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Annual St. Charles 5k adds elementary school division to race
6/18/09, Daily Herald
Local elementary school students will be given the opportunity to represent their school in the 31st annual Saint's Challenge 5k and Youth Mile and compete for the race's new traveling trophy.
A trophy will be awarded to the St. Charles elementary school whose student wins the new elementary school competitive division of the Youth Mile.
The new competition also creates age divisions for kids in fifth, fourth, third, second and first grade and younger. The winning school will be the first recipient of the traveling trophy, an award that will be engraved with the winning school's name and move from school to school each year depending on who wins the race. Read the article.
Boys State Finals
Weekend of thrills at state track finals
6/3/09, Daily Herald
What comes around goes around: Wes Allen was a sophomore on St. Charles East's state-qualifying 1,600 relay in
2007. Both Allen and Luke Ploszek ran on the Saints' 800 relay that made it downstate that year.
They had mentors then, seniors like Keenen Sellers, Mike Jacobsmeyer, Travis Nier and two-time all-state 400 runner
Alex Jackson.
This season, Ploszek and Allen were themselves the mentors. They teamed with sophomores Dillon Mugge and Mike
Brown on a state-qualifying 800 relay. Read the full article.
Qualifiers for Class 3A finals
5/30/09, Daily Herald
St. Charles East seniors Wes Allen and Luke Ploszek didn't make it in the 800 relay. That didn't dim their satisfaction. "We really just made it our goal to get down here one last time and get our spikes blue on the bottom, just make the
most of it," Ploszek said of O'Brien Stadium's blue surface. "And we did that this year. We're going out with our heads
held high. we had a fun year." Read the full article.
Friday's Results
5/30/2009, The Chronicle
St. Charles East missed the finals in its lone event, the 4x200 relay. The hobbled quartet of Mike Brown, Wes
Allen, Dillon Mugge and Luke Ploszek competed together for only the second time all season – sectionals was the first – as
injuries troubled the team since the indoor season. "It was such a fast field out there," Allen said. "Just to get down here after the season that we had was tremendous." Read the full article.
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Girls State Finals
Hynes captures state title
May 28, 2009, St. Charles Republican
Heading into Saturday, the only thing missing from the illustrious running career of St. Charles East senior Lizzy
Hynes was a state championship.
Not anymore.
A furious kick on the final lap of the Class 3A 3,200-meter run allowed Hynes to pass Lindsay Flanagan of Lake
Park for a winning time of 10:35.02. Read the full article.
East's Hynes coming home a champion
5/24/09, The CHRONICLE
Hynes secured her first career state title in her final trip to the IHSA Girls State Track Meet in Charleston, bolting past Lake
Park senior Lindsay Flanagan in the final stages of the 3,200 meters in Class 3A.
The Boston College recruit seized the lead midway through the 1,600 a few hours later before eventual champion Rebecca
Tracy of Barrington and McKinzie Schulz of Benet surged ahead. Both made their moves at about the same spot on the
backstretch where Hynes had overtaken Flanagan. Read the full article.
Lizzy Hynes takes her first state championship
5/24/09, Daily Herald
Pitted against league stalwart and cross country ace state champion Lindsay Flanagan of Lake Park in the finals of the
Class 3A girls state track and field championship Saturday afternoon at Eastern Illinois' O'Brien Stadium, Lizzy Hynes, the
Boston College recruit, shadowed the University of Washington-bound Flanagan for five consecutive laps. But Hynes
made her move with 280 meters to go, overwhelming Flanagan down the stretch and raising her arms in exultation at
the wire with her first state championship. Read the full article.
Opening Day
5/23/09, Daily Herald
Lizzy Hynes' quest for an improbable double retained its vitality as the St. Charles East star took first in her 1,600 heat. "After the first lap it played out very well," said Hynes, timed in 5:03.89. "I didn't want to have to extend myself." Read the full article.
Successful 1st day
5/23/09, The CHRONICLE
"It's just so much preparation," said St. Charles East junior Danielle Kuzniewski, a 200 runner unable to make the cut. "This is
finally the day where it comes together. Now that it's finally happened, I feel good that I've worked this hard and I finally get to
show myself how hard I've worked."
Norville edged
East's Maya Rittmanic by a quarter of an inch in the triple jump to keep the junior from the finals. Rittmanic, who also made
the prelims in the long jump, will compete only in the high jump finals.
East senior Lizzy Hynes will shoot for a pair of state titles today in the 1,600 and 3,200, but she especially looks forward to
competing in the mile against four-year rivals Rebecca Tracy of Barrington and Heather Olson of Warren. Read full article.
Boys Sectional Meet
5/23/09, Daily Herald
The St. Charles East 800-meter relay team of Mike Brown, Dillon Mugge, Luke Ploszek and Wes Allen will run in Charleston, thanks to a second-place showing in 1:30.13. Read the full article.
Girls Sectional Meet
Elation, deflation at sectionals
5/17/09, The CHRONICLE
Jess Nier leapt into the arms of any St. Charles East coach or teammate who would catch her on Saturday afternoon. Counterpart Natalie Tarter of Batavia winced with an ice pack some 100 yards away.
Nier needed fellow Saints to keep her from running wild all over the infield. Tarter asked another Bulldog to help her up.
Every elation at the IHSA Class 3A Sectional girls track meet required an equal and opposite deflation. Read the full article.
Saints 3rd at Streamwood sectional
5/17/09, Daily Herald
Lizzy Hynes and Natalie Tarter traversed the emotional spectrum in their final girls track and field sectional on Saturday at Millennium Field. Hynes, the St. Charles East senior distance maven, tuned back quality fields in both the 1,600- and 3,200-meter runs at the Class 3A Streamwood sectional to place herself in prime position for a potential double state championship next weekend in Charleston. Read the full article.
Saints, Stars forge path to state meet
5/21/09, St. Charles Republican
Moments after crossing the finish line in the 300-meter hurdles, St. Charles East’s Jessica Nier was told her time
and she promptly let out a scream and started jumping into the arms of teammates and coaches.
Nier had just earned her first state berth and had the appropriate reaction. Read the full article.
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Coach Johnson named D.L. Hoeft High School Teacher of the Year
Area teachers receive top educator awards
5/9/09, The CHRONICLE
Andrew Johnson, who teaches social studies at St. Charles East High School in District 303, was named D.L. Hoeft High School Teacher of the Year. "Mr. Johnson is one of the happiest, most caring people in our school," junior Jacki Leibforth said in her nomination. Patrick Carney, whose two sons were in Johnson's class, and who coached track and field with Johnson for five years, described him as "a calm and positive force every day." Read the full article.
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Boys Kane County Meet
5/9/09, The CHRONICLE
St. Charles East took 12th with six points. Read the full article.
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Girls Upstate Eight Conference Meet
Hynes breaks school record again
5/8/09, The CHRONICLE
Even if St. Charles East didn't place first in the Upstate Conference Girls Track Meet, there was plenty of reasons for the Saints' camp to celebrate.
The greatest of which arguably came from Lizzy Hynes' second school record-breaking time in the 3,200-meter run in two weeks. Hynes ably avoided a flameout, speeding to first in 10:32.2, outpacing Flanagan by nine seconds. East's Mallory Abel followed them both to place third in 11:36.75.
East also flexed its muscles in the 4x200-meter relay, placing second in 1:49.44. "This is the year we've had a sprints team, instead of just a few really good sprinters," Hefferin said. "It started during [the indoor season] and has solidified outdoors."
East finised second to Waubonsie Valley with 94 points. Read the full article.
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Saints come on strong - 2nd at Conference
5/8/09, Daily Herald
The most anticipated event of the night came at 3,200 meters, and Lizzy Hynes continued her quest. Pitted against nationally-ranked Flanagan, Hynes took command on the fifth lap and never trailed in posting the lowest time in the state this year with her convincing 10:32.2.
Junior sprinter Danielle Kuzniewski was the Saints' guiding light, placing second in the 100 and 200 meters. Kuzniewski also anchored the Saints' two sprint relays to runner-up places. Kuzniewski, teamed with Jess Nier, Rittmanic, Heather Mende and Kelsey Gentry in the Saints' sprint relays.
Allie Devor and Maya Rittmanic were equally consistent in the field for St. Charles East. Devor won the shot put and took second in the discus; Rittmanic was third in both the long and high jumps.
"Our team as a whole is really performing well," said Nier, who was third in the 300 hurdles. Read the full article.
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Kane County Meet - Girls 5/1/2009
Prep Roundup: Geneva hosts 'Swine Flu Invite'
5/2/09, The CHRONICLE
When Batavia High School shut down Thursday because of a possible case of the swine flu, it put a big wrench in the planned girls Kane County Track Meet.
As soon as Geneva coach Peter Raak learned that the meet was canceled, he decided to send an e-mail to the coaches of the 14 other schools scheduled to compete, offering to host a sort of scaled-back meet on his school's track on Friday. Read full article.
The 33rd annual Kane
County Meet's fate bleak
5/1/09, The CHRONICLE
Hillman's best-laid plans for the 33rd annual girls Kane County Meet turned in a hurry, however, when Batavia High School
officials announced the host school would be closed through the weekend. The school is taking preventative measures after
a student contracted possible symptoms of the swine flu. Read full article.
Invites a really big show, unique competition
5/1/09, Daily Herald
The results can be eye-popping. At the Gus Scott invitational earlier this season, McKinzie Shulz and Lizzy Hynes offered convincing testimonies. The latter, a four-year standout for St. Charles East, dazzled in the 3,200 meters with a
scintillating time of 10 minutes and 33.4 seconds.
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John Bell invitational
4/19/09, Daily Herald
Loran admitted running against distance dynamo Neuqua Valley was a motivator. So did St. Charles East's Nick
Cramer, who anchored the Saints' 3,200-meter relay for Tim Johnson, Jacob Zahn and Jared Eads. "That had been our goal from the start, to keep up with Neuqua," Cramer said.
Over his second 400 meters Cramer found another gear and survived a grueling final 70 meters to win in 8:04.77.
Cramer, Plainfield South's Juliano Lodi and Downers Grove North's Dan Phistry all crossed the line within about a halfsecond. "I didn't want to let my team down, lose anything," said Cramer, the sole senior of his relay squad. "I just worked as hard
as I could. And it paid off."
Another relay - the 400 group of Wes Allen, Dillon Mugge, Michael Brown and Luke Ploszek - placed third, helping the
Saints finish eighth overall. Read the full article.
THE INSIDER: Boys and girls track and field
ATHLETE OF THE WEEK -
Lydia Warren, St. Charles East, Fr.
Friday, April 10, 2009, The Chronicle
What she did: About 24 hours after learning she'd be competing in her first varsity race, Warren edged classmate Annie Martines and St. Charles North junior Gina DeHart in the 100-meter hurdles in Wednesday's dual at North. Warren smiled – and exhaled – after her 17.9-second run. Warren says: "I've kind of been in and out of it. I could run varsity, but then they'll put me on JV and then they'll throw me on varsity...I just go with the flow."
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Saints pleased with McCornack results
4/11/09, Daily Herald
The host Fighting Saints fared well in the meet, winning the 4x1,600 relay in 19:14.58, and recording a number of other top three varsity finishes, many of which involved underclassmen who helped fill out the four-athlete-per-event requirement. "It was a good day all around," St. Charles East coach Ben Provencher said. Read the full article.
Saints' freshmen duo shines
Warren, Martines finish 1-2 in 100 hurdles in outdoor debuts
4/9/09, Daily Herald
Running stride for stride with Martines – and leaping hurdle for hurdle – Lydia Warren edged her teammate to win her debut varsity event in 17.9 seconds. Annie Martines finished in 18 seconds. Senior standout Jess Nier focused on the 300-meter hurdles, which she won in 50.7 seconds. Martines (51.8 seconds) was next. East senior Allie Devor won the shot put and discus.
Read the full article.
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UEC - Indoor Girls
Saints 2nd
3/20/09, Daily Herald
St. Charles East made important headways in more ways than one. The Saints scored nearly 100 points to turn back Neuqua Valley for second place. "We don't have anyone with a national presence like Pinnick, but we have some all-conference studs," St. Charles East coach Denise Hefferin said. Read the full article.
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UEC - Indoor Girls
East finishes 2nd in UEC Girls Indoor Track Meet
3/20/09, Chronicle
If the Upstate Eight Conference Girls Indoor Track Meet is a stepping stone for the outdoor season, St. Charles East saw promising signs of team unity. Read the full article.
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UEC - Indoor Girls
SC East's Hynes shines
3/20/09, Courier News
The track at Norris Center belonged to St. Charles East senior Lizzy Hynes. It always does. Last year's third-place finisher in the Class AA state 1,600 meters turned in a sparkling 5:04.43 for the 1,600 -- less than 10 seconds off the time that won the outdoor 1,600 last year -- and defeated state 2008 3,200-meter runner-up Lindsay Flanagan of Lake Park in leading her team to a second-place finish with 99 1/3 points. Read the full article.
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UEC - Indoor Boys
Prepared for outdoor season
3/19/09, Chronicle
The Saints - who finished sixth – viewed this final indoor meet as a stepping stone toward the outdoor season.“We have a lot of young kids running today,” East coach Ben Provencher said, “so this is a great education for them.” Two of those Saints getting an education were juniors Tim Johnson and Andrew Gomez. Johnson placed fifth in the 800-meter run at 2:04.9. Gomez placed sixth in the shot put. Joe Vitali also did well for the Saints, placing sixth in the 55-meter low-hurdles in 8.13 seconds. Read the article.
College Athletics and Scholarships for Track and Field -
What's it all about?
 by Donna Dye, DYESTAT
2/3/09 -- To help younger athletes who are interested in the “next level” of competition and an athletic scholarship, Dyestat is doing a series of articles for the college bound student athlete. Now is the time for the Class of 2010 to be working toward next year's signing period. The series starts with this overview and will be followed by more specific topics. The road to college athletics is filled with many do’s and don’ts. We hope to make things easier by explaining the process and pointing to the right place for direction.
Read the article.
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