| 2026 Class 1A Sectional Assignments
|
Sectional 1
@ TBD
|
TBA
@ TBD
|
Antioch Emmons
Antioch Grass Lake
Arlington Heights Our Lady of the Wayside
Barrington St. Anne
Buffalo Grove St. Mary
Geneva St. Peter
Hoffman Estates Montessori
Inverness Holy Family
Lake Zurich St. Francis deSales
Mt. Prospect St. Emily
Palatine Quest
Palatine St. Theresa
Rockford Christian Life
St. Charles St. Patrick
Woodstock St. Mary's
|
|
Sectional 2
@ TBD
|
TBA
@ TBD
|
Aurora St. Rita
-8th Only
Chicago Catherine Cook
Chicago Near North
Chicago North Park
Chicago Queen of Angels
Chicago St. Edward
Chicago St. Eugene
Chicago St. Josaphat
Chicago St. Matthias
Clarendon Hills Notre Dame
Elmhurst Visitation
Evanston Academy SJA
La Grange St. Cletus
-Boys 7, Girls 7/8
Lisle St. Joan of Arc
Lockport Fairmont
Plainfield St. Mary
River Forest St. Luke
|
|
Sectional 3
@ TBD
|
TBA
@ TBD
|
Earlville
Elwood GS
Gardner
(Co-op)
Grand Ridge
(Co-op)
Joliet St. Raymond
LaSalle Dimmick
LaSalle St. Acutis
Leland
Marseilles Milton Pope
(Co-op)
Millbrook
Morris Nettle Creek
Newark Lisbon
Ottawa Wallace
Ransom
(Co-op)
Rockdale
Utica Waltham
|
|
Sectional 4
@ Wethersfield High School- Memorial Stadium
|
Host: Kewanee Wethersfield
Friday, May 8, 2026, 2:00 PM
@ Wethersfield High School- Memorial Stadium
,
439 Willard St.,
Kewanee
|
Seed Meeting:
Wednesday, May 6, 2026
@ VIRTUAL
|
Annawan
Bradford
Colona
DePue
Hampton
Henry-Senachwine
Kewanee Visitation
Kewanee Wethersfield
(Host)
La Moille Allen
Ladd
(Co-op)
Malden
Mendota Holy Cross
Milledgeville Chadwick
Neponset
Pearl City
Polo Aplington
Silvis Eagle Ridge
|
|
Sectional 5
@ Rantoul St. Malachy
|
Host: Rantoul St. Malachy
TBA
@ Rantoul St. Malachy
|
Cissna Park
(Co-op)
Danville Schlarman
Donovan
Ford Heights Cottage Grove UGC
Grant Park
Hopkins Park Lorenzo Smith
Ludlow
Milford
Piper City Tri-Point
Potomac
(Co-op)
Rantoul St. Malachy
(Host)
Rossville-Alvin
Royal Prairieview Ogden
Saunemin
(Co-op)
St. Anne
Thomasboro
|
|
Sectional 6
@ Ridgeview Jr/Sr High School
|
Host: Colfax Ridgeview
Saturday, May 9, 2026, 9:00 AM
@ Ridgeview Jr/Sr High School
,
300 S. Harrison St.,
Colfax
|
Seed Meeting:
Wednesday, May 6, 2026 6:00 PM
@ VIRTUAL
|
Bartonville GS
Bartonville Monroe
Bartonville Oak Grove
Bloomington St. Mary's
Colfax Ridgeview
(Host)
Cornell
East Peoria Robein
Flanagan
Lostant
(Co-op)
Lowpoint-Washburn
Morton Blessed Sacrament
Normal Calvary
Normal Epiphany
Peoria Limestone Walters
Peoria Pleasant Hill
Streator Woodland
Washington St. Patrick
|
|
|
| IESA Track & Field 2026 Class 1A Sectional Assignments |
Sectional 7
@ Galva Jr/Sr High School
|
Host: Galva
Saturday, May 9, 2026, 9:00 AM
@ Galva Jr/Sr High School
,
1020 N. Center Ave.,
Galva
|
Seed Meeting:
Wednesday, May 6, 2026 5:30 PM
@ VIRTUAL
|
Chillicothe St. Edward's
Dallas City
(Co-op)
Galesburg Costa
Galva
(Host)
Kickapoo St. Mary's
Monmouth ICS
Peoria Academy
Peoria Christian
Peoria Heights St. Thomas
Peoria Hollis
Peoria Holy Family
Peoria Norwood
Peoria Pleasant Valley
Peoria St. Jude
Peoria St. Vincent de Paul
(Co-op)
Spring Bay Riverview
Woodhull AlWood
|
|
Sectional 8
@ Newton Community High School
|
Host: Newton St. Thomas
Saturday, May 9, 2026, 9:00 AM
@ Newton Community High School
,
201 West End Ave.,
Newton
|
Seed Meeting:
Wednesday, May 6, 2026 6:30 PM
@ VIRTUAL
|
Champaign Garden Hills
Champaign Holy Cross
Champaign Judah Christian
Champaign Next Generation
Chrisman Scottland
Effingham Sacred Heart
Findlay Okaw Valley
Homer Heritage
Neoga
Newton St. Thomas
(Host)
Oblong
Palestine
(Co-op)
Philo St. Thomas
Sigel St. Michael's
Urbana University
-8th Only
Windsor
|
|
Sectional 9
@ TBD
|
TBA
@ TBD
|
DeLand-Weldon
Delavan
Edinburg
Greenview
Hartsburg-Emden
Kincaid South Fork
Lincoln Carroll Catholic
Lincoln Chester-East Lincoln
Lincoln West Lincoln-Broadwell
Middletown New Holland-Middletown
Pekin Rankin
Pekin St. Joseph
-7th Only
South Pekin
Springfield Calvary
(Co-op)
Springfield Christ the King
Springfield Little Flower
Springfield St. Agnes
|
|
Sectional 10
@ TBD
|
TBA
@ TBD
|
Augusta Southeastern
Carrollton GS
Carrollton St. John
Godfrey Evangelical
Greenfield
Griggsville-Perry
Hamilton ES
Jacksonville ISD
(Co-op)
Jacksonville Our Saviour
Jerseyville St. Francis HG
Kinderhook Western
Madison
Meredosia-Chambersburg
Palmyra Northwestern
Payson Seymour
Pleasant Hill
|
|
|
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
|
