Boys Track & Field Medalists

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1940-41

100-yard dash

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	John Zedrow	Naperville (H.S.)	:09.9
2	Harold Krull	Quincy (Sr.)
3	James Hight	East St. Louis (Sr.)
4	Wayne Otto	Rockford (West)
5	Alvin Keith	Evanston (Twp.)

220-yard dash

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	Harold Krull	Quincy (Sr.)	:21.6
2	John Zedrow	Naperville (H.S.)
3	James Hight	East St. Louis (Sr.)
4	Wayne Otto	Rockford (West)
5	Fred Hirsch	Oak Park (O.P.-River Forest)
1	Harold Krull	Quincy (Sr.)	:21.6
2	John Zedrow	Naperville (H.S.)
3	James Hight	East St. Louis (Sr.)
4	Wayne Otto	Rockford (West)
5	Fred Hirsch	Oak Park (O.P.-River Forest)

440-yard dash

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	Harvey Nack	Elmhurst (York)	:51.1
2	Larry Keener	Champaign (H.S.)
3	Cliff Williams	Girard
4	Newt Compere	Winnetka (New Trier)
5	George Farnsworth	Des Plaines (Maine)

880-yard run

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	Kenneth Seiz	Quincy (Sr.)	1:56.6
2	Warren Goodell	Urbana (University)
3	Dale Nichols	Assumption
4	Bill Beile	Des Plaines (Maine)
5	Leonard Kopta	Oak Park (O.P.-River Forest)

1-mile run

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	Paul Houston	Rushville	4:27.1
2	Bruce Brenneman	Urbana (H.S.)
3	Mel Clauson	Danville (H.S.)
4	George Soltau	Evanston (Twp.)
5	Gilbert Cwik	Chicago (Lane)

120-yard high hurdles

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	John Smith	Des Plaines (Maine)	:14.2
2	Mike Sullivan	Elgin (H.S.)
3	Sam Timpton	LaGrange (Lyons)
4	Hayse	Benton
5	Herbert Beckermeier	LaSalle (L.-Peru)

200-yard low hurdles

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	John Smith	Des Plaines (Maine)	:21.9
2	Joseph Grinnell	Highland Park
3	Sam Timpton	LaGrange (Lyons)
4	Jack Hitzel	LaGrange (Lyons)
5	Gerald E. Spear	Ashley

880-yard relay

Place	School (& Relay Members)	Mark

1	Quincy (Sr.)	1:31.
	Ted Curran, Lee Haney, Harold Krull, Kenneth Seiz
2	Evanston (Twp.)
3	Des Plaines (Maine)
4	Elmhurst (York)
5	Berwyn-Cicero (Morton)

high jump

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	Dwight "Dike" Eddleman	Centralia	5-11³⁄₄
2	John Cooley	Des Plaines (Maine)
3t	Albert Swanson	Geneseo
3t	Dean Hennessey	LaGrange (Lyons)
5t	Everett Chaney	Danville (H.S.)
5t	Frank Sturges	Elmhurst (York)
5t	Vernon Pruitt	Kewanee (H.S.)
5t	Burdette Steadman	Sterling (H.S.)
5t	Ray Fisher	Wheaton (H.S.)

pole vault

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	Frank Charnak	West Frankfort (Frankfort)	12-4³⁄₄
2	Bill Olliverson	Urbana (H.S.)
3t	Robert Phelps	East St. Louis (Sr.)
3t	George Ireland	Oak Park (O.P.-River Forest)
3t	Lloyde Staley	Paris
3t	Junior Spencer	Rock Falls
3t	Clifford Chamberlain	Rockton

long jump

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	Ray Fisher	Wheaton (H.S.)	22-5
2t	William Cocallas	Evanston (Twp.)
2t	Alvin Keith	Evanston (Twp.)
4	John Oliver	Springfield (Feitshans)
5	Kenneth Case	Rock Island (H.S.)

shot put

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	Gordon Bischman	LaGrange (Lyons)	52-0³⁄₄
2	Glenn Johnson	Maywood (Proviso)
3	Mike Balen	Benld
4	Frank Bauman	Harvey (Thornton)
5	Floyd Herzog	Maywood (Proviso)

discus throw

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	Louis Schilling	Pinckneyville	149-3
2	Paul Behan	Crystal Lake (H.S.)
3	Robert Dansby	Decatur (H.S.)
4	Frank Herold	Maywood (Proviso)
5	Richard Jelinek	Oak Park (O.P.-River Forest)

1941-42

100-yard dash

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	George Geyer	Oak Park (O.P.-River Forest)	:10.1
2	Harold Anderson	Chicago (DuSable)
3	Leslie Roby	Moline (H.S.)
4	Ranis Thomas	Chicago (Phillips)
5	Richard Shook	Evanston (Twp.)

220-yard dash

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	George Geyer	Oak Park (O.P.-River Forest)	:22.0
2	Leslie Roby	Moline (H.S.)
3	Thomas Robinson	Cairo
4	Ed Lyon	Oak Park (O.P.-River Forest)
5	William Kimball	Hinsdale (Twp.)
1	George Geyer	Oak Park (O.P.-River Forest)	:22.0
2	Leslie Roby	Moline (H.S.)
3	Thomas Robinson	Cairo
4	Ed Lyon	Oak Park (O.P.-River Forest)
5	William Kimball	Hinsdale (Twp.)

440-yard dash

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	Carl Ockert	Mooseheart	:49.6
2	Herbert Williams	Chicago (DuSable)
3	Al Grochowalski	Chicago (Tilden)
4	Charles Campana	Chicago (Crane)
5	Chancy Finfrock	Urbana (H.S.)

880-yard run

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	Bill Beile	Des Plaines (Maine)	1:58.3
2	Julian Lauchner	Urbana (H.S.)
3	John Lundin	Winnetka (New Trier)
4	Eugene Benton	Rockford (East)
5	Archie Hamilton	Chester

1-mile run

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	Bruce Brenneman	Urbana (H.S.)	4:28.8
2	Howard Smith	Geneva
3	Ralph Corse	Hurst (H.-Bush)
4	Richard Wood	Winnetka (New Trier)
5	Max Norman	Paris

120-yard high hurdles

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	Rodgers Burton	Maywood (Proviso)	:14.8
2	Charles Huntsinger	Harrisburg
3	Joseph Hipple	Catlin
4	Roy Hudspeth	Decatur (H.S.)
5	R. Hoyt	Roseville

200-yard low hurdles

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	Parker Preble	Oak Park (O.P.-River Forest)	:22.9
2	John Moake	West Frankfort (Frankfort)
3	Bill Olliverson	Urbana (H.S.)
4	Roy Ragsdale	Carbondale (H.S.)
5	Glen Piland	Crossville

880-yard relay

Place	School (& Relay Members)	Mark

1	Oak Park (O.P.-River Forest)	1:31.7
	John Coon, George Geyer, Ed Lyon, Robert Nussbaumer
2	Chicago (DuSable)
3	Benld
4	Champaign (H.S.)
5	Evanston (Twp.)

high jump

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	Dwight "Dike" Eddleman	Centralia	6-4
2	David Nichols	Oak Park (O.P.-River Forest)
3	Marion Price	Chicago (DuSable)
4t	Ralph Johnston	Elmhurst (York)
4t	Henry Pangarel	Lincoln
4t	Thomas Gallagher	Maywood (Proviso)
4t	Robert Downing	Rock Island (H.S.)
4t	A. Aden	Rockford (East)
4t	J. Churchill	Rushville

pole vault

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	Bill Olliverson	Urbana (H.S.)	11-8
2	Robert Peterson	Knoxville
3t	Stephen Funk	Evanston (Twp.)
3t	William Young	Freeport (H.S.)
5t	Howard Flohr	Oak Park (O.P.-River Forest)
5t	Roy Westgate	Oak Park (O.P.-River Forest)
5t	Ralph Halberstadt	Urbana (H.S.)

long jump

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	James Holland	Rock Island (H.S.)	23-7¹⁄₂
2	Frank Brown	LaGrange (Lyons)
3	Harold Anderson	Chicago (DuSable)
4	Gene Turner	Herrin (H.S.)
5t	Charles Schartzer	Bloomington (H.S.)
5t	John Oliver	Springfield (Feitshans)

shot put

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	William Franks	Harrisburg	48-5³⁄₄
2	Philip Durant	Wheaton (H.S.)
3	Floyd Herzog	Maywood (Proviso)
4	Harry Helm	Carlyle
5	John Lukachik	Benld

discus throw

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	Paul Behan	Crystal Lake (H.S.)	154-6³⁄₄
2	Philip Durant	Wheaton (H.S.)
3	Morris Quiller	Pleasant Hill
4	Harry Helm	Carlyle
5	George Chianakas	Eureka

1942-43

100-yard dash

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	Claude "Buddy" Young	Chicago (Phillips)	:10.2
2	Ranis Thomas	Chicago (Phillips)
3	Harry Cox	Danville (H.S.)
4	Robert Whitelaw	Evanston (Twp.)
5	Lyle Knott	Charleston (Eastern)

220-yard dash

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	Robert Whitelaw	Evanston (Twp.)	:22.7
2	Ranis Thomas	Chicago (Phillips)
3	Harry Cox	Danville (H.S.)
4	William Kimball	Hinsdale (Twp.)
5	Ray Turner	Marion (Crab Orchard)
1	Robert Whitelaw	Evanston (Twp.)	:22.7
2	Ranis Thomas	Chicago (Phillips)
3	Harry Cox	Danville (H.S.)
4	William Kimball	Hinsdale (Twp.)
5	Ray Turner	Marion (Crab Orchard)

440-yard dash

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	Herbert Williams	Chicago (DuSable)	:51.9
2	Robert McCaa	Harvey (Thornton)
3	Karl Brown	Glen Ellyn (Glenbard)
4	Chancy Finfrock	Urbana (H.S.)
5	Donald Murphy	Winnetka (New Trier)

880-yard run

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	Ralph Dowling	Chicago (Schurz)	2:07.2
2	Kenneth Simpson	West Frankfort (Frankfort)
3	Walter Klink	Chicago (Schurz)
4	Ronald Bark	Harvey (Thornton)
5	Wellesley Goodwin	Kewanee (Wethersfield)

1-mile run

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	Ralph Corse	Hurst (H.-Bush)	4:34.7
2	Dick Green	Kewanee (H.S.)
3	Max Norman	Paris
4	Harold Baymiller	Quincy (Sr.)
5	H. Johnston	Skokie (Niles)

120-yard high hurdles

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	Robert Hinkle	East St. Louis (Sr.)	:15.1
2	John Moake	West Frankfort (Frankfort)
3	William Kimball	Hinsdale (Twp.)
4	Glenn Wehrman	Des Plaines (Maine)
5	Lee Alberts	East St. Louis (Sr.)

200-yard low hurdles

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	Claude "Buddy" Young	Chicago (Phillips)	:22.6
2	John Moake	West Frankfort (Frankfort)
3	Ralph Wiederhold	Des Plaines (Maine)
4	Lawrin Lawson	Manito
5	Lee Alberts	East St. Louis (Sr.)

880-yard relay

Place	School (& Relay Members)	Mark

1	Oak Park (O.P.-River Forest)	1:33.4
	John Coon, Ray Drury, Richard Harbin, John Vroman
2	Evanston (Twp.)
3	Elgin (H.S.)
4	Hinsdale (Twp.)
5	Chicago (Schurz)

high jump

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	Harold Hartley	Ashley	6-3
2t	Louis Irons	Chicago Heights (Bloom Twp.)
2t	James Flynn	Hinsdale (Twp.)
2t	John Revelle	Hinsdale (Twp.)
2t	L. Johnson	Riverton
2t	Robert Downing	Rock Island (H.S.)

pole vault

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	Roy Westgate	Oak Park (O.P.-River Forest)	12-8
2t	Norman Sackett	East St. Louis (Sr.)
2t	Beryl White	East St. Louis (Sr.)
2t	Ralph Halberstadt	Urbana (H.S.)
5t	Bob Richards	Champaign (H.S.)
5t	Kendall Freeman	Sterling (H.S.)

long jump

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	James Holland	Rock Island (H.S.)	24-2
2	Basil Cocallas	Evanston (Twp.)
3	Frank Brown	LaGrange (Lyons)
4	Jim Ludford	Winnetka (New Trier)
5	Ed Tunnicliff	Kewanee (H.S.)

shot put

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	Martin Haufe	Elmhurst (York)	54-4¹⁄₂
2	James Holland	Rock Island (H.S.)
3	Dee Alberts	East St. Louis (Sr.)
4	Frank Chamberlain	Robinson
5	Warren Ely	Winnetka (New Trier)

discus throw

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	George Chianakas	Eureka	152-6¹⁄₄
2	John Van Eynde	Hinsdale (Twp.)
3	Martin Haufe	Elmhurst (York)
4	Paul Patterson	Aurora (East)
5	Donald Galey	Casey

1943-44

100-yard dash

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	Tom Boswell	Evanston (Twp.)	:10.1
2	Bob Corbett	Waukegan (H.S.)
3	Ken Mullins	Winnetka (New Trier)
4	Jim Fuchs	Chicago (Hyde Park)
5	Jack Pierce	Pontiac

220-yard dash

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	Tom Boswell	Evanston (Twp.)	:21.8
2	Bob Corbett	Waukegan (H.S.)
3	Tom Zaborac	Canton
4	Jim Ludford	Winnetka (New Trier)
5	Ken Mullins	Winnetka (New Trier)
1	Tom Boswell	Evanston (Twp.)	:21.8
2	Bob Corbett	Waukegan (H.S.)
3	Tom Zaborac	Canton
4	Jim Ludford	Winnetka (New Trier)
5	Ken Mullins	Winnetka (New Trier)

440-yard dash

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	Bill Leonhardt	Des Plaines (Maine)	:50.2
2	George O'Brien	Des Plaines (Maine)
3	Perry Powell	Aurora (East)
4	Tom Cara	Chicago (Schurz)
5	John Merkel	Quincy (Sr.)

880-yard run

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	Bill Augustine	Aurora (East)	1:59.4
2	John Martin	Champaign (H.S.)
3	Ted Bedell	Elmhurst (York)
4	Jim Evans	Virden
5	Bill Winning	Herrin (H.S.)

1-mile run

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	Dick Green	Kewanee (H.S.)	4:33.9
2	Bill Mack	Summit (Argo)
3	Henry Gilbert	LaGrange (Lyons)
4	Earl Boyden	Wellington
5	Charles Schweiss	Rock Island (H.S.)

120-yard high hurdles

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	John Spink	Winnetka (New Trier)	:14.7
2	Glenn Wehrman	Des Plaines (Maine)
3	Dick Warfield	Winnetka (New Trier)
4	Allen Burghardt	Greenfield
5	Russell Merkel	Quincy (Sr.)

200-yard low hurdles

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	John Spink	Winnetka (New Trier)	:22.6
2	Dick Warfield	Winnetka (New Trier)
3	Chester Holsinger	Oak Park (O.P.-River Forest)
4	Glenn Wehrman	Des Plaines (Maine)
5	George Walker	Blue Island

880-yard relay

Place	School (& Relay Members)	Mark

1	Des Plaines (Maine)	1:32
	Bob Jenkins, Bill Leonhardt, George O'Brien, Glenn Wehrmann
2	Highland Park
3t	Glen Ellyn (Glenbard)
3t	Waukegan (H.S.)
5	Rock Island (H.S.)

high jump

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	Jim McCurdy	Pinckneyville	6-3
2t	Jack Heintzman	Peoria (H.S.)
2t	Henry Aihara	Winnetka (New Trier)
4t	Louis Irons	Chicago Heights (Bloom Twp.)
4t	Max Chasteen	Lostant

pole vault

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	Kendall Freeman	Sterling (H.S.)	12-4
2t	Ed Ulvestad	Oak Park (O.P.-River Forest)
2t	Charles Willing	Oak Park (O.P.-River Forest)
4	Norman Sackett	East St. Louis (Sr.)
5	Floyd Hunsberger	Sterling (H.S.)

long jump

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	Ed Tunnicliff	Kewanee (H.S.)	23-7¹⁄₂
2	Henry Aihara	Winnetka (New Trier)
3	Jim Ludford	Winnetka (New Trier)
4	Frank Chappell	Gillespie
5	Dick Brown	LaGrange (Lyons)

shot put

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	Warren Ely	Winnetka (New Trier)	51-8¹⁄₂
2	Dick Jones	Evanston (Twp.)
3	Eugene Minneart	Geneseo
4	Charles Mathieu	Eldorado
5	Joe Restivo	Herrin (H.S.)

discus throw

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	Kenneth Duhm	Sterling (H.S.)	138-4¹⁄₂
2	Fred Green	Champaign (H.S.)
3	Warren Ely	Winnetka (New Trier)
4	George Sundheim	LaGrange (Lyons)
5	Chester Mackiewicz	Rockford (East)

1944-45

100-yard dash

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	Jim Fuchs	Chicago (Hyde Park)	:10.4
2	Charles Peters	Blue Island
3	Leroy Young	Highland Park
4	Joseph Budde	Belleville (Twp.)
5	Dick Feistel	Chicago (Lane)

220-yard dash

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	Charles Peters	Blue Island	:22.7
2	Robert Manning	LaGrange (Lyons)
3	Littrell Clark	Winnetka (New Trier)
4	David Steele	Robinson
5	James Bean	Geneseo
1	Charles Peters	Blue Island	:22.7
2	Robert Manning	LaGrange (Lyons)
3	Littrell Clark	Winnetka (New Trier)
4	David Steele	Robinson
5	James Bean	Geneseo

440-yard dash

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	Joseph Ivy	Cairo (Sumner)	:52.3
2	Paul Neff	Charleston (Eastern)
3	Richard Stephens	Rushville
4	Paul Unruh	Toulon
5	Richard Kearney	Winnetka (New Trier)

880-yard run

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	Tom Callinan	Wheaton (H.S.)	1:59.5
2	Joe Angner	Oak Park (O.P.-River Forest)
3	George Twigg	Paris
4	Richard Kalish	Berwyn-Cicero (Morton)
5	Wellesley Goodwin	Kewanee (Wethersfield)

1-mile run

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	Bill Mack	Summit (Argo)	4:31.8
2	Herb Barten	Chicago (Schurz)
3	Allen Bouslog	Paris
4	Clyde Greenfield	East St. Louis (Sr.)
5	Howard Cassens	Lanark

120-yard high hurdles

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	Dick Warfield	Winnetka (New Trier)	:15.0
2	Don Brandeau	Oak Park (O.P.-River Forest)
3	Dick Sterba	Hinsdale (Twp.)
4	Don Hoover	Oak Park (O.P.-River Forest)
5	Jasper Gulotta	Rockford (West)

200-yard low hurdles

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	Dick Warfield	Winnetka (New Trier)	:23.0
2	Chester Holsinger	Oak Park (O.P.-River Forest)
3	James Smith	Winnetka (New Trier)
4	Don Bender	Belvidere (H.S.)
5	Carl Wichmann	Chicago (Lane)

880-yard relay

Place	School (& Relay Members)	Mark

1	Oak Park (O.P.-River Forest)	1:32.6
	Bob Eilert, Jim Fitzpatrick, Chester Holsinger, Bill Little
2	Winnetka (New Trier)
3	Highland Park
4	LaGrange (Lyons)
5	Geneseo

high jump

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	Frank Strand	Blue Island	6-0
2	Leonard Mochel	Downers Grove (H.S.)
3t	Charles Marston	Rockford (West)
3t	Dale Wilt	Rockford (West)
5t	Bob Neal	Bloomington (H.S.)
5t	Kenneth McBride	Centralia
5t	Herb Nowicki	Chicago (Schurz)

pole vault

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	Ed Ulvestad	Oak Park (O.P.-River Forest)	12-4
2t	Kendall Freeman	Sterling (H.S.)
2t	Kenneth Gould	Sterling (H.S.)
4t	Jack Dunley	Aurora (West)
4t	George Mothes	Glen Ellyn (Glenbard)
4t	Robert Grinnell	Libertyville
4t	Pierre Peloquin	Oak Park (O.P.-River Forest)

long jump

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	Robert Menary	Evanston (Twp.)	22-1
2	Richard Oglebay	Rock Island (H.S.)
3	Norman Smith	Lincoln
4	Paul Stevens	Chicago (Lane)
5	Donald Haley	Peoria (Manual)

shot put

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	Warren Ely	Winnetka (New Trier)	54-6
2	Jim Byler	Chicago (Hyde Park)
3	Robert Wahl	Oak Park (O.P.-River Forest)
4	Martin Detmer	Highland Park
5	Dick Nealon	East St. Louis (Sr.)

discus throw

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	Robert Williams	Galesburg (H.S.)	147-8¹⁄₂
2	Dick Nealon	East St. Louis (Sr.)
3	Jerry Ogden	Geneva
4	Jim Fuchs	Chicago (Hyde Park)
5	Warren Ely	Winnetka (New Trier)

1945-46

100-yard dash

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	Bob O'Brien	Des Plaines (Maine)	:10.1
2	Tom Stokes	Calumet City (Thornton Fractional)
3	Bill Neulieb	Geneseo
4	Don Bligh	Jerseyville (Jersey)
5	Ernie Weigel	Des Plaines (Maine)

220-yard dash

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	Bob O'Brien	Des Plaines (Maine)	:22.7
2	Tom Stokes	Calumet City (Thornton Fractional)
3	John Kochanowski	LaSalle (L.-Peru)
4	Littrell Clark	Winnetka (New Trier)
5	Bill Smallwood	Monmouth (H.S.)
1	Bob O'Brien	Des Plaines (Maine)	:22.7
2	Tom Stokes	Calumet City (Thornton Fractional)
3	John Kochanowski	LaSalle (L.-Peru)
4	Littrell Clark	Winnetka (New Trier)
5	Bill Smallwood	Monmouth (H.S.)

440-yard dash

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	John Karras	Summit (Argo)	:50.3
2	Bill Bouma	Chicago Heights (Bloom Twp.)
3	Paul Unruh	Toulon
4	Jack Lohnes	Riverside (R.-Brookfield)
5	John Miller	Chicago (Schurz)

880-yard run

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	George Twigg	Paris	1:59.8
2	Paul James	Watseka
3	Clifford Young	Peoria (H.S.)
4	Tom Callinan	Wheaton (H.S.)
5	Sonny Drake	DuQuoin (H.S.)

1-mile run

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	Ben Almageur	Monmouth (H.S.)	4:29
2	Bob Slater	Martinsville
3	Warren Druetzler	LaGrange (Lyons)
4	Phil Thomas	Hinsdale (Twp.)
5	Bob Downs	Urbana (H.S.)

120-yard high hurdles

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	Don Hoover	Oak Park (O.P.-River Forest)	:15
2	Jefferson Newton	Harvard
3	George Watson	Evanston (Twp.)
4	Roy Grieve	London Mills
5	John Hofer	Aledo

200-yard low hurdles

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	Oliver White	Springfield (H.S.)	:22.7
2	Roy Grieve	London Mills
3	Ron Ziemek	Chicago (Schurz)
4	Bruce Esmond	Springfield (H.S.)
5	Arnold Havens	Peoria (Manual)

880-yard relay

Place	School (& Relay Members)	Mark

1	Des Plaines (Maine)	1:33
	Lloyd Hood, Bob O'Brien, Jim Saunders, Ernie Weigel
2	Maywood (Proviso)
3	Champaign (H.S.)
4	LaGrange (Lyons)
5	Skokie (Niles)

high jump

Place	Name	School	Mark

1t	Kenneth McBride	Centralia	5-11³⁄₄
1t	Harold Newsome	Chicago (Schurz)	5-11³⁄₄
1t	Don Calhoun	Evanston (Twp.)	5-11³⁄₄
4t	Leonard Mochel	Downers Grove (H.S.)
4t	Lee Kontour	LaGrange (Lyons)
4t	Leonard Tucker	Mounds (Douglass)

pole vault

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	Don Laz	Aurora (West)	12-3
2	James McClanaghan	Naperville (H.S.)
3t	Ernest Rush	Aledo
3t	Bob Neighbors	Belleville (Twp.)
3t	Neil King	Evanston (Twp.)
3t	Pierre Peloquin	Oak Park (O.P.-River Forest)
3t	Dick Gibbs	Springfield (H.S.)

long jump

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	Robert Clark	Champaign (H.S.)	22-1³⁄₄
2	Cliff Kurrus	Springfield (H.S.)
3	Bert Wagner	Champaign (H.S.)
4	Don Laz	Aurora (West)
5	Melvin Pfeifer	Maywood (Proviso)

shot put

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	John Mueller	Elmhurst (York)	55-0
2	Martin Detmer	Highland Park
3	Ralph Johnson	Berwyn-Cicero (Morton)
4	Jesse Vail	Evanston (Twp.)
5	Dick Nealon	East St. Louis (Sr.)

discus throw

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	Harold Legel	Crystal Lake (H.S.)	143-2³⁄₄
2	John Mueller	Elmhurst (York)
3	Don Brinks	Wheaton (H.S.)
4	Dan Laymon	St. Joseph
5	Bob Warren	Benton

1946-47

100-yard dash

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	William Konrad	Oak Park (O.P.-River Forest)	:10.0
2	Robert Berning	Springfield (H.S.)
3	Robert Clark	Champaign (H.S.)
4	Byron Clark	Franklin Park-Northlake (Leyden)
5	Ernie Weigel	Des Plaines (Maine)

220-yard dash

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	William Konrad	Oak Park (O.P.-River Forest)	:21.1
2	Byron Clark	Franklin Park-Northlake (Leyden)
3	Robert Berning	Springfield (H.S.)
4	Ernie Weigel	Des Plaines (Maine)
5	Robert Archer	Chicago (Schurz)
1	William Konrad	Oak Park (O.P.-River Forest)	:21.1
2	Byron Clark	Franklin Park-Northlake (Leyden)
3	Robert Berning	Springfield (H.S.)
4	Ernie Weigel	Des Plaines (Maine)
5	Robert Archer	Chicago (Schurz)

440-yard dash

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	Henry Tiedemann	Elmhurst (York)	:50.2
2	Richard Upton	Mattoon
3	Truman Roberts	Waukegan (H.S.)
4	William Wolfersheim	Hinsdale (Twp.)
5	Robert Farr	Skokie (Niles)

880-yard run

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	Carroll Schumaker	Dixon (H.S.)	1:59.1
2	George Jacobi	Winnetka (New Trier)
3	Roscoe Orten	White Hall
4	Herman Waarich	Chicago (Schurz)
5	Charles Knighten	Chicago (Phillips)

1-mile run

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	Warren Druetzler	LaGrange (Lyons)	4:23.1
2	Joseph McLafferty	Carbondale (University)
3	Herbert Semper	Maywood (Proviso)
4	Gerald Sander	Roanoke
5	J. Riggs	Orion

120-yard high hurdles

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	George Watson	Evanston (Twp.)	:14.7
2	Robert Kickert	Calumet City (Thornton Fractional)
3	Richard Lefebvre	Canton
4	Tilden Meyers	Geneva
5	Robert Weerts	LaSalle (L.-Peru)

200-yard low hurdles

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	Richard Lefebvre	Canton	:21.9
2	Marc Bowman	Oak Park (O.P.-River Forest)
3	Dewey Dubois	Peoria (H.S.)
4	John Robertson	Winnetka (New Trier)
5	James Swanson	Winnetka (New Trier)

880-yard relay

Place	School (& Relay Members)	Mark

1	Oak Park (O.P.-River Forest)	1:30.1
	Mack Bowman, William Konrad, Gene Ogle, Tony Vestuto
2	Winnetka (New Trier)
3	Springfield (H.S.)
4	Skokie (Niles)
5	Joliet (Twp.)

high jump

Place	Name	School	Mark

1t	Harold Newsome	Chicago (Schurz)	6-1
1t	Dick Patterson	Rushville	6-1
1t	Al Brownfield	Waukegan (H.S.)	6-1
1t	Roscoe Harrell	Waukegan (H.S.)	6-1
5	Richard Haycock	Des Plaines (Maine)

pole vault

Place	Name	School	Mark

1t	Neil King	Evanston (Twp.)	12-3
1t	Wilbur Hawke	Mendota	12-3
3	James McClanaghan	Naperville (H.S.)
4	Charles Ahrens	St. Anne
5	Robert Calish	Chicago (University)

long jump

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	Robert Clark	Champaign (H.S.)	23-1
2	Cliff Kurrus	Springfield (H.S.)
3	Don Laz	Aurora (West)
4	Bernard Bryant	Champaign (H.S.)
5	John Seuhr	Ottawa (Twp.)

shot put

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	Joe Peterson	Oak Park (O.P.-River Forest)	49-9¹⁄₈
2	William McKain	Centralia
3	Andrew Rodez	Evanston (Twp.)
4	Virgil Lencioni	Geneva
5	Ray Moake	West Frankfort (Frankfort)

discus throw

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	Joe Peterson	Oak Park (O.P.-River Forest)	152-0
2	John McDonald	Oak Park (O.P.-River Forest)
3	John Bauer	Benton
4	Dick Rutherford	Belleville (Twp.)
5	Cecil Barnes	Franklin Park-Northlake (Leyden)

1947-48

100-yard dash

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	Leonard Sykes	Chicago (Phillips)	:10.4
2	DuWayne Dietz	Sterling (H.S.)
3	Jim Caffey	LaGrange (Lyons)
4	Byron Clark	Franklin Park-Northlake (Leyden)
5	Donald Judy	Peoria (H.S.)

220-yard dash

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	Leonard Sykes	Chicago (Phillips)	:21.9
2	Byron Clark	Franklin Park-Northlake (Leyden)
3	Jim Caffey	LaGrange (Lyons)
4	Thomas Hilliard	Winnetka (New Trier)
5	Donald Judy	Peoria (H.S.)
1	Leonard Sykes	Chicago (Phillips)	:21.9
2	Byron Clark	Franklin Park-Northlake (Leyden)
3	Jim Caffey	LaGrange (Lyons)
4	Thomas Hilliard	Winnetka (New Trier)
5	Donald Judy	Peoria (H.S.)

440-yard dash

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	Wayne Nast	Belleville (Twp.)	:51.3
2	Henry Cryer	Chicago (DuSable)
3	William Konrad	Oak Park (O.P.-River Forest)
4	Roger Swank	Joliet (Twp.)
5	Charles Baldon	Joliet (Twp.)

880-yard run

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	Stacey Siders	Buffalo (Tri-City)	2:00.9
2	Jack Hagan	Riverside (R.-Brookfield)
3	Dudley Hallworth	Wheaton (H.S.)
4	Charles Conley	Alton (Sr.)
5	Herbie Neathery	Hoopeston

1-mile run

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	Lawton Lamb	Onarga (Military)	4:35.3
2	William Stuckey	Decatur (H.S.)
3	James Moffitt	Springfield (Lanphier)
4	Kenneth Pearson	Georgetown
5	William Mulcahy	Chicago (Harrison)

120-yard high hurdles

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	Jerry Kats	Peoria (Woodruff)	:15.3
2	Jim Philbee	Peoria (Manual)
3	Winston Shaw	Glen Ellyn (Glenbard)
4	Dave Bernard	Decatur (H.S.)
5	John Woods	Hinsdale (Twp.)

200-yard low hurdles

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	DuWayne Dietz	Sterling (H.S.)	:23.2
2	John Woods	Hinsdale (Twp.)
3	Jim Philbee	Peoria (Manual)
4	Don Dubois	Peoria (H.S.)
5	Richard Fulton	Evanston (Twp.)

880-yard relay

Place	School (& Relay Members)	Mark

1	Winnetka (New Trier)	1:33.6
	Dick Calkins, Charles Dold, Thomas Hilliard, Ned Hoban
2	Joliet (Twp.)
3t	Hinsdale (Twp.)
3t	LaGrange (Lyons)
5	Peoria (H.S.)

high jump

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	Robert Babecki	Chicago (Lane)	6-2³⁄₈
2t	Richard Linyard	Maywood (Proviso)
2t	Roscoe Harrell	Waukegan (H.S.)
4t	E. Seidelman	Calumet City (Thornton Fractional)
4t	Wayne Vieth	LaGrange (Lyons)

pole vault

Place	Name	School	Mark

1t	Jerry Pickell	Naperville (H.S.)	12-9
1t	Dick Thielen	Sterling (H.S.)	12-9
3t	John Hartman	Kewanee (H.S.)
3t	Loring Keach	Kewanee (H.S.)
3t	Dave White	Oak Park (O.P.-River Forest)

long jump

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	Horace Coleman	Chicago (Medill)	22-6¹⁄₂
2	Archie Woods	Mt. Vernon (H.S.)
3	Charles McClinton	Chicago (Hyde Park)
4	Dwight George	Danville (H.S.)
5	Malcolm Bryant	Centralia

shot put

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	Andrew Rodez	Evanston (Twp.)	52-3
2	Kenneth Weeks	Spring Valley (Hall)
3	John Bauer	Benton
4	Bob Perrin	Oak Park (O.P.-River Forest)
5	Jack Erickson	St. Charles (H.S.)

discus throw

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	Bob Dlouhy	LaGrange (Lyons)	152-6¹⁄₂
2	Ken Peters	Glen Ellyn (Glenbard)
3	John Bauer	Benton
4	Dick Rutherford	Belleville (Twp.)
5	Joe Turyna	Elmhurst (York)

1948-49

100-yard dash

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	Bob Ulrich	Hinsdale (Twp.)	:10.1
2	Leonard Sykes	Chicago (Phillips)
3	Charles Novak	Oak Park (O.P.-River Forest)
4	Jim Caffey	LaGrange (Lyons)
5	Elmert Tolbert	Chicago (Phillips)

220-yard dash

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	Bob Ulrich	Hinsdale (Twp.)	:22.5
2	Leonard Sykes	Chicago (Phillips)
3	Jim Caffey	LaGrange (Lyons)
4	Charles Novak	Oak Park (O.P.-River Forest)
5	Dick Calkins	Winnetka (New Trier)
1	Bob Ulrich	Hinsdale (Twp.)	:22.5
2	Leonard Sykes	Chicago (Phillips)
3	Jim Caffey	LaGrange (Lyons)
4	Charles Novak	Oak Park (O.P.-River Forest)
5	Dick Calkins	Winnetka (New Trier)

440-yard dash

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	Wayne Nast	Belleville (Twp.)	:50.6
2	Steve Little	LaGrange (Lyons)
3	Richard Goins	Chicago (Hyde Park)
4	Dan Elam	Urbana (H.S.)
5	Duane Boos	Freeport (H.S.)

880-yard run

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	Henry Cryer	Chicago (DuSable)	1:57.2
2	Art Ashcroft	Collinsville
3	Gene Maynard	LaHarpe
4	Glen Curtis	Paris
5	Bill Hills	Rockford (East)

1-mile run

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	Stacey Siders	Buffalo (Tri-City)	4:28.5
2	Jack Hagan	Riverside (R.-Brookfield)
3	Dick Ware	Tuscola
4	R. Ruff	Calumet City (Thornton Fractional)
5	Bob Scott	Wheaton (H.S.)

120-yard high hurdles

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	Wayne Vieth	LaGrange (Lyons)	:14.8
2	Joel McNulty	Peoria (Woodruff)
3	Jim Philbee	Peoria (Manual)
4	John Ames	Oak Park (O.P.-River Forest)
5	Harold Spencer	Chicago (Austin)

200-yard low hurdles

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	Robert Magee	Oak Park (O.P.-River Forest)	:22.8
2	Peter Malz	Maywood (Proviso)
3	Stephen Behr	Highland Park
4	Jim Philbee	Peoria (Manual)
5	Bob McClelland	Hinsdale (Twp.)

880-yard relay

Place	School (& Relay Members)	Mark

1	LaGrange (Lyons)	1:29.6
	Jim Caffey, Steve Little, George Swanson, Bob Van Horn
2	Oak Park (O.P.-River Forest)
3	Hinsdale (Twp.)
4	Peoria (Manual)
5	Chicago (Phillips)

high jump

Place	Name	School	Mark

1t	Bob Nickolaus	Centralia	5-11³⁄₄
1t	Wayne Vieth	LaGrange (Lyons)	5-11³⁄₄
3t	Ted Ellis	Danville (H.S.)
3t	Ed Rockensock	Elgin (H.S.)
3t	William McEllhinney	LaGrange (Lyons)
3t	Jim Albrecht	Naperville (H.S.)
3t	Dick Patterson	Rushville

pole vault

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	John "Rocky" Ryan	Tolono	12-3
2t	Robert Crawford	Kewanee (Wethersfield)
2t	Ray Kenaga	Sterling (H.S.)
4t	Gale Staples	Carrollton
4t	Bob Ehrhardt	Naperville (H.S.)
4t	Rhomas Mitchell	Pontiac

long jump

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	Bob Henard	Evanston (Twp.)	22-2¹⁄₂
2	Charles McClinton	Chicago (Hyde Park)
3	George Porter	Niantic
4	Vince Shephard	Kewanee (H.S.)
5	William McEllhinney	LaGrange (Lyons)

shot put

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	Bob Wood	Collinsville	54-9⁵⁄₈
2	John Bauer	Benton
3	Jack Cole	Des Plaines (Maine)
4	Terry Ellis	Chicago (Hyde Park)
5	George Hammond	LaGrange (Lyons)

discus throw

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	Charles Hoag	Oak Park (O.P.-River Forest)	158-11¹⁄₂
2	John Bauer	Benton
3	Earl Edwards	East St. Louis (Sr.)
4	Tom Nichol	Monmouth (H.S.)
5	Douglas Fuchs	Evanston (Twp.)

1949-50

100-yard dash

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	James Golliday	Chicago (Phillips)	:09.6
2	Bob Ulrich	Hinsdale (Twp.)
3	Jim Caffey	LaGrange (Lyons)
4	Glen Hesseltine	Chicago (University)
5	Charles Novak	Oak Park (O.P.-River Forest)

220-yard dash

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	Bob Ulrich	Hinsdale (Twp.)	:21.1
2	James Golliday	Chicago (Phillips)
3	Jim Caffey	LaGrange (Lyons)
4	Gordon Busse	Arlington Heights (Arlington)
5	Earl Sidmore	Aurora (West)
1	Bob Ulrich	Hinsdale (Twp.)	:21.1
2	James Golliday	Chicago (Phillips)
3	Jim Caffey	LaGrange (Lyons)
4	Gordon Busse	Arlington Heights (Arlington)
5	Earl Sidmore	Aurora (West)

440-yard dash

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	Carl Warner	Glen Ellyn (Glenbard)	:50.1
2	Dan Elam	Urbana (H.S.)
3	Dooley Gilchrist	Harrisburg
4	Dave Walton	Joliet (Twp.)
5	Richard Peterson	Chicago (Calumet)

880-yard run

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	Gene Maynard	LaHarpe	1:58.9
2	Bill Hills	Rockford (East)
3	Bill McHugh	Evanston (Twp.)
4	Jim Dudley	Naperville (H.S.)
5	Richard Berghs	Des Plaines (Maine)

1-mile run

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	Steve Murphy	Chicago (Calumet)	4:27.5
2	Robert Stuker	Oak Park (O.P.-River Forest)
3	Don McLaughlin	Chicago Heights (Bloom Twp.)
4	Harry Grubbs	Pearl
5	Art Gimble	Lincoln

120-yard high hurdles

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	Willie Stevens	Chicago (Phillips)	:14.4
2	Willie Grant	Evanston (Twp.)
3	Gene Carlyle	Mattoon
4	Marshall Jones	Centralia
5	Joe Corley	St. Elmo

200-yard low hurdles

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	Glen Hesseltine	Chicago (University)	:22.1
2	Joe Corley	St. Elmo
3	Charles Novak	Oak Park (O.P.-River Forest)
4	Jim Parkinson	Centralia
5	Cliff Garriott	Sterling (H.S.)

880-yard relay

Place	School (& Relay Members)	Mark

1	Chicago (Phillips)	1:29.2
	Willie Burks, James Golliday, Dillard Harris, Albert Pritchett
2	LaGrange (Lyons)
3	Oak Park (O.P.-River Forest)
4	Des Plaines (Maine)
5	Winnetka (New Trier)

high jump

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	Don Hillmer	Geneseo	5-11¹⁄₂
2t	Bob Nickolaus	Centralia
2t	Walter Kozlov	Chicago (Steinmetz)
4t	Jim Albrecht	Naperville (H.S.)
4t	Richard Culbertson	Riverside (R.-Brookfield)

pole vault

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	Jim Wright	Lawrenceville	13-0¹⁄₈
2	Joe Springer	Princeton
3	Jim Parkinson	Centralia
4t	Dale Foster	Champaign (H.S.)
4t	Paul Erickson	East Moline (United)
4t	Louis Newston	Fithian (Oakwood)
4t	Dean McKown	LaGrange (Lyons)
4t	Bob Ehrhardt	Naperville (H.S.)
4t	Don Shebat	Oak Park (O.P.-River Forest)

long jump

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	John Hunter	Evanston (Twp.)	21-10⁷⁄₈
2	James Galloway	Sterling (H.S.)
3	Gordon Busse	Arlington Heights (Arlington)
4	Jim Johnson	Urbana (H.S.)
5	Vance Ditella	Oak Park (O.P.-River Forest)

shot put

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	John Bauer	Benton	56-5¹⁄₂
2	Jack Cole	Des Plaines (Maine)
3	Ben Clark	Chenoa
4	Jim Baughman	Pontiac
5	Howard Keene	Galesburg (H.S.)

discus throw

Place	Name	School	Mark

1	Douglas Fuchs	Evanston (Twp.)	157-0¹⁄₂
2	John Bauer	Benton
3	Art Piper	Franklin Park-Northlake (Leyden)
4	Robert Lenzini	Waukegan (H.S.)
5	Paul Luhrsen	Elmhurst (York)