IHSA track and field records: The all-time best performances around Peoria
The Peoria area has a long history of running excellence, which trickles down to the high school level.
Below are the area's top high school performances in each event still part of the Illinois High School Association state finals each season, separated by event with boys and girls times for each.
Each entry includes performance, name, year in school at time of performance and the year set. Times in 100ths are fully automatic. To figure the equivalent hand-held time, subtract .24, then round up to the nearest 10th.
The list includes records starting in 1973 to one set in 2023. This list was last updated after the 2023 season.
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100-meter dash
Boys — 10.34, Josh Eiker, jr., Galesburg, 2016
Girls — 11.88 seconds, Lauren Doerr, sr., Morton, 2021
200-meter dash
Boys — 20.83, Josh Eiker, sr., Galesburg, 2016
Girls — 24.43, Brenna Detra, jr., Richwoods, 2012
400-meter dash
Boys — 47.45, D.J. Zahn, sr., Morton, 2011
Girls — 55.66, Alisa Baron, sr., Bureau Valley, 2008
800-meter run
Boys — 1:48.16, David Ayoub, sr., Peoria High, 1977 (Converted from 880-yard run).
Girls — 2:10.20, Amanda Duvendack, so., Metamora, 2008
1600-meter run
Boys — 4:08.58, Wilson Georges, sr., Limestone, 2022
Girls — 4:43.4, Suzie Tuffey, sr., Bergan, 1985
3200-meter run
Boys — 9:02.6, Jim Eicken, so., East Peoria, 1973 (converted from 2-mile run).
Girls — 10:03.0 Suzie Tuffey, jr., Bergan, 1984
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110-meter high hurdles
Boys — 13.7 Eddie Macklin, sr., Manual, 1993; Jarrod Macklin, jr., Manual, 1997; 13.93 Bret Dannis, jr., Peru St. Bede, 2017 (:13.7 converted to hand time)
100-meter high hurdles
Girls — 14.23, Cambria Geyer, sr., Tremont, 2023
300-meter intermediate hurdles
Boys — 37.33, Cody Wisslead, jr., West Prairie/LaHarpe, 2006
300-meter low hurdles
Girls — 42.76, Brenna Detra, sr., Richwoods, 2013
4x100-meter relay
Boys — 41.94, Galesburg (Eric Oliphant, sr., Eric Cole, jr., Ben Holloway, sr., Josh Eiker, jr.), 2015.
Girls — 47.25, Dunlap (Aanise Sajna, sr., Savannah Sullivan, sr., Lizzy Hoenes, jr., Kiara Pauli, jr.) 2018
4x200-meter relay
Boys — 1:26.62, Manual (Jimmy Lacy, sr., LaShon Mack, sr., Jarrod Macklin, sr., Jerron Hobson, so.) 1998
Girls — 1:39.38 Dunlap (Brittany Rainey, jr., Savannah Sullivan, sr., Aanise Sajna, sr., Kiara Pauli, jr.) 2018
4x400-meter relay
Boys — 3:17.02, Peoria High (Keith Haynes, sr., Jeff Taylor, jr., Andre Kelly, sr., Frank Stacey, sr.) 1985
Girls — 3:55.65, Metamora (Lindsay Herman, jr., Ellen Goins, so., Angela Rego, sr., Amanda Duvendack, jr.) 2009
4x800-meter relay
Boys — 7:50.44, Illinois Valley Central (Tobi Peters, fr., Jeff McMorrow, sr., Dan Johnson, sr., Rick Lingenfelter, sr.) 1985
Girls — 9:23.76, Washington (Hailey Tranchitella, fr., Kassidy Dexheimer, fr., Haley Willis, sr., Ashlee Knott, sr.), 2014
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Shot put
Boys — 64 feet, 9 inches, Josh Augusta, sr., Peoria High, 2013
Girls — 44-9, Whitney Walker, sr., Illini Bluffs, 2012
Discus
Boys — 190-0, Doug Dean Huff, sr., Peoria High, 1988
Girls — 148-7, Jewel Sanders, sr., Richwoods, 2006
Long jump
Boys — 24-8 1/2 Nate Norman, sr., Princeton, 1998
Girls — 20-3 3/4, Gillian Urycki, sr., Metamora, 2016
Triple jump
Boys — 48-8 3/4, Meechie Jones, sr., Peoria High, 1993
Girls — 39-3 1/4, Kendall Rush, sr., Hall, 2009
High jump
Boys — 7-3, Kevin Clements, sr., El Paso, 1988
Girls — 5-11 Nora Weber, sr., Canton, 1993
Pole vault
Boys — 17-2, Logan Pflibsen, sr., Streator, 2010
Girls — 13-1.5, Chelsea Wetzel, jr., Dunlap, 2023
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