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MONMOUTH -- Two Monmouth College student-athletes and an entire team have been awarded the United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association’s highest academic honors.
JOLIET -- Two Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley High School students qualified for the USA Track and Field Hershey National Junior Olympics through the Champaign-based Vipers Track Club.
COLFAX -- The Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley Falcons age 14-and-under baseball team won 20-13 Thursday over Ridgeview.
PAXTON -- The Paxton-Buckley-Loda track and field program hosted its first Street Meet of the summer on Wednesday.
Brandon Wilkerson -- The former Tri-Point boys track and field standout finished seventh in the 3,000-meter steeplechase for Augustana College with a time of 9:12.72. Wilkerson ran a 9:15.08 steeplechase in Thursday's prelims to finish fifth in the second heat and ninth overall.
CHARLESTON -- Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley's 4x200 relay team earned a third-place medal at the iHSA Class 1A state meet on Saturday.
CHARLESTON -- Ryder James of the Paxton-Buckley-Loda boys track and field team earned a state medal in the IHSA Class 2A state meet.
CHARLESTON -- Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley's 4x400 relay team had the fastest preliminary time in the IHSA Class 1A boys' state track and field meet on Thursday.
Brandon Wilkerson -- The former Tri-Point boys track and field standout finished first in the 1,600-meter run for Augustana College in Thursday's Augustana Midwest Twilight meet.
EAST PEORIA -- Paxton-Buckley-Loda finished fourth in the seventh-grade boys' 4x100 relay with a time of 48.87 seconds at the IESA Class AA state meet held Friday and Saturday.
CHARLESTON -- Delanie Dykes of the Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley High School girls track and field team finished third in the 800-meter run with a time of 2:19.66 in Saturday's final round of the IHSA Class 1A state meet.
WATSEKA -- Aidan Laughery of the Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley High School boys track and field team will have a busy weekend at the IHSA Class 1A state meet.
CHARLESTON -- In the IHSA Class 2A girls' state track and field meet, Paxton-Buckley-Loda's Emily Graves finished her pole vault season with a preliminary height of 9-6 on Friday.
MONTICELLO -- Two Paxton-Buckley-Loda High School boys track and field athletes qualified for the IHSA Class 2A state meet.
CHARLESTON -- Delanie Dykes of the Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley High School girls track and field team qualified for the final round of the 400-meter dash at the IHSA Class 1A state meet.
URBANA -- The Paxton-Buckley-Loda girls track and field team finished fifth in Monday's News-Gazette Honor Roll Meet wit ha score of 35.
Andrew Zenner -- The former Paxton-Buckley-Loda baseball standout allowed one earned run on no hits and three walks with one strikeout through one inning for John A. Logan College in a 9-5 win Wednesday over Olney Central College.
PAXTON -- Aaron Kavajecz and Kendall Swanson each qualified for the IESA Class AA state meet in the eighth-grade boys' shot put.
PAXTON -- The Paxton-Buckley-Loda High School boys track and field team finished second in the PBL Boys Invite on Friday.
TOLONO -- Emily Graves of the Paxton-Buckley-Loda girls track and field team qualified for the IHSA Class 2A state meet.
GIBSON CITY -- Delanie Dykes and Claire Retherford qualified for the IHSA Class 1A state meet in three and two events, respectively.
TUESDAY, May 7
GIBSON CITY -- The Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley High School girls track and field team finished third in the Heart of Illinois Conference Meet with a score of 63 on Monday.
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PAXTON -- Prior to Monday's Twin Valley Conference Meet, the last time the Paxton-Buckley-Loda High School girls track and field team won a conference title was in 1991.
Brandon Wilkerson -- The former Tri-Point boys track and field standout finished first in the 3,000-meter steeplechase with a time of 9:17.55 at the CCIW Outdoor Championships in Kenosha, Wisconsin last weekend. Wilkerson also finished fourth in the 5,000-meter run with a time of 15:01.32.
UNITY JUNIOR HIGH INVITE
ST. JOSEPH -- The Paxton-Buckley-Loda High School girls track and field team finished third in the Lady Spartan Classic on Friday with a score of 67.
TWIN COUNTY CONFERENCE MEET
Nick Porter -- The Paxton-Buckley-Loda boys track and field standout finished third in the 1,500-meter run with a time of 4:01.99 for Bradley University in the Kip Janvrin Open on Friday at Simpson College. Porter also finished 23rd in the 800-meter run with a time of 1:56.37 for Bradley Uni…
MAHOMET — The Paxton-Buckley-Loda Junior High School track and field team traveled to the Mahomet-Seymour Invite on Friday, April 26, to compete against the host Bulldogs, Bloomington, Normal Chiddix, East Peoria, Charleston, Mattoon, and Tuscola.
ST. JOSEPH -- The Paxton-Buckley-Loda High School boys track and field team finished eighth in the 25-team Spartan Classic on Friday with a score of 35.
GCMS girls track and field's Delanie Dykes places first in 400-meter dash at Lady Sages Invitational
MONTICELLO -- Delanie Dykes of the Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley High School girls track and field team finished first in the 400-meter dash with a time of 1:00.56 during Friday's Lady Sages Invitational.
WATSEKA -- Lillie Frichtl, Macie Wright, Maisy Johnson and Hannah Schwarz of the PBL High School girls track and field team finished first in the 4x100 relay with a time of 54 seconds at Tuesday's Watseka Freshman/Sophomore Invitational.
PBL JUNIOR HIGH INVITE
GIBSON CITY -- The Paxton-Buckley-Loda High School boys track and field team placed second in Tuesday's Falcon Invite.
PALATINE -- On Saturday, students from the Paxton-Buckley-Loda school district traveled to Palatine for a distance-only track meet.
Brandon Wilkerson -- The former Tri-Point boys track and field standout finished first in the 3,000-meter steeplechase with a time of 9:15.53 during the Meet of Champions held Friday in Rock Island.
PAXTON -- Hannah Schwarz of the Paxton-Buckley-Loda High School girls track and field team finished first in the girls' 100-meter dash with a time of 13.66 seconds while Cheyanne Ratcliff placed sixth with a time of 15.09 seconds at Wednesday's PBL Freshman/Sophomore Invite.
PAXTON -- Alec St. Julien, a senior at Paxton-Buckley-Loda High School, signed his letter of intent on Wednesday to run for Millikin University's men's cross country and track and field teams.
MONMOUTH -- Aleeka Gentzler, a 2016 graduate of Paxton-Buckley-Loda High School graduate, earned the Midwest Conference Women's Field Event Performer of the Week recognition.
PAXTON -- Katelyn Crabb, who already holds the Paxton-Buckley-Loda High School girls track and field record in the 100-meter hurdles, holds the school record in the triple jump as well.
CHAMPAIGN -- In about a month, Delanie Dykes will conclude what has already been one of most successful careers in GCMS High School track and field history.
Andrew Zenner -- The former Paxton-Buckley-Loda baseball standout pitched two innings for John A. Logan College in an 8-6 loss to Dyersburg State, allowing no runs on no hits and no walks with two strikeouts through two innings.
TOLONO -- In the discus event at Unity Girls Invite on Friday, Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley's Claire Retherford finished second with a throw of 111-4 while teammate Emma Swanson finished 36th with a throw of 55-7.
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PAXTON -- The Paxton-Buckley-Loda High School boys and girls track and field teams each finished first in a five-team meet held Tuesday, April 9.
GIBSON CITY -- The Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley High School boys track and field team finished first in a dual meet held Monday.
Andrew Zenner -- The former Paxton-Buckley-Loda baseball standout picked up a save for John A. Logan College in a 7-5 win over Kaskaskia College on Tuesday, April 2. Zenner yielded three runs -- two earned -- on two hits and no walks with three strikeouts through 2 1/3 innings.