RANTOUL - It was tempting to think no athlete will ever do what Daniella Bunch did in the 30th annual Corn Belt Conference Track Meet on Monday.

The flaw in thinking Bunch's all-time state record shot put toss of 51 feet, 0.75 inches can't be topped is that she is only a junior and could improve next year.

Her staggering mark destroyed the state record of 49-5 she set earlier this season as well as her meet record of 42-1.5 set last year. Her 51-0.75 is the nation's third-best throw this year according to Track and Field News.

Bunch also won the discus (120-7) to help the Bulldogs win their fifth consecutive team title with 165.5 points. University High was second (86), followed by Eureka (79).

"We are so banged up with freak injuries right now, it's ridiculous," said Mahomet-Seymour coach Bonnie Moxley. "The neat thing is they are still looking at it as 'we're the team to beat.' That's why something like this is a bigger win than when you have all the talent in the world."

Mahomet-Seymour also won its fifth straight boys title, topping runner-up U High, 140-120. Olympia was third (105).

"We had some great performances in the relays," said Bulldog coach Keith Pogue. "We did it with depth."

Leading the charge was Blake Sorensen, who was told by doctors he couldn't run track after a hip injury suffered last football season. He swept the 110-meter high hurdles (15.49) and 300 intermediate hurdles (41.06) and led off the winning 1,600 relay (3:31.25).

Girls

Hours after her throw, Bunch still wasn't sure how far past 51-0 she had thrown.

"When I heard 51, I didn't listen to the rest," she said. "I knew I could throw 50. I just wanted to get it done."

Bunch's series included a 49-0, a 50-4 foul, 50-0.5, 49-5, 51-0.75 and 49-9. The top throw in the nation is 52-4.

"She got good lift on it," said Mahomet-Seymour throws guru Tom Willard, who had predicted she would break 50-0. "I really didn't think she'd throw 51-0 this year."

For technical reasons, Willard doesn't allow Bunch to watch the flight of her throws.

"It felt good," she said. "When it landed, I didn't even have to look to know it was good. After getting 51, I'm going for 52 now."

Illinois State recruit Hanna Query of Mahomet-Seymour nearly swept the sprints. She lowered her 200 meet record of 25.70 set last year to 25.34 after earlier winning the 400 in a personal best of 58.74.

Query's day began with nearly a dead heat in the 100 as U High freshman Rebekah Johnson was credited with a 12.44 and Query a 12.45. It was so close, Query was originally declared the winner.

Query welcomed the push from Johnson, who took second in the 200 in 25.41.

"Whenever I race someone really fast, it pushes you so that's good," said Query, who was coming back from a leg injury.

Miami of Ohio recruit Olivia Klaus of Eureka defended her 800 title in a school and meet record 2:15.48. She was torn as to whether she should make a record assault.

"I wasn't feeling the best, but I knew the weather was great," said Klaus, who couldn't let the weather go to waste.

She later took second in the 400 in 59.29.

U High freshman Emily Clay won the pole vault with a pole borrowed from Central Catholic to clear a Pantagraph area season best of 11-6. That tied the third-best vault in area history and set an outdoor school record.

Eureka's Kelsey Holman won the high jump on fewer misses as she and Mahomet-Seymour's Katie Forshey both cleared an area-leading 5-6.

Central Catholic sophomore Kelly Curran defended her 1,600 title in 5:10.91, almost 10 seconds faster than a year ago.

"I've improved a lot since my freshman year," said Curran, who earlier split 2:18 in the 3,200 relay.

Central Catholic's Alexis Atkins won the 100 hurdles in 15.91 over defending champion Tajia Cummins of Mahomet-Seymour (16.41).

Boys

Mahomet-Seymour's Sorensen, who was seeded second in both hurdle events, refused to be denied by last fall's hip injury.

"Every doctor I spoke to except my own said track was out of the question for a year," he said. "We had won this meet four years in a row. I just wanted to get the fifth one."

Eureka's Wes Schmidgall was the meet's lone triple winner. He defended his titles in the 400 (50.00) and long jump (20-4) and added the 200 crown (22.58). His 400 was a career best. In the 200, he trailed U High's Will Brucker early.

"He had me the first 100 and then I caught him," Schmidgall said. "It was close. I was getting nervous."

Central Catholic's John Curran swept the 800 (1:59.89) and 1,600 (4:31.28), using a 62.5 last lap to overtake U High's Kevin Forde (4:32.87) in the latter.

"Forde's a very good runner so I was happy to get a shot at him in the 1,600," said Curran, who came close to his twin brother Dan's school record of 1:58.7 in the 800.

Forde, who had earlier defended his 3,200 title in 9:53.49, was disappointed.

"Today just wasn't my day," said the ISU recruit.

Olympia junior Alex Freshour won his first league title, clearing 13-6 before missing three close attempts at a meet record 15-5. He made a school record 15-2 Friday.

Prairie Central's Brennan Krenz won the high jump at 6-4, an inch below his area-leading best, but an inch above his head.