Thanks to volunteers

Thank you to all of the parents and volunteers that helped out on Tuesday with our Triangular Meet against Cahokia and Belleville East. It is your support and dedication that help us to be so successful and maintain such high level of meets. Trust me, there is no way to express how much coaches appreciate being able to coach and spend time with their athletes then run events and time. Everyone did a great job and I greatly appreciate the help!

--Coach Patrylak

Timers, field assistants needed for home meet tomorrow

The EHS Boy's Track and Field Team will host their first home track meet for the 2008 season. We are scheduled to start at 4:00. We are looking for any parents willing to assist with timing or working field events. We have three teams competing and need to cover the triple jump, long jump, high jump, pole vault, shot, and possibly discus. We also have 6 timing spots to cover. Any parents who can lend a hand, your help is appreciated. Please email or call Coach Patrylak if you are available. Email: gpatrylak@ecusd7.org. Telephone: 567-5792. Thank you in advance for your help and we hope to see you Tuesday.

Coach P.

Booster Club to meet April 2

Please mark your calendars for Wednesday, April 2, and Wednesday, May 7, for Track & Field Booster Club meetings. The meetings will begin at 6:30 and are open to parents of EHS and middle school track & field athletes.

The meetings are tentatively scheduled to be held in the new Tiger Country building behind the High School (building next to the track), but a confirming email will be sent regarding the meeting location.

Diana Speicher
VP/Track & Field

Help Needed at SW Illinois Relays

We need help at the Southwestern Illinois Relays tomorrow--parents that can serve as timers and as field assistants. Originally, SIUE was going to provide volunteers, but since the meet has been moved to Belleville West High School, NCAA rules prohibit the university from co-sponsoring the event.

So, if you are able to help with timing relays, or as an assistant in field events, please contact Coach Patrylak and let him know. He is asking volunteers to meet him at Belleville West for assignments around 9 am tomorrow (Saturday, March 22).

Here are Coach Patrylak's numbers:
344-7040 (home)
567-5792 (cell)

This is a large meet, with more than 10 schools expected. Please help if you can. Thanks.

Track & Field Webpage now active

The Edwardsville Track & Field website is now active and linked to mudmountain.org. If you need information about track schedules or news from the track coaches (at Lincoln, Liberty or EHS) you can go to www.mudmountain.org and link to the track & field website. Or you can visit it directly using the link below. It will also be linked to the booster club webpage, and to Photo of the Day.

Dr. Hightower has also established a link to www.mudmountain.org on the athletic page on the EHS website. The mudmountain.org website can be accessed by clicking on the "track & field" and "cross country" buttons on the main athletic page.

When you get a chance, take a look at the track & field webpage. Let me know if all the links work or if you see any other problems. Thanks.

Here's the direct link: Edwardsville Track & Field

Tigers girls win Jacksonville indoor meet

Kelsey Baumgartner medals in the 55 meter dash at Illinois College Saturday.
Photo/Tom Atwood (click image to enlarge)

Preview the New Track and Field Website

The new Edwardsville Track & Field website will be up and running soon, but you can get a sneak preview by clicking on the link below. Take a look. The site will feature schedules, meet results, and important information for athletes and parents from the coaches (at Liberty, Lincoln and EHS). Links to the coach's notes will also be included on Booster Club website (under "Important Links.")

Take explore the new track and field site, click on the preview link below:

Edwardsville Track & Field Website

Photo of the Day Returns

Courtney Smith and Liz Speicher cheer Tiger teammate Lia Saunders to a 2nd-place finish in the 800 meter open race at Eastern Illinois University Saturday.
Photo by Tom Atwood (click image to enlarge)

With this rather unremarkable snapshot, Photo of the Day returns after a winter vacation. The lighting at EIU's Lantz Fieldhouse was not good. But, the photos can only get better from here. To make sure we get as many different Edwardsville athletes as possible on this site, please send in snapshots of your favorite track stars. EHS, Liberty, or Lincoln. Email them to tom@tomatwood.net. And check each day to see who is the Photo of the Day.