Illinois Valley

Illinois Valley Track & Field records, May 12, 2025

By Kevin Hieronymus

St. Bede grad Bret Dannis (left) holds the all-time Illinois Valley records in both hurdles events. He went on to compete for the University of Illinois (Michael Krabbenhoeft)

Here’s a look at the all-time Illinois Valley Track & Field records, including schools in the BCR, NewsTribune and Times coverage area.

Note: All times in 10ths are manual times. All times in 100ths are Fully Automatic Times [FAT]. Times winning state championships are marked with an *

RecordBoysEventGirlsRecord
189-1*Greg Groat (Princeton), 1991Discus*Tracy Stroyan (Mendota), 1982141-8
60-10 1/2Kyle Jakubek (Ottawa), 1997Shot put**Tricia Weygand (Ottawa), 199346-2
24-0 1/2Nate Norman (Princeton), 1998Long jumpNakeita Kessling (Henry), 202219-5
46-5 3/4Chad Lambert (L-P), 1995Triple jump*Kendall Rush (Hall), 200939-3 1/4
6-10 1/4***Lonnie Hewitt (Western), 1977High jumpTessa Holland (FC), 2014
Mariyah Elam (Mendota, 2024		5-7
17-2**Logan Pflibsen (Streator), 2010Pole vault*Maddy Smith (Ottawa), 201911-9
10.4*D.J. Glynn (Hall), 1998
*Steve Safranski (PC), 1975		100mAlyssa Hancock (L-P), 200211.92
21.6*D.J. Glynn (Hall), 1999200mAlyssa Hancock (L-P), 200224.86
48.44*D.J. Glynn (Hall), 1999400m*Alisa Baron (BV), 200855.66
1:53.3Pat Hodge (Princeton), 1976800m**Rachel Hickey (L-P), 20182:10.70
4:11.9*Tom Swan (Princeton), 19681600mRachel Hickey (L-P), 20184:56.54
9:10.86**Troy Maddux (Woodland), 19853200mRachel Hickey (L-P), 201811:06.86
13.93**Bret Dannis (St. Bede), 2017110/100 HHLily Bosnich (St. Bede), 202514.67
37.66*Bret Dannis (St. Bede), 2017300 IH*Lindsey Homfeldt (Marquette), 200544.34
42.74*Hall (S. Brust, A. Buchanon, D. Soldati, M. Walk), 20194 x 100*BV (M. Endress, C. Konneck, M. Bohm, K. Kolb), 201849.78
1:29.4Ottawa (A. Haase, P. Mann, R. Nevins, S. Langley), 19964 x 200BV (M. Endress, C. Konneck, M. Bohm, K. Kolb), 20181:45.48
3:21.8Princeton (D. Stocking, E. Eckhoff, P. Hodge, J. Timberlake), 19754 x 400L-P (E. Happ, J. Bernardoni, L. Rimes, R. Hickey), 20164:01.01
7:53.4Princeton (R. Ellis, B. Miller, C. Martin, S. Arch), 19784 x 800L-P (M. Ossola, E. Happ, A. Heagy, R. Hickey), 20189:29.06
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Kevin Hieronymus

Kevin Hieronymus

Kevin has been sports editor of the BCR since 1986 and is Sports Editor of Putnam County Record. Was previously sports editor of the St. Louis Daily News and a contributor for the St. Louis Cardinals magazine. He is a 2021 inductee into the IBCA Hall of Fame (Media) and a 2023 inductee into the Illinois Valley Hall of Fame as "Distinguished Media"