SalineATrack & Field Tradition of Excellence! Did you know that as a member of the Saline Track & Field Team you are part of a team that since 2000 has… Won The New Balance Outdoor National Championship in the DMR Won 5 National titles in 2 different events & in 2014 had an All American 4x800 Relay! Won a Team State Championship Won a MITCA Team State Championship Won or was Runner up for a Regional Title 12 times Won the SEC League Championship 11 times Had More Academic All-Stater’s than any team in Div 1 Had 98 All State Performances 2014 DMR National Champions, Had 21 State Champions 4x8 State Champions & All Scored in the 4x800 at the State Meet 14 times in 15 years. Americans: Blankenship, Wetzel, Hold the All Divisions State Finals record in 4x800 @ 7:40.54 Gauche & Wilkie Hold the # 1 Time in the DMR all time for Michigan 10:03.02 Is one of the largest track teams in the Nation Averaging 180+ athletes
Hall of Honor 2000 Medley: 4x800m 1st (Steve Sherer, Sean Moore, Mike Kusner, Nick Battle) 4x400m 2nd ( Steve Sherer, Mike Kusner, Andrew Parrish, Frisco Melendez) 800m 3rd Steve Sherer 2003 Boze: 1600m 2nd Neil Atzinger 3200m 1st Dustin Voss 2004 Boze: 4x800m 1st (Dustin Voss, Neil Atzinger, Alex Muhs, Carter Bishop) 1600m 2nd Dustin Voss, 3rd Neil Atzinger 800m 2nd Neil Atzinger 2005—All-State redefined to include top 8 finishers. 2005 Boze: Discus 1st Vincent Helmuth Shot Put 3rd Vincent Helmuth 4x800m 3rd (Carter Bishop, Tyler Patterson, David Mirabella, Aaron Bachman) 2006 Boze: Discus 1st Vincent Helmuth Shot Put 1st Vincent Helmuth 4x800m 5th (Nick George, Tyler Patterson, David Mirabella, Kyle Zill) 4x100m 4th (Eric Williams, Sam Burchyett, Branden Post, Chris King) 4x200m 7th (Eric Williams, Sam Burchyett, Branden Post, Chris King) Long Jump 4th Eric Williams 800m 5th Tyler Patterson 2007 Leslie Discus 8th Gabe Helmuth, Shot Put 5th Joe Everett, 4x800m 4th (Kyle Zill, Joe Zill, Blake Johnson, Brian Hernandez) 1600m 7th Blake Johnson 300h 3rd Branden Post 2008 Leslie: Discus 2nd Quinn Dawson, Discus 8th Gabe Helmuth, 4x800 3rd (Blake Johnson, Brian Hernandez, Luke Dishnow, Tom Hunt ), 3200M Run 5th Blake Johnson 2010 Leslie 4x800 7th (Matt Elms, Nate Martis, Andrew Harper, Andrew Barnett) 2011 Leslie 4x800 4th (Matt Elms, Andrew Barnett, Jonathan Parker, Spencer Bishop), Nick Renberg 3200m Run 6th, and Rocky Schilke Pole Vault 7th 2012 Leslie 4x800 4th (Matt Elms, Jonathan Parker, Spencer Bishop, & Terrell McGee), 4x200 3rd (Tom Eby, Matt Goeman, Garrick Roemer, & Steven Bastien), 4x400 3rd (Garrick Roemer, Steven Bastien, Ryan Gauche & Matt Elms), Nick Renberg 3200m Run 7th place, Garrick Romer 4th 400m Dash, Steven Bastien 2nd Pole Vault, & 1st Long Jump 2013 Leslie 4x800 STATE CHAMPIONS (Matt Elms, Ryan Wilkie, Andrew Kitto, Anthony Lamus), 800M run 5th Andrew Kitto, Pole Vault 8th Kaj Althaus 2014 Leslie 4x800 STATE CHAMPIONS (Logan Wetzel, Ryan Wilkie, Ryan Gauche, Brian Blankenship), 800M run 7th Ryan Wilkie 8th Logan Wetzel, Pole Vault 7th Kaj Althaus, Shot Put 5th John Smutny, 1600M run 3rd Logan Wetzel, 400M Dash 7th Skyler Bowden, 200M dash Skyler Bowden, 3200M Run Kevin Hall 1600M Relay 8th (Wetzel, Gauche, Wilkie & Blankeship)
History in the long term: As a member of the men's track team, you have become apart of one of the most successful athletic programs, not only in the school, but in the state. Quick facts-- SEC Champions 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001,2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014
Regional Champion 1999, 2000, 2001, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 Runner-Up 2003, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09
State Results: 1999 14th 2000 6th 2001 15th 2002 17th
4x800m relay team owns the #4, #5 and #10 ALL-TIME best performances in state history! The DMR (distance medley relay) owns the #1 All-time performance in state history and the #22 ALL-TIME NATIONAL PERFORMANCE IN HIGH SCHOOL HISTORY! Vince Helmuth set the Michigan Sophomore Record in the discus and was the #1 sophomore discus thrower in the United States in 2005! Alumni Steve Sherer, was an Olympic Trial Finalist in 2008 in the 1500M and has ran 3:56 for the indoor mile!!! Alumni Steven Bastien was voted as the Michigan Track Athlete of the Year in Michigan Your team has produced more NCAA Div. I , II and III athletes than the majority of sports in the high school. College Athletes since 2000:
Dustin Voss—MSU Neil Atzinger St. Thomas Branden Post-- Central Michigan Kyle Zill Albion Joe Hart--Adrian College Sam Bender-- Hillsdale College Tyler Patterson-- Grand Valley Dan Pinter Univ of Col @Colorado Springs Curtis Begley: Ferris State Joe Periord: Ferris State Vinny Helmuth U of M Blake Johnson Marquette University Brian Hernandez Hope College Quinn Dawson Stanford University Kevin Hendrickson Notre Dame
2003 2004 2005 2006
7th 3rd 5th 1st
2007 2008 2010 2011
11th 11th 42nd 24th
2012 3rd (most points scored) 2013 16th 2014 3rd
Ryan Boxeth Hope 2012 Justin Henry Siena Heights 2012 Nick Renberg U of M 2012 Spencer Bishop Grand Valley 2012 Terrell McGee Siena Heights 2012 Garrick Roemer U of M 2012 Steven Bastien U of M 2012 Andrew Kitto MSU 2013 Pat Dunn Dennison University 2013 Ryan Wilkie U of M 2014 Kaj Althaus U of M 2014 Austin Brenner U of M 2014 Grant Vlahopoulos Hope 2014
Dustin Voss 2 Time State Champ 2 Time All State
Between 2003, 2004 and 2014 Saline won 4 National Titles! (2003 DMR outdoor and 2004 indoor DMR Champion and outdoor 4x800m champion and DMR Champion, 2014 DMR Outdoor)
At the 2004 state meet, alumni Neil Atzinger ran in one afternoon: 7:40.89 (Finished 4x800m 1:53 Split) *All Classes State Record 4:13 (#3 finish 1600m) 1:52.1 (#2 finish 800m run) 50.5 (400m leg 4x400m) Definition of “guts”....see Neil Atzinger!
At the 2012 state meet, alumni Steven Bastien Gained all State status in 4 events, in one afternoon: 23’5 (Finished 1ST in Long Jump ) 14’10 (Finished 2ND in Pole Vault) 21.1 (Finished 3rd 200m leg in 4x200 ) 50.3 (Finished 3rd 400m leg in 4x400m)
At the 2014 state meet, Junior Logan Wetzel Gained All-State status in 4 events, in one afternoon: 7:40.54 * (Finished 1ST in 3200M relay 1:50.4 split) *All Classes State Record 4:13.23 (Finished 3rd in the 1600M Run) 1:53.87 (Finished 8th in the 800M Run) 50.6 (Finished 8th in the 1600M relay )
Being a member of the track team is to belong to a TRADITON of EXCELLENCE!
Neil “Guts” Atzinger National Champion 4x times All State 3 timesState Champ 1 time
Steven Bastien All American (LJ) All State 4 timesState Champ 1 time Mr. Track & Field for Michigan
2015 Track Information Coaches: Head Coach: Sprints/Relays: Distance: Hurdles/LJ/HJ Throws: Pole Vault
Al Leslie Brian Boze, Al Leslie & Lauren Zakrajek Carl Spina, Kyle Zill Torren Moore Jack Crabtree, & Juan Lauchu Adam McMillan
Please use the team website located at: http://www.salinesports.org Things to do by March 3rd (if this is done on time you will receive one varsity point towards your letter) : Go to the team website http://www.salinesports.org and do the following: A. Click on the Join the Track and Field Link and follow all steps B. Order Your Optional Track Clothing www.hornetcountry.com. We have made it easy to order. The Captains did a great job of picking out quality gear this season, so take a look. Please go to the website and complete the order form and provide payment (also step 5 of registration process). Our deadline to order optional clothing is March 13th, with the gear being handed out before our 1st away meet on March 26th. We will have a 2nd order deadline date of March 27th for delivery after Spring Break and a 3rd date after Spring break depending on need. Uniform Policy If an athlete wants to wear compression gear under his uniform it must be white. You will be issued a uniform upon the completion of the team fundraiser. Fundraiser We will be using the card-based fundraiser and email campaign this year. With the size of the team and the equipment demands of our sport we need to raise money each year to keep Saline Track one of the best programs in the state. Some examples of equipment we will buy with the money raised are vaulting poles at $900 each, crossbars at $200 each, and a single competition discus can be more than $200. In the past 3 years, we have spent over $50,000 updating and replacing our High Jump and Pole Vault mats and adding a Fully Automated Timing system. In order to insure all members of the track team participate this season we have some additional incentives to help you make your individual goal. For those that make the individual goal will. 1. 2. 3. 4.
Receive a varsity point. No practice after the team pictures. Get your team uniform in a timely manner. Receive fabulous gifts and prizes for exceptional salesmanship.
PRACTICE BEGINS @ 3:15PM ON MONDAY, MARCH 9TH - MIDDLE SCHOOL Practice Times, Practice Locations, Transportation Practices are held Monday-Friday throughout the season. Practices begin at 3:15 and, in general, are done between 5:00-6:00pm. The length of practice may vary based on the event(s) the athlete participates in. Prior to spring break, most practices will be held on the indoor track at the middle school. We have arranged for athletes to ride buses 2, 51, 50, 42, 99, 23, and 41 to the MS during the early season practices. After spring break, practice will be held at the high school track. Periodically, some groups may also practice at Mill Pond Park, which necessitates driving to this location. The “Permission to Ride” form addresses this issue.
Spring Break Practices Spring Break begins at the end of practice on Thursday, April 2nd, and ends on Sunday, April 12th. Optional practices may be held during vacation at the discretion of individual event coaches.
Attendance Once an athlete commits to being on the team, they are expected to be at all practices. Absences are considered excused either because of an illness (with a call, text, or email to your position coach prior to 12PM) All other absences are unexcused. You must make up the missed practice(s) in order to be eligible to run in the subsequent meets. Practice(s) can be made up by helping at MS meets or staying after practice and helping with assigned jobs.
Team Rules 1. Follow all Saline Athletic and Saline School Student Code of Conduct Rules 2. Attend all scheduled practices and team events. Failure to attend team practices or events can result in dismissal from the team. A. If prearranged with his coach, an athlete may have 1 unexcused absence without consequence. B. All missed practices are considered unexcused unless you make prior arrangements with a coach. C. If the athlete is sick/ill and did not attend school, a parent must contact their event coach prior to practice. D. All missed practices will be made up, or scheduled to be made up, before an athlete is eligible to run in the next meet. 3. Consequences for missing practices and team functions. A. 1st unexcused absence with prior arrangement – no consequence B. 2nd ,3rd unexcused absence – Time made up, missing a competition for each absence, or Track Community Service for 1.5 times the amount of missed time. (ex. miss a 2 hour practice =3 hours of track community service) C. 4th unexcused absence is grounds for dismissal from the team. 4. Actions not covered in the Saline Athletic Code or Saline Student Code that reflects negatively on our school or team will be handled on a case-by-case basis and could result in being dismissed from the team.
Lettering in Track In order to receive your varsity letter you must obtain 16 points. We do not have a set number of letters that we can give out. If you earn it – you will get it! 1. All points scored in varsity meets. 2. Varsity Standards - 4 points for each varsity standard achieved. See the chart below for qualifying standards. 3. Receive 1 point for being in the varsity lineup, which includes “A Team Relays” and the top 4 Saline finishers in each event. 4. Coach awarded points for character and service beyond the expected. These are the hardest to get and require an exceptional effort. 5. Prior varsity award letter winners and reaching a Regional or State qualifying standard will be given special consideration. 6. * Receive up to 2 points for having a parent or older sibling help out at a meet. In order to earn this point, have your parents go to the volunteer section of the website and sign up (1 point per meet). 7. * Receive up to 2 points for reaching your goal for the team fundraiser. ( 1 point per activity) 8. *½ point per indoor meet that you participated in! VARSITY STANDARDS
2015 STANDARDS 2014 2015 2014 Regional Varsity State
2014 Nationals & Emerging Elite
High Jump
5’6
5’11
6’3
6’7/ 6’3
Pole Vault
11’6
12’
12’10 15’5/14’3.25
Shot Put
36’6
45’10
49’10 56’/50’
Discus
105’0
133’
145’0 175’/150’
Long Jump
18’1
19’11
21’2
23’6.25”/22’3
4x800
No standard No standard
8:09
7:52/ 8:10
Event
100/110m Hrd 17.4
15.7
14.8
14.33/14.93
100m
11.9
11.3
10.9
10.73/11:03
4x200m
No standard No standard
1:30.5 1:32/1:34
1600m
4:54
4:26
4:13.5/4:18
4x100m
No standard No standard
43.6
43.13/44.23
400m
55.2
52.0
50.2
48.23/49:23
300m Hurdles 45.5
41.9
39.9
37.4/39.8
800m
2:10
2:02.0
1:57.6 1:53
200m
24.8
23.4
22.4
3200m
10:44
10:06
9:41.8 9:10/9:30
4x400m
No standard No standard
4:38.5
21.69/22.03
3:26.7 3:20/3:26
2014 TOP PERFORMERS
Event
2013 Nationals & Emerging Elite
4x1 mile 800 medley 1600 medley DMR Swedish
17:40 1:36/1:44 3:36/3:42 10:30 1:55 63
Shuttle Hurdles
FRESHMAN: With a team as big and as talented as ours, you may be wondering whether or not you can make an impact. Except in the rare circumstance, we don't expect our freshman to be “point-scorers” for the team. How many freshmen start for the varsity football, basketball, or baseball teams? However, we encourage ALL FRESHMEN to make “a run, jump or throw” for their varsity letters! Our sport is one of the few sports in Saline where anyone has the opportunity to earn his varsity letter!
Event
Top Performer
Top Freshman
High Jump
Austin Brenner 6’5
Max Brenner 5’
Pole Vault
Kaj Althaus 14’10
Kyle Nouhan 10’
Shot Put
John Smutny 54’5
Andrew Kempton 33’10
Discus
John Smutny 163’4”
Max Anderson 69’6
Long Jump
Brad McCormick 21’2
Connor Hibbard 17’8.5”
4x800
Ryan Wilkie, Logan Wetzel, Ryan Gauches, Brian 9:28 Spencer Leslie, Trevor Bishop, Robbie Blankenship 7:38. 66 State Champions/All Americans Felton, Grant Peters
110m Hurdles
Josiah Davis 16.35
No Freshman Time
100m
Brad McCormick 11.40
Robbie Felton 11.65
4x200m
Skyler Bowden, Brad McCormick, Celyn Rogers, 1:41.03 Robbie Felton, Connor Radovich, Spencer Jeb Palka 1:30.94 Leslie, Connor Hibbard
1600m
Logan Wetzel 4:13.23
4x100m
Jeb Palka, Brad McCormick, Adam Nowicki, Grant Vlahopoulos 44.82
400m
Skyler Bowden 49.85
Robbie Felton 52.71
300m Hurdles
Josiah Davis 40.04
Spencer Leslie 43.88
800m
Ryan Wilkie 1:53.59
Spencer Leslie 2:08.9
200m
Skyler Bowden 22.15
Robbie Felton 23.87
3200m
Kevin Hall 9:22.41
Evan Koerschner 10:34.63
4x400m
Ryan Gauche, Ryan Wilkie, Brian Blankenship Logan Wetzel 3:22.5
3:53.46 Spencer Leslie, Robbie Felton, Justin Kawalchik, Andrew Kempton
Evan Koerschner 4:52.79
2015 Track Important Dates (All dates and forms can be found online @ www.salinesports.org
Feb 19 - 3pm Track Team Meeting in HS Commons Feb 28 CMU/Indoor State Meet Mar 2 Forms Due! (Earn 1 varsity point for turning forms in on time) Mar 9 – 3:15pm Track Practice @ MS Indoor Track Mar 10 – 3:15pm Track Practice @ MS Indoor Track Mar 11 – 3:15pm Track Practice @ MS Indoor Track Mar 12 – TBD (Last year ½ DAY of School 12 pm Track Practice) Mar 13 – TBD (last year NO SCHOOL check with event coach for time and place of practice) (Track Clothing Order Due Today) Mar 16 – 3:15pm Track Practice @ MS Indoor Track Mar 17 -3:15pm Track Practice @ MS Indoor Track Mar 18 -3:15pm Track Practice @ MS Indoor Track Mar 19 – 3:15pm Track Practice @ MS Indoor Track Mar 20 – 3:15pm Track Practice @ MS Indoor Track Mar 21 – EMU RELAYS (limited entries) Mar 23 – 3:15pm Track Practice @ MS Indoor Mar 24 – 3:15pm -9pmTrack Practice @ MS Indoor (Pizza Dinner Provided) Mar 24 GOLD CARD BLITZ (ALL ATHLETES & COACHES) Mar 24– 7PM Parent Meeting @ MS Cafeteria/Auditorium Mar 25 – 3:15pm Track Practice @ MS Indoor Mar 26 –3:15pm Track Practice @ MS Indoor Track
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Mar 26 – 4:00pm Saline Preview Meet @ U of M Indoor Track (limited entries) Mar 27 – 3:15pm Track Practice @ MS Indoor Track Mar 28– 8:00AM SEC Showcase @ EMU (limited entries) TBD Mar 30 -3:15pm Track Practice @ MS Indoor We will be at the HS from this point forward. Mar 31 -3:15pm Track Practice @ MS Indoor Track Apr 1 -3:15pm Track Practice @ MS Indoor Track Apr 2 -3:15pm Track Practice @ MS Indoor Track LAST DAY AT MS! PRATICE AT HS TRACK AFTER BREAK! Apr 3 – Apr 12 SPRING BREAK (Coaches will provide dates for optional practices at MS)
2015 Meet Schedule (also located online) April 14 @ Bedford April 14 AA Pioneer @ SALINE April 18 @ Dexter April Showers INV April 21 @ Monroe April 23 HORNET INV @ Saline April 24 @ Jackson INV TBD April 25 @ Oxford Invitational (VAR) TBD April 25 @ Bulldog Invitational (JV/VAR) @ Brighton April 28 AA Huron @ Saline May 01 Golden Triangle INV @ Saline May 05 @ AA Skyline May 07 SEC Championship Meet @ Monroe May 08 Sienna Heights INV @ Sienna Heights College (Var & JV) TBD May 09 Huron River Rat INV @ AA Huron TBD May 13 AA Huron JV INV (girls) & Skyline INV (guys) May 15 Regional @ SALINE May 21 10th Warrior Invitational @ Wyandotte Roosevelt May 23 MITCA TEAM STATE MEET May 26 Larry Steeb Meet of Champions (at Dexter) May 30 STATE MEET at Rockford June 04 BANQUET in HS Commons @ 6pm June 19th-21st NATIONALS MEET in Greensboro, NC