CHARLESTON — Chelsey Stotler has won a pair of track and field championships for Stark County.Literally, one at the 2025 IHSA track and field girls state finals at O'Brien Field on the campus of Eastern Illinois University on Saturday, and the other in a field for FFA.
The senior won the Class 1A shot put state title with a throw of 12.91 meters on Saturday. Her title was one of six won by Peoria-area athletes, including three from El Paso-Gridley and one each by Dunlap and Eureka.
Before Saturday, Stotler was named Illinois champion in the FFA for her work with Southern Illinois-Carbondale, where she collaborated on creating bio-stimulants to put on soy beans.