The Maple Leafs Track & Field team finished fourth overall at the 2A Sectional on Thursday evening in Galesburg. Senior Cooper Schaad not only finished first in the pole vault competition but also broke his own GHS record of 4.75m with a jump of 5.00m. Schaad will be making his fourth consecutive trip to state. Sophomore Cedric Kehoe will be making his first appearance at state as he took first in the 300m hurdles with a time of 40.08. Kehoes fellow hurdler Jake Rapps will be joining him in his third appearance. Rapps, a senior finished first in the 100m hurdles at 15.88. Senior Kaden Salisbury qualified in both discus & shot put where he finished second (47.74m) & sixth (14.92m) respectively. Salisbury will be making his third state appearance. Joining him will be senior and fellow discus teammate Luke Johnsen in his second trip to the finals. Johnsen finished in 7th place with a throw of 44.30. Senior Brayden Combs rounds out the individual qualifiers as he earned second place in pole vault (4.03m) and fifth (6.55m) in the long jump. Combs will return to state for the second time.
The 4x400 Relay Team of Max Johnson, Jackson VanHyfte, Gavin Hintgen, & Kehoe are heading to the finals after a fifth place finish with a time of 3:30,21. Johnson, a junior returns to state for the second time, having competed last season in the 800m run and the 4x400 Relay with Jack Snyder, Zach Stoeger, & Tyler Gehl. Senior VanHyfte and freshman Hintgen will be making their first appearances. The IHSA State Championships will take place at Eastern Illinois University in Charleston on May 17-18.
Team Standings
1st: Morton (144)
2nd: Galesburg (116)
3rd: Metamora (93)
4th: Geneseo (86)
5th: Bartonville Limestone (40)
5th: Princeton (40)
7th: Peoria Notre Dame (36)
8th: Kewanee (35)
9th: Monmouth-Roseville (34)
10th: Chillicothe IVC (19)
11th: Canton (17)
12th: Macomb (13)
13th: Beardstown (11)
13th: Sherrard (11)
15th: East Peoria (7)
100m
27th: Quinn VanHyfte (12.58)
29th: Jayden Wexell (13.06)
200m
19th: Jack Mickley (25.12)
21st: Isaac Nixon (25.57)
400m
13th: Micah Johnson (55.61)
14th: Isaac Nixon (55.62)
800m
8th: Max Johnson (2:03.62)
18th: Christian Haney (2:15.66)
1600m
19th: Graysen Carlson (5:05.13)
21st: Kaden Elmer (5:14.98)
3200m
6th: Aidan Bries (10:36.06)
16th: James Shoemaker (11:38.02)
110m Hurdles
1st: Jacob Rapps (15.88 - State Qualifier)
9th: Dylan DeBoef (18.45)
300m Hurdles
1st: Cedric Kehoe (40.08 - State Qualifier)
2nd: Jacob Rapps (40.60 - State Qualifier)
4x100 Relay
6th: Gavin Hintgen, Brayden Combs, Jackson Reade, & Jackson VanHyfte (44.54)
4x200 Relay
9th: Jackson VanHyfte, Jackson Reade, Jack Mickley, Gavin Hintgen (1:35.74)
4x400 Relay
5th: Max Johnson, Jackson VanHyfte, Gavin Hintgen, & Cedric Kehoe (3:30.21 - State Qualifier)
4x800 Relay
6th: Dylan Gehl, Kaden Elmer, Austin Hull, & Graysen Carlson (8:55.04)
Shot Put
6th: Kaden Salisbury (14.92m - State Qualifier)
7th: Luke Johnsen (14.61m)
Discus
2nd: Kaden Salisbury (47.74m - State Qualifier)
7th: Luke Johnsen (44.30m - State Qualifier)
High Jump
6th: Jackson Reade (1.75m)
7th: Jack Kreiss (1.70m)
Pole Vault
1st: Cooper Schaad (5.00m - State Qualifier - Breaks His Own GHS School Record Of 4.75m Set At Rock Island ABC Invite In 2023)
2nd: Brayden Combs (4.03m - State Qualifier)
Long Jump
5th: Brayden Combs (6.55m - State Qualifier)
18th: Jayden Wexell (5.43m)
Triple Jump
7th: Gage Buckallew (12.02m)
9th: Andra Diediker (11.44m)
State Finals History
Cooper Schaad
2023: Pole Vault - 3rd
2022: Pole Vault - 3rd
2021: Pole Vault - 9th
Kaden Salisbury
2023: Shot Put - 15th, Discus - 11th
2022: Discus - 8th
Jake Rapps
2023: 110m Hurdles - Prelims, 300m Hurdles - Prelims
2022: 110m Hurdles - Prelims
Brayden Combs
2023: Pole Vault - 13th
Luke Johnsen
2023: Shot Put - 20th
Max Johnson
2023: 800m - Prelims, 4x400 Relay (w/Jack Snyder, Zach Stoeger, & Tyler Gehl) - Prelims
Cedric Kehoe
First Appearance
Jackson VanHyfte
First Appearance
Gavin Hintgen
First Appearance