For the 15th consecutive year, the EastSide Centre in East Peoria, IL, will host the Illinois Elementary School Association (IESA) Class A State Final Track and Field Meet. A total of 2700 athletes will participate in the two-day meet this Friday and Saturday, May 16-17, 2014. East Peoria Robein Grade School serves as the host school.
The IESA State Series in boys track and field began in 1932, and the girls State Series began in 1972. This will be the 83rd year for the boys and the 43rd year for girls. A total of 262 member schools entered the 2014 Class A State Series, and 247 of those schools will be represented at this year’s State meet. The Sectional qualifying meets were held last Saturday, May 10.
The following link will list all qualifiers: www.iesa.org/activities/tr/qualifiers_State_A.asp?Year=2014.
There are 14 events in each of the four classes (7th grade girls; 7th grade boys; 8th grade girls; 8th grade boys.) There will be a grand total of 56 events. Field event competition begins Friday at 12:00 noon. In the field events, the preliminaries and finals are conducted on the same day that the respective event is held. Some field events are held on Friday, and some are held on Saturday.
The running events get under way Friday at 1:15 p.m. with the preliminaries and semifinals of the hurdle event. The finals for the hurdle event are held on Saturday morning starting at 9:00 a.m. Only the hurdle event and the 100-meter dash are held with preliminaries and semifinals. In all other running events, timed finals is the format. The best times from all the heats or sections in a respective running event determine final places in that event.
Competition on Saturday begins at 9:00 a.m. with the finals of the hurdles and the 100-meter dash. Running events will run continuously throughout the day. Field events will also get started at 9:00 a.m. on Saturday and will also continue throughout the day. The event is expected to conclude around 5:30 p.m. on Saturday.
The complete time schedule for the weekend is available at the following link: www.iesa.org/activities/tr/IESA-TR_Schedule.pdf.
Results will be updated continuously throughout the weekend, and all results should be available by 7:30 p.m., Saturday evening on the IESA home page www.iesa.org.
Morrison Junior High Qualifiers
Girls:
Claire Coons: 7th grade; 100M, 200M, High Jump
Corrie Scobee: 8th grade: High Jump
Peyton Tegeler: 7th grade: Shot Put, Discus
Makayla Troutman: 8th grade: 100M
Girls 8th grade 4 x 100 team: Carissa Ferry, Makayla Troutman, Madison Steines, Claire CoonsBoys:
Boys:
Tristan DeMay: 8th grade: Long Jump
(6th grader) Koby Brackemeyer: 7th Grade: 800M, 1600M
(6th grader) Keegan Anderson: 7th grade 400M
Britt Ottens: 8th: High Jump
Jacob Schlegal: 7th: 200M
7th grade 4 x 200: Schlegal, Brackemeyer, Anderson, Jarrett Wiebenga
7th grade 4 x 400: Schlegal, Brackemeyer, Anderson, Jarrett Wiebenga
8th grade 4 x 200: Aaron Deter, Tristan Demay, Zach Cartwright, Grant Slater (school record: 1:43.40)
8th grade 4 x 400: Aaron Deter, Tristan Demay, Zach Cartwright, Grant Slater (school record: 4:01.20)