Monday, Aug. 13 2018 This marks the ninth year that the Illinois Track and Cross Country Coaches Association wishes to award Athlete-of-the-Year honors to Illinois …
Aikens on Throws Outdoor Week 7: My basic plan for sectional track meet week
by Jim Aikens, (Burlington) Central High School Just goes to show you how much of a head coach I am not anymore. My last couple of …
ITCCCA Announces 2018 George Dekan Scholarship Winners
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 …