| 2026 Class 3A Sectional Assignments
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Sectional 1
@ TBD
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TBA
@ TBD
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Crystal Lake Prairie Grove
Deerfield Caruso
Deerfield Shepard
Green Oaks Oak Grove
Gurnee Viking
Ingleside Gavin South
Island Lake Matthews
Johnsburg JHS
Lake Bluff
Lindenhurst Millburn MS
Mundelein West Oak
Northbrook Field
Northbrook Maple
Northbrook Wood Oaks
Richmond Nippersink
Round Lake Park
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Sectional 2
@ TBD
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TBA
@ TBD
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Burr Ridge Gower
Chicago Frances Xavier Warde
Chicago Horizon Southwest
Chicago Latin School
Chicago Sacred Heart
Chicago Whitney Young
Downers Grove Lakeview
Elmhurst Timothy Christian
Itasca Peacock
Lisle
Naperville Sts. Peter and Paul
Rolling Meadows Sandburg
Summit Heritage
Western Springs St. John
Winfield Wheaton Christian
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Sectional 3
@ TBD
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TBA
@ TBD
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Calumet City Schrum
Calumet Park Calumet
Country Club Hills Southwood
Crest Hill Richland
Darien Cass
Darien Eisenhower
Dixmoor Rosa Parks
Dolton Lincoln
Glenwood Brookwood
Harvey Brooks
Lansing Heritage
Lockport Oak Prairie
Phoenix Coolidge
Robbins Kellar
Sauk Village Rickover
Willowbrook Westview Hills
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Sectional 4
@ TBD
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TBA
@ TBD
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Byron
Galena
Genoa Kingston
(Co-op)
LaSalle Lincoln
Mendota Northbrook
Oregon JHS
Peru Parkside
Poplar Grove North Boone
Rock Falls
(Co-op)
Rockford Barbour
Rockford Kennedy
Rockford Marshall
Sandwich
South Beloit Willowbrook
Stillman Valley Meridian
Winnebago
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Sectional 5
@ Pontiac JHS
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Host: Pontiac JHS
TBA
@ Pontiac JHS
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Beecher
Bradley Central
Braidwood Reed-Custer
Channahon
Clifton Nash
Forrest Prairie Central
Herscher Limestone
Manteno
Morris GS
(Co-op)
Morris Saratoga
Onarga Iroquois West
Park Forest Michelle Obama STA
Peotone
Pontiac JHS
(Host)
(Co-op)
Streator Northlawn
Wilmington
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Sectional 6
@ TBD
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TBA
@ TBD
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Chillicothe
Downs Tri-Valley
East Peoria Central
El Paso-Gridley
Eureka
Germantown Hills
Lincoln JHS
Mackinaw Dee-Mack
Metamora GS
(Co-op)
Pekin Edison
Peoria Liberty
Peoria Reservoir
Peoria Rolling Acres
Stanford Olympia
Tremont
Washington MS
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| IESA Track & Field 2026 Class 3A Sectional Assignments |
Sectional 7
@ Taylor Ridge Rockridge
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Host: Taylor Ridge Rockridge
TBA
@ Taylor Ridge Rockridge
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Aledo Mercer County
Avon Abingdon Avon
Farmington Central
Fulton River Bend
Kewanee Central
Lewistown JHS
(Co-op)
Monmouth United
Monmouth-Roseville JHS
Morrison JHS
Orion
Port Byron Riverdale
Princeton Logan
Rock Island Jordan Catholic
(Co-op)
Sherrard JHS
Taylor Ridge Rockridge
(Host)
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Sectional 8
@ Tuscola High School
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Host: Tuscola East Prairie
Saturday, May 16, 2026, 10:00 AM
@ Tuscola High School
,
500 South Prairie,
Tuscola
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Seed Meeting:
Wednesday, May 13, 2026 7:00 PM
@ VIRTUAL
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Clinton
Decatur Johns Hill
Gibson City GCMS
Hoopeston Area
Illiopolis Sangamon Valley
(Co-op)
Maroa-Forsyth
Monticello
Paxton-Buckley-Loda
Riverton
Rochester
St. Joseph
Tolono Unity
Tuscola East Prairie
(Host)
Warrensburg-Latham
Westville JHS
Williamsville
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Sectional 9
@ Newton Community High School
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Host: Newton Jasper County
Saturday, May 16, 2026, 10:00 AM
@ Newton Community High School
,
1104 W. Jourdan St.,
Newton
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Seed Meeting:
Wednesday, May 13, 2026 6:00 PM
@ VIRTUAL
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Bridgeport Red Hill
Effingham JHS
Greenville
(Co-op)
Hillsboro
Lawrenceville Parkview
Litchfield
Marshall JHS
Newton Jasper County
(Host)
Pana JHS
(Co-op)
Paris Mayo
Robinson Nuttall
Shelbyville Moulton
Sullivan
Teutopolis
Vandalia
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Sectional 10
@ Gillespie
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Host: Gillespie
TBA
@ Gillespie
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Athens
Auburn JHS at Divernon
Beardstown MS
Carlinville
East St. Louis Clark
East St. Louis Lincoln
Gillespie
(Host)
Girard North Mac
Petersburg PORTA JHS
(Co-op)
Piasa Southwestern
Pittsfield Pikeland
Pleasant Plains
Roxana
Rushville Schuyler Industry
Springfield Lincoln
(Co-op)
Staunton
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Class History
The first IESA state track meet for boys was held in Wenona in 1932 with 28 schools attending. A 24" trophy for the winning team was donated by the merchants of Wenona.
From 1932 to 1984 there were two classes of boys' track, Class A (Heavyweights) and Class B (Lightweights). Class B was based on age, weight, and height from 1932 to 1968. In 1969, the weight factor was dropped and competition was based on age and height factors. Class B was discontinued in 1985, changed to grade level play (7 and 8) and school size, our present classes.
The girls' track program, initiated in 1972 at the regional level, moved to state finals in 1974 in two divisions: Class A for grades five through eight and Class B for grades five and six only. These two classes were continued through the 1979 season. From 1980 through 1984, the Girls classes were changed to correspond with those of the boys based on age and height factors. Class B girls were measured during those years for height the same as the boys. Beginning in 1985, those classes were dropped and reorganized into four classes by school size and grade level (7A, 7AA, 8A and 8AA). It was split again in 2021 into the current classes of 7-1A, 7-2A, 7-3A, 7-4A, 8-1A, 8-2A, 8-3A, and 8-4A.
Boys' and girls' wheelchair divisions in 1A/2A and 3A/4A were added in 2024.
How Class Split is Determined
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