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2A boys state track & field update: Princeton’s Payne Miller, Cade Odell advance to state finals in shot put

Miller is ranked third, Odell 10th in 2A

Princeton's Payne Miller

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.

Cade Odell
Kevin Hieronymus

Kevin Hieronymus

Kevin has been sports editor of the BCR since 1986 and is Sports Editor of Putnam County Record. Was previously sports editor of the St. Louis Daily News and a regular contributor for the St. Louis Cardinals Magazine. He is a member of the IBCA and Illinois Valley Hall of Fames. He is one of 4 sportswriters from his tiny hometown Atlanta, IL