As of right now, these two young men have been stripped of 1st and 2nd at the HF Sectional. They were GREAT sports even though we ALL know they shouldn’t have run again. Proud of them. Appeal coming.....
#SmithStrong
Take a picture, it’ll last longer! Wise words. In this state with the incredible teams out there, this may not last long. But on May 11th, 2022, Minooka Relays were all number 1 in the state of IL. Pretty cool stuff!
#SmithStrong
#UnfinishedBusiness
49.81!!!!! 1st time under 50 in the 400 and it followed up his 4x2 lead off leg! Hector Raaaaaaaammmmmmmoooooosssss Jr ‘20!!!!!!!!!!
#BloomSectional
#SmithStrong
Joe McAsey ‘11 is not just a IHSA State Champion. Not just a B1G Champion. He’s now part of a team that holds the new World Record in the 4x800m Relay!
#MinookaTeackAlumni
Fun fact of the day....we qualified 9 events to the State Prelim next week. Every single guy is a multi sport athlete. Just saying.
#SmithStrong
#MinookaSports
Tyler Colwell…you are a BEAST! We are so proud of you and how you bounced back in that 4x2 and Open 200! State 200m Runner-Up 200m Dash, Junior, Tyler Colwell!
#SmithStrong
What a ride for these boys! They ran 3 races in a row in the 7:49’s within .74 of each other! So incredibly happy they got this experience. So incredibly proud to be their Coach! Congrats Zachary Balzer, Vincent Van Eck, Emerson Fayman, & Adam Shaw!
#SmithStrong
Our coaches couldn't decide on just one recipient for our Annual SmithStrong Scholarship this year so we decided on two. Congratulations to Jason Hoffman and Rick Undesser. You join Brennan Loughran, Jack Malloy, and Braden Vercler. Coach Smith would be proud!
#SmithStrong
Winning a TEAM Championship is extremely difficult at the Norm Armstrong/Belleville West Invitational. This was our 3rd time in our last 7 years competing there. Thanks to
@BWTFXC
for all the hard work he puts into the meet and having one of the best meets in the state!
Another year comes to an end. A roller coaster of a ride their HS career. They always showed up and gave me their all. They are better men then athletes and they are tremendous athletes. I’m sad. Not because we didn’t accomplish our main goal but because
State runner up in the 4x800m Relay running our season best. Congrats to a very talented Neuqua Valley squad on beating us by less than a second!
#SmithStrong
Having a runner running in the B1G is pretty cool for me personally. Not easy whatsoever to get to that level. Lucky to say I’ve even had two from the Minooka Distance group. Beyond proud! 1st collegiate 800.
Dominic Ruettiger and Nolan Loughran just qualified for STATE in the Pole Vault!
@ckump7
is happy...so is the rest of the team! 1’ PR for Loughran. They’re still going!
#SmithStrong
#HFsectional18
Couldn’t be more proud of these guys from Minooka TC! 7th at NIKE Nationals! In a year that we weren’t even sure we’d have a 4x8, these men stepped up and will remember this forever!
#SmithStrong
#nikeoutdoornationals
College Coaches,
I have many Seniors looking for a home in the Fall of 2020. I have times/marks/videos for our athletes at Minooka. DM me if you are interested in learning more!
Thank you!
Excited about the 2022 SmithStrong lineup!
Batavia
Evanston
Homewood-Flossmoor
Huntley
Kaneland
Lockport Twp
Lyons Twp
Minooka
Neuqua Valley
Normal West
Oak Park-River Forest
Oswego
Plainfield South
Sandburg
St. Ignatius College Prep
Waubonsie Valley
⚡️⚡️⚡️
#2022SmithStrong
For the first time in school history, we have 20 guys that have run sub 5:00 in the 1600. That's 52.63% of our Distance Squad! Congrats to Jake Manning '21, Kaleb Lowden '22, and Luke Balkema '21 for joining that list last night!
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Devin Ingram’s 60m school record goes down twice (7.03)! Tyler Colwell 6.84 and Cael Hiser 7.01! Field House record too! ⚡️⚡️⚡️
#SmithStrong
#UnfinishedBusiness
GREAT experience at Belleville West today! Thanks to
@BWTFXC
for having us and our Administration for allowing us to come! TEAM Champions!
#SmithStrong
#BellevilleWest18
Huge shout out to our tremendous Head Football Coach Matt Harding for coming out and supporting us at Conant. He stayed from start to finish and loved every second of it! Watch out for his team this Fall!
@Minooka_Indians
@MCHS_AO
#footballtracksuccess
It is our pleasure to name Ryan Susnar as the recipient of the 2023 SmithStrong Scholarship. Ryan stands for everything this Scholarship is about. Coach Mark Smith would be extremely proud, no doubt about it!
#SmithStrong23
Tomorrow our school record holder in the 110m HH and 300m Int Hurdles runs in the IHSA State Finals. Our school record holder in the 100m & 200m Dash runs in the IHSA State Finals. Our 7th fastest 800m Runner in school history runs in the IHSA State Finals.
Been working on this for a bit. Pretty amazed at the number of guys currently competing at the next level for their current school. We are very proud at Minooka.
#SmithStrong
I have to say goodbye. But that’s HS athletics. These men will hold a special place in my heart always. As coaches we hope to make some sort of a positive impact their life’s. I hope I did that. Thank you Seniors!
#SmithStrong
A lot of hype about a lot of things today & deservedly so. But how about Brenna Cohoon of
@dgsgtf
running 10:52 in the 3200 and 30 min later running an unbelievable anchor to help win the 4x8!? I never do this but that was impressive! And w/o Erin Reidy who ran 2:15 in the 800!😳