Yesterday Emma Swartzendruber ran in the IHSA state xc meet at Detweiller Park. The weather was perfect and Emma ran great. She finished 54th out of 199. Emma had an amazing season, and ended it perfectly! We will be seeing a lot more out of her in the future.
The Girls Swim team competed in the Sectional Meet today at Normal Community. They ended the season with some great swims!
Nora placed 4th in the 50 freestyle with 26.20 (PR) and 5th in the 100 breaststroke with 1:11.84 (PR).
The 200 Freestyle Relay made up of Abby, Lola, Sophia and Nora dropped 3 seconds and placed 8th with a time of 1:50.47.
Other swimmers competing today were:
Amalia - 200 free (PR) & 100 fly (PR)
Lola- 200 IM (PR)
Abby- 50 free
Kaylin -100 fly(PR) & 500 free (season PR)
Sophia - 100 free (PR) & 100 back (PR)
Savannah - 100 free (season PR)
Annelise - 500 free (PR) & 100 breaststroke
Lanie- 100 back (PR)
200 Medley Relay
(Lola, Nora, Sophia, Abby)
400 Free Relay
(Kaylin, Lola, Annelise, Abby)
Good Luck Emma!!!
Good Luck Spartans
Let's Go Spartans
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Football round 2 playoff shirts can be picked up outside the high school office from 3:40-4 today.
Huge shout out to BACC for putting on a great Career Expo! Our students were able to network with over 60 local businesses and programs in attendance this year.
It's easy to get distracted from homework (and life) when the phone never stops pinging and the next episode plays automatically. Let's set some common sense guidelines by signing this Family Media Agreement within your family: bit.ly/OlyAgree
This year, the Olympia National Honor Society is sponsoring a Toys for Tots Drive at the girls home basketball games on Nov 27th and 28th, against Prairie Central, then Dee-Mack. New toys or cash donations are appreciated! Bring your family and friends to enjoy the games and help support your local Toys for Tots!
Reminder: Today Wednesday, November 1st is an Early Release Day for Olympia students. OHMS students dismiss at 11:30, Elementary students dismiss at noon.
It is a great week to be a Spartan! Only one week left to purchase some great Olympia fan gear. https://fancloth.shop/CUTZB
Did you miss round your chance to get Spartan football playoff gear for round 1? Good News! Spartan football is on to round 2. Get your special edition sweet 16 shirts here: https://orders.minervapromotions.com/olympia_hs_football/shop/home
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The Girls Swim Team celebrated Senior Night at the last regular season meet on Thursday with a big win over Jacksonville-Route. Olympia took 1st place in every event!
1st place finishes went to:
Kaylin - 100 fly (PR)
Savannah - 50 free (PR)
Sophia - 200 free (PR) &
100 breaststroke (PR)
Nora - 100 free & 100 back
Lola - 200 IM & 500 free
Kahliyah, Amalia & Chloe also swam PRs in their individual races.
The Girls will compete at the Sectional Swim meet on Saturday at Normal Community. Good luck girls!
Olympia Spartans over the Litchfield Panthers in the first round of the playoffs 20-17. The Spartans will travel to Greenville next Saturday for a 3:00pm kickoff. Gates will open at 1:30pm.
1st Round Playoffs
Sectional
Olympia Anglers Bass Fishing Team
**Updated Top 5 TOY Standings Heading Into Winter Break**
Currently In 1st Place with 1506 Points
Olympia H.S.
9 of 10 Events Tallied
1 more Event to score then time to start "Culling" Out Events!
Boats in the Top 50:
3rd Jackson Long & Dylan Langley
5th Brantson Komnick & Nick Siebert
These 4 anglers have been nothing but
C O N S I S T E N T!
Olympia only in their 3rd year of their program! So for any new teams out there you can build it, it just takes hard work and determination!
What an accomplishment heading into the Winter Break dethroning the powerhouse and creating a new 1st place streak!
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