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Glenbrook South's James Hiltebrand added to the family legacy at the Class 3A Deerfield boys track and field sectional on May 18.
Fifteen 800-meter runners at the sectional had broken the landmark 2-minute barrier this spring, so many that Hiltebrand, teammate Ryan Jack and three others ran in the second of three heats of the event.
Glenbrook North's John Ihrke led the third heat -- the so-called "fast heat." The 800 was the deepest event at Deerfield.
Jack courageously took out the second heat and ran the first 400 meters in 57 seconds. The second half of the race, though, saw Hiltebrand surpassing Deerfield's Dane Brown to win the heat in 1 minute, 59.24 seconds to Brown's 1:59.34 -- both under the Class 3A qualifying standard of 1:59.36.
"I felt like I owed it to myself to qualify for state as a senior," said Hiltebrand, who will compete in Friday's Class 3A preliminaries for a spot in Saturday's 800-meter finals at Eastern Illinois University in Charleston.
Hiltebrand's older brother, Brian, now on Creighton's cross country team, was a three-time all-stater for the Titans, twice placing fifth in the Class 3A 800.
Qualifying for the state meet outside of the top group rarely happens -- Titans coach Kurt Hasenstein couldn't recall ever seeing it. At Deerfield it happened only in the 800, which advanced a meet-high eight athletes including New Trier's Sam Teppo, Loyola's Will Simon, and Ihrke, who led the field at 1:55.26.
"I knew before that there was a lot of good guys in our sectional and I was a little frustrated at the start, but I knew that with all those good guys I still had a great and legitimate shot at making state in the second heat. And talking to all the other guys out there, they thought so as well," Hiltebrand said.
He wished Jack could run with him in Charleston.
"Ryan and I are actually close friends off the track as well," Hiltebrand said. "We were planning to do this together. Despite that not happening I'm really glad I got to run the race with him."
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Team scores for all events, including sprints, hurdles, field, etc.
| Place | School | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Prospect | 96 |
| 2 | Glenbrook South | 69 |
| 3 | New Trier | 60 |
| 4 | Hersey | 55 |
| 5 | Evanston | 52 |
| 6 | Highland Park | 51 |
| 7 | Loyola Academy | 48 |
| 8 | Niles North | 28 |
| 9 | Niles West | 23 |
| 10 | Glenbrook North | 22 |
| 11 | Deerfield | 14 |
| 12 | Lake Forest | 11 |
| 12 | Wheeling | 11 |
| 14 | Notre Dame | 9 |
| 15 | Maine West | 6 |
| 16 | Maine East | 3 |
Automated team scoring only for Distance Events (3200m,1600m,800m,4x800m) using IHSA State Series scoring.
| Place | School | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Trier | 33 |
| 2 | Highland Park | 22 |
| 3 | Hersey | 19 |
| 4 | Glenbrook North | 14 |
| 5 | Loyola Academy | 10 |
| 6 | Wheeling | 10 |
| 7 | Prospect | 10 |
| 8 | Deerfield | 2 |
| 9 | Niles North | 2 |
| 10 | Glenbrook South | 1 |
| 11 | Niles West | 1 |
| 12 | Evanston | 0 |
| 13 | Maine East | 0 |
| 14 | Notre Dame | 0 |
| 15 | Lake Forest | 0 |
| 16 | Maine West | 0 |
| Date | Name | Season |
|---|---|---|
| 5/15/21 | Deerfield Invite | Track 2021 |
| 5/8/21 | DeerFIELD Spectacular | Track 2021 |
| 10/13/18 | CSL Conference ChampionshipCSL | Cross Country 2018 |
| Time | Event | Auto Qualifying Mark |
|---|---|---|
| 1:00 PM | Field Events | |
| 3:55 PM | National Anthem | |
| 4:00 PM | 4x800m Relay | 8:04.23 |
| 4:25 PM | 4x100m Relay | 42.99 |
| 4:40 PM | 3200m Run | 9:35.94 |
| 5:10 PM | 110m High Hurdles | 15.40 |
| 5:25 PM | 100m Dash | 11.04 |
| 5:35 PM | 800m Run | 1:59.36 |
| 5:50 PM | 4x200m Relay | 1:30.85 |
| 6:05 PM | 400m Dash | 50.77 |
| 6:20 PM | 300m Intermediate Hurdles | 40.84 |
| 6:35 PM | 1600m Run | 4:23.68 |
| 6:50 PM | 200m Dash | 22.33 |
| 7:05 PM | 4x400m Relay | 3:28.30 |
| 7:20 PM | Awards Presentation |
