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![]() Finally winter gave up and gave us a perfect spring day. It was 70 degree's and 5 mph winds at the Fargo Rotary at Fargo South High School and the Central Boys and Girls took advantage of the great day to add some new state qualifiers and dozens of PR's. Killian Gause started the Knights off well by PRing in the 300 Hurdles and qualifying for the State Meet. Soon after Killian ran the second leg of the state qualifying 4x100m relay. The four members are pictured: Rylie Devier, Killian Gause, Carrington Adams, and Wes Austin. Other PR's for the meet were: Brandon Gregie (300H), Alex Grove (300H), Darian Colgrove (300H, 110H), Camron Roehl (1600m, 800m), Nick Ackley (1600m), Alex Dianant (1600m, 800m), Leif Larsen (1600m), David Hettich (1600m), Thomas Jordan (400m), Taylor Deem (200m), Shane Jensen (3200m), Cody Rowley (3200m), Adam Grove (Long Jump), Terance Adams (Discus), Brenden LaHaise (Javelin, Shot), and Dontay Allen (Javelin).
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Even though it was 50 degrees and a steady wind out of the North, the Central Boy's and Girl's distance runners had a very good day. The Girls 4x800 started out the meet by winning the race with a state qualifying time of 10:07. The relay was lead off by Taylor Ray, followed by Ali Lindsay, Rachel Cox, anchored by Lily Larsen. We decided earlier in the week to keep several of our distance runners fresh for the two mile and hopefully qualify them for state. But as the wind steadily picked up throughout the meet I was starting to feel pretty nervous about that decision. But eigth grader Karly Ackely ran a very smart steady paced race and put those concerns aside and ran 12:01 to qualify and place 3rd over-all. Camron Roehl followed up her race with a win in the boys division and a state qualifying time of 9:58. Freshman Leif Larsen finished 2nd in 10:22, a 11 sec PR, showing that he has the ability to qualify the two mile before the end of the season. Both of the short relays ran their fastest times of the year and are very close to qualifying performances!
Personal Record (PR) peformances were turned in by many Central athletes: Taylor Deem (300H), Rylie Devier (100, 200), David Hettich (1600,PV), Rufus Gibieor (400), Darrian Colgrove (110H), Ben Wood (800, TJ), Taylor Tomlinson (800), Adam Grove (200, TJ), Lucas Nelson (TJ), Brendon LaHaise (Jav), Terance Adams (Shot). It was a very windy day (29 mph) at Cushman Field on Tuesday, with gusts up to 43 mph. I was very proud of the boys, they completed hard all meet long. We have been stressing to make every jump, every throw, and every race be the best they can do at that moment, and I know that is exactly what they gave me on Tuesday. The final score didn't go our way. There will be no buts, or if's, just the understanding that we are going to go back to work today, and prepare for our next challenges at Friday's Packer Relays. Even with the less than ideal conditions we did have several athletes PR: Thomas Jordan (300H), Darian Colgrove (300H), Randall Morin (1600m), Rylie Devier (200m), Rufus Gbieor (200m), Nick Ackley (3200m), Adam Grove (HJ), Justin Chute (LJ, PV), Terance Adams (Discus), Brenden LaHaise (shot), and Dontay Allen (Javelin).
![]() Just in!! New 2x5 inch window stickers showing your support for Central Cross Country are in. I know its a little early for cross country items, but they came in with our new TRACK & FIELD Record board (picture as soon as it is mounted at Central). If you want to get one of these stickers for your car the cost is $5. The best way for out of town people to get one is to send me the money with a self addressed, stamped envelope and I will mail it to you. If you live in Grand Forks, find me at home or at a track meet! ![]() Thursday April 25th, we finally practiced outside at Cushman. It was a chilly 40 degree's with the wind, but the Shanley meet on Friday, April 26th, at Concordia was amazing! It was 68 degree's and almost no wind. It felt like 80 on the turf and sunburn was welcome after being stuck inside all spring. Several of athletes took advantage of the ideal conditions. Ali Lindsay ran a new PR 5:22.66 to Qualify in the mile for the state meet, she was quickly followed by Camron Roehl who also PR'd with 4:32.59 to also Quailify. It was a long list Central athletes who had successful days with PR's: Taylor Deem (300H), Brandon Gregie (300H), Rachel Cox (1600), Nick Ackley (1600), Alex Dianat (1600, 3200), Leif Larsen (1600, 3200), Cody Rowley (1600), Taylor Tomlinson (1600, 800), Ali Lindsay (800), Taylor Ray (800), Rachel Lindsay (800), David Hettich (800), Rylie Devier (200), David Hysjulien (HJ), Lucas Nelson (HJ), Adam Grove (TJ), Chris Lautt (shot), Brendon LaHaise (shot), Landon Swallow (shot), and Joey Gerszewski (shot). It was fun to see so many athletes take advantage of finally being outside and as you can see it was a good day to be a Central distance runner! ![]() I like to brag that I have coached two Olympic athletes, unfortunately they didn't compete in Track & Field at the Olympics, but they are Olympians non-the-less. In 2002 and 2003 Jocelyne and Monuque ran Cross Country for Central. It is amazing how one or two athletes can bring up the competition level and the work ethic of a team. Everyone knew that Cross Country wasn't their main sport, but was a way for them to stay in shape for hockey. They came to practice everyday, ready to work hard and even though they were only 7th and 8th graders at the time, they raised the level of everyone's desire to compete. That is one of the two things I will always remember about them. That desire to compete, and to do everything to the best of their ablitites, never any excuses. I also remember how well they did in school. I also had one of their brothers, Jacques, who played hockey for Air Force, in my enriched chemistry class. All three took school as a top priority, never used sports as an excuse for not completing an assignment or being prepared for class. The following link will take you to a story about the Laumoureux twins. It is a story stressing how important school is, how they manage their time, and make sacrifices. They realize how their academics will open doors for them after their career in athletics is over. A lesson that more current high school athletes should learn. http://und.edu/features/2013/04/lamoureux-twins.cfm The Central Boys and Girls competed at the Beaver Relays in Bemidji, MN, on Friday. There were 34 teams, but thankfully it was limited to 3 per event to keep it from going on nine hours like our last trip to Bemidji. It was great to get a chance to compete again, and both teams stepped up and made the best of the opportunity. Both teams finished 5th. Killian Gause won the 200m hurdles! Yes you read that correctly, they did the 200m hurdles inside, it was my first time EVER seeing that event inside. Another highlight for the boys was Carrington Adams continuing his successful season in the triple jump (2nd) and 4th in the long jump. The 4x200m Relay of Carrington, Austin Wes, Rylie Devier, and Killan Gause finished 3rd.
The distance girls captured all of the points for the girls team, led by Ali Lindsay's win the mile and her 2nd place finish in the 800m. Eight grader Karly Ackley PR'd by 20 secs to finish 3rd in the 3200m. Teammate Lily Larsen also PR'd to finish 7th. The girls 4x8 ran to a 4th place finish. http://herostiming.99k.org/results/beaverrelays/ ![]() I loved getting new spikes when I was competing. I would stare at the rack of new shoes, looking at the colors, weighing them in my hand, trying to decide just which pair might be the right ones to help me be unbeatable and run faster than I ever had before. Those new flashy shoes were symbol of my commitment and carried my hopes and dreams for the new season. I remember the fun of unvailing those new spikes to my teammates, wanting them to be envious of how light they were, and grinning with pride as my teammates will weigh them in their hands to gauge if they were lighter then their own pair. I loved sliding those 4 ounces of light weight material on my bare feet at the next meet. Tightening them up, tying in my hopes and dreams. The hope that those flashy spikes will propel me to run faster than I have ever run before, and fly past my competitors. Warming up, my feet would feel a hundred times lighter with those featherweight spikes on compared to my heavy training shoes. They would give me confidence, make me feel powerful, unbeatable, and excited for anyone to challenge me. Last Tuesday, I experienced something better than any shoe could ever provide. Buying news track spikes for my daughter Meghan. Seeing that similar excitement in her eyes, how they added a spring in her step. I felt a new type of exhilaration . The knowledge that I have passed on the passion of a sport I love, and daring her to dream of great races. That smile from Meghan out shined any of the thrills I earned from a hundred races I ran with pair of flashy new spikes. I just got the following information, and I'm trying to keep everyone updated on our fluid track schedule. Here is the newest Information. Bemidji college was hosting an outdoor meet this Friday, but were kind of enough to move it inside. So, Friday April 19th we are back on the road to Bemidji for another indoor, leaving at 7:30 am. To avoid another marathon meet, there is a three per event limit with an earlier start time of 11 am.
The Fargo Davies meet (which was scheduled outdoors on Friday) has been postpone until Tuesday, April 23rd, starting at 3pm. I really hope this meet happens, I'm excited about the concept of this meet with it being mostly relays races, even for the field events. I will explain more on this in a later blog. |
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