NCHS Boys Track

Congratulations to Hayden Borgic for placing 6th in the 800m @IL_Top_Times ! He ran a 2:02 flat for an indoor PR! #eagleproud

Congrats to Hayden Borgic on making it to @IL_Top_Times . Good luck in the 800m today!

My Godson! Congratulations Connor and the Hawkeyes! #eliteeight

Congratulations Owen!!!

We ran our lactic this morning. Keeping ahead of Illinois weather is a challenge! #400predictor

Got this question from a first-year Chemistry teacher: “What did you do on your first two days?” ⤵️ I spent day 1-2 on the topic of “Interesting & Interested”. Each kid had to say ONE INTERESTING THING about their family or themselves as an individual. For each kid, I asked follow up questions and usually found out the career of their parents, ancestors, their hobbies, family vacations, etc. It was riveting for both me and the entire class. (Best two days of the school year!) At the end of day-2, I told my story and why I married my wife (she was interesting and interested). I told my students they were not yet interesting enough. How do you become interesting? 💥 Work hard to become good at something. 💥 Read interesting books, be intellectually curious. 💥 Do things! Do lots of things. Be active, not passive. Get off your phone and go outdoors. 💥💥💥 Become interested in others. Interested people become INTERESTING to others. Asking someone lots of questions shows interest in that person. That person is honored by your interest. They will likely start asking YOU questions. I met my wife on my first day living in Harrisburg, IL. She asked me at least a dozen questions. We’ve now been married over 40 years. 🙂 We are attracted to interesting and interested people. My Chemistry classs liked me after the first two days of school, and I liked them. Kids are good at what they like, obsessed with what they love. Start the school year right!

@csevs19 I believe practice *intensity* should match game intensity. However, practice volumes can't be 1.5 game volume without detraining intensity and detraining athleticism. Practice volumes should never be more than 60% of game volume if there's a practice the following day.

110% - Same thing happened to me throughout my career… my teammates that spent all summer running 110’s and 300 yard shuttles to “get ready” for conditioning test and camp. I did the opposite. Nothing less than max speed effort - with absolutely minimal “running”. Guess who was ready for actual football? The goal isn’t to go longer than everyone else and not “get tired”. The goal is to be faster, absorb force and create force better and longer than everyone else. You don’t absorb or create enough force during by conditioning. I can also claim that never once in my career - college or NFL - did I experience a cramp in game or practice - and It had little to do with hydration - because my nervous system was prepared for what I was asking it to do. Force absorption is the name of the game.… We’ve seen the same thing with our High School kids. Once we changed the way we train and got rid of the nonsensical conditioning, we are faster and in far superior condition. We have almost zero soft tissue sprains or tweaks. In fact, the only kids who do have some sort of issue are the ones who didn’t show up to train consistently or had their own “private” trainer that overworked them. In my short time working with High School kids - I have learned a fast lesson that “Burning the Steak” is a real thing with conditioning / sub maximal work being one of the primary offenders.. From early morning workouts, school, and all the other things in their schedule they do not recover enough to be at the best. Final note… Nothing sucks the life out of a performance based culture than mind numbing conditioning…. Keep up the good work Tony!

Freshly graduated SR. Evan Zumbahlen with the win at the Jasper Co Fair on Thursday evening. Congratulations Evan!!

@JordanSpieth @TravelersChamp Golf is a marathon not a sprint. Get healthy!

During warmup, my right scap tightened and despite trying to push through, pain spread to my neck and upper back. By 13 tee, I realized I had to stop. I’ve never had to WD before, and hate that it happened at @TravelersChamp - a tournament I love. Thanks everyone for the support!

@AltamontXCTF @IHSAState @Ben_Roedl @grace_nelson23 Congratulations to you and your team! Just an outstanding day!!

Two incredible athletes pull off the highest team finish at @IHSAState in school history! @Ben_Roedl has the best ever performance by a male Altamont athlete going 🥉🥈🥇and scoring 25 points (ties @grace_nelson23 from 2022) #BTFSTATE25 #WhyNotUs #RollTribe

We finished speed camp yesterday. These 3-9th graders worked hard at becoming better athletes. #eagles

We finished our season at the state prelims yesterday! Great effort and a great season! #CHOPWOODCARRYWATER

Sydney Kinder finishes 4th in Triple Jump!

Isaac Street finishes 3rd in the sectional today! He will advance to the state tournament next week!

Congratulations Isaac!!!

O. Schackmann is the recipient of the Nicholas Zwilling Character Award. Nicholas Zwilling presented the plaque! Congratulations Owen!

Senior members of the 2025 track team. Thanks for your leadership! D. Earnest, J. Sornberger, E. Zumbahlen, W. Wickham. Thanks for your commitment and leadership. #eagleproud

Our letter winners for this track season. Congrats men!! #CHOPWOODCARRYWATER