| Boys Class 7A: 1985-2020
|
| Year |
Champion |
Points |
Runner Up |
Third Place |
Fourth Place |
| 2019
|
Teutopolis
|
38.5
|
Chicago Old St. Mary's
|
Liberty
|
Kankakee Bishop McNamara
Springfield Christ the King
|
| 2018
|
Stronghurst West Central
|
40
|
Chicago St. Benedict
|
Bismarck-Henning
|
Teutopolis
|
| 2017
|
Morrison JHS
|
51
|
Madison
|
Champaign Next Generation
|
Arcola
|
| 2016
|
Neoga
|
58
|
Decatur Robertson
|
Colchester West Prairie
Macon Meridian
Paris Crestwood
|
|
| 2015
|
Waterman Indian Creek
|
25
|
Millbrook
|
Altamont
|
Illiopolis Sangamon Valley
Seneca
|
| 2014
|
Lexington
|
56
|
Hamilton
|
Newark Lisbon
|
Erie
|
| 2013
|
Mason City Illini Central
|
28
|
Glasford Illini Bluffs
|
Arthur
|
Carthage
Forreston
|
| 2012
|
Elmwood
|
37
|
Heyworth
|
Ottawa Wallace
|
Stronghurst West Central
|
| 2011
|
Erie
|
48
|
Rock Falls St. Andrew
|
Chrisman Scottland
|
Casey-Westfield
|
| 2010
|
Rock Falls St. Andrew
|
46
|
East St. Louis Jackson
|
Normal Epiphany
|
Peoria Christian
|
| 2009
|
Carthage
|
38
|
Carrollton GS
|
Normal Epiphany
|
Heyworth
Kewanee Wethersfield
|
| 2008
|
Villa Grove
|
30
|
Kewanee Wethersfield
|
Girard
|
Elmwood
Rock Falls St. Andrew
|
| 2007
|
Carthage
Wood River Lewis & Clark
|
36
|
|
Findlay Okaw Valley
|
Joliet Laraway
|
| 2006
|
Carthage
|
38
|
Chrisman Scottland
|
Galesburg Costa
|
Effingham St. Anthony
|
| 2005
|
Mason City Illini Central
|
42
|
Lexington
|
Peoria St. Philomena
|
Fisher
|
| 2004
|
Kewanee Wethersfield
|
32
|
Bowen Southeastern
|
Paris Crestwood
|
Greenfield
Mason City Illini Central
|
| 2003
|
Effingham St. Anthony
|
26
|
Hartsburg-Emden
|
Robbins Moody
|
Washington St. Patrick
|
| 2002
|
Roanoke-Benson
|
43
|
Sciota Northwestern
|
Champaign St. Matthew
|
Jacksonville ISD
|
| 2001
|
Media Southern
|
49
|
East St. Louis Jackson
|
Delavan
|
Ford Heights Cottage Grove UGC
|
| 2000
|
Potomac
Winchester
|
34
|
|
Chenoa
Piper City
|
|
| 1999
|
Effingham St. Anthony
|
30
|
Champaign St. Matthew
|
Farmington
|
Bushnell-Prairie City
Monmouth Warren
Springfield Calvary
|
| 1998
|
Lincoln Chester-East Lincoln
|
38
|
Media Southern
|
Hanna City Logan
|
Arthur
Beecher City
Chillicothe St. Edward's
Peoria Hollis
|
| 1997
|
Yates City
|
31
|
DeLand-Weldon
|
Mossville
|
Downs Tri-Valley
Galva
|
| 1996
|
Roseville
|
28
|
Greenview
|
Liberty
|
DeLand-Weldon
Walnut
|
| 1995
|
Cuba
|
29
|
Chenoa
|
Arthur
|
Ogden PVO South
|
| 1994
|
Venice
|
34
|
Potomac
|
Farmington
|
Champaign St. Matthew
|
| 1993
|
LeRoy
|
46
|
Champaign St. Matthew
|
Colfax Ridgeview
|
La Moille Allen
Oakland Lake Crest
|
| 1992
|
Minonk Dana Rutland
|
24
|
Metamora St. Mary's
|
DeLand-Weldon
|
Donovan
Illiopolis
Ste. Marie ES
|
| 1991
|
Spring Bay Riverview
|
42
|
Gridley
|
Joliet St. Raymond
|
Rockford Christian Life
|
| 1990
|
Gridley
|
37
|
Penfield
|
Arthur
Seneca
|
|
| 1989
|
Brownstown
Peoria Pleasant Valley
|
30
|
|
Heyworth
Joliet Laraway
|
|
| 1988
|
Peoria Pleasant Valley
|
68
|
Delavan
|
Joliet Laraway
|
Sheldon
|
| 1987
|
Joliet Laraway
|
42
|
Toluca
|
Dallas City
|
Bethany
Chrisman ES
|
| 1986
|
Peoria Heights Kelly Avenue
|
34
|
Washington Pleasant View
|
Avon
|
Cerro Gordo
Mason City
|
| 1985
|
Dallas City
|
31
|
Avon
Delavan
Washington Pleasant View
|
|
|
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.
How Class Split is Determined
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