I don’t know what happened. The season seems to just have started and yet we are coming up on the final meet of the indoor season. Hosting four home meets in five weeks has made for a busy indoor season. With the MIAC canceling the indoor championship meet this year, we are instead ending the indoor season with a meet against St. Thomas, Concordia, and Gustavus on Saturday. It will be our largest meet of the year and will be good competition through all events.
To further end the indoor season, we had our first practice on the outdoor track yesterday. It’s always amazing how great 41 degrees feels and how we Minnesotans react to spring. Our out-of-state guys were asking to go inside and complaining about being cold, only to look over and see the Minnesotans taking off their shirts and laying on the track between reps to soak up the sun. It was a great boost to morale to be outside again.
The indoor meets have been going well and the team has handled the safety protocols very well. They are still Covid testing twice per week and a common cold results in a short self-quarantine until we rule out Covid. They wear masks all the time except while actually running. For competitions, the team camps and the indoor warm up area have been moved to the basketball gymnasium and athletes are only in the field house while they are competing. Despite the inconveniences, the team is still training well and seem to be having fun.
This week’s meet starts at noon and should be some great competition. Stream the meet here: https://portal.stretchinternet.com/csbsju/
Keep an eye out for these guys who are nationally ranked:
Ryan Miller, 60 meters, 11th
Drew Dockendorf, Pole Vault, 13th
LLoyd Young, 5,000 meters, 14th
Michael Wallace, Triple Jump, 17th
Eli Mollet, Weight Throw, 17th
Maguire Peterson, High Jump, 19th
Gavin Rupp, Weight Throw, 19th
