Pittsfield’s Campbell repeats as Class 1A state discus champion

By Muddy River Sports | May 21, 2022
Pittsfield’s Olivia Campbell unleashes a throw in the discus Saturday during the Class 1A girls state track and field championships at O’Brien Stadium in Charleston, Ill. Photo courtesy Chris Johns/PhotoNews Media

CHARLESTON, Ill. — Olivia Campbell discovered twice is nice. The defending Class 1A state discus champion, the Pittsfield senior was the only thrower in the field to break the 42-meter barrier, doing it in both the preliminaries and the finals of the Class 1A girls state track and field championships. Her toss of 42.47 meters…

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Record-setting O’Neil, defending champ Campbell qualify for finals at Class 1A state track meet

By Muddy River Sports | May 19, 2022
Pittsfield's Olivia Campbell had the longest preliminary throw in the discus at the Class 1A girls state track and field championships Thursday at O'Brien Stadium in Charleston, Ill. Photo courtesy Chris Johns/PhotoNews Media

CHARLESTON, Ill. — Shannon O’Neil keeps going faster and faster, while Olivia Campbell keeps throwing farther and farther. Saturday, they will have the chance to make a little history. O’Neil, the Liberty senior hurdler, lowered her school-record time in the 300-meter hurdles yet again Thursday during the preliminaries at the Class 1A girls state track…

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JWCC Prairie State Profile: Pursuit of bodybuilding career boosts record-setting track efforts for Liberty’s O’Neil

By Ron Kinscherf, Muddy River Sports Correspondent | May 12, 2022
Liberty senior Shannon O'Neil, shown here competing in the 100-meter hurdles during the Mark Twain/Becky Thatcher Relays in Hannibal, Mo., has set three Liberty school records this season. Photo courtesy Mathew Kirby

LIBERTY, Ill. — Jared Schmidt’s excitement is understandable. Despite a spring in which the weather has been “absolutely atrocious,” the Liberty girls track and field team has piled up a number of school records in individual events. Now the weather is ripe for running as the Eagles head to Friday’s Class 1A Beardstown Sectional. “So…

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