Glenbard West finishes on top

 

 

 

By Michael Newman

 

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For the first time since the beginning of the rankings in 2013 when Minooka won the top prize, a school outside of the St. Louis Metro area took the top spot.

 

Glenbard West did not have a relay squad that won a state championship. They did have the depth to win the 2018 title with 166 points. Three of their four relays earned all-state honors in the IHSA Boys State Meet on May 26. Their 3200 Meter Relay finished fourth, their 400 Meter Relay finished fifth, and their 800 Meter Relay finished sixth. Those relays helped them finish in a tie for ninth overall in the team standings at state. The Hilltoppers finished ninth in the rankings in 2017.

 

Their 166-point total is the second lowest in the six years that the rankings have been contested. It did show how balanced the year was as the second-place team, Hoffman Estates, finished second with 131.5 points. That point total would have placed seventh in 2017.

 

Homewood-Flossmoor (131 points), Belleville West (130 points), and Neuqua Valley (128 points) rounded out the top five teams.

 

There were three 2A teams that finished in the top 20 led by Mascoutah and their sixth-place finish. Burlington Central and East St. Louis-Senior were the other 2A teams that finished in the top 20.

 

The West-Suburban Conference Silver Division remained the top conference with teams in the top 20 with four schools. The Southwest Conference, The Big 12 Conference, and the Southwest Prairie Conference were next with two schools each.

 

The ILXCTF.com (formally the DyeStat Illinois) Relay Rankings are based off the DyeStat TFX Leaderboards on Athletic.net (as of June 1, 2018) for the four relays that are contested at the IHSA State Track & Field Meet. In the All Class, 3A, 2A, and 1A categories, the top 50 quartets are ranked with 50 points given to the fastest school down to 1 point for the 50^th fastest.

 

2018 Boys Overall

 

 

1	Glen Ellyn Glenbard West		166
2	Hoffman Estates		131.5
3	Homewood-Flossmoor		131
4	Belleville West		130
5	Naperville Neuqua Valley		128
6	Chicago Heights Bloom Township		127
7	Mascoutah		123
8	Barrington		120
9	Batavia		115
10	Plainfield North		113
11	Minooka		109
12	Hillside Proviso West		101
13	Huntley		100.5
14	Elmhurst York		97.5
15	Carpentersville Dundee-Crown		95.5
16	Burlington Central		89
17	Rock Island		88
18	Bloomington		86.5
19	Oak Park-River Forest		86
	East St. Louis-Senior		86
	Danville		86

 

 

 

Previous Winners

 

 

2018	Glen Ellyn Glenbard West		166 points
2017	East St. Louis--Senior		185 points
2016	East St. Louis--Senior		185.5 points
2015	Cahokia		174 points
2014	Cahokia		154 points
2013	Minooka		187 points

 

 

 

2018 3A Boys

 

There were some significant changes in this classification when the 2A and 1A schools were removed. Glenbard West remained on top in 3A with 170 points. Homewood-Flossmoor jumped from third to second in the rankings with 147 points. 2018 3A State Champion Neuqua Valley jumped from fifth in the overall rankings to third in Class 3A with 141 points.

 

Barrington finished fourth with 140 points. Belleville West and Batavia tied for fifth with 135 points.

 

3A Standings

1	Glen Ellyn Glenbard West		170
2	Homewood-Flossmoor		147
3	Naperville Neuqua Valley		141
4	Barrington		140
5	Batavia		135
	Belleville West		135
7	Hoffman Estates		134.5
8	Chicago Heights Bloom Township		134
9	Minooka		132
	Plainfield North		132
11	Huntley		126
12	Elmhurst York		114.5
13	Hillside Proviso West		113.5
14	Carpentersville Dundee-Crown		107.5
15	Bloomington		104.5
16	Lockport Township		104
	Oak Park-River Forest		104
18	Alton		95
19	Orland Park Sandburg		91
20	Edwardsville		89.5

 

 

Previous Winners

 

 

2018	Glen Ellyn Glenbard West		170 points
2017	East St. Louis--Senior		176 points
2016	East St. Louis--Senior		185.5 points
2015	Edwardsville		171.5 points
2014	Belleville West		152 points
2013	Minooka		190 points

 

 

2018 2A Boys

 

Cahokia had ruled the 2A rankings for the first five years. It was Mascoutah that took the top spot in 2018. The Indians, who finished second overall in the 2017 rankings, scored 185 points to take home the top spot.

 

All of Mascoutah’s relays finished in the top ten, with their 400, 800 and 3200 Meter Relays all among the top four in 2A.

 

East St. Louis Senior’s season ended after the incident at their conference meet where they could not compete in the state series. The Flyers still had the performances to finish second overall in Class 2A with 171 points. East St. Louis-Senior won the overall and Class 3A titles in the rankings in 2017.

 

Dixon (161.5 points), Burlington Central (157 points), and Eureka (131 points) were the other teams in the top five. Cahokia’s team was young in 2018 but still had the point total to make the top 20 finishing 11^th in this classification.

 

2A Standings

1	Mascoutah		185
2	East St. Louis-Senior		171
3	Dixon		161.5
4	Burlington Central		157
5	Eureka		131
6	Chicago Morgan Park		120.5
7	Peoria Richwoods		119
8	Normal University		117
9	Metamora		109
10	Rantoul		108.5
11	Cahokia		108
12	Urbana		106
13	Herscher		104.5
14	Dolton Thornridge		102
15	Chicago Heights Marian Catholic		99
16	Olympia Fields Rich Central		98
17	Burbank St. Laurence		97.5
	Decatur MacArthur		97.5
	Chicago St. Rita		97.5
20	Peoria Manual		96

 

 

Previous Winners

 

2018	Mascoutah		185 points
2017	Cahokia		188 points
2016	Cahokia		199 points
2015	Cahokia		200 points
2014	Cahokia		198 points
2013	Cahokia		197 points

 

 

2018 1A Boys

Rockford Christian set a record in Class 1A scoring 192 points to win this classification. The Royal Lions finished second behind Mercer County in 2017. All their relay quartets were among the top five in the 1A leaderboards with their 400 and 800 Relays placing second.

 

There were three new teams in the top five in 2018 that moved up from the previous year. Warrensburg-Latham, who finished fifth a year ago, placed second with 170 points. Pleasant Plains (156 points), Macon Meridian (138 points), and Litchfield (130.5 points) rounded out the top five.

 

 

1A Standings

1	Rockford Christian		192
2	Warrensburg-Latham		170
3	Pleasant Plains		156
4	Macon Meridian		138
5	Litchfield		130.5
6	Tuscola		125
7	Colfax Ridgeview		122.5
8	Morrison		120.5
9	Deer Creek-Mackinaw		116.5
10	Catlin Salt Fork		105
11	Forreston		104.5
12	Tremont		100
	Kewanee Wethersfield		100
14	St. Joseph-Ogden		99
15	Lena-Winslow		96
	Madison		96
17	Sterling Newman Catholic		94
18	Farmington		92
	Chicago Leo Catholic		92
20	Liberty		86

 

 

Previous Winners

 

2018	Rockford Christian		192 points
2017	Aledo Mercer County		179 points
2016	Robinson		154 points
2015	Tolono Unity		112 points
2014	Eureka		94 points
2013	Sterling Newman Catholic		108 points