Boys Track & Field Medalists

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1950-51

100-yard dash

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	Ira Murchison	Chicago (Phillips)	:10.0
2	Clarence DeMoss	Elmhurst (York)
3	Laudell Jackson	Decatur (H.S.)
4	Don Glasenapp	Des Plaines (Maine)
5	Bob McKeiver	Evanston (Twp.)

220-yard dash

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	Ira Murchison	Chicago (Phillips)	:22.5
2	Clarence DeMoss	Elmhurst (York)
3	Ray Kraft	Blue Island
4	Richard Evans	Harvey (Thornton)
5	William Pugh	Chicago (DuSable)
1	Ira Murchison	Chicago (Phillips)	:22.5
2	Clarence DeMoss	Elmhurst (York)
3	Ray Kraft	Blue Island
4	Richard Evans	Harvey (Thornton)
5	William Pugh	Chicago (DuSable)

440-yard dash

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	Al Ward	Winnetka (New Trier)	:50.6
2	Clyde Ware	Chicago (Englewood)
3	Ben Johnson	LaGrange (Lyons)
4	Arthur Day	Decatur (H.S.)
5	Dave Walton	Joliet (Twp.)

880-yard run

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	Harold "Gene" Ebersohl	Murphysboro	1:59.7
2	Harry Smith	Kewanee (H.S.)
3	Dick Foerester	Rockford (East)
4	Ken Stapley	Chicago (University)
5	Don Larson	Princeton

1-mile run

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	Steve Murphy	Chicago (Calumet)	4:25.4
2	Charles Matheny	Paris
3	Bob Soth	Maywood (Proviso)
4	Harold Neumann	Metamora
5	Clarence Jonas	Chicago Heights (Bloom Twp.)

120-yard high hurdles

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	Willie Stevens	Chicago (Phillips)	:14.5
2	Abe Woodson	Chicago (Austin)
3	Willard Thomson	Galva
4	Rodney Webber	LaGrange (Lyons)
5	Al Sittnick	Oak Park (O.P.-River Forest)

180-yard low hurdles

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	Willie Stevens	Chicago (Phillips)	:19.8
2	Willard Thomson	Galva
3	Kenneth Burnett	Normal (University)
4	Rodney Webber	LaGrange (Lyons)
5	Charles Lutz	Aurora (Marmion Academy)

880-yard relay

Place	School (& Relay Members)	Mark

1	Des Plaines (Maine)	1:30.5
	Howard Bock, Don Glasenap, Al Holman, Paul Johnson
2	Chicago (Phillips)
3	LaGrange (Lyons)
4	Evanston (Twp.)
5	Elmhurst (York)

high jump

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	Ronald Mitchell	East St. Louis (Sr.)	6-3⁷⁄₈
2	Allan Lange	Chicago (Lane)
3t	Joe Remelsberber	LaGrange (Lyons)
3t	Calvin Boyd	Oak Park (O.P.-River Forest)
5t	Leland Girard	Chicago (Amundsen)
5t	Don Westphal	Elgin (H.S.)

pole vault

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	Dean McKown	LaGrange (Lyons)	12-8¹⁄₂
2	Paul Strock	Aurora (West)
3t	Dale Foster	Champaign (H.S.)
3t	Robert Galloway	Sterling (H.S.)
3t	Bill Perrin	Wood River (East Alton-W.R.)

long jump

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	Clark Hiller	Springfield (H.S.)	22-2¹⁄₂
2	Laudell Jackson	Decatur (H.S.)
3	Ed Ficek	LaSalle (L.-Peru)
4	John Clark	Oak Park (O.P.-River Forest)
5	Ben Carpenter	Stonington

shot put

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	William Bergman	Chicago (Austin)	53-9¹⁄₂
2	Charles Thomas	Evanston (Twp.)
3	Jim Preiser	LaSalle (L.-Peru)
4	Bob Bolen	DeKalb
5	John Decker	Mt. Carroll

discus throw

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	Robert Thamm	Maywood (Proviso)	155-8
2	Thomas Ebert	Oak Park (O.P.-River Forest)
3	Gaylord Clark	Geneva
4	William Bergman	Chicago (Austin)
5	Jim Simmering	Findlay

1951-52

100-yard dash

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	Vernon Sprehe	Nashville	:10.2
2	Ned Lenoir	Chicago (Phillips)
3	Lee McMillion	Wheaton (H.S.)
4	Leo Frazier	Evanston (Twp.)
5	Arthur Harris	Chicago (Tilden)

220-yard dash

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	Ned Lenoir	Chicago (Phillips)	:22.4
2	Richard Quisenberry	Springfield (H.S.)
3	Robert Jackson	Danville (H.S.)
4	Lee McMillion	Wheaton (H.S.)
5	Arthur Harris	Chicago (Tilden)
1	Ned Lenoir	Chicago (Phillips)	:22.4
2	Richard Quisenberry	Springfield (H.S.)
3	Robert Jackson	Danville (H.S.)
4	Lee McMillion	Wheaton (H.S.)
5	Arthur Harris	Chicago (Tilden)

440-yard dash

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	Ben Johnson	LaGrange (Lyons)	:50.5
2	Al Ward	Winnetka (New Trier)
3	Richard Flodin	Oak Park (O.P.-River Forest)
4	Richard Burch	Danville (H.S.)
5	David Paden	Winnetka (New Trier)

880-yard run

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	Dunc MacGregor	Oak Park (O.P.-River Forest)	2:00.1
2	George Drake	LaGrange (Lyons)
3	Ed DeLong	Waukegan (H.S.)
4	Glen Schrickner	Elmhurst (York)
5	Jack Chione	Aurora (West)

1-mile run

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	Charles Matheny	Paris	4:31.7
2	Larry Barrett	Waukegan (H.S.)
3	Clarence Jonas	Chicago Heights (Bloom Twp.)
4	Charles Hakes	Peoria (Woodruff)
5	Dale Nevel	Marengo

120-yard high hurdles

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	Abe Woodson	Chicago (Austin)	:14.5
2	Ronald Leoni	Chicago Heights (Bloom Twp.)
3	Art Clark	Oak Park (O.P.-River Forest)
4	Richard Parkman	Chicago (Phillips)
5	George Moyers	Hinsdale (Twp.)

180-yard low hurdles

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	George Moyers	Hinsdale (Twp.)	:19.7
2	Richard Caffey	LaGrange (Lyons)
3	Abe Woodson	Chicago (Austin)
4	Richard Parkman	Chicago (Phillips)
5	Ronald Leoni	Chicago Heights (Bloom Twp.)

880-yard relay

Place	School (& Relay Members)	Mark

1	Evanston (Twp.)	1:32.1
	Leo Frazier, Bob McKeiver, Dave Park, John Vance
2	Chicago (Phillips)
3	Joliet (Twp.)
4	LaGrange (Lyons)
5	Chicago (Schurz)

1-mile relay

Place	School (& Relay Members)	Mark

1	LaGrange (Lyons)	3:28.2
	Dick Caffey, Harold Caffey, Ben Johnson, John Pendexter
2	Winnetka (New Trier)
3	Peoria (Woodruff)
4	Highland Park
5	Oak Park (O.P.-River Forest)

high jump

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	Calvin Boyd	Oak Park (O.P.-River Forest)	6-1⁵⁄₈
2t	Jim Johnson	Urbana (H.S.)
2t	Tom Hibben	Winnetka (New Trier)
4	George Reithman	Wood River (East Alton-W.R.)
5t	Lyndell Smith	Carrollton
5t	Bernard Porter	Chicago (Englewood)
5t	Robert Mosby	Lincoln
5t	James Renwick	Ottawa (Twp.)

pole vault

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	Jack Agnew	Lincoln	12-6
2	Dale Miller	Chenoa
3t	Tover Moore	Carbondale (H.S.)
3t	Norman Altenhoff	Maywood (Proviso)
5	Gene Richardson	East St. Louis (Sr.)

long jump

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	Jerry Kryger	Mt. Vernon (H.S.)	22-5¹⁄₈
2	Roger Severson	Ottawa (Twp.)
3	Bob McKeiver	Evanston (Twp.)
4	William Buyaki	Zeigler
5	John Durgin	Oak Park (O.P.-River Forest)

shot put

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	Larry Staff	Vandalia	55-2¹⁄₂
2	Ed Chinault	Collinsville
3	Mel Thomas	East St. Louis (Sr.)
4	Charles Thomas	Evanston (Twp.)
5	Ron Rigoni	Danville (H.S.)

discus throw

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	Ken Meek	Spring Valley (Hall)	150-8¹⁄₂
2	Robert Anders	Moline (H.S.)
3	George Wilson	Polo
4	Rudy Siegert	Pana (H.S.)
5	Harmon Smith	Urbana (H.S.)

1952-53

100-yard dash

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	Ned Lenoir	Chicago (Phillips)	:10.0
2	Bob McKown	LaGrange (Lyons)
3	Philip Vallet	LaSalle (L.-Peru)
4	Houston Lowry	Edwardsville (H.S.)
5	Charles Bray	Joliet (Twp.)

220-yard dash

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	Philip Vallet	LaSalle (L.-Peru)	:22.0
2	Ned Lenoir	Chicago (Phillips)
3	Don Penticoff	Freeport (H.S.)
4	Houston Lowry	Edwardsville (H.S.)
5	Charles Bray	Joliet (Twp.)
1	Philip Vallet	LaSalle (L.-Peru)	:22.0
2	Ned Lenoir	Chicago (Phillips)
3	Don Penticoff	Freeport (H.S.)
4	Houston Lowry	Edwardsville (H.S.)
5	Charles Bray	Joliet (Twp.)

440-yard dash

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	Harold Caffey	LaGrange (Lyons)	:50.2
2	Richard Flodin	Oak Park (O.P.-River Forest)
3	Dave Wallace	Galesburg (H.S.)
4	Robert Perkins	Lincoln
5	David Haas	Oregon

880-yard run

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	Ed DeLong	Waukegan (H.S.)	2:00.3
2	Phillip White	Oak Park (O.P.-River Forest)
3	Howard Branch	Mounds
4	Bruce Dern	Winnetka (New Trier)
5	Guy Osborn	Winnetka (New Trier)

1-mile run

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	Bob Pitchers	Equality	4:32.1
2	Charles Hakes	Peoria (Woodruff)
3	Verlon Sheuring	Urbana (H.S.)
4	John Hitt	Evanston (Twp.)
5	Dick Cline	Glen Ellyn (Glenbard)

120-yard high hurdles

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	Ronald Leoni	Chicago Heights (Bloom Twp.)	:14.6
2	Booker Rice	Chicago (Phillips)
3	Warren Dunn	Evanston (Twp.)
4	Richard Caffey	LaGrange (Lyons)
5	Bob Christensen	Oak Park (O.P.-River Forest)

180-yard low hurdles

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	Richard Caffey	LaGrange (Lyons)	:19.7
2	Warren Dunn	Evanston (Twp.)
3	Booker Rice	Chicago (Phillips)
4	Ronald Leoni	Chicago Heights (Bloom Twp.)
5	Art Clark	Oak Park (O.P.-River Forest)

880-yard relay

Place	School (& Relay Members)	Mark

1	LaGrange (Lyons)	1:32.2
	Bill Caffey, James Fulford, Greg Jones, Bob McKown
2	Chicago (Phillips)
3	Chicago (Lane)
4	Evanston (Twp.)
5	Winnetka (New Trier)

1-mile relay

Place	School (& Relay Members)	Mark

1	LaGrange (Lyons)	3:26.8
	Harold Caffey, Richard Caffey, Jack Evans, John Pendexter
2	Lincoln
3	Oak Park (O.P.-River Forest)
4	Chicago (Phillips)
5	Highland Park

high jump

Place	Name	School	Mark

1t	Dick Williams	LaGrange (Lyons)	6-2³⁄₄
1t	Floyd "Bud" Smith	Mt. Carroll	6-2³⁄₄
3	Al Urbanckas	Springfield (Cathedral)
4	Bobby Joe Mason	Centralia
5t	Robert Jackson	Danville (H.S.)
5t	Fred Marberry	Peoria (Manual)

pole vault

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	Gordon Bell	Oak Park (O.P.-River Forest)	12-6
2t	Jerry Stanners	Galesburg (H.S.)
2t	John Brooks	Lawrenceville
4	Les Murphy	Robinson
5t	Tom Hill	Glen Ellyn (Glenbard)
5t	Bob McKown	LaGrange (Lyons)
5t	Lewis Flinn	Princeton
5t	Jack Sowers	West Frankfort (Frankfort)
5t	Duane Heuer	Wyanet

long jump

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	Lyle Skinner	Monmouth (H.S.)	21-3³⁄₄
2	Jerry Kryger	Mt. Vernon (H.S.)
3	Louis Goins	Paris
4	Robert Bradley	Franklin Park-Northlake (Leyden)
5	Don Stateler	Des Plaines (Maine)

shot put

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	Dick Winterbauer	Arlington Heights (Arlington)	54-0³⁄₄
2	Dave Radeford	Wheaton (H.S.)
3	Ronnie Bartoli	Highland Park
4	Rich Muessig	Elmhurst (York)
5	Carl Paletti	Winnetka (New Trier)

discus throw

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	Chick Jung	Winnetka (New Trier)	155-6⁵⁄₈
2	Dick Winterbauer	Arlington Heights (Arlington)
3	Paul Beeson	Palestine
4	Tom Peters	Glen Ellyn (Glenbard)
5	John Spiroplaus	Chicago (Austin)

1953-54

100-yard dash

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	James Franzen	Highland Park	:10.1
2	Vernon Estes	Waukegan (H.S.)
3	Don Spotts	Dixon (H.S.)
4	Larry LeCrone	Monticello
5	Charles Darrough	Sheldon

220-yard dash

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	James Franzen	Highland Park	:21.0
2	Harold Howell	Evanston (Twp.)
3	Larry LeCrone	Monticello
4	Lynn Small	Chicago (University)
5	Bill Potocnik	LaSalle (L.-Peru)
1	James Franzen	Highland Park	:21.0
2	Harold Howell	Evanston (Twp.)
3	Larry LeCrone	Monticello
4	Lynn Small	Chicago (University)
5	Bill Potocnik	LaSalle (L.-Peru)

440-yard dash

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	Harold Caffey	LaGrange (Lyons)	:49.0
2	Robert Perkins	East St. Louis (Lincoln)
3	Frank Hemphill	Chicago (Phillips)
4	Raleigh Floyd	Waukegan (H.S.)
5	John Pendexter	LaGrange (Lyons)

880-yard run

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	Ed DeLong	Waukegan (H.S.)	1:57.1
2	Galaen Koplan	Edinburg
3	Frank Holmes	Madison
4	Clint Byrd	Princeton
5	Art Aldridge	Oak Lawn (Community)

1-mile run

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	Jim Bowers	DeKalb	4:28.8
2	Larry Taylor	Harvey (Thornton)
3	Ned Sergent	Mooseheart
4	Jesse Watkins	Mounds (Douglass)
5	Mike Barry	LaGrange (Lyons)

120-yard high hurdles

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	Dave Northrup	Rockford (West)	:15.0
2	Bill Renshaw	Marshall
3	Everett Nienhouse	Oak Park (O.P.-River Forest)
4	Willie May	Blue Island
5	Harold Hussung	Sterling (H.S.)

180-yard low hurdles

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	George Schneider	Chicago (Austin)	:19.7
2	Everett Nienhouse	Oak Park (O.P.-River Forest)
3	Dick Jones	Centralia
4	Bill Renshaw	Marshall
5	Sherman Keller	Highland Park

880-yard relay

Place	School (& Relay Members)	Mark

1	Oak Park (O.P.-River Forest)	1:31.3
	George Angelocos, Robert Charles, Ronald Falbe, Henry Wolf
2	Winnetka (New Trier)
3	Chicago (Phillips)
4	Blue Island
5	Rockford (East)

1-mile relay

Place	School (& Relay Members)	Mark

1	LaGrange (Lyons)	3:24.0
	Harold Caffey, Jack Evans, H. McKinney, John Pendexter
2	Waukegan (H.S.)
3	Chicago (Phillips)
4	Evanston (Twp.)
5	Blue Island

high jump

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	Al Urbanckas	Springfield (Cathedral)	6-3¹⁄₄
2	Bob Mosby	East St. Louis (Lincoln)
3	Jim Shannon	East St. Louis (Lincoln)
4	Willie Dane	LaSalle (L.-Peru)
5t	Fred Boher	Princeton
5t	Nolden Gentry	Rockford (West)
5t	Sam Mylin	Sterling (H.S.)

pole vault

Place	Name	School	Mark

1t	Bobby Joe Mason	Centralia	12-4
1t	Les Murphy	Robinson	12-4
1t	Jack Sowers	West Frankfort (Frankfort)	12-4
4	Lewis Flinn	Princeton
5t	Ronald Bukowski	Chicago (Austin)
5t	Ronald Staseh	Chicago (Schurz)
5t	Darrell Adcock	Decatur (H.S.)
5t	Ron Carlson	St. Charles (H.S.)

long jump

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	Dick Abner	East Peoria	22-0³⁄₄
2	Anthony Velasco	Christopher
3	Bill Meyer	Canton
4	Louis Goins	Paris
5	Dan Smith	South Beloit

shot put

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	Dick Winterbauer	Arlington Heights (Arlington)	57-2³⁄₈
2	Tom Peters	Glen Ellyn (Glenbard)
3	Carl Paletti	Winnetka (New Trier)
4	Ted Caiazza	LaGrange (Lyons)
5	Larry Stewart	Galesburg (H.S.)

discus throw

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	Bob Pellant	Rockford (East)	162-1¹⁄₈
2	William Bonser	Heyworth
3	Dick Winterbauer	Arlington Heights (Arlington)
4	Ted Caiazza	LaGrange (Lyons)
5	Paul Beeson	Palestine

1954-55

100-yard dash

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	Vernon Estes	North Chicago	:10.3
2	Ward Miller	Glen Ellyn (Glenbard)
3	John Hoban	Winnetka (New Trier)
4	Del Coleman	Canton
5	John Lattimore	Chicago (Phillips)

220-yard dash

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	Vernon Estes	North Chicago	:21.7
2	John Lattimore	Chicago (Phillips)
3	Robert Rechord	Blue Island
4	Sam Pendola	East Peoria
5	Ward Miller	Glen Ellyn (Glenbard)
1	Vernon Estes	North Chicago	:21.7
2	John Lattimore	Chicago (Phillips)
3	Robert Rechord	Blue Island
4	Sam Pendola	East Peoria
5	Ward Miller	Glen Ellyn (Glenbard)

440-yard dash

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	Ron Etherton	Elmhurst (York)	:50.0
2	John Ravencroft	Skokie (Niles)
3	Raleigh Floyd	North Chicago
4	Robert Green	Chicago Heights (Bloom Twp.)
5	Forrest Finn	Princeton

880-yard run

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	Mike Smith	Freeport (H.S.)	1:58.7
2	Ted Beastal	Berwyn-Cicero (Morton)
3	Bruce Debes	Skokie (Niles)
4	Sylvester Robinson	Chicago (Tilden)
5	Donald Tjarksen	Peoria (H.S.)

1-mile run

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	Ron Long	Mooseheart	4:25.5
2	Bob Bagwell	Kankakee (Sr.)
3	Jim Bowers	DeKalb
4	Fred Sandoval	East Moline (United)
5	Ned Sergent	Mooseheart

120-yard high hurdles

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	Willie May	Blue Island	:14.5
2	Dick Fisk	Winnetka (New Trier)
3	Harold Hussung	Sterling (H.S.)
4	Dick Haas	Oregon
5	Larry Luckenbill	Atwood

180-yard low hurdles

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	Willie May	Blue Island	:19.5
2	Dick Fisk	Winnetka (New Trier)
3	Chuck Teuscher	Aurora (East)
4	Al Walker	Rockford (East)
5	Carroll Johnson	Chicago (Tilden)

880-yard relay

Place	School (& Relay Members)	Mark

1	Blue Island	1:29.8
	Paul Fuller, Ron Helberg, Willie May, Robert Rechord
2	Chicago (Phillips)
3	Winnetka (New Trier)
4	Rockford (East)
5	Chicago (Tilden)

1-mile relay

Place	School (& Relay Members)	Mark

1	Elmhurst (York)	3:24.2
	George Blumenshein, Tom Bright, Ron Etherton, Grant Miller
2	Springfield (H.S.)
3	LaGrange (Lyons)
4	Chicago Heights (Bloom Twp.)
5	Maywood (Proviso)

high jump

Place	Name	School	Mark

1t	William Palmer	Arlington Heights (Arlington)	6-2
1t	Wilbur Dickson	Danville (H.S.)	6-2
1t	Don Swanson	Moline (H.S.)	6-2
4t	Bob Bitchman	Berwyn-Cicero (Morton)
4t	Roy Miller	Carmi
4t	James Moore	Chicago (Tilden)
4t	James Jones	East St. Louis (Sr.)
4t	Mannie Jackson	Edwardsville (H.S.)
4t	Larry Ray	Libertyville
4t	Joe Lee	Pana (H.S.)
4t	Robert House	Raymond
4t	Tony Etnyre	Winnetka (New Trier)

pole vault

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	Lewis Flinn	Princeton	12-6
2	Don Campbell	Aurora (East)
3t	Bobby Joe Mason	Centralia
3t	Dave Rudolph	Highland Park
5t	Al Persiana	Chicago Heights (Bloom Twp.)
5t	John Cada	Elmhurst (York)

long jump

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	Dan Smith	South Beloit	22-4⁷⁄₈
2	Clyde Ingold	Fisher
3	Dick Abner	East Peoria
4	William Smith	Chicago (Tilden)
5	Ken Miller	DeKalb

shot put

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	Larry Stewart	Galesburg (H.S.)	57 1¹⁄₂
2	Jerry Miller	Morton
3	Donald Anderson	DeKalb
4	Marvin Jones	East St. Louis (Lincoln)
5	Vic Carlson	Chicago Heights (Bloom Twp.)

discus throw

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	Norman Ehlers	Mendota	161-1¹⁄₁₀
2	Ralph Marchio	Chicago Heights (Bloom Twp.)
3	Jerome Dupy	Wood River (East Alton-W.R.)
4	Jerome Cook	Champaign (H.S.)
5	James Bern	Galesburg (H.S.)

1955-56

100-yard dash

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	Leroy Jackson	Chicago Heights (Bloom Twp.)	:09.9
2	Stewart Baker	Chicago (Senn)
3	Sam Pendola	East Peoria
4	Robert Rechord	Blue Island
5	Lane Patterson	Glen Ellyn (Glenbard)

220-yard dash

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	John Lattimore	Chicago (Phillips)	:20.9
2	Robert Rechord	Blue Island
3	Lane Patterson	Glen Ellyn (Glenbard)
4	Hubert Fisher	Evanston (Twp.)
5	Joe Krakowski	Westville
1	John Lattimore	Chicago (Phillips)	:20.9
2	Robert Rechord	Blue Island
3	Lane Patterson	Glen Ellyn (Glenbard)
4	Hubert Fisher	Evanston (Twp.)
5	Joe Krakowski	Westville

440-yard dash

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	John Lattimore	Chicago (Phillips)	:48.8
2	Murray Moulding	Winnetka (New Trier)
3	Larry Harmon	Watseka
4	Charles LeCrone	Springfield (H.S.)
5	Fred Macklin	Chicago Heights (Bloom Twp.)

880-yard run

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	Mike Smith	Freeport (H.S.)	1:56.1
2	Ted Beastal	Berwyn-Cicero (Morton)
3	Dick Pond	Glen Ellyn (Glenbard)
4	Ron Campbell	Oak Park (O.P.-River Forest)
5	Gerald White	Centralia

1-mile run

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	Jim Bowers	DeKalb	4:20.7
2	David Hohl	Hinsdale (Twp.)
3	Brian White	Rockford (East)
4	Ken Brown	Elgin (H.S.)
5	Joe Schroeder	Granite City

120-yard high hurdles

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	Dick Haas	Oregon	:14.7
2	Louis Wolber	Rock Falls
3	Chuck Teuscher	Aurora (East)
4	Frank Carra	Chicago Heights (Bloom Twp.)
5	Bill Nichelson	Girard

180-yard low hurdles

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	Willie Martin	Chicago (Phillips)	:18.9
2	Chuck Teuscher	Aurora (East)
3	Frank Carra	Chicago Heights (Bloom Twp.)
4	Bill Daugherty	Ottawa (Marquette)
5	William Nunnally	Champaign (H.S.)

880-yard relay

Place	School (& Relay Members)	Mark

1	Blue Island	1:30.8
	Bill Klein, Clarence Leonard, Jim Parham, Bob Rechord
2	East St. Louis (Sr.)
3	Evanston (Twp.)
4	Aurora (East)
5	East Peoria

1-mile relay

Place	School (& Relay Members)	Mark

1	Chicago Heights (Bloom Twp.)	3:22.1
	Charles Collins, Bob Green, Fred Macklin, Nick Thomas
2	Winnetka (New Trier)
3	Chicago (Phillips)
4	Evanston (Twp.)
5	Peoria (Woodruff)

high jump

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	Wilbur Dickson	Danville (H.S.)	6-3¹⁄₄
2t	William Palmer	Arlington Heights (Arlington)
2t	Len Broz	Maywood (Proviso)
2t	Ron Swanson	Moline (H.S.)
2t	Robert Clark	Sterling (H.S.)
2t	Tony Etnyre	Winnetka (New Trier)

pole vault

Place	Name	School	Mark

1t	John Cada	Elmhurst (York)	12-1
1t	Larry Mackey	Urbana (H.S.)	12-1
3t	Jim Fourmount	Aurora (East)
3t	Dell Dunham	Chenoa
3t	Lee Ekstrom	Des Plaines (Maine)
3t	Tom Fann	Hurst (H.-Bush)
3t	Charles Kahl	Litchfield

long jump

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	Fred Macklin	Chicago Heights (Bloom Twp.)	21-5⁵⁄₈
2	Ken Miller	DeKalb
3	Sam Gervawe	LaGrange (Lyons)
4	Booker Edgerson	Rock Island (H.S.)
5	Leon Harris	Chicago (DuSable)

shot put

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	Bill Brown	Mendota	55-1³⁄₄
2	Bob Ornberg	Des Plaines (Maine)
3	Dennis Striegel	Arlington Heights (Arlington)
4	Marvin Jones	East St. Louis (Lincoln)
5	Bob Parnisari	LaSalle (L.-Peru)

discus throw

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	Joel Peterson	Rockford (East)	157-6⁷⁄₈
2	Mike Pyle	Winnetka (New Trier)
3	Lindell Lovellette	Eldorado
4	Bob Parnisari	LaSalle (L.-Peru)
5	Tony Bartalini	Chicago Heights (Bloom Twp.)

1956-57

100-yard dash

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	Leroy Jackson	Chicago Heights (Bloom Twp.)	:10.0
2	Lane Patterson	Glen Ellyn (Glenbard)
3	Joe Darnell	Danville (H.S.)
4	Robert Winford	Chicago (Dunbar)
5	Bob Schindel	Aurora (East)

220-yard dash

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	Lane Patterson	Glen Ellyn (Glenbard)	:21.9
2	Leroy Jackson	Chicago Heights (Bloom Twp.)
3	Edward Houston	Chicago (Hyde Park)
4	Joe Darnell	Danville (H.S.)
5	Zach Ford	Winnetka (New Trier)
1	Lane Patterson	Glen Ellyn (Glenbard)	:21.9
2	Leroy Jackson	Chicago Heights (Bloom Twp.)
3	Edward Houston	Chicago (Hyde Park)
4	Joe Darnell	Danville (H.S.)
5	Zach Ford	Winnetka (New Trier)

440-yard dash

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	Fred Macklin	Chicago Heights (Bloom Twp.)	:48.9
2	Murray Moulding	Winnetka (New Trier)
3	Jack Cole	Lawrenceville
4	Don Prather	Urbana (H.S.)
5	Robert Mors	Arlington Heights (Arlington)

880-yard run

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	John Llorca	Chicago Heights (Bloom Twp.)	1:59.4
2	Dick Miller	Urbana (H.S.)
3	Tom Dunlap	Edwardsville (H.S.)
4	Rudolph Morgan	Chicago (Phillips)
5	Edward West	Chicago Heights (Bloom Twp.)

1-mile run

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	Frank Ballinger	Mooseheart	4:27.2
2	Brian White	Rockford (East)
3	Leo Quirk	Champaign (H.S.)
4	Phil Sheperd	Glen Ellyn (Glenbard)
5	Charles Brown	Joliet (Twp.)

120-yard high hurdles

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	James Davis	Rockford (West)	:14.7
2	Bill Nichelson	Girard
3	Bob Thompson	Chicago Heights (Bloom Twp.)
4	Terry DeWitt	Galesburg (H.S.)
5	Armond LeCrone	Springfield (H.S.)

180-yard low hurdles

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	Robert Winford	Chicago (Dunbar)	:19.3
2	Dale Gleghorn	Sparta
3	James Davis	Rockford (West)
4	Bill Nichelson	Girard
5	Paul Moore	Peoria (Woodruff)

880-yard relay

Place	School (& Relay Members)	Mark

1	Chicago Heights (Bloom Twp.)	1:30.8
	Larry Clark, LeRoy Jackson, Starling Jenkins, Jim McDonald
2	Elmhurst (York)
3	Glen Ellyn (Glenbard)
4	Evanston (Twp.)
5	Chicago (Dunbar)

1-mile relay

Place	School (& Relay Members)	Mark

1	Chicago Heights (Bloom Twp.)	3:22.8
	John Llorca, Fred Macklin, Bob Thompson, Edward West
2	Chicago (Phillips)
3	Winnetka (New Trier)
4	Centralia
5	Oak Park (O.P.-River Forest)

high jump

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	William Palmer	Arlington Heights (Arlington)	6-5¹⁄₄
2	Tom Lewis	Rockford (East)
3t	Homer Thurman	Chicago Heights (Bloom Twp.)
3t	Jeff Gaines	Mattoon
3t	Roger Burton	Paxton
3t	Armond LeCrone	Springfield (H.S.)
3t	Tony Etnyre	Winnetka (New Trier)

pole vault

Place	Name	School	Mark

1t	Larry Oertley	Bartonville (Limestone)	12-2
1t	Dave Rudolph	Highland Park	12-2
1t	Bill Keel	Hinsdale (Twp.)	12-2
1t	Tom Fann	Hurst (H.-Bush)	12-2
5t	Ivan Jefferson	Herrin (H.S.)
5t	Larry Mackey	Urbana (H.S.)
5t	Charles Douglas	Winnetka (New Trier)

long jump

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	Fred Macklin	Chicago Heights (Bloom Twp.)	22-6³⁄₈
2	Edward Braswell	Chicago (Phillips)
3	Stanley Norman	Arlington Heights (Arlington)
4	L.V. Morrow	Chicago (Englewood)
5	Marshall Starks	Rockford (West)

shot put

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	Mike Pyle	Winnetka (New Trier)	58-3¹⁄₂
2	Bill Brown	Mendota
3	Edward Van Hooser	Taylorville
4	Ronald Hampson	Elmhurst (York)
5	John Fry	East Peoria

discus throw

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	Mike Pyle	Winnetka (New Trier)	159-3³⁄₈
2	Ronald Hampson	Elmhurst (York)
3	John Fry	East Peoria
4	Tom Jackson	Collinsville
5	Jay Brodrick	Aurora (Marmion Academy)

1957-58

100-yard dash

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	Leroy Jackson	Chicago Heights (Bloom Twp.)	:10.3
2	Zach Ford	Winnetka (New Trier)
3	Don Patten	Oak Park (O.P.-River Forest)
4	Sam Harris	East St. Louis (Lincoln)
5	Greg Manali	Rockford (West)

220-yard dash

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	Zach Ford	Winnetka (New Trier)	:22.4
2	Forrest Newton	Kankakee (Sr.)
3	Edward Houston	Chicago (Hyde Park)
4	Ron Schieber	Danvers
5	Harold Brownlee	Evanston (Twp.)
1	Zach Ford	Winnetka (New Trier)	:22.4
2	Forrest Newton	Kankakee (Sr.)
3	Edward Houston	Chicago (Hyde Park)
4	Ron Schieber	Danvers
5	Harold Brownlee	Evanston (Twp.)

440-yard dash

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	Robert Mors	Arlington Heights (Arlington)	:49.7
2	Jim Hammond	Macomb (Western)
3	Ron Schieber	Danvers
4	Leon Carter	Centralia
5	Gardner Marcy	Des Plaines (Maine)

880-yard run

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	Lynn Griffin	Chicago Heights (Bloom Twp.)	1:57.6
2	Ken Van Nattan	Morton
3	Rudolph Morgan	Chicago (Phillips)
4	William Gillingham	Peoria (Woodruff)
5	Harold Shaw	Urbana (H.S.)

1-mile run

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	Frank Ballinger	Mooseheart	4:23.4
2	Mark Mullin	Mt. Carroll
3	Jerry McFadden	Belleville (Twp.)
4	Terry Dearden	Collinsville
4	Steve Newcomer	Leaf River

120-yard high hurdles

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	James Ashmore	Evanston (Twp.)	:15.2
2	Keith Kinderman	Crystal Lake (H.S.)
3	Robert Lockwood	Arlington Heights (Arlington)
4	Terry DeWitt	Galesburg (H.S.)
5	Bob Havelka	Carrollton

180-yard low hurdles

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	James Ashmore	Evanston (Twp.)	:19.7
2	Robert Lockwood	Arlington Heights (Arlington)
3	Terry DeWitt	Galesburg (H.S.)
4	Mike Pietrowski	Berwyn-Cicero (Morton)
5	Don Patten	Oak Park (O.P.-River Forest)

880-yard relay

Place	School (& Relay Members)	Mark

1	Chicago Heights (Bloom Twp.)	1:30.0
	Roger Elliott, Bruce Frobes, Elzie Higginbottom, LeRoy Jackson
2	Winnetka (New Trier)
3	Oak Park (O.P.-River Forest)
4	LaGrange (Lyons)
5	East Peoria

1-mile relay

Place	School (& Relay Members)	Mark

1	Chicago Heights (Bloom Twp.)	3:24.4
	Lynn Griffin, Elzie Higginbottom, Homer Thurman, Edward West
2	Des Plaines (Maine)
3	Chicago (Phillips)
4	East St. Louis (Sr.)
5	LaGrange (Lyons)

high jump

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	Homer Thurman	Chicago Heights (Bloom Twp.)	6-3
2	Jeff Gaines	Mattoon
3	Bill Johns	Libertyville
4t	John Offutt	Bloomington (H.S.)
4t	Ernie Trepton	Hinsdale (Twp.)
4t	Don Barton	Pontiac
4t	Wes Sidney	Winnetka (New Trier)

pole vault

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	Bill Keel	Hinsdale (Twp.)	12-6
2t	Mike Hunter	Alton (Sr.)
2t	Isaac Jefferson	Chicago Heights (Bloom Twp.)
4t	Jim Benson	Batavia
4t	Chris Dennis	East Moline (United)

long jump

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	Bob Watts	Jacksonville (H.S.)	22-0³⁄₈
2	Booker Edgerson	Rock Island (H.S.)
3	Homer Thurman	Chicago Heights (Bloom Twp.)
4	Phil Wynn	Carlinville
5	Henry White	Chicago (Phillips)

shot put

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	Joe Connelly	Heyworth	57-3¹⁄₈
2	Bob Neuman	Des Plaines (Maine)
3	Ron Barbizzi	Chicago Heights (Bloom Twp.)
4	David Cox	Galesburg (H.S.)
5	Jack Weber	Arlington Heights (Arlington)

discus throw

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	Bob Shapenter	Aurora (Marmion Academy)	169-8
2	Charles Coleman	Champaign (H.S.)
3	Jim Pappas	Oak Park (O.P.-River Forest)
4	John Dostalek	LaGrange (Lyons)
5	Cloyd Webb	East St. Louis (Sr.)

1958-59

100-yard dash

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	Bob Doty	St. Elmo	:10.0
2	Roger Elliott	Chicago Heights (Bloom Twp.)
3	Stuart Fried	Winnetka (New Trier)
4	Forrest Newton	Kankakee (Sr.)
5	Jim Clovis	Chester

220-yard dash

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	Forrest Newton	Kankakee (Sr.)	:22.7
2	Bob Doty	St. Elmo
3	Rich Bader	Arlington Heights (Arlington)
4	Ron Meneley	Glen Ellyn (Glenbard)
5	Dwayne Barnes	Bethany
1	Forrest Newton	Kankakee (Sr.)	:22.7
2	Bob Doty	St. Elmo
3	Rich Bader	Arlington Heights (Arlington)
4	Ron Meneley	Glen Ellyn (Glenbard)
5	Dwayne Barnes	Bethany

440-yard dash

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	Elzie Higginbottom	Chicago Heights (Bloom Twp.)	:49.5
2	Dick Welty	Palatine (H.S.)
3	Barry Werner	Winnetka (New Trier)
4	Lovell Swanson	East St. Louis (Sr.)
5	John Ellington	Philo

880-yard run

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	Rudolph Morgan	Chicago (Phillips)	1:55.1
2	Bill Rawson	Lake Forest (H.S.)
3	Lynn Griffin	Chicago Heights (Bloom Twp.)
4	Jim Simmons	Chicago (Phillips)
5	Ken Peterson	Maywood (Proviso East)

1-mile run

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	Steve Newcomer	Leaf River	4:26.2
2	Marvin Silliman	Kankakee (Sr.)
3	Terry Dearden	Collinsville
4	Steve McBrain	Litchfield
5	Jim McElwee	Tolono (Unity)

120-yard high hurdles

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	Larry Howard	Maywood (Proviso East)	:14.9
2	Ken Gordon	Palatine (H.S.)
3	Ed Whitelaw	Arlington Heights (Arlington)
4	Dave Stormer	Downers Grove (H.S.)
5	Orville Ristow	Chicago (Austin)

180-yard low hurdles

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	Ken Gordon	Palatine (H.S.)	:19.9
2	Mike Pietrowski	Berwyn-Cicero (Morton)
3	Larry Howard	Maywood (Proviso East)
4	Barry Glashagel	LaGrange (Lyons)
5	Chris Stamatakos	Chicago (Austin)

880-yard relay

Place	School (& Relay Members)	Mark

1	Chicago Heights (Bloom Twp.)	1:31.9
	Zeke Corbin, Bob Cosenza, Roger Elliott, Homer Thurman
2	Berwyn-Cicero (Morton)
3	Blue Island
4	North Chicago
5	Mt. Vernon (H.S.)

1-mile relay

Place	School (& Relay Members)	Mark

1	Chicago (Phillips)	3:23.5
	John Ellington, Rudolph Morgan, Henry White, Cornelius Young
2	Chicago Heights (Bloom Twp.)
3	LaGrange (Lyons)
4	Berwyn-Cicero (Morton)
5	East St. Louis (Sr.)

high jump

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	Wes Sidney	Winnetka (New Trier)	6-3
2	Bill Johns	Libertyville
3t	Dean McKee	Carlinville
3t	Charles Warren	Centralia
3t	Jim Pouncey	Chicago Heights (Bloom Twp.)
3t	Bill Butts	Des Plaines (Maine)
3t	Allen Quinn	Henry
3t	Gene Colehurst	Herscher

pole vault

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	James Nelson	LaGrange (Lyons)	12-8
2t	Jerry Harshbarger	Champaign (H.S.)
2t	John Sutherland	Oak Park (O.P.-River Forest)
4t	Charles Wiley	Roxana
4t	Rich Grilschke	Winnetka (New Trier)

long jump

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	Phil Winteroth	Wauconda	22-10³⁄₄
2	Bob Watts	Jacksonville (H.S.)
3	Eugene Baker	LaGrange (Lyons)
4	Rick Fox	Taylor Ridge (Rockridge)
5	Homer Thurman	Chicago Heights (Bloom Twp.)

shot put

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	Ron Barbizzi	Chicago Heights (Bloom Twp.)	58-2
2	Frank Palandri	Highland Park
3	Ron Crawford	Pana (H.S.)
4	Pete Martin	Hinsdale (Twp.)
5	David Cox	Galesburg (H.S.)

discus throw

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	Cloyd Webb	East St. Louis (Sr.)	172-3
2	Harry Edwards	East St. Louis (Sr.)
3	Bob Neuman	Des Plaines (Maine)
4	David Cox	Galesburg (H.S.)
5	Chuck Boling	Chicago Heights (Bloom Twp.)

1959-60

100-yard dash

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	B.B. Gator	Alton (Sr.)	:10.4
2	Bill Smith	Sycamore (H.S.)
3	Dick Schluter	Moline (H.S.)
4	L.C. Pannell	Peoria (Manual)
5	Fred Falkner	Villa Park (Willowbrook)

220-yard dash

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	B.B. Gator	Alton (Sr.)	:23.4
2	Dick Schluter	Moline (H.S.)
3	Larry Albertson	Chicago (Taft)
4	Ron Meneley	Glen Ellyn (Glenbard West)
5	Fred Falkner	Villa Park (Willowbrook)
1	B.B. Gator	Alton (Sr.)	:23.4
2	Dick Schluter	Moline (H.S.)
3	Larry Albertson	Chicago (Taft)
4	Ron Meneley	Glen Ellyn (Glenbard West)
5	Fred Falkner	Villa Park (Willowbrook)

440-yard dash

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	Tom Thomas	Rock Island (H.S.)	:50.7
2	Mike Dundy	Arlington Heights (Arlington)
3	Ken Cooksey	Chicago (Phillips)
4	Bob Wheelwright	Roanoke (R.-Benson)
5	Elzie Higginbottom	Chicago Heights (Bloom Twp.)

880-yard run

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	Jim Simmons	Chicago (Phillips)	2:01.8
2	Chuck Phelan	Arlington Heights (Arlington)
3	Bill Rawson	Lake Forest (H.S.)
4t	Gilbert Williams	Chicago (Phillips)
4t	Rick Cunningham	Glen Ellyn (Glenbard West)

1-mile run

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	Allen Carius	Morton	4:38.2
2	Weymouth Kirkland	Winnetka (New Trier)
3	Joe Pruski	Chicago (Lane)
4	Jim Weinert	Highland Park
5	Rich Taylor	Wheaton (H.S.)

120-yard high hurdles

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	Wendell Grant	Johnston City	:15.1
2	Kent Buttars	Oak Park (O.P.-River Forest)
3	Larry Howard	Maywood (Proviso East)
4	John Taylor	East St. Louis (Sr.)
5	Robert Cosenza	Chicago Heights (Bloom Twp.)

180-yard low hurdles

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	Larry Howard	Maywood (Proviso East)	:20.4
2	Bill Smith	Sycamore (H.S.)
3	Lewis Barger	Springfield (Feitshans)
4	Ken Holliday	Oak Park (O.P.-River Forest)
5	Fred Cosby	North Chicago

880-yard relay

Place	School (& Relay Members)	Mark

1	Alton (Sr.)	1:32.7
	Ron Ayres, Marion Bock, B.B. Gater, Mike Yavorski
2	Moline (H.S.)
3	Mt. Vernon (H.S.)
4	LaGrange (Lyons)
5	Winnetka (New Trier)

1-mile relay

Place	School (& Relay Members)	Mark

1	Moline (H.S.)	3:30.4
	Ken Carlson, Jim Cunningham, Henry Ritchie, Lou Ritchie
2	Chicago Heights (Bloom Twp.)
3	Alton (Sr.)
4	Chicago (Phillips)
5	Arlington Heights (Arlington)

high jump

Place	Name	School	Mark

1t	Dave Schmidt	Atwood	6-2
1t	Orbenie Giles	East Moline (United)	6-2
1t	Charles Mohr	Park Ridge (Maine East)	6-2
4	Tony Penelton	Edwardsville (H.S.)
5t	Don Libby	Athens
5t	Bob Butler	Champaign (H.S.)
5t	Jim Pouncey	Chicago Heights (Bloom Twp.)
5t	Dan Bohn	Libertyville
5t	Floyd Lorenz	Mascoutah
5t	Dave Jackson	Moline (H.S.)
5t	Kent Buttars	Oak Park (O.P.-River Forest)

pole vault

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	Gary Wolff	Centralia	13-0¹⁄₂
2	Gary Imel	Sterling (H.S.)
3t	Rick Cisar	Berwyn-Cicero (Morton)
3t	Harold Palishen	Franklin Park (East Leyden)
3t	Ron Fulton	Kewanee (H.S.)

long jump

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	Tom Atkinson	LaGrange (Lyons)	22-10
2	Tom Hayden	Aurora (East)
3	Rick Fox	Taylor Ridge (Rockridge)
4	Mal Portee	Jacksonville (H.S.)
5	Ed Moore	Chicago Heights (Bloom Twp.)

shot put

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	Pete Martin	Hinsdale (Twp.)	58-5¹⁄₄
2	Bob Pickens	Evanston (Twp.)
3	Tom Musial	Elgin (H.S.)
4	Mike Hill	Libertyville
5	Charles Mercein	Winnetka (New Trier)

discus throw

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	John Anders	Moline (H.S.)	162-10
2	Bogie Redmon	Collinsville
3	William Smith	Palatine (H.S.)
4	Don Brooks	East St. Louis (Sr.)
5	Robert Hamilton	Chicago Heights (Bloom Twp.)