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Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been categorized as “Distance”

XC Meets: An experience like no other

Kevin Christian September 3, 2017Coaching Blogs, Distance, Illinois HS Cross Country Leave a Comment

If you’ve never been to an XC meet, you don’t know what you are missing. It’s an experience vastly different than any football or basketball …

Welcome to the family

Jason Retz September 2, 2017Coaching Blogs, Distance, Illinois HS Cross Country, Opinion 5 Comments

By By Jason Retz St. Joseph-Ogden Cross Country & Track @SJORunning Every team does their “thing”, but most successful programs have one thing in common. …

An 800m training epiphany

Kevin Christian November 19, 2016Coaching Blogs, Distance, Illinois HS Track & Field, Sprints/Speed 1 Comment

Derek DeBarr coaches at Pleasant Plains High School. Follow the team on twitter at @plainstrackxc. In college, I somehow managed to scavenge and obtain a …

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• To promote interest, enthusiasm, and improvement in track and cross-country in Illinois.

• To provide education and opportunity for involvement for every coach in our association by methodology. We also strive to bring in outstanding coaches and athletes from the college ranks.

• To promote, publicize, and recognize achievement of our athletes and coaches.

• To request the feelings of schools, coaches, and athletes of Illinois on rule changes, administration of track and cross-country meets to the IHSA. We strive to provide a voice representing the needs and interests of Illinois in any decisions regarding track and cross-country in the state of Illinois.

• To work with and generally support the Illinois High School Association.