Boys & Girls Cross Country

State Individual Champions
Boys Class 1A: 2012-Current
Year Champion Grade School Time Location
2023 Christian Paul 8 Homer Heritage 10:54.6 Maxwell Park, Normal
2022 Maxwell Kirby 8 Morton Blessed Sacrament 10:29.4 Maxwell Park, Normal
2021 Maxwell Kirby 7 Morton Blessed Sacrament 10:40.0 Maxwell Park, Normal
2019 Christian Provost 8 Kankakee Bishop McNamara 10:29.7 Maxwell Park, Normal
2018 William Archer 8 Chicago St. Benedict 10:38.7 Maxwell Park, Normal
2017 Adolfo Diaz 8 Palatine Quest 10:43.4 Maxwell Park, Normal
2016 Brian Dust 8 Effingham St. Anthony 10:35.6 Maxwell Park, Normal
2015 Tristan Olpin 8 Rockford Keith 10:31.3 Maxwell Park, Normal
2014 William Engels 8 Clarendon Hills Notre Dame 10:45 Maxwell Park, Normal
2013 Emilio Rivera 8 Mason City Illini Central 10:23 Maxwell Park, Normal
2012 Connor O'Neil 8 Liberty 10:54 Maxwell Park, Normal
In the history of the IESA state cross-country meet, only one runner (male or female) has won the individual title three times. Anna Sophia Keller from Effingham St. Anthony won the individual title as a 6th grader in 2010; as a 7th grader in 2011; and in 2012 as an 8th grader, she set the girls course record with a time of 11:09.

Class History

The IESA sanctioned Cross-Country in 1979. There was one class of Cross-Country until 1997 when the activity was split into A and AA based upon enrollment. It was split in 2012 into three classes of 1A, 2A and 3A. In 2023 it was split again into the current four classes of 1A, 2A, 3A and 4A.

How Class Split is Determined

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