Tag: SJ-O Track and Field

St. Joseph-Ogden Track and Field 2019
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Steffen: “The last four years are a credit to the girls and our wonderful coaching staff”

By FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com No girls’ track and field program in the state – regardless of class – has been more successful during the past four years than St. Joseph-Ogden in Class 1A. Coach Kelly Steffen’s Spartans secured a fourth consecutive top three finish in state meets on Saturday by scoring […]

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Spartan state qualifiers head to IHSA boys’ track and field State meet next weekend

BY FRED KRONERfred@sjodaily.com Three individuals and three relays will represent St. Joseph-Ogden in the Class 1A state meet. The Spartans scored 55 points in the sectional meet they hosted on Friday and finished fourth in the 15-team field. The meet champion, Salt Fork, amassed 111 points. The SJ-O individual qualifiers […]

spring athletes receive honors
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Big Weekend for SJ-O Sports: Track and Field Sectional Champs, Dowling ties State record, Burnett wins fifth consecutive game

By FRED KRONERfred@sjodaily.com St. Joseph-Ogden cruised to team honors on Friday in its own 17-school Class 1A girls’ sectional track and field meet. The Spartans qualified individuals for state in seven events, along with all four relays. The state meet, for Class 1A, starts on Thursday at Eastern Illinois University, […]

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Herbrandt qualifies for State in long jump

By FRED KRONERfred@sjodaily.com Villa Grove/Heritage’s Meike Herbrandt qualified for state in the Class 1A long jump on Friday after placing third in the St. Joseph-Ogden Girls’ Track and Field Sectional. She had a leap of 16 feet, 11 inches. Herbrandt also placed seventh in the 400 meters (1:05.06), but did […]