CHARLESTON - Princeton is sending two throwers to Saturday’s IHSA Boys State Track & Field 2A shot put finals.
PHS senior Payne Miller is seeded third in the shot with a throw of 56-8 1/2 (17.28 meters). Junior Cade Odell advanced with the 10th best throw at 50-3 1/2 (15.33).
Andrew Kinsman, a junior from Benton, leads the 2A field with a throw of 59-0 3/4 (18.0).
Neither Miller or PHS junior Ian Morris advanced in the discus. Miller just missed the cut with the 13th best throw of the day at 144-8 (44.10) while Morris was ranked 20th at 139-7 (42.55).
The top 12 throwers from the prelims advance to state with the top nine medaling.
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