Sunday, April 29, 2012

Workouts for week of April 30

Weekly workouts April 30

We’re getting to that point of the season where we need to find out who will be participating in the district meet (remember, just 2 athletes per event at districts). Work hard to prove yourself, help your team, and earn PR’s! Less than 2 weeks for most and 3 weeks for others!!!!

Watch the heat – you’re used to the cold, but it’s going to be hot all week – hydrate!!!

Monday, April 30 – 71˚ scattered t-storms
Brief team meeting in cafeteria to set up Tuesday’s meet
md/distance – with Coach Meeson
sprinters – with Coach Shannon and Kieser – pre-meet day of striders, hand-offs, and blocks.
throwers - with Coach Garlock

Tuesday, May 1 – 68˚ AM clouds/PM sun
Dual meet at Gilmour Academy (full team). Dismiss at 2:30, bus leaves at 2:45. See itinerary on team site.

Wednesday, May 2 – 78˚ isolated t-storms (NOT early release day)
md/distance - at mastick for mileage
sprinters - at SJA for lifting and cross train
throwers – with Coach Garlock

Thursday, May 3 – 80˚ isolated t-storms
4 or 5 pole vaulters to St. Eds for practice at 4:30. (big 4 and maybe Bonca)
md/distance - pre-meet day or light mileage/w.o. if meet Sat
sprinters - pre-meet day or light w.o. if meet Sat
throwers - pre-meet day or heavy throw day if meet Sat.

Friday, May 4 – 73˚ scattered t-storms
Meet at Olmsted Falls (for JV) – line-up to be posted soon

Saturday, May 5 – 68˚ partly cloudy
Meet at Westlake Relays (varsity) – see line-up on team website
Coach Kieser to Austintown Optimist with Nagy, Caja, Sedlak, McGrath

Sunday, May 6
recovery day

Saturday, April 28, 2012

Another busy weekend for the Jags

This past weekend the Jaguar track team was actually represented at 3 different meets. The big varsity meet of the weekend was the Berea Relays held Friday night at Baldwin Wallace's Finnie Stadium. This was the first time SJA had competed at this presigious meet of 16 teams and they finished 7th in the process. While the team didn't come home with any event victories, they did score in every event. The top results for the Jags came in the distance medley (3rd place - Audi Farris, Emilee Armbruster, Mary Kate Chambers, Rachel McGuire) and the 4x4 (4th place - Caitlin Nagy, MaryKate Caja, Becca Sedlak, Brenna McGrath).
On Saturday, the JV group was originally scheduled to participate in the Avon Relays, but due to clerical error the Jags quickly rescheduled to the Moose Relays at Chanel. A much smaller meet than Avon, the JV crew showed off SJA's depth by winning many relays and taking home the team title. In addition, senior Kristina Jackson was named Running Event MVP for her participation in 2 winning relays.
Next for the Jags is a dual meet with annual Div III track power Gilmour next Tuesday April 1st.

Friday, April 27, 2012

No word from Chanel

Upon coming home from the Berea Relays today I expected to find an email from the people at Chanel, but unfortunately I didn't find it. With that being said, the bus will leave at 7:45 and we'll expect a 9am start.

We still do NOT know the order of events so we'll learn that when we get there.

Alex Strasser and Sarah Schwind will be competing in the pole vault at the Avon Relays because Chanel does NOT have that event. They begin at 9am and should be there at 8:15 or earlier for warm ups and run throughs.

Be dressed for cold and rain - it may not stay dry all day.

Sunday, April 22, 2012

Mixed results this past weekend

The track team participated in 2 meets this weekend, sending a largely JV level squad to the Trinity Invite on Friday and a varsity group to the Stow Relays on Saturday. The Trinity squad found the weather warm, but the going rough with a 13th place showing out of 15 teams. It should be pointed out they were the only "JV" type team competing against everyone else's varsity. At Stow, the varsity team enjoyed success early, but after a couple of setbacks they finished at 7th place out of 16 teams.
Highlighting the JV meet was the performance of senior Ronnie Colborn and junior Michelle Costanzo who both cleared 8 feet in the pole vault for the first time. Also running well was the 4 x 100 team of all freshmen (Destiny Evans, Maria Coreno, Sarah Stottner, and Jenae Evans).
At Stow, there were 2 second place finishes early as the 4 x 1600m relay team of Mary Kate Chambers, Caitlin Nagy, Alesha Vovk, and Rachel McGuire ran a great race. McGuire had to out-run 3 other teams to secure the 2nd place spot. Also getting 2nd early on was the 4 x 200m relay team of MaryKate Caja, Becca Sedlak, Gab Leon, and Brenna McGrath. McGrath and Sedlak also qualified to the finals in the 100m dash finishing 3rd and 7th respectively. The pole vault relay, despite using different jumpers than Friday night, still finished 3rd overall as well.
Next up is the Berea Relays for the varsity on Friday, and the JV at Avon the following day.

Friday, April 20, 2012

Close but not quite

Saint Joes almost pulled off the win, but in the end the cross-river rivals from Magnificat won the annual dual with a score of 72-65. In a separately scored JV, the host Jags scored a convincing 95-42 win. In the varsity competition, SJA had victories in the pole vault by freshman Alex Strasser, the 100 meter hurdles by junior Sarah Schwind, the long jump by junior Brenna McGrath, the 100m dash and 300H by junior MaryKate Caja, the 3200 meter run by Mary Kate Chambers, and the 4 x 200 and 4 x 100 relays. In the JV competition, SJA won 13 of 17 events, with the freshmen class leading the way. The following 9th graders won events against Mags; Victoria Bonca (pole vault), Dina Rini (long jump), Bridget Roche (100H and high jump), Kennedy Gore (100 meter dash), Mallory Fahey (1600m run), Audrianna Farris (400m dash), and Jenea Adams in the 200m dash. Freshmen also strongly contributed to wins in all 4 relays. The lone sophomore to win an event was Alison Rogozinski, who won the 300m hurdles in her very first track meet ever. Pictures and SJA times are posted to the right.

Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Pole Vaulters get the big dual off to good start

The annual SJA/Mags dual track meet started last night with the pole vault at St. Eds high school. In the varsity competition, the Jaguars swept the top 4 places with freshman Alex Strasser taking home the top honors. Senior Veronica Colborn was second, junior Michelle Costanzo was third, and junior Sarah Schwind was 4th. In the JV competition the Jags also swept with all freshmen including Victoria Bonca placing first, Dina Rini getting 2nd, Audrianna Farris taking third, and Alexis Bloor placing fourth.
The rest of the meet will be completed tonight at Lutheran West High School starting at 4:30 with an introduction of the seniors.

Monday, April 16, 2012

Updates for the near future

Update 1 - team pictures for SJA spring sports will be Tuesday, April 24th - bring your uniform top and shorts.

Update 2 - pictures from the Bedford and Lakewood meets are now posted - look in the right margin for the link.

Update 3 - Time schedule for the dual with Mags
Tuesday pole vault
4:45 - please arrive no later than this time
5:00 - hopefully warm-ups have already begun
5:30 - begin competition

Wednesday main meet
3:15 (or as soon as possible) bus leaves for Lutheran West
4:30 - seniors introduced
4:40 - field events begin
5:00 - running events begin

Sunday, April 15, 2012

This weeks workouts April 16

Weekly workouts April 16

This is a very important week for all of us for many reasons. We need to get back together as a team, focus on what’s ahead, and start evaluating our end-of-season goals as we hit the mid-way point and start heading toward the post-season.

Monday, April 16 – for this one day sprinters should expect 5:30 dismissal – much to do!!!
Full team meeting, 3:20 in Academy Center if possible, cafeteria otherwise.
Throwers with Coach Garlock (the “senior 3” may go to St. Iggy at 4:30 to meet with Coach Flandera)
Sprinters and Middle Distance with Coach Kieser and Coach Shannon
Distance with Coach Meeson and Coach Ohliger
PV join Coach Wolosz at 4:30

Tuesday, April 17
PV competition with Magnificat AT St. Eds. Warm-up at 5:00pm, 5:30 begin competition. No bus transportation will be provided – please find rides!
Team has light pre-meet practice at SJA until 4:30/4:45. You are encouraged to watch PV if you have time. 

Wednesday, April 18
Meet @ Lutheran West v. Magnificat – see line up on website THIS IS A SENIOR NIGHT!
EVERYBODY PLEASE WEAR PURPLE TOPS AND BLACK PANTS – BE A TEAM!
For this one meet NO ATHLETE LEAVES UNTIL THE FINAL EVENT IS DONE!!!!
Competition will be split into separate JV and varsity team scores – most of you are JV (nobody is both for this meet – you have to be one or the other).
Bus #1 will leave around 3:45 and bus #2 (if needed at 4:15). No bus back to school! Get picked up at Lutheran West.
SJA is the host school – we need volunteers to help make the meet run smooth and professionally. If any parents want to work a field event (less time, but more work) or the finish line (more time, but less exhausting) please contact me (Coach Kieser).

Thursday, April 19
Distance/MD – with Coach Meeson and Coach Ohliger at Mastick for easy miles
Sprinters – with Coach Shannon for light workout and not-so-light weight room session.
Throwers – with Coach Garlock

Friday, April 20
Meet at Bedford hosted by Trinity High School – more info to be posted ASAP. Non-competing people in all events WILL have a very short practice until 4:15.

Saturday, April 21
Meet at Stow – more info to be posted ASAP

PLEASE NOTE WE ARE GOING TO TRY TO USE EVERYBODY IN ONE OF THESE MEETS, BUT NO ONE WILL DO BOTH. (PLEASE ADVISE IF YOU CANNOT ATTEND ONE FOR A LEGIT REASON)

Sunday, April 22 - If you did not compete Saturday then you should do a light workout on your own.

Saturday, April 14, 2012

Good Weekend for the Jags

This past weekend the name of the game was Depth for the Saint Joseph Academy track and field team as they finished 3rd out of 7 teams at the Lakewood Ranger Relays Friday night and came back to finish 5th out of 11 teams at Bedford on Saturday with a completely different squad. All this despite over 30 athletes being on vacation and unavailable.
At Lakewood, which was mostly a varsity level squad, the distance and middle distance crews showed their mettle by winning the 4 x 1600, 4 x 800, and distance medley relays. Involved in those were wins; Melanie Ward, Jill Bresnahan, Jessica Bresnahan, Mary Kate Chambers, Caitlin Nagy, Audrianna Farris, Mallory Fahey, and Maggie Boyer. Both Boyer and Chambers (twice) had to secure the victory in close battles as the anchors for their relays.
Also turning in a fantastic first place was the 4 x 200 meter relay team of; MaryKate Caja, Caitlin Nagy, Becca Sedlak, and Brenna McGrath.
Coming back on Saturday, the team was bolstered by the appearance of the China trip students who weren't sure what time zone they were in, but still managed to run well. Despite not winning a single event all day, SJA continued to collect 3rd, 4th, and 5th place finishes for valuable team points. The shuttle hurdle relay team of Sarah Schwind, Nicole Zalewski, Emma Wolpert, and Bridget Roche notched third place metals as well as the distance medley team of Melissa Jackson, Brittany Hennings, Morgan Reminder, and Bridget Egan.
Next is the annual dual meet with Magnificat - pole vault is Tuesday at St. Eds at 5:30pm followed by the main meet at Lutheran West Wednesday at 5:00pm.

Wednesday, April 11, 2012

Padua meet highlights

It wasn't the teams that stole the show on April 10th rather it was the unseasonal weather that caught everyone's attention. After weeks of warm weather Old Man Winter made a return with some chilly temps and scattered snowfalls. At one point during the 1600 the snow was so heavy it was hard to see the runners on the other side of the track. The starter was concerned the finish line people wouldn't see the smoke for starting the 200m dash.
When all was said and done both teams turned in solid performances with Padua coming out on top with a score of 82-55.
SJA had 6 first place finishes and some other strong efforts as well. Winning their events were MaryKate Caja in the 100m dash, Brenna McGrath in the 200m dash, Becca Sedlak in the 300m hurdles, Alex Strasser in the pole vault, Jill Bresnahan in the 3200m run, and the 4 x 100m relay team of Gab Leon, Kennedy Gore, Olivia Terry, and Jenea Adams.

Sunday, April 8, 2012

Workouts for Week of April 9th

Weekly workouts April 9

If you’re in town during spring break practices are NOT optional. If you have a hard time attaining a ride ASK your teammates for help – odds are someone lives near you. No practice means no meets and we have a 4 meets to fill during break.

Monday, April 9
PV – at St. Eds in 2 shifts to maximize your practice time!!!!
Shift 1 – noon-1:15 – Ronnie, Bonca, Strasser, and Dina
Shift 2 – 1:15-2:30pm – Bloor, Leon, McLoughlin, Farris
Distance – with Coach Meeson and Coach Ohliger at Mastick 10am-noon
Sprinters – with Coach Kieser at SJA 10am-noon
Throwers – with Coach Kieser at SJA noon. Coach Flandera from St. Ignatius will be there just for the throwers. He is a master coach of many All-Ohio athletes. Be there.

Tuesday, April 10
Meet at Padua with Archbishop Hoban…tentative event line-up on the website. If your name is not listed let me know so we can add you.
bus leaves SJA at 2:45 – expected meet start time at 4pm.
Directions to Padua here

Wednesday, April 11
distance/MD – with Coach Meeson and Coach Ohliger at Mastick – 10am to nooon
sprinters – with Coach Kieser – 10am to noon
throwers - with Coach Kieser – noon to 2pm at SJA

Thursday, April 12
Distance/MD – with Coach Meeson and Coach Ohliger at SJA – 10am to noon
Sprinters – with Coach Kieser – 10am to noon
Throwers – with Coach Kieser – noon to 2pm

Friday, April 13
Meet at Lakewood (mostly varsity with exceptions) Line-up and times posted Monday evening April 9th
Athletes not competing should meet get their own light workout in

Saturday, April 14
Meet at Bedford (mostly JV with exceptions) China trip people EXPECTED to participate.

Sunday, April 15
No practice scheduled, however if you were out of town all week and slacked off you should remember you have a BIG dual meet on Wednesday the 18th!!!!!

Wednesday, April 4, 2012

Updates to schedule

For spring break - week 1...

Thursday practice times
Mid-distance and distance at mastick - 10am.
Sprinters at SJA - 10am-noon
Throwers at SJA - noon-2pm

Friday
distance - meet if you're available - you know the time and place
sprinters and throwers - no practice

Saturday
meet at Medina - see the schedule in upper right hand corner of this website for the latest updates.

Sunday, April 1, 2012

Workouts Week of April 2

Weekly workouts April 2

If you’re in town during spring break practices are NOT optional. If you have a hard time attaining a ride ASK your teammates for help – odds are someone lives near you. No practice means no meets and we have a 4 meets to fill during break.

Monday, April 2 – 55° partly cloudy
*PV people - meet with Coach Wolosz after your SPRINT workout for PV specific work at 4:30
Distance – with Coach Meeson and Coach Ohliger at Mastick
Sprinters – with Coach Shannon and Coach Kieser
Throwers – with Coach Garlock

Tuesday, April 3 – 65° some t-storms
*PV and HJ people to St. Ed's. NO BUS THIS WEEK!. Be ready to START (warmed up) by 4:30.
distance/MD – at SJA – hill day! Yay!!!
sprinters - with Coach Shannon
throwers - with Coach Garlock and Coach Kieser (discus until 4:15)

Wednesday, April 4 – 53° partly cloudy
distance/MD – with Coach Meeson and Coach Ohliger at SJA
sprinters – with Coach Kieser
throwers - with Coach Kieser

Thursday, April 5 – 46° sunny
PV – possible pole vaulting to be announced
Distance/MD – with Coach Ohliger at Mastick 10:00-11:30am. Mileage
sprinters - with Coach Kieser – 10-12 noon
throwers - with Coach Kieser – 12noon – 1:30pm

Friday, April 6 – 49° sunny
distance/MD - easy day from SJA 10-11am
sprinters - with Coach Kieser SJA 10-11am
throwers - with Coach Kieser SJA 10-11am

Saturday, April 7 – 57° partly cloudy
Meet at Medina – see itinerary on website

Sunday, April 8 - nothing planned