February 5, 2012

Top Returning Sophomores – 3A Girls (5 of 5)

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SPRINTS

Mystique Thompson – Rock Island; 100m/200m

  • 8th Place finish at IHSA State 100m (2A)– 12.33
  • 5th Place finish at IHSA State 200m (2A)– 25.25

Claudette Day – Belleville West; #3 Returnee 100H

  • 5th Place finish at IHSA State 100H - 14.66

Kristen Dowell – Edwardsville; #8 Returnee 100H

  • 9th Place finish at IHSA State 100H – 16.36 (14.89 p)

Patrice Jones – Rockton Hononegah; #5 Returnee 400m

  • 9th Place finish at IHSA State 400 – 1:22.43 (57.22 p)

HORIZONTAL JUMPS

Emma Spagnola – Aurora West;  #1 Returnee LJ

  • 3rd Place finish at IHSA State LJ– 18-02.25

 

 

 

Claudette Day – Belleville West; #2 Returnee LJ

  • 5th Place finish at IHSA State LJ– 18-00.25

Sarah Sepanski – Springfield; #5 Returnee LJ

  • 7th Place finish at IHSA State LJ (2A)– 17-08.25

Parker English – Evanston; #7 Returnee LJ

  • 12th Place finish at IHSA State LJ – 17-04.00

VERTICAL JUMPS

Kelsey Shannon – Belleville West; #5 Returnee HJ

  • 7th Place finish at IHSA State HJ – 5-05.00

THROWS

Banke Oginni – Hoffman Estates; #4 Returnee SP

  • 12th Place finish at IHSA State SP – 39-01.25

DISTANCE

Emily Leonard – Maine South; 3200m

  • 16th Place finish at IHSA State 3200m 11:22.75

Becca Marcotte – Hinsdale Central; 3200m

  • 18th Place finish at IHSA State 3200m 11:26.36

Briana Daley – Oak Park Fencwick; 3200m

  • 28th Place finish at IHSA State 3200m 12:00.44

Mallory Johnson – New Lenox (Lincoln Way-Central); 3200m

  • 29th Place finish at IHSA State 3200m 12:10.72

Top Returning Sophomores – 2A Girls (4 of 5)

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CLASS OF 2014

SPRINTS

Ebony McClendon – Chicago Brooks; 100m #2 Returnee

  • 4th Place finish at IHSA State 100m– 12.21

LaDaisha Steen Yates – Peoria Central; 100m #3 Returnee

  • 5th Place finish at IHSA State 100m– 12.22 

Lauren Zick – Maple Park Kaneland; 400m #6 Returnee

  • 9th Place finish at IHSA State 100m– 59.76

 

HORIZONTAL JUMPS

Lexi Duncan – Dixon; LJ #3 Returnee

  • 8th Place finish at IHSA State - 17-06.50 

 

VERTICAL JUMPS

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Molly McGraw – Bloomington Central Catholic; HJ #1 Returnee

  • 3rd Place finish at IHSA State (1A) – 5-06.00

Haleigh Knapp – Morris; HJ #4 Returnee

  • 8th Place finish at IHSA State – 5-3.00

Jamie DeFauw – Geneseo; HJ  Morris; HJ #10 Returnee

  • 13th Place finish at IHSA State – 4-11.00

 

DISTANCE

Sydney Billingsley – Normal University; 3200m #3 Returnee/1600m #3 Returnee

  • 5th Place finish at IHSA State – 11:17.26
  • 7th Place finish at IHSA State – 5:11.80

Sonia Bourdaghs – Chicago University; 3200m

  • 23rd Place finish at IHSA State – 12:17.27

Emily Bleyer Carbondale; 3200

  • 26th Place finish at IHSA State – 12:55.63

THROWS

Lena Giger – Highland; SP #2 Returnee

  • 3rd Place finish at IHSA State – 42-02.50

Mackenzie Joop – Mahomet; DI #4 Returnee

  • 6th Place finish at IHSA State – 109-10.00

Daisha Townsend – Cahokia; DI #7 Returnee

  • 10th Place finish at IHSA State – 107-11.00

 

Top Returning Sophomores – 2A/3A Boys (3 of 5)

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CLASS OF 2014

SPRINTS

Marlin Brady – Cahokia; 400m #2 Returnee
  • 4th Place finish at IHSA State - 49.02

DISTANCE

 Murphy Affolder – Mascoutah; 1600m #4 Returnee

  • 7th Place finish at IHSA State - 4:23.69

John Wold – Glenbard South; 1600m #5 Returnee

  • 11th Place finish at IHSA State - 4:24.77

Joe Singelton - Glenbard South; 3200m # 8 Returnee

  • 14th Place finish at IHSA State - 9:43.55

HORIZONTAL JUMPS

Adoree Jackson – Belleville East; #1 Returnee

  • 2nd Place finish at IHSA State LJ – 22-11.75

 

 

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VERTICAL JUMPS

Tyler Jourdan – Salem; PV #5 Returnee

  • 9th Place finish at IHSA State PV – 13-03.00

 

 

 

O’Fallon’s Jeremy Hayes to present PV at ITCCCA-South Clinic

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Jeremy Hayes grew up in Mt. Vernon, IL and was coached by Clint Turner all four years in high school in the pole vault.  Hayes was a three time all stater in the pole from 94, 95, and 96.  Upon graduating high school in 1996 Jeremy attended McKendree College on a track scholarship and graduated from McKendree in 2000 with a BA in Criminal Justice.    In 2001 Hayes had the pleasure of coaching his brother and a teamate in the pole vault.  Both of them were All Staters that year placing 3rd and 5th in the pole vault.   Jeremy is currently coaching the jumps at O’Fallon High School with the most recent All Stater being Haley Holton jumping 12-3 and placing third in the 3A Girls State Finals.

Jeremy is married to Natalie Hayes and we have one daughter Isabella.

Top Returning Sophomores – 1A Girls (2 of 5)

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CLASS OF 2014

 

SPRINTS

Alex Rosignol – Mt. Carmel; 100m #2 Returnee

  • 3rd Place finish at IHSA State – 12.29

Amelia Glueck – Tremont; 100m #3 Returnee

  • 4th Place finish at IHSA State – 12.51

Danielle Crawley – Sherrard; 100m#6 Returnee/200m #5 Returnee      

  • 7th Place finish at IHSA State – 12.74
  • 6th Place finish at IHSA State – 26.18

HURDLES

Miranda Meyer – Carterville; 100H #3 Returnee/300H

  • 7th Place finish at IHSA State – 16.03
  • State Qualifier in 300H

 Tyra Buss – Mt. Carmel; 300H #1 Returnee

  • 5th Place finish at IHSA State 47.17

Tatum Rosentreter – Gillespie; 300H #3 Returnee

  • 8th Place finish at IHSA State – 47.73

DISTANCE

Robbie Ann Hoye – Sherrard; 3200m #4 Returnee; 1600m Qualifier

  • 6th Place finish at IHSA State – 11:17.84

Maria Baldwin – Minonk (Fieldcrest); 3200m #6 Returnee

  • 8th Place finish at IHSA State – 11:30.16

THROWS

Kaitlyn Horn – Mendota; SP #7 Returnee

  • 9th Place finish at IHSA State – 36-07.00

HORIZONTAL JUMPS

Amelia Glueck – Tremont; LJ #3 Returnee

  • 7th Place finish at IHSA State – 17-05.75

Bailey Schmidt – Carlinville; TJ #5 Returnee

  • 12th Place finish at IHSA State – 34-03.75

VERTICAL JUMPS

Zoe Gossmeyer - Tremont; PV #3 Returnee

  • 5th Place finish at IHSA State – 10-06.00

 Madi Schulenberg – Orion; HJ #7 Returnee

  • 12th Place finish at IHSA State – 5-00.00

 

Top Returning Sophomores – 1A Boys (1 of 5)

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CLASS OF 2014

SPRINTS

Theodore Hopkins – Chicago Leo; 200m#3 Returnee/100m

  • 6th Place finish at IHSA State 200m– 22.55
  • State Qualifier in 100m                 

VERTICAL JUMPS

Brandon Tolliver-Goode – Newton; PV #3 Returnee 

  • 8th Place finish at IHSA State PV – 14-00.00

Alex King – Metropolis Massac County; HJ #8 Returnee

  • 12th Place finish at IHSA State (6-0.00)

DISTANCE

Connor Ehnle – Tremont; 1600m/3200

  • Two event qualifier at the State meet 4:35.32/9:57.90

THROWS

Dawson Hillis – Carrollton; DI #3 Returnee

  • 9th Place finish at IHSA State – 148-06.00

Jason Frye – Strasburg-Stewardson; DI 

  • IHSA State Qualifier - 143-10.00

 

St. Charles East to host Track and Field Officials Clinic (Level 1)

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 When: Saturday, January 28, 2012 

Where: St. Charles East HS

1020 Dunham Road

St. Charles, IL 60174

Time: 9:00 to 3:00 pm 

Cost: $40 at the door/$20 to ITCCOA Members

Track Coaches and Parent/Workers are also invited to attend. Cost: $20 for all day

Contact: Michael Powers

Cell phone: 630-234-2848

mtpowers1955@att.net

Please contact Michael Powers by January 21, 2012 if you plan on attending

Joyner-Kersee to speak at induction March 26

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Four-time Olympian Jackie Joyner-Kersee, a member of the Track and Field Hall of Fame, will be the featured speaker at the Springfield Sports Hall of Fame banquet and induction ceremonies.

The 22nd annual event will be March 26 at the Crowne Plaza. Tickets, priced at $40 each, can be reserved by calling Lesa Schaive at 529-0008.

Joyner-Kersee, a 1980 graduate of East St. Louis Lincoln High School, is one of the most decorated female athletes in history. She dominated track and field on the international circuit for 13 years, winning three gold, one silver and two bronze medals spanning four Olympic Games.

Joyner-Kersee won the silver medal in the heptathlon at the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles. At the 1988 Games in Seoul, South Korea, she won gold in her signature events, the heptathlon (setting a world record) and the long jump.

Olivia Casey opens collegiate career with indoor PR

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Olivia Casey’s introduction to the collegiate track and field scene and as a member of the Olivet Nazerene track team began with a 2nd place finish in the Long Jump at Carthage College’s Private College Invite. Olivia’s distance of 16-10.00 was an INDOOR PR!!! The winning jump was 16-10.50.

Southeast’s McBride will enter track Hall of Fame

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By RYAN MAHAN (ryan.mahan@sj-r.com)

Southeast High School girls track and field coach Tom McBride will be entering the Illinois Track and Cross Country Coaches Association Hall of Fame in a ceremony Saturday at the annual clinic at Oak Park-River Forest.

McBride, who is in his 31st — and final — season coaching the Spartans, was informed in October he had been selected.

“God’s blessed me over and over with wonderful things,” McBride said. “The Hall of Fame? That’s outstanding. I never thought anything like this would happen.”

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