IHSA

Season Summaries

Girls Track and Field

Last updated on November 16, 2009.

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).


 1972-73
School Titles Pl W L T Coach Springfield (Southeast) | 1 | | Sandy Spengler Park Ridge (Maine South) | D 2 | | Oak Lawn (Richards) | D 3 | | Arlington Heights (Forest Vie | 4 | | Libertyville | D 5 | | Mt. Prospect (Prospect) | 5 | | Park Ridge (Maine East) | 5 | | Moline (H.S.) | D 8 | | Arlington Heights (Hersey) | 8 | | Lombard (Montini) | 10 | | Oak Park (O.P.-River Forest) | 10 | | Richton Park (Rich South) | 10 | | Broadlands (ABL) | D | | Cahokia (H.S.) | D | | Camp Point (Central) | D | | Centralia | D | | Champaign (Centennial) | D | 3 0 | Bullwinkle Flanagan | D | | Naperville (H.S.) | D | | New Lenox (Lincoln-Way) | D | | Roberts (R.-Thawville) | D | | Rockford (East) | D | | Schaumburg (H.S.) | D | | Springfield (H.S.) | D | |
 1973-74
School Titles Pl W L T Coach Illiopolis | D 1 | | Shirley Alford Park Ridge (Maine South) | D 2 | | Springfield (Southeast) | 2 | | New Lenox (Lincoln-Way) | D 4 | | Chicago (Harrison) | 4 | | Mt. Prospect (Prospect) | 4 | | Chicago (Parker) | D 7 | | Oak Park (O.P.-River Forest) | D 7 | | Park Ridge (Maine East) | 7 | | Cahokia (H.S.) | D 10 | | Chicago (Hirsch) | 10 | | Mendon (Unity) | 10 | | Sycamore (H.S.) | 10 | | Carthage (Hancock Central) | D | | Centralia | D | | Chillicothe (Illinois Valley | D | | Elgin (Larkin) | D | | Libertyville | D | | Moline (H.S.) | D | | Oak Lawn (Richards) | D | | Roberts (R.-Thawville) | D | | Robinson | D | | Rockford (East) | D | | Sterling (H.S.) | D | | Urbana (H.S.) | D | | Brown/mayhew
 1974-75
School Titles Pl W L T Coach Oak Park (O.P.-River Forest) | D 1 | | Maureen Asan Chicago (Calumet) | P 2 | | Springfield (Southeast) | 2 | | Illiopolis | D 4 | | Lansing (Thornton Fractional | 5 | | Chicago (Dunbar) | 6 | | New Lenox (Lincoln-Way) | 6 | | Park Ridge (Maine East) | 6 | | Cahokia (H.S.) | D 9 | | Carthage (Hancock Central) | 10 | | Mt. Prospect (Prospect) | 10 | | Arlington Heights (Forest Vie | D | | Centralia | D | | Danville (H.S.) | D | | Evanston (Twp.) | D | | Hoffman Estates (Conant) | D | | Jacksonville (H.S.) | D | | Libertyville | D | | Mattoon | D | | Moline (H.S.) | D | | Orland Park (Sandburg) | D | | Peoria (Richwoods) | D | 6 1 | Cheryl Nelson Piper City (Ford Central) | D | | Rockford (Guilford) | D | | Yorkville | D | |
 1975-76
School Titles Pl W L T Coach Chicago (Calumet) | 1 | | Sandra Jenkins Illiopolis | 2 | | Carthage (Hancock Central) | 3 | | Evanston (Twp.) | D 4 | | East Moline (United) | 4 | | LaGrange (Lyons) | 6 | | Lansing (Thornton Fractional | 6 | | New Lenox (Lincoln-Way) | 8 | | Moline (H.S.) | D 9 | | Belleville (West) | D 10 | | Park Ridge (Maine East) | 10 | | Chicago (Parker) | P | | Arlington Heights (Hersey) | D | | Auburn | D | | Barrington | D | | Bradley (B.-Bourbonnais) | D | | Centralia | D | | Danville (H.S.) | D | | Effingham (H.S.) | D | | Freeport (H.S.) | D | | Galesburg (H.S.) | D | | Litchfield | D | | Monmouth (H.S.) | D | | Mt. Zion | D | | Normal (Community) | D | | Oak Lawn (Richards) | D | | Orland Park (Sandburg) | D | | Springfield (Lanphier) | D | | Sterling (H.S.) | D | | Streator (Twp.) | D | | Urbana (H.S.) | D | | Woodstock (H.S.) | D | | Dave Lichtenheld
 1976-77
School Titles Pl W L T Coach East Moline (United) | 1 | | Carlo Ferreri Evanston (Twp.) | D 2 | | Cahokia (H.S.) | 3 | | Hillside (Proviso West) | 4 | | Illiopolis | 5 | | Watseka | 5 | 4 2 | Barb Redeker Galesburg (H.S.) | 7 | | Piper City (Ford Central) | 7 | | Bartonville (Limestone) | 9 | | Chicago (Lindblom) | 10 | | Chicago (University) | 10 | | Arlington Heights (Hersey) | D | | Chicago Heights (Bloom Twp.) | D | 1 6 | Linda Conrad Lake Forest (H.S.) | D | | Oak Lawn (Richards) | D | |
 1977-78 Class A
School Titles Pl W L T Coach New Lenox (Providence Catholi | 1 | | Sr. Judith Legan St. Joseph (S.J.-Ogden) | D 2 | | Becky McGee Auburn | D 3 | | Shabbona | 3 | | Freeburg | D 5 | | Gary Henning Kankakee (McNamara) | D 5 | | Piasa (Southwestern) | D 7 | | Normal (University) | 7 | | Teutopolis | 7 | | Prophetstown | D 10 | | Don Robinson Edinburg | 10 | | Johnston City | 10 | | Mahomet (M.-Seymour) | 10 | | Avon | D | | Delavan | D | | Eldorado | D | | Elmhurst (Immaculate Concepti | D | | Jean Field Fairbury (F.-Cropsey) | D | | Monmouth (H.S.) | D | | Pana (H.S.) | D | | Carol Schramm Robinson | D | | Rockford (Lutheran) | D | | Streator (Woodland) | D | | Winnebago | D | |
 1977-78 Class AA
School Titles Pl W L T Coach East St. Louis (Lincoln) | D 1 | | Nino Fennoy Chicago (Dunbar) | P 2 | | East St. Louis (Sr.) | 3 | | Evanston (Twp.) | D 4 | | Greenville | 5 | | Vicki Santanello Rockford (Guilford) | 5 | | Washington | 7 | | Chicago (DuSable) | 8 | | Champaign (Central) | 9 | | Chicago (Clemente) | 9 | | Orland Park (Sandburg) | 9 | | Rolling Meadows | 9 | | Arlington Heights (Hersey) | D | | Centralia | D | | Danville (H.S.) | D | | Freeport (H.S.) | D | | Glen Ellyn (Glenbard West) | D | | Joliet (West) | D | | Moline (H.S.) | D | | North Chicago | D | | Oak Park (O.P.-River Forest) | D | | Olympia Fields (Rich Central) | D | | Peoria (Richwoods) | D | 7 1 | Joe Maier Springfield (Southeast) | D | |
 1978-79 Class A
School Titles Pl W L T Coach Mahomet (M.-Seymour) | 1 | | Robert Handlin Kankakee (McNamara) | 2 | | Chicago (University) | 3 | | Normal (University) | 4 | | New Lenox (Providence Catholi | 5 | | Aurora (Central Catholic) | 6 | | Deb Hammond Elmhurst (Immaculate Concepti | 7 | | Jean Field Greenville | 8 | | Vicki Santanello Watseka | 8 | 0 7 | Barb Redeker Edinburg | 10 | | Litchfield | D | |
 1978-79 Class AA
School Titles Pl W L T Coach East St. Louis (Lincoln) | 1 | | Nino Fennoy East St. Louis (Sr.) | 2 | | Joliet (West) | 3 | | Bensenville (Fenton) | 4 | | Chicago (Dunbar) | 5 | | Dolton (Thornridge) | 5 | | Rock Falls | 5 | | Chicago (Lindblom) | 8 | | Wheaton (North) | 9 | | Chicago (Calumet) | 10 | |
 1979-80 Class A
School Titles Pl W L T Coach Mahomet (M.-Seymour) | 1 | | Robert Handlin Chicago (University) | 2 | | New Lenox (Providence Catholi | 3 | | Watseka | 4 | 3 4 | Barb Redeker Buda (Western) | 5 | | Elmhurst (Immaculate Concepti | 6 | | Jean Field Greenville | 6 | | Vicki Santanello Peoria (Bergan) | 6 | | Monticello | 9 | | Freeburg | 10 | | Gary Henning Oakland | D | | Joann Watson
 1979-80 Class AA
School Titles Pl W L T Coach East St. Louis (Lincoln) | 1 | | Nino Fennoy Chicago (South Shore) | 2 | | East St. Louis (Sr.) | 3 | | Joliet (West) | 4 | | North Chicago | 5 | | Evanston (Twp.) | 6 | | Chicago Heights (Bloom Trail) | 7 | 4 1 | Joyce Feleky Downers Grove (North) | 8 | | Marilyn Muehlhauser Wheaton (North) | 8 | | Oak Lawn (Community) | 10 | | Linda Reynolds(Moeller)