Team Gear

Parents and Athletes,

By now each athlete should have been given a copy of the cross-country gear items available from Gillan's Graphics. If you have not yet seen ordering information, be sure to check with Dave Goodhue or one of the coaches. We will be trying to get the first round of orders placed by this Friday. Orders should be sent to school no later than this Thursday, September 29th. This is a chance for parents to order team shirts, along with jackets, misc. shirts, hoodies, boxers, hats, etc. The prices are extremely close to cost........this is not a money making fundraiser, but rather an organized effort to help parents, athletes, relatives, and family members to be decked out in team apparallel. We will try to get an order form and price list on the board at some point in the near future. Thank you.

Peoria High Itinerary

EHS X-C TRAVEL ITINERARY & CONTACT INFORMATION
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 30th – SATURDAY, OCTOBER 3rd
PEORIA HIGH INVITATIONAL

Travel Party
Coaching Staff: George Patrylak & John Cunningham
Athletes: Jamie Kantner, Courtney Smith, Liz Speicher, Lia Saunders, Leah Bateman, Lauren, Heidbrink, Dustin Davis, Devon Dudding, Andrew Josselyn, Eric Johannigmeier, Bryan Ryan, Charlie Vance, Jarrod Goodhue, Gil Flores, Willie Sweatt

FRIDAY
Depart: Friday, September 30th at 1:00p.m. aboard Laidlaw bus and one van driven by the coaching staff from Cassens.
Arrive: Arrive at Detweiller Park around 4:15p.m. Athletes will change into running clothes for the daily workout and to set up the tent.
Meals: After our run we will head to the hotel to check in and clean up and head to dinner somewhere near the hotel (Avanti’s, St. Bread Co., etc…) Athletes should bring a snack to eat on the way up if they wish. A variety of snacks, water, and sports drink will be furnished for the ride up by the team. Money for dinner Friday night and lunch on Saturday afternoon will provided by the team. The hotel has a continental breakfast where we will eat before heading to the course.
Note: Each team will meet as a group after dinner to discuss plans to depart to the course on Saturday. You may relax in each others rooms until lights out (TBA) when you must retire to your own room and go to bed for the evening. Remember the idea of coming up the night before is so you can get good nights sleep in order to race better on Saturday. Have fun but protect your opportunities.

SATURDAY
Wake Up: Wake up calls should be between 7:00 – 7:15a.m. (girls) and 7:30 – 7:45a.m. (guys). Athletes should be at breakfast by 7:30a.m. (girls)7:45 - 8:00a.m. (guys).
Departure: All athletes should be packed and ready to depart by 8:30a.m.
Race Schedule: Girls 10:30a.m. Race (9:30 bathroom, 9:45 WU, to the line early)
Boys 11:15a.m. Race
Return: Saturday afternoon sometime after 5:00p.m
Note: Jamie Kantner’s 17th Birthday is this weekend. Please wish her a Happy Birthday and celebrate with her on the way back from Peoria. A stellar team and individual performance could make her birthday quite special.

What to Bring (You are going for one night, please pack light)
Uniform (singlet, shorts, spikes, jacket, pant, sweatshirt, etc..)
Practice Clothes (shorts, top, running shoes, etc...)
Clothing to go to dinner in and ride home in
Underwear & Socks (Sports bras for the ladies)
Toiletries (toothbrush ,toothpaste, deodorant, etc…)
Extra socks
Money (snacks, t-shirt, etc…)
Snacks (don’t bring a bunch of junk, eat that after the meet or not at all)
Cell phones (no cell phones are to be used after lights out on Friday. Call to check in with parents or significant others before then. Once we get to the course to warm up, put the cell phones away until after your race)

Hotel:
Springhill Suites by Marriot Peoria
2701 Westlake Avenue
Peoria, IL 61615
(309) 681-2700

Coach C

Highlights at Hancock

Congratulations to the girls varsity team on their 2nd Place Finish at the Hancock Invitational.

Medal Winners:
Jamie Kantner (13th)
Courtney Smith (18th)
Liz Speicher (21st)
Lauren Heidbrink (23rd)
Lia Saunders (24th)
Leah Bateman (28th)

Congratulations the the girls jv team on their 2nd place finish and to JV Race Champion Kristin Hodge :)

Medal Winners:
Kristin Hodge (1st)
Laura Bevis (4th)
Kaci Smith (5th)

Coach C

P.S. The Jerseyville Invitational is this Monday. Chelsea Fee, Zsahkira Campbell, and Kayla Houseman will be racing varsity. All will travel and workout out there to cheer them on.

Hazelwood East a Success

Congratulations to Abbey Frese, Chelsea Fee, and Zshakia Campbell in placing 12th, 24th, & 25th respectively at the Hazelwood East Fr. Invitational. All three athletes who ran medaled. Well technically medaled since they forgot to bring/buy Zshakia's medal :( We're proud of you anyway. Great job ladies.

Abbey will be running as a part of the JV Team in this weekend's Hancock Invitational. Be at EHS at 5:50a.m. and the bus will leave at 6:00a.m. First race (JV Girls) will be at 8:00a.m.

Chelsea and Z will be running on Monday, September 26th at the Jerseyville Invitational. Bus immediately after school at 2:30p.m.

Coach C

Hazelwood East Fr. Invite

The Hazelwood East Fr. Invite will take place today (Wednesday) at Kirby Middle School in St. Louis, MO. Directions are located on the meet schedule page.

Boys 4:00p.m.
Girls 4:30p.m.

Coach C

Hancock Invitational (Time Schedule)

8:00AM - JV Girls (1A-4A)
8:45AM - Varsity Girls (1A-2A)
9:15AM - Varsity Girls (3A)
9:45AM - Varsity Girls (4A)
10:15AM - Varsity Boys (1A-2A)
10:30AM - Girls Awards
10:45AM - Varsity Boys (3A)
11:15AM - Varsity Boys (4A)
11:45AM - JV Boys (1A-3A)
12:15PM - JV Boys (4A)
12:45PM - Boys Awards

Impressive Edwardsville Invitational

Super Job Ladies at the Edwardsville Invitational.

Varsity (1st Place of 18, 21pts.)
Medalists = Kantner (1st), C. Smith (2nd), Speicher (4th), Saunders (6th), Heidbrink (8th). Bateman (10th)

Junior Varsity (1st Place of 5, 21pts.)
Medalists = Hausman (1st), Hodge (2nd), Bevis (3rd), K. Smith (4th), Coley (12th)

Keep up the good work.

Coach C

P.S. Freshman meet on Wednesday at Hazelwood East
(Fee, A. Frese, & Campbell)

Team T-Shirt Money

Team Shirts
Parents and athletes, we need to collect money for our 2005 team shirts. The cost per shirt is $7.00. This is a recovery cost, as we are not profitting from these sales. The shirts were handed out in advance for picture and meet reasons. Please be responsible. Thank you.

Also, any one who did not buy a Tiger Classic t-shirt can now get one for $8.00 a piece. Again, we are trying to break even and clear out inventory. Thanks.

Coach C

Former Tiger Timmon Keller (Care Package)

A former Edwardsville Tiger and huge contributor to the rise of X-C and Track & Field at EHS is currently serving in Afghanistan. I am still in contact with Timon as he always keeps up with the progress of the program. I thought it would be nice to send him a care package. I have his address. I'm interested in things that he doesn't get much like candy (non-chocolate b/c of shipping), sports magazines, tiger team stuff, etc... If you would like to contribute. Please bring this items to school to me, or parents can bring something to the Tuesday, September 20th Booster Club Meeting. Thanks in advance.

Coach C

NCAA CLEARINGHOUSE INFORMATION

NCAA CLEARINGHOUSE ELIGIBILITY (SO, JR, & SR's)

ATHLETES INTERESTED IN CONTINUING THEIR CAREER IN COLLEGE NEED TO SEE THEIR COUNSELORS ASAP IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE THEIR CORE CLASSES (MATH, SCIENCE, SOCIAL STUDIES, AND ENGLISH) ARE ON A SATISFACTORY PATH FOR THE NCAA CLEARINGHOUSE. IF YOU ARE THINKING ABOUT COMPETING AT THE NCAA DIVISION I OR DIVISION II LEVEL THIS MEANS YOU. THE NCAA CLEARINHOUSE MUST BE FILLED OUT ON LINE AND YOU MAY NEED HELP, AND YOU WILL NEED A COPY OF YOUR TRANSCRIPTS SENT TO ALL SCHOOLS YOU ARE APPLYING TO. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS PLEASE SEE COACH CUNNINGHAM.

ACT Information

2005-2006
SOPHOMORE, JUNIOR, SENIOR PARENT & ATHLETE
ACT INFORMATION

If you haven’t contacted you counselors about ACT testing you need to do so.
I know many of you took the April and/or the June 2005 exam.

X-C athletes should not sign up to test on these dates:
Saturday, September 24th 2005 (Hancock)
Saturday, October 22nd 2005 (I.H.S.A. Regional)
*Non-varsity athletes will be able to take the Saturday, October 22nd exam.

X-C/Track & Field athletes WILL be able to test on these dates:
Saturday, December 10th 2005
Saturday, February 11th 2006
Saturday, April 8th 2006
Saturday, June 10th (2006)
*It is a good idea for sophomores entering their junior year to take this one.
Note: Juniors will take the ACT as part of the PSAE state examinations in April of 2006. However as it is not a national test date scores will not count for NCAA consideration.

Coach C

Tigers Roar at Peoria

Excellent job at Peoria despite hot and humid conditions.

Varsity girls (5th of 51)
341 runners

Top Finishers:
Jamie Kantner 10th
Courtney Smith 26th

Open Race:
Nikki Hausman 14th

Congratulations Girls!!!

Coach C

Super Job at Tiger Classic

Congratulations to the Girls Team at the 18th Annual Tiger Classic.

The Varsity Team of Nikki Hausman, Kaci Smith, Laura Bevis, Chelsea Coley, & Taylor Frese placed 4th out of 13 teams.

Varsity Medalists were:
Nikki Hausman (11th)
Kaci Smith (17th)
Laura Bevis (21st)

There were numerous seasonal bests from both Varsity & JV members.
Congratulations and keep up the good and hard work.

Be ready for Peoria this weekend. It's the State Course.

Coach C

Out of Town Cell Phone Clarification

Cell phones (no cell phones are to be used after lights out on Friday. Call to check in with parents or significant others before then. Once we get to the course to warm up, put the cell phones away until after your race)

You of course should call your parents/athlete to check in safely. After lights off put them away and at the course when its time to be with the team and warm up put them away until after you have run. Stay focused and don't let the phone become a distraction.

Coach C

TIGER FALL CLASSIC INFORMATION

Parents and athletes, Wednesday, September 7, 2005 will be the date for the Tiger Fall Classic. The meet will be hosted at our home course at SIUE. Here is the schedule:

--Varsity Girls: 4:00 p.m.
--Varsity Boys: 4:30 p.m.
--JV Girls: 5:00 p.m.
--JV Boys: 5:30 p.m.

Concessions and Fall Classic T-shirts will be available.

We look forward to seeing you there.

Coach C.

Peoria Itinerary

A copy of this as well as directions to the Springhill Suites Hotel will be sent home. Directions to Peoria's Detweiller Park are linked to the meet name on the schedule page. Varsity runners will leave Friday, September 9th accompanied by Coach Patrylak & Myself. All other runners should arrive at EHS for the bus by 5:50a.m. on Saturday morning September 10th. The Bus will leave at 6:00a.m. with Coach Chapman as chaperone. All athletes traveling Saturday morning will arrive in time to see the Varsity athletes run.

Girls AA 10:00a.m.
Boys AA 10:30a.m.
Boy F/S 11:00a.m.
Girls Open 11:30a.m.
Boys Open 12:15p.m.

EHS X-C TRAVEL ITINERARY & CONTACT INFORMATION
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 9th – SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 10th
PEORIA WOODRUFF INVITATIONAL

Travel Party
Coaching Staff: George Patrylak & John Cunningham
Athletes: Jamie Kantner, Courtney Smith, Liz Speicher, Lia Saunders, Leah Bateman, Lauren, Heidbrink, Kristin Hodge, Dustin Davis, Andrew Josselyn, Eric Johannigmeier, Charlie Vance, Devon Dudding, Gil Flores, Willie Sweatt, and Jarrod Goodhue
Depart: Friday, September 9th at 1:00p.m. aboard Laidlaw bus and one van driven by the coaching staff from Cassens.
Arrive: Arrive at Detweiller Park around 4:15p.m. Athletes will change into running clothes for the daily workout. Bradley University will be hosting a Collegiate X-C meet beginning at 5:00p.m.
Dinner: After our run we will head to the hotel to check in and clean up and head to dinner somewhere near the hotel (Avanti’s, St. Bread Co., etc…) Athletes should bring a snack to eat on the way up if they wish. Check Mix, fruit snacks, water, and Gatorade will be furnished for the ride up by the team. Money for dinner Friday night and lunch on Saturday afternoon will provided by the team. The hotel has a continental breakfast where we will eat before heading to the course.
Return: Saturday afternoon sometime after 5:00p.m.

There will be a team meeting after dinner to discuss plans to depart to the course . You may relax in each others rooms until lights out (TBA) when you must retire to your own room. Remember the idea of coming up the night before is so you can get good nights sleep in order to race better on Saturday. Have fun but protect your opportunities.

What to Bring (You are going for one night, please pack light)
Uniform (singlet, shorts, spikes, jacket, pant, sweatshirt, etc..)
Practice Clothes (shorts, top, running shoes, etc...)
Clothing to go to dinner in and ride home in
Underwear & Socks (Sports bras for the ladies)
Toiletries (toothbrush ,toothpaste, deodorant, etc…)
Extra socks
Money (snacks, t-shirt, etc…)
Snacks (don’t bring a bunch of junk, eat that after the meet or not at all)
Cell phones (no cell phones will be used until after your race at the course)
Hotel:
Springhill Suites by Marriot Peoria
2701 Westlake Avenue
Peoria, IL 61615
(309) 681-2700

George Patrylak (cell) 618 567-5792
John Cunningham (cell) 314-630-0634

Coach Cunningham

Congratulations!!!

Great job to both the Junior Varsity & Varsity Teams on winning the Granite City Invitational on Saturday, September 3rd.

Varsity Top Finisher
Jamie Kantner 1st Place

Junior Varsity Top Finisher
Kristin Hodge 3rd Place

Great job ladies.
See you Monday for practice and Sgt. Pepper's. Bring you $

Tiger Classic this Wednesday, September 7th

Peoria Woodruff this Saturday, September 10th.

Coach C

Congratulations Bevis, Hausman, & A. Frese

Congratulations to Laura Bevis, Nikki Hausman, and Abbey Frese who took 1st - 3rd place in the X-C Kickoff on 8/31/05.