The daily pitch from Sports Editor : May 20, 2026
May 20—➜ . Or state champions. Don't be shocked if that happens again when the IHSA state finals begin Thursday, continue Friday and conclude Saturday in Charleston.
➜ have the top time or top mark from area athletes. ➜ . Mahomet-Seymour senior is the one to beat in the 400-meter dash, and Clinton senior has the top mark in the shot put.
Danville's 800 relay quartet of Brown, Esther, and and the 1,600 relay from M-S of , , and Marx are also first. seconds is how fast Centennial senior ran the 100-meter dash at the Class 3A O'Fallon Sectional last Wednesday, the second-fastest time of all 3A sectional meets in the state. Only Alton senior (11.
40) had a faster time, with Raglin edging Brown last week in O'Fallon. Brown is trying to become the second Centennial girls' track and field athlete to win a state title. is the only one who has done so after she won the Class AA high jump title in 1986.
➜ . Centennial and Champaign Central are the only two area programs in the 17-team field when this meet gets underway at 3 p. m.