Cerro Gordo Bement’s Will Fuson Returns to State Track Championships

By Editor | May 26, 2025 |

Bronco junior Will Fuson leads heading into the second lap of the 800 meters at the IHSA Class 1A Sectional meet at Central A & M last week. The Auburn runner next to Will would edge Will out at the finish but his second place and time of 1:59.34 would advance him to the IHSA State Championship prelims on Thursday, May 29 at Eastern Illinois University. Will also took second in the 1600 meters at 4:32.97 and will compete at State in that event also.

By SALLY McCARTHY

The Cerro Gordo Bement high school boys track and field team competed in the IHSA Class 1A Sectional meet at Central A & M on Wednesday, May 21. Athletes finishing in first or second place or those meeting qualifying standards would advance to the IHSA State Track and Field Championships at Eastern Illinois University on Thursday, May 29 for prelims and if advancing there on to finals on Saturday, May 31.

Bronco junior Will Fuson will return to State in both the 800 and 1600 meters. He took second place in both races at the sectional with times of 1:59.34, a season’s best, in the 800 and 4:32.97 in the 1600. Will has competed at the state meet for all three years of his high school career, running the 1600 his freshman year in 4:47.75 in the prelims and last year as a sophomore he earned a sixth place medal in that event with a time of 4:26.70 and he took fifth in the 800 at 1:56.89.

Other scorers for CGB at sectional were senior Tyce Alumbaugh who placed fourth in the 400 meters with a school record and PR time of 52.61. Tyce also placed fifth in the pole vault and holds the school record of 12’ 2.5” in that event also. Junior Quintin Nevius was sixth in the 100 meter dash at 11.67 and senior J.P. Brewer finished his high school track career placing eighth in the 3200 meters with a time of 11:31.48.

We wish Will good luck at State and hope to see him on the medals podium once again.

Other CGB results at Sectional:

100M: Aidan Tuel, 13.21

200M: Quintin Nevius, 24.11

400M: Eli Corpus, 57.27

800M: Clark Ryder, 2:57.79, PR

1600M: J.P. Brewer, 5:16.24

3200M: Knox Shackelford, 11:48.62

4 X 200 Relay: Anthony Carver, Lucas Fuson, Quintin Nevius, Azul Mendez, 1:43.25

Shot Put: Anthony Carver, 34’ 11”; Mark Aubert, 31’ 0.5”

Long Jump: Azul Mendez, 17’ 11.75”, PR; Eli Corpus, 16’ 0,25”