Olympia girls track team took 2nd place at our conference meet in Auburn this afternoon. The list of PR’s for today is long:
Kennadi Ballenger in the 100: 16.69 and the 200: 35.03
Melissa Bieber in the 100m hurdles:16.73 and 300m hurdles: 47.4
Mallory Miller in long jump: 4.74m
Kyra West in shot put: 9.99m
Grace Whiteside in the 400: 1:02.82
Emma Swartzendruber in the 400: 1:04.73
Anna Bieber in the 800: 2:23.10
Abby Litwiller in the 800: 2:42.22
Maddie bales had a season record in the 1600: 6:25.9
The 4x4 and 4x8 teams came in 2nd place falling short to Pleasant Plaines in both races. It was a great meet with perfect weather!
The Bieber sisters fought hard to bring home some hardware.
Varsity baseball got a 11-1 win tonight vs Mackinaw. Clayton Barnes and Elijah Smith with multiple hits. Gunnar Wilson with the win on the mound allowing 1 hit and striking out 8. Spartans will be at Prairie Central tomorrow at 4:30.
Varsity baseball got a 8-4 win Tuesday night at Athens. Jack Pagel and Clayton Barnes with multiple hits. Caden Kindred with a complete game win on the mound.
OHS Soccer took a 1-0 victory @ IVC yesterday.
Sophomore Raquel Birky found the far post of the net with 2:35 remaining in the contest.
Goalkeeper Izzy Forrest picked up her 4th clean sheet this season.
Brilliant goals also this week by Andi Ewalt, Amy Dederich, Grace Birkey and Grace Carter. Assists by Birky and Kensie Kleinschmidt.
Please join us for Youth Soccer Night this Friday at our final home matches v BHS.
Two activities for 14 & under.
World Cup Walkout - 4:15p (Pregame)
Varsity Game Time - 4:30p
Mini Goal Shot - 5:10p (Halftime + Prize)
JV Game Time - 6p
📸Rogers
Olympia CUSD 16 is now hiring for multiple teaching positions.
- 6th Grade Science
- 6th & 8th Grade English Language Arts
- Olympia West Elementary Physical Education
Read more about these positions and apply today by following the link below. Come join our amazing team and become part of Spartan Nation!
https://www.generalasp.com/olympia/onlineapp/default.aspx
Our AP Calculus students had to work together to solve this tasty equation before sampling it. Great work, team!
Todays College Spotlight is Midwest Technical Institute in East Peoria!
Varsity softball falls to Athens 6-2 to finish 7-1 in conference play and a share as conference champions. Kat Springer and Jordyn Turner with 2 hits each including the first home run of the season for Jordyn.
SEE YOU FRIDAY!⚽️
Last day to order Olympia Soccer Apparel is May 9th. In-stock items will be available at concessions on 5/5.
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There will be an informational meeting for parents and students who are currently signed up to go on the 8th grade Washington D.C. trip. We will meet on May 11th, 6pm, in the OMS cafeteria. See you then!
Todays College Spotlight is Illinois Wesleyan University!
Congratulations to Nick Mcternen and his team at Skills USA State!
The Sangamo Conference high school track meet scheduled for today at Auburn High School has been postponed to tomorrow May 3rd.
Olympia varsity baseball secured a 3-2 win in 8 innings on the road against Rochester. The Spartans were lead to victory by an excellent pitching performance from Owen Alford(6 2/3), and Elijah Smith(1 1/3) with the close. The boys play Athens on the road tomorrow @ 4:30.
Sorry for the confusion from the previous post in regards to bus schedule changes. The changes are in regards to the reverse shuttles.
Reverse Shuttle
Starting Tuesday:
NO CHANGES:
Waynesville
Mclean
Stanford
Minier
CHANGES:
Hopedale - Bus 8 - Main & Railroad - pick up time 2:45
Atlanta - Bus 31 - Front of OSE - 3:05
Armington - Bus 2 - 3rd & Maple - 3:00
Danvers - Bus 28 - Oly North - pick up time is 2:10 - 2:15 - Students need to be at the school and on the bus by 2:15. The elementary students will be dismissed at 2:20 and we don't want the High Schoolers trying to board at the same time as the elementary students.
Todays College Spotlight is Illinois State University!
Starting Tuesday:
NO CHANGES:
Waynesville
Mclean
Stanford
Minier
CHANGES:
Hopedale - Bus 8 - Main & Railroad - pick up time 2:45
Atlanta - Bus 31 - Front of OSE - 3:05
Armington - Bus 2 - 3rd & Maple - 3:00
Danvers - Bus 28 - Oly North - pick up time is 2:10 - 2:15 - Students need to be at the school and on the bus by 2:15. The elementary students will be dismissed at 2:20 and we don't want the High Schoolers trying to board at the same time as the elementary students.
Please join us in honoring our talented, committed Seniors. All four started and played nearly every minute of every Varsity match throughout their career. They also doubled the size of the program over the past two seasons, and we wish them the absolute best in their futures endeavors. We will also honor our exchange student from Spain and continue to appreciate the unique connection to international football culture offered by the exchange program.
Spartans Soccer Senior Night
Monday May 1st 4:15p
OHMS Stadium Field
#00 Senior Izzy Forrest
#1 Senior Brooke Rogers
#20 Senior Tarah Hilt
#21 Senior Andi Ewalt
#5 Junior Carmen Alfaya
The boys' OHS track team finished 4th out of 14 at the Eureka Invite last night. Top finishers were:
Logan Demling, Jacob Lawless, Wyatt Reinhart, and Cooper Phillips- 4th in the 3200 relay with a season best 8:53.91.
Keagan Uphoff- 2nd in the high jump at 6' 2", and 1st in both hurdles races at 16.04 and 40.93.
Cooper Phillips- 4th in both hurdles races
Reygan Sitton- 2nd in the 100 at 11.45
Skylar Biggs- 4th in the discus with a season best toss of 122' 2.5"
Nolen Yeary- 3rd in the shot put at 44' 2"
Congrats guys! Stay tuned for more updates on the team as they will be back in action next Tuesday at Auburn for the Sangamo Conference Meet.
Olympia varsity baseball wrapped up their week of baseball with a 13-2 loss to Porta yesterday, and 15-0 win against Illini Central tonight. The Spartans finished 2-2 on the week, and are set to play Rochester on the road Monday.