A few weeks ago I wrote an article extolling the virtues of high school kids playing multiple sports. In hindsight, I should have been more …
Ten Ways to Improve Schools Using Coaching Principles
If you think schools could learn a thing or two from track coaches, share this.
Newman/Dyestat: Track and Field in Illinois: Should there be changes?
The summer months are a time for me to get ready for the upcoming cross country season. Before I open the door for 2013 Cross …
Sprinters, Greed, and Drugs
July 14 … Black Sunday. Tyson Gay gone. Asafa Powell gone. These doping positives come a month after another Jamaican Olympic champion, Veronica Campbell-Brown, tested …
Dyestat IL Athlete Blogs – Brandon Lombardino – Fox Lake Grant HS
I’d like to start off my blog by talking about my training since my last High School season. I went to state for my second …
Il Prep Harrier: What should be done with the Niles West Sectional?
By Michael Newman Having followed high school cross country since I began running in 1976, I have experienced every kind of feeling leaving the cross …
Ernst Blog: Boys do cry
It was, in fact, too good to be true. The results posted at around 3:15 after the IHSA Niles West sectional gave our Saint Ignatius …
Ernstblog.wordpress.com: Conference day dilemmas–and joys–in the rain at Turtle Head Lake
It was the best of day of a great season so far for our Saint Ignatius boys cross country team, but also a difficult day …
Ernstblog.wordpress.com: Something to smile about
I’ve been holding off on blogging about Jack Keelan, one of the preseason favorites to win the individual championship at the Illinois 3A cross country …