Coach Mikes Blog

in Uncategorized by coach mike on 28 Apr 2010

Where did we leave off? We won the Mastoucah meet. Had a very good day and could of been better. Slover won the high jump. Hess won the pole vault and set new meet record and personal best.Heser won and set meet record in 3200 with a 10:16. Nix won the 1600M. Brummett won the 400M. Prosise won the shot and the discus and then ran a leg of the 4×400. Harris in the 110 hurdles.Hemiover in a personal best time in the 200 m 22.7. So a lot of good things. Then we had a good workout day at the meet on Tueday. Mixed things up, let some folks do some different things. Q won the high jump with a jump of 6′5 and just missed 6′8. Wow.Crossland won the 300’s in 42.something. Just a good meet. Had some good work. Nice job. What do you think Adam? Hargis was 2nd in the long jump. Hemiover ran his first real 400 M, well a split in a relay and looked good. Conklin threw the discus 130′ and Prosise pr in the discus. Young kids looked good. On we move. Hess another good day vaulting with a jump of 12′6. Looking good! Go Wildcats!

in Uncategorized by coach mike on 24 Apr 2010

in Uncategorized by coach mike on 17 Apr 2010

Not real happy with things overall. The change of the date messed us up probably more than most teams. We could not even put a high hurdle shuttle team on the track and could finished 1st with our best team and 4th with just 4 guys. On the bright side, the young guys continue to step up. Slover was 2nd in the high jump at 6′2. Brucket had a very strong day. Step into the 300 hurdles, threw the discus, ran a good 800 and a good 400. Cole finally stepped into the hurdles both the 300 and the 110, so that was good to see. Slover on the track in the 4×200. Got to go to a wed be back later to finish this rant.

in Uncategorized by coach mike on 15 Apr 2010

UALIFYING STANDARDS
All athletes who equal or exceed these standards in the Sectional Meets qualify automatically for the State Final Meet. Qualifying standards shown in bold are new for this year. Note: Field events are listed in English measurements.

Class 2A Boys

No./Event

Manual

F.A.T.

1. 4 x 800-Meter Relay

8:15.0

8:15.24

2. 4 x 100-Meter Relay

:43.7

:43.94

3. Discus Throw

148-0

4. 3200-Meter Run

9:49.0

9:49.24

5. 110-Meter High Hurdles

:14.8

:15.04

6. High Jump

6-3

7. 100-Meter Dash

:10.8

:11.04

8. 800-Meter Run

1:59.2

1:59.44

9. Long Jump

21-8

10. 4 x 200-Meter Relay

1:31.7

1:31.94

11. 400-Meter Dash

50.7

50.94

12. Pole Vault

13-3

13. 300-Meter Int. Hurdles

:40.3

:40.54

14. 1600-Meter Run

4:30.2

4:30.44

15. Shot Put

50-11

16. 200-Meter Dash

:22.4

:22.64

17. 4 x 400-Meter Relay

3:28.0

3:28.24

18. Triple Jump

43-6

in Uncategorized by coach mike on 15 Apr 2010

Here we are, in the middle of the season and seems the same every year. Send little time coaching and more time planning and trying to keep things together. Its been tougher this year. I have added responsibility at work. I just can’t get things together. Seem to have more kids hurt, more kids that can’t keep the grades up. A few more that don’t care. Maybe I’m just getting to old for this. Good thing! Coach Phillips is helping with the throwers, he seems to have some new energy. Throwers are looking good right now. Well the shot putters are anyway.Well lets recap some things. Prosise is throwing very well, is hitting 50′ in practice. He is not a very big kid, but he is quick in the ring and has some good strength. At the beginning of the season I was not going to let him throw. Andy Meador was coming along but had to have knee surgery. Aaron Green is starting to throw very well, hitting personal best in practice but needs to bring it to the meet. The high jumpers were going big guns at the beginning of the season, but have tailed off some. I would put that to training or lack of training. The distance corp is getting better. Harris in the hurdles has been tough. Some other stuff, Crossland has been tough, Goff, Heser in the 1600 and 3200. Others I could mention but it late and I’m ready for bed. Good night Adam.

in Uncategorized by coach mike on 28 Mar 2010

As a great man once said “Let your actions do the talking and not your mouth” or anyway something along that lines. Let us get caught up with some track stuff. Our first outdoor meet was canceled due to mother nature but we fooled the all mighty controller of the rains and the winds and rescheduled for the next day. And better yet only one other team could come so the meet went a lot faster. So we finally got to see some of the young guys do some some stuff on the track and in the field events. And we were able to win the meet. Out scored the opponent by 10 points. They were missing a few guys as were we, so things evened out a little. Lets talk about some high lights. The shot putters-the young shot putters in particular. Matt Hahn had a throw of 38′11, good start for a freshman that is just starting to learn how to properly throw the 12 pound ball and another freshman Will Shipley threw over 38′8 those are both very good starts. Meador was off with his throws with 3 fouls and a final safe throw of over 39′ and then Prosise had a 45′ throw to win, so that was a good start for the throwers. The discus guys were ok but practice time over in the area has been limited due messy conditions. Conklin was over 124′ to win and Prosise was over 122′ for third. Q won 3 events, the high jump, the triple jump and long jump. Crossland ran a very good 100M and a good 400M. Harris won the hurdles in a very good early season time of 15.3. Hess won the pole vault. The 4×200 won. Probably forgetting someone-a few of the guys that qualified for the Illinois Classic Indoor meet traveled to Bloomington Saturday morning. Quentin placed in the high jump. Another high light was Jerod Brummett a junior who broke the Wildcat indoor 400M record in a time of 52.84, nice job Jerod. Our 4×400 relay team is starting to shape up so if we can get the guys in shape to run two good 400s in one meet could be exciting. Have a good one!

in Uncategorized by coach mike on 20 Mar 2010

Sometimes you get a chance to a make difference, but you have to step up and do what you might think that you are not ready to do or maybe you don’t want to do. I don’t know how many times in the last 16 plus years of coaching that I have seen athletes step into a role that maybe they were not confident with and miracle like things have happen. I remember the first time I ask a 300M hurdler to step into that 4×400 spot, in a pinch and never took the kid out of that lineup the rest of the year. You just never know, but of coarse if you don’t try, you will never know. The meet was very interesting today, hopefully some lessons were learned. You never take anything for granted, just ask Kansas, specially when it comes to competition. What seemed like a snap, something easy last time, can turn into a task that seems impossible for some unknown reason in the universe the next time attempted. Highlights-4×800-much better-Goff and Nix, down where they need to be right now and Clark improving. Then Bullard the sophomore, stepping up to run a very solid leg of the race.Brummet ran great 400M in 53.1 to place. The 4×200 raced well, but had some issues with the hand offs, and not bad hand offs but just the nature of the indoor lack of exchange lanes that messed things up. Cost the guys time and time was what they were racing against. Harris had another good day in the hurdles, went under 8 to get to the finals and then finished right at 8 for and 8th place finish, lots of 8. Hemiover went under 7 in the 55M at 6.97 for his best time ever indoor, he also had a good 200M at 24.1, so he is looking strong. Klop ran a good premlin in 55M H in 8.30. Hess in the pole vault with a PR of 11′6 and just missed at 12′. Nix came back with a good 1600 after his strong 800 split. Hesser had the legend of Peanut Butter Cups take another chapter, leading his heat of the 1600 the whole race until the last curve when he tripped on the guard rail, went down, rolled, got up and still won his heat, right around 4:50. Meador had a good throw in the shot. And finally the 4×400-ran a good time, with a line up change, Conklin had a great first leg, as did Goff and Clark, followed up with a nice finish by Crossland. Nice job. Also Q placed in the TJ and HJ, but had a rough day, which just goes to show, you can not perform at the top of your game and still be better than most. Good Night

in Uncategorized by coach mike on 07 Mar 2010

2010 Qualifying Standards

Girls                                                 Boys

in Uncategorized by coach mike on 06 Mar 2010

High lights-Q Garrison high jump 6′4, Triple jump 42′2. Looked very good and could go 6′6. Anthony Slover 6′2 high jump-PR-great jump. Antonio Crossland 6′0 high jump-PR-another great jump.  Bryce Harris 55 Hurdles 8.11 and 8.20 7th place.  J Brummett 53.32 400M 8th place. Matt Hemiover 10th place 200M 24.2.

4×200 relay 1.39-Harris Hargis Hanus Hemiover

Lets keep up the good work.

in Uncategorized by coach mike on 09 Feb 2010

The first meet is close and we need to pick up our workouts. Once the season starts there will less time for strength work, specially for the underclassmen. This is a big year for Wildcat track and field as we head toward a possible 5th straight Apollo Conference Championship. We have a lot gaps to fill. You just don’t replace a Matt Brummel, Jacob Kubicki, Sam Follet, Jordan Jones, Adam Wilkins, Logan Pontious and all the other senior members of last years team. 2009 and 2010 seniors this is your team and chance to add to the history of Wildcat T&F-make the best of what awaits you!

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