Track State is over for both boys and girls, many schools are finishing up their last few days, and many seniors have already graduated. Things have wrapped up for high school athletes.
After many months of preparation and hard work, it is great to get down to the two weeks that all track and field athletes and fans look forward to the most...
It’s been a busy/exciting last couple of weeks. Two weeks ago we competed in our Mid-Suburban League Conference Meet, this past weekend we had Sectionals (Lake Zurich), and this coming weekend we have State! Throw in prom, AP tests, some hard workouts and some crazy weather and you have the whirlwind that makes the end of the season so fun.
This past weekend we hosted the 82nd Palatine Relays. Palatine Relays has always been my favorite track meet. When I was younger I often came to watch the Palatine Relays and always dreamed about when I would be able to compete in it. I actually got my first chance to do this when I was in 8th grade in the Jr. High Relay event, but I couldn’t wait until I got to compete as a high school athlete. The combination of great competition, unique events, and being able to represent Palatine on our home turf always makes it a special day. My senior year Palatine Relays was no disappointment.
“The Quad” is a fun tradition we have at Palatine. On our website our coach says “the Quad club is a special place reserved only for those Lady Pirate runners who have attempted and completed the grueling task of running all four distance events (4x800m, 3200m, 800m, 1600m), or mid-distance (4x800m, 800m, 400m, and 4x400m), in one track meet on the same day”. If you make it through the night, you’re officially part of the Quad Squad, and we keep records on how people do each year.
The Minooka Boy’s Inaugural track meet was run on the 19th of April. The invitational went great with new personal bests and achievements. Also the Minooka boys had a meet the following Monday which was our senior recognition night.
We’re at that time of the season again where small dual meets are becoming scarce and many large invites are being run throughout the state. Dual meets are a great place to try different events and work on different things, but invites are where the real fun happens in my opinion.
Hello track world, Eric Walker from St. Rita High School in Chicago back at you after a long hiatus. The last time I spoke to you all I was gearing up for the Top Times meet. I didn’t perform up to my expectations against a strong field. I have moved on from that and used it as a learning experience heading into outdoors.
The weather has been beautiful in early April and outdoor track season is underway. With the start of outdoor some bigger time meets will be coming up, and this always means more nerves.
After a few weeks away, it is nice to be back to blogging and to Illinois! This past weekend, Tony Zea, Ryan Clevenger, and I went out to California for the Arcadia Invitational.
The indoor season is over! For some that is a weight off of their shoulders....
At Palatine, we use most of the indoor season to get in some good workouts, get race experience, and try different people out in different events. With this in my mind, we usually don’t put together our best line-up to maximize point scoring until our indoor MSL conference meet. The conference meet, which was this past weekend held at North Central College, is a great chance for us to put together our best line-up and see where we stack up against some of the great teams in our conference
Hi! It’s Briyahna again checking in with you guys. I recently had the great opportunity to go to the New Balance Indoor Nationals in New York City at the famed New Balance Armory Track Center. What a great experience for my teammates and myself.
I'm very exciting to be checking back in this weekend! It was an exciting week for my teammates and I due to Mustang Relays this past Monday night.
The legendary Cleveland Browns and Cincinnati Bengals head coach Paul Brown once said “When you win say nothing, when you lose say less”. Winning and losing is the product of a sport. Not everyone will win and not everyone will lose. Without the one who loses, who will win? With this message I hope to connect with those athletes getting frustrated with their performances so far and who are progressing well.
Everyone knows there is a lot that goes into running a track meet. We know it’s a lot of work for the starters, the timers, the coaches, the volunteers, etc., but it’s so easy to forget just how much work in takes to run a track meet smoothly, and it’s easy for us athletes to forget to appreciate it.
Well Monday night is the night ! For most of the indoor season, a lot of us have been waiting for the Mustang Relays. The race on Monday night should really start to give the state an idea of which relays will be coming out on top in May.
“FAIR IS FAIR” is from the movie The Legend of Billie Jean. This is one of my most favorite quotes ever to be said. It’s short, simple, and to the point. It doesn’t take a lot of thought; it means what it says- what is fair is fair. I am a firm believer of standing up for what you believe in and fighting for what is right. That is why I am writing this blog- to take a stand .
Hello track world, Eric Walker back at you with blog number two. It has been a very difficult seven days for me since I wrote my last blog. Why you ask? I had a minor injury from my hurdle race in Kentucky and my coach decided to hold me out of competition this past weekend as well as have a modified practice.
Ah yes, Track Hack. It is just one of the many unique features of the indoor track season.
This year’s version of the St. Rita Mustangs is ready to roll. We return nearly all our top guys from last year and hope to do big things as a team.
It’s great to be back after the first major weekend of track and field in Illinois! As always, the Proviso West Classic this past Saturday was loaded with competition in every event from 14 of the top teams in the state...
Minooka track and field has been going through practices for almost a month now and our indoor debut is right around the corner! Our first meet is the Normal West Invitational held at Illinois Wesleyan University, so mark your calendars! On February 27th at 5 o’clock Minooka will be competing against some other very talented teams in our first meet! We’re all excited to show the talent and coaching skills that we behold.
Hi it's me Briyahna back again. The last time I wrote I spoke about how it felt to sign with Texas A&M University; now it's time to get back to work....
It’s great to be back following the opening weekend for many in this year’s track season! DGN opened up at Hinsdale Central last night, and there were a bunch of exciting performances on the track and in the field.
Yes, it’s that time: the 2014 Winter Olympic Games are upon us. I know many athletes, myself included, love the Olympics and try to soak it all in while it lasts. Many of us grow up watching the Olympics and dream of someday being on the big stage. Although we eventually realize this dream is unattainable for most of us, we can still be inspired by the Olympic athletes. Track athletes especially can relate to the hours of commitment and determination, or the very act of pushing the human body to its limits because that’s what track is all about.
It's great to be back after another week of training as the indoor track season really begins to heat up. This past week has been very exciting for me due to national signing day this on Wednesday. I officially signed my National Letter of Intent to the University of Illinois, and I know that I am extremely blessed to get the opportunity to attend and run for such a great university in the upcoming years.
Hey everybody this is Devin Ingram again coming to you from Minooka Community High School. It has been a long, but much needed break before our opening meets. It has given athletes time to heal all the pains they may have gotten since their last season ended. New athletes may spring up from past injuries. There may be new athletes coming into the school’s program. Just thinking of all the possibilities and new challenges is exciting. This year will be a new frontier for all.
I enjoy reading the Milesplit interviews with athletes about their college choices. With all of the excitement of signing day this past week, I decided to bring in someone to help interview some of my teammates and me, and he added some “unconventional questions” to spice it up a bit.
Hi my name is Briyahna DesRosiers and I'm currently a high school student at North Lawndale College Prep on the west side of Chicago.