IHSA

Season Summaries

Boys Track and Field

Last updated on September 3, 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).


 1950-51
School Titles Pl W L T Coach Chicago (Phillips) | 1 | | Henry Springs LaGrange (Lyons) | 2 | | Chicago (Austin) | P 3 | | Oak Park (O.P.-River Forest) | D 4 | | Decatur (H.S.) | 5 | | Elmhurst (York) | 5 | | Maywood (Proviso) | 7 | | Evanston (Twp.) | D 8 | | Des Plaines (Maine) | 8 | | Galva | 8 | | Abingdon | D | | Chicago Heights (Bloom Twp.) | D | | Elmer Nelson East St. Louis (Sr.) | D | | Elgin (H.S.) | D | | LaSalle (L.-Peru) | D | | Lincoln | D | | Newton | D | | Peoria (Woodruff) | D | | Pinckneyville | D | | Rockford (East) | D | | Sterling (H.S.) | D | 8 1 | Chester Sherman Tuscola | D | | Urbana (H.S.) | D | |
 1951-52
School Titles Pl W L T Coach LaGrange (Lyons) | D 1 | | Russell Deason Oak Park (O.P.-River Forest) | 2 | | Chicago (Phillips) | 3 | | Winnetka (New Trier) | 4 | | Evanston (Twp.) | D 5 | | Chicago (Austin) | 6 | | Chicago Heights (Bloom Twp.) | 6 | | Ralph Steben Waukegan (H.S.) | 8 | | Danville (H.S.) | 9 | | Hinsdale (Twp.) | 9 | | East St. Louis (Sr.) | D | | Herrin (H.S.) | D | | Joliet (Twp.) | D | | LaSalle (L.-Peru) | D | | Mattoon | D | | Monmouth (H.S.) | D | | Newton | D | | Peoria (Woodruff) | D | | Rock Island (H.S.) | D | | Rockford (West) | D | | Springfield (H.S.) | D | | Urbana (H.S.) | D | | Wheaton (H.S.) | D | |
 1952-53
School Titles Pl W L T Coach LaGrange (Lyons) | D 1 | | Russell Deason Chicago (Phillips) | 2 | | Oak Park (O.P.-River Forest) | 3 | | Evanston (Twp.) | D 4 | | Winnetka (New Trier) | 5 | | Arlington Heights (Arlington) | 6 | | LaSalle (L.-Peru) | 7 | | Chicago Heights (Bloom Twp.) | D 8 | | Ralph Steben Galesburg (H.S.) | 9 | | East St. Louis (Lincoln) | 10 | | Centralia | D | | Charleston | D | | Glen Ellyn (Glenbard) | D | | Herrin (H.S.) | D | | Lawrenceville | D | | Monmouth (H.S.) | D | | Mounds (Douglass) | D | | Ottawa (Twp.) | D | | Peoria (Woodruff) | D | | Rock Island (H.S.) | D | | Rockford (West) | D | | Springfield (Lanphier) | D | | Cleo Dopp Urbana (H.S.) | D | |
 1953-54
School Titles Pl W L T Coach LaGrange (Lyons) | 1 | | Russell Deason Waukegan (H.S.) | 2 | | Oak Park (O.P.-River Forest) | D 3 | | East St. Louis (Lincoln) | D 4 | | Highland Park | 4 | | Chicago (Phillips) | P 6 | | Arlington Heights (Arlington) | 7 | | Winnetka (New Trier) | D 8 | | Centralia | 8 | | Chicago (Marshall) | 10 | | Evanston (Twp.) | 10 | | Rockford (East) | 10 | | Aurora (East) | D | | Blue Island | D | | East Peoria | D | | Lawrenceville | D | | Marshall | D | | Monmouth (H.S.) | D | | Princeton | D | | Rock Island (H.S.) | D | | Rockford (West) | D | | Springfield (H.S.) | D | | Urbana (H.S.) | D | | West Frankfort (Frankfort) | D | |
 1954-55
School Titles Pl W L T Coach Blue Island | 1 | | Ohlen Driver Winnetka (New Trier) | D 2 | | North Chicago | 3 | | Elmhurst (York) | 4 | | Chicago Heights (Bloom Twp.) | D 5 | | Ralph Steben Chicago (Phillips) | P 6 | | Aurora (East) | D 7 | | DeKalb | 7 | | Skokie (Niles) | 7 | | Chicago (Tilden) | 10 | | East St. Louis (Sr.) | D | | LaSalle (L.-Peru) | D | | Marshall | D | | Moline (H.S.) | D | | Monmouth (H.S.) | D | | Mt. Carmel | D | | Murphysboro | D | | Oak Park (O.P.-River Forest) | D | | Peoria (Woodruff) | D | | Rockford (East) | D | | Rockford (West) | D | | Springfield (H.S.) | D | | Urbana (H.S.) | D | |
 1955-56
School Titles Pl W L T Coach Chicago Heights (Bloom Twp.) | D 1 | 7 0 | Ralph Steben Chicago (Phillips) | P 2 | | Winnetka (New Trier) | 3 | | Blue Island | 4 | | Aurora (East) | D 5 | | DeKalb | 6 | | Rockford (East) | 7 | | Evanston (Twp.) | D 8 | | Glen Ellyn (Glenbard) | 8 | | Des Plaines (Maine) | 10 | | Beardstown | D | | Carmi | D | | Charleston | D | | Merv Baker Danville (H.S.) | D | | East Peoria | D | | East St. Louis (Sr.) | D | | Herrin (H.S.) | D | | LaSalle (L.-Peru) | D | | Moline (H.S.) | D | | Oak Park (O.P.-River Forest) | D | | Rockford (West) | D | | Springfield (H.S.) | D | | Urbana (H.S.) | D | |
 1956-57
School Titles Pl W L T Coach Chicago Heights (Bloom Twp.) | D 1 | 7 0 | Ralph Steben Winnetka (New Trier) | D 2 | | Glen Ellyn (Glenbard) | D 3 | | Elmhurst (York) | D 4 | | Chicago (Phillips) | 4 | | Rockford (West) | D 6 | | Arlington Heights (Arlington) | 6 | | Chicago (Dunbar) | P 8 | | Rockford (East) | 8 | | Girard | 10 | | Benton | D | | Champaign (H.S.) | D | | Collinsville | D | | East Peoria | D | | Fairfield | D | | Jacksonville (H.S.) | D | | Mattoon | D | | Moline (H.S.) | D | | Ottawa (Twp.) | D | | Springfield (H.S.) | D | |
 1957-58
School Titles Pl W L T Coach Chicago Heights (Bloom Twp.) | D 1 | | Ralph Steben Winnetka (New Trier) | D 2 | | Arlington Heights (Arlington) | 3 | | Evanston (Twp.) | 4 | | Oak Park (O.P.-River Forest) | 5 | | Des Plaines (Maine) | 6 | | Chicago (Phillips) | 7 | | Galesburg (H.S.) | 7 | | Hinsdale (Twp.) | 9 | | Jacksonville (H.S.) | D 10 | | LaGrange (Lyons) | D 10 | | Aurora (Marmion Academy) | 10 | | Danvers | 10 | | Heyworth | 10 | | Mooseheart | 10 | | Chicago (Dunbar) | P | | Aurora (East) | D | | Centralia | D | | Champaign (H.S.) | D | | East Peoria | D | | Mattoon | D | | Moline (H.S.) | D | | Murphysboro | D | | Newton | D | | Rockford (West) | D | | Springfield (H.S.) | D | | Streator (Twp.) | D | | West Frankfort (Frankfort) | D | |
 1958-59
School Titles Pl W L T Coach Chicago Heights (Bloom Twp.) | D 1 | | Ralph Steben Chicago (Phillips) | P 2 | | LaGrange (Lyons) | D 2 | | Palatine (H.S.) | 2 | | Richard Welty Winnetka (New Trier) | D 5 | | East St. Louis (Sr.) | D 6 | | Kankakee (Sr.) | 7 | | Berwyn-Cicero (Morton) | 8 | | Maywood (Proviso East) | 9 | | St. Elmo | 9 | | Glen Ellyn (Glenbard) | D | | Jacksonville (H.S.) | D | | Mattoon | D | | Metropolis | D | | Moline (H.S.) | D | | Peoria (Richwoods) | D | | Robinson | D | | Rockford (East) | D | | Springfield (Feitshans) | D | | Streator (Twp.) | D | | Urbana (H.S.) | D | |
 1959-60
School Titles Pl W L T Coach Moline (H.S.) | D 1 | | Gene Shipley Alton (Sr.) | D 2 | | Chicago (Phillips) | 3 | | Arlington Heights (Arlington) | 4 | | Chicago Heights (Bloom Twp.) | D 5 | 4 0 | Ralph Steben Maywood (Proviso East) | 6 | | Sycamore | 6 | | LaGrange (Lyons) | 8 | | Oak Park (O.P.-River Forest) | D 9 | | Winnetka (New Trier) | D 10 | | Chicago (Lane) | P | | Glen Ellyn (Glenbard West) | D | | Mattoon | D | | Mt. Vernon (H.S.) | D | | Olney (East Richland) | D | | Ottawa (Twp.) | D | | Peoria (Richwoods) | D | | Quincy (Sr.) | D | | Rockford (West) | D | | Springfield (H.S.) | D | | Urbana (H.S.) | D | |