Big Mike wins both throws with solid marks on a cold & windy day against a field that had one of the state's top throwers. Mike continues to improve and now ranks 14th in the Shot Put and 9th in the Discus in 3A. Keep working!

The conditions limited the ability for teams to run fast times. Our goal was to focus on competing in the race. Some of the top competition in the state were in our heat... IL#6, IL#11, IL#17, IL#35. We executed clean exchanges and achieved our goal. Two Invites in two weeks, two gold medals. Our IL#6 & 3A#3 ranks still stand. Big opportunity this week at the Pete Struck Invite at Sandburg!

On such a bitter cold & windy day, we had a grand total of THREE PRs. This is not a knock on the team. We had a good day. It's a testament to the conditions. Shoutout to Will Morrey going 5:05.34 in the 1600 (under 5:00 soon!), Ryne Sternberg in the 4x8 splitting 2:08.9, and freshman Ashton Zopf for obliterating his 300m hurdles heat out of lane-1 with a PR time of 45. 52 (that freshman 300int record is in sight 👀).

We always look forward to this meet because Edwardsville puts on a phenomenal meet and it gives us a better opportunity for favorable Midwest April weather. This year, we brought the northern air down with us (45 degrees, 15-25mph wind, low-30 wind chill). We used this as a challenge to fight the elements and get better as a team. We didn't scratch a single event all day. In a 200 field that had 12/32 competitors scratch (!), Jaden Michel toughed out a 4th-place finish for the TEAM. Our two 4x4 teams fought with everything they had to shore up a 3rd-place team finish for the team plaque. We got better as TEAM this weekend.  

Bring on Championship Season.

4x1: 3rd

4x2: 6th

Mike Tarasiewicz- Discus: 9th

Nick Smith- 110hh: 13th

Mike Tarasiewicz- Shot Put: 14th

Nick Smith- 300int: 35th

Corey Alexander- 200m: 35th

Austin Kulig- High Jump: 38th