Shaw Local

News   •   Sports   •   Obituaries   •   eNewspaper   •   The Scene
The Times

Presenting the 2023 Times Boys Track and Field Honor Roll

The top performers from the 2023 boys track and field season

Ottawa's Michael Mills throws throws shot put during the I-8 Boys Conference Championship track meet on Thursday, May 11, 2023 at the L-P Athletic Complex in La Salle.

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

Here are those state qualifiers, the 2023 Times Boys Track and Field All-Area Honor Roll.

100 Dash

Aneefy Ford, sr., Streator – 2A state qualifier, sectional champion

200 Dash

Aneefy Ford, sr., Streator – 2A state qualifier

400 Run

Chris Poyner, sr., Seneca – 1A state qualifier, sectional champion

Zach Carlson, sr., Newark – 1A state qualifier

800 Run

Logan Pasakarnis, jr., Newark – 1A state qualifier, sectional champion

Kody Danko, sr., Streator – 2A state qualifier, sectional champion

Wyatt Miller, sr., Sandwich – 2A state qualifier

1,600 Run

Caleb Krischel, so., Fieldcrest – 1A state qualifier

Max Cryer, jr., Sandwich – 2A state qualifier

3,200 Run

Landin Stillwell, fr., Somonauk – 1A state qualifier

300 Hurdles

Weston Averkamp, so., Ottawa – 2A state qualifier

4x100 Relay

Seneca (David Bergeson, Ryan Flynn, Sam Churchill, Matt Stach) – 1A state qualifier

4x200 Relay

Streator (Quentin Goforth, Isaiah Brown, Collin Jeffries, Aneefy Ford) – 2A state qualifier

4x400 Relay

Sandwich (Dayton Beatty, Wyatt Miller, Luis Baez, Simeion Harris) – 2A state qualifier, sectional champion

Shot Put

Alex Bigner-Kidwell, jr., Seneca – 1A state qualifier

Daniel Reedy, sr., Sandwich – 2A state qualifier

Michael Mills, jr., Ottawa – 2A state qualifier

High Jump

Nathan Grant, jr., Seneca – 1A state qualifier, sectional champion

Zach Carlson, sr., Newark – 1A state qualifier

Pole Vault

Sam Churchill, jr., Seneca – 1A state qualifier, sectional champion

Long Jump

Caden Eller, sr., Marquette Academy – 1A state qualifier

Collin Wright, sr., Seneca – 1A state qualifier, sectional champion

Streator's Aneefy Ford competes in the 100 meter dash during the Class 2A track sectional meet on Wednesday, May 17, 2023 at Geneseo High School.
Brian Hoxsey

Brian Hoxsey

I worked for 25 years as a CNC operator and in 2005 answered an ad in The Times for a freelance sports writer position. I became a full-time sports writer/columnist for The Times in February of 2016. I enjoy researching high school athletics history, and in my spare time like to do the same, but also play video games and watch Twitch.