Hello everyone! I hope you all had an amazing summer! It is hard to believe but the 2022 athletic year is officially underway. I wish you all the very best of luck this year!
Last year, we had great membership participation and our goal is to increase membership for the 2022-2023 season. All high school AD’s in Iowa should have received a membership invoice back in August. We have two ways in which we accept membership. You can pay via the website or send a check. If paying by check, please send it to Peggy McGuire (IATC Secretary/Treasurer) at the address listed on the form. If you are unsure if you have paid, please contact Peggy McGuire (peggy.mcguire@msn.com) or Rob Hammann (runrobrun@gmail.com). We appreciate your membership!
The IATC Exchange Zone podcast is up and running with podcasts already produced for the cross country season. Coordinator Ben Duea and assistant coordinator Kyle Wagner have done a tremendous job in producing these weekly podcasts. Since the Exchange Zone started almost four years ago, there have been over 35,000 downloads. Please help spread the word about these podcasts to our fans, new families, freshmen, new athletes and your teams! All IATC Exchange Zone podcasts can be streamed on your favorite apps such as apple podcasts, spotify, spreaker, etc.
We would like to remind coaches/AD’s to enter their home meets into Varsity Bound including all teams that are attending. To help our rankings committees, please have results entered after the completion of the meet.
It is the goal of the IATC Board of Directors to continue to provide our student-athletes with supplemental competitions. The IATC is partnering with Ankeny Centennial to host the Dick Washburn Middle School State Cross Country Meet on Saturday, October 15th. You can find more information about this meet on our website. The Senior All-Star Cross Country Meet will be held in Pella on Saturday November 5th. We will release more information about this event as the details get finalized.
The IATC Board of Directors is pleased to announce that we will again be hosting the 2023 IATC Indoor Championships at the Lied Recreation Center at Iowa State University on Thursday, March 9th(girls) and Friday, March 10th (boys). At last year’s meet, here were over 100 teams in each gender. We hope to improve on those numbers this year!
Good luck on a great season,
Greg Williams, Monticello High School
2022 IATC Important Events
Washburn Classic State MS XC Meet @ Ankeny Centennial October 15
IGHSAU/IHSAA HS XC State Qualifying Meet October 19 & 20
IGHSAU/IHSAA HS State XC Meet October 28 & 29
Senior All Star XC Meet @ Pella HS November 5
Fall IATC Meeting @ Waukee Northwest HS November 6
Championship Productions TnF/XC Clinic at Ames December 2-3
IATC Hall of Fame Banquet @ Ames December 3
Please continue to check the IATC website for more information and updates as they become available at www.iowarunjumpthrow.com
IATC Presidents:
IATC President
Greg Williams
1st Vice President
Ben Duea
2nd Vice President
Abby Schmitz
Secretary/Treasurer
Peggy McGuire
Board of Directors:
Mike Parker, Iowa City West
Emmy Williams, Solon
Greg Thompson, Panorama
