2021 ILXCTF.com Illinois HS Relay Rankings - Boys Schools

 

Minooka on top of overall rankings for 2nd time

 

By Michael Newman

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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

 

1	Minooka	Southwest Prairie	186
2	Naperville (Neuqua Valley)	DuPage Valley	183
3	Oak Park-River Forest	WSC-Silver	150
4	Edwardsville	Southwest	143
5	Batavia	DuKane	141
6	Mt. Prospect (Prospect)	Mid Suburban	128.5
7	Chatham-Glenwood	Central State Eight	126
8	Plainfield (South)	Southwest Prairie	123
9	Mascoutah	Mississippi Valley	122
10	Plainfield (North)	Southwest Prairie	118
11	Rockford (Christian)	Big Northern	113
12	East St. Louis (Senior)	Southwest	112
13	Kankakee	Southland Athletic	107
14	Naperville (North)	DuPage Valley	104
15	Homewood-Flossmoor	SWSC-Blue	99
16	Elmhurst (York)	WSC-Silver	93
	Huntley	Fox Valley	93
18	Moline	Western Big 6	89.5
19	Urbana	Big 12	86
20	Wilmette (Loyola Academy)	Chicago Catholic	84

 

 

Previous Winners

 

2021		Minooka	186 points
2019		Batavia	159.5 points
2018		Glen Ellyn Glenbard West	166 points
2017		East St. Louis-Senior	185 points
2016		East St. Louis-Senior	185.5 pointa
2015		Cahokia	174 points
2014		Cahokia	154 points
2013		Minooka	187 points

 

 

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

 

1	Minooka	Southwest Prairie	187
2	Naperville (Neuqua Valley)	DuPage Valley	186
3	Oak Park-River Forest	WSC-Silver	165
4	Edwardsville	Southwest	154
5	Mt. Prospect (Prospect)	Mid Suburban	151.5
6	Batavia	DuKane	142
7	Chatham-Glenwood	Central State Eight	139
8	Naperville (North)	DuPage Valley	129
9	Normal (West)	Big 12	116
	Plainfield (South)	Southwest Prairie	116
11	Moline	Western Big 6	114.5
12	Gurnee (Warren)	North Suburban	110
	Plainfield (North)	Southwest Prairie	110
14	Elmhurst (York)	WSC-Silver	108
15	St. Charles (North)	DuKane	107
16	Huntley	Fox Valley	106
17	Homewood-Flossmoor	SWSC-Blue	105
18	Grayslake (Central)	North Lake County	100.5
	Naperville (Central)	DuPage Valley	100.5
20	Wilmette (Loyola Academy)	Chicago Catholic	99

 

Previous Winners

 

2021		Minooka	187 points
2019		Batavia	169.5 points
2018		Glen Ellyn Glenbard West	170 points
2017		East St. Louis-Senior	176 points
2016		East St. Louis-Senior	185.5 points
2015		Edwardsville	171.5 points
2014		Belleville West	152 points
2013		Minooka	190 points

 

 

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

 

1	Mascoutah	Mississippi Valley	194
2	Rockford (Christian)	Big Northern	175
3	Sycamore	Interstate Eight	171
4	East St. Louis (Senior)	Southwest	146
5	Urbana	Big 12	145
6	Kankakee	Southland Athletic	141
7	Troy (Triad)	Mississippi Valley	134
8	Eureka	Heart of Illinois	133
9	Burlington (Central)	Fox Valley	129
10	Sandwich	Interstate Eight	124
11	Marion	South Seven	117
	Peoria (Notre Dame)	Big 12	117
13	Jacksonville	Central State Eight	116
14	Metamora	Mid Illini	114
15	Rantoul	Illini Prairie	113
16	Monticello	Illini Prairie	112
17	Lincoln	Apollo	110.5
18	Mt. Vernon	South Seven	103
19	Stanford (Olympia)	Illini Prairie	95
20	Pontiac	Illini Prairie	94

 

 

Previous Winners

 

2021		Mascoutah	194 points
2019		Rockford Christian	168 points
2018		Mascoutah	185 points
2017		Cahokia	188 points
2016		Cahokia	199 points
2015		Cahokia	200 points
2014		Cahokia	198 points
2013		Cahokia	197 points

 

 

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

 

1	St. Joseph-Ogden	Illini Prairie	173.5
2	Carthage (Illini West)	Prairieland	164.5
3	El Paso-Gridley	Heart of Illinois	153.5
4	Pinckneyville	SIRR-Mississippi	143.5
5	Winnebago	Big Northern	139
6	Lena-Winslow	Northwest Upstate Illini	122.5
7	Shelbyville	Central Illini	119.5
8	Catlin (Salt Fork)	Vermillion Valley	118
9	Pleasant Plains	Sangamo	116
10	Maroa-Forsyth	Sangamo	110
	Decatur (St. Teresa)	Central Illini	110
	Seneca	Tri County	110
13	Arthur-Lovington	Lincoln Prairie	105.5
14	DuQuoin	SIRR-Mississippi	103
	Niles (Northridge Prep)	Independent School	103
16	Pecatonica	Northwest Upstate Illini	100
17	Westmont	Metro Suburban Red	99
18	Elmwood	Prairieland	97
19	Elgin (Harvest Christian Acad)	Northeastern Athletic	96
	Sherrard	TRAC-West	96

 

Previous Winners

 

2021		St. Joseph-Ogden	173.5 points
2019		Carthage Illini West	151 points
2018		Rockford Christian	192 points
2017		Aledo Mercer County	179 points
2016		Robinson	154 points
2015		Tolono Unity	112 points
2014		Eureka	94 points
2013		Sterling Newman Catholic	108 points

 

 

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