By Jason Retz St. Joseph-Ogden Cross Country & Track @SJORunning Every year in November the IHSA hands out six individual and team cross country championships. …
The Island
By Jason Retz St. Joseph-Ogden Cross Country & Track @SJORunning Being a distance runner has it positives and negatives. On the positive side, you enjoy …
Speed/Strength Correlation — Debunking the Misnomers
by Mike Adamson Plainfield East Boys Head Track coach I do not write much but felt compelled to write this for 2 reasons; This past …
Magis Miles are Magical
Jake Campbell runs fastest time in Chicago for many years but not a 4:00 mile, as Hope Schmelzle wins women’s race. High schoolers Sean Torpy …
Bringing back the Mag Miles!
Greg Kalinowski, who ran at Eastern Michigan and then trained with Nick Willis in Ron Warhurst’s group, the 2015 Mag Miles at Saint Ignatius College …
An Appeal for a Repeal: State Time Trials
4 January 2016 Dear Mr. McGraw and Members of the IHSA Cross Country Advisory Committee, My name is James Janota, and I am an English …
A Case for an Open Race
As most people know at this point, the IHSA Advisory committee recently made the decision to ban the organization of a formal “Time Trial” the …
Illinois throws coaches UNITE!
By Jim Aikens Earlier this month I wrote a short blog about the ITCCCA Throws sharing session that I hope to have at the ITCCCA …
Let’s talk about ITCCCA.com blogs
Recently, Tony Holler published a blog regarding the IHSA Class 6A State Football Championship game between Crete-Monee and Montini Catholic high schools. In the …