Tigers Advance to State!!!

Congratulations to Ariane Wright and the Boy's Team for qualifying for the 2010 State Cross-Country Championships. The boys finished in 5th place to qualify for the meet.

Team Standing:

1) O'Fallon: 57
2) Minooka: 68
3) Normal West: 138
4) United Township: 145
5) Edwardsville: 162

Running for the Tigers:

2) Garrett Sweatt: 14:46
17) Chad Maxwell: 15:35
45) Austin Abegg: 16:10
49) Michael Gorsage: 16:13
62) Ryker Frohock: 16:23
85) Caden Cramsey: 16:45
103) Joel Burroughs: 16:56

Congratulations and good luck!!

--Coach P.

Sectional Itinerary and Information

Sectional Cross Country Meet

IHSA Sectional Itinerary

Meet Location: Maxwell Park, Normal, IL.

Normal Parkside Junior High School – 101 N. Parkside Road, Normal, IL

Date of Event: Saturday, October 30, 2010.

Schedule:
--Girls: 10:30 a.m.
--Boys: 11:30 a.m.


Hawthorne Suites 1 Lyon Court, Bloomington, IL 61701 (309) 829-8111.

Travel Party:
--Girls: Ariane Wright, Allie Sweatt, Alex Wever, Briana Chamberlain, Diane Frese, Courtney Lybarger, Heba Freese, Kenedy Roderick,
Coach Chapman (618-604-0585)

--Boys: Garrett Sweatt, Chad Maxwell, Austin Abegg, Joel Burroughs, Michael Gorsage, Ryker Frohock, Caden Cramsey, Andrew Patterson, Chris Shaw
Coach Patrylak (618-567-5792) and Coach Mclendon

Friday, October 29, 2010

--11:45: Dismissed from class.
--12:00: Depart from EHS.
-12:15: Eat Lunch in Edwardsville (Subway)
--2:45: Rest stop/restroom
--4:00: Arrive at Maxwell Park. Practice.
--5:30: Leave Maxwell Park.
--5:45: Check in to Hawthorn Suites.
--6:00: Dinner delivered.
--7:00: Go to the mall:
--9:00: Return to Hawthorn.
--9:30: Team meetings.
--10:00: In rooms.
--10:30: Lights out.

Saturday, October 30, 2010

--7:00: Wake up call
--7:30: Breakfast
--8:30: Leave for Maxwell Park
--10:30: Girls Race
--11:30: Boys Race
--12:30: Awards
--1:00: Departure
--1:30: Lunch
--6:00: Return to EHS

Remember: We are going to stay overnight to help us race. Bring your uniform, spikes, etc. and be ready.

Good Luck!

--Coach P.

Post Season Dinner Sign Up

The boys would like to keep the tradition of Post Season dinners going. We are looking for parents of athletes from the post season roster (Garrett Sweatt, Chad Maxwell, Austin Abegg, Joel Burroughs, Michael Gorsage, Ryker Frohock, Caden Cramsey, Andrew Patterson, Dameon Morgan, Kevin O'Brien, Chris Shaw, and Brendan Colligan) to be willing to host a dinner after school (usually 6:00 p.m.). I will try to keep a list of who signs up and what they are preparing. I will only list Sectional week now. Please email me at gpatrylak@ecusd7.org or text me at 618-567-5792 if you are interested. If you are interested in inviting seniors or other athletes, please let them know in advance. Thanks.

Monday, October 25: Austin Abegg
Tuesday, October 26:
Wednesday, October 27:
Thursday, October 28: Chris Shaw
Friday, October 29: Overnight: Avanti's.

Thank you.

--Coach P.

Edwardsville Regional Results

Congratulations to members of the boys team for their second place finish at the 2010 Edwardsville Regional. Leading the Tigers were:

1) Garrett Sweatt: 15:12
6) Chad Maxwell: 15:52
15) Joel Burroughs: 16:38
18) Ryker Frohock: 16:52
20) Caden Cramsey: 16:58
25) Andrew Patterson: 17:08
27) Dameon Morgan: 17:15

Good luck next week at Maxwell Park in Normal!

--Coach P.

Tiger Finale Results

Congratulations to members of the Boy's team for outstanding performances Monday at the 9th Annual Tiger Finale.

Special Recognition, including a thank you for your years of dedication to our program, to Seniors Kevin O'Brien, Chris Shaw, Michael Oltman, Brock Cameron, Kyle Warnecke, andJosh Laurent, all of whom ran in their last cross-country race of their high school careers. Thank you for the memories!!!

Boys JV Race:

1) Brendan Colligan: 18:13
2) Kevin O'Brien: 18:34
5) Chris Shaw: 19:03
7) Spencer Burkart: 19:14
12) Michael Oltman: 19:44
21) Kyle Warnecke: 20:19
25) John Schoeberle: 20:55
27) Brock Cameron: 21:06
33) Josh Laurent: 21:40
34) Michael Stubban: 21:57
37) Charles Witzke: 22:13
48) Gordon Day: 27:33

Boys Fresh/Soph Race

3) Ben Gabel: 18:37
4) Chandler Reed: 18:44
6) Mark O'Brien: 18:46
9) Marcus Barker: 19:05
12) Prakash Kandula: 19:26
14) Chris Miller: 19:32
15) Kurt Niemeyer: 19:33
16) Josh Bertels: 19:37
17) Collin Christ: 19:40
23) Matt Davis: 19:54
31) Jacob Trueb: 20:15
32) Ben Tharp: 20:16
38) Alan Bonk: 20:55
42) Nick Ferrari: 21:12
45) Trevor Brady: 21:23
48) Andrew Stratmann: 21:27
60) Aaron Wilkinson: 23:09
67) Jack Cann: 23:51

Congratulations on a great year! I am proud of all of you!

--Coach P.

Tiger Finale Set-Up and Meet Information

Meet: 9th Annual Tiger Cross-Country Finale

Set-up: Sunday, October 17, 2010 starting at 1:00 p.m.

Race Date: Monday, October 18, 2010

Location: SIUE (Home meet)

Depature from EHS: 2:30 p.m.

Schedule:
--JV Boys and Girls (Jrs and Srs): 4:15 p.m.
--Fresh/Soph Boys and Girls: 5:00 p.m.

Concessions and T-shirts will be available (Long sleeve)

Awards: Top 25 in each race.

Return to EHS: 6:30.

Thank you and good luck!

--Coach P.

Southwestern Conference Results

Congratulations to the Boys for finishing second to O'Fallon in the Varsity and JV Divisions at the 2010 Southwestern Conference. Individual results are as follows:

Varsity Boys:

1) Garrett Sweatt: 15:12.23
8) Chad Maxwell: 16:15.59
11) Austin Abegg: 16:27.38
17) Andrew Patterson: 16:56.89
18) Michael Gorsage: 16:58.44
20) Ryker Frohock: 17:04.17
24) Caden Cramsey: 17:26.70

JV Boys:
4) Dameon Morgan: 17:04.43
6) Kevin O'Brien: 17:18.99
8) Ben Gabel: 17:25.01
10) Chris Shaw: 17:36.35
13) Mark O'Brien: 17: 44.91
14) Chandler Reed: 17:51.14
15) Marcus Barker: 17:51.14
16) Prakash Kandula: 18:11.11
20) Ben Tharp: 18:19.49
21) Chris Miller: 18:20.09
22) Spencer Burkart 18:29.86
27) Jacob Trueb: 18:36.19
28) Matt Davis: 18:37.17
29) Kurt Niemeyer: 18:37.43
33) Josh Bertels: 18:44.43
46) Zach Bertels: 19:13.53
48) Michael Stubban: 19:26.37
52) Alan Bonk: 19:34.08
53) Kyle Warnecke: 19:40.94
56) Trevor Brady: 19:50.66
59) Andrew Stratmann: 20:02.84
60) Allen Bilbruck: 20:15.01
61) Brock Cameron: 20:21.52
70) Timothy Chen: 20:48.59
73) Josh Laurent: 31:04.37
78) Charles Witzke: 21:16.68
80) Aaron Wilkinson: 21:58.71

Good Job Guys!!

--Coach P.

Conference Information

Meet: Southwestern Conference Championships

Date: Friday, October 15, 2010

Departure from EHS: 2:00 p.m. (keep in mind this is a 1/2 day of student attendance. Athletes are to eat a light lunch and return to EHS for departure).

Location: River's Edge, located in Granite City (we are not racing at Wilson Park).

--Take Interstate 270 West to Granite City

--Take Route 3 South (Exit)

--Go quite a way south on Route 3 before making a right on Niedringhaus Ave.

(main entrance with a big sign that says River’s Edge)

--Go straight until you can’t go any further. The start is behind the clubhouse

--The address is 100 Niedringhaus Ave. It is the old Melvin Price Army Base. The cross country course is on the old golf course for the army base.

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.

Parking: Parking will be limited, so please try to car pool. You may park by the restauant on the course, but the restaurant will be open. Please pay attention to no parking signs.

Varsity Boys:
--Garrett Sweatt
--Chad Maxwell
--Austin Abegg
--Michael Gorsage
--Ryker Frohock
--Caden Cramsey
--Andrew Patterson

All other athletes run in the JV division.

Good luck on Friday.

--Coach P.

Columbus Day Practice

Date: Monday, October 11.

Location: EHS Track

Time: 8:00 a.m.

Centralia Results

Here are the results for the Tigers from the Centralia Invitational.

The varsity boys finished 5th out of 19 teams. Runner for the Tigers were:

31) Ryker Frohock: 17:35.5
35) Caden Cramsey: 17:43.4
38) Michael Gorsage: 17:52.1
40) Andrew Patterson: 17:53.7
43) Kevin O'Brien: 18:02.6
56) Chris Shaw: 18:15.8
81) Brendan Colligan: 18:54.6

The Fresh/Soph Boys won the Fresh/Soph Division by tie breaker with 57 points. Running for the Tigers were:

2) Ben Gabel: 18:22.3
5) Mark O'Brien: 18:39.1
10) Marcus Barker: 18:53.5
22) Prakash Kandula: 19:40.2
28) Kurt Niemeyer: 19:54.1
32) Josh Bertels: 20:02.1
35) Chandler Reed: 20:09.4

Results for the Open Race:

Collin Christ: 19:35
Ben Tharp: 19:43
Brock Cameron: 19:57
Spencer Burkhart: 20:03
Jacob Trueb: 20:17
Kyle Warnecke: 20:18
Zach Bertels: 20:30
Matt Davis: 20:40
John Schoeberle: 20:41
Michael Stubban: 20:46
Andrew Stratmann: 21:17
Trevor Brady: 21:41
Timothy Chen: 22:02
Nick Ferrari: 22:07
Jack Cann: 22:31
Gordon Day: 25:57

Great Job!

--Coach P.

Centralia

Meet: Centralia Cross-Country Invitational

Date: Saturday, October 9, 2010

Location: Foundation Park, Centralia, IL

Directions from EHS to Foundation Park:

Take Interstate 70 East or Illinois Route 143 East Out of Edwardsville
-Head South on Illinois Route 4 towards Lebanon, IL
-Once in Lebanon head east on U.S Route 50 towards Carlyle (left turn)
-Once in Carlyle head south on Illinois Route 127
-Head east on Illinois Route 161 (take a left at the 127/161 Intersection)
-Route 161 will take you straight into Centralia
-Route 161 is called McCord Street in Centralia
-Drive through town, go past Route 51
-Foundation Park will be on your left on the east side of town
-Foundation Park is just past Pleasant Ave, on your left

Departure from EHS: 6:45 a.m.

Race Schedule:
--Varsity Girls: 9:30 a.m.
--Varsity Boys: 10:00 a.m.
--F/S Boys: 10:30 a.m.
--Open: 11:00 a.m.

Varsity Team:
Michael Gorsage
Brendan Colligan
Chris Shaw
Kevin O'Brien
Caden Cramsey
Andrew Patterson
Ryker Frohock

Fresh/Soph Boys:
Mark O'Brien
Chris Miller
Ben Gabel
Prakash Kandula
Markus Barker
Chandler Reed
Kurt Niemeyer

Lunch: We will stop at Hardees and/or Central Park after the meet (12:15 p.m.)

Return to School: 2:45 p.m.

Good Luck!!

--Coach P.

2010 Madison County Results

Congratulations to the EHS Boys Team for a strong showing at the 2010 Madison County Championships at SIUE.

Varsity Results:
1) Edwardsville: 31
2) Collinsville: 64
3) Triad: 65
4) Highland: 106
5) Granite City: 121
6) Alton: 131

1) Garrett Sweatt: 16:09
3) Chad Maxwell: 16:57
5) Joel Burroughs: 17:18
10) Austin Abegg: 17:26
12) Ryker Frohock: 17:34
15) Michael Gorsage: 17:44
16) Caden Cramsey: 17:58

In the Junior Varsity division, the Tigers dominated:

JV Results

1) Edwardsville: 15
2) Triad: 73
3) Granite City: 79
4) Collinsville: 96
5) Highland: 110

Individual JV Results:

1) Brendan Colligan: 17:51
2) Andrew Patterson: 18:00
3) Ben Gabel: 18:01
4) Kevin O'Brien: 18:20
5) Chris Shaw: 18:24
6) Mark O'Brien: 18:43
7) Marcus Barker: 18:45
8) Steffan West: 18:56
9) Prakash Kandula: 19:11
10) Michael Oltman: 19:26
11) Kurt Niemeyer: 19:27
12) Chandler Reed: 19:29
13) Josh Bertels: 19:32
14) Zach Bertels: 19:33
15) Brock Cameron: 19:34
16) John Schoeberle: 19:52
17) Kyle Warnecke: 19:55
19) Jacob Trueb: 20:03
20) Matt Davis: 20:04
22) Ben Tharp: 20:05
31) Trevor Brady: 20:57
33) Nick Ferrari: 21:00
35) Andrew Stratmann: 21:13
39) Charles Witzke: 22:02
41) Jack Cann: 22:15
46) Aaron Wilkinson: 22:43
48) Allen Bilbruck: 23:08
49) Gordon Day: 23:13

Congratulations and great job!

--Coach P.

Madison County Championship

Meet: Madison County Championship

Date: Tuesday, October 5, 2010

Location: SIUE (hosted by Metro East Lutheran)

Departure: 2:30 p.m.

Schedule:
--4:15 pm Varsity Girls race
--4:45 pm Varsity Boys race
--5:15 pm Junior Varsity boys and girls

Varsity Boys Include:
Garrett Sweatt
Chad Maxwell
Austin Abegg
Michael Gorsage
Caden Cramsey
Joel Burroughs
Ryker Frohock

JV Boys:
All remaining runners

Return to EHS: 6:30 p.m.

Good Luck!!!

--Coach P

Peoria Central Invitational Results

Congratulations to members of the EHS Boy's Varsity team for their performance on Saturday. The Tigers finished in 8th place out of 58 teams. Individual results are as follows:

2) Garrett Sweatt: 14:41.6
42) Chad Maxwell: 15:39.6
84) Austin Abegg: 16:05.3
100) Michael Gorsage: 16:16.1
117) Caden Cramsey: 16:23.2
125) Joel Burroughs: 16:24.8
149) Ryker Frohock: 16:37.9

Total Runners: 377

Great job guys!!!

--Coach P.