EHS girls dominate Madison County Meet

First Place, 800 Meter Relay. The Tigers set a new meet record at Madison County of 1:44.5. Madi Pranger (above, right) also won the long jump with a leap of 16' 5". For complete team results, click here. Photo/Tom Atwood.

First Place, 1600 Meters: Courtney Smith. Smith also anchored the 4 X 800 relay team, which finished 1st. Photo/Tom Atwood.

First Place, 800 Meters: Kayla Dowell. Photo/Tom Atwood.

First place, Discus: Michelle Pranger. Photo/Tom Atwood.

First Place, High Jump: Kasey Oceguera. Photo/Tom Atwood.

First Place, 3200 meters: Stephanie Dalla Riva. Photo/Tom Atwood.

Madison County Champions

Celebration erupts at East Alton/Wood River High School when Tigers are announced as winners of the 2009 Madison County Track & Field Meet. Photo/Diane Dudding. (For complete meet results, click here.)

First place: 1600 meters. Garrett Sweatt relaxes after winning the mile in 4:31.8. Photo/Diane Dudding.

First place: Long Jump. Dameon Morgan (left) is Madison County long jump champion, winning the event with a leap of 20 feet. Photo/Diane Dudding.

First Place: 4 X 400 relay. Michael Gorsage ran the 4 X 4 and the 4 X 8 at Madison County; both EHS relay teams finished first. Photo/Diane Dudding.

First Place: 300 meter hurdles. David Parks wins intermediate hurdles, running a personal best (42.3) at Madison County. Photo/Diane Dudding.

First Place: 800 meters. Eli Sweatt runs a personal best (1:56.9) in winning the 800 meter run. Photo/Diane Dudding.

First place: 4 X 800 Relay. Devon Dudding hands off to Eli Sweatt as Tigers set new meet record (8:06.8) in the 4 X 8. Photo/Diane Dudding.

First place: Discus. Pat Pranger (right) wins discus with a throw of 140' 4". Photo/Diane Dudding.

Tigers eye Madison County Meet today

One day after the girls were rained out, EHS boys compete today in the Madison County Track and Field meet at East Alton/Wood River. Photo/Diane Dudding.

Tigers place 2nd at Lanphier; Lawson, Morgan, Eli Sweatt win individual events

Josh Lawson wins the pole vault at Lanphier High School with a vault of 13' 0". Photo/Tom Atwood

First place finish in the 400-meter dash for Dameon Morgan. Photo/Diane Dudding.

Senior Eli Sweatt wins the 800-meter run at Lanphier Invitational in Springfield. Photo/Diane Dudding.

The Face of Competition

THE FACE OF COMPETITION

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Slideshow: Springfield Lanphier Invitational

Fifty-five photos by Diane Dudding from Springfield Lanphier Invitational.

Hannah Faulkner wins the pole vault event at the Frosh/Soph Tiger Relays Friday. Photo/Tom Atwood.

EHS girls win Freshman/Sophomore Tiger Relays

Thirty-three photos by Tom Atwood from Tiger Relays 

Pranger twins win at Alton; Faulkner again raises EHS pole vault record; Tigers take 2nd at Invitational

Michelle Pranger sets meet record in discus at Alton Invitational, winning the event with a throw of 137' 5". Photo/Tom Atwood

Michelle's twin sister Madi Pranger grabs 1st place in the long jump at Alton, leaping 17' 3", a personal best. Photo/Tom Atwood

Hannah Faulkner shatters her own school record in the pole vault, and establishes a new meet record for the Alton Invitational, vaulting 10' 9" Thursday. Photo/Tom Atwood


Bridget Fisher PR's in the pole vault, clearing 8' 0" for the first time. Photo/Tom Atwood.

Phyllis Fisher leaps onto mat to congratulate her daughter. Photo/Tom Atwood

Ashley Collins takes baton from Siera Rallo in 4 X 100 relay. Photo/Tom Atwood

Stephanie Dalla Riva finishes 2nd at Alton in the 2-mile, running 12:19. Photo/Tom Atwood.

Tigers win Winston Brown; dominating performances from Morgan, Sweatt

Sophomore Dameon Morgan leads Tigers 1600-meter relay team to victory at 1st annual Winston Brown Track & Field Invitational at EHS Wednesday. Photo/Tom Atwood.

Morgan pulls away from the field in the 400 meter dash, winning the event in 49.8, a personal record. Photo/Tom Atwood.

Freshman Garrett Sweatt wins the mile Wednesday in a blistering time of 4:28.4. "Welcome to the twenties," coach Chad Lakatos said to Sweatt after the race. Photo/Tom Atwood.

Valerie Sweatt gives her son a hug after the mile. Photo/Tom Atwood.

Morgan is embraced by teammates after come-from-behind win in 4 X 400 relay. Photo/Tom Atwood.

Coach Lakatos congratulates team on 1st place finish at Winston Brown. Photo/Diane Dudding.

Tigers pose for Photo of the Day after Wednesday's victorious performance. Photo/Diane Dudding (click image to enlarge).


Photo/Diane Dudding.

Winston Brown Invitational held today at EHS; volunteers needed in concessions, timing, field events

The 1st Annual Winston Brown Invitational will be held today at EHS at 4 p.m. Volunteers are needed in concessions (see Diana Speicher or Val Sweatt) and to help time running events and measure field events (see Coach Lakatos). Photo/Tom Atwood.

Madi Pranger finished first at Belleville West dual meet this week in the long jump, 4 X 200 and 4 X 400 relays. Photo/Tom Atwood.

Tigers win dual meet at Bellevlle West; Pranger sets new discus record

Jennifer Vong finished 1st in the 200-meter dash and the 4 X 100 relay at Belleville West Monday. Photo/Tom Atwood.

Michelle Pranger swept the shotput and discus at Belleville West Monday, setting a new EHS record in the discus (128' 0"). Photo/Tom Atwood.

A night to remember

Tigers renew the annual "touch the coach on prom night" Saturday. Photo/Jeanne Cullen.

Tyler Cann, Josh Lawson, Eli Sweatt, Hannah Faulkner and David Parks. Photo/Jennifer Faulkner.

Patrylak family gathers at Ryan Cullen's home to watch prom night photo session. Photo/Diane Dudding.

Rice wins Lafayette hurdles

Shanice Rice helps lead Tiger girls to 1st place finish at Lafayette Invitational, winning the 100 meter hurdles. Photo/Tom Atwood

Dameon Morgan attempts to repair Eli Capers' wardrobe malfunction prior to 4 X 100 relay at Centralia. Photo/Diane Dudding

Slideshow: Ellen Atwood's Tiger track prom pics

Photos courtesy Ellen Atwood. If you have prom pics, e-mail them to Photo of the Day (send to tom@tomatwood.net)

Girls win Lafayette Invitational; Pranger sets school record in discus; Faulkner breaks record in pole vault

Michelle Pranger, pictured above at Granite City, set a new EHS record Saturday, throwing the discus 124' 10" at the Lafayette Invitational. Photo/Tom Atwood

Hannah Faulkner vaulted 10' 4" at Lafayette Saturday, breaking the EHS girls record she set last Wednesday. Photo/Tom Atwood.

Track stars shine on prom night

Stephanie Dalla Riva, Emily Firsching, Ellen Atwood, Alex Wever and Alyssa Rimkus are all smiles for Photo of the Day. Photo/Tom Atwood.

Members of the boys track team pose for pictures before prom at Ryan Cullen's home. Photo Diane Dudding.

Chris Taglieri, Alex Wever, Greg Dunn. Photo/Tom Atwood.

Devon Dudding, Coach George Patrylak. Photo/Diane Dudding.

Diane Dudding Slideshow: Faces at the Orphan Relays

Photos by Diane Dudding from the Orphan Relays in Centralia, Illinois.

Wanted: Prom Photos

Photo of the Day is looking for 2009 prom photos of EHS track & field athletes. E-mail your best prom pics to tom@tomatwood.net. (Photo above from 2008)