Johnson, signed with Iowa, swept the throws with a pair of school records. He won the discus with a throw of 206 feet, 1 inch and the shot put at 62-11.
Alton got a PR from both Cassius Havis and Joe Morrisey in third-place efforts. Havis improved on his previous best of 1:58.51 in the 800 meters by finishing in 1:56.73. Morrissey broke 40 seconds for the first time in the 300-meter hurdles by taking third in 39.71.
The Redbirds’ 4x400 relay produced a first-place finish with Kegan Bratton, Joe Havis, Tim Johnson and Morrissey covering 1,600 meters in 3:24.95. Alton’s 4x100 of Johnson, Bratton, Jaden Singleton and Morrissey ran fifth in 43.82.
Alton senior Deonte McGoy settled for runner-up sprints in both the 100 and 200. Collinsville’s Jermarrion Stewart ran behind McGoy in both sprints in both the Winston Brown Invite and the Madison County Meet, but flipped places on his home track.
McGoy ran the 100 in 10.77 behind Stewart’s 10.70. Alton’s Jaden Singleton was fifth in 11.34. Stewart also defeated McGoy in the 200, with the Kahoks junior winning in 21.34 and McGoy second in 22.01.
Alton added top-six finishes in the triple jump with Ju’Qui Womack taking fourth at 41-3.5 and teammate Trey Miller sixth at 40-9.5.
Edwardsville won two events with Kenyon Johnson winning the long jump at 22-4.5 and the 4x800 relay of Jack Pifer, Drew Stover, Zach Walters and Roland Prenzler first in 8:06.56.
Tigers sophomore Brandon Battle was the runner-up in the 400 with a personal-best 49.54. George Rasmussen was fourth in the shot with a PR at 48-0 and Daniel Powell took sixth in the 300 hurdles in 41.00 for Edwardsville. The Tigers ran 4-5 in the 1,600 with Max Hartmann fourth in 4:26.76 and Pifer fifth in 4:27.65.
Two other Tiger relays scored with the 4x100 of Johnson, Brennan Tolle, Powell and Battle third in 43.32 and the 4x400 of Powell, Tolle, Carson Bateman and Battle fourth in 3:27.59.
PREP BOYS TRACK: Tigers second, Redbirds fourth at invite
Shells’ Stumpf, Cavs’ Landon step up game at Collinsville
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Alton’s Deonte McGoy (left) beats Collinsville’s Jermarrion Stewart to the finish in the 100 meters on April 20 at the Winston Brown Invitational. After Stewart lost to McGoy on both the 100 and 200 in
COLLINSVILLE – Roxana’s Cree Stumpf and Carlinville’s Jacob Landon were seeking bigger challenges than Monday’s South Central Conference track meet in Hillsboro can offer.
Both distance runners found those tests Saturday at Kahok Stadium. And both seniors rose to the occasion with personal-best performances in the Collinsville Invitational.
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Stumpf broke 10 minutes for the first time while shattering Roxana’s school-record in the 3,200 meters by more than seven seconds with his third-place finish in 9 minutes, 57.37 seconds, placing behind Carbondale freshman Alex Partlow in 9:46.23 and Lyons sophomore Sawyer Madell in 9:50.08.
And a week after turning in a 1:59.24 to win the 800 at the Jokisch-Grandone Invite on his home track, Carlinville’s Landon bettered that PR by running fourth in 1:58.50 in an 800-meter race that had nine runners break two minutes. Granite City’s Andrew O’Keefe won in 1:53.32 to set a school and meet record.
Lyons Township from LaGrange made the trip from suburban Chicago and claimed the team championship with 66 points. Edwardsville was the runner-up with 60 points, ahead of a top 10 capped by Cahokia (55.5), Alton (55), Collinsville (50), Freeburg (50), OFallon (49.5), Mascoutah (47), Belleville West (40) and Belleville East (36).
Roxana, which had Dylan Murray run the 100 in 11.37 to place sixth, scored nine points to finish 20th with Landon’s five points putting the Cavaliers 22nd in a 25-team field. Quincy senior Jordan Johnson, signed with Iowa, swept the throws with a pair of school records. He won the discus with a throw of 206 feet, 1 inch and the shot put at 62-11.
Alton got a PR from both Cassius Havis and Joe Morrisey in third-place efforts. Havis improved on his previous best of 1:58.51 in the 800 meters by finishing in 1:56.73. Morrissey broke 40 seconds for the first time in the 300-meter hurdles by taking third in 39.71.
The Redbirds’ 4x400 relay produced a first-place finish with Kegan Bratton, Joe Havis, Tim Johnson and Morrissey covering 1,600 meters in 3:24.95. Alton’s 4x100 of Johnson, Bratton, Jaden Singleton and Morrissey ran fifth in 43.82.
Alton senior Deonte McGoy settled for runner-up sprints in both the 100 and 200. Collinsville’s Jermarrion Stewart ran behind McGoy in both sprints in both the Winston Brown Invite and the Madison County Meet, but flipped places on his home track.
McGoy ran the 100 in 10.77 behind Stewart’s 10.70. Alton’s Jaden Singleton was fifth in 11.34. Stewart also defeated McGoy in the 200, with the Kahoks junior winning in 21.34 and McGoy second in 22.01.
Alton added top-six finishes in the triple jump with Ju’Qui Womack taking fourth at 41-3.5 and teammate Trey Miller sixth at 40-9.5.
Edwardsville won two events with Kenyon Johnson winning the long jump at 22-4.5 and the 4x800 relay of Jack Pifer, Drew Stover, Zach Walters and Roland Prenzler first in 8:06.56.
Tigers sophomore Brandon Battle was the runner-up in the 400 with a personal-best 49.54. George Rasmussen was fourth in the shot with a PR at 48-0 and Daniel Powell took sixth in the 300 hurdles in 41.00 for Edwardsville. The Tigers ran 4-5 in the 1,600 with Max Hartmann fourth in 4:26.76 and Pifer fifth in 4:27.65.
Two other Tiger relays scored with the 4x100 of Johnson, Brennan Tolle, Powell and Battle third in 43.32 and the 4x400 of Powell, Tolle, Carson Bateman and Battle fourth in 3:27.59.
PREP BOYS TRACK: Tigers second, Redbirds fourth at invite
Shells’ Stumpf, Cavs’ Landon step up game at Collinsville
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Alton’s Deonte McGoy (left) beats Collinsville’s Jermarrion Stewart to the finish in the 100 meters on April 20 at the Winston Brown Invitational. After Stewart lost to McGoy on both the 100 and 200 in
COLLINSVILLE – Roxana’s Cree Stumpf and Carlinville’s Jacob Landon were seeking bigger challenges than Monday’s South Central Conference track meet in Hillsboro can offer.
Both distance runners found those tests Saturday at Kahok Stadium. And both seniors rose to the occasion with personal-best performances in the Collinsville Invitational.
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Stumpf broke 10 minutes for the first time while shattering Roxana’s school-record in the 3,200 meters by more than seven seconds with his third-place finish in 9 minutes, 57.37 seconds, placing behind Carbondale freshman Alex Partlow in 9:46.23 and Lyons sophomore Sawyer Madell in 9:50.08.
And a week after turning in a 1:59.24 to win the 800 at the Jokisch-Grandone Invite on his home track, Carlinville’s Landon bettered that PR by running fourth in 1:58.50 in an 800-meter race that had nine runners break two minutes. Granite City’s Andrew O’Keefe won in 1:53.32 to set a school and meet record.
Lyons Township from LaGrange made the trip from suburban Chicago and claimed the team championship with 66 points. Edwardsville was the runner-up with 60 points, ahead of a top 10 capped by Cahokia (55.5), Alton (55), Collinsville (50), Freeburg (50), OFallon (49.5), Mascoutah (47), Belleville West (40) and Belleville East (36).
Roxana, which had Dylan Murray run the 100 in 11.37 to place sixth, scored nine points to finish 20th with Landon’s five points putting the Cavaliers 22nd in a 25-team field. Quincy senior Jordan Johnson, signed with Iowa, swept the throws with a pair of school records. He won the discus with a throw of 206 feet, 1 inch and the shot put at 62-11.
Alton got a PR from both Cassius Havis and Joe Morrisey in third-place efforts. Havis improved on his previous best of 1:58.51 in the 800 meters by finishing in 1:56.73. Morrissey broke 40 seconds for the first time in the 300-meter hurdles by taking third in 39.71.
The Redbirds’ 4x400 relay produced a first-place finish with Kegan Bratton, Joe Havis, Tim Johnson and Morrissey covering 1,600 meters in 3:24.95. Alton’s 4x100 of Johnson, Bratton, Jaden Singleton and Morrissey ran fifth in 43.82.
Alton senior Deonte McGoy settled for runner-up sprints in both the 100 and 200. Collinsville’s Jermarrion Stewart ran behind McGoy in both sprints in both the Winston Brown Invite and the Madison County Meet, but flipped places on his home track.
McGoy ran the 100 in 10.77 behind Stewart’s 10.70. Alton’s Jaden Singleton was fifth in 11.34. Stewart also defeated McGoy in the 200, with the Kahoks junior winning in 21.34 and McGoy second in 22.01.
Alton added top-six finishes in the triple jump with Ju’Qui Womack taking fourth at 41-3.5 and teammate Trey Miller sixth at 40-9.5.
Edwardsville won two events with Kenyon Johnson winning the long jump at 22-4.5 and the 4x800 relay of Jack Pifer, Drew Stover, Zach Walters and Roland Prenzler first in 8:06.56.
Tigers sophomore Brandon Battle was the runner-up in the 400 with a personal-best 49.54. George Rasmussen was fourth in the shot with a PR at 48-0 and Daniel Powell took sixth in the 300 hurdles in 41.00 for Edwardsville. The Tigers ran 4-5 in the 1,600 with Max Hartmann fourth in 4:26.76 and Pifer fifth in 4:27.65.
Two other Tiger relays scored with the 4x100 of Johnson, Brennan Tolle, Powell and Battle third in 43.32 and the 4x400 of Powell, Tolle, Carson Bateman and Battle fourth in 3:27.59.
PREP BOYS TRACK: Tigers second, Redbirds fourth at invite
Shells’ Stumpf, Cavs’ Landon step up game at Collinsville
Greg Shashack, gshashack@thetelegraph.com
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Alton’s Deonte McGoy (left) beats Collinsville’s Jermarrion Stewart to the finish in the 100 meters on April 20 at the Winston Brown Invitational. After Stewart lost to McGoy on both the 100 and 200 in
COLLINSVILLE – Roxana’s Cree Stumpf and Carlinville’s Jacob Landon were seeking bigger challenges than Monday’s South Central Conference track meet in Hillsboro can offer.
Both distance runners found those tests Saturday at Kahok Stadium. And both seniors rose to the occasion with personal-best performances in the Collinsville Invitational.
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Stumpf broke 10 minutes for the first time while shattering Roxana’s school-record in the 3,200 meters by more than seven seconds with his third-place finish in 9 minutes, 57.37 seconds, placing behind Carbondale freshman Alex Partlow in 9:46.23 and Lyons sophomore Sawyer Madell in 9:50.08.
And a week after turning in a 1:59.24 to win the 800 at the Jokisch-Grandone Invite on his home track, Carlinville’s Landon bettered that PR by running fourth in 1:58.50 in an 800-meter race that had nine runners break two minutes. Granite City’s Andrew O’Keefe won in 1:53.32 to set a school and meet record.
Lyons Township from LaGrange made the trip from suburban Chicago and claimed the team championship with 66 points. Edwardsville was the runner-up with 60 points, ahead of a top 10 capped by Cahokia (55.5), Alton (55), Collinsville (50), Freeburg (50), OFallon (49.5), Mascoutah (47), Belleville West (40) and Belleville East (36).
Roxana, which had Dylan Murray run the 100 in 11.37 to place sixth, scored nine points to finish 20th with Landon’s five points putting the Cavaliers 22nd in a 25-team field. Quincy senior Jordan Johnson, signed with Iowa, swept the throws with a pair of school records. He won the discus with a throw of 206 feet, 1 inch and the shot put at 62-11.
Alton got a PR from both Cassius Havis and Joe Morrisey in third-place efforts. Havis improved on his previous best of 1:58.51 in the 800 meters by finishing in 1:56.73. Morrissey broke 40 seconds for the first time in the 300-meter hurdles by taking third in 39.71.
The Redbirds’ 4x400 relay produced a first-place finish with Kegan Bratton, Joe Havis, Tim Johnson and Morrissey covering 1,600 meters in 3:24.95. Alton’s 4x100 of Johnson, Bratton, Jaden Singleton and Morrissey ran fifth in 43.82.
Alton senior Deonte McGoy settled for runner-up sprints in both the 100 and 200. Collinsville’s Jermarrion Stewart ran behind McGoy in both sprints in both the Winston Brown Invite and the Madison County Meet, but flipped places on his home track.
McGoy ran the 100 in 10.77 behind Stewart’s 10.70. Alton’s Jaden Singleton was fifth in 11.34. Stewart also defeated McGoy in the 200, with the Kahoks junior winning in 21.34 and McGoy second in 22.01.
Alton added top-six finishes in the triple jump with Ju’Qui Womack taking fourth at 41-3.5 and teammate Trey Miller sixth at 40-9.5.
Edwardsville won two events with Kenyon Johnson winning the long jump at 22-4.5 and the 4x800 relay of Jack Pifer, Drew Stover, Zach Walters and Roland Prenzler first in 8:06.56.
Tigers sophomore Brandon Battle was the runner-up in the 400 with a personal-best 49.54. George Rasmussen was fourth in the shot with a PR at 48-0 and Daniel Powell took sixth in the 300 hurdles in 41.00 for Edwardsville. The Tigers ran 4-5 in the 1,600 with Max Hartmann fourth in 4:26.76 and Pifer fifth in 4:27.65.
Two other Tiger relays scored with the 4x100 of Johnson, Brennan Tolle, Powell and Battle third in 43.32 and the 4x400 of Powell, Tolle, Carson Bateman and Battle fourth in 3:27.59.
PREP BOYS TRACK: Tigers second, Redbirds fourth at invite
Shells’ Stumpf, Cavs’ Landon step up game at Collinsville
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Alton’s Deonte McGoy (left) beats Collinsville’s Jermarrion Stewart to the finish in the 100 meters on April 20 at the Winston Brown Invitational. After Stewart lost to McGoy on both the 100 and 200 in
COLLINSVILLE – Roxana’s Cree Stumpf and Carlinville’s Jacob Landon were seeking bigger challenges than Monday’s South Central Conference track meet in Hillsboro can offer.
Both distance runners found those tests Saturday at Kahok Stadium. And both seniors rose to the occasion with personal-best performances in the Collinsville Invitational.
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Stumpf broke 10 minutes for the first time while shattering Roxana’s school-record in the 3,200 meters by more than seven seconds with his third-place finish in 9 minutes, 57.37 seconds, placing behind Carbondale freshman Alex Partlow in 9:46.23 and Lyons sophomore Sawyer Madell in 9:50.08.
And a week after turning in a 1:59.24 to win the 800 at the Jokisch-Grandone Invite on his home track, Carlinville’s Landon bettered that PR by running fourth in 1:58.50 in an 800-meter race that had nine runners break two minutes. Granite City’s Andrew O’Keefe won in 1:53.32 to set a school and meet record.
Lyons Township from LaGrange made the trip from suburban Chicago and claimed the team championship with 66 points. Edwardsville was the runner-up with 60 points, ahead of a top 10 capped by Cahokia (55.5), Alton (55), Collinsville (50), Freeburg (50), OFallon (49.5), Mascoutah (47), Belleville West (40) and Belleville East (36).
Roxana, which had Dylan Murray run the 100 in 11.37 to place sixth, scored nine points to finish 20th with Landon’s five points putting the Cavaliers 22nd in a 25-team field. Quincy senior Jordan Johnson, signed with Iowa, swept the throws with a pair of school records. He won the discus with a throw of 206 feet, 1 inch and the shot put at 62-11.
Alton got a PR from both Cassius Havis and Joe Morrisey in third-place efforts. Havis improved on his previous best of 1:58.51 in the 800 meters by finishing in 1:56.73. Morrissey broke 40 seconds for the first time in the 300-meter hurdles by taking third in 39.71.
The Redbirds’ 4x400 relay produced a first-place finish with Kegan Bratton, Joe Havis, Tim Johnson and Morrissey covering 1,600 meters in 3:24.95. Alton’s 4x100 of Johnson, Bratton, Jaden Singleton and Morrissey ran fifth in 43.82.
Alton senior Deonte McGoy settled for runner-up sprints in both the 100 and 200. Collinsville’s Jermarrion Stewart ran behind McGoy in both sprints in both the Winston Brown Invite and the Madison County Meet, but flipped places on his home track.
McGoy ran the 100 in 10.77 behind Stewart’s 10.70. Alton’s Jaden Singleton was fifth in 11.34. Stewart also defeated McGoy in the 200, with the Kahoks junior winning in 21.34 and McGoy second in 22.01.
Alton added top-six finishes in the triple jump with Ju’Qui Womack taking fourth at 41-3.5 and teammate Trey Miller sixth at 40-9.5.
Edwardsville won two events with Kenyon Johnson winning the long jump at 22-4.5 and the 4x800 relay of Jack Pifer, Drew Stover, Zach Walters and Roland Prenzler first in 8:06.56.
Tigers sophomore Brandon Battle was the runner-up in the 400 with a personal-best 49.54. George Rasmussen was fourth in the shot with a PR at 48-0 and Daniel Powell took sixth in the 300 hurdles in 41.00 for Edwardsville. The Tigers ran 4-5 in the 1,600 with Max Hartmann fourth in 4:26.76 and Pifer fifth in 4:27.65.
Two other Tiger relays scored with the 4x100 of Johnson, Brennan Tolle, Powell and Battle third in 43.32 and the 4x400 of Powell, Tolle, Carson Bateman and Battle fourth in 3:27.59.
PREP BOYS TRACK: Tigers second, Redbirds fourth at invite
Shells’ Stumpf, Cavs’ Landon step up game at Collinsville
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Alton’s Deonte McGoy (left) beats Collinsville’s Jermarrion Stewart to the finish in the 100 meters on April 20 at the Winston Brown Invitational. After Stewart lost to McGoy on both the 100 and 200 in
EDWARDSVILLE – Winston Brown narrowly missed qualifying for the 1956 U.S. Olympics track team in the 100 meters.
That event in a meet named in his honor on the track named in his honor on a sunny Saturday at Edwardsville High School lost some of its luster with the late scratch of Plainfield North’s Marcellus Moore.
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But the 100 still produced a meet record with Alton’s Deonte McGoy winning in 10.74 seconds in the 10th running of the Winston Brown Invitational at the Winston Brown Track and Field Complex.
“That felt good,” McGoy said breaking the record of 10.75 set in 2012 by Collinsville’s Tyrone Echols. “It was a great start and I finished hard. … I was wishing Marcellus Moore was running because every time I race against him, I PR. But that’s fine, I got first and I’m satisfied with that.”
Moore beat McGoy in the Belleville West Invite on April 6 in a time of 10.36, with McGoy runner-up in a personal-record time of 10.61. But Moore, the invite’s featured performer and defending Class 3A state champion in both the 100 and 200, was scratched from those races after running the anchor leg of North’s victorious 4x100 relay.
The Plainfield North Tigers still managed to claim the team championship of the 21-team event. The six-points earned from a third-place finish in the 4x400 relay – the meet’s final event – erased a one-point deficit and gave North a one-point victory over Edwardsville, which ran fifth in the relay for four points.
North scored 99 points, with Edwardsville at 98. Crete-Monee (76), O’Fallon (74) and Triad (69.5) rounded out the top five teams. Alton scored 29 points and placed 10th. The first nine Brown Invites were all won by Edwardsville (five) or Cahokia (four). North finished three points behind Edwardsville here last season.
The Invitational is named for Brown, a New Orleans native who was a school record-holder in the 100 and 200 at Eastern Illinois University. Brown, a longtime Edwardsville Tigers track coach, was the first African-American teacher hired in the district and was a teacher at EHS for 33 years. He died in 1998.
McGoy nearly pulled off the sprints sweep that was expected from Moore. McGoy overtook Collinsville’s Jermarrion Stewart in the final 50 meters, but Crete Monee’s Ricky Johnson won from lane seven in 21.52. McGoy was second in 21.83. Stewart, runner-up in the 100 in 10.82, was third in the 200 in 21.87.
“I felt like I could have hit the curve a little harder,” McGoy said of his 200 trip. “I was really racing with Stewart because he was on the lead. That other kid just came out of nowhere. I got second, I’m fine with that.”
The Redbirds also picked up points from senior Ju’Qui Womack, who was fifth in the triple jump at 41 feet, 10 inches. Sophomore Gerard Bruce was fifth in the 800 in 2:04.42 and junior Cassius Havis ran sixth in the 1,600 in 4:41.56.
“We were really happy with Gerard Bruce,” Alton coach Jeff White said. “He’s really starting to be a really good 800 runner for us.”
Alton moved Havis out of the 800 to the 1,600 to get more distance in preparation for postseason. “We’re looking at Cassius as an 800 runner,” White said. “But in some of these meets, we have to look at the big picture. For him, getting in a longer event was pretty important.”
Edwardsville picked up big points from its distance corps. Senior Roland Prenzler held off a late push from Belleville East freshman Byron Jones to win the 1,600 in 4:28.29. Jones was second in 4:29.24 with the Tigers junior Jack Pifer third in 4:33.86. The Tigers also ran 3-4 in the 3,200 with Todd Baxter and Kurt Brase, and the 4x800 relay of Zach Walters, Pifer, Prenzler and Max Hartmann was second in 8:15.80.
Edwardsville got a first-place finish from Reed Kaburick with a throw of 140-2 in the discus. Kenyon Johnson’s leap of 22-9 was second in the long jump. Two of the Tigers’ freshman/sophomore relays — the 4x400 and the 4x800 — ran second.
McGoy’s mark in the 100 was one of three meet records to fall. Freeburg senior Zach Pluff won high jump at 6-10, eclipsing the 6-8 cleared by Cahokia’s Anthony McRoberts in 2015 and Granite City’s Marcus Mason in 2010. And Crete-Monee’s Victor Cameron’s time of 14.01 in the 110-meter high hurdles took down the 14.12 by Mount Vernon’s Spencer Allen in 2012.
BOYS TRACK: The indoor kings of Charleston - AdVantage News - 3/17/2019
Updated on 06/10/2022
BOYS TRACK: The indoor kings of Charleston
by AdVantage
The Alton boys track team celebrated another indoor meet championship on Saturday, winning the large-school division of the Charleston Invitational at the Eastern Illinois University indoor track.
The Redbirds finished with 62 points and won the meet by 26 points over second-place Monticello. They placed first in three events.
Deonte McGoy came out on top in the 60-meter dash in 7.05 seconds and the 200-meter dash in 23.27 seconds. Alton also finished first in the 800-meter relay.
The Redbirds finished second in the 4x400, Dasani Stewart was tied for second with Springfield Southeast's Deon Fairlee in the 60, Ju'Qui Womack finished second in the long jump in 21 feet, 2 inches and seventh in the triple jump in 41-7.25 and Cassius Havis was fifth in the 1,600 in 4:36.27.
The Redbirds shared the team title with Mascoutah in the Roger Minton Invitational on Feb. 23 at Marion.
Alton will compete in the Southwestern Illinois Relays on Friday at Edwardsville High School.
PREP TRACK: Guns up - AdVantage News - 3/1/2019
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PREP TRACK AND FIELD: Guns up
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Granite City's Andrew O'Keefe crosses the finish line of the 1,600-meter run on Saturday at the 3A state meet in a photo finish. O'Keefe finished in second place by 800th of a second.
With the calendar turning to March, the prep track and field season will be in full swing for area teams.
The Alton boys team, which has already competed in two indoor meets, will participate in the Illinois College Indoor AA Coed Meet at 4 p.m. today. The Alton girls team will start its season at 3 p.m. today at the SIU Carbondale Indoor Track and Field Invitational.
Granite City and Marquette Catholic will compete in the Jacksonville Invitational at 4 p.m. today at Illinois College.
Civic Memorial and Roxana will begin their seasons at the Jersey Winter Thaw Indoor Meet at Principia College on March 9.
East Alton-Wood River began its season on Feb. 16 at the Triad Indoor Invitational at Principia College. The Oilers will resume on March 9 at the Jersey Winter Thaw.
The track season began for four area boys track teams at the Triad meet on Feb. 16. Besides EA-WR, Alton, Marquette and Granite City also participated.
The Redbirds also competed in the Roger Minton Indoor Invitational on Feb. 23 at Marion High School.
Alton senior Ju'qui Womack is off to a flying start after the first two meets, picking up three first-place finishes. He won the long jump at the Triad meet and placed first in the triple jump and helped the 800-meter relay team -- which also included Dasani Stewart, Joe Morrissey and Jaden Singleton -- pick up a win at the Roger Minton meet.
Alton won a total of seven events at the Roger Minton meet. Besides the wins from the triple jump and the 4x200, the Redbirds got from victories in 60-meter dash and the 200 from Stewart, the 600 and 800 from Cassius Havis and the 4x400 (Morrissey, Tim Johnson, Dondre Davis and Kavontay Samelton-Danser).
Granite City had a pair of wins in the Triad meet. Granite City senior Andrew O'Keefe, who finished second in the 1,600 in last year's Class 3A state meet, won the 800 with a 1:55.91. His teammate, junior Jeremiah Perry, came out on top in the 3,200 with a 10:24.26.
Last year, a total of four area individuals earned all-state honors, two of them return this year. They are O'Keefe and EA-WR sophomore Jayden Ulrich, who placed fourth in the Class 2A girls state meet last year.