January 12, 2009 - Parks and Currins honored as 2009 Coaches of the Year
Last Saturday, January 9th, Coach Currins and Coach Parks were each honored as 2009 Illinois Track and Cross Country Coaches Association Coaches of the Year. Coach Currins was named 2009 Class AA Girls Track Coach of the Year for helping lead the Lady Pirates to a runner-up finish at the IHSA State Meet last spring. This was the eighth time Coach Currins has been awarded this honor. Coach Parks was awarded 2009 Class AAA Cross Country Coach of the Year after the Lady Pirates won the state title in his first year of as head coach at Palatine. This is his second time winning this award. This was one of the only, if not the only, times a school has had their track and cross country coaches each honored in the same year.
The coaches would like to thank all the girls for their hard work and dedication, as these awards are attributed greatly to the success of the athletes. They would also like to thank Ruth Allen, Courtney Brown, and Sarah McIntosh for coming and supporting the coaches as they received their awards last Saturday
PALATINE TAKES 2ND AT STATE. MARTHA SHEPARD IS STATE CHAMPION (CLICK FOR RESULTS)
PIRATES WIN 7TH STRAIGHT SECTIONAL TITLE AND QUALIFY IN 12 EVENTS FOR STATE MEET. (CLICK FOR RESULTS)
PALATINE WINS MSL CHAMPIONSHIP FOR 8TH TIME. MARTHA SHEPARD AND KATIE MACFABE SET MSL RECORDS. RUTH ALLEN WINS 800 AND 1600 M. RELAY WINS IN 4:02. (CLICK)
KATIE MACFABE AND MARLENA RUTHE BRING HOME 1ST PLACES AT JV MSL INDOORS. CLICK TO SEE PALATINE AWARD WINNERS. SENIORS SIGN COLLEGE TRACK SCHOLARSHIPS. From Left:Tory Wright, a 4-time State Cross Country Qualifier, 2-time All-MSL Cross Country, and 2-time 3200 m. relay State medal winner, signed with Memphis; Martha Shepard, School Record Holder for both indoor and outdoor shot put and a State medal winner, signed with Illinois State; Kristal Pitts, a rapidly improving necomer to Track and Cross Country, signed with Judson College; Lauren Orris, a 2-time MSL Champion in the Discus and a 2-time State medal winner, signed with Azusa Pacific; and Katie MacFabe; a State qualifier in both the Shot Put and Discus, will join her sister, Ginny, at DePaul.
AT YORK, MARTHA SHEPARD IMPROVES ON SCHOOL RECORD AS LAURA SCHWEIKERT AND SARAH MCINTOSH, ALSO, STAR. (CLICK FOR HIGHLIGHTS)
MARTHA SHEPARD THROWS 42'11" FOR NEW SCHOOL RECORD AS PALATINE CONTINUES TO WIN AT GLENBARD. FRESHMAN, LAUREN SCHWEIKERT LOOKS IMPRESSIVE AND RUTH ALLEN AND SARAH MCINTOSH RUN FAST TIMES. (CLICK FOR HIGHLIGHTS)
PIRATES WIN CLOSE MEET AT BOLINGBROOK AS ALLEN. MCINTOSH, SHEPARD, WEINBERG, GUERTIN, WRIGHT, AND SCHWEIKERT PUT UP STRONG MARKS. (CLICK FOR HIGHLIGHTS)
PALATINE PLACES IN TOP TEN AT STATE MEET FOR 8TH CONSECUTIVE YEAR. JOCEYN KUKSA, 2ND IN POLE VAULT AND 9TH IN LOW HURDLES, AND MARTHA SHEPARD, 5TH IN SHOT PUT LEAD THE WAY. THE 3200 M. RELAY (COLLEEN STANDRIDGE, RUTH ALLEN, BECCA SUND, TORY WRIGHT) PLACES 4TH WITH 2ND BEST TIME IN SCHOOL HISTORY. LAUREN ORRIS PLACES 7TH IN DISCUS AND FRESHMAN SARAH MCINTOSH PLACES 9TH IN 3200. (CLICK FOR COMPLETE RESULTS.)
