LCHS girls headed to State in Track and Field
Becca Heitzig leads the pack back to EIU

 

[May 16, 2024] 

It’s that time of year and once again several outstanding LCHS athletes are headed to the IHSA Class 2A Girls State Track and Field Championships at Eastern Illinois University in Charleston this weekend.

The team competed at the IHSA Class 2A TRG Sectional at Metamora last Wednesday with six Lincoln girls qualifying for the state meet this weekend.

Senior Becca Heitzig leads the pack with another visit to EIU, her fourth consecutive trip to State.

Heitzig qualified in three individual events and a relay team.

She qualified in the 800m with a time of 2:20.31. She qualified in the 1600m with a time of 5:06.61. In both of these races Heitzig finished in first place.

Heitzig also made it in a new event for her, the 300m Hurdles. In this event she finished in third place at Sectionals with a time of 46.90.

Heitzig joins Mallory Short, a junior who is making a return to State, on the 4x400m Relay team. They are joined by two incredible sophomores, Kyli Lund and Grace Schneider. Lund and Schneider also ran at State last year. Natalie Geary is the alternate for the relay team.

At Sectionals last week this relay team finished in third place with a time of 4:08.15. This was a PR for this relay team.

Heitzig is the reigning back-to-back state champion and state record holder in the 800m.

Freshman Bailey Tungate also qualified for State in the High Jump. Tungate jumped 5’ 5 and finished in fifth place.

The Prelims will take place today and the finals will take place on Saturday.

Final results from the Metamora Sectional:

Normal U-High 134
Eureka 117
Morton 79
Macomb 60
Limestone 44
Metamora 41
Lincoln 39.5
Williamsville 37
Olympia 32
Beardstown 23
Prairie Central 23
Clinton 21
Canton 19
Peoria Notre Dame 17.5
East Peoria 14
Peoria Manual 1

[Teena Lowery]