Track & Field
Bill Rice
Head Coach
Coach Bill Rice is in his seventh year as head coach after serving 23 years as an assistant at Pius and four seasons in Lubbock, TX. His teams have earned five district Track & Field titles, and he has been recognized with multiple honors, including Journal Star Girls Coach of the Year (2015), Ralph Beechner Coach of the Year (2006–07, 2014–15), and NSAA Boys Tennis Coach of the Year (2007–08). Over his career, Coach Rice has been part of five boys’ state championship teams and one girls’ state championship basketball team.
Announcements
In-season practice: 3:40 p.m. You are expected to be at practice every day. If you must miss a practice due to illness or family obligation you must personally let Coach Rice know by 1:30 in the afternoon.
Program History
Pius X girls won the Class B Team title in 1982. The boys team won the title in 1984.
Girls All Class Gold Medal Winners
- 1996-Lincoln Pius X (Fosdick, Kapler, Dodd, Haley), 1,600-Meter Relay
- 2001-Elizabeth Lange, 800
- 2002-Elizabeth Lange, 400
- 2002-Elizabeth Lange, 800
- 2003-Elizabeth Lange, 1,600
- 2003-Elizabeth Lange, 400
- 2004-Elizabeth Lange, 400
- 2009-Lincoln Pius X (Ross, Rice, Hugo, Grosserode), 1,600-Meter Relay
- 2013-Lincoln Pius X (Krick, Simon, Thavenet, Essay), 1,600-Meter Relay
- 2013-Lincoln Pius X (Thavenet, Kottwitz, Drozda, Van Slyke), 3,200-Meter Relay
- 2015-Maddie Simon, 100 Hurdles
- 2015-Kathleen Medill, High Jump
- 2016-Kathleen Medill, High Jump
- 2017-Aspen Rolfes, 200
Boys All Class Gold Medal Winners
- 1995-Bryan Schwartz, High Jump
- 1997-P.J. Grosserode, 200
- 1997-P.J. Grosserode, 400
- 2009-Daniel Blake, 800
- 2013-Garrett Teal, 400
- 2013-Jacob Holtmeier, 800
- 2013-Caleb Cowling, Long Jump
- 2013-Lincoln Pius X (Grosserode, Berens, Butler, Holtmeier), 3,200-meter relay
