Girls Class 7A: 1985-2020
|
Year |
Champion |
Points |
Runner Up |
Third Place |
Fourth Place |
2019
|
Altamont
|
37.5
|
Normal Metcalf
|
Teutopolis
|
Chicago Queen of All Saints
|
2018
|
Seneca
|
31
|
Waterman Indian Creek
|
Altamont
|
Peoria Washington Teutopolis
|
2017
|
Palatine St. Theresa
|
26
|
Kickapoo St. Mary's
|
Sidell Salt Fork Waterman Indian Creek
|
|
2016
|
Chicago Old St. Mary's
|
40
|
Winchester
|
Oakland Lake Crest Walnut Bureau Valley North
|
|
2015
|
Lewistown Central
|
40
|
Danville Schlarman
|
Brownstown Lexington
|
|
2014
|
Carthage
|
44
|
Liberty
|
Springfield Christ the King
|
Madison
|
2013
|
Decatur Johns Hill
|
52
|
Madison
|
Carthage Champaign St. Matthew
|
|
2012
|
Champaign St. Matthew
|
35.20
|
Rock Falls St. Andrew
|
Table Grove VIT
|
Fox River Grove Galesburg Costa
|
2011
|
Erie
|
51.5
|
Catlin
|
Champaign St. Matthew Kewanee Wethersfield
|
|
2010
|
Assumption Central A & M
|
33
|
Peoria St. Philomena
|
Kewanee Wethersfield Tampico
|
|
2009
|
Erie
|
45
|
Carthage
|
Springfield Christ the King
|
Champaign Judah Christian
|
2008
|
Assumption Central A & M Normal Epiphany
|
36
|
|
Carthage
|
Mt. Pulaski
|
2007
|
Lexington
|
38
|
Assumption Central A & M
|
Altamont
|
Argenta-Oreana Decatur Hope
|
2006
|
Lexington
|
45
|
Tremont
|
Kewanee Wethersfield
|
La Harpe
|
2005
|
Assumption Central A & M
|
36
|
Chrisman Scottland
|
Bismarck-Henning
|
East St. Louis Jackson
|
2004
|
Bloomington Holy Trinity
|
47
|
Newton St. Thomas
|
Carrollton GS
|
Hamilton
|
2003
|
Champaign St. Matthew
|
39
|
Lincoln Chester-East Lincoln
|
Bloomington Holy Trinity Hanna City Logan
|
|
2002
|
La Harpe
|
61
|
Mt. Olive
|
Champaign St. Matthew
|
East St. Louis Jackson Lincoln Chester-East Lincoln
|
2001
|
Champaign St. Matthew
|
47
|
Lincoln West Lincoln-Broadwell
|
Lexington
|
Brimfield
|
2000
|
Joliet Laraway
|
37
|
Brimfield
|
Bement Lincoln West Lincoln-Broadwell
|
|
1999
|
Brimfield
|
41
|
Ford Heights Cottage Grove UGC
|
Neoga
|
Fisher
|
1998
|
Joliet Union
|
30
|
Bismarck-Henning Lincoln Chester-East Lincoln
|
|
Brimfield Mt. Olive
|
1997
|
La Harpe
|
44
|
Arthur
|
Hartsburg-Emden
|
Homer Heritage
|
1996
|
Downs Tri-Valley
|
38
|
Walnut
|
Champaign St. Matthew
|
Atwood-Hammond
|
1995
|
Dallas City
|
35
|
Fisher
|
La Harpe
|
Colfax Ridgeview
|
1994
|
Farmington
|
30
|
Seneca
|
Winchester
|
Washington St. Patrick
|
1993
|
Atwood-Hammond
|
33
|
Dallas City
|
Waverly
|
Decatur Johns Hill
|
1992
|
Champaign St. Matthew
|
40
|
Blue Mound Greenview
|
|
Atwood-Hammond
|
1991
|
Venice
|
40
|
Liberty
|
Seneca
|
Dallas City
|
1990
|
Colfax Ridgeview
|
42
|
Greenfield
|
Deer Grove
|
Dallas City
|
1989
|
Joliet Laraway
|
50
|
Roanoke-Benson
|
White Heath
|
Dallas City
|
1988
|
Peoria Christian
|
29
|
Fisher
|
Arthur
|
Deer Grove
|
1987
|
Peoria Pleasant Valley
|
56
|
Monmouth Warren
|
Henry
|
Milton East Pike
|
1986
|
Mt. Olive
|
48
|
Green Valley
|
Palestine Peoria Pleasant Valley
|
|
1985
|
Deer Grove Tampico Reddick
|
30
|
|
Washington Pleasant View
|
Lockport Taft
|
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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