Sunny, Cloudy, Sunny, Cloudy, Rainy, Cold & Rainy

That's what our meet was like yesterday. We were not for sure if it would happen at all with the weather forcast, but we arrived and it was a great day for a track meet, but as the meet went on the worse the conditions were. We did not get to complete the entire meet probably because the meet started about 30 minutes late for some unknown reason. Oh well. No matter the weather we did have a few good races. The first race of the day was one of the best. The 4x800 girls seemed to be shot from a cannon and they were at the lead for the 2nd and 3rd leg and finished a little behind Blair Oaks for second in a great time of 10:56. Great race girls. Another great race was Zach in the 1600. He ran a very smart race and took the lead on lap 4 and held on for the win, beating his arch nemisis Peanut. The 4x200, & 4x100 relay girls also did a great job. So here are the results. Our girls finished tied for 4th out of 21 teams, not bad but, hopefully if the meet were to be completed we should have moved up to 3rd. But we didn't and we are at 4th. Not too bad though.

Boys
1600M Zach Bryant - 1st - 4:46

Girls
4x800M Calla Lovell, Sarah Koestner, Katie Leithauser, Allie Raithel - 2nd - 10:56
100H Jessica Schrimpf - 6th - 18.26
4x200M Morgan Roberts, Hannah Schroeder, Becca Raithel, Cierra Bond - 3rd - 1:56
1600M Sarah Koestner - 4th - 6:11
4x100M Morgan Roberts, Hannah Schroeder, Becca Raithel, Cierra Bond - 3rd - :56
300H Jessica Schrimpf - 5th - 55.1

Another win!

Well we went to Osage and did another great job. All of the girls have been working their tails off and it is showing early this season. Right now, most of the guys and girls are meeting their best marks from last year, meaning that they should be even better when the end of the season nears. I couldn't ask for a better team of runners and throwers, they are doing a great job. Here are the results from the meet we had at Osage.

Girls Results:			Osage Quad
	1st	Russelville	93 Pts
	2nd	Osage	90 Pts
	3rd	Iberia	87 Pts
	4th	California	71 Pts
	5th	Versailles	23 Pts
4x800 Relay	1st	11:19	Calla Lovell
			Katie Leithauser
			Sarah Koestner
			Allie Raithel
100 H	1st	17.92	Jessica Schrimpf
100M Dash	2nd	13.76	Morgan Roberts
	5th	14.94	Jessica Potts
4x200 Relay	2nd	01:56.6	Morgan Roberts
			Hannah Schroeder
			Becca Raithel
			Cierra Bond
1600M	2nd	6:50	Kendra Jobe
	3rd	7:03	Savannah Haden
4x100 Relay	1st	56.13	Morgan Roberts
			Hannah Schroeder
			Becca Raithel
			Cierra Bond
400M Dash	2nd	1:10	Hannah Schroeder
300H	1st	53.83	Jessica Schrimpf
800M	3rd	2:41	Sarah Koestner
	4th	2:43	Allie Raithel
	5th	2:44	Calla Lovell
200M Dash	4th	9:21	Jessica Potts
3200M	1st	15:08	Savannah Haden
	2nd	15:10	Kendra Jobe
4x400 Relay	2nd	4:43	Sarah Koestner
			Jessica Schrimpf
			Katie Leithauser
			Becca Raithel
Shot Put	3rd	32'2"	Miranda Loesch
High Jump	4th	4'8"	Cierra Bond
Long Jump	4th	13'4"	Cierra Bond
Triple Jump	5th	29'10"	Jessica Schrimpf
Boys Results:
1600M	2nd	4:54	Zach Bryant
	4th	5:27	Nathan Clink
800M	2nd	2:12	Zach Bryant
3200M	4th	12:01	Nathan Clink
Discus	4th	106'5"	Alex Earls

Next Meet: Monday @ Osage

Our meet scheduled for last Monday, has been rescheduled for this Monday March 24. The bus leaves at 2:15. Have a Happy Easter.

First meet, First Win!

Well, last night we went to Fatima for a 6 team practice meet, and the girls came away with a victory. The team win is great and all, but they showed some pretty good times and most of the kids looked very strong. Despite having rain on our DIRT track almost everyday, we did exceptionally well. Coach Miller and myself thought everyone did at least what was expected or much better. I thought we would be decent, but we were better than that. You fans better be watching out for us by the end of the year. Here are the results from last nights meet:

Girls
100M
-2-M. Roberts - 13.92
200M
-2-C. Bond - 29.14
-6-J. Potts - 31.62
400M
-3-B. Raithel - 67.8
-4-H. Schroeder - 68
800M
1-C. Lovell - 2:44
2-S. Koestner - 2:45
4-K. Leithauser - 2:57
1600M
-4-S. Koestner - 6:23
-5-H. Gibson - 6:32
-6-K. Jobe - 6:42
3200M
-2-H. Gibson-NT
-4-K. Jobe - 15:00
-5-S. Miller -NT
4x100m Relay
-1-H. Schroeder, M. Roberts, B. Raithel, C. Bond - 54.39
-3-K. Volkart, E. Thompson, K. Clink, J. Potts - 1:02.5
4x200M Relay
-1-H. Schroeder, M. Roberts, B. Raithel, C. Bond - 1:56.36
4x400M Relay
-2-B. Raithel, J. Schrimpf, K. Leithauser, S. Koestner -4:42
4x800M Relay
-3-C. Lovell, K. Leithauser, S. Koestner, K. Jobe - 11:51
100 Hurdles
-2-J. Schrimpf 18.17
-4-W. Weber 21.46
300 Hurdles
-1-J. Schrimpf 52.44
-5-W. Weber 60.96
Shot Put
-2-M. Loesch - 31'9"
-6-S. Baker - 25'3"
Discus
-3-M. Loesch - 86'4"
High Jump
-4-C. Bond - 4'8"
Long Jump
-3-M. Roberts - 14'1"
Triple Jump
-3- J. Schrimpf - 29'7"

Team Points
1. Russellville 154
2. Fatima 133
3. Linn 82
4. Chamois 50
5. St. Elizabeth 49
6. New Bloomfield 45

Boys
800M
-1-Z. Bryant - 2:09
1600M
-2-Z. Bryant - 4:51
3200M
-3-Z. Bryant - 11:11
Shot Put
-6-A. Earls - 33'8"
Discus
-6-A. Earls - 107'4"


Great job to all those involved.

Our First Meet!

Well we are headed to our first meet today at Fatima, it is a little quad so it will be a great time to get some practice before our first medal meet of the year. Things have been going really good so far, except for mother-nature. Hopefully she will keep some of this precipitation for the summer months when we need some. Our team this year is fairly good sized, especially on the girls side, we have 25 girls but only 8 boys. The kids have been competing in practice trying to make it into the meets as only the fastest ones will make the team. But things are looking pretty darn good for us this year. Check back here for the results and hopefully some pictures. Have a great day.
Coach

Captains

The whole team voted for capitans for this year, and the results are in. Miranda, Zach, Allie, Calla, and Jessica S. are our capitans for the year. I know they will do a great job. Good luck to you all.
Coach Love

Only 1 Week

We have only one week until our first meet of the season. We have only been on the track one day this year so far. We are going to try and get on it this week. I still can't believe that in one week from today we are to be competing. Wow. Hopefully the weather will cooperate with us this week and we can get some great workouts in. Love ya all.
Coach Love

Assistant Coaches

If you have ever coached a sport, you know how much a good assistant is worth. Well I am so lucky to have one of those assistant coaches. Coach Craig Miller has been at my hip for 5 years and I must say they do not come any better. Craig is not in the education industry, but he puts all he has into the kids and the sport that he can. I can not thank him enough for all that he does. I know he will not like this post because of the praise for him. But THANK YOU for all you do Craig.
To all others have a great weekend.

Weather, Weather, Weather

We all know that the weather in the spring sports season is very unpredictable, well we can predict that the weather is unpredictable. Yesterday I was setting at home with the windows open and feeling the wonderful spring air, thinking man it would be nice to have a week of this, then i heard the weather report. Boy am I depressed. We are going to get tons of rain and even some snow. What a downer. So the weather will slow our progress a little, since our track is as muddy as my my dogs belly. Hope all is well with you.

Welcome to the R-Ville Track and Field Blog

Well things are starting to get going. Our first practice was on Monday the 25th of February. And we got in one good week of practice, this next week we will have all of our team members present and things should start rolling along pretty fast. Here is a list of our meets for the year:

Day	Date	Level	Location	Time
M	03/17	Var/JV	Osage	4:00 p.m.
Th	03/20	Var	Fatima	3:00 p.m.
Th	03/27	Var/JV	Linn Invitational	1:00 p.m.
T	04/01	Var/JV	Hermann Quad	4:00 p.m.
F	04/04	Var	MSD Invitational	1:00 p.m.
M	04/07	Var/JV	Show Me Conference	4:00 p.m.
Th	04/10	Var	Eldon Relays	2:00 p.m.
S	04/12	Var	Harrisburg Relays	9:00 a.m.
T	04/15	Var	Vienna Track Meet	2:00 p.m.
F	04/18	JV	Fatima JV	3:00 p.m.
T	04/22	Var	Fatima Varsity	3:00 p.m.
F	04/25	Var/JV	South Callaway Relays	TBA
S	05/03	Var	Districts	TBA

Can't wait to get to our first meet. Check back for updates.
Coach Love