Wolf pups coming on strong

The Junior High Wolves track team has had a great start to their season. Now that it is more than half over, students are improving each track meet. The season was a little rough starting out with the weather, but it gradually got better and better.

Their first meet was April 6 in Spearfish. This was a big meet and the Wolves competed against more than 15 schools from all around.

Mallory Jones placed fifth in the seventh grade girls 800m with a time of 2:55; Talissa Fischbach placed third in the eighth grade girls 800m with a time of 2:54; Katelynn Blakeman placed fifth in the eighth grade girls 1600m run with a time of 6:40.85; and Kenna LeFave placed third in the eighth grade girls triple jump with a jump of 28 feet 3 inches. Many of the other athletes competed at their best and got their personal records (PR).

April 16 was the JH Wolves’ second track meet in Wright. We had a lot of athletes beat their PRs from the previous meet and many placed.

Kaden Haynes placed fourth in the eighth grade boys 100m run with a time of 13.02, his PR; Mallory Jones placed first in the seventh grade girls 1600m run with a time of 6:05, her PR; Talia Vargas placed third in the seventh grade girls 33” 100m hurdles with a time of 21.25, her PR; Katelynn Blakeman placed fourth in the 33” eighth grade girls 100m hurdles with a time of 19.46, her PR; Kenna LeFave placed fifth in the eighth grade girls 100m hurdles with a time of 20.03, her PR; Kailee Gill placed eighth in the eighth grade girls 100m hurdles with a time of 20.40, her PR; and Talissa Fischbach placed seventh in the eighth grade girls long jump, jumping 13 feet 3.5 inches, her PR.

Fast forward and the JH Wolves were back in Wright on April 26, for the Scott Hardy Invite. This was a very good track meet for many of the JH Wolves. We had many place and even more beat their PRs from the previous track meets.

Kaden Haynes placed fourth in the 100m run with a time of 13.32; Trenten Gray placed eighth in the seventh grade boys 100m with a time of 15.30 his PR; Braydnn Terry placed eighth in the seventh grade boys 200m run with a time of 32.34, his PR; Evan Jones placed second in the eighth grade boys 800m run with a time of 2:42; Even Jones placed second in the eighth grade boys 1600m run with a time of 5:53; Roman placed fifth in the boys 1600m run with a time of 6:30, his PR.

The seventh grade boys 4x100 relay team placed fourth with a time of 1:07.45 and the seventh grade boys medley relay placed fourth with a time of 2:26.58. Katelynn Blakeman placed second in the eighth grade girls 200m with a time of 29.53, her PR; Talia placed fourth in the seventh grade girls 200m run with a time of 30.96; Kenna LeFave placed fourth in the eighth grade girls 200m run with a time of 31.40; Talia Vargas placed first in the seventh grade girls 400m run with a time of 1:11.89, her PR; Kailee Gill placed third in the eighth grade girls 400m run with a time of 1:14.21; Talissa Fischbach placed third in the eighth grade girls 800m run with a time of 2:59; Mallory Jones placed first in the seventh grade girls 1600m run with a time of 6:05.55; Katelynn Blakeman placed second in the eighth grade girls 1600m run with a time of 7:06; Tialia Vargas placed second in the seventh grade girls 100m hurdles with a time of 20.28, her PR; Katelynn Blakeman placed fifth in the eighth grade girls 100m hurdles with a time of 20.51; Kenna LeFave placed sixth in the girls 100m hurdles with a time of 20.57; Kailee Gill placed eighth in the eighth grade girls 100m hurdles with a time of 21.22; Kaden Haynes placed third in the eighth grade boys long jump with a jump of 15 feet, 5 inches; and Kailee Gill placed fourth in the eighth grade girls long jump with a jump of 13 feet 8 inches, her PR.

Looking ahead, the JH Wolves have four more meets until their season is over. The upcoming meets are: Jeff Smit in Sturgis, South Dakota, East Classic in Douglas, Sundance Invite and districts in Sundance.

The East Classic is designed for JH athletes to do their best and try and qualify all season for it. It is equivalent to state track for high school. The JH Wolves have kicked butt trying to qualify this year and this year we are taking 19 athletes that qualified.

A shout out-to the Wolves who qualified: Kaden Haynes, Evan Jones, Tucker Cook, Wyatt Cook, Dayne Humes, Ayden Petz, Trenten Gray, Craig Robinson, Braydnn Terry, Katelynn Blakeman, Mallory Jones, Talissa Fischback, Talia Vargas, Kenna LeFave, Kailee Gill, Savanna Williams, Joslyn Vonolnhausen, Kiah King and Rebekah Anderson, great job!

With only two weeks left of the season, the Wolves are ready work their hardest and bring it to districts. Good Luck Wolves!