Presenting the 2025 Times Boys Track and Field All-Area Honor Roll

The schools of The Times area sent plenty of athletes to the IHSA Boys Track and Field State Meet this spring, with Ottawa, Streator, Marquette, Seneca, Sandwich, Somonauk/Leland and Fieldcrest all represented in Charleston.

Here are those state qualifiers, the 2025 Times Boys Track and Field All-Area Honor Roll.

Fieldcrest's Michael Beckett competes in the long jump during the IHSA Class 1A Boys Track & Field State Finals this past season at Eastern Illinois University in Charleston. (Scott Anderson)

100 Dash

Isaiah Brown, Streator, sr. – 2A state qualifier, sectional champion

Jacoby Gooden, Marquette, so. – 1A state qualifier, sectional champion

200 Dash

Isaiah Brown, Streator, sr. – 2A state qualifier, sectional runner-up

400 Run

Simeion Harris, Sandwich, sr. – 2A state qualifier

1,600 Run

Caleb Krischel, Fieldcrest, sr. – 1A state qualifier, sectional champion

Landin Stillwell, Somonauk/Leland, jr. – 1A state qualifier, sectional runner-up

3,200 Run

Landin Stillwell, Somonauk/Leland, jr. – 1A state qualifier, sectional champion

Caleb Krischel, Fieldcrest, sr. – 1A state qualifier, sectional runner-up

110 Hurdles

Weston Averkamp, Ottawa, sr. – 7th in 3A, state qualifier, sectional champion

300 Hurdles

Weston Averkamp, Ottawa, sr. – 3rd in 3A, state qualifier, sectional champion

Colton Pumphrey, Seneca, sr. – 1A state qualifier

4X100 Relay

Streator (Isaiah Brown, Andrew Warwick, Garritt Benstine, Riley Stevens) – 2A state qualifier, sectional runner-up

Marquette (Jacoby Gooden, Jimmy Lawsha, Charlie McGrath, Marcus Baker) – 1A state qualifier, sectional champion

4X200 Relay

Streator (Isaiah Brown, Andrew Warwick, Garritt Benstine, Riley Stevens) – 2A state qualifier, sectional runner-up

Marquette (Jacoby Gooden, Jimmy Lawsha, Charlie McGrath, Marcus Baker) – 1A state qualifier, sectional champion

Seneca (Travis Barr, Matt Stach, Trenton Powell, Brayden Simek) – 1A state qualifier, sectional runner-up

4X800 Relay

Somonauk/Leland (Landin Stillwell, Jackson Brockway, Gunnar Swenson, Caden Hamer) – 8th in 1A, state qualifier, sectional champion

Long Jump

Matt Stach, Seneca, jr. – 4th in 1A, state qualifier, sectional champion

Triple Jump

Micheal Beckett, Fieldcrest, jr. – 9th in 1A, state qualifier, sectional champion

High Jump

Brayden Simek, Seneca, jr. – 1A state qualifier, sectional runner-up

Discus

Alex Schaefer, Marquette, so. – 1A state qualifier

Jesus Govea, Seneca, so. – 1A state qualifier, sectional runner-up

Zebadiah Maxwell, Seneca, jr. – 1A state qualifier

Wheelchair Discus

Noah Odum, Seneca, so. – state champion, state qualifier, sectional champion

Shot Put

Peter Popp, Sandwich, sr. – 2A state qualifier, state finalist

Luis Murillo, Sandwich, so. – 2A state qualifier

Wheelchair Shot Put

Noah Odum, Seneca, so. – state champion, state qualifier, sectional champion

Pole Vault

Jacob Ross, Sandwich, so. – 4th in 2A, state qualifier

Andrew Warwick, Streator, jr. – 2A state qualifier

Trenton Powell, Seneca, fr. – 1A state qualifier, sectional runner-up