Olympia CUSD 16

We may have been few in numbers, but Olympia was well represented on the podium in East Peoria on Day 1 of the IESA State Track and Field Finals. Starting the day, Lucy Prestegaard threw a post season best 9.61m in the shot put, finishing 2nd! Our distance runners came out strong, starting with Mili Rebbe beating her season PR in the 1600m by more than 12 seconds, finishing 5th in a strong 7th grade field with a time of 5:23.58. Shortly after, Mira Kistner finished her middle school track career on an incredibly high note, beating her season PR in the 1600m by more than 15 seconds, finishing 4th with a time of 5:33.25. Ty Gale finished 14th in the 7th grade 1600 meter run, with a time 5:18.55, just a couple seconds off his career best mark that he earned last weekend. Returning to state for a second year in a row, Annaston Piro placed 10th in the 8th grade long jump with a distance of 14'9.75". And last, but not least, let's make some noise for our 2024 State Championship and State Record Holder in the 100 meter Wheelchair Division, Rae Lemons, finishing with a time of 26.99.

Lady Spartans Softball are the 2A regional champions defeating Williamsville 7-2 at Olympia! Danika Frazier with a 2 -run home run in the bottom of the first inning scoring Jordyn Turner to put the Spartans up 2-1. Kat Springer with an RBI single in the second inning scoring Gabby Frye. In the 5th inning, Libby Shaffer drew a bases loaded walk scoring Shelby Finchum for an RBI and Emma Books followed with a big 2-RBI base hit to put the Spartans up 6-1. Gabby Frye finished the scoring for Olympia in the 6th inning with an RBI single scoring Kat Springer. Frazier allowed 2 runs with 8 strikeouts to improve her record to 23-0. The Spartans improve to 28-1-1 and will play on Wednesday in the Williamsville Sectional.

When: Monday, May 20th* Where: Library Summer School: All students starting summer school in June will return their devices and chargers as normal. These students will have a new device issued to them for summer school work. Fees: Will be determined and assessed based on the details found in our “Olympia Student Device Information” document. This document contains details on the possible fees that could accompany the collection. * If you have a unique scenario that will not allow for collection on the 20th, please see Mrs. Watkins in the library to work out a solution.

There will be a high school boys basketball parent meeting on Tuesday May 21st in the middle school gym at 6:30pm.

There must have been something special in the air at Pontiac tonight to explain the incredible performance of the OHS boys' track team at the class 2A Sectional meet. Surpassing all expectations, a nearly flawless execution of skills and efforts resulted in 22 personal bests, one school record, 2 Sectional Champions, and state qualification in 7 events! A season-best performance came from Logan Demling(2:11.9)in the 4x800 relay, who combined with Cooper Phillips, Caden Clark (all-time best 2:07.4), and Jacob Lawless(all-time best 2:11.9) for a season-best time of 8:47.24. Other all-time bests included: Evan Petri in the 3200 m run(11:27.11), C.J. Moore in the 800 m run(2:09.24), Jacob Lawless (4:55.23) and Caden Clark (4:58.96) in the 1600 m run, Corbin Rios in the 200(24.92), Koby Stroud in the discus(122'9"), Cohen Maness in the shot put(39'6.5") and T.J. Gellner in the triple jump. State qualifying marks and all-time bests came from Nolen Yeary in the shot put(3rd place at 49'3"), Chase Ragar in the triple jump(Sectional Champ at 42'4.25"....almost a 2-foot best and only 3/4" from the school record!), Cohen Alexander in the 400(3rd place at 51.41), Keagan Uphoff in the 110 hurdles(2nd place at 15.03) and the high jump (a season best of 6'1"), and the 300 hurdles (Section Champ and shattering his 4-day old school record with a breath-taking 38.46 that currently leads class 2A), and capping off the night was Kaden Wilcox(55.0), Cohen Alexander(51.3), Kaleb Jacobs (54.2), and Keagan Uphoff(50.2) to qualify for state in the 4x400 relay with a season-best time by almost 5 seconds!!! Congrats to all and good luck next Friday at Charleston! Great season Spartans, and it's not over yet! Stay tuned for more action-packed news!

Spartans Softball opened post-season play with a 10-0 six inning regional semi-final win over PORTA. Danika Frazier with her second no-hitter of the season, both coming against PORTA. Frazier also with two home runs (3-run HR in the 2nd and a solo HR in the 6th) and 4 RBIs. Shelby Finchum went 4-4 with a double and 2 RBIs. Jordyn Turner with 3 hits, 2 RBIs and 2 runs scored. Kat Springer with 3 hits and 3 runs scored. Gabby Frye with 2 hits and a run scored. Lydia Rutledge picked up an RBI. Libby Shaffer with the walk-off RBI base hit in the bottom of the 6th. Frazier finished the game with 13 strikeouts.

The state track and field meet is set and we're happy to announce that we have six state qualifiers heading to East Peoria this weekend to compete in the Class 3A State Final Track and Field Meet. Ty Gale will be competing in the 7th grade boys 1600 meter run. Mira Kistner will be competing in the 8th grade girls 1600 meter run. Lucy Prestegaard will be competing in the 7th grade girls shot put. Mili Rebbe will be competing in the 7th grade girls 800 meter run and 1600 meter run. Annaston Piro will be competing in the 8th grade girls long jump. Rae Lemons will be competing in the 100 meter dash in the wheelchair division. Congrats to all these athletes for working hard all season! We're not done yet! #spartanpride

Four years of being at school at 7AM for many of the guys in this picture, its bittersweet to say that today was their last day. Special group, multiple record holders, and more importantly tremendous young men!!! #OnceaSpartanalwaysaSpartan

The OHS Student Council install the 2024-2025 Executive Board! Leadership is what they bring to the table.

Collection of OMS chromebooks and chargers will take place on Thursday, May 16th (6th/7th) and Friday, May 17th (8th) in the library. Students who did not turn in their device and/or charger by the 17th will be contacted and these need to be returned the following week. All students will return their device and charger. Fees will be determined and assessed based on the details found in our “Olympia Student Device Information” (https://docs.google.com/document/d/1JNNSqbwIXW_WpnMpfT9MqOBHwKY0oUYXdCUVXfjtyUE/preview) document. Thank you for understanding how important this end of the year process is and making sure that your child has their device with them at school on the appropriate date.

The regional softball game scheduled for today at Olympia vs PORTA has been postponed to Wednesday May 15th. The regional game between Williamsville and Dee-Mack will be pushed to May 16th.

The freshmen baseball game scheduled for today May 14th vs. Normal West has been cancelled due to wet field conditions.

Chase Litwiller breaks his own school record in the 5-10-5 this morning with a time of 4.18 🏎️💨. Capping an amazing high school career!

There will be an Open House / Retirement Reception for Velma Runyard at the Olympia Administrative Offices on Wednesday, May 15th from 1:00 - 4:00 p.m. Please stop by to congratulate Velma.

🌞 Get ready to power up your summer 🏋️‍♂️. Registration for summer & strength and speed camp is open to all OHS students, click this link for more details: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1gDHpiYeIuCoZ0Y_GpqcPV43grmSh1Bg4w9GYLuhA0t0/edit?usp=drivesdk

Varsity baseball falls in the Monticello regional tonight 5-4 to Warrensburg Latham. Brammeier(2H), Gellner(2B, 3B), Alford (2H), Hohulin, Kleinschmidt and Olson(2B) with a hit apiece. Kindred strikes out 6 in 5 1/3 IP.

The JV bb team jumped out up 3-0 vsNCHS Ironman.Unfortunately the game got rained out.The team had a great season&finished 12-9 w/an 8 game winning streak at one point in the season. Overall Coach Schulz&myself couldn't be any prouder of their improvements &success this season.

Tonight's Regional Baseball game vs. Warrensburg-Latham will now be played at Monticello High School at 4:30pm.

Today's Activities

SENIOR CHROMEBOOK COLLECTION When: Monday, May 13th through Wednesday, May 15th* Where: Library Fees will be determined and attached to Skyward based on the details found in our “Olympia Student Device Information” document (https://docs.google.com/document/d/1JNNSqbwIXW_WpnMpfT9MqOBHwKY0oUYXdCUVXfjtyUE/preview). This document contains details on the possible fees that could accompany the collection. If you have any questions, you can contact Mrs. Watkins in the OHS Media Center. *If you need to turn in your device & charger before the 13th you may bring it to the OHS Media Center and turn it in to Mrs. Watkins.