Last year on November 3rd, when Charlie Kistner ran 15:16.55 to place 9th at the IHSA 1A state meet held at Detweiller Park, it was believed that he had set a new school record. Then on August 25th, at the first meet of this year, he lowered that time to 15:14.7. Soon after that race, it was discovered that the school record was actually still held by Les Myers, who ran a time of 15:06 in the 1972 state meet at Detweiller Park. Les still holds the school record in the 3200 meter run, with a time of 9:17. Yesterday at Detweiller Park, Charlie put the newfound 48 year old record to rest when he ran an astonishing time of 15:04.6! With six weeks left in the season, who knows what he might still be capable of running. So congrats to Charlie for officially setting a new cross country 3-mile Olympia High School record.......again!
The high school XC teams had a great day at the 7-team meet hosted by Peoria Notre Dame at Detweiller Park today. The girls varsity team took third place with 83 points. The top 5 girls were Abby Litwiller(9th place-19:39), Anna Bieber(20:32), Rachel Andris (20:41), Chrystal Cornwell(21:07), and Cam Lawson(21:09).
The guys were team champs with 40 points, holding off the always-hard-to-beat Elmwood Trojans, who placed second with 58 points. Charlie Kistner was the top Spartan, taking 2nd place individually, and setting a new school record of 15:04.6! Rounding out the top five were Logan Wheeler (4th place in 15:55), Owen Dare (7th place in 16:13), Anthony Ragland (14th place at 16:29), and Alec Pfeffer (18th place at 16:34). Overall, the Olympia runners tallied up 17 season and/or all-time personal records today! Congrats runners; keep up the great work!
Thanks to modern technology, there is now a fun activity that combines satellite navigation, orienteering, computer skills, treasure hunting AND movement. OHS P.E. classes are working through this cross-curricular game called geocaching! #MovementAndLearning
Saturday September 19th Activities
Girls Golf @ LeRoy @ 8:00
Cross County @ Peoria @ 9:00
Girls Swim home @ 10:00
September 17th Activities
Girls Golf @ Leroy @ 4:00
Boys Golf @ Eureka @ 4:30
Girls Swimming @ Washington @ 4:30
MS Softball @ Pekin @ 4:15
September 16th Activities
Girls Golf is home @ 4:00
Boys Golf @ Pekin @ 4:00
MS Cross Country @ Delavan @ 4:30
MS Baseball home vs. Edison @4:15
September 14th Activities
HS Cross Country @ Eureka @2:30
Boys Golf @ Pontiac @ 4:00
Girls Golf home @ 1:00
High school cross country meet for today at Eureka has been cancelled. Thank you
Any HS student athlete who is participating in fall contact days needs to have this form filled out and turned into their coach.
OHS Life Skills students Brenden Webb, Caleb Busick, Dakota Birky, Dylan Olson, and Joe Kinder are adapting to new job skills, and procedures to deliver mail across the district. We support, and appreciate essential workers!
September 10th Activities
Girls Golf is home vs. Monticello @ 4:00
Boys golf is @ Prairie Central @ 4:00
Girls Swim is @ Dunlap @ 4:30 (no fans)
September 9th Activities
Boys golf @ Highland Golf Course @ 3:30
Girls golf @ Maple Lane Country Club @ 4:00
MS Softball home vs. Leroy @ 4:30
The boys golf match at Leroy for today Sept. 8th had been cancelled. No practice today.
September 8th Activities
Boys Golf @ Leroy @ 3:15
MS Baseball @ Lincoln Junior High @ 4:30
MS Cross Country @ El Paso CANCELLED
Activities for Saturday September 5th
HS Cross Country @ Normal Community @ 9:00
MS Softball @ East Peoria Central @ 10:00
MS Baseball Home vs. Pontiac @ 10:00
September 3rd activities
Girls Golf @ U-High Invite @ 1:00
Girls Swim home vs. Pekin @4:30
MS Baseball @ Pontiac St. Mary's @ 4:15
High school teachers tried out some new instructional technology tools on the early release day. In this example students were given problems to solve and were able to choose the level of support they needed to complete the task. Great idea for differentiated support!
September 2nd Activities
Girls Golf @ El Paso @ 4:00
Olympia High School teachers took full advantage of their first remote learning day today by trying out a new technique using virtual breakout rooms. As students reviewed similar triangles and indirect measurements, they were able to choose three different rooms to engage with their teachers as well as classmates to solve problems. What an excellent way to provide quality virtual instruction and promote student choice!
Olympia High School teachers took full advantage of their first remote learning day today by trying out a new technique using virtual breakout rooms. As students reviewed similar triangles and indirect measurements, they were able to choose three different rooms to engage with their teachers as well as classmates to solve problems. What an excellent way to provide quality virtual instruction and promote student choice! #Westphalen #Pack