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2021 ILXCTF.com Illinois HS Relay Rankings - Boys SchoolsPublished by
2021 ILXCTF.com Illinois HS Relay Rankings - Boys Schools
Minooka on top of overall rankings for 2nd time
By Michael Newman
It came down to a final relay to determine the Class 3A State Championship as Neuqua Valley was two points ahead of Minooka for the IHSA title. The finish showed how important that the relay events in a championship situation can influence who can be on top.
The tables turned when compiling the relay rankings. The outcome was just as close.
Minooka placed all four of their relays in the top 11 overall to place on top of the overall relay rankings with 186 points. 3A State Champion Neuqua Valley scored 183 points to finish second. Minooka had their 4x100m Relay, 4x200m Relay, and 4x800m Relay among the top three schools. Neuqua Valley had all four relays ranked in the first eight schools including their 3A State championship team in the 4x800m Relay.
Oak Park-River Forest finished third with 150 points. Edwardsville had three-time individual champion Brandon Battle run on their relays but only qualified the 4x800m Relay to state. The Tigers still finished fourth with 143 points. 2019 Overall Relay Rankings champion Batavia finished fifth with 141 points.
Class 2A schools had their influence in the overall rankings with five schools among the top 20. 2A State Champion Mascoutah was the top 2A school as they finished ninth.
The Southwest Prairie was the only conference that had multiple schools in the top 10 with Minooka, Plainfield South (8th), and Plainfield North (10th). The DuPage Valley Conference, Southwest Conference, and the WSC-Silver had two schools among the top 20.
This is the second time that Minooka had found themselves on top of the Relay Rankings. The first is when this program was started in 2013. It was the second highest point total since Minooka scored 187 points in the inaugural rankings.
The ILXCTF.com (formally the DyeStat Illinois) Relay Rankings are based off the DyeStat TFX Leaderboards on Athletic.net (as of June 19, 2021) for the four relays that are contested at the IHSA State Track & Field Meet. In the All Class, 3A, 2A, and 1A categories, the top 50 quartets are ranked with 50 points given to the fastest school down to 1 point for the 50th fastest.
2021 Boys Overall
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2021 3A Boys
There were no changes in the first four teams in this classification. Just having 3A schools being ranked made the point totals even closer.
One point separated Minooka with Neuqua Valley. The Indians scored 187 points to outdistance Neuqua Valley by just one point (186 points). Oak Park-River Forest (165 points) and Edwardsville (154 points) again finished third and fourth.
Prospect jumped over Batavia to finish fifth (151.5 points). Batavia finished sixth (142 points). 3A Boys Standings
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2021 2A Boys
30 of Mascoutah’s 51 points in their Class 2A State Championship title came from scoring in all four relay events. The Indians finished 194 points to finish on top in Class 2A. Mascoutah was ranked among the top three teams in all four relays despite the fact they did not win a state championship. Their depth in this discipline was the difference.
Mascoutah also were the 2A champions in 2018.
2018 1A champion and 2019 2A champion Rockford Christian continued to show their relay strength finishing second with 175 points. Sycamore with their state championship in the 4x800m Relay finished third with 171 points.
Traditional relay power East St. Louis-Senior scored 146 points to finish fourth. Urbana was one point back in fifth with 145 points.
The Illini Prairie Conference’s highest finisher in Class 2A was Rantoul placing 13th. They led all conferences with four schools in the top 20. 2A Boys Standings
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2021 1A Boys
St. Joseph-Ogden was on top of Class 1A rankings for the first time scoring 173.5 points. The Spartans did not win a relay event at state, but SJO had the top Class 1A time in the 4x200m Relay. They finished third at state. The Spartans were ranked in the top 10 in three of the four relays.
2019 1A champion Illini West scored 164.5 points to finish second ahead of El Paso-Gridley (153.5 points).
Pinckneyville (143 points) and Winnebago (139 points) rounded out the top five. 1A Boys Standings
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