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A look at the Illinois Valley Boys Track & Field records

Hall’s D.J. Glynn holds Illinois Valley records in the 100, 200 and 400 and was the state champion in each event in 1999.

By Kevin Hieronymus

Here’s a look at the all-time Illinois Valley Track & Field records, including schools in the BCR, NewsTribune and Times coverage area.

Note: All times in 10ths are manual times. All times in 100ths are Fully Automatic Times [FAT]. Years winning state championships are marked with an *

Princeton's Pat Hodge (150), shown here running in the 1975 IHSA State cross country meet, is the Illinois Valley record holder in the 800 meters. He has been a longtime girls track and girls/boys cross country coach at PHS.

Princeton's Pat Hodge (150), shown here running in the 1975 IHSA State cross country meet, is the Illinois Valley record holder in the 800 meters. He has been a longtime girls track and girls/boys cross country coach at PHS. (BCR File Photo)

Lonnie Hewitt of Buda Western set the Bureau County high jump record at 6-10 1/4 in 1977. He won three straight IHSA State championships.

Lonnie Hewitt of Buda Western set the Bureau County and Illinois Valley high jump record at 6-10 1/4 in 1977. He won three straight IHSA State championships.

On his very last jump of his career, Princeton’s Nate Norman broke the 66-year old Bureau County record set by DePue’s George Meagher, placing second at state. It is also the Illinois Valley record. (BCR file)

EventBoysRecord
Discus*Greg Groat (Princeton), 1991189-1
Shot putKyle Jakubek (Ottawa), 199760-10 1/2
Long jumpNate Norman (Princeton), 199824-0 1/2
Triple jumpChad Lambert (L-P), 199546-5 3/4
High jump***Lonnie Hewitt (Western), 19776-10 1/4
Pole vault**Logan Pflibsen (Streator), 201017-2
100m*D.J. Glynn (Hall), 1998
*Steve Safranski (PC), 1975		10.4
200m*D.J. Glynn (Hall), 199921.6
400m*D.J. Glynn (Hall), 199948.44
800mPat Hodge (Princeton), 19761:53.3
1600m*Tom Swan (Princeton), 19684:11.9
3200m**Troy Maddux (Woodland), 19859:10.86
110 HH**Bret Dannis (St. Bede), 201713.93
300 IH*Bret Dannis (St. Bede), 201737.66
4 x 100*Hall (S. Brust, A. Buchanon, D. Soldati, M. Walk), 201942.74
4 x 200Ottawa (A. Haase, P. Mann, R. Nevins, S. Langley), 19961:29.4
4 x 400Princeton (D. Stocking, E. Eckhoff, P. Hodge, J. Timberlake), 19753:21.8
4 x 800Princeton (R. Ellis, B. Miller, C. Martin, S. Arch), 19787:53.4
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Kevin Hieronymus

Kevin Hieronymus

Kevin has been sports editor of the BCR since 1986, covering Bureau County and IL Valley Sports. 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