Taneff finishes 12th at State Meet

Blake Taneff capped off the New Albany Boy's Track and Field season with a 12th place finish at the Division I state track meet in a time of 9:39. Please see the following news story for more details.

http://www.thisweeknews.com/live/content/newalbany/stories/2009/06/10/0611natrack_sp.html

Blake Taneff Qualifies for State Meet

The Eagles competed at the regional meet on May 27th and 29th.  Blake Taneff was the lone athlete to qualify to the state meet, tying a school record 9:35 in the 3200 meters to take 3rd place.  One of only 3 underclassmen to make the Division I meet as a sophomore in the 3200, Blake will run Saturday at 6:10 p.m.  He will be running against the likes of OSU recruits Donny Roys (Medina) and Julian Meyer (Ravenna), returning state champion and fellow sophomore Zach Wills (Mason), and fellow Central Ohio standouts Yoshi Shimizu (Hilliard Davidson) and Jeff Hannaford (Westerville North).   Blake will be looking to place in the top 8 and set a school record on Saturday.  Any athlete that is interested in watching Blake run should contact Coach Olinger to make plans on attending with the team!

Complete regional results can be accessed at the following link:

http://www.baumspage.com/rtrack/2009/3/results.htm

Go Eagles!

Coach O.  

Regional Schedule and Track Banquet

Track Banquet is this Thursday May 28th at 6:30 in the high school cafeteria.  All families are asked to bring one large pizza for dinner.  See you Thursday!

In addition, the Regional Meet schedule will go as follows:

Wednesday May 27th - Bus leaves at 2:15 - estimated time of return - 7:00

• 4:00 - Pole Vault Finals - Zach Galbreath
• 4:30 - 4x800 Relay Finals - Nick Buck, Drew Windle, Juvon Williams, and Blake Taneff
• Boy's 110 meter hurdle semifinals - Michael Burton
• Boy's 4x200 Relay Semifinals - Jordan Williams, Zach Galbreath, Taylor Primeau, Ross Watkins

Friday May 29th - Bus leaves at 3:00 - estimated time of return - 8:00

Running Events start at 5:00

• Boy's 110 meter hurdles finals
• Boy's 4x200 meter relay finals
• Boy's 3200 meter finals

For complete Regional schedule, please click on link below:

http://www.ohsaa.org/sports/tf/RgnSchd.pdf

Eagles 5th at Districts

This past week, the Eagles competed in the Division I Central District Meet.  Competing against 17 other teams from Central Ohio, the Eagles improved on the 2008 14th place finish (16 points) with a 2009 5th place finish (48.5 points).  In addition to their outstanding team performance, 5 events qualified for the regional meet to be held at Pickerington North High School on Wednesday May 27th and Friday May 29th.  The team results from the District Meet are as follows:

1.  Hilliard Darby - 111

2.  Pickerington North - 93

3.  Pickerington Central - 67.5

4.  Olentangy Liberty - 67

5.  New Albany - 48.5

6.  Canal Winchester - 43

7.  Northland - 42

8.  Groveport - 37

9.  Mount Vernon - 30

10.  Grove City - 25

11.  Tri-Valley - 24

12.  Westerville South - 21

13.  DeSales - 18

14.  Hayes - 12

15.  Newark - 11

16.  Hamilton Township - 7

17.  Watterson - 5

Individuals and relay teams advancing to the regional meet are as follows:

• 4x800 Relay - Nick Buck, Juvon Williams, Blake Taneff, and Drew Windle
• 4x200 Relay - Jordan Williams, Zach Galbreath, Taylor Primeau, and Ross Watkins
• 3200 meters - Blake Taneff
• 110 meter hurdles - Michael Burton
• Pole Vault - Zach Galbreath

For complete District results click on the link below:

http://www.baumspage.com/tf/ce/2009/dublin/res2.htm

District Championships and other reminders...

District Championships will be held this week at Dublin Coffman High School.  The field event finals will be held Tuesday at 3:45, running event prelims and semifinals on Wednesday at 3:45, and Final Running events will be held Saturday starting at 12:00 noon.  The top 4 in each event will advance to the Regional meet on Wednesday and Friday of next week at 4:00 p.m.  A few reminders for this week:

1.  Any athlete competing in the district meet will be dismissed early from school on the day of their competition.  Early dismissal is 1:00.  Bus leaves at 1:30 on Tuesday and Wednesday.

2.  Any running athlete or relay team that makes finals will compete on Saturday.  Bus leaves at 10:00 a.m.

3.  Practice times are as follows this week:

a.  Monday - 2:45

b.  Tuesday - 2:45 (field event athletes will be competing at Dublin Coffman)

c.  Wednesday - (running prelims and semifinals)

d.  Thursday - 2:45

e.  Friday - 2:45

f.   Saturday - Running Finals

4.  Spring Track Awards Night will be on Thursday May 28th at 6:30 p.m. in the high school cafeteria.  All families are asked to bring a large pizza as we will eat dinner before presenting awards. 

5.  Any athlete that is finished with his season is required to turn in his uniform to Coach Olinger after school at practice sometime this week.  Please note the importance of turning in these uniforms as they are new and will be used for future seasons.  

OCC - 3rd Place

The Eagles wrapped up a successful OCC season on Saturday finishing 3rd out of the 7 team Capital Division.  This is a two spot improvement from last season, as the Eagles finished 5th out of 6 teams in 2008.  The final team standings were as follows:

1.  Watkins Memorial - 200

2.  Big Walnut - 151

3.  New Albany - 93

4.  Olentangy Orange - 60

5.  Mt. Vernon - 57

6.  Delaware Hayes - 48

7.  Franklin Heights -44

• First team All-OCC honors went to Blake Taneff as he was the winner of the 3200 in 10:05.
  
• Second team All-OCC honors went to Michael Burton in the 110 hurdles (15.1), Blake Taneff in the 1600 (4:29), and the 4x200 relay team of Jordan Williams, Zach Galbreath, Taylor Primeau, and Ross Watkins (1:31.4).
• Honorable Mention OCC honors went to Jordan Williams in the 400 (50.84), the 4x800 team of Nick Buck, Juvon Williams, Blake Taneff, and Drew Windle (8:25), and Zach Galbreath in the pole vault (12'6'').  

For complete OCC Capital Divison Championship Results click on the link below:

http://www.watkinstrack.org/Track%202009/OCC-09/OCC.09.Final.htm

OCC, District, Regional, State Locations

The following are the locations for OCC's, Districts, Regional, and State Meets:

OCC - Watkins Memorial High School
District - Dublin Coffman High School
Regional - Pickerington North High School
State Meet - The Ohio State University

OCC Championships and District Championships

Championship season is upon us and the New Albany Boy's Track team will be competing at the OCC Capital Division Championships on Thursday May 14th and Saturday May 16th.  The seven teams in the Capital Division are New Albany, Big Walnut, Watkins Memorial, Delaware Hayes, Mount Vernon, Franklin Heights, and Olentangy Orange.  As the Eagles compete for their first ever OCC Championship, please note that the following events will take place on the following days.  Also please note that the bus will leave at 3:00 on Thursday, a time TBD on Saturday, and OCC Roster will be distributed at practice on Wednesday.  

 The following teams will be competing against New Albany in the district meet:

• Pickerington North
• Pickerington Central
• Bishop Watterson
• Newark
• Tri-Valley
• Hamilton Township
• Delaware Hayes
• Grove City
• Northland
• DeSales
• Canal Winchester
• Mount Vernon
• Groveport Madison
• Olentangy Liberty
• Westerville South
• Hilliard Darby

Top 4 in each event advance to Regional Meet at Pickerington North High School.

Eagles Win Eagle Disc! Perform well at Jesse Owens.

On Tuesday evening, New Albany defeated Big Walnut in the first annual "Eagle Disc" by a score of 80-57. Congratulations fellas for your hard work and a great performance. Leading New Albany versus Big Walnut were the following individuals and relay teams.

• 3200 Relay - Buck, J. Williams, Taneff, Windle - 1st place
• 100 - Jordan Williams - 1st place
• 1600 meters - Blake Taneff - 1st place
• 400 meters - Jordan Williams - 1st place
• 300 hurdles - Michael Burton - 1st place
• 800 meters - Juvon Williams - 1st place
• 3200 meters - Blake Taneff - 1st place
• 1600 Relay - Juvon Williams, Nick Buck, Drew Windle, Ryan Priddy - 1st place

In addition, the Eagles had a good showing at the Jesse Owens High School Classic at Ohio State this past weekend. Finishing 17th out of 47 teams with a total of 15 points, individuals and relays scoring for New Albany were:

• Long Jump - Zack Galbreath - 4th place - 22' 1.25'' (new school record)
• 3200 meters - Blake Taneff - 4th place - 9:37 (2nd best in Central Ohio this season)
• 4x800 Relay - Nick Buck, Blake Taneff, Juvon Williams, Drew Windle - 7th place - 8:26 (new school record)
• 110 meter hurdles - Michael Burton - 7th place - 15.52 (against the wind)
• 400 meters - Jordan Williams - 8th place - 53.72

Eagles win Bishop Hartley Invitational

Congratulations to the New Albany High School Boy's Track Team for their team win on Saturday at the Bishop Hartley Invitational. By winning 8 of the 16 events scored, the Eagles combined for 179.5 points to beat second place Bishop Hartley who ended up with 103 points. Final team results are as follows:

1. New Albany - 179.5
2. Bishop Hartley - 113
3. Eastmoor Academy - 104
4. Licking Heights - 83.5
5. Worthington Christian - 76
6. Whitehall - 36.5
7. Columbus East - 3.5

Special congratulations to those involved in setting two new school records on Saturday. Those setting school records were Michael Burton in the 110 High Hurdles running a time of 14.9 and the 4x800 relay team of Nick Buck, Blake Taneff, Juvon Williams, and Drew Windle who beat the school record by 5 seconds in the time of 8:29.

Top Finishers on Saturday included the following:

• 4x800 Relay - 1st place - Nick Buck, Blake Taneff, Juvon Williams, Drew Windle - 8:29
• 110 High Hurdles - 1st place - Michael Burton - 14.9
• 1600 meters - 1st place - Blake Taneff - 4:40
• 100 meters - 1st place - Ross Watkins - 11.03
• 800 meters - 1st place - Drew Windle - 2:11
• 3200 meters - 1st place - Sebastian Matt - 11:15
• High Jump - 1st place - Collin Show - 6'
• Long Jump - 1st place - Zach Galbreath - 20'

The Eagles will be going for a third straight meet victory on Tuesday at Franklin Heights. This will be the last week of preparation before the 1st annual Eagle Cup versus Big Walnut on Tuesday May 5th at Eagle Stadium in New Albany.

Results from Dublin Coffman...

The boy's team competed at the Dublin Coffman Invitational on Saturday finishing 8th out of 20 teams.  Final boy's team results are as follows:

1.  Brunswick  85

2.  Hoover  77.66

3.  Pickerington Central  73.66

4.  Dublin Coffman 50.66

5.  Hilliard Davidson 47

6.  Lancaster 45

7.  Olentangy Liberty 37.66

8.  New Albany 37.50

9.  Central Catholic 37

10.  Mount Vernon 28.66

11.  Hilliard Darby 28

12.  Dublin Jerome 28.66

13.  W. Kilbourne 25

14.  Thomas Worthington 22

15.  Olentangy  21

16.  Westerville South 19

17.  Springfield 18.50

18.  Whetstone 14

19.  W. Christian 5

20.  Dublin Scioto 2

Special congratulations go to the following individuals who finished in the top 3 in their events!

• Blake Taneff - Winner of the 3200 in 9:51.
• Zach Galbreath - 2nd place in the long jump with a jump of 21 feet 2.5 inches
• Collin Show - 3rd place in the high jump with a jump of 6 feet

Also, congratulations to those individuals who placed in the top 8 in their events earning points for the team.

• Michael Burton - 110 High Hurdles - 4th place - 16.00
• Collin Show - 110 High Hurdles - 8th place - 16.98
• 4x800 Relay (Nick Buck, David Soldaini, Juvon Williams, and Drew Windle) - 5th place - tied school record in 8:34.9
• 4x200 Relay (Taylor Primeau, Nate Guy, Juvon Williams, Ross Watkins) - 8th place - 1:33. 28
• Blake Taneff - 1600 meter run - 6th place - 4:41
• 4x100 Relay (Zach Galbreath, Ross Watkins, Nate Guy, Alex Cook) - 8th place - 44.91

The boy's have two meets this week.  Tuesday at home versus Olentangy Orange - field events starting at 4:30, running events starting at 5:00.  Saturday we are at the Bishop Hartley Invitational.  More information coming soon.  

Lastly, thought for the week from President Theodore Roosevelt....

It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.

Go Eagles!

- Coach O. 

Week of April 14th...

The boy's team represented NAHS with pride Saturday at the Big Walnut Eagle Relays. Competing against numerous league teams and fellow central Ohio squads, the boy's finished third with a total of 58 points narrowly edging 4th place and fellow OCC Capital Conference member, Delaware Hayes.  Olentangy Liberty took 2nd place and host school Big Walnut took first place.  Top performers on Saturday were the following:

• 4x800 (8:52) - 2nd Place - Nick Buck, Blake Taneff, Kyle Manion, and Drew Windle
• Shot Put (121' 10 1/2'') - 2nd Place - Alex Sycher, John Rohrlick, and Sly Hagan
• Long Jump (59'10'') - 2nd Place - Zach Galbreath, Michael Burton, and Chandler Tunney
• 4x400 (3:38) - 3rd Place - Taylor Primeau, Drew Windle, Nick Buck, and Nate Guy

Additionally, the boy's will be competing against Watkins Memorial on Tuesday in Pataskala.  Bus leaves at 3:25 from the high school.  Rosters will be distributed to the team on Monday at practice.  All members of the track team will be involved.  Just a few reminders for Tuesday's meet...

• Dress appropriately.  Weather forecast is calling for rain!
• Eat before you catch the bus!  You are in charge of your own food.  Make sure to eat healthy and bring Gatorade/Water with you.
• Make sure all under armour/compression shorts are black!
• Check the instructions about dual meets on the side of this page.  
• Represent NAHS with class in all you do!
• Do all you can do to help the team win this meet.

Go Eagles!

- Coach O. 

Big Walnut Golden Eagle Relays - Saturday April 11th, 2009

This Saturday, April 11th, we will be competing at the Big Walnut Golden Eagle Relays.  Rosters were distributed at practice on Thursday and any individual on the roster should be at the school to catch the bus at 8:00 a.m.  A few other reminders are:

• If you are not running Saturday, you are still encouraged to come to the meet.  
• Field events start at 9:30, 6400 meter relay is at 11:00, running events start at 12:30.
• Make sure to dress in layers.  High is supposed to be 55 and it will be COLD in the morning.
• Remember, all relay teams must match.  Any under armour or compression short need to be black with only 1 logo.
• Don't forget your spikes!
• Schedule for next week:

Monday - 2:45 (meet in weight room)

Tuesday - @ Watkins (dual meet - EVERYONE is competing! - bus leaves at 3:00.

Wednesday - 2:45 (meet in weight room

Thursday - 3:30 (meet at track)

Friday - 3:30 (meet at track)

Saturday - Dublin Coffman Invitational (more info coming soon)

See you on Saturday.  Go Eagles!

- Coach O. 

Results, Pictures, Practice, and Big Walnut Golden Eagle Relays...

On Saturday, NAHS competed at the Wildcat Premier Invitational.  Running against some of the top talent in the state, the Eagles finished 12th out 16 teams with 26 points.  Order of team results are as follows:

1.  St. Ignatius - 109

2. Reynoldsburg - 92

3. Medina - 88

4. Pickerington North - 80

5.  Cleveland Glenville - 76

5.  Hilliard Darby - 76

7.  Lancaster - 55

8.  Hilliard Davidson - 44

9.  Dublin Coffman - 43

10.  Pickerington Central - 40

11.  Westerville Central - 32

12.  New Albany - 26

12.  Dublin Jerome - 26

14.  St. Charles - 12

15.  Withrow - 9

15.  Dublin Scioto - 9 

Top finishers scoring points on Saturday were the following individuals  and relay teams:

• High Jump (3rd place) - Collin Show 5'10'', Nate Guy 5'6'', Chad Guy 5'4''
  
• Long Jump (3rd place) - Zach Galbreath 19'2'', Michael Burton 19', Kevin Collins 16'10''
  
• 3200 meters (4th place) - Blake Taneff 10:03
  
• 110 m high hurdles (5th place) - Michael Burton 15.3
  
• Discus (7th place) - Alex Sycher 116' 3'', Sly Hagan 103' 1'', Sam Choi 90'6''
  
• 4x100 Relay (8th place) - Z. Galbreath, Nate Guy, Chandler Tunney, M. Burton - 46.3
  
• Sprint Medley (8th place) - C. Tunney, Nate Guy, A. Sycher, Z. Galbreath - 1:42.8
  
• 4x400 Relay (8th place) - K. Collins, Nate Guy, Zach Galbreath, Juvon Williams - 3:42

Complete results found at: http://www.baumspage.com/track/hilldavidson/res09.htm

This coming Saturday, the Eagles will be participating in the Golden Eagle Relays at Big Walnut High School.  Roster and bus time will be posted later this week. 

Other announcements include:

1.  Practice times this week are as follows

• Monday - 2:45 (meet in weight room)
• Tuesday - 3:30 (meet at track)
• Wednesday - 2:45 (meet in weight room)
• Thursday - 3:30 (meet at track)
• Friday - 3:30 (meet at track)
• Saturday - @ Big Walnut Golden Eagle Relays

2.  Pictures are Tuesday at 5:30.  Picture forms will be handed out Monday at practice and any athlete that does not have a uniform should pick one up from Coach Olinger on Monday after practice.  Athletes should wear uniforms tops and shorts for pictures.  Athletes should not wear under armour under his jersey for pictures.  

3.  It is going to be cold this week!  Make sure to dress appropriately for practice this week.  We will practice rain, snow, or sun.  We are too far into the season to cancel practice during the week.  Hats, gloves, sweatshirts, and tights should be worn for practice!

Quote for the week...

"The body is capable of achieving almost anything, it is the mind you have to convince!"

- Vince Lombardi

If you have any questions about track this week, please contact Coach Olinger at 

colinger@new-albany.k12.oh.us

Go Eagles!

Saturday April 4th - Hilliard Davidson Invitational

The boy's team will be competing at Hilliard Davidson on Saturday April 4th.  The bus leaves at 6:55 a.m. with field events starting at 9:00 a.m. and final running events at 11:00 a.m. Note...There will be a 6400 meter relay and this will be held when field events begin at 9:00 a.m. Semifinals of the 110 m high hurdles, 100 meters,  and 200 meters will also be held at 9:00 a.m. 

Roster of individuals competing on Saturday has been emailed and posted in the locker room. Please contact Coach Olinger if you have any questions.  We will be returning to the high school in the afternoon, estimated time of arrival is 6:00 p.m. (please remember meets can run fast or slow and this is only an estimated time of arrival.)  For more meet information please go to Davidson's track website at http://www.davidsontrack.blogspot.com/  We hope you can come out and support NAHS Track! Go Eagles!

Track Reminders - Spring Break Week

Please remember the following as you enjoy your spring break:

1. Practices are as follows:

Monday - 4:00 p.m.

Tuesday - 10:00 a.m.

Wednesday - 10:00 a.m.

Thursday - 4:00 p.m.

Friday - No Practice - Run On Your Own!

Saturday - Hilliard Davidson Invitational

2. If you are going to be absent from practice the week of spring break, please make sure that you complete the running contract distributed by the coaches last week.  If you complete the running contract, you will be eligible to run the Hilliard meet.

3. Team and Individual Pictures are Tuesday April 7th at 5:30 p.m.   Picture envelopes will

be distributed to athletes on Monday April 6th.  Make sure to wear your clean uniform for pictures.  

4. Pay to Participate Fees are due to the athletic office ASAP.  This is a $50 fee.

Licking Heights Relays - 1st Place!

Congratulations to the individuals that competed and supported the NAHS Boys Track team on Saturday.   With 8 relays placing first, NAHS brought won their first meet of the season over the track teams of Northland, Walnut Ridge, St. Charles, Licking Heights, Africentric, and Centerburg.  Winning relay combinations were the following:

• 4x1600 Relay: Sebastian Matt, Tim Bradbury, Nate Peck, and Blake Taneff
  
• 4x800 Relay: Juvon Williams, Josh Park, David Soldaini, and Drew Windle
  
• Lap Medley: Pat Rowland, Kevin Young, Tim Bradbury, and Sebastian Matt
  
• Distance Medley: Drew Windle, Nick Buck, Andrew Doran, and Blake Taneff
  
• Pole Vault: Zach Galbreath and Travis Bozeman
  
• Long Jump: Zach Galbreath, Michael Burton, and Zach Collins
  
• High Jump: Collin Show, Nate Guy, and Chad Guy
  
• Discus: Mark LeRose, Alex Sycher, and Sly Hagan
  

A special congratulations also goes out to the throwers relay of Sly Hagan, Clark Hillenbrand, Mark LeRose, and Alex Sycher who earned free pizza for their 4x100 relay team!  The boys next meet is Saturday April 4th at Hilliard Davidson High School.  Field Events start at 9:00 a.m. and running events start at 11:00 a.m.  Bus leaves at 6:55 a.m.