First of all, I would like to tell you all how immensly proud I am of you at the meet yesterday. We conducted ourselves with character, and this has been one of the best opening meets that we have had in awhile!
Meet results can be found here.
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How to Qualify for Top Times
For those that are new, our first four meets are indoor meets, and the Illinois Top Times meet acts as a defacto "indoor state" meet. It is a bit different, however; to qualify, one has to hit one of the best marks at any point in the indoor season; there is not an official qualifying standard. The qualification process can be found here.
Here is where we currently sit, although this is a very dynamic process and there will be multiple changes (I'm looking at athletic.net)
ITT STANDINGS
Things that I am 99.9999% sure will qualify based on past results:
-Danny Skelton, 60 HH
-4x800
Things that were under the cutoff time last year, but are a toss up:
4x400 (we were.3 under the 12th qualifying team last year, but are by NO MEANS safe)
Ryan Driskill, 3200 (about 2 seconds under last years last qualifyer)
Events that are close to the cutoff: 4x200, about .8 off
Current State 1A Rankings (according to athletic.net)
1600 (15 qualify)
3200 (15 qualify)
60 High Hurdles (24 qualify)
4x200 (Crater, Donnelly, Skelton, Streck) (16 qualify) #5
4x400 (Donnelly, Crater, Beebe, Payne) (12 qualify) #2
4x800 (Payne, Willenborg, Beebe, Teefey) (15 qualify) #1
PRS
Cayden Donnelly, 60 7.46 new, 7.54 (converted 55) old
Dom McDonald, 800 meters, 2:11.14 (indoor), 2:21.24 old)
Ethan Griminger, 800 meters, 2:16.64 (indoor), 2:17.50 old
Elijah Teefey, 1600 meters, 4:44.42 (indoor), 4:49.26 old
Jack Willenborg, 4:47.42 (indoor), 4:51.33 old
Ryan Driskill, 3200 meters 10:25.59 (lifetime best), 11:09.57 (old indoor PR)
Danny Skelton, 60 HH, 8.92 (new) 9.24 (old)
Griffin Dial, LJ 4.48 (new lifetime best) 4.38 (old)
Compared to Last Year:
4x200: 1:38.64 in 2024 (Crater, Donnelly, Skelton, Streck), 1:38.82 (Skelton, Donnelly, Conn, Glisson) in 2023
4x400 3:42.65 (Donnelly, Handy, Payne, Crater) in 2024, 3:52.44 (Donnelly, Crater, Beebe, Payne) in 2023
4x400 F/S 4:01.37 in 2024 4:02.76 in 2023
4x400 Splits
Garrett Beebe 55.27 in 2024, 62.5 in 2023
Cole Payne 54.54 in 2024, 57.1 in 2023
Cayden Donnelly 56.14 in 2024, 56.7 in 2023
Jacob Crater 56.72 in 2024, 59.9 in 2023
4x800 Splits
Elijah Teefey 2:09.20 in 2024, 2:15.7 in 2023
Garrett Beebe 2:04.90 in 2024, 2:17.3 in 2023
Ethan Griminger: 2:16.64 open, 2:23.8 split in 2023
60 HH
Danny Skelton 8.92 in 2024, 9.24 in 2023
3200 Meters
Ryan Driskill 10:25.99 in 2024, 11:39.42 in 2023
1600 Meters
Elijah Teefey 4:44.42 in 2024, 4:51.23 in 2023
New Plains All Time Top 10's Indoor
60 Dash
Cayden Donnelly, #7 7.46
60 Hurdles
Danny Skelton, #3 8.92
1600 Meters
Elijah Teefey #5 4:44.42
Jack Willenborg #6 4:47.42
3200 Meters
Ryan Driskill #4 10:25.59
4x800 #4 (Payne, Willenborg, Beebe, Teefey) 8:29.40
New School Records
F/S 3200: Ryan Driskill (10:25.59) tops Elijah Teefey's old record of 10:25.72 set in 2023