Seven I70Sports area track athletes have qualified for Friday’s Class 1A portion of the Illinois Top Times Indoor Championships at Illinois Wesleyan University’s Shirk Center in Bloomington. Four athletes from Altamont have qualified with junior Ben Roedl leading the way competing in three events – the high jump, long jump and triple jump. Sophomore Jacob Veteto will compete in the pole vault and junior Abby Weishaar and Hayden Summers will compete in the 400m Dash. Vandalia has one qualifier as freshman Sam Bowers will compete in the 60m High Hurdles. Brownstown-St. Elmo also has two qualifiers as Cordelia Lytle will compete in the 400m Dash and Presley Williams will compete in the 60m Dash.
To qualify for Top Times, athletes in field events must have one of the top 12 declared indoor performances in 1A between January 1 and March 18 while those in the sprint events have to be in the top 22 or top 24 of indoor performances in Class 1A in that same time frame. The top 8 finishers at Friday’s meet in each event will medal.
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