Track & Field

For the 2008 schedule, go to the PXI calendar on the menu above
or download a boys schedule here and a girls schedule here.

Head Coach: Todd Hartwig

Coach Hartwig has been coaching track at Pius XI since 1994 – head boys coach since 2000 and head girls coach since 2006. Additionally, he has been the boys cross country coach since 2000, and its head coach since 2007.

Philosophy: "Track and Field is life. There is something in it for everyone. If you devote yourself to any number of disciplines within the sport you will challenged. Whether that challenge is a teammate, opponent, or your previous personal best, the ultimate goal is to be the best you can be. To quote Coach Lombardi – ‘Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence.’ As a microcosm for the challenges we find in life, track allows young men and women to develop and reveal the character necessary for later success."

"The highlights of my coaching career were back-to-back WISAA State Track titles we won in the late '90s. Those teams, coaches and athletes alike, were the most eclectic, yet close knit groups I have ever been around. People tend to romanticize the good times from the past – with these teams that could not happen. Every step we took as a team was a challenge, it was hard work with difficult situations and personalities, but that is what made it great.”

For stats, records and more, visit the Pius XI Track, Field & Cross Country Website at http://www.pxitrack.com/.

February News

Coach Hartwig can be found in the weight room Tuesdays - Thursdays from 4 - 5:15 p.m.

There will be an important Parent Meeting February 27, at 6:30 p.m. in the field house.

Track & Field Championships

Boys State: 1959, 1960, 1961, 1964, 1967, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1978, 1979

Girls State: 1979, 1980, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992

Boys Conference: 1963, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1979

Girls Conference: 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997

Boys Cross Country Championships

Pius XI 2007 Cross Country Team would like to thank Coach Terry Mank for his years of dedication to the Cross Country program. For the first time in 30 years he will not be coaching our boys. We wish Coach Mank well.

Boys State: 1967, 1972, 1993

Boys Conference: 1965, 1966, 1967, 1971, 1972, 1983, 1993

TRACK & FIELD

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