East Troy Trojans Preseason Practice

Monday, March 15, 2010 at East Troy High School
East Troy

Division: 2
Enrollment: 606
Coach: Eric Sulik
Conference: Rock Valley
Conference Schools: North Division-East Troy, Edgerton, Evansville, Jefferson, McFarland, and Whitewater. South Division-Biog Foot [Walworth], Brodhead, Clinton, Palmyra-Eagle, Parkview [Orfordville]. and Turner [Beloit]

Left: Senior Tia Nowak placed 7th in the D2 400m and anchored the Trojans 4x4 relay team to a third place finish at La Crosse in 2009.

Right: Senior Jasmine Haines anchored the East Troy 4x2 which placed 3rd at La Crosse in 2009. She was also a member of the Trojans 4x4 relay team. At La Crosse in the D2 200m dash Haines placed second only 1/4 of a second behind Gold Medal winner Maya Vazquez of Arcadia.


Above left: Tia Nowak [Friday prelims] helping the East Troy 4x4 qualify for the D2 4x4 finals. Above right: Jasmine Haines [Saturday finals in a driving rain storm] anchoring the Trojan 4x2 to a third place finish at La Crosse in 2009. The weather conditions on Saturday at the 2009 State Meet were terrible at best. However Wisconsin athletes performed very well in adverse conditions. East Troy finished 5th in the team standings at the 2009 State Meet.

Above: East Troy's 4x2 relay team which placed 3rd at La Crosse in 2009 [Clockwise from top left]:Katie Islab, Jasmine Haines, Brooksie Loth [graduated], and Dani Jozwowski.

Right: East Troy's 4x4 relay team which placed 3rd at La Crosse in 2009 [Clockwise from top left]: Tia Nowak, Jasmine Haines, Meghan Valentine, and Brooksie Loth [graduated].

The Trojan 4x8 relay team took 4th at La Crosse in 2009. Alyssa Duncan has graduated from the 4x8 team but Valentine, Islab, and Nowak return for 2010.




Head boys and girls coach Eric Sulik [left] and his Trojan track teams were able to practice outside on the first day of the second week of the track season. With two meets this week the East Troy athletes continued to work hard on building a base of fitness that will last throughout the season. Assistant coach Josh Herrell [right] gave annnouncements as athletes checked the monthly, weekly and daily details of their workouts.
The East Troy football stadium provided a drill whereby athletes ran the steps and then completed a circuit in front of the stadium. The drill lasted 10 minutes. All athletes except the distance athletes participated in the stadium drill.

The East Troy girls won the 2009 Rock Valley Conference Meet by outpointing Whitewater 126-103. At the 2009 State Meet the Trojans finished in 5th place.

Meghan Valentine [left] and the distance runners worked out under the coaching of James Koceja [below -right]


'Climbing The Hill'

Years from now track athletes from East Troy will reminisce by asking former teammates "Do you remember the hill?" When the athletes headed for the the far east side of the campus they descended a depression in the ground next to a softball diamond. At the base of the depression athletes glanced up at the peak of a hill that would be their opponent. The challenge ahead consisted of a series of challenging hill climbs. The athletes undertook the task aggressively as they worked on building their base fitness for the season.