Chambana Sun

The Illinois men's and women's track and field teams participated in the 64th annual Mt. SAC Relays on Friday, April 19, 2024, in Walnut, California. Junior Halle Hill made a significant improvement in her performance by clocking a time of 4:15.86 in the 1500m race, which placed her third on the school's leaderboard for this event. This was an improvement of over five seconds from her previous best time of 4:20.99, earning her fifth place in the elite section.

Senior Jack Roberts also excelled by placing fourth in the 5000m elite section with a time of 13:55.89, marking a personal best improvement of nearly 22 seconds from his previous record of 14:17.44. In another highlight, junior Sam Poglitsch secured first place in the collegiate section of the 1500m with a time of 4:26.47.

In field events, junior Jackson Marseille achieved second place in collegiate section A of the high jump with a leap measuring 2.12 meters (6-11½). His teammate CJ Shoaf cleared a height of 2.02 meters (6-7½), finishing eighth in the same event.

Senior Tyle Sudduth threw a distance of 54.54 meters (178-11) to claim eighth place in discus throw. Freshman Jackson Gilbert narrowly missed setting a new personal best by just .02 seconds as he finished tenth in the 400m with a time of 47.12 seconds. Fellow freshman Asia Thomas set a new personal best by completing the 100m sprint in 11.73 seconds, securing her position at twenty-second place.

The Orange and Blue track and field teams are scheduled to conclude their participation at the Mt. SAC Relays on Saturday, April 20, with track events starting at 2:15 p.m., followed by field events at 3:30 p.m.