Jacksonville Invitational

Jacksonville Indoor Track and Field Invitational, Saturday, March 8, 2008
King Field House (Illinois College)

Congratulations to the Edwardsville Girls Track team for their FIRST place team finish at this meet. The girls finished with 102 team points followed by second place Chatham Glenwood (67 points). GREAT JOB GIRLS!! Your coaches are proud of the fantastic effort, attitude, sportsmanship and team camaraderie exhibited at this meet!

Individuals scoring team points with top 8 finishes included:
4x400 Relay (1st place) 4:12.58 (Liz Speicher, Shanice Rice, Lia Saunders, Kaci Smith)
4x800 Relay (1st place) 10:19 (Abbey Frese, Liz Speicher, Kaci Smith, Lia Saunders)
High Jump (2nd place) Kasey Oceguera 5'0"
Long Jump (2nd place) Laila Jason 16'0"
400m Dash (2nd place) Breonna Pettigrew 1:06.61
200m Dash (2nd place) Laila Jason
4x200 Relay (3rd place) 1:52.25 (Kelsey Baumgartner, Robin Umbaugh, Shanice Rice, Laila Jason)
55m Hurdles (3rd place) Shanice Rice 9.17
400m Dash (3rd place) Robin Umbaugh 1:08
Pole Vault (3rd place) Chelsey Coley 8'6"
55m Dash (3rd place) Kelsey Baumgartner 7.82
1600m Run (5th place) Kristin Hodge 5:47
Long Jump (5th place) Kelsey Baumgartner 15'5"
800m Run (5th place) Diane Frese 2:41.55
1600m Run (6th place) Ellen Atwood 5:50
55m Hurdles (6th place) LaQoia Davis 9.78
800m Run (8th place) Kayla Dowell
High Jump (8th place) Claire Kates 4'10"

*Diane Frese (freshman), Breonna Pettigrew (freshman) and Hannah Faulkner (freshman) ALL did a GREAT job in their FIRST highschool track meet!!!

Good luck to all girls at our first outdoor track meet - Wednesday, March 19th at O’fallon.

SIU Carbondale Invitational

SIU Carbondale Indoor Track and Field Meet - Friday, March 7, 2008

The following three girls traveled to Carbondale to participate in the 3200 meter (2 mile) run: Courtney Smith, Alex Weaver and Sierra Goldsmith.

Congratulations to junior Courtney Smith for her first place finish in the 3200 meter run. Courtney finished with a time of 11:59. Running in their very FIRST high school track meet, freshmen Alex Weaver and Sierra Goldsmith finished in 5th and 10th places respectively. Great Job Girls!!

Eastern Illinois Invitational Results

Eastern Illinois Invitational
Saturday, March 1st (2008)
Eastern Illinois University

Congratulations Girls! Everyone did a Great Job! Our effort was great! The Tiger girls finished in 6th place out of 25 teams at this very competitive indoor track and field meet. The season is still very young, we will continue to improve, you are all hard workers!
The following girls earned medals with a top 8 finish:
-Kaci Smith (2nd place, 400m dash) 1:01.07!!
-Lia Saunders (2nd place, 800m run) 2:22.41!!
-Courtney Smith (3rd place, 1600m run) 5:30
-Liz Speicher (5th place, 1600m run) 5:33
-Shanice Rice (6th place, 55m hurdles) 9.35
-Kaci Smith (7th place, long jump)
-Kelsey Baumgartner, Robin Umbaugh, LaQoia Davis, Shanice Rice (7th place, 4x200 relay)
-Abbey Frese, Laurin Wright, Ellen Atwood, Kristin Hodge (7th place, 4x800 relay) 11:02.46

Kelsey Baumgartner narrowly missed a medal in the 55m dash with her 9th place finish while Claire Kates also finished in 9th place in the high jump.

Sophmore Megan Ruddy stepped up BIG in her FIRST track meet, finishing 12th out of 33 runners in the 800m run (2:41.49).

The following Freshman performed well in their first high school track meet:
- Bridget Fisher (4x400 and triple jump)
-Laurin Wright (4x800)

Thank you for being great teammates for each other at this meet. Good luck at Jacksonville this Saturday, March 8th.
Coach Chapman

Jacksonville Invitational (Track and Field)

Jacksonville Invitational
Saturday, March 8, 2008 Illinois College King Field House/Bruner Fitness Center
Bus Departure: 6:45AM
Field Evens start at 9:30AM, Running Events start at 10:10 AM
Bring Money to eat, we will stop somewhere on the ride home.
Bring healthy snacks.

Events will be run Girls first, followed by boys in the following order:
-4x200 meter relay (Kelsey B, Robin U, Shanice R, Laila J)
-4x800 meter relay (Abbey F, Liz S, Kaci S, Lia S)
-55 meter dash Prelims (Kelsey B, )
-55 meter hurdle Prelims (Shanice R, LaQoia D)
-800 meter run (Diane F, Kayla D)
-200 meter run (Laila J, Lindsay O)
-55 meter dash Finals
-55 meter hurdle Finals
-400 meter dash (Robin U, Breonna P)
-1600 meter run (Kristin H, Ellen A)
-4x400 meter relay (Liz S, Shanice R, Lia S, Kaci S)

Field Events
Shot Put (Melissa C, Christina D) boys first followed by girls
Long Jump (Kelsey B, Laila J) Girls long jump before boys
Triple Jump (Bridget F, Hannah F) Girls triple before boys
Pole Vault (Chelsea C) Girls vault before boys
High Jump (Kasey O, Claire K) Boys high jump first

Directions
Take Illinois Route 159 north out of Edwardsville
Go through the town of Bunker Hill, IL (continue north)
Look for Illinois Route 16
Take a left on Route 16 (you are heading west now)
Go through the tiny towns of Shipman and Piasa
At the four-way stop take a right and head north (IL Rt. 111)
Look for the U.S. Route 267 signs and follow north
You will go through the town of Greenfield, IL
U.S. Route 267 will take you to Jacksonville, IL
Head into town when arriving in Jacksonville (keep going straight, stay on the same road, 267 becomes Main Street)
Turn Left (West) on Morton Ave.
Turn Right (North) on Lincoln Ave.
Bruner will be on your right ¼ mile ahead
Bruner Fitness Center is located on the corner of Lincoln Ave and Edgehille Ave.