4/6/2018 0 Comments 2018 Track season preview By: Anderson Prater and Abby Painovich
Although spring has not arrived, spring sports have begun, so we at the Jaguar Journal are giving you a sneak peak into the upcoming track season. The HFHS Varsity boys track team has 14 returning athletes, as well as many first timers. Totaling 30 team members, this year will be the largest turnout in Coach Nelson’s career as head boys coach. This large turnout has brought high expectations along with it. Coach Nelson talked about his expectations saying, “our athletes show a lot of potential this year and I am excited to see what marks they can reach.” The Varsity girls track team has 8 returning athletes and 17 new members totaling 25 teammates. Making up over two-third of the team, Val Kunze, head coach of the Varsity girls team, comments that the newcomers look to ensure a promising season and that with their numbers, the girls track team “should be really strong this year.” Not only are there high expectations, but the the boys track team has some goals they set themselves, Coach Nelson stresses the importance of fun along with hard work, and his main goal is that everyone on the track team enjoys their experience. Coach Nelson went on to say, “I want our athletes to experience success and PRs, but also to have fun while they are doing it.” As for the girls track team, their first goal is to “ focus on finding which events fit each athlete's interests and abilities,” as said by Coach Kunze. She also would like to see see a lot of PRs (personal records) this year, but most importantly, “the goal is to always try to have some fun along the way.” The track team has many meets coming up and plenty more goals to reach but their main objective at the moment: getting outside. The cold weather has already canceled one meet and threatens continue cancelling more, so the team is yearning to get outdoors and onto the track. Despite the weather the team has squeezed in two indoor meets already this season. The first of which was the Great River Conference indoor meet. Due to the basketball teams success and the band trip the team was lacking quite a few members. Regardless, the boys team still had successful individual performances and PRs (personal records). Aaron Mulder, Ean Chose, Jacob Barstad, and Sam Stapek all recorded new PRs. The second meet of the year was the Mora invitational where the Jaguars notched quite a few placements and PRs including: Kolby Fox taking 1st place in the high jump and 2nd place in the 200m dash. Howie Hodena, Jacob Barstad, Edward Roubinek, Trever Nolan, the 4x400m relay and the 4x800m relay all taking third in their respective events. In addition to all of the place winners our boys team recorded eight new PRs. Throughout the rest of the season, Coach Nelson is “excited to see [his] team growing and constantly improving.” He and Coach Kunze both are expecting to see a lot of personal records as well as just getting outside on the track. Coach Kunze is looking forward to “grow[ing] together as a team,” as well as her watching team members “find that perfect match [event] and then seeing them drive to work hard to keep getting better.” With a few successful meets under their belts, both Track teams hope to get outside in some warm weather and continue to place and get new PRs.
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