Freshman Boys "Perfect" at Hazelwood East Invitational

Congratulations to members of the EHS Freshman Boys Cross-Country team for winning the Freshman Division of the Hazelwood East Invitational on Wednesday with a perfect score. Running for the Tigers were:

1) Logan Weshinskey: 15:05
2) Andrew Patterson: 15:06
3) Chad Maxwell: 15:10
4) Ben Gabel: 15:20
5) Ryker Frohok: 15:32
8) Mark O'Brien: 16:22
10) Kurt Niemeyer: 16:24
12) Ben Tharp: 16:56
13) Prakash Kandula: 17:08
16) Timothy Chen: 17:17
38) Nick Ferarri: 19:15

Our soul sophomore runner was Charles Witzke. Charles placed 30th in the sophomore race with a time of 18:32.

Congratulations and good job to all of our athletes that competed or worked out Wednesday!

--Coach P.

Spirit Gear Extended to Friday 9/25

While orders are being processed, we have extended Spirit Gear until Friday, September 25. We only had 9 orders processed, including mine! Check out www.gillans.com soon for your last chance to order this year.

East Peoria Invitational

Meet: East Peoria Invitational

Date: Saturday, September 26, 2009

Location: Illinois Central College, East Peoria, IL.

Departure from EHS: 4:30 a.m.

Meet Schedule:
--Varsity Girls (all jrs/srs): 9:00 a.m.
--Varsity Boys (all jrs/srs plus Garrett and Austin): 9:50 a.m.
--Fresh/Soph Girls: 10:25 a.m.
--Fresh/Soph Boys: 11:10 a.m.

Lunch: Will be provided by Booster Club. To be determined by weather!

Return to EHS: 4:00 p.m.

Good luck. Make sure you have rides arranged for Saturday morning.

--Coach P.

Hazelwood Fr/So Cross-Country Invitational

Meet: Hazelwood Fr/So Cross-Country Invitational

Date: Wednesday, September 23, 2009

Location: Hazelwood East (off of Dunn Road)

Schedule:
--4:00 p.m. Freshman boys and girls (2.5 miles)
--4:30 p.m. Sophomore boys and girls (3.1 miles)

All runners will attend with junior/seniors doing a workout.

Return to EHS: 6:20 p.m.

Edwardsville Invitational Results and Comments

First off I would like to thank all of the parent volunteers that helped out Saturday at the Edwardsville Invitational. Everything looked great and ran extremely smoothly. Concessions and t-shirt workers were swamped all day, selling 173 t-shirts and countless gatorades and hot dogs. As always I appreciate all of the help. Once again our chute workers, timers and judges recieved a lot of praise from administration. In fact, our starter Pete Tucker, one of the most well respected track and cross-country officials in the state, commented on how well organized the chute was and how easy it made his job. It's comments like these that reinforces what I always say, I work with the bets athletes and parents in Edwardsville.

On to the results:

Congratulations to members of the boys cross-country program for another outstanding day of racing. Whether competing in the open race or one of the divisions, I thought we ran great and respresented our school well.

Congratulations to the Varsity "A" team made up of seniors and juniors for defeating the Varsity "B" team (freshman and sophomores) for the second year in a row. However, this year the Varsity "B" team captured second!!! Here are the results (please note, full results should be accessible from the home page later today):

Team Scores:
1) Edwardsville A: 64
2) Edwardsville B: 109
3) Triad: 111
4) Highland: 136
5) Jersey: 162
20 Complete Teams ran

Individual Results:

1) Garrett Sweatt: 16:17
2) Daniel Mazar: 16:24
5) Chris Taglieri: 16:44
14) Tony Thompson: 17:26
17) Austin Abegg: 17:32
22) Greg Dunn: 17:42
27) Caden Cramsey: 17:50
29) Michael Gorsage: 17:56
37) Logan Weshinskey: 18:24
38) Andrew Patterson: 18:25
57) Chris Shaw: 18:57
68) Brendan Colligan: 19:14
91) Ryker Frohok: 20:04

Fresh-Soph Team Scores:
1) Champaign Centennial: 56
2) Belleville West: 71
3) Edwadsville: 75
4) Alton: 75
5) Jacksonville: 97
Total Teams: 10

Individual Results:
10) Ben Gabel: 18:40
12) Chad Maxwell: 18:45
17) Mark O'Brien: 19:44
20) Timothy Chen: 20:02
25) Kurt Niemeyer: 20:23
28) Ben Tharp: 20:37
58) John Schoeberle: 23:30

Open Results:
Kevin O'Brien: 19:02
Brock Cameron: 19:52
Prakash Kandula: 21:36
Aaron Sheahan; 21:38
Josh Laurent: 22:07
Michael Oltman: 22:30
Nick Huddle: 23:22
Charles Witzke: 24:32
Nick Ferarri: 24:37
Michael Stubban: 24:49
Luke Bertels: 36:42

Congratulations and great job of battle on your home turf!

--Coach P.

New Log-in Instructions for Gillans

Several parents have informed me about a problem with logging in at http://www.gillans.com/ when trying to order Spirit Gear. Follow these steps:

1) Click on the address above.
2) Select "new" from the upper right hand corner.
3) Create an account.
4) Shop.
5) Select pick up at store.

Thank you.Coach P.

Deadline Friday, 9/18, for Spirit Gear: Children sizes now available on select items

Check out http://www.gillans.com/ now in order to order Spirit Gear for 2009. Just days remain!

Children sizes are available for several t-shirt designs, including the team shirt.

--Coach P.

Edwardsville Invitational

Date: Saturday, September 19, 2009

Location: SIUE (Home) Cross-Country Course

Arrival Time: 8:00 a.m.
--Drive to the course, not the high school

Schedule:
--Varsity Boys: 9:00 a.m.
--Varsity Girls: 9:45 a.m.
--Fresh/Soph Boys: 10:30 a.m.
--JV Girls: 11:15 a.m.
--Open: 12:00 p.m.

Pick-Up:
Athletes are expected to do a cool down, pick up the camp area, and help take down the course (flags, cones, etc) before leaving.

See you Saturday and good luck!

--Coach P.

Peoria Woodruff Invitational Results

At the start of each race I made it clear, this was to be a coming out party. It was our first opportunity to show the state what we had to offer. Although we still have a way to go, we did run solid races today and competed well. I have coached an 11th place boys team at state and a 7th place boys team at state. This is the first trophey a boy's team I have coached has ever brought home a trophey from this invitational. Continue to work hard, continue to believe, continue to give your blood, toil, tears, and sweat and let's see how this season plays out!

Evidently a runner was missed during the race, altering finishing places and team standings:

Boys Team Results:

1) Nequa Valley: 56
2) New Trier: 178
3) St. Charles North: 209
4) Edwardsville: 228
5) Lockport: 246
6) Lake Forest: 246
7) Moline: 271
8) Fisher: 284
9) St. Charles East: 304
10) Dundee-Crown: 310
11) O'Fallon: 322
12) Buffalo Grove: 360
13) Normal West: 363
Total Teams: 38

Individual Results:
13) Garrett Sweatt: 15:12
18) Daniel Mazar: 15:23
35) Chris Taglieri: 15:48
78) Tony Thompson: 16:27
82) Dameon Morgan: 16:28
102) Austin Abegg: 16:42
140) Greg Dunn: 17:02

Total Finishers: 256

Caden Cramsey: 17:09
Brendan Colligan: 17:35
Michael Gorsage: 17:45
Andrew Patterson: 18:09
Logan Weshinskey: 18:16
Ryker Frohok: 18:18
Ben Gabel: 18:22
Kevin O'Brien: 18:49
Sam Keck-Flory: 19:06
Kyle Warnecke: 19:14
Kurt Niemeyer: 19:19
Chad Maxwell: 19:19
Mark O'Brien: 19:31
Prakash Kandula: 20:17
Josh Laurent: 20:18
Aaron Shehan: 20:45
Zach Bertels: 20:53
Timothy Chen: 20:57
Michael Stubban: 21:51
Michael Oltman: 22:45
Nick Huddle: 22:57
Charles Witzke: 22:58
Nick Ferrari: 24:55

Good job and keep up the good work.

Peoria Woodruff Information

Date: Satuday, September 12, 2009

Meet: Peoria Woodruff Invitational

Location: Detweiler Park, Peoria.

Departure from EHS: 6:00 a.m. (be there by 5:45)

Schedule:

--Girls Varsity AAA Team: 11:00 AM
--Boys Varsity AAA Team: 11:30 AM
--Girls Open: 12:15 PM
--Boys Open: 1:00 PM

Lunch: Food will be provided for lunch or we will stop to eat. Food to be paid for by EHS Booster Club.

T-shirts: This is the meet with the crazy running t-shirts and shorts. Bring money if interested.

Return to EHS: 6:30 p.m.

Thanks and good luck!

--Coach P.

2009 Tiger Fall Classic Results

JV Boys:

1) Edwardsville JVA: 16
2) Edwardsville JVB: 64
3) Metro East Lutheran: 110
4) O'Fallon: 139
5) O'Fallon B: 158
7) Edwardsville C: 234
14) Edwardsville D: 336

Total Teams: 18

Individual places:

1) Austin Abegg: 18:02
2) Greg Dunn: 18:22
3) Logan Weshinskey: 18:41
4) Caden Cramsey: 18:45
6) Michael Gorsage: 19:08
7) Chris Shaw: 19:09
8) Kevin O'Brien: 19:13
10) Ryker Frohok: 19:17
11) Ben Gabel: 19:18
12) Joel Burroughs: 19:18
13) Sam Keck-Flory: 19:29
14) Brock Cameron: 19:31
21) Andrew Patterson: 20:09
25) Zach Bertels: 20:25
33) Mark O'Brien: 20:37
34) Kurt Niemeyer: 20:39
54) John Schoeberle: 21:40
55) Josh Laurent: 21:49
63) Kye Warnecke: 22:11
67) Ben Tharp: 22:18
70) Prakash Kandula: 22:24
91) Michael Stubban: 23:54
107) Ben Oltman: 24:55
115) Nick Ferarri: 25:55
131) Luke Bertels: 30:58

Total Runners: 132

Varsity Boys:

1) Edwardsville: 29
2) Jersey Community: 104
3) O'Fallon: 118
4) Triad: 119
5) Breese Mater-Dei: 122

Total Teams: 19

Individual Results:

2) Garrett Sweatt: 16:38
4) Daniel Mazar: 16:58
5) Chris Taglieri: 17:33
7) Dameon Morgan: 17:52
11) Tony Thompson: 18:01

Total Runners: 125

Great showing on our home course guys!

--Coach P.

Team Gear on line, check it out!

Gillan's Graphics, our t-shirt and award headquarters has created a home page for "Spirit Gear" specifically designed for Edwardsville Cross-Country. To visit, click the link below:

http://www.gillans.com
Click the my store link on the right (looks like a price tag).
Click on the Edwardsville logo.

All orders are done over the internet and you can convienently pay using your credit card online!All orders should be made by Friday, September 18, 2009. The goal will be to have all orders picked up the following week.

Please email Coach P. if you have any questions!

2009 Tiger Fall Classic

It is 8:46 p.m. and I left my house at 5:30 a.m., so I will post team results tomorrow on this site. Mr. Dudding may try to link official results to our page and they have been sent in to Dyestatil.com as well.

I did want to thank all of the parents for their help today! I appreciate everything from set up, to running the chute, selling concessions and t-shirts, helping score, grilling, organizing, you name it! Not only do I coach some of the best young men and women around, but I also get to work with the best parents in Edwardsville. Thank you for all of your help!

Scores and results will be up tomorrow!

--Coach P.

Tiger Fall Classic

Meet: Tiger Fall Classic

Date: 9/9/2009

Location: SIUE--Home course

Depart: 2:30 p.m. by bus (you may not drive to the course).

Schedule:
--Varsity Girls (4:00 p.m.)
--Varsity Boys (4:45 p.m.)
--JV Girls (5:30 p.m.) All girls not entered in Varsity Race.
--JV Boys (6:15 p.m.) All boys not entered in varsity race.
Picnic to follow!

Return to EHS: 7:30 p.m.

Help is needed if you are available. Thanks.

--Coach P.

Granite City 2009 Results

Wow, we findly found out what can cause Granite City to be a slow course......rain, lots and lots of rain! You guys ran tough through tons of mud to bring home two first place trophies and put forth a great deal of effort. By the time the meet was over, I think there was more mud then grass. I guess Mud Plain does not sound as good as Mud Mountain! Any way, great job! Here are the results:

Fresh-Soph Boys:

1) Edwardsville: 65
2) O'Fallon: 74
3) East St. Louis: 118
4) Quincy: 172
5) McCluer North: 183
17 Teams Scored

Edwardsville finishers:
3) Austin Abegg: 16:45
6) Caden Cramsey: 17:08
10) Logan Whesinskey: 17:16
20) Ryker Frohok: 17:47
26) Joel Burroughs: 17:53
27) Andrew Patterson: 17:54
33) Ben Gabel: 18:09

Total finishers: 144

Varsity Team Results:
1) Edwardsville: 38
2) O'Fallon: 47
3) Springfield: 110
4) Glenwood High School: 160
5) Belleville East: 199
23 Teams Scored

Edwardsville Finishers:
2) Garrett Sweatt: 15:41
3) Daniel Mazar: 16:06
4) Chris Taglieri: 16:14
13) Dameon Morgan: 16:43
16) Tony Thompson: 16:53
22) Michael Gorsage: 17:01
34) Greg Dunn: 17:17
Total Runners: 169

Open Splash, I mean Race:
Zach Bertels: 20:01
Brock Cameron: 18:43
Sam Keck-Flory: 20:32
Kurt Niemeyer: 19:35
Kevin O'Brien: 19?
Mark O'Brien: 21:03
Michael Oltman: 22:28
John Schoeberle: 20:56
Chris Shaw: 18:32
Arron Sheahan: 20:40
Ben Tharp: 20:57

Great Job!

Granite City Inviational: 9/5/09

Meet: Granite City Invitational.

Location: Wilson Park, Granite City, IL.

Departure from EHS: 7:00 a.m., so arrive by 6:45 a.m.

Race Schedule:
--JV Girls: 8:30 a.m.
--Fresh/Soph Boys: 9:00 (Austin Abegg, Caden Cramsey, Timothy Chen, Rykor Frohok, Logan Weshinskey, Andrew Patterson, Joel Burroughs)
--Varsity Girsl: 9:30 a.m.
--Varsity Boys: 10:00 a.m. (Garrett Sweatt, Daniel Mazar, Chris Taglieri, Dameon Morgan, Tony Thompson, Greg Dunn, Michael Gorsage)
--Open Race: 10:30: (all other runners: Parents and siblings can run, too)

Lunch: We will have a team picnic at Wilson park immediately following the invitational.

Return to EHS: 12:30 p.m.

Good luck Saturday!

--Coach P.