The University of Illinois Springfield track and field program competed at the Great Lakes Valley Conference Indoor Track and Field Championships over the weekend. 

Men's track and field finished 4th out of 12 teams. The Prairie Stars, who competed only in the distance races, scored a program high of 66 points at the indoor championship. Sophomore Chris Cherry was named the GLVC Track Athlete of the Year after earning three gold medals. 

The UIS men's distance medley relay took first place at the conference meet. Chris Cherry was the lead leg, Ryan Jones ran the 400, Matt Moler took on the 800, and Noah McIntyre ran the fastest mile out of any anchor leg in the race. Chris Cherry proceeded to win the mile and 3000 meter races on Sunday. Matt Moler was second in the mile, and Noah McIntyre finished third for UIS to sweep all-GLVC honors in the event. 

Matt Moler also took second place in the 800 meter run by finishing .05 seconds in front of the top seed. Cort Ross was second in his respective event, the 5000 meter, in just his second race of the indoor season. Gabe Martinez earned his career-first All-GLVC honors when he took third place in the 3000 meter. Ryan Jones also had a top-10 finish.

Breanna Chandler had the top finish for the UIS women's track and field team when she took fourth place in the mile. Chandler also took 15th in the 3000m. Maddie Miller was 9th in the mile and the 5000m, landing just outside of scoring range in two races at her first track championships. Haley Goebel, Emma Leahy, and Abby Deblieck also finished  top-15 in their respective events.

Men's 800m
Matt Moler- 1:56.13, 2nd Place, 8 Points

Men's 1 Mile
Chris Cherry- 4:14.09, 1st Place, 10 Points
Matt Moler- 4:15.97, 2nd Place, 8 Points
Noah McIntyre- 4:16.11, 3rd Place, 6 Points

Men's 3000m
Chris Cherry- 8:25.52, 1st Place, 10 Points
Gabe Martinez- 8:32.94, 3rd Place, 6 Points
Ryan Jones- 8:41.07, 9th Place
Noah Tegeler- 8:44.62, 12th Place

Men's 5000m
Cortland Ross- 14:48.35, 2nd Place, 8 Points
Noah Tegeler- 15:37.06, 15th Place
Gabe Martinez- 15:38.77, 18th Place

Men's Distance Medley Relay
Chris Cherry, Matt Moler, Ryan Jones, Noah McIntyre- 10:04.30, 1st Place, 10 Points 

Women's 800m
Abby DeBlieck- 2:30.68, 11th Place

Women's 1 Mile
Breanna Chandler- 5:07.11, 4th Place, 5 Points
Maddie Miller- 5:20.02, 9th Place

Women's 3000m
Breanna Chandler- 10:58.63, 15th Place

Women's 5000m
Maddie Miller- 18:48.71, 9th Place
Emma Leahy- 19:17.01, 15th Place

Women's Shot Put
Haley Goebel- 9.64m, 21st Place

Women's Weight Throw
Haley Goebel- 14.65m, 11th Place