2022 ILXCTF.com Illinois HS Relay Rankings - Boys Schools
Minooka repeats as top Boys Relay Program
By Michael Newman [email protected]
Minooka had all four relays ranked into the top 10 among all school in 2022. The Indians scored 182 points to repeat as Boys Champion as well as easily outdistancing the rest of the Illinois schools during the 2022 Outdoor Track & Field Season. It is the third time that Minooka has won in this competition also winning the inaugural competition in 2013.
Warren Township had a banner year with their relays as they scored 162 points to finish second. Prospect (156 points), Downers Grove North (154 points), and 3A State team champion Batavia (149.5 points) rounded out the top five teams.
Minooka becomes the first school in the nine years in this competition has been held to rank teams in the top 10, win the title as the top relay program, but not score points in any of the four relays at the IHSA State Track & Field Championships.
Two Class 2A schools and one Class 1A school were among the top schools in the top 20. Kankakee (7th place) and East St. Louis-Senior (12th place) were the two 2A schools. Winnebago finished 16th as the only 1A school in the top 20.
The DuPage Valley Conference led all conferences with three teams in the top 20.
The ILXCTF.com (formally the DyeStat Illinois) Relay Rankings are based off the DyeStat TFX Leaderboards on Athletic.net (as of May 28, 2022) 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.
Overall
1 |
Minooka |
Southwest Prairie |
|
182 |
2 |
Gurnee (Warren) |
North Suburban |
|
161 |
3 |
Mt. Prospect (Prospect) |
Mid Suburban |
|
156 |
4 |
Downers Grove (North) |
WSC-Silver |
|
153.5 |
5 |
Batavia |
DuKane |
|
149.5 |
6 |
Plainfield (North) |
Southwest Prairie |
|
148 |
7 |
Kankakee |
Southland Athletic |
|
141 |
8 |
DeKalb |
DuPage Valley |
|
130 |
9 |
Naperville (North) |
DuPage Valley |
|
127 |
10 |
Homewood-Flossmoor |
Southwest Suburban |
|
110 |
11 |
Downers Grove (South) |
WSC-Gold |
|
107 |
12 |
East St. Louis (Senior) |
Southwestern |
|
102.5 |
13 |
Glenview (Glenbrook South) |
Central Suburban |
|
101.5 |
14 |
Hinsdale (Central) |
WSC-Silver |
|
99 |
15 |
Edwardsville |
Southwestern |
|
96.5 |
16 |
Winnebago |
Big Northern |
|
96 |
17 |
Naperville (Central) |
DuPage Valley |
|
87 |
18 |
Bradley-Bourbonnais |
Southwest Suburban |
|
86 |
19 |
Champaign (Centennial) |
Big 12 |
|
83 |
20 |
Crete-Monee |
Southland Athletic |
|
80 |
Overall List of Winners
2022 |
Minooka |
182 points |
2021 |
Minooka |
186 points |
2020 |
Not Held |
|
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 points |
2015 |
Cahokia |
174 points |
2014 |
Cahokia |
154 points |
2013 |
Minooka |
187 points |
2022 Class 3A Boys
Minooka stayed on top in Class 3A, Downers Grove North made a big jump from fourth overall to second in Class 3A. The remaining top five overall teams remained the same with Warren Township, Prospect, and Batavia finishing in the top five.
WSC-Silver led all Class 3A conferences placing four teams in the top 20. Southwest Prairie Conference placed two teams in the top six with Minooka and Plainfield North (6th place).
Class 3A Boys Overall
1 |
Minooka |
Southwest Prairie |
|
186 |
2 |
Downers Grove (North) |
WSC-Silver |
|
165.5 |
3 |
Gurnee (Warren) |
North Suburban |
|
165 |
4 |
Mt. Prospect (Prospect) |
Mid Suburban |
|
164 |
5 |
Batavia |
DuKane |
|
160 |
6 |
Plainfield (North) |
Southwest Prairie |
|
158 |
7 |
DeKalb |
DuPage Valley |
|
144 |
8 |
Downers Grove (South) |
WSC-Gold |
|
137 |
9 |
Naperville (North) |
DuPage Valley |
|
133 |
10 |
Homewood-Flossmoor |
Southwest Suburban |
|
130 |
11 |
Glenview (Glenbrook South) |
Central Suburban |
|
128.5 |
12 |
Oak Park-River Forest |
WSC-Silver |
|
122 |
13 |
Bradley-Bourbonnais |
Southwest Suburban |
|
121.5 |
14 |
Edwardsville |
Southwestern |
|
112.5 |
15 |
Hampshire |
Fox Valley |
|
108.5 |
16 |
Naperville (Neuqua Valley) |
DuPage Valley |
|
106 |
17 |
Winnetka (New Trier) |
Central Suburban |
|
104.5 |
18 |
Elmhurst (York) |
WSC-Silver |
|
99.5 |
19 |
Hinsdale (Central) |
WSC-Silver |
|
99 |
|
Evanston (Township) |
Central Suburban |
|
99 |
Class 3A Boys Overall List of Winners
2022 |
Minooka |
186 points |
2021 |
Minooka |
187 points |
2020 |
Not Held |
|
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 |
2022 Class 2A Boys
Sycamore did not have any relays among the top five Class 2A teams during the 2022 season. The Spartans did have good depth with all four relays among the top 10 performances and enough to be named the top Class 2A Boys relay program with 175 points.
Fellow Interstate Eight Conference team Kaneland scored 163 points to finish second. East St. Louis-Senior (162 points) and Bartonville Limestone (155 points) finished third and fourth. Kankakee and Burlington Central tied for fifth (149 points).
Sycamore becomes the first team from their conference in the nine years of this competition to win in Class 2A and the second school located north of I-80 to win.
Class 2A Boys Overall
1 |
Sycamore |
Interstate Eight |
|
175 |
2 |
Maple Park (Kaneland) |
Interstate Eight |
|
163 |
3 |
East St. Louis (Senior) |
Southwestern |
|
162 |
4 |
Bartonville (Limestone) |
Mid Illini |
|
155 |
5 |
Kankakee |
Southland Athletic |
|
149 |
|
Burlington (Central) |
Fox Valley |
|
149 |
7 |
Troy (Triad) |
Mississippi Valley |
|
148 |
8 |
Urbana |
Big 12 |
|
144.5 |
9 |
Mt. Vernon |
South Seven |
|
141 |
10 |
Mascoutah |
Mississippi Valley |
|
131 |
11 |
Monticello |
Illini Prairie |
|
126 |
12 |
Richmond-Burton |
Kishwaukee River |
|
122.5 |
13 |
Rantoul |
Illini Prairie |
|
120 |
14 |
Carbondale |
South Seven |
|
116 |
15 |
Princeton |
Three Rivers Athletic |
|
107 |
16 |
Mt. Zion |
Apollo |
|
105 |
17 |
Herrin |
So Ill River to River |
|
101 |
18 |
Sterling |
Western Big Six |
|
97 |
19 |
Marion |
South Seven |
|
91 |
20 |
Burbank (St. Laurence) |
Chicago Catholic |
|
88 |
|
Rochester |
Central State Eight |
|
88 |
Class 2A Boys Overall List of Winners
2022 |
Sycamore |
175 points |
2021 |
Mascoutah |
194 points |
2020 |
Not Held |
|
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 |
2022 Class 1A Boys
Decatur St. Teresa had all four relay performances in the top seven to be named the top Class 1A program scoring 182 points. The Bulldogs become the first team from the Central Illinois Conference to win. Pleasant Plains was a close second place scoring 178 points.
St. Joseph-Ogden scored 161 points to finish third. Big Northern Conference schools Rockford Christian (155 points) and Winnebago (153 points) finished fourth and fifth.
Class 1A Boys Overall
1 |
Decatur (St. Teresa) |
Central Illinois |
|
182 |
2 |
Pleasant Plains |
Sangamon |
|
178 |
3 |
St. Joseph-Ogden |
Illini Prairie |
|
161 |
4 |
Rockford (Christian) |
Big Northern |
|
155 |
5 |
Winnebago |
Big Northern |
|
153 |
6 |
El Paso-Gridley |
Heart of Illinois |
|
150 |
7 |
Newton |
Little Illini |
|
149 |
8 |
Lena-Winslow |
Northwest Upstate Illini |
|
138 |
9 |
Eureka |
Heart of Illinois |
|
110 |
10 |
Byron |
Big Northern |
|
107 |
11 |
Virden (North Mac) |
Sangamo |
|
106 |
12 |
Colfax (Ridgeview) |
Heart of Illinois |
|
105.5 |
13 |
DuQuoin |
So Ill River to River |
|
102 |
14 |
Elmwood |
Prairieland |
|
100 |
|
Catlin (Salt Fork) |
Vermilion Valley |
|
100 |
16 |
Morrison |
Three Rivers Athletic |
|
98 |
17 |
Bluford (Webber) |
Midland Trail |
|
95 |
18 |
Bismarck (B.-Henning-Rossville-Alvin) |
Vermilion Valley |
|
91 |
19 |
Shelbyville |
Central Illinois |
|
88 |
20 |
Madison |
Independent |
|
85 |
Class 1A Boys Overall List of Winners
2022 |
Decatur (St. Teresa) |
182 points |
2021 |
St. Joseph-Ogden |
173.5 points |
2020 |
Not Held |
|
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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