Olympia CUSD 16

What an INCREDIBLE weekend for Olympia Middle School Cross Country at the Sectional meet! Our Spartans showed up, put in the work, and had an amazing day on the course! 🎉 WE HAVE STATE QUALIFIERS! 🎉 Kayleigh qualified for STATE as an individual! 🏅 Our Boys Team qualified for STATE as a TEAM, earning an AMAZING 2nd PLACE finish at Sectionals! 🏆 On top of these incredible accomplishments, our athletes recorded numerous PRs and season-best times! We couldn’t be more proud of the hard work, dedication, and determination this team has shown all season long. Congratulations to ALL of our athletes on an outstanding sectional meet! Every runner has played a part in making this season so special, and we are so excited to see our state qualifiers take on the next challenge! THE SPARTANS ARE STATE BOUND! 💙🤍 We will be competing at Maxwell Park in Normal on Saturday at 12:15pm. Come out and support our runners in this amazing accomplishment!

The Olympia Boys & Girls High School XC teams had an awesome Saturday morning at the Sangamo Conference Championship in Williamsville, with both teams finishing 4th overall! Top Finishers: Mira placed 3rd in the girls race with a massive personal best of 18:24! Ty took 4th place in the boys race! Shoutouts: Personal Bests: Kali, Juliet, Emma & Kenzer Season Bests: Chloe & Graham One last regular season meet to go before we head to Regionals in Eureka! Let’s keep the momentum going!

So proud of our Olympia JV Volleyball team for a strong showing yesterday at the Taylorville Tournament! The girls brought high energy, incredible hustle, and played fantastic volleyball all day long to bring home 3rd place!

Come out and support the Spartans at home this Tuesday, October 13 as we take on PORTA!
📍 OHS Gymnasium
🏐 Game Time: Freshman start at 5:00 PM with JV and Varsity to follow

🏆 SPARTAN PROUD, ALWAYS! 🎳💙 Today, our amazing Special Olympics athletes, Hannah and Kacie, represented us at the Region G Bowling Singles Tournament—and they brought home some serious hardware! 🥉 Hannah took 3rd place! 🥈 Kacie took 2nd place! Please join us in giving both of these fantastic athletes a huge congratulations!

Today our Spartan Staff Spotlight shines on Joel Brigham, OHS English Teacher. Thank you, Mr. Brigham, for all that you do for our students!

Varsity Boys Soccer fought hard to a 2-2 tie last night as they traveled to East Peoria. Early goal coming off the foot of Sophomore Lawson Bowers to give the Spartans a 1-0 lead in the 10th minute, while Senior Jared Phares buried the tying goal in the 75th. Senior Kasey Salvator held down the net with another 17 save game. Boys return to action next week on Tuesday night for Senior night as they welcome Blue Ride for a 4:30 contest. Come out, be loud, and help support the boys!

Road sweep at Riverton tonight for Olympia Volleyball! All three teams played awesome volleyball and came home with wins.

Really proud of how all 3 teams fought hard and supported each other from the first serve to the last set. Great night for the whole program and looking forward to continuing to build on the momentum from tonight!

Today our Spartan Staff Spotlight shines on Krystal Young, who is a member of the OHMS Custodial Team. Thank you for everything that you do for the district, Krystal!

🚨OMS DANCE TRYOUT LOCATION CHANGE🚨 Olympia Middle School Dance Team tryouts will be held at Olympia South Elementary school. Participants will ride bus 9 to South and tryouts will start once the bus arrives. If participant usually rides a bus to South, they need to ride their regular bus. Tryouts will be October 13th - 16th at Olympia South Elementary school. See you there!!🧡🪩🩰 Questions? Email: at kensie.kleinschmidt@olympia.org

Today we shine our Spartan Staff Spotlight on Brooke McClure, OMS Health Clerk. Thank you, Brooke, for all that you do for our students at OMS!!

Feeling engaged as we work through our classroom SEL Charter!

OMS Boys Basketball open gyms will be on 10/9, 10/14, and 10/16 from 7 to 8 A.M. in the OMS gym.

The Girls Swim Team put up a strong performance at last night’s triangular meet at PORTA! The team swam exceptionally well, finishing in a close second place just behind Macomb. Out of 11 swimming events, Olympia claimed first place in 8 of them! Way to go, Spartans!

Final Scores:
1. Macomb – 450
2.. Olympia – 430
3. PORTA – 382

Top finishers for Olympia were:

Event 1 - 200 Medley Relay - Z. Hughes, C. Todd, L. Finfrock, E. Curtis (1st place)
Event 2 - 200 Free - L. Finfrock (1st place)
Event 3 - 200 IM - C. Todd (1st place)
Event 4 - 50 Free - E. Curtis (1st place)
Event 6 - 100 Fly - K. Cooper (3rd place)
Event 7 - 100 Free - Z. Hughes (3rd place)
Event 8 - 500 Free - E. Curtis (1st place)
Event 9 - 200 Free Relay - C. Todd, Z. Hughes, K. Cooper, L. Finfrock (1st place)
Event 10 - 100 Backstroke - L. Finfrock (1st place)
Event 11 - 100 Breaststroke - C. Todd (1st place)
Event 12 - 400 Free Relay - K. Cooper, J. Moser, B. Clendenny, E. Curtis (3rd place)

Our Girls Swim Team had an action-packed Homecoming Week with back-to-back meets on Tuesday and Thursday last week! Here is a recap of the highlights and top finishers for Olympia:

Tuesday (9/29) at Urbana
The team faced off against Normal Community, Mahomet-Seymour, and Urbana High School.

Top Finishers:
500 Free: L.Finfrock – 1st Place!
200 Free: C.Todd – 3rd Place
200 IM: J.Moser – 3rd Place
200 Free Relay: Z.Hughes,J. Moser, C.Todd, E.Curtis – 3rd Place

Final Team Scores:
1. Mahomet-Seymour – 169
2. Normal Community – 139
3. Urbana – 101
4. Olympia – 93

Thursday (10/1) at Peru
The Spartans traveled to Peru to take on LaSalle-Peru and Pontiac.

Top Finishers:
500 Free: C. Todd – 2nd Place
200 Free Relay: E.Curtis, Z.Hughes, K.Cooper. L.Finfrock – 2nd Place
200 Medley Relay: E.Curtis, C.Todd, L.Finfrock Z.Hughes – 3rd Place
100 Free: L.Finfrock – 3rd Place
100 Backstroke: E.Curtis – 3rd Place

Final Team Placings:
1. LaSalle
2. Pontiac
3. Olympia

Tonight we played a tough Williamsville program and even though we came up short, there was a lot of really good things. Lots of fight, hustle, grit, and really good plays—these teams continue to grow.

Freshman: L (1–2), 21–16, 16–21, 9–15
JV: L (0–2), 14–25, 13–25
Varsity: L (0-2), 16-25, 21-25

We are back on the road at Riverton this Thursday for another conference match!

That's a wrap on the Boys Golf Season. Yesterday 2 of the boys golfers competed in the Sectional at the U of I Orange Course. While it wasn't the result either wanted both Ethan Barnes and Austin Siliskie played well on a tough course. Ethan ended up 51st shooting an 85 (+13) and Austin ended up 67th shooting an 87 (+15). Go Spartans!

Today our Spartan Staff Spotlight is on Lizzie Donaldson, Interventionist at Olympia North. Thank you Miss Donaldson, for all that you do for our students!

Our Spartan Staff Spotlight today is on Katie Moore, who is a member of the Olympia Transportation Team. Thank you for all that you do for our students, Katie!

It was another great weekend for Olympia Middle School Cross Country! This was our last meet before Sectionals, and our Spartans did nothing less than SHOW OUT! Our team had an incredible: 🏃🏼‍♀️13 PRs ⏱️2 season-best times 🏅4 medalists 🏃4 boys running under 12 minutes! We are so incredibly proud of the hard work, determination, and growth our athletes have shown throughout this season. They continue to push themselves, support one another, and prove what they are capable of! We also want to give a huge shout-out to the family members who participated in the community race in support of all that our kids do. Your encouragement and support mean so much to our athletes and coaches! Now it’s time to keep this momentum going as we prepare for our big Sectional meet this Saturday at Dunlap Valley! We can’t wait to see our Spartans compete!