Tompkins places in two events at IESA boys’ Class 4A state track and field meet

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By Fred Kroner

Seventh-grader Jayvon Tompkins was a two-event placer on Saturday (May 20) for Mahomet-Seymour in the IESA boys’ Class 4A junior state track and field meet at Eastside Centre, in East Peoria.

Tompkins finished third in the discus with a toss of 121 feet. He notched a fourth-place finish in the shot put at 39 feet, 4 inches.

He accounted for all 11 points that the Bulldogs scored at state. M-S ended in 18^th place. A total of 51 schools scored points in the seventh-grade portion of the Class 4A event.

The team state champion was East St. Louis Clark with 37 points.

Five other seventh-grade Bulldogs participated at state in individual events as did two of the school’s relays.

Grant Morphew – the lone sixth-grader in the pole vault competition – finished 14^th at 7 feet, 6 inches. Also coming in 14^th was Adam Smigielski in the 1,600 meters (5:04.45).

High jumper Noah Snyder took 23^rd after clearing 4 feet, 11 inches.

The Bulldogs had two entries in the 800 meters. Dominic Gaudio ran 26^th (2:24.14) and Liam Burwell took 28^th (2:26.53).

The school’s best relay finish was a 21^st in the 1,600-meter event. The foursome of Kiptyn Fan, Smigielski, Jude McWilliams and Snyder were timed in 4:12.45.

Headlining the 400-meter relay unit, which wound up in 25^th, were Fan, McWilliams, Dylan Heckman and Snyder.

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M-S had one competitor in the eighth-grade portion of the IESA Class 4A boys’ state finals.

Tate Bode placed 25^th in the 800 meters (2:17.40).