Published on June 2, 2025 8:18 am
Last Updated on June 2, 2025 8:18 am
CHARLESTON — Altamont High School’s Ben Roedl is a Class 1A State track champion and finished with three medals. The Indians ended in fifth place as a team.
Roedl competed in three events at the Class 1A State Track Meet at Eastern Illinois University’s O’Brien Stadium. Roedl claimed first place in the triple jump with a leap of 13.98 meters.
Roedl took second in the high jump. He had a preliminary jump of 1.83 meters then came back in the finals going 1.97 meters to finish second.
Roedl was third in the long jump prelims with a leap of 6.74 meters and took third in the finals with that distance.
Altamont’s Hayden Summers finished fourth in the prelims and then tallied a sixth place finish in the finals of the 300 hurdles in 40.24 seconds.
Teutopolis High School’s Karson Zerrusen ended with a fifth place finish in the 110 hurdles in 14.98 seconds.
Brownstown/St. Elmo’s Trenten Monnet finished fourth in the shot with a throw of 16.15 meters.
Effingham St. Anthony’s Calvin Sudkamp took eighth place in the finals of the high jump at 1.88 meters.
Dieterich’s Trevor Crtucher claimed eighth in the 3200 in 9:55.28 min.
Class 1A State Meet
Effingham St. Anthony — Calvin Sudkamp (high jump, 8th, 1.88 meters); Noah Flaig (800, 18th prelims, 2:03.24), Camden Bloemer (3200, 33rd.10:46.31)
Altamont — Ben Roedl (triple jump, 1st, 13.98 meters; high jump, 2nd, 1.97 meters; long jump, 3rd, 6.74 meters), Hayden Summers (300 hurdles, 6th finals 40.24 sec.), Brock Wendling (shot, 21st prelims, 14.70 meters), 4×400 relay (Jacob Johnson, Hayden Bridges, Trent Tedrick, Hayden Summers), 19th prelims 3:32.51
Brownstown/St. Elmo — Trenten Monnet (shot, 4th, 16.15 meters; discus, 29th prelims, 38.23 meters)
Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City — August Cosart (1600, 27th prelims, 4:38.00)
Cumberland — Reid Carlen (100 prelims 11.06 sec.; 200 prelims, 22.79 second.)
Dieterich — Trevor Crutcher (1600, 20th prelims, 4:31.31, 3200, 8th, 9:55.28 min.)
Neoga — 4×800 relay (Lucas Keller, Jayton Hanfland, Kaden Bryant, Brett Matusus, 18th, 8:32.35 min.)
Newton — Owen Schackmann (110 hurdles, 19th prelims, 15.73 sec.; 300 hurdles, 36th prelims, 43.47 sec.); Wade Wickham (discus 25th, 40.53 meters; pole vault, prelims tied for 12th, 3.65 meters), 4×800 relay (Jackson Sornberg, Parker Harris, Tanner Whitaker, Haydne Borgic, 19th, 8:33.83 min.)
Teutopolis — Karson Zerrusen (110 hurdles, 5th prelims, 15.28 sec.;, 5th finals, 14.98 sec.); Anthony Roley (shot, preilms 15th, 15.13 meters); Brant Niebrugge (pole vault, 3rd in prelims 3.80 meters, finals, no height)
North Clay — Mason Byers (400, 20th, 51.85 sec.)
Class 2A
Effingham — Maxx Kistler (300 hurdles, 18th prelims, 40.86 sec.), Alex Gordon (800, 11th prelims, 1:58.27 min.; 9th, finals, 1:56.93), Weldon Dunston (200, 32nd prelims, 22.67 sec.)