Awards Banquet - Wednesday June 2nd

The New Albany Boy's Awards Night will be held on Wednesday June 2nd at 6:30 p.m. in the high school cafeteria. We ask that each family bring 1 large pizza to the event. We will eat at 6:30 and begin awards at 7:00. Please mark this date and try to attend as we honor these athletes on a great season!

Go Eagles!

Regional Information

The New Albany Boy's team had a successful weekend with its best ever finish in the Division I District Track meet. Finishing with 71 points, the Eagles finished directly behind Dublin Coffman (75), Big Walnut (87), and District Champion Brookhaven (89 points). Individuals and Relays advancing on to the Regional Track Meet at Pickerington North High School are,

Field Events - Wednesday at 4:00 p.m.
Discus - Clark Hillenbrand
Long Jump - Zach Galbreath

Running Semifinals - Wednesday at 4:30 p.m. (rolling schedule)
110 Hurdles - Michael Burton
4x200 - Adam Bodrick, Jordan Williams, Zach Galbreath, and Taylor Primeau
400 - Jordan Williams
4x400 - Jordan Williams, Zach Galbreath, Taylor Primeau, and Drew Windle

Running Finals - Friday at 5:00 p.m. (rolling schedule)
110 Hurdles - Michael Burton (must qualify on Wednesday)
4x200 - (must qualify on Wednesday)
400 - Jordan Williams (must qualify on Wednesday)
800 - Drew Windle
3200 - Blake Taneff
4x400 (must qualify on Wednesday)

OCC and District Schedule

With championship season upon us, we want to make sure there is clarity of when and where meets will be taking place. Here is a breakdown of the meets and events that will be taking place over the next two weeks.

Thursday May 13th @ 4:00 p.m. - OCC Championship Meet @ Hilliard Bradley

Boy's Shot Put (Three flights of 8 competitors, 3 trial attempts, 9 to finals)
Boy's Long Jump (Three flights of 8 competitors, 3 trial attempts, 9 to finals)

Thursday May 13th @ 6:00 p.m. - OCC Championship Meet @ Hilliard Bradley

4x800 Relay (Final Event)
110 meter Hurdles (top 2 per heat + 2 fastest times)
100 meters (top 2 per heat + 2 fastest times)
400 meters (8 fastest times to finals)
300 Hurdles (8 fastest times to finals)
200 meters (top 2 per heat + 2 fastest times)

Saturday May 15th @ 9:00 a.m. - OCC Championship Meet @ Hilliard Bradley

Boy's Discus (Three flights of 8 competitors, 3 trial attempts, 9 to finals)
Boy's High Jump (Starting height TBD, two inch increments)
Boy's Pole Vault (Starting height TBD, six inch increments)

Saturday May 15th @ 11:00 a.m. - OCC Championship Meet @ Hilliard Bradley
(All races are finals)

110 meter Hurdles
100 meters
4x200 Relay
1600 meters
4x100 Relay
400 meters
300 meter Hurdles
800 meters
200 meters
3200 meters
4x400 Relay

Wednesday May 19th @ 3:45 p.m. - District Field Event Finals - @ Dublin Coffman

Pole Vault - Boys First followed by Girls
Shot Put - Girls First followed by Boys
Discus - Boys First followed by Girls
Long Jump - Girls First followed by Boys
High Jump - Boys First followed by Girls

Thursday May 20th @ 4:00 p.m. - Running Events - @ Dublin Coffman

Preliminaries
110 meter Hurdles (prelims)
100 meter dash (prelims)
200 meter dash (prelims)
4x800 Relay (Finals)
1600 meters (Top 8 in each heat to finals/if necessary)

Semi-Finals
110 meter Hurdles (top ___ in each heat to finals)
100 meter dash (top ___ in each heat to finals)
4x200 Relay (Fastest 8 times to finals)
1600 meters (top 8 in each heat to finals/if necessary)
4x100 Relay (Fastest 8 times to finals)
400 meter dash (Fastest 8 times to finals)
300 meter hurdles (Fastest 8 times to finals)
800 meter dash (top 8 in each heat to finals/if necessary)
200 meter dash (top ___ in each heat to finals)
4x400 Relay (Fastest 8 time to finals)

Saturday May 22nd @ 3:00 p.m. - District Running Finals - @ Dublin Coffman

3:00 p.m. - Girls 100 meter hurdles
3:05 p.m. - Boys 110 meter hurdles
3:10 p.m. - Girls 100 meter dash/Boys 100 meter dash
3:15 p.m. - Girls 4x200 meter Relay/Boys 4x200 meter Relay
3:30 p.m. - Girls 1600 meter run/Boys 1600 meter run
3:45 p.m. - Girls 4x100 meter Relay/Boys 4x100 meter Relay
4:00 p.m. - Girls 400 meter dash/Boys 400 meter dash
4:10 p.m. - Girls 300 meter hurdles/Boys 300 meter hurdles
4:20 p.m. - Girls 800 meter dash/Boys 800 meter dash
4:30 p.m. - Girls 200 meter dash/Boys 200 meter dash
4:35 p.m. - Girls 3200 meter run/Boys 3200 meter run
5:05 p.m. - Girls 4x400 meter Relay/Boys 4x400 meter Relay

Go Eagles!

Recent Successes - Update 5/4/10

The boys have had some success over the last few weeks, finishing second at the Westerville South Invitational, third at the Marion Harding Night Invitational, and winning dual meets versus Franklin Heights and Olentangy Orange. In addition, the Junior Varsity team had a nice showing finishing fourth at the Watkins Memorial Junior Varsity Invitational. For results and times for these meets click on the following links:

Olentangy Orange Dual
Franklin Heights Dual
Watkins Memorial JV Invitational Baumspage Results
Westerville South Invitational Baumspage Results
Marion Harding Night Invitational Baumspage Results

As we approach the OCC Meet, next week, please be aware of the schedule. Also note that individuals that a roster for those individuals competing at OCC, Districts, and so forth will be released later this week.

Tuesday - @ Big Walnut 5:00 p.m.
Wednesday - Weight Room/Practice 2:45
Thursday - @ Freshman/Sophomore Westerville South Relay (roster will be given out Wednesday) - Bus leaves at 3:15 - Varsity practice at 2:45
Friday - Practice 2:45
Saturday - @ Hilliard Bradley Invitational
Sunday - Off
Monday - Practice 2:45
Tuesday - Practice 2:45
Wednesday - Practice 2:45 - Team Meal 4:30
Thursday - OCC Meet Day #1
Friday - Practice 2:45
Saturday - OCC Meet Day #2

Please email Coach Olinger if you have any questions.

Go Eagles!

Update - Week of 4/19

This week will be a busy week for boy's track athletes. Please stay on top of your schoolwork as we have 3 meets this week. Schedule is as follows,

Tuesday - @ Olentangy Orange (dual) - Bus Leaves at 3:15 - Estimated return is 9:00
Wednesday - Practice - Meet in weight room at 2:45
Thursday - Varsity Practice at 3:30 - meet in locker room/JV Invitational at Watkins Memorial, bus leaves at 3:15
Friday - @ Westerville South Invitational - Bus leaves at 2:45
Saturday - Off - Distance - Long Run 60 minutes
Sunday - Off - Distance - 25-30 minutes recovery

Go Eagles!

Dublin Coffman Results

The Eagles finished 6th out of 18 teams on Saturday at the Dublin Coffman Invitational. Final team results were as follows,

1. Centerville 85.5
2. North Canton Hoover 69
3. Dublin Coffman 66
4. Hilliard Davidson 64
5. Thomas Worthington 59.5
6. New Albany 52
7. Olentangy 44
8. Lancaster 44
9. Springfield 33
10. Dublin Jerome 33
11. Brunswick 31
12. Westerville South 30
13. Whetstone 23
14. Worthington Kilbourne 20
15. Dublin Scioto 21
16. Pickerington Central 12
17. Mount Vernon 10
18. Worthington Christian 2

Individuals and Relays scoring points for the team on Saturday were,

3200 meters - Blake Taneff (1st place - 10 points)
1600 meters - Blake Taneff (2nd place - 8 points)
Long Jump - Zach Galbreath (3rd place - 6 points)
100 meters - Jordan Williams (3rd place - 6 points)
Long Jump - Travon Bodrick (4th place - 5 points)
400 meters - Jordan Williams (4th place - 5 points)
1600 Relay - Williams, Galbreath, Primeau, Windle (4th place - 5 points)
800 Relay - Williams, Galbreath, Primeau, Bodrick (5th place - 4 points)
110 HH - Michael Burton (7th place - 2 points)
Pole Vault - Zach Galbreath (8th place - 1 point)

For complete meet results please click here.

Watkins Dual

The boys team dropped a 77-59 decision to Watkins Memorial Tuesday night at New Albany High School. Athletes winning events on Tuesday were,

4x800 Relay - Windle, Macchi, Soldaini, Taneff (8:33)
100 meters - Jordan Williams (10.9) - Ties new school record.
400 meters - Jordan Williams (51.0)
1600 meters - Blake Taneff (4:34)
800 meters - Blake Taneff (2:07)
Long Jump - Zach Galbreath (18'9'')

For New Albany Athlete Times and Results - Click Here

Dispatch Box Score - Click Here

Eagles - 3rd Place at Big Walnut Relays

The boys team turned in a solid performance at the Big Walnut Relays on Saturday finishing third out of thirteen teams. Team results were as follows,

Big Walnut - 101
Olentangy Liberty - 82
New Albany - 61
Olentangy Orange - 57
Westerville Central - 46
Olentangy - 44
Whetstone - 40
Newark - 31
Northland - 27
River Valley - 21
Grove City - 15
Utica - 10
Delaware Hayes - 10

Top relay finishes were,

1st - Distance Medley - 8:14.58
Parker Jones, Ty Howard, Nick Abraham, Blake Taneff

2nd - 4x400 Relay - 3:29.8
Jordan Williams, Zach Galbreath, Taylor Primeau, Drew Windle

3rd - Lap Medley - 11:18.25
Kyle Manion, Eric Macchi, Sebastian Matt, Blake Taneff

3rd - High Jump
Kyle Manion, Chad Guy, Chandler Tunney

The boys team has two meets this week, Tuesday at home versus Watkins Memorial, and Saturday at the Dublin Coffman Invitational.

Go Eagles!

Update 4/9/10

The New Albany boys team had a good first showing Tuesday night beating Hilliard Bradley 73-64. In windy weather, the following individuals placed first in their respective events.

Shot - Sly Hagan 40' 11.5"
Discus - Sly Hagan 120' 7"
Long Jump - Zach Galbreath 20 2.5"
Pole Vault - Zach Galbreath 12'
4x800 - (Taneff, Macchi, Soldaini, Windle) 8:45
4x400 - (Windle, Galbreath, Primeau, Williams) 3:31
800 - Drew Windle 2:02
3200 meters - Sebastian Matt 10:47
1600 meters - Blake Taneff 4:43
400 meters - Jordan Williams 50.90

For dispatch box score click here.

Saturday, April 10th, the boys team will be competing at the Big Walnut Relays. Schedule is as follows:

8:00 a.m. - Bus Leaves
8:45 a.m. - Coaches Meeting
9:30 a.m. - Field Events Start (Long Jump - Open Pit 9:30-10:45, Boys Discus and Pole Vault first, Boy's Shot Put and High Jump following girls).
11:00 a.m. - 4x1600 Relay
12:30 p.m. - Running Events (girls following by boys)

Order of Running Events
Shuttle Hurdle Relay
Lap Medley (800, 400, 1200, 1600)
Sprint Medley (100, 100, 200, 400)
4x400 Relay
4x100 Relay
Distance Medley (800, 200, 400, 1600)
4x200 Relay
4x800 Relay

Estimated Return Time: 5:00 p.m.

Schedule the week of 4/12
Monday - 2:45 (Weight Room)
Tuesday - Watkins home
Wednesday - 2:45 (Weight Room)
Thursday - 3:30 (Locker Room)
Friday - 2:45 (Locker Room)
Saturday - @ Dublin Coffman Invitational

Go Eagles!

Schedule Change - May 8th

There has been a change to the high school boy's schedule. Due to the fact that the Jesse Owens Invitational has been changed to Sunday May 9th, the boy's team will be attending the Hilliard Bradley Invitational on Saturday May 8th instead. More information to come soon.

Track Reminders for First Day of Practice

The first day of mandatory track practice is this Monday (March 8th) at 2:45 in the high school weight room. Please remember the following in preparation for Monday,

1. Make sure all paperwork is turned in to the athletic office. This includes a current physical, and all emergency medical forms and acknowledgment papers.

2. Dress warm! Rain, snow, or sun, we will be outside for a portion of practice on Monday. Please wear sweatshirts, sweatpants, hats, etc.

3. You can order warm-ups and other gear until Sunday March 14th. Reminder, we are asking for all freshman and sophomores to order a new warm-up that they can use for the duration of their high school track career. To order, please do the following:

• Go to www.kesslersteamsports.com
• Enter team access code "eagles8DK"
• Order items using credit or debit card.
• All items will be delivered and distributed at the school.

4. We are still in need of parents to sign up to volunteer for the two home meets we will be hosting. Parents that already signed up at the pre-season parent meeting do not need to do anything further. If you still need to sign up, please follow the directions below.

• Go to http://moodle.new-albany.k12.oh.us/moodle/

• Go to the right side of page under maroon bar at the top and Click on Log In.

• Type the user name – volunteer

• Type password – eagles

Click on Athletic Volunteers

1. Scroll down to #9 TRACK

2. Click what you would like to volunteer for - i.e., TICKETS

3. Click the Edit tab

4. Find the date(s) you would like to volunteer and type your name

5. Click Save (you may have to scroll to the bottom for the save button)

6. Click Ath.Volunteer on the gold bar

7. Either log out or repeat steps 2-6 to continue the process for volunteering

To end - click logout - just under the maroon bar at the top right.

• That's it. When anyone signs up, it is saved globally so everyone has the most current list.

5. If you still need to be added to the email distribution list, please email Coach Olinger at colinger@napls.us

Go Eagles!

First Day of Track Practice - March 8th, 2010

The first official day of outdoor track practice will be Monday March 8th, 2010. All athletes must have physical paperwork turned into the office prior to this date in order to be allowed to participate in practice and meets.