Olympia CUSD 16

Today at Olympia

The high school track teams competed yesterday at the Metamora Invitational. Despite the cool breezy weather, the boys' team had some outstanding performances and captured 11 season and/or all-time PRs. Sophomore Cohen Maness improved his all-time personal best by 10 feet, tossing the discus 85' 1". Season best performances included: Junior Chase Ragar took 4th place in the triple jump with a leap of 39' 5". Junior Cohen Alexander ran 11.56 in the 100 m dash. Senior Keagan Uphoff placed 6th in the 110 m hurdles in 16.10 seconds. Sophomore Evan Petri ran 11:44.17 in the 3200 m run. Sophomores Paul Yeary (58.9) & TJ Gellner (56.7) and Keagan Uphoff (50.5) all had PR 400 m split times. Each of the three sprint relay teams also set new season best times: Blake Youngren, Cohen Alexander, Kadyn Wilcox, and Keagan Uphoff got 6th place in the 400 m relay in 45.44. Kaden Wilcox, Blake Youngren, Kaleb Jacobs, and Cohen Alexander ran 1:38.58 in the 800 m relay. Kaden Wilcox, Cohen Alexander, Kaleb Jacobs, and Keagan Uphoff got 6th place in the 1600 m relay in 3:38.33.

HS girls Track and Field

Varsity baseball gets a 10-0 win over Cornerstone at Ron Smith Field today. Dabney 2 hits 4 RBI, Hohulin 2 hits 2 RBI, Alford 2 hits, Olson 2 RBI, Kindred picks up the win and a combined shutout with Dabney and Gellner. Conference opener Monday vs New Berlin at home.

Congrats to Coach Smitty today what a great accomplishment!Also great job to JV baseball improving their record to 4-4 w/a run rule over Porta 16-5.Winning pitcher Walker-save Rinkenberger. Hitting stars Walker W/3, Wilson,Rinkenberger&Hemphill w/2 all having 2 RBI's as well.

Varsity baseball game vs Cornerstone has been pushed back to 1:00. Field Dedication will still be as planned at 10:00.

Congrats to our OMS Track athletes of the week, Wyatt Prince and Hailee Weeks! These two worked hard as usual but stepped it up a notch and stood out as leaders.

Saturday, April 6th at 10:00 a.m. we will recognize Coach Smith and officially name the baseball field after him. We will have a short ceremony at the field and then will move into the OMS cafe for an informal reception and opportunity to talk to Coach. We hope to see you there!

The first annual STEAM Olympics is being held at Illinois Wesleyan University this year. This is a wonderful opportunity for students with an interest in science, technology, engineering, the arts, and mathematics! You can register by using this link: tinyurl.com/fbt-steam Fee waivers are available! They want to make sure that any interested student can participate. Use the email address contactus@forabettertomorrow.org for more details. Students can sign up for one or more activities. IWU is not providing meals during the event. Food will be available on campus for purchase. The activities are scheduled from 5 pm on Friday (4/19) through 7 pm on Saturday (4/20). The event culminates with a keynote address from IWU president at 5:30 pm.

Only a couple weeks away!

The high school track meet at DeeMack tonight is cancelled.

Varsity and JV Softball vs. New Berlin postponed to April 12th. Varsity baseball vs. New Berlin postponed to April 8th. Freshman baseball vs. Champaign Central cancelled - make up TBD. Girls Soccer vs. Auburn cancelled. Make up date - TBD.

The girls soccer game scheduled for today April 3rd at Cornerstone has been postponed to Monday April 8th.

The JV Baseball and JV Softball games scheduled for today April 3rd have been cancelled.

Happy Paraprofessional Appreciation Day!

Happy Assistant Principals Week to the three that serve our students and families. We appreciate you!

The high school track meet scheduled for today April 2nd at DeeMack has been postponed to Thursday April 4th.

The middle school track meet scheduled for today at Olympia has been cancelled.

Today's baseball and softball games scheduled at Pleasant Plains have been postponed. A make up date is TBD.

Our last parent engagement event is two weeks away! Register today for your zoom link.