The Lions’ track team captured its fifth consecutive Class 1A Sectional Championship Friday night in the Lisle Sr. 1A Sectional at Benedictine University. The state meet is held annually in Charleston, Ill at Eastern Illinois University.

The Lions won the meet with a total of 105 points and qualified the 400, 800 and 1600-meter relays to the state meet.

Senior Terron Bell qualified in the shot put and discus events, along with sophomore Christopher Winters.

Sophomore Darias Oliver qualified in the high jump and senior Riley McClendon qualified in the 200 meter dash.

The Lions have won two of the last three state championships in Class 1A.

The Class 1A prelims were Thursday, May 29, 2014.

As borrowed from the Leo High School website, www.leohighschooloriole.org/sports/2014/05/25/the-lions-track-team-wins-class-1a-sectional-for-5th-consecutive-year/