Hawk’s 400-meter relay finishes third at Rantoul Sectional, qualifies for State

By Fred Kroner

Heritage’s seventh-grade 400-meter relay qualified for the IESA Class 1A girls’ track and field state meet after a third-place finish in the Rantoul Sectional.

The foursome of Willa Tatman, Reaghan Stierwalt, Leah DelRossi and Ryann McComas was timed in 59.34 seconds.

McComas, a sixth-grader, placed second in the 400 meters (1:08.74), third in the 100 meters (14.67 seconds) and fifth in the 200 meters (31.59 seconds).

Kalyn Miller and Rylan Stierwalt also secured top-10 placements in two events.

Miller was sixth in the discus (personal-best 60 feet, 8 inches) and eighth in the shot put (20 feet, 9 inches).

Stierwalt was eighth in both the 800 meters (personal-best 3:09.95) and the 1,600 meters (personal-best 6:50.05).

Teammates who ended among the top 10 individually at sectional were DelRossi (sixth in the 800 meters with a personal-best 3:06.53), Reaghan Stierwalt (seventh in the 200 meters with a personal-best 32.66 seconds) and Peyton Curry-Varner (ninth in the shot put with a personal-best 20 feet, 8 ¾ inches).

The Class 1A state meet will be held at the EastSide Centre, in East Peoria, on Friday (May 12) and Saturday (May 13).

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Addison Hopper was the individual leader for the Heritage girls’ eighth-grade team.

She placed eighth in the 200 meters (33.44 seconds) and ninth in the 100 meters (personal-best 15.87 seconds).

She was also a member of the school’s third-place, eighth-grade 1,600-meter relay.

She teamed up with Willa Tatman, Reaghan Stierwalt and Leah DelRossi for a time of 5:09.66.