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2009 KTCCCA Boys All-State Awards
1st Team Boys
200M - Omenyinma, Graham
4x100 - Smith, Omenyinma, Giddens, Graham
4x400 - Story, Graham, Britt, Omenyinma
Triple Jump - Mike Patterson
Discus - Kyle Jenkins
2nd Team Boys
Shot Put - Kyle Jenkins
300IH - Kieran Story
AAA Boys Coach of the Year - Jason Neuss
2009 KTCCCA Girls All-State Awards
1st Team Girls
4x800 - Fant, Wilson, Antone, Janes
2nd Team Girls
4x200 - Bishop, Jones, Griffin, Tedford
4x100 -Bishop, Jones, Griffin, Tedford
300IH - Jones
4x400 - Wilson, Fant, Griffin, Bishop
1st Team Boys
200M - Omenyinma, Graham
4x100 - Smith, Omenyinma, Giddens, Graham
4x400 - Story, Graham, Britt, Omenyinma
Triple Jump - Mike Patterson
Discus - Kyle Jenkins
2nd Team Boys
Shot Put - Kyle Jenkins
300IH - Kieran Story
AAA Boys Coach of the Year - Jason Neuss
2009 KTCCCA Girls All-State Awards
1st Team Girls
4x800 - Fant, Wilson, Antone, Janes
2nd Team Girls
4x200 - Bishop, Jones, Griffin, Tedford
4x100 -Bishop, Jones, Griffin, Tedford
300IH - Jones
4x400 - Wilson, Fant, Griffin, Bishop
Gatorade Track and Field Athletes of the Year
1993-1994 Brian Raspberry
1994-1995 Mark Miller
1999-2000 James Doaty
2007-2008 Justin Green
1993-1994 Brian Raspberry
1994-1995 Mark Miller
1999-2000 James Doaty
2007-2008 Justin Green
2010 Season News and Notes:
3/8/10
Boys and Girls Squads Finish 2nd at Mason Dixon Games
The boys and girls teams both finished in the runner up position at Saturday's 50th Anniversary of the Mason Dixon
Games. The Bulldogs were led by first place finishes in the Shot Put (Kyle Jenkins), 4x200 and 4x400 Relays. The quartet
of Giddens, Graham, Story and Omenyinma gave the Bulldog faithful a few gray hairs as they nipped second place
Owensboro in the final few meters of the 4x200. Their time of 1:32.43 set a new AAA Mason Dixon Games record and
indoor school record. Several other guys finished in the top three including Kieran Story (55H), Chisom Omenyinma
(55M), Mike Patterson (TJ) and Lorentez Barbour (HJ). Patterson, Story and Barbours marks each set new indoor school
records in their respective events.
In Girls' Track action , the Lady Bulldogs had outstanding performances in all three relays as the 4x200, 4x800 and 4x400
teams each finished in second place. Finishing 3rd for the team were Diamond Tedford in Open 400m and Raeven Wilson
in the Open 800m. Also, adding to the scoring were Felecia Bland in the Long and Triple Jump; Mariah Mays in the Pole
Vault and Raven Williams in the Shot Put.
Next up for the Bulldogs will be a scrimmage (Tiger Relays) at St. Xavier on Saturday March 20th. Everyone will be
competing in this meet and more info will follow later this week.
Updated: School Records and Meet Schedule
_________________________________________________________________________________________________
Mason-Dixon Week
This week the boys and girls teams will participate in the 50th Annual Mason-Dixon Games at Broadbent Arena in the final
indoor meet of the season. Running on the old boards the squads will look to take home the team titles for the first time in
over 10 years. Entries for both boys and girls are posted below and heat sheets will be sent out later this week. The meet
allows schools to enter only one individual and relay in each event. Competition is scheduled to begin on Saturday night at
5:00 PM (Class AAA). More information will be posted on the meet later this week.
Note: On Thursday after school the teams will take team and individual pictures
Mason-Dixon Entries
________________________________________________________________________________________________
Week of 2/22-2/27
Girls team wins at Mason County and Kyle Jenkins unleashes a BOMB at UK
The girls team took the long journey to Mason County and came home with several outstanding early season marks and
the team title. A complete listing of results of the meet will be out later today. Several boys competed at the UK Invitational
on the 291M oversized track in Nutter Fieldhouse. Kyle Jenkins uncorked the 19th best throw in the nation in winning the
competition at 56'10". The throw is the indoor school record and the #2 mark in school history. Chisom Omenyinma
continued to show he will be a force to deal with this outdoor season as he recorded the school record in the 60M and
200M. Chisoms time of 6.93 in the prelims ranks him #21 in the nation and #2 in the state of Kentucky for the 2010
season. Other strong performances were Reddrick Blakemore (49') and Dominique Davis (44'3.5") in the shot put and
John Giddens who became the #3 performer in school history with his 7.09 in the 60M . Mike Patterson (42'2", 21'0.75)
had a solid day in the jumps while Ronjae Morris (20'2.50") finished the day 10" off his personal best set last weekend at IU.
Next up for both squads will be the Mason Dixon Games at Broadbent Arena on March 6th. Entries for the meet will be
posted early next week and travel arrangements will be sent out on Wednesday. Also scheduled this week are team
pictures for the boys and girls on Thursday after school. If the weather is not cooperative we may look to reschedule to
early next week.
Top Indoor Marks (boys only)
Top Indoor Marks (girls only)
Dyestat Article on the UK Invitational
________________________________________________________________________________________________
Week of 2/17-2/20
Winter Open, Cookie Dough, Mason County and UK Invitational
The shortened week is quickly coming to an end tomorrow with the delivery of the cookie dough order after practice. Also
this week the final Fan Gear order was turned in and submitted. A few extra shirts and backpacks have been ordered so if
anyone is interested in purchasing one contact Coach Neuss.
This weekend the boys and girls teams will split with the boys heading back to Lexington to compete in the UK Invitational
and the girls heading to Mason County. Several boys have been accepted to compete in one of the top indoor meets in
the nation which draws athletes from all over the United States. For a complete listing of all participants and meet
information visit www.uktrack.com. Competing for Male are; Chisom Omenyinma, Robbie Graham, Kieran Story, Stewart
Brown, Donnell Whitlock, Dexter Britt, Mike Patterson, Ronjae Morris, Kyle Jenkins, Redderick Blakemore, Dominique Davis
and the 4x400 relay team.
This past weekend the boys and girls squads traveled to Bloomington, IN and produced two state leading marks and a
number of top 10 indoor performances. Chisom Omenyinma continued his strong indoor season lowering his state leading
and school record 200M performance to 22.63. Reddrick Blakemore finished the day ahead of teamate Kyle Jenkins in the
shot put with both athletes throwing over 51'. Ronjae Morris beat out Mike Patterson by jumping 21' and setting the top
mark in AAA. The 4x800 relay team of Colin Jones, Ryan Harris, Kevin Kwan and Chris Judd ripped one of the top indoor
times in school history on their way to the states #2 indoor time for the 2010 season.
Top Indoor Times
Updated: 2010 Schedule and Results
________________________________________________________________________________________________
Week of 2/8-2/13
The winter weather just wont seem to be very cooperative this year with additional snow expected later tonight into early
Tuesday morning. This weekend the Bulldogs will be under cover at the Winter Open in Bloomington, IN. About 30 boys
and girls will head to one of the top indoor facilities in the region and compete on the 200M banked track in Gladstein
Fieldhouse. Also this week the second fan gear order will be due on Wednesday (2/10) with orders going to either Marina
Gonzalez or Coach Neuss. A second order of backpacks have arrived and are available for purchase through Coach
Neuss for $24.00.
Winter Open Entries
Picture of Gladstein Fieldhouse
________________________________________________________________________________________________
The first week in February
With a week off from racing the boys and girls teams enter into the month of February looking to prepare for several meets
later in the month. Next Saturday, Feb 13th, both boys and girls will head to the University of Indiana for some work on a
200M banked track. The following weekend the teams split with a small group of boys heading to the high powered
University of Kentucky Invitational while the girls head to Mason County. Several boys have been entered into the UK
Invitational on Feb 20th in the high powered meet which features some of the top track and field talent in the country.
Entries for both meets will be posted later this week or early next week.
Notes :All boys and girls should have turned in their cookie dough orders for the teams first fundraiser of the season. A
second fan gear order will be placed on February 12th and anyone interested should have orders into Coach Neuss or
Marina Gonzalez in the next few days.
Congratulations to Damarius Gibson and Dominique Davis who both signed with Campbellsville University yesterday
(Article)
________________________________________________________________________________________________
Impressive Showing at the Wildcat Classic
The boys and girls squads started the 2010 season with three state leading marks and two school records. The boys
team, led by Chisom Omenyinma and Kieran Story, set indoor school records in 200M and 60H while establishing state
leading marks in the 400M (Story), 200M (Omenyinma) and 4x400 Relay (Brown, Whitlock, Omenyinma and Britt). In the
60 hurdles the duo of Story and Stewart Brown ran 2nd and 4th while setting the top two indoor times in school History. The
200M saw Omenyinma come from behind to run the fastest indoor time in school history. Other solid performances on the
day were John Giddens who finished 5th in the 60M (7.15) and 4th in the 200M (22.94) and Dexter Britt who won the fast
section of the 400 in 51.94 only two be topped by teammate Story (51.86) in the third section. In the 1600, Rikus Vanzyl
(5:06.66) and Nate Lane (5:10.67) had the top two times for the Bulldogs. In relay action the Male A and Male B teams
finished the day with a 1-2 sweep while the 4x800 relay team (Jones, Judd, Abramson, Kwan) finished 9th.
On the girls side sprinters Nayia Bishop (60M) and Diamond Tedford (200M) each finished in the top 12. Other solid
performances on the day were the 400M runners Chandler Antone and Alexa Wagoner each who finished in the top 10
with outstanding early season marks. Always strong in the relays the Lady Dawgs closed out the long day with a second
place finish in the 4x400 with a strong early season time of 4:26.15 and 3rd place finish in the 4x800 witha time of 10:54.10.
Wildcat Classic Results
Boys All-Time Indoor Marks
Video - 200M Heat 1 (School Record)
Updated: School Records
________________________________________________________________________________________________
Wildcat Classic and KYTrackXC.Com
Saturday's Wildcat Classic, held at the University of Kentucky will feature several of the states top teams in the running
events only meet. Entries for the boys team can be found on the link below. In addition to the Male entries, meet
information and heat sheets can be found at www.uktrack.com late Thursday or early Friday.
KYTrackXC ran a nice article on athletes to watch for the 2010 Season which features Kyle Jenkins and the Boys 4x100
Relay. As mentioned below this website is a great resource for meet results, rankings, pictures, videos and articles.
Wildcat Boys Entries
Fan Gear (Excel Spreadsheet)
________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Indoor Season Just 5 Days Away (1/18/2010)
With the first indoor meet of the season just 5 days away the boys and girls teams have a busy week ahead. The first of
two orders for Fan Gear was ordered today and the second order will be placed on Feb 12th. Order forms are available
on the above link or can be picked up from Coach Neuss. Also this week the squads will begin the two week Cookie Dough
Sale on Wednesday. Athletes are encouraged to sell a minimum of 15 boxes in order to help cover the seasons expenses.
The Wildcat Classic is held on Saturday at the University of Kentucky's Nutter Fieldhouse and entries will be finalized on
Wednesday at 12:00. Entries will be posted here (www.maletrack.com) and on the meets official site www.uktrack.com.
Once again the meet will have live (real time) results that are posted following each event. The teams are tentatively
scheduled to leave Male HS on Saturday at 9:00 giving the bus an approximate arrival to Nutter Fieldhouse at 10:30. The
first running event is scheduled for 12:00 and will run on a rolling schedule. More information will be handed out later this
week (Thursday) to those competing athletes.
Note: A great resource for KY track and field which includes state rankings, pictures, video and articles visit
http://ky.milesplit.us/.
________________________________________________________________________________________________
January 11th-16th
With the bad weather behind us for the time being, the boys and girls squads will be back at practice this week as we
prepare for our first indoor meet which is just over a week away. Tuesday night will be the first parent meeting (see not
above) and Wednesday marks the start of the cookie dough sales. The cookie dough sales are a major fundraiser for
both programs and will allow the teams to travel and purchase needed equipment. And finally the meet schedule is still a
work in progress and should be finalized sometime later this month.
_________________________________________________________________________________________________
January 5th
With the weather outside refusing to rise above the freezing mark hopefully Santa brought everyone a warm hat and gloves
for the start of practice today. Both boys and girls squads begin practice today at 2:45 in locations to be determined by the
coaching staff. With the first meet just 18 days away the coaches will make every effort to get in some quality workouts
despite the poor temperatures. The Wildcat Classic, held at the University of Kentucky's Nutter Fieldhouse will again be
the site of the first indoor competition for most Kentucky high schools and is set for 1/23/10 at 12:00.
With the first accumulating snowfall expected to hit the Metro area on Wednesday night through Thursday morning it will be
important for athletes and parents to check the website and listen to announcements regarding practice times, locations
and cancellations.
Please not that this week lockers will be assigned and a limited number of backpacks will be for sale ($23) on a first come
first serve basis. Please remember that next week, 1/12/10 we will have a mandatory parent meeting to cover the coming
season.
_________________________________________________________________________________________________
December 1st 2009
Sign-Up Meetings
The boys and girls teams will have separate sign up meetings next week to cover the upcoming season, handout general
information and discuss practice schedules. The boys will meet next Wednesday December 9th at 2:30 in Room 117. The
girls meeting will also be early next week at a date and time to be scheduled in the next few days. Information on track fan
gear (sweatshirts,shirts, bags) will also be handed out at this time. Any athlete not participating in a fall or winter sport will
need to have an updated physical (completed on the JCPS forms), complete the health and safety video and pay $20.00
insurance.
_________________________________________________________________________________________________
November 2009
With many of the fall sports wrapping up, the football team heads into the playoffs this Friday at home against Eastern with
the kick-off set for 7:30. The cross country team will also be in action this weekend at the Regional Championships on
Saturday afternoon at River Road Country Club.
The boys and girls track teams will being their season following the winter break and will have a sign up meeting in early
December on a date to be determined based on how long the football season goes. During this meeting the coaches will
handout general information sheets, winter workouts and a tentative schedule. Check back for more information on the
sign up meeting in the coming weeks.
Cookie Dough Sales: The team will once again participate in their annual cookie dough sales to raise funds for the 2010
season.
_________________________________________________________________________________________________
September 2009
With the 2009 football season underway Bulldog track and field fans have plenty to watch. Male High Track and Field
alums have been busy on the gridiron for several schools this fall. The University of Louisville, off to a 1-0 start, has three
former members of the program in Doug Beaumont, Steve Garr and Dexter Heyman while the University of Illinois has
shown confidence in true freshman Justin Green who has seen action in their first two games of the season.
The Male high school football squad, also of to a strong start, is loaded with members of the track team and are led
offensively by Dexter Britt, John Giddens, Kieran Story and Ronjae Morris. On the defensive side of the ball the Bulldogs
are led by Chisom Omenyinma, Jalon Kemp, Velvin Smithand Jerry Long. Not to be forgotten are the big guys in the
Dominique Davis, Kyle Jenkins and Damarius Gibson.
The Cross Country team have raced in two meets thus far this season with standout performances by Nate Lane, Jacob
Holz, Chris Judd, Davis Barrios and Doug Rush.
The 2010 Track Season will get underway in early January as the boys team looks to defend their three straight state
championships. The schedule will be finalized over the next few months and preparations for this years spring break trip
are in the early stages. With spring break falling a week later this year the schedule will likely see changes to the Male
Invitational. With last years team heading down to Mobile Alabama over spring break this years team looks to attend the
prestigious Taco Bell Invitational in Columbia, SC.
Boys and Girls Squads Finish 2nd at Mason Dixon Games
The boys and girls teams both finished in the runner up position at Saturday's 50th Anniversary of the Mason Dixon
Games. The Bulldogs were led by first place finishes in the Shot Put (Kyle Jenkins), 4x200 and 4x400 Relays. The quartet
of Giddens, Graham, Story and Omenyinma gave the Bulldog faithful a few gray hairs as they nipped second place
Owensboro in the final few meters of the 4x200. Their time of 1:32.43 set a new AAA Mason Dixon Games record and
indoor school record. Several other guys finished in the top three including Kieran Story (55H), Chisom Omenyinma
(55M), Mike Patterson (TJ) and Lorentez Barbour (HJ). Patterson, Story and Barbours marks each set new indoor school
records in their respective events.
In Girls' Track action , the Lady Bulldogs had outstanding performances in all three relays as the 4x200, 4x800 and 4x400
teams each finished in second place. Finishing 3rd for the team were Diamond Tedford in Open 400m and Raeven Wilson
in the Open 800m. Also, adding to the scoring were Felecia Bland in the Long and Triple Jump; Mariah Mays in the Pole
Vault and Raven Williams in the Shot Put.
Next up for the Bulldogs will be a scrimmage (Tiger Relays) at St. Xavier on Saturday March 20th. Everyone will be
competing in this meet and more info will follow later this week.
Updated: School Records and Meet Schedule
_________________________________________________________________________________________________
Mason-Dixon Week
This week the boys and girls teams will participate in the 50th Annual Mason-Dixon Games at Broadbent Arena in the final
indoor meet of the season. Running on the old boards the squads will look to take home the team titles for the first time in
over 10 years. Entries for both boys and girls are posted below and heat sheets will be sent out later this week. The meet
allows schools to enter only one individual and relay in each event. Competition is scheduled to begin on Saturday night at
5:00 PM (Class AAA). More information will be posted on the meet later this week.
Note: On Thursday after school the teams will take team and individual pictures
Mason-Dixon Entries
________________________________________________________________________________________________
Week of 2/22-2/27
Girls team wins at Mason County and Kyle Jenkins unleashes a BOMB at UK
The girls team took the long journey to Mason County and came home with several outstanding early season marks and
the team title. A complete listing of results of the meet will be out later today. Several boys competed at the UK Invitational
on the 291M oversized track in Nutter Fieldhouse. Kyle Jenkins uncorked the 19th best throw in the nation in winning the
competition at 56'10". The throw is the indoor school record and the #2 mark in school history. Chisom Omenyinma
continued to show he will be a force to deal with this outdoor season as he recorded the school record in the 60M and
200M. Chisoms time of 6.93 in the prelims ranks him #21 in the nation and #2 in the state of Kentucky for the 2010
season. Other strong performances were Reddrick Blakemore (49') and Dominique Davis (44'3.5") in the shot put and
John Giddens who became the #3 performer in school history with his 7.09 in the 60M . Mike Patterson (42'2", 21'0.75)
had a solid day in the jumps while Ronjae Morris (20'2.50") finished the day 10" off his personal best set last weekend at IU.
Next up for both squads will be the Mason Dixon Games at Broadbent Arena on March 6th. Entries for the meet will be
posted early next week and travel arrangements will be sent out on Wednesday. Also scheduled this week are team
pictures for the boys and girls on Thursday after school. If the weather is not cooperative we may look to reschedule to
early next week.
Top Indoor Marks (boys only)
Top Indoor Marks (girls only)
Dyestat Article on the UK Invitational
________________________________________________________________________________________________
Week of 2/17-2/20
Winter Open, Cookie Dough, Mason County and UK Invitational
The shortened week is quickly coming to an end tomorrow with the delivery of the cookie dough order after practice. Also
this week the final Fan Gear order was turned in and submitted. A few extra shirts and backpacks have been ordered so if
anyone is interested in purchasing one contact Coach Neuss.
This weekend the boys and girls teams will split with the boys heading back to Lexington to compete in the UK Invitational
and the girls heading to Mason County. Several boys have been accepted to compete in one of the top indoor meets in
the nation which draws athletes from all over the United States. For a complete listing of all participants and meet
information visit www.uktrack.com. Competing for Male are; Chisom Omenyinma, Robbie Graham, Kieran Story, Stewart
Brown, Donnell Whitlock, Dexter Britt, Mike Patterson, Ronjae Morris, Kyle Jenkins, Redderick Blakemore, Dominique Davis
and the 4x400 relay team.
This past weekend the boys and girls squads traveled to Bloomington, IN and produced two state leading marks and a
number of top 10 indoor performances. Chisom Omenyinma continued his strong indoor season lowering his state leading
and school record 200M performance to 22.63. Reddrick Blakemore finished the day ahead of teamate Kyle Jenkins in the
shot put with both athletes throwing over 51'. Ronjae Morris beat out Mike Patterson by jumping 21' and setting the top
mark in AAA. The 4x800 relay team of Colin Jones, Ryan Harris, Kevin Kwan and Chris Judd ripped one of the top indoor
times in school history on their way to the states #2 indoor time for the 2010 season.
Top Indoor Times
Updated: 2010 Schedule and Results
________________________________________________________________________________________________
Week of 2/8-2/13
The winter weather just wont seem to be very cooperative this year with additional snow expected later tonight into early
Tuesday morning. This weekend the Bulldogs will be under cover at the Winter Open in Bloomington, IN. About 30 boys
and girls will head to one of the top indoor facilities in the region and compete on the 200M banked track in Gladstein
Fieldhouse. Also this week the second fan gear order will be due on Wednesday (2/10) with orders going to either Marina
Gonzalez or Coach Neuss. A second order of backpacks have arrived and are available for purchase through Coach
Neuss for $24.00.
Winter Open Entries
Picture of Gladstein Fieldhouse
________________________________________________________________________________________________
The first week in February
With a week off from racing the boys and girls teams enter into the month of February looking to prepare for several meets
later in the month. Next Saturday, Feb 13th, both boys and girls will head to the University of Indiana for some work on a
200M banked track. The following weekend the teams split with a small group of boys heading to the high powered
University of Kentucky Invitational while the girls head to Mason County. Several boys have been entered into the UK
Invitational on Feb 20th in the high powered meet which features some of the top track and field talent in the country.
Entries for both meets will be posted later this week or early next week.
Notes :All boys and girls should have turned in their cookie dough orders for the teams first fundraiser of the season. A
second fan gear order will be placed on February 12th and anyone interested should have orders into Coach Neuss or
Marina Gonzalez in the next few days.
Congratulations to Damarius Gibson and Dominique Davis who both signed with Campbellsville University yesterday
(Article)
________________________________________________________________________________________________
Impressive Showing at the Wildcat Classic
The boys and girls squads started the 2010 season with three state leading marks and two school records. The boys
team, led by Chisom Omenyinma and Kieran Story, set indoor school records in 200M and 60H while establishing state
leading marks in the 400M (Story), 200M (Omenyinma) and 4x400 Relay (Brown, Whitlock, Omenyinma and Britt). In the
60 hurdles the duo of Story and Stewart Brown ran 2nd and 4th while setting the top two indoor times in school History. The
200M saw Omenyinma come from behind to run the fastest indoor time in school history. Other solid performances on the
day were John Giddens who finished 5th in the 60M (7.15) and 4th in the 200M (22.94) and Dexter Britt who won the fast
section of the 400 in 51.94 only two be topped by teammate Story (51.86) in the third section. In the 1600, Rikus Vanzyl
(5:06.66) and Nate Lane (5:10.67) had the top two times for the Bulldogs. In relay action the Male A and Male B teams
finished the day with a 1-2 sweep while the 4x800 relay team (Jones, Judd, Abramson, Kwan) finished 9th.
On the girls side sprinters Nayia Bishop (60M) and Diamond Tedford (200M) each finished in the top 12. Other solid
performances on the day were the 400M runners Chandler Antone and Alexa Wagoner each who finished in the top 10
with outstanding early season marks. Always strong in the relays the Lady Dawgs closed out the long day with a second
place finish in the 4x400 with a strong early season time of 4:26.15 and 3rd place finish in the 4x800 witha time of 10:54.10.
Wildcat Classic Results
Boys All-Time Indoor Marks
Video - 200M Heat 1 (School Record)
Updated: School Records
________________________________________________________________________________________________
Wildcat Classic and KYTrackXC.Com
Saturday's Wildcat Classic, held at the University of Kentucky will feature several of the states top teams in the running
events only meet. Entries for the boys team can be found on the link below. In addition to the Male entries, meet
information and heat sheets can be found at www.uktrack.com late Thursday or early Friday.
KYTrackXC ran a nice article on athletes to watch for the 2010 Season which features Kyle Jenkins and the Boys 4x100
Relay. As mentioned below this website is a great resource for meet results, rankings, pictures, videos and articles.
Wildcat Boys Entries
Fan Gear (Excel Spreadsheet)
________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Indoor Season Just 5 Days Away (1/18/2010)
With the first indoor meet of the season just 5 days away the boys and girls teams have a busy week ahead. The first of
two orders for Fan Gear was ordered today and the second order will be placed on Feb 12th. Order forms are available
on the above link or can be picked up from Coach Neuss. Also this week the squads will begin the two week Cookie Dough
Sale on Wednesday. Athletes are encouraged to sell a minimum of 15 boxes in order to help cover the seasons expenses.
The Wildcat Classic is held on Saturday at the University of Kentucky's Nutter Fieldhouse and entries will be finalized on
Wednesday at 12:00. Entries will be posted here (www.maletrack.com) and on the meets official site www.uktrack.com.
Once again the meet will have live (real time) results that are posted following each event. The teams are tentatively
scheduled to leave Male HS on Saturday at 9:00 giving the bus an approximate arrival to Nutter Fieldhouse at 10:30. The
first running event is scheduled for 12:00 and will run on a rolling schedule. More information will be handed out later this
week (Thursday) to those competing athletes.
Note: A great resource for KY track and field which includes state rankings, pictures, video and articles visit
http://ky.milesplit.us/.
________________________________________________________________________________________________
January 11th-16th
With the bad weather behind us for the time being, the boys and girls squads will be back at practice this week as we
prepare for our first indoor meet which is just over a week away. Tuesday night will be the first parent meeting (see not
above) and Wednesday marks the start of the cookie dough sales. The cookie dough sales are a major fundraiser for
both programs and will allow the teams to travel and purchase needed equipment. And finally the meet schedule is still a
work in progress and should be finalized sometime later this month.
_________________________________________________________________________________________________
January 5th
With the weather outside refusing to rise above the freezing mark hopefully Santa brought everyone a warm hat and gloves
for the start of practice today. Both boys and girls squads begin practice today at 2:45 in locations to be determined by the
coaching staff. With the first meet just 18 days away the coaches will make every effort to get in some quality workouts
despite the poor temperatures. The Wildcat Classic, held at the University of Kentucky's Nutter Fieldhouse will again be
the site of the first indoor competition for most Kentucky high schools and is set for 1/23/10 at 12:00.
With the first accumulating snowfall expected to hit the Metro area on Wednesday night through Thursday morning it will be
important for athletes and parents to check the website and listen to announcements regarding practice times, locations
and cancellations.
Please not that this week lockers will be assigned and a limited number of backpacks will be for sale ($23) on a first come
first serve basis. Please remember that next week, 1/12/10 we will have a mandatory parent meeting to cover the coming
season.
_________________________________________________________________________________________________
December 1st 2009
Sign-Up Meetings
The boys and girls teams will have separate sign up meetings next week to cover the upcoming season, handout general
information and discuss practice schedules. The boys will meet next Wednesday December 9th at 2:30 in Room 117. The
girls meeting will also be early next week at a date and time to be scheduled in the next few days. Information on track fan
gear (sweatshirts,shirts, bags) will also be handed out at this time. Any athlete not participating in a fall or winter sport will
need to have an updated physical (completed on the JCPS forms), complete the health and safety video and pay $20.00
insurance.
_________________________________________________________________________________________________
November 2009
With many of the fall sports wrapping up, the football team heads into the playoffs this Friday at home against Eastern with
the kick-off set for 7:30. The cross country team will also be in action this weekend at the Regional Championships on
Saturday afternoon at River Road Country Club.
The boys and girls track teams will being their season following the winter break and will have a sign up meeting in early
December on a date to be determined based on how long the football season goes. During this meeting the coaches will
handout general information sheets, winter workouts and a tentative schedule. Check back for more information on the
sign up meeting in the coming weeks.
Cookie Dough Sales: The team will once again participate in their annual cookie dough sales to raise funds for the 2010
season.
_________________________________________________________________________________________________
September 2009
With the 2009 football season underway Bulldog track and field fans have plenty to watch. Male High Track and Field
alums have been busy on the gridiron for several schools this fall. The University of Louisville, off to a 1-0 start, has three
former members of the program in Doug Beaumont, Steve Garr and Dexter Heyman while the University of Illinois has
shown confidence in true freshman Justin Green who has seen action in their first two games of the season.
The Male high school football squad, also of to a strong start, is loaded with members of the track team and are led
offensively by Dexter Britt, John Giddens, Kieran Story and Ronjae Morris. On the defensive side of the ball the Bulldogs
are led by Chisom Omenyinma, Jalon Kemp, Velvin Smithand Jerry Long. Not to be forgotten are the big guys in the
Dominique Davis, Kyle Jenkins and Damarius Gibson.
The Cross Country team have raced in two meets thus far this season with standout performances by Nate Lane, Jacob
Holz, Chris Judd, Davis Barrios and Doug Rush.
The 2010 Track Season will get underway in early January as the boys team looks to defend their three straight state
championships. The schedule will be finalized over the next few months and preparations for this years spring break trip
are in the early stages. With spring break falling a week later this year the schedule will likely see changes to the Male
Invitational. With last years team heading down to Mobile Alabama over spring break this years team looks to attend the
prestigious Taco Bell Invitational in Columbia, SC.
