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Angel, who will also serve as the head
cross country coach for the Illini men, comes to Illinois after a
one-year stint at the University of Iowa, where he was the head
women's cross country coach and assistant track and field coach for
the Hawkeyes.
"I am very excited and honored to come
back to Illinois as the head men's track and field and cross country
coach," Angel said. "My roots run deep here. I'm an Illinois guy,
having gone to high school in the state and to college there. It's a
special feeling to be chosen to come back and carry on the tradition
built by Gary Wieneke. I learned a lot as a coach from Gary and
these are big shoes to fill, but I'll do my best."
During his brief stint in Iowa City,
Iowa, Angel helped guide the Iowa women's track and field team to a
sixth-place finish at the Big Ten outdoor championships, the
school's highest finish in nine years. Prior to his arrival, Iowa
finished 10th at the Big Ten championships on three occasions and
ninth five other times. The Rantoul native also coached Hawkeye
senior Sarah Arens to a NCAA championship berth in the steeplechase,
after she finished fifth at the NCAA Mideast Regional championships
May 30-31.
"I am very excited to have Wayne Angel
join our program," Guenther said. "Wayne is a graduate of the
University of Illinois and grew up in nearby Rantoul. I feel he will
do an exceptional job as head coach of our men's track and field and
cross country program. He has the reputation as a tenacious
recruiter and is a man of high integrity."
Prior to his year at Iowa, Angel spent
three seasons at Wichita State University. After spending the 2000
season as an assistant track and field coach, Angel was promoted to
head men's and women's cross country coach in 2001. He took a
struggling Shocker cross country and distance program and
transformed it into a regional power. In just his second season at
the helm of the cross country programs, Angel helped the WSU women
to team victories at the Kansas State/Woody Greeno Invitational and
the Illinois Invitational. His women's team also finished an
impressive second at the Missouri Valley Conference championships
and earned a top 30 national ranking.
"The last time I handed Wayne Angel a
baton, it was at the 1981 Big Ten championships and he had three
guys counting on him," former Illini coach Gary Wieneke said. "They
won that relay. Now, he has many years of Illinois track and field
tradition, a host of alumni, and an entire state counting on him."
Angel's first collegiate coaching stint
was at Tennessee-Martin, where he helped student-athletes break 13
school records in middle distance and distance. Seven of his
athletes also earned all-Ohio Valley Conference honors.
Before entering the collegiate ranks,
Angel spent 1992-98 as the head coach at Pike High School in
Indianapolis. Angel coached the Pike girls program to the 1997 state
title and a top 25 national ranking, while guiding the 1998 girls
team to a runner-up finish at the Indiana State championships. While
at Pike, Angel coached three high school all-Americans, and 12 of
his student-athletes earned Division I track scholarships.
Angel received his bachelor's degree in
physical education from the University of Illinois in 1982 while
enjoying a successful track and field career. A two-time Big Ten
champion as a member of the 4x400-meter relay, Angel ended his
one-year Illinois career as the school-record holder in the
400-meter intermediate hurdles with a time of 50.56 seconds and
currently ranks fourth on the school's all-time list in the event.
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A tri-captain for the Illini in 1981,
Angel won his first Big Ten title at the 1981 Big Ten indoor
championships in the 4x400-meter relay with a time of 3:12.7 before
claiming the same title outdoors with a time of 3:08.1. Angel also
finished fourth for the Illini at the Big Ten indoor championships
in the 500 meters and fourth in the 400-meter intermediate hurdles
outdoors.
Angel is a former Army Airborne Ranger
and a distinguished honor graduate of the Army's Air Assault School.
A two-time USTAFF and junior college all-American, Angel was
inducted into the Rantoul High School Hall of Fame in 1985.
Angel replaces Gary Wieneke, who was
head coach of the Illinois men's track and field team for the past
28 seasons and of the men's cross country team for the last 36
years.
Wayne
Angel's coaching career
(School,
post, years)
Pike High School, head girls track and
field coach, 1992
Pike High School, head girls track and
field coach, 1993
Pike High School, head girls track and
field coach, 1994
Pike High School, head girls track and
field coach, 1995
Pike High School, head girls track and
field coach, 1996
Pike High School, head girls track and
field coach, 1997
Pike High School, head girls track and
field coach, 1998
Tennessee-Martin, assistant cross
country and assistant track and field, 1999
Wichita State, assistant coach, 2000
Wichita State, head cross country and
assistant track and field, 2001
Wichita State, head cross country and
assistant track and field, 2002
Iowa, head women's cross country and
assistant track and field, 2003
Honors
Guest coach at the 2001 Track and Field
World Championships
Captain all-Army track team 1980, '82,
'84
1997 ISGA Coach of the Year
1997 ITACCA Coach of the Year
1998 District V Coach of the Year
Three-time Marion County Coach of the
Year
Sprint Coach at the World Scholar
Athlete Games in 1997 and 2001
Rantoul High School Hall of Fame
inductee in 1985
1981 University of Illinois tri-captain
Athletic accomplishments
Olympic Trial participant in 1980 and
1984
Three-time World Military Games gold
medalist
Seven-time armed forces champion
Two-time USTAFF all-American
Two-time junior college all-American
Two-time Big Ten champion in the 4x400
meter relay
Armed forces 400-meter hurdle record
holder (49.93)
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Hats off to Mount
Pulaski's baseball team for an outstanding season. They did come up
a little short versus Rochester at Pleasant Plains this weekend, but
they did finish the season with a sparkling 22-7 record. Who knows
what may have happened had they been able to slip past the Rockets?
Congrats to senior
Lydia Moehring. The LDN has learned that Moehring was named to the
Central State Eight all-conference softball team. She was joined by
teammate Tiffany Tungate, who was a special mention selection.
Congratulations
should also go out to Ryne Komnick and Curt Courtwright, who made
the CS8's baseball all-conference team. They were joined in the
honor circle by Paul Phillips, who was chosen special mention.
The Railers finished
the season 18-17 and 7-7 in league play -- good enough for a
third-place finish.
The Lady Railers went
6-8 in the league, and that got them a tie for fourth place.
Also on the award
train was Tricia Dorsey, who made the CS8 elite track squad!
The Cubs suffered a
through a tough weekend series with the Astros, taking a 1-0
nail-biter on Saturday that saved them from getting swept. And
Houston is a team they're going to have to figure out how to beat if
they want a return to the playoffs. Why do I say that? Because they
haven't won a series with Houston since 1992. Over the last 10 years
the 'Stros have enjoyed a 84-49 record versus the Cubbies, and that
won't get it done.
Anybody got tickets
for Saturday's Cubs-Yankees game?
Word on the streets
is that the Cubs may select Tulane's Michael Aubrey with the sixth
pick in the upcoming amateur draft. Aubrey is rated as the No. 2
hitter available in the upcoming sweepstakes. The White Sox appear
interested in Brian Anderson with the No. 15 pick. He is rated as
the No. 2 five-tool player available! No word on what the Cardinals
may do with their top pick.
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The Cubs and White
Sox are now regarded as two of the better minor league systems in
all of baseball… Oh, how times have changed. I wonder if either one
would trade their entire system with the Cardinals? I'm sure they'd
make 'em a good deal???
Speaking of the
Redbirds, Jason Isringhausen is going to try to heat up his arm and
get it ready for big league play for a third time. He is scheduled
for a rehab assignment this week. Since all of the Cards' minor
teams seem to be on the road, there is some speculation that Jason
will stay in St. Louis and maybe pitch in middle inning situations
or in mop-up roles.
Hopefully the Birds
will have many games well in hand so he can get the work he needs.
This team is desperate for him, and it's bordering on the miraculous
that St. Louis has held this close to the leaders when they've blown
so many games. Think I'm over-exaggerating this thing and blowing it
way out of proportion? How about this factoid… Cardinal relievers
have blown 14 of 26 save opportunities! Fourteen of them! Whitey
Herzog is probably spinning in his… bass boat!
St. Louis did hang on
for a much-needed win yesterday over those pesky Bucos. But they
came ever so close to getting swept! They are three-for-four on the
current 13-game homestand, and they'd better start to make some hay
quickly!
How 'bout Kenny Perry
winning in back-to-back weeks? He told Jack Nicklaus this weekend
after his second straight victory that he didn't know how Jack won
so many tournaments. Perry said he was both physically and
emotionally drained! That's the way I am after only nine holes here
in league play!
Have a great week, everybody!
[Jeff
Mayfield]
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Moser and his Redbird staff will host
three camps this summer, with a pair of day camps and one team camp.
The first day camp runs June 16-19 and
is for boys entering grades 1-12. The second day camp is open to
boys entering grades 1-8 and is scheduled for July 15-18. The day
camps are designed for commuters only and focus on the basic
fundamentals of dribbling, passing, shooting, rebounding, defense
and game play.
The cost for either day camp is $170.
Each camper receives a basketball and a T-shirt.
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The team camp, which caters to high
school and junior high teams with boys entering grades 6-12, will be
June 20-22. The camp format is round-robin and tournament team play.
The cost for the team camp is $170 for
commuters and $205 for resident campers. Each will receive a camp
T-shirt.
For more information about the
basketball camps, call the Redbird men's basketball office at (309)
438-8681 or click
here for an application form.
[Click
here to download the Adobe Acrobat reader for the PDF file.]
[Todd Kober, director of
media relations,
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