Sometimes you have to take a moment to reflect. 👀 through my photos I realize how special these past 3 years have been.
Thank you
@HFtrack_field
nation for making these pictures possible. Very few programs ever reach these heights.
Had a football player ask me today if he can still join track. I asked why the renewed interest. Said college coaches asked why no track & field.
🤔
Speed separates the best.
In all of the hype for “The Big Game,” I haven’t heard anything about how each team can squat and bench a lot.
Seems like there is something else which SEPARATES the two teams from the rest of the league.
No easy way to say this but I regrettably inform that one of our
@HFtrack_field
family members, Rodney Anderson, has passed away this past weekend. A wonderful young man with a huge smile, a big heart, and love for life. He was active in so many things here at HF.
I can’t say enough about this amazing group. Great athletes, teammates, and young men. Represented our program as well as any group could ever. Be proud of your accomplishments and thank you for the journey. 💯❤️
Our track and field staff is second to none. Thank you Chris Korfist, Terrell Alexander, Rob Assise, Matt Dreger, and Brian O’Donnell for sharing in this vision of our team. You guys make me better everyday.
@korfist
@HFVikingFTBL
@HFJumps
@HFDistanceSquad
🙏❤️
We are incredibly excited to announce that Chris Korfist
@korfist
will be joining our staff beginning this season. Widely considered a "sprint guru", the best and most knowledgeable speed coach in the state and well known nationally and internationally.
Congratulations to coach Korfist on his induction into the ITCCCA Hall of Fame. So very deserved. We are lucky to have him a part of our program.
@korfist
@HFHSAthletics
@HFHS59
Congratulations to all of our young men in the program.
@IHSAState
Runner-Up for the 2nd straight year.
@HFtrack_field
has scored 101 pets over 2 years.
Alabama’s receiving core is considered perhaps the best in college football right now.
Why?
They are very fast!
What did they all do in the spring in high school?
Ran track & field!
Speed kills! Run track!
Leaving Belleville West with the championship trophy at the 39 team Norm Armstrong Invitational. Really proud of how the guys competed.
Thank you Belleville West for doing a great job hosting.
@HFHS59
@HFHSAthletics
Still processing all the emotions from this amazing weekend and everything that led to it. A mixture of elation, pride, relief, gratitude, and most of all love!
All credit goes to the athletes!
💯❤️
Excellent preliminaries for the squad today. Events to the finals:
100 x 2
200 x 2
400 x 1
300 hurdles x 1
4x100
4x200
4x400
Our Standard, All the Time!
@HFHSAthletics
@HFHS59
Watching our students do state mandated all school testing I couldn’t help but feel sad and frustrated.
That’s showing what a student is capable of?
No!
We use standardized tests because it’s easy not because it’s the right thing. And in no way prepares students for future.
So 18/24 skill players that made the NFL Pro Bowl ran track&field. So please tell me why you wouldn’t run if you are a hs kid hoping to start for your team. Weightroom alone doesn’t get you there.
Speed is the name of the game.
Just say’n!
Very interesting numbers of the amount of pro bowlers this year that did track in high school
QB: 0/6
RB: 4/6
FB: 1/2
WR: 5/6
TE: 1/4
OT: 3/6
OG: 3/6
DE: 4/6
DT: 2/6
OLB: 2/6
ILB: 1/4
CB: 7/8
FS: 0/3
SS: 2/3
K: 0/2
P: 1/2
RS: 2/2
ST: 0/2
@milesplit
What separates the elite athletes from the really good ones?
SPEED!
The best athletes do everything faster than everyone else.
You can develop speed. It doesn’t happen just in the weightroom.
Best way to develop speed is to join a good track program.
#speedkills
Good Luck to HF Track & Field Alum Matthew Lewis-Banks competing at the USA Trials in Eugene, Oregon for a chance to make the Paris Olympic Team!
Lewis-Banks will compete Monday 06/24 @ 7:05pm CST in the 1st Round of the 110m Hurdles on NBC/Peacock 🦚
Very proud of our team as they earned victories at both varsity and f/s levels at the Richard Beebe Track Classic. Always good to win your home invite.
A special thank you to all of our seniors on senior night! 💯 ❤️
State meet results:
4x100 state champs
4x200 state runner up
Robert Scott 3rd in the 200
Taji Mathis Akinremi 11th in 100
Jerry Hester 12th in 110HH
Sterling Shumpert 13th in the LJ and top 30 HJ
4x800 18th
Denzel Lee top 30 in the 800
Dane Ivancevic top 30 in 1600
A great SWSC Championship Meet for our program F/S comes in 2nd by only 4 pts and varsity wins scoring 182.5 pts. Very proud of the athletes and coaching staff.
The Vikings Finished 10th Overall in the team standings with 19 Points ! These Young Men persevered through a tough season and we will always remain proud of them for what they accomplished this season!
To all students:
Want to do your best on your finals? Get at least 8hrs of sleep every night until you are done.
Staying up late to cram doesn’t work. If you have to cram you never learned it and it’s not going to stick anyways.
Congratulations to Robert Scott for being named the SWSC Blue Track & Field Athlete of the Year. We’ll deserved honor.
@r_sc0tt17
@HFHSAthletics
@HFHS59
Thank you Matt Lyke
@HFHSAthletics
for organizing the ceremony to celebrate our program’s state championship. Rings look great!
Special group of young men.
The list of more deserving coaches for this award is very, very small. Congratulations to our very own coach Assise
@HFJumps
Without a doubt one of the best there is!
@HFHSAthletics
@HFHS59
My amazing staff:
Coach Korfist- ITCCCA Hall of Fame ‘23
Coach Assise- ITCCCA Distinguished Assistant Coach Award ‘23
Coach O’Donnell- ITCCCA Coach of the Year ‘19
Coach Alexander- multiple state playoff Head football coach HF and formerly RC
Coach Dreger- not pictured PV coach
4x100 2019 edition starts the season off well, winning the ASICS Mt. Carmel Invite in 42.08. 1st time this group has ever run together. U. Anidobu (so),
@SeunAdeyiga
(sr),
@MarshallBlaze20
(so),
@trackjoshua
(sr)
Congratulations to
@QuintonStringf1
for being named the 2019 ASICS Mt. Carmel Invitational field event athlete of the meet! Huge accomplishment that includes some of the best hs track and field athletes from years past.
Yesterday I was thinking about the 4x100 relays that involved
@SeunAdeyiga
and
@trackjoshua
Through 3 years at they won every race except coming in 2nd twice. Both in the state finals. The 1st it took the greatest sprinter in Illinois history and a state record time to beat them.
We’ve had some of the most amazing young men come through our program. We’ve shared more moments than most people could image. Every one of their lives matter and we love and support them all.
Great team victories at both the varsity and F/S levels!
Exactly the way we wanted to finish our indoor portion of the season.
Thank you
@ONU_XCTF
for hosting this great event.
College coaches,
We still have some seniors who have not committed for next year yet. DM me if you are interested. Great athletes from a proven program that just won a state championship.
Just saying
Practiced 4x100 handoffs for the first time in almost 2 years. This was
@trackuggy
and
@Kbnine4
2nd attempt ever. Things to improve but not bad.
Have a system and it will work.
Be focused
Be patient
Be explosive
Trust your teammate
Back to Back 4x1 Champion👑
41.03 pr (school record) 4x1
1:26.82 pr IL
#2
(school record) 4x2
200 pr 21.34 school pr
100 pr 10.97 school pr
BBA signing out of highschool
It was fun, I love those guys❤️. Thank you
@HFtrack_field
@korfist
Great last highschool meet
#RingUs
💍