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Litchfield’s Hott named outstanding running event official

January 11, 2012 By Leave a Comment
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By DAVE KANE (dave.kane@sj-r.com)

LITCHFIELD —When Tom Hott was approached about serving as a junior high track meet official almost 20 years ago, he figured it would be a good way to get involved and at the same time watch his daughter, Alicia, compete.

Hott’s involvement has grown significantly since then.

While awards are the last thing that keep the 64-year-old Litchfield resident involved as a track official, he admits he was “speechless” when he was named the outstanding running event official by USA Track and Field.

“It’s the highest award you can get as an official, except for making the Hall of Fame,” said Hott, who received the Charles Ruter Award during the USATF Convention in St. Louis last month. “The people who’ve won it before me are just the who’s-who of running event officials in this country. There were five finalists (last month), and I thought two or three of them were more deserving than me.”

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llinois Elite’s Aailyah Brown named Athlete of the Meet at 2012 Texas A&M High School Classic

January 9, 2012 By Leave a Comment
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Illinois Elite’s Aailyah Brown named Athlete of the Meet at 2012 Texas A&M High School Classic.  This is the Lincoln Way East’s 2nd Athlete of the Meet recognition at a National Caliber High School Meet.  Brown was awarded Athlete of the Meet honors at the prestigous Arcadia Invitational in 2011. 

Won 60m (7.46) and 200m (24.60)  at 2012 Texas A&M High School Classic

(SET MEET RECORD IN 60 meters)    60m Final Video ; 200m Final Video

 

Brown won three titles as a Sophomore at the 2011 IHSA State Championships

  • 100m dash – 11.46 (Current State is Record 11.40)
  • 200 dash – 24.00
  • 4 x 100 – 47.00 with Dana O’Grady, Meghan Marias and Maria Perozzi.
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Jon Burnett awarded ITCCCA-South Boys Class AAA Cross Country – Coach of the Year

January 9, 2012 By Leave a Comment
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Jon Burnett 3A Boys Coach of the Year 

  • Southwestern Conference Champions
  • Edwardsville Regional Champions
  • Quincy Sectional Champions
  • 2011 IHSA 3A STATE RUNNER-UPS

 

 

O’Fallon places 6 runners on ITCCCA-South AAA Boys All-State Team

1.  Alex Riba                       O’Fallon (H.S.)                

2.  Garrett Sweatt             Edwardsville (H.S.)            

3.  Patrick Perrier          O’Fallon (H.S.)                

4.  Johnny Leverenz       Danville (H.S.)                

5.  Jacob Becker               O’Fallon (H.S.)                
6.  Nicholai Sarpy          O’Fallon (H.S.)                
7.  Kevin Lapp                 O’Fallon (H.S.)      
8.  Dorrian Gordon               O’Fallon (H.S.)        

9.  Ryan O’Leary                     Normal (Community)       

10. Brydon Groves-Scott   Edwardsville (H.S.)

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O’Fallon’s Riba ITCCCA-South Boys Class AAA Cross Country – Athlete of the Year

January 9, 2012 By Leave a Comment
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ITCCCA-South Boys Class AAA Cross Country – Athlete of the Year

Alex Riba (Jr.) O’Fallon High School

Edwardsville Regional Runner-Up

Quincy Sectional Runner-Up

2011 IHSA 3A STATE RUNNER-UP

Head Coach: Jon Burnett

 

ITCCCA-South Boys Class AAA Cross Country – All State Team

ATHLETE NAME                 SCHOOL               YEAR       IHSA STATE TIME/PACE

1.  Alex Riba                               O’Fallon                    Jr               14:27  4:49
2.  Garrett Sweatt                   Edwardsville          Sr               14:29  4:50
3.  Patrick Perrier                  O’Fallon                    So                14:57  4:59
4.  Johnny Leverenz              Danville                    So                15:01  5:01
5.  Jacob Becker                        O’Fallon                    Sr                15:08  5:03
6.  Nicholai Sarpy                   O’Fallon                    Sr                15:12  5:04
7.  Kevin Lapp                           O’Fallon                    Sr                15:24  5:08
8.  Dorrian Gordon                 O’Fallon                    Fr                15:35  5:12
9.  Ryan O’Leary                      Normal                     Sr                 15:42  5:14
10. Brydon Groves-Scott       Edwardsville         Fr                 16:01  5:21
 
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MacArthur’s Clevenger ITCCCA-South Boys Class AA Cross Country – Athlete of the Year

January 8, 2012 By Leave a Comment
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ITCCCA-South Boys Class AA Cross Country – Athlete of the Year

Michael Clevenger (Sr.) Decatur MacArthur High School

2010 IHSA 2A Boys State Champion

  • Jacksonville Regional Champion
  • Decatur MacArthur Sectional Champion

2011 IHSA 2A STATE CHAMPION

Head Coach: Angelo Rinchusio

 ITCCCA-South Boys Class AA Cross Country – All State Team

ATHLETE NAME                   SCHOOL                                              YEAR     IHSA STATE TIME/PACE

1.  Michael Clevenger     Decatur MacArthur               Sr   14:26  4:49
2.  Riley McInerney       Charleston                      Jr   14:40  4:53
3.  Murphy Affolder       Mascoutah                       So   14:57  4:59
4.  Michael Kouri         Peoria Notre Dame               Sr   15:08  5:03
5.  Tyler Morse           Bartonville Limestone           Sr   15:10  5:04
6.  Nathan Hoffman        Springfield H.S.                Jr   15:10  5:04
7.  Sam Cross             Springfield H.S.                Sr   15:11  5:04
8.  Spencer Wilson        Washington                      Sr   15:12  5:04
9.  Johnathan Schaap      Mahomet-Seymour                 Jr   15:18  5:06
10. Wesley Ward           Normal University               Jr   15:19  5:07

 

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Springfield’s Kirby Hale ITCCCA-South Girls Class AA Cross Country – Athlete of the Year

January 8, 2012 By Leave a Comment
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ITCCCA-South Girls Class AA Cross Country – Athlete of the Year

Kirby Hale (Sr.) Springfield High School

  • Jacksonville Regional Runner-Up
  • Decatur MacArthur Sectional Champion
  • Finished 3rd at 2011 IHSA State Meet

Head Coach: Dan Devlin

 

ITCCCA-South Girls Class AA Cross Country – All State Team

ATHLETE NAME                   SCHOOL                                              YEAR     IHSA STATE TIME/PACE

1.  Kirby Hale            Springfield (H.S.)              Sr   17:20  5:47
2.  Meredith McClain      Springfield (SHG)               Jr   17:31  5:51
3.  Julia Williams        Washington                      Sr   17:44  5:55
4.  Madeline Lager        Breese (Mater Dei)              So   17:45  5:55
5.  Jessie Wynn           Peoria (Notre Dame)             Sr   17:46  5:56
6.  Sydney Billingsley    Normal (University)             So   17:54  5:58
7.  Ellen Toennies        Breese (Mater Dei)              So   18:05  6:02
8.  Lindsay Rogers        Chatham (Glenwood)              Jr   18:13  6:05
9.  Maggie Cornelius      Springfield (H.S.)              Sr   18:16  6:06
10. Ashley Pribble        Morton                          Sr   18:19  6:07
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O’Fallon’s Neil James to participate in the ITCCCA-South Distance Panel

January 8, 2012 By Leave a Comment
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Head Girls Cross Country and Track Coach

O’Fallon Township High School

Cross Country

1993 – 1996                Assistant coach

1997 – Present            Head Girls Coach

                                    8 Conference Championships
                                    7 Regional Championships
                                    3 Sectional Championships (last 2 years)
                                    11 Team State Qualifiers

 Track

2002 – 2005                Assistant Girls Coach

2006 – Present            Head Girls Coach

                                    2 Conference Championships
                                    1 Sectional Championship
                                    8 State Medalists in last 5 years
                                    2010 State Champs 4 x 400

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Stephanie Brown sets Arkansas School Record in 1000m

January 7, 2012 By Leave a Comment
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Arkansas Razorback’s Stephanie Brown (Downs Tri-Valley ’09) sets Arkansas School Record in 1000m at the Arkansas Invitational

From the Arkansas Blog “And with that, the women’s 1,000 meters is on the track with Razorback junior Stephanie Brown in the field with Kristen Gillespie setting the pace (and stepping off the field), Brown out to a big lead.

Brown wins the 1,000 meters in 2:42.83…nearly 20 seconds faster than the second-place runner.

The run by Brown will go down as a new school record in the 1,000 meters, surpassing the previous mark of 2:43.82 set by Melody Sye in 1987.”

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Champaign Centennial Boys looking to add two teams to inaugural 2012 Charger Indoor Invite

January 7, 2012 By Leave a Comment
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What: 2012 Charger Indoor Invite – Boys  Meet
Host: Champaign Centennial   Contact: Greg Walters  
When: March 3, 2012
Where: University of Illinois Armory

 

 

PARTICIPATING TEAMS

  1. Belleville West
  2. Bloomington
  3. Champaign Centennial
  4. Chicago Lane Tech
  5. Country Club Hills – Hillcrest
  6. Decatur MacArthur
  7. Dunlap
  8. Edwardsville
  9. Geneva
  10. Mahomet-Seymour
  11. Normal Community West
  12. Peoria Richwoods
  13. Plainfield North
  14. Plainfield South
  15. Springfield Lanphier
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IHSA Schools Approve All 14 Proposals on Amendment Ballot

January 5, 2012 By Leave a Comment
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All 14 proposals on the ballot in the annual Illinois High School Association (IHSA) member school referendum were approved in voting by the membership last month. The online ballots were tabulated and certified in the IHSA Office Thursday (Jan. 5).  All the by-law changes take effect on July 1, 2012.

Here is a summary of the successful proposals and the vote totals:

  1.  Proposal 1(passed 261-239) allows private schools with enrollments of 200 or less (before the 1.65 multiplier is applied) to be part of cooperative teams.
  2.  Proposal 2(passed 496-3) allows the Illinois School for the Deaf to compete against other schools for the deaf, even if they are not a member of their state’s high school association, with the permission of the Executive Director.
  3.  Proposal 3(passed 422-77) simplifies the language of the by-law regarding the qualifications needed to serve as a head or assistant coach.
  4.  Proposal 4(passed 447-51) requires any school entering a state tournament to have a member of its coaching staff watch the required rules interpretation presentation, even if the school has only an individual entry or entries.
  5.  Proposal 6(passed 400-99) allows a certificate of physical fitness to be valid for 395 days from the date it was issued (the current limit is 365 days).
  6.  Proposal 7(passed 309-189) requires students to be doing passing work in 25 credit hours of high school work per week (the current requirement is 20 hours.) A physical education class may be counted as one of the five courses used to earn 25 credit hours, even if the school does not give credit for P.E.
  7.  Proposal 8(passed 304-195) requires students, except for incoming freshmen, to have received credit for passing work in 25 credit hours of high school work during the previous semester (the current requirement is 20 hours.) A physical education class may be counted as one of the five courses used to earn 25 credit hours, even if the school does not give credit for P.E.
  8.  Proposal 10(passed 334-161) expands the exception to non-school participation to include competitions sanctioned by, but not necessarily sponsored or conducted by, the National Governing Body or its official Illinois affiliate, and approved by the IHSA Board of Directors.
  9.  Proposal 11(passed 302-187) creates the following new rules for summer football drills: (a) Before full pads are allowed during summer camp, teams must practice 2 days with helmet only and 2 days with helmet and shoulder pads only, and (b) Helmets, mouthpieces, and appropriate footwear may be worn during 7-on-7 scrimmages.
  10.  Proposal 12(passed 428-55) allows a wrestling team to compete in more than five contests in a tournament if that tournament takes place over two consecutive days.
  11.  Proposal 13(passed 424-75) removes the restriction on the number of quarters a basketball player can participate in during the course of the regular season.
  12.  Proposal 14(passed 335-138) moves the date of the first contest in boys bowling three days earlier, from Monday of Week 19 to Friday of Week 18.
  13.  Proposal 20(passed 431-48) adds a limitation on practice in Competitive Dance, running from Monday of Week 18 to Saturday of Week 39.
  14.  Proposal 21(passed 436-42) restricts Competitive Dance squads to no more than seven competitions, excluding the IHSA state series.
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