IHSA

Season Summaries

Boys Track and Field

Last updated on September 24, 2008.

Season summaries include titles won, final place in state, final won-lost record, and head coach for all seasons submitted by the school or gathered from IHSA records. A few titles are missing (complete list of missing titles). Please submit changes or additions for your school by using this form.

Key to titles: Pl–place won, D–district, R–regional, S–sectional, U–super-sectional, Q–team qualifier for state finals, P–Public League champion (only when an automatic qualifier).


 1940-41
School Titles Pl W L T Coach Des Plaines (Maine) | 1 | | Sam Marzulo Quincy (Sr.) | D 2 | | LaGrange (Lyons) | 3 | | Evanston (Twp.) | D 4 | | Naperville (H.S.) | 5 | | Urbana (H.S.) | 6 | | East St. Louis (Sr.) | D 7 | | Elmhurst (York) | D 7 | | Maywood (Proviso) | 9 | | Wheaton (H.S.) | 10 | | Benld | D | | Cairo (Sumner) | D | | Charleston | D | | Carl Hance Chicago Heights (Bloom Twp.) | D | 5 0 | Elmer Nelson Decatur (H.S.) | D | | Kewanee (H.S.) | D | | LaSalle (L.-Peru) | D | | Lawrenceville | D | | Oak Park (O.P.-River Forest) | D | | Pekin | D | | Rockford (West) | D | | West Frankfort (Frankfort) | D | |
 1941-42
School Titles Pl W L T Coach Oak Park (O.P.-River Forest) | D 1 | | Don Harshbarger Urbana (H.S.) | D 2 | | Chicago (DuSable) | 3 | | Harrisburg | 4 | | Maywood (Proviso) | 5 | | Wheaton (H.S.) | 6 | | Moline (H.S.) | D 7 | | Rock Island (H.S.) | 8 | | Centralia | 9 | | Crystal Lake (H.S.) | 9 | 6 0 | Owen Metcalf Des Plaines (Maine) | 9 | | Mooseheart | 9 | | Winnetka (New Trier) | 9 | | Benld | D | | Chicago Heights (Bloom Twp.) | D | 6 1 | Elmer Nelson East St. Louis (Sr.) | D | | Elmhurst (York) | D | | Evanston (Twp.) | D | | LaSalle (L.-Peru) | D | | Lawrenceville | D | | Mounds (Douglass) | D | | Paris | D | | Pekin | D | | Peoria (H.S.) | D | | Quincy (Sr.) | D | | Rockford (East) | D | | West Frankfort (Frankfort) | D | |
 1942-43
School Titles Pl W L T Coach Chicago (Phillips) | 1 | | Lawrence Bingley East St. Louis (Sr.) | D 2 | | Evanston (Twp.) | D 3 | | Hinsdale (Twp.) | D 3 | | West Frankfort (Frankfort) | D 5 | | Rock Island (H.S.) | D 6 | | Oak Park (O.P.-River Forest) | D 7 | | Chicago (Schurz) | P 8 | | Elmhurst (York) | 9 | | Danville (H.S.) | 10 | | Harvey (Thornton) | 10 | | Benld | D | | Canton | D | | Centralia | D | | Charleston (Eastern) | D | | Chicago Heights (Bloom Twp.) | D | 5 0 | Elmer Nelson LaSalle (L.-Peru) | D | | Mounds (Douglass) | D | | Quincy (Sr.) | D | | Rockford (East) | D | | Urbana (H.S.) | D | |
 1943-44
School Titles Pl W L T Coach Winnetka (New Trier) | D 1 | | John Nay Des Plaines (Maine) | 2 | | Evanston (Twp.) | 3 | | Sterling (H.S.) | 4 | 1 0 | Bernard Mitchell Waukegan (H.S.) | 5 | | Oak Park (O.P.-River Forest) | D 6 | | Kewanee (H.S.) | 6 | | Champaign (H.S.) | D 8 | | Aurora (East) | 8 | | LaGrange (Lyons) | 10 | | Chicago (Schurz) | P | | Belleville (Twp.) | D | | Carbondale (Attucks) | D | | Centralia | D | | Chicago Heights (Bloom Twp.) | D | 7 1 | Elmer Nelson Gillespie | D | | Hinsdale (Twp.) | D | | Mattoon | D | | Monmouth (H.S.) | D | | Ottawa (Twp.) | D | | Peoria (H.S.) | D | | Rock Island (H.S.) | D | | Rockford (West) | D | | West Frankfort (Frankfort) | D | |
 1944-45
School Titles Pl W L T Coach Oak Park (O.P.-River Forest) | D 1 | | Don Harshbarger Winnetka (New Trier) | D 2 | | Blue Island | 3 | | Chicago (Hyde Park) | 4 | | Highland Park (Deerfield-Shie | 5 | | East St. Louis (Sr.) | 6 | | Sterling (H.S.) | 6 | | Chester Sherman Paris | D 8 | | LaGrange (Lyons) | 8 | | Rockford (West) | 8 | | Chicago (Schurz) | P | | Belleville (Twp.) | D | | Carbondale (Attucks) | D | | Champaign (H.S.) | D | | Geneseo (Darnall) | D | | Harvey (Thornton) | D | | Lincoln | D | | Monmouth (H.S.) | D | | Ottawa (Twp.) | D | | Robinson | D | | Rockford (East) | D | | Toulon | D | | West Frankfort (Frankfort) | D | | Wheaton (H.S.) | D | |
 1945-46
School Titles Pl W L T Coach Des Plaines (Maine) | 1 | | Sam Marzulo Springfield (H.S.) | D 2 | | Champaign (H.S.) | D 3 | | Evanston (Twp.) | D 4 | | Elmhurst (York) | 5 | | Chicago (Schurz) | P 6 | | Calumet City (Thornton Fracti | D 6 | | Aurora (West) | 8 | | LaGrange (Lyons) | 9 | | Oak Park (O.P.-River Forest) | D 10 | | Carmi | D | | Centralia | D | | Harrisburg | D | | Harvey (Thornton) | D | | Herrin (H.S.) | D | | LaSalle (L.-Peru) | D | | Mattoon | D | | Monmouth (H.S.) | D | | Peoria (H.S.) | D | | Rock Island (H.S.) | D | | Rockford (West) | D | | Wheaton (H.S.) | D | |
 1946-47
School Titles Pl W L T Coach Oak Park (O.P.-River Forest) | D 1 | | Robert C. Wright Springfield (H.S.) | D 2 | | Evanston (Twp.) | 3 | | Winnetka (New Trier) | D 4 | | Champaign (H.S.) | 5 | | Waukegan (H.S.) | 5 | | Canton | D 7 | | Franklin Park-Northlake (Leyd | 8 | | Chicago (Schurz) | P 9 | | Dixon (H.S.) | 10 | | Elmhurst (York) | 10 | | LaGrange (Lyons) | 10 | | Centralia | D | | Decatur (H.S.) | D | | Freeport (H.S.) | D | | Herrin (H.S.) | D | | Joliet (Twp.) | D | | LaSalle (L.-Peru) | D | | Lawrenceville | D | | Mattoon | D | | Naperville (H.S.) | D | | Peoria (H.S.) | D | | Rock Island (H.S.) | D | |
 1947-48
School Titles Pl W L T Coach LaGrange (Lyons) | 1 | | Russell Deason Sterling (H.S.) | 2 | 6 0 1 | Chester Sherman Chicago (Phillips) | 3 | | Hinsdale (Twp.) | D 4 | | Oak Park (O.P.-River Forest) | D 5 | | Belleville (Twp.) | 5 | | Glen Ellyn (Glenbard) | 5 | | Joliet (Twp.) | 5 | | Peoria (Manual) | 5 | | Winnetka (New Trier) | 5 | | Chicago (Schurz) | P | | Casey | D | | Centralia | D | | Christopher | D | | Decatur (H.S.) | D | | Evanston (Twp.) | D | | LaSalle (L.-Peru) | D | | Lawrenceville | D | | Monmouth (H.S.) | D | | Onarga (Military) | D | | Pana (H.S.) | D | | Peoria (H.S.) | D | | Rock Island (H.S.) | D | | Rockford (East) | D | |
 1948-49
School Titles Pl W L T Coach LaGrange (Lyons) | D 1 | | Russell Deason Oak Park (O.P.-River Forest) | 2 | | Hinsdale (Twp.) | D 3 | | Chicago (Phillips) | 4 | | Chicago (Hyde Park) | P 5 | | Collinsville | D 5 | | Benton | 7 | | Peoria (Manual) | 8 | | Evanston (Twp.) | 9 | | Belleville (Twp.) | 10 | | Buffalo (Tri-City) | 10 | | Chicago (DuSable) | 10 | | Tolono | 10 | | Bridgeport | D | | Calumet City (Thornton Fracti | D | | Chicago Heights (Bloom Twp.) | D | 5 1 | Elmer Nelson Decatur (H.S.) | D | | DeKalb | D | | East St. Louis (Sr.) | D | | Mattoon | D | | Monmouth (H.S.) | D | | Peoria (H.S.) | D | | Pontiac | D | | Springfield (H.S.) | D | | Sterling (H.S.) | D | 11 1 | Chester Sherman West Frankfort (Frankfort) | D | | Winnetka (New Trier) | D | |
 1949-50
School Titles Pl W L T Coach Chicago (Phillips) | 1 | | Henry Springs Evanston (Twp.) | D 2 | | Oak Park (O.P.-River Forest) | D 3 | | Centralia | D 4 | | LaGrange (Lyons) | 4 | | Benton | D 6 | | Hinsdale (Twp.) | 6 | | Chicago (University) | 8 | | Des Plaines (Maine) | 8 | | Chicago (Calumet) | 10 | | Urbana (H.S.) | 10 | | Chicago (Austin) | P | | Abingdon | D | | Aurora (East) | D | | Decatur (H.S.) | D | | Flora | D | | Georgetown | D | | Joliet (Twp.) | D | | Peoria (Woodruff) | D | | Rockford (East) | D | | Spring Valley (Hall) | D | | Springfield (H.S.) | D | | Sterling (H.S.) | D | 7 0 | Chester Sherman