ITCCCA is proud to announce the 2018 winners of the George Dekan Memorial Scholarship. The following Illinois student-athletes will be awarded a $1,000 scholarship.Lauren Lynn …
Aikens on Throws Outdoor Week 6: Conference Week
by Jim Aikens, (Burlington) Central High School MONDAY 5/7: Today was a full practice with everyone who is going to throw at the conference meet. This …
Aikens on Throws Outdoor Week 5: The home stretch of the season
by Jim Aikens, (Burlington) Central High School MONDAY 4/30: Today we had a triangular meet at Saint Charles North with us and Elgin. The weather was …
Aikens on Throws Outdoor Week 4: Today, I had kind of a weird realization.
by Jim Aikens, (Burlington) Central High School Monday 4/23 We had a make up meet at Woodstock today. After meets on Thursday and Saturday last week, …
Aikens on Throws Outdoor Week 1: Wow do I love Spring Weather, Wish we had some
by Jim Aikens, (Burlington) Central High School Monday 4/2: I like to treat Spring Break as a voluntary time for practice since a lot of kids …
Raising the Bar of Opportunity
I write this on the tail end of a weekend where just about every outdoor track and field meet in Illinois was cancelled. Our team …
Aikens on Throws: Week 3 – Finally, we look a little like throwers
by Jim Aikens, (Burlington) Central High School Well, it’s been four weeks now and we have been working pretty much five days a week. I am …
Aikens on Throws: Week 1, The Best Place to start is at the Beginning
by Jim Aikens, (Burlington) Central High School Well, it is the first week of this new track season, and man do I realize how I …
Locus of Control: An Athlete’s Guide to Shifting Focus to What They can Control
by Jonathan Mahoney, LCSW Mundelein High School Social Worker Assistant Girls’ Track and Field Coach Congratulations! If you are reading this piece, that means you …