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.
Spectrum Athletics will be the new equipment provider for the 2012 IHSA Girl’s and Boy’s State Track Meet. The extremely low pricing on these items is a rare opportunity for track programs to save money.
The equipment listed in the link below will be available for special purchase by contacting Derek Pahl at 866-231-0368.
| Qty. Avail. | Item No. | Description | Book Price | Event Price |
| 2 | VP310 | Gill 65611 High School Pole Vault ValuePack II | $ 17,400.00 | $ 13,900.00 |
VP310 ValuePack includes:
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| 2 | VP500 | Gill 64611 Collegiate High Jump ValuePack | $ 8,230.00 | $ 5,950.00 |
VP500 ValuePack includes:
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| 5 | 526 | Gill International PV Crossbar | $ 90.00 | $ 56.00 |
| 5 | 525 | Gill International HJ Crossbar | $ 88.00 | $ 55.00 |
| 12 | 412 | Gill Scholastic Starting Block | $ 107.00 | $ 68.50 |
| 40 | 403 | Gill High School Hurdle | $ 131.00 | $ 86.50 |
| 2 | 313 | Gill Hollyood 1K Discus | $ 241.00 | $ 192.00 |
| 2 | 305 | Gill Hollywood 1.6K Discus | $ 261.00 | $ 199.00 |
| 2 | 3394 | Gill 4K Cast Iron Shot | $ 23.00 | $ 16.00 |
| 2 | 3312 | Gill 12lb Cast Iron Shot | $ 28.50 | $ 20.00 |
Purchase & Delivery Instructions:
Located in western Kentucky, Spectrum Athletics is owned and operated by Derek Pahl, who is originally from Marion, IL and was an All-State pole vaulter for Marion High School (’84). He has over 15 years experience in the athletic equipment industry and most notably was a sales and marketing representative for Gill Athletics. He also supervised the IHSA state meet equipment sale from 1998-2002. In 2008, he formed his own company and is now one of the largest dealers for Gill Athletics in the United States.
You can download the latest Spectrum Athletics catalog at www.spectrumathletics.com or to receive by mail, call us at 866-231-0368.
The University of St. Francis Head Cross Country and Track coach Drew Ludtke sat down with IPTF to answer questions about the new facility at the University of St. Francis in Joliet, IL. The facility will host the Senior Spotlight Meet June 8-9 weekend where Team Illinois will compete against athletes from Iowa and Wisconsin.
The track was made possible with a joint partnership between the University of St. Francis, the City of Joliet, the Park District and private donations.
Specs on the track:
12 mm mondo, which is top of the line. The same surface was used in the Beijing Olympics.
The track is blue with gray exchange zones.
The stadium seats 10,000 people.
All field events are within the stadium, with the exception of javelin. Depending on the bid for hosting the USA Juniors, the javelin could be potentially be brought inside the stadium.
Does the University of St. Francis host any home invitationals?
The University of St. Francis hosted conference last year and will host again next year for the Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference. We hope to host a yearly meet in the future. We are bidding on USA Juniors for 2014, NAIA Nationals for 2013-2015, and won the bid for the senior All Star meet. Currently, the site hosts the National Christian College Athletic Association meet from 2011-2013.
What does it mean to be the host site for Senior Spotlight Meet for the school, community?
We are excited to be hosting the Senior Spotlight Meet June 8-9 weekend. The community and St. Francis have really been behind our work to bring the meet into the town. The meet consists of the top seniors in Illinois, Iowa, and Wisconsin. The seniors will reside in the residence halls at St. Francis for the weekend, so they will get to see the college campus atmosphere in a “sneak peak” before they head off to full-time college later in the Summer. Previously, we built a fairly good track and field program with no facility. To finally have a home facility to practice and to have it be one of the best in the Midwest is exciting for the team, the community, and the university.
How does having the new facility impact the University of St. Francis track program?
The track should help with recruiting in general. We have built a program with quality student athletes who wanted to continue competing at the next level–athletes who did not need a facility. Now we can offer a world class facility to quality prospects who want to compete, but who also want an excellent education and degree at a challenging private school.
Dr. Drew Ludtke
Head Track and Field Coach
Head Cross Country Coach
University of St. Francis
UTEP’s mere 17 points in 1981 still NCAA championship best
The UTEP men’s cross country team entered the 1981 NCAA Championships as a confident bunch. Before the meet started, the runners approached coach Ted Banks and told him they felt they might be able to get a perfect score, which in cross country means having five of the seven runners finish in the top five places.
Banks laughed and told them, “Let’s just worry about winning.”
However, his team narrowly missed its prediction, and to this day holds the best score at the NCAA Championships with 17 points. The Miner runners finished in five of the top six spots. Penn State’s Alan Scharsu was the only person to keep UTEP from perfection as he finished fourth overall. Providence finished a distant second as a team with 109 points.
“We were very fortunate to get 17,” Banks said. “It was beyond my wildest dreams. That was the best team I ever had, by far.”
“It’s completely absurd to score only 17 points at the NCAA Cross Country Championships. The talent on that team was just amazing. I just can’t ever see that happening again.”
– Florida State coach Bob Braman
Those are serious words coming from Banks, who led teams to six NCAA men’s cross country titles, including four in a row. However, looking at the pedigree of the 1981 Miner team, it is easy to see how they were so successful.
The individual champion was Mathews Motshwarateu, who covered Wichita State’s 10k course in 28:45.6. Motshwarateu previously set the world 10k road record in 1980, becoming the first person to break the 28-minute barrier. The second-place finisher at the NCAA meet was Michael Musyoki, who finished a mere eight-tenths of a second behind Motshwarateu. Musyoki won the bronze medal at the 1984
Olympics in the 10,000 meters and set the world record in the half marathon in 1982. UTEP’s third-place finisher was Gabriel Kaman, who finished in 29:19.3 despite coming down with stomach problems halfway through the race.
NORMAL — Normal West’s Drew Kerschieter won the 1600m Thursday at the Normal West Wildcat Invitational, setting a meet record with a time of 4:19.81 at the indoor event at Illinois Wesleyan University.
Kerschieter , named the most outstanding track event performer in the meet, broke the record of 4:20.30 set by Normal West’s Cory Nanni in 2007.
By MARCIA MARTINEZ (marcia.martinez@sj-r.com)
THE STATE JOURNAL-REGISTER
Kevin Farley considers himself a kid at heart.
That quality should serve the Lanphier High School senior well in the future. He plans to become a pediatrician.
“If you set a thing of Lincoln Logs in front of me, I’m going to build me a log cabin,” said the 6-foot, 285-pound three-sport athlete.
The son of Lanphier boys track and field coach Mike Garcia, 9-year-old Cannon, follows Farley wherever he goes at track meets. Plus Farley isn’t above playing with his 10-year-old sister, Ciota.
“Since I was 10, I always wanted to be a doctor,” said Farley, who ranks sixth in his class of 292 students.
A label Farley has already secured is state champion. He won the Class 2A state title in the shot put last May with a personal-record throw of 56 feet, 7 inches.
“Before state, I never threw 54-0 or 55-0 at any meet,” said Farley, who also finished fifth at state in the discus. “It was either 53-0 or below.”
His career performance gave the Lions seven individual state champions in five seasons.
AAU Northern Indoor Meet Results
Pictured: Illinois Elite Coach Brown,
Sub-Youth 4×4 2011 Indoor National Champs – (Set National Record)
Leg 1 – Hannah Cohn, Leg 2 - Alyssa Vogt, Leg 3 – Janae Cox, Anchor – Alexis J. Pierre-Antoine
The 2011 AAU Northern Indoor Track & Field Meet was hosted by the HOI Titans this past weekend in Bloomington at the Shirk Center. Athletes from ages 7- 18 competed over the 3 day period.
Zach Gulley (HOI Titans/Downs Tri-Valley ‘ 11) placed 2nd in the Triple Jump with a 41-09.50/12.73m performance
Christin Wurth-Thomas (Bloomington ’99/Arkansas) put on a world-leading performance in the invitational section of the 3,000 meters at Tyson Invitational. Paced by Stephanie Brown (Downs-Tri Valley ’09) through the first third of the race, Wurth-Thomas posted a time of 8:43.79 to establish the No. 1 time in the world, a new meet record and Randal Tyson Track Center record. She surpassed the previous world best by nearly six seconds.
Wurth-Thomas was recently in the area to speak at the ITCCCA-South Clinic in Decatur.
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