&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Southeast Valley Boys’ Track &amp; Field headed to Des Moines for the three-day Iowa State Track &amp; Field meet held at the Blue Oval at Drake University.&nbsp;This year, the Jaguars had nine different athletes competing in eight different events in the class 2A division.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;On Thursday, May 22nd the Jaguars competed in three different events.&nbsp;The first event of the day was Kayden Showers in the 200m dash.&nbsp;Kayden’s time of 22.57 was his second fastest of the year and good enough for 16th place overall in the prelims.&nbsp;Next up on the track was freshman Keelan Wellman in the open 400m dash. Keelan’s time of 55.52 which was 23rd overall.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The final event of the day was the shuttle hurdle relay team of Alex Burger, Casey Hanson, Kolton Ollinger and Colin Johnson.&nbsp;The quartet improved their school record set earlier in the year with a time of 1:02.58.&nbsp;The time was fast enough for 14th place overall.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Friday, the Jaguars first event of the day was the 4 x 200m relay team.&nbsp;Colin Johnson, Logan Jaeschke, Bryce Harrison and Kayden Showers finished in 16th place overall.&nbsp;The Jaguars ran a time of 1:31.22 which was this team’s second fastest time of the year.&nbsp;Next up saw to Jaguars competing in the 400m low hurdles.&nbsp;In the first heat, Colin Johnson ran a 57.83 to finish 21st overall.&nbsp;Alex Burger was able to win the second heat and then had to watch the third (fast) heat to see if his school record time of 55.24 was fast enough to earn state medalist honors.&nbsp;After about a 5 minutes wait, the sophomore learned he claimed 7th place overall and was named a state place winner.&nbsp;In the final race of Friday, the 4 x 100m quartet of Dreyvon Steadman, Logan Jaeschke, Bryce Harrison and Kayden Showers to the track.&nbsp;The four Jaguars got the baton around the track in 43.77 seconds.&nbsp;Their second fastest time of the year was good enough for 14th place in 2A.Saturday morning saw the Jaguars returning for one final event in the sprint medley relay.&nbsp;Dreyvon, Logan and Kayden joined Alex Burger in a situation that found Alex in the same spot the day before.&nbsp;The Jaguars were also in heat 2, lane 5 and Burger was able to work his way to the front of the pack coming down the backstretch to once again win the heat and put the Jaguars in 3rd place after the first two heats.&nbsp;At the conclusion of the fast heat, it looks like the Jaguars would be 9th, but due to a DQ by one of the teams, the Jaguar quartet found themselves as state place winners; finishing 8th overall and setting the 3rd school record of the weekend in a time of 1:35.40.The Jaguars ended up with three team points which put them 41st overall in the class 2A team standings.&nbsp;“We had a really good weekend at state.&nbsp;It’s an exhausting three days to be at state and sometimes hard to stay focused, but the boys did a great job going down and accomplishing our goals.&nbsp;The times were unbelievably fast this weekend, so to walk away with two state place winners and three new school records as well as a great experience for these nine athletes, we are extremely happy with how the weekend went,” commented Coach NussCoach Nuss continues, “I have to congratulate all of our athletes for contributing to our successful season.&nbsp;To have Dreyvon win a state medal in his final race is special for any senior and I need to thank Dreyvon and our other three seniors Steven Fisher, Grant Farnham and Caden Kaltschnee for all of their hard work the last few years.&nbsp;We will miss their leadership and work ethic next year.&nbsp;However, with the lost of only 4 seniors, the return of 28 of this year’s athletes, plus some incoming freshmen that had a very successful junior high season, we are extremely excited to build on this year’s success next year.”

SV Boys' Track & Field at State Meet

After an outstanding track &amp; field season thus far, the Jaguar boys’ track &amp; field team headed to Ogden for their class 2A state qualifying state meet in hopes of finishing in the top two spots to earn a trip the Blue Oval in Des Moines at Drake stadium the following weekend.&nbsp;When the final race crossed the finish line Thursday, Southeast Valley knew they had at least 6 events headed to state after a 1st or 2nd place finish.&nbsp;After the official qualifiers were released on Friday, the Jaguars learned two more events would be going to state as well based on the next “best 8” performance protocol for qualifying for the state meet.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The night started off strong for Southeast Valley when in the first race of the night in the sprint medley relay, the quartet of Dreyvon Steadman, Logan Jaeschke, Kayden Showers and Alex Burger ran a 1:35.87 to hold off to other teams and win the event; qualifying them for state.&nbsp;The second event of the night to qualify for the state meet was the shuttle hurdle team of Alex Burger, Casey Hanson, Kolton Ollinger and Colin Johnson. Coming back in the final leg of the relay from third place, the team finished 2nd overall in a time of 1:03.24.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Between the shuttle hurdle relay and the 4 x 200m relay, freshman Keelan Wellman took advantage of small field in the 400m dash.&nbsp;Knowing if he won his heat, he would have a chance to make it to state, Keelan held off two other runners the final 100m dash to win his heat in a personal best time of 54.60.&nbsp;After the times from other heats were combined, Keelan found himself in 2nd place and a state qualifier.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;After a small setback in the 100m dash, the Jaguars had to rearrange some events quickly before the 4 x 200m relay.&nbsp;Colin Johnson joined Jaeschke, Bryce Harrison and Showers as the lead off in the 4 x 200.&nbsp;The group ran a school record in 1:31.01 to take second place as well, and qualifying Southeast Valley’s fourth event of the night to state.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Showers after anchoring the 4 x 200m school record team, then turned around in the open 200m dash and took a commanding lead down the back stretch to win the 200m in a time of 22.69 punching his individual ticket to the state meet.&nbsp;The event after the 200m, found Alex Burger and Colin Johnson in a three way battle in the 400m hurdles.&nbsp;Alex Burger ended up running a season best 56.07 to take second place and automatically qualify for state.&nbsp;Colin Johnson’s 3rd place time of 56.92 had to wait until Friday to find out that his time was also good enough to qualify for the state meet.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The final event to qualify for the state meet was the Jaguars 4 x 100m relay team.&nbsp;The Jaguars were lead off by Casey Hanson who stepped in for Dreyvon and joined Jaeschke, Harrison and Showers who ran a 44.02 overall for fourth overall.&nbsp;The time was only .04 from the second place automatic qualifier and after having to wait until Friday, also found out they would be headed to the state track &amp; field meet as well.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Jaguars were able to score 83 point overall as a team which put them third place overall.&nbsp;A powerful Roland Story team won the meet with 111 points, followed by MVAOCOU with 103 points.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Other top performers on Thursday night for Jaguars were Owen Nuss who ran a career personal best in the 800m run of 2:06.43 and finished 4th.&nbsp;Lincoln Akins picked up a pair of places in the 3200m run (11:06.18) 7th place and a career best in the 1600m run (4:54.74) for 8th.&nbsp;Alex Burger was 6th in the 110m high hurdles in 15.94.&nbsp;&nbsp;Dreyvon Steadman was 7th in the 100m dash (11.65) and Bryce Harrison was 8th (11.83)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The 4 x 400m relay quartet of Bryce Harrison, Owen Nuss, Kolton Ollinger and Logan Jaeschke ran the third fastest time in school history with a 3:34.44 to finish 4th overall.&nbsp;In the distance medley relay, Kolton Ollinger, Casey Hanson, Drew Dorsey and Ethan Tucker ran 4:08.46 to finish 8th.&nbsp;Ethan also ran a season best 2:18.61 in the 800m run. Deegan Brandel threw a season best in the discus of 128-02” and made finals.&nbsp;Two other season best times on Thursday were Trennis Stevens in the 400m dash (58.15) and Casey Hanson in the 200m dash (25.23).&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;“As a coaching staff we are extremely proud of the way the athletes competed on Thursday night.&nbsp;We faced a little adversity in the middle of the meet and instantly you saw everybody’s breath and life get sucked out.&nbsp;It could have gone two ways at that point, but we gathered them up, told them it was time for others to step up and we could still reach most of our goals for the meet.&nbsp;The team really responded to that challenge and we couldn’t as coaches have asked anymore out of the team then what they did,” commented Coach Nuss.&nbsp;“Now we get those who made it to state ready to compete next weekend.”&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Jaguars will be competing at Drake Stadium in Des Moines on the Blue Oval, Thursday, May 22nd, Friday, May 23rd and Saturday, May 24th.&nbsp;The schedule of events can be found at <a href="http://www.iahsaa.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.iahsaa.org</a> as well as a link to purchase tickets for the state meet.

SV Boys' Track & Field at the State Qualifying Meet

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Southeast Valley Jaguars competed in their last regular season track &amp; field meet of the year in Sac City in the East Sac Relays on Monday, May 12th.&nbsp;The Jaguars were looking to fine tune some things before they headed to the class 2A state qualifying meet in Ogden on Thursday, May 15th.&nbsp;The Jaguars ended up winning their sixth team title of the year scoring 120 points.&nbsp;Ridge View scored 99 points for second place and host East Sac was third with 88 points.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Southeast Valley relay teams once again led the way for the Jaguars.&nbsp;The 4 x 100 and 4 x 200 quartet of Dreyvon Steadman, Logan Jaeschke, Bryce Harrison Kayden Showers won both relays in meet record times of 43.95 and 1:32.25 respectively.&nbsp;The shuttle hurdle relay team of Alex Burger, Casey Hanson, Kolton Ollinger and Colin Johnson also claimed gold in a time of 1:03.08 while Alex, Kolton, Colin and Owen Nuss teamed up to run a 3:36.69 to also win gold in the 4 x 400m relay.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The distance medley relay team of Kolton Ollinger, Casey Hanson, Drew Dorsey and Ethan Tucker found silver finishing in 4:03.95.&nbsp;Drew Dorsey, Landon Vote, Trennis Stevens and Logan Bintz took bronze in the 4 x 800m relay running 9:58.36.&nbsp;Jaiden Johnson, Riley Fawcett, Leo Ramirez and Keelan Wellman finished 4th in the 800m sprint medley running a 1:46.27.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Individually, three Jaguars found gold in their races.&nbsp;Dreyvon Steadman (100m dash), Kayden Showers (200m dash) and Colin Johnson (110m high hurdles) all won their respective races.&nbsp;Dreyvon was 11.14 in the 100, Kayden ran 23.00 in the 200 and Colin ran 15.85 in the 110m high hurdles.&nbsp;Logan Jaeschke took a runner-up finish behind Kayden in the 200m dash in a season best time of 23.54.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In the longer distances, three different Jaguars were able to pick up bronze medals.&nbsp;In the 3200m run, Lincoln Akins took 3rd in a time of 11:23.35 while Ethan Tucker took 3rd in the 1600m run in 5:39.28.&nbsp;In the 800m run, Owen Nuss found 3rd place running a 2:11.85.&nbsp;Casey Hanson also found bronze in the 400m low hurdles in a time of 1:03.42.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Bryce Harrison ran a season best 11.58 in the 100m dash to take 4th while Keelan Wellman’s season best 57.05 was 5th in the 400m dash.&nbsp;Ian Brunner also picked up 5th place in the shot put (39-06”).&nbsp;Several other runners also had season best finishes in their individual races.&nbsp;Leo Ramirez and Riley Fawcett ran 12.03 and 12.34 in the 100m dash respectively, while Blaise Echevarria ran a season best 2:24.96 in the 800 and Landon Vote ran a 1:01.13 in the open 400m dash.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Jaguars on Thursday, May 15th will compete in the class 2A state qualifying meet in Ogden.&nbsp;The top two place winners and next best 8 finishes from all sites will advance to the Iowa State Track and Field championships in Des Moines on Thursday, May 22nd, Friday, May 23rd and Saturday, May 24th.&nbsp;&nbsp;

SV Boys' Track & Field at East Sac County Relays

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Southeast Valley boys’ track and field had a short turn around when they competed again on Thursday, May 8th at Lake City.&nbsp;With only two days rest after winning the Twin Lakes Conference meet and getting home later from Sioux Rapids, the Jaguars line-up for the Jim Yunek relays was aimed to get some rest for those who competed on Tuesday as well as get some JV runners a chance to compete one more time this season.&nbsp;Even with the completely different line-up, the Jaguars were able to end up with a third place team finish, a school record and several season PRs and top-ten all time best.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Winning the team title was IKM-Manning with 133 points, followed by host South Central Calhoun with 127 points.&nbsp;Southeast Valley was third with 89 points and Manson Northwest Webster was fourth with 77points.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Winning the Sprint Medley relay was the team of Dreyvon Steadman, Logan Jaeschke, Kayden Showers and Alex Burger who ran a time of 1:35.58 setting a new school record.&nbsp;Bryce Harrison joined Dreyvon, Logan and Kayden at the end of the meet to win the 4 x 400m relay in a time of 3:33.71 which is the second fastest time in school history.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Colin Johnson and Harrison also were 1st time competitors in the open 100m dash.&nbsp;Their times of 11.56 and 11.60 were the 6th and 7th fastest times in school history.&nbsp;Colin also competed for the first time in the 110m high hurdles, finishing 5th in 16.58.&nbsp;Alex Burger also finished&nbsp;3rd in the 200m dash in a time of 23.61.&nbsp;Both Colin and Alex’s times are eighth fastest in school history.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In the 1600m run, Lincoln Akins became a member of the sub 5-minute club when he finished the nearly mile race in 4:59.0 to take 3rd place overall.&nbsp;The time also moved him up to 5th all-time fastest in school history.&nbsp;Ethan Tucker took 6th in the same event with a season best of 5:25.14.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Landon Vote and Logan Bintz picked up a pair of season best times in the 800m run while picking up 6th and 8th place points for the team.&nbsp;Landon ran a 2:22.17 and Logan a 2:31.49.&nbsp;Caden Cramer also found a season best time in the 400m hurdles running 1:11.85.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Other place winners for the Jaguars Thursday night were Steven Fisher (6th, discus), Deegan Brandel (7th, discus), Ian Brunner (8th, Shot put), Kolton Ollinger (5th-Long jump, 7th-200m dash) and Casey Hanson (5th- 400m hurdles).&nbsp;Relay place winners were the 1600m distance medley relay in 3rd (Kolton Ollinger, Casey Hanson, Drew Dorsey, and Ethan Tucker), 4 x 800m relay was 6th (Caden Kaltschnee, Wyatt Blair, Blaise Echevarria, Grant Farnham), and the 4 x 200m relay was 7th (Jacob Paterson, Leo Ramirez, Jaiden Johnson, Keelan Wellman).&nbsp;The freshmen shuttle hurdle team of Keelan Wellman, Trennis Stevens, Leo Ramirez and Caden Cramer also improved their own freshmen record time to finish 4th.&nbsp;Their time was 1:15.73.The Jaguars will finish their season at East Sac on Monday, May 12th before heading to Ogden on Thursday, May 15th for the class 2A state qualifying meet.&nbsp;The top 2 finishers and the next best 8 from all state-qualifying meets on Thursday will advance to the Iowa State track &amp; field championships in Des Moines on the blue oval on Thursday, May 22nd, Friday May 23rd and Saturday, May 24th.

SV Boys' Track & Field at Jim Yunek Relays

The Southeast Valley boys team traveled to Sioux Rapids on Tuesday, May 6th for the Twin Lakes Conference track &amp; field meet hosted by Sioux Central.&nbsp;The Jaguars made the trip looking to build on their successful season by adding a conference team title to this year’s resume.&nbsp;After competing in 18 different events against the other 12 conference schools, the Southeast Valley Jaguars found themselves on top of the conference field winning their second team title in the past four years.&nbsp;The Jaguars scored 136 points to claim the title.&nbsp;Sioux Central was second with 104.5 and South Central Calhoun was third with 91.5 points.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Jaguars also found themselves with 2 individual and 3 relay conference titles.&nbsp;Individual conference titles went to Dreyvon Steadman in the 100m dash with a winning time of 11.56 and Kayden Showers claimed the 200m dash in a time of 22.83.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The first relay team to win a conference title on the night was the 4 x 200m relay team of Dreyvon Steadman, Logan Jaeschke, Bryce Harrison and Kayden Showers shattering their own school record running a blistering 1:31.21.&nbsp;Several races later, the same foursome teamed up to win the 4 x 100m relay with another school record, winning the relay in 43.50.&nbsp;Having the team title clinched, the 4 x 400m relay team of Bryce Harrison, Kolton Ollinger, Logan Jaeschke and Colin Johnson ran a season best 3:36.64 to win the relay.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Jaguars also had five runner-up conference performances as well on the night.&nbsp;Bryce Harrison took 2nd place in the long jump with a jump of 19-05.5”, Kayden Showers was silver in the 100m dash in a time of 11.79, while Alex Burger took 2nd in the 400m low hurdles in 56.22; which is 2nd best time in school history.&nbsp;The shuttle hurdle relay team of Alex Burger, Casey Hanson, Kolton Ollinger and Colin Johnson also took silver in their second fastest time of the year 1:03.08.&nbsp;Casey, Logan, Colin and Alex teamed up in the sprint medley relay to take 1:37.71 to take 2nd in that event as well.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The lone 3rd place finish on the night went to Ian Brunner with a throw of 40-0.25” in the shot put.&nbsp;Dreyvon picked up a fourth place finish in the 200m dash (23.54), and Colin Johnson was 4th in the 400m low hurdles (57.99).&nbsp;The relay quartet of Ethan Tucker, Drew Dorsey, Landon Vote and Logan Bintz picked up 4th place in the 4 x 800m relay with a 9:21.71.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Fifth place finishes wen to Kolton Ollinger (long jump, 17-10”) and Alex Burger (110m HH, 16.22).&nbsp;Joe Kauffman threw a big PR in the shot put with a 38-05 to finish 6th as well as Lincoln Akins picking up 6th place in the 3200m (11:25.72).&nbsp;Kolton also took 7th in the 110m high hurdles with a season best 16.54 while Steven Fisher claimed 7th in the discus (107.8.5”).&nbsp;Trennis Stevens 2:19.44 was not only a season best but was strong enough for 8th place.&nbsp;The 1600m medley team of Jacob Paterson, Leo Ramirez, Casey Hanson and Ethan Tucker took 6th (4:06.08).&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Coach Nuss commented, “We knew we were the favorites to win the conference, but we still needed to execute the races, especially the more technical aspects of the field events, starts and handoffs and we did that in every event on Tuesday.&nbsp;This was by far one of the best meets we’ve had this year in terms of executing every event to a T.&nbsp;I am proud of all the hard work and the willingness to be coachable from all of our athletes this year as well as all of the coaches who have put in the time to prepare these athletes to perform the way they did Tuesday.&nbsp;None of it wouldn’t have been possible without everybody working together.”&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Jaguars will finish their season on Monday, May 12th at Sac City.&nbsp;They will then compete in the class 2A state qualifying meet at Ogden on Thursday, May 15th.&nbsp;Those qualifying from the SQM will advance to the Iowa State High School meet in Des Moines the weekend of May 22nd – 24th.&nbsp;&nbsp;

SV Boys Win Conference Track & Field Meet

In the final tune-up for the Twin Lakes Conference track &amp; field meet, the Southeast Valley boys’ track &amp; field team headed to Lake City to compete in the Ross Samuelson Relays on Friday, May 2nd.&nbsp;When the final race was over, the Jaguars found themselves in second place, 2 points behind host and team champions South Central Calhoun and a point and a half ahead of third place Sioux Central.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Southeast Valley picked up a one-two finish in the 100m dash, won the 200m dash, the 400m hurdles, the 4 x 100m relay, the shuttle hurdle relay, the 4 x 200m relay and the 4 x 400m relay.&nbsp;Southeast Valley also picked up a second place finish in the shot put, the 4 x 800m relay and 3rd in the 800m sprint medley to highlight the night.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Kayden Showers and Dreyvon Steadman were separated by .01 seconds in the 100m dash with Kayden (11.37) edging Dreyvon (11.38).&nbsp;Kayden also won the 200 in 22.79.&nbsp;Both athletes teamed up with Bryce Harrison and Logan Jaeschke to also take gold in both the 4 x 200 and 4 x 100m relays.&nbsp;While the 4 x 200m was just off their season best time in 1:32.81, they broke their own school record in 44.04 on a cold windy night.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Jaguars also showed strength in the hurdle events with Alex Burger, Casey Hanson, Kolton Ollinger and Colin Johnson ran 1:04.19 to win the shuttle hurdle. Alex and Casey later took 1st and 5th in the 400m hurdles running 57.62 and 1:01.78 respectively.&nbsp;Between the two events, Kolton and Alex finished 5th and 6th in the 110m high hurdles.&nbsp;Kolton, Casey, Colin and Logan J. also finished 3rd in the sprint medley relay (1:40.80).&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In the 400 and 800 events on Friday, the 4 x 400m relay team of Alex, Bryce, Owen Nuss and Colin Johnson took gold in a time of 3:38.35 while Ethan Tucker, Owen, Drew Dorsey and Lincoln Akins found silver in the 4 x 800m relay.&nbsp;Owen also took 4th in the 400m dash in a time of 55.30 and Ethan took 6th in the 800m run (2:19.07).&nbsp;Freshmen Landon Vote got 7th in the 800m run (2:25.48) and Trennis Stevens picked up a 8th place finish in the 400m dash (59.72).&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Field events were led by Ian Brunner on Friday who took 2nd in the shot put with a throw of 41-02”.&nbsp;Kolton Ollinger had a career best jump of 18-06” in the long jump for fourth, while Bryce Harrison had a jump of 17-0” to finish 6th.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Other notable performances Friday night was the 1600m medley relay team of Jacob Paterson, Jaiden Johnson, Landon Vote and Logan Bintz was 7th.&nbsp;Jacob also had a season best of 16-11” in the long jump to finish 7th.&nbsp;Leo Ramirez ran a season best 12.38 in the 100m dash for 6th.&nbsp;Leo and Jacob along with Jaiden Johnson and Riley Fawcett also took 6th in the 4 x 100m relay with a season best JV time of 48.60.&nbsp;Running a pair of season best in the 800m run was Caden Kaltschnee (2:37.63) and Grant Farnham (2:39.17).&nbsp;Caden Cramer recorded a person best in the 200m dash (27.39).&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Jaguars have three meets left in the regular season before their class 2A state qualifying meet in Ogden on Thursday, May 15th.&nbsp;Southeast Valley will make the trip to Sioux Central for the Twin Lakes Conference meet on Tuesday, May 6th before heading back to Lake City on Thursday, May 8th.&nbsp;Monday, May 12th will find the Jaguars competing in the East Sac Relays in Sac City.&nbsp;&nbsp;

Boys' TrackResult at Ross Samuelson Relays

The Southeast Valley boys’ track and field team headed to Manson on Tuesday, April 29th for the boy’s Cougar Relays.&nbsp;This was a boys’ only meet with a varsity and JV division.&nbsp;At the conclusion of the meet, the Jaguars found themselves in second place in both divisions behind class 3A Carroll.&nbsp;On the varsity side, the Jaguars score 101 points and finished 17 points behind Carroll’s 118.&nbsp;In the&nbsp;JV division, Carroll rolled to 140 points, while Southeast Valley scored 107.&nbsp;Manson was third in the varsity team race while South Central Calhoun took third in the JV division.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The relay quartet of Dreyvon Steadman, Logan Jaeschke, Bryce Harrison and Kayden Showers highlighted the night by not only winning the 4 x 100m and 4 x 200m relay but broke both the meet and school records in the process.&nbsp;The 4 x 200m relay winning time was 1:32.60 while the 4 x 100m relay time was 44.16.&nbsp;Kayden also took 1st in the 100m dash (11.60) and 2nd in the 200m dash (22.88).&nbsp;Dreyvon took 2nd in the 100m dash (11.66) and Logan took 5th in the 200m dash (24.16).&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Also picking up a relay title was the shuttle hurdle team of Alex Burger, Casey Hanson, Kolton Ollinger and Colin Johnson who won in a time of 1:04.04.&nbsp;Colin picked up 2nd place and Casey 5th place in the 400m hurdles running times of 57.12 and 1:01.66 (Career PR) respectively.&nbsp;Kolton took 6th in the 110m high hurdles (17.12).&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The relays continued to be the strength of the night for the Jaguars as the 1600m medley relay and the 4 x 400m relays also picked up second place finishes.&nbsp;Kolton Ollinger, Casey Hanson, Owen Nuss and Lincoln Akins took ran a 4:03.39 in the 1600m medley while Alex, Logan, Bryce and Keelan Wellman ran 3:38.09 in the 4 x 400m.&nbsp;The 4 x 800m quartet of Ethan Tucker, Drew Dorsey, Landon Vote and Logan Bintz took 4th overall in a time of 9:35.14.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Individually, Lincoln Akins picked up 3rd place in the 3200m run in a season best 10:48.70, Ian Brunner was 4th in the shot put (39-10.5”) and Steven Fisher was 5th in the discus (118-02”).&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In the JV division of the meet, the Jaguars found four 1st place finishes.&nbsp;Leo Ramirez found gold in the 100m dash (12.84) while Owen Nuss won the 200m dash (25.30).&nbsp;Also wining first was the distance medley relay team of Caden Cramer, Blaise Echevarria, Landon Vote and Caden Kaltschnee in a time of 4:36.52 while the 4 x 100m team of Jacob Paterson, Riley Fawcett, Leo Ramirez and Jaiden Johnson ran 49.24 to finish 1st.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Second place finishes for the Jaguars JV squad was Joe Kauffman (discus, 95-11”), Riley Fawcett (100m dash, 12.95) and Blaise Echevarria (800m run, 2:40.50).&nbsp;Grant Farnham was 3rd in the 800m run with a season best of 2:40.81 while Jaiden Johnson (200m, 26.47) also finished 3rd.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Fourth place finishes went to Ian Brunner (Discus, 92-08”), Steven Fisher (shot put, 35-04”), and Caden Kaltschnee (1600m, 6:01.77) with a season best.&nbsp;The 4 x 400m relay team of Landon Vote, Caden Cramer, Blaise Echevarria and Wyatt Blair also finished 3rd place overall in 4:30.12.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Jaguars will head to Sioux Rapids to compete in the Twin Lakes Conference meet on Tuesday, May 6th.&nbsp;They will complete their regular schedule on Thursday, May 8th in Lake City and Monday, May 12th in Sac City.&nbsp;The varsity will then compete in the class 2A state qualifying meet in Ogden on Thursday, May 15th.&nbsp;

Boys' Track and Field at Cougar Relays

The Southeast Valley boys’ track &amp; field team competed in two meets last week.&nbsp;First up was their own home coed meet in Gowrie on Tuesday, April 22nd and the Mustang Relays in Newell on Friday, April 15th.&nbsp;The Jaguars found themselves winning their second and then their third meet in a row this season by the end of the week.&nbsp;In Gowrie on Tuesday, the Jaguars scored 160 points to top second place Ogden with 137 points and third place SCC with 126 points.&nbsp;The boys then were able to score 170 points on Friday to secure 1st place outpacing second place Manson NW with 129 points and Alta-Aurelia with 119 points.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;On Tuesday, the Jaguars were led by seven first place finishes.&nbsp;Winning individual gold in Gowrie were Kayden Showers (100m, 11.51), Alex Burger (400m, 51.41), Owen Nuss (800m, 2:09.45) and Colin Johnson (400m hurdles, 56.65).&nbsp;Alex’s 400m and Colin’s 400m low hurdles were both meet records and 2nd fastest all-time times in school history.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;A trio of relays also took first place.&nbsp;The shuttle hurdle relay of Alex Burger, Casey Hanson, Kolton Ollinger and Colin Johnson ran a school record and meet record time of 1:02.91.&nbsp;The 4 x 200 quartet ran a 1:35.81 (B. Harrison, C. Hanson, K. Showers, L. Jaeschke) and the 4 x 100m relay team (D. Steadman, L. Jaeschke, B. Harrison and K. Showers) ran a meet record of 44.65 to win.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Second place finishes went to the sprint medley relay team (1:43.01), 4 x 800m relay team (9:47.51), 1600m medley team (4:06.46), 4 x 400m relay team (3:37.80, PR), Dreyvon Steadman (100m, 11.72), and Logan Jaeschke (200m, 24.03).&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Winning the bronze in their events were Kolton Ollinger (HJ, 5-04”), Lincoln Akins (3200m, 10:58.31) and Dreyvon Steadman (200m, 24.22).&nbsp;Lincoln also ran a season best in the 1600m run (5:01.82) while Joe Kauffman (discus, 103-05”) and Kolton Ollinger (110m HH, 16.61) also had season best performances.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Top finishers on Friday night in Newell winning their events were Keelan Wellman (400m, 57.47 PR), Steven Fisher (discus, 119-04.5”), Kayden Showers (100m, 11.26), and Alex Burger (110m HH, 16.88).&nbsp;Winning relays were the sprint medley relay team in a 1:40.77 (C. Hanson, L. Jaeschke, B. Harrison, K. Showers), 1600m distance medley relay team in 3:55.10 (K. Ollinger, A. Burger, C. Johnson, O. Nuss) and 4 x 100m relay team in 44.51 (D. Steadman, L. Jaeschke, B. Harrison, K. Showers.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Silver medal winners for the Jaguars on Friday were Colin Johnson (200m dash, 23.74) and Alex Burger (400m hurdles, 58.05).&nbsp;The freshman shuttle hurdle team of Keelan Wellman, Trennis Stevens, Leo Ramirez and Caden Cramer finished 2nd overall in a freshman record time of 1:20.30.&nbsp;Three other relays team also placed second overall. They were the 4 x 800m relay team (E. Tucker, D. Dorsey, L. Vote, L. Akins) in 9:27.00, the 4 x 200m relay team (D. Steadman, C. Hanson, B. Harrison, K. Showers) in a 1:35.85, and 4 x 400m relay team (K. Ollinger, O. Nuss, E. Tucker, C. Johnson) finished in 3:44.39.&nbsp;Deegan Brandel (discus, 107-07.75”), Bryce Harrison (long jump, 17-05.25”), Kolton Ollinger (HJ, 5-06”), Logan Jaeschke (100m, 11.92), Drew Dorsey (400m, 58.74), Owen Nuss (800m, 2:13.83) and Lincoln Akins (1600m, 5:04.15) all won bronze.&nbsp;&nbsp;Ethan Tucker (800m 2:19.54) and Casey Hanson (200m, 25.43) both ran season best times and finished 5th overall in their respective events.&nbsp;The Jaguars will compete this week at Manson in their boys’ invitational on Tuesday, April 29th before heading to Lake City on Friday, May 2nd. The Twin Lakes Conference meet will be held on Tuesday, May 6th in Sioux Rapids, hosted by Sioux Central.&nbsp;&nbsp;

SV Boys' Track & Field Wins Two Meets

The Southeast Valley boys’ track &amp; field team continued their strong performances on Thursday, April 17th at the Emily Markert Coed Relays in Manson.&nbsp;The Jaguars team racked up 148 team points to win the team title outpacing second place MVAOCOU with 115 points.&nbsp;Host Manson NW Webster was third with 91 points followed by South Hamilton in fourth with 87 points.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The night was highlighted by a pair of school and meet records.&nbsp;First in the 100m dash, senior Dreyvon Steadman ran an 11.04 to break the Southeast Valley school record as well as the meet record.&nbsp;Kayden Showers later broke his own 200m record which he just set last Friday.&nbsp;His time of 22.51 was also a meet record.&nbsp;Both times were also fast enough for 1st place finishes.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Also finishing 1st place in individual events were Alex Burger in the 110m high hurdles running a time of 15.64 and Colin Johnson won the 400m hurdles in a time of 56.66.&nbsp;Alex was a close 2nd to Colin in the 400m low hurdles running a time of 56.74.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Owen Nuss won a bronze medal in the 800m run with a time of 2:11.91 while Deegan Brandel continued to improve his own freshman record in the discus, winning 3rd place with a throw of 126-03”.&nbsp;Logan Jaeschke picked up a pair of 4th place finishes.&nbsp;He ran 11.65 in the 100m dash and a season best 23.72 in the 200m dash.&nbsp;Lincoln Akins also ran a season best in the 1600m run with a 5:03.13 to finish 4th and finish 5th in the 3200m run (11:22.09).&nbsp;Kolton Ollinger also took 4th in the 110m high hurdles with a season best of 16.78.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The sprint medley relay, shuttle hurdle relay and 4 x 200m relay teams also found themselves crossing the finish line in 1st place on Thursday.&nbsp;The quartet of Dreyvon Steadman, Casey Hanson, Kayden Showers and Colin Johnson took 1st in the sprint medley (1:41.82) while Alex, Casey, Kolton and Colin teamed up to win the shuttle (1:04.66) and Dreyvon, Bryce, Kayden and Logan went 1:34.50 to win the 4 x 200m relay.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The 4 x 100m relay of Dreyvon, Bryce, Kayden and Logan took 2nd in the 4 x 100m relay (44.79) while Owen, Casey, Drew Dorsey and Ethan Tucker took 3rd in the 1600m medley (4:11.29).&nbsp;Casey, Owen, Kolton and Keelan Wellman then ran 3:44. 36 in the 4 x 400m&nbsp;to finish 4th.&nbsp;Finishing 6th in the 4 x 800m relay was Ethan Tucker, Drew Dorsey, Landon Vote and Logan Bintz in 9:58.04.&nbsp;Joe Kauffman was 8th in the shot put with a PR throw of 37’ 4”.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Jaguars will next compete in Gowrie in their home coed relays on Tuesday, April 22nd before heading to Newell-Fonda on Friday, April 25th.&nbsp;Southeast Valley then returns to Manson on Tuesday, April 29th.&nbsp;&nbsp;

SV Boys' Track Win Emily Markert Track Meet

The Southeast Valley boys hosted their own two class Boys’ Relays in Gowrie on Tuesday, April 15th.&nbsp;The Jaguars also had two teams competing.&nbsp;In the class A division, Southeast Valley was able to finish 4th overall, scoring 84 points.&nbsp;Webster City won the meet with 132 points.&nbsp;Roland Story was 2nd with 117 points and Madrid was third with 99 points.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In the class A division, the Jaguars were led by winning four of the relays and taking second in a fifth.&nbsp;The sprint medley team of Dreyvon Steadman, Bryce Harrison, Kayden Showers and Alex Burger ran the fourth fastest time in school history in a 1:39.35.&nbsp;Casey Hanson, Bryce Harrison, Owen Nuss and Lincoln Akins took 1st in the distance medley with a time of 4:04.66.&nbsp;Alex, Bryce, Logan and Colin took gold medal honors in the 4 x 400m relay with a time of 3:42.02.Winning the 4 x 100m relay in a season best time of 44.42 was Dreyvon, Bryce, Kayden and Logan.&nbsp;Dreyvon, Alex, Kayden and Logan took silver in the 4 x 200m relay with a school history best time of 1:33.73.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Individually, Kayden Showers was the top finisher, taking 2nd place in the 100m dash in a time of 11.21, while teammate Dreyvon Steadman was 4th in a time of 11.23.&nbsp;Those times were 2nd and 3rd fastest in school history respectively.&nbsp;Kolton Ollinger picked up a pair of individual bronze medals in the long jump with a jump of 17’ 11.75” and in the 400m dash with a time of 55.91.&nbsp;Casey Hanson also took 3rd place in the 400m hurdles with a time of 1:02.16.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Deegan Brandel was 5th in the discus (122’ 2”) and set a PR in the shot put (33’ 8.25”).&nbsp;Colin Johnson 6th place finish in the 200m dash was a season best of 24.36 and Lincoln Akins took 6th in the 1600m run with a season best of 5:03.95.&nbsp;Ethan Tucker also had a 2:20.02 season best in the open 800m run.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In class B, Southeast Valley, ran a primarily JV team against four other schools varsity teams and three other schools JV team.&nbsp;The class B team finished 3rd in the team standings behind GTRA’s varsity team who won the meet with 140 points, followed by the Roland-Story JV team with 78 points.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Ian Brunner was the top finisher for the Jaguars with a throw of 38’ 1.5” in the shot put which was far enough for second place.&nbsp;A plethora of 3rd place finishes for the class B team paced the Jaguars.&nbsp;Third place finishes for the Class B team were Logan Jaeschke was in the 100m dash (11.64), Caden Kaltschnee (400m, 1:03.28), Landon Vote (800m, 2:30.10), and Keelan Wellman (400m Hurdles, 1:02.68).&nbsp;Keelan’s time in the 400m hurdles was a freshman school record.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Three relays also took 3rd place.&nbsp;They were the 4 x 200m relay team of Jacob Paterson, Leo Rameriz, Jaiden Johnson, Keelan Wellman.&nbsp;The 4 x 100m relay team of Jacob Paterson, Leo Rameriz, Jaiden Johnson, Riley Fawcett and the 4 x 400m relay team of Drew Dorsey, Landon Vote, Trennis Stevens, and Logan Bintz.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Blaise Echevarria was 4th in the 400m dash with a season best of 1:03.31 and also the 800m run.&nbsp;Jaiden Johnson’s season best jump of 15’ 10.5” in the long jump was also 4th while Jake Paterson jumped a season best of 15’ 9” to take 5th.&nbsp;Trennis Stevens was 5th in the 110m high hurdles.&nbsp;6th place finishes were Kyle Eastman in the discus (96’ 11” PR) and Caden Kaltschnee in the 1600m run (6:46.66)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Jaguars will compete in their home coed invitational on Tuesday, April 22nd before heading to Newell on Friday, April 25th.&nbsp;&nbsp;

HS Boys Track hosts SV Invite

The Southeast Valley boys’ track &amp; field team had another strong performance at the Greene County Coed Early Bird meet in Jefferson on Friday, April 11th.&nbsp;Behind 16 season best performances, nine top-10 all-time bests in school history, one meet record and one school record, the Jaguars finished 2nd overall as a team scoring 124 points.&nbsp;Forest City won the meet with 138.5 and host Greene County was third with 108 points.&nbsp;Ogden was 4th with 90 points.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Kayden Showers set a new school record in the 200m dash in a time of 22.94 to finish 3rd overall in the race.&nbsp;In the shuttle hurdle, the quartet of Alex Burger, Casey Hanson, Kolton Ollinger and Colin Johnson set a meet record winning the race in a time of 1:04.34, missing the school record by 13 hundredths of a second to remain second all-time in school history.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The 4 x 100m relay team of Dreyvon Steadman, Bryce Harrison, Kayden Showers and Logan Jaeschke also earned themselves a gold medal running a time of 44.55.&nbsp;Alex Burger also claimed the top finish in the 400m low hurdles.&nbsp;His time of 57.86 was 4th best in school history.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Colin Johnson ran the 3rd fastest 400m dash time in school history finishing 2nd with a 53.44 while Dreyvon Steadman also picked up the silver medal in the 100m dash in a new career best time of 11.49.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;A couple of third place finishers also rewrote the record books.&nbsp;Freshman Deegan Brandel took 3rd place in the discus throw with a career best of 125-09” which broke Aaron Graves’ freshman record.&nbsp;In the 1600m run, Lincoln Akins also took 3rd in a career best 5:05.93 that moved him to 8th all-time in that event. Casey Hanson took 3rd in the 400m hurdles in 1:02.38 that puts him 10th best in school history.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Owen Nuss ran to a career best 5:13.22 to finish 4th place overall in the 1600m run.&nbsp;Along with Bryce Harrison, Logan Jaeschke and Alex Burger, Owen anchored their 1600m distance medley to a 4th place finish as well in a season best time of 3:54.73.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Other fourth place finishers were Alex Burger (long jump, 19-01.5”), Kolton Ollinger (110m High hurdles, 17.00, PR), Dreyvon Steadman (200m dash, 23.65) as well as the 4 x 800m relay team (Drew Dorsey, Ethan Tucker, Landon Vote, Lincoln Akins) in a season best time of 9:19.48 and the 4 x 400m relay team (Kolton, Logan, Kayden, Colin) with a season best of 3:38.63.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Other season best performances on Friday night were Kolton Ollinger (HJ, 5-05”, 6th), Joe Kauffman (Discus, 98-10” &amp; Shot Put, 36-04”), Evan Frana (Shot Put, 30-11”), Logan Jaeschke (200m, 23.85, 5th), Bryce Harrison (200m, 24.32, 6th) and Trennis Stevens (400m hurdles, 1:08.75).&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Jaguars will compete in their home boys’ invitational in Gowrie on Monday, April 14th and then head to Manson on Thursday, April 17th.&nbsp;They will return to Gowrie on Tuesday, April 22nd for the Southeast Valley coed.&nbsp;&nbsp;

SV Boys Track @ Greene County Invite

The Southeast Valley boys’ track team came out of the blocks fast in their first outdoor track meet of the season competing in the Roland-Story Early Bird Coed meet in Story City.&nbsp;On Friday, April 4th, the boys’ competed against Gilbert, Roland-Story, PCM and Hampton Dumont.&nbsp;While the Jaguars rewrote many of the top-ten lists on Friday, they finished 4th place overall as a team behind class 3A powerhouse Gilbert who won the meet with 139 points.&nbsp;PCM took 2nd with 104 points.&nbsp;The Jaguars 53 points were only 19 points behind 3rd place Roland Story.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Colin Johnson was the lone event winner on Friday, running the 400m hurdles in personal record time of 56.82 which improved his 4th place spot on the all-time top ten list.&nbsp;Alex Burger moved his way up to 2nd in the school record books by taking silver in the long jump with a jump of 20-4”.&nbsp;He also is now 8th best time in school history with his 16.87 finish in the 110m high hurdles.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Several other individuals took 3rd place overall in the meet while running career bests.&nbsp;Dreyvon Steadman ran an 11.57 in the 100m dash, Bryce Harrison ran 54.71 in the 400m dash and Owen Nuss finished the 800m run in 2:09.17.&nbsp;The three bronze medalists also found themselves making the top-ten list individually; Dreyvon 4th in the 100, Bryce 10th in the 400m dash and Owen 3rd in the 800m run.&nbsp;Ian Brunner picked up third place in the high jump (5’ 4”) as well.&nbsp;Bryce also took 4th in the long jump with the 9th best jump of 19’ 1” in school history.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The sprint medley relay team of Bryce, Kayden Showers, Logan Jaeschke and Colin ran a 1:38.42 to claim second in the race and jump to 2nd best time in school history.&nbsp;Colin and Alex joined Casey Hanson and Kolton Ollinger in the shuttle hurdle to also ran the 2nd best time in school history.&nbsp;Their 1:04.80 was just off the school record and good enough for 4th place in the meet.&nbsp;Also moving into the 2nd spot on the top-ten lists was the 4 x 100m quartet of Dreyvon, Bryce, Kayden and Logan finishing in 44.45.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;A 1:34.71 in the 4 x 200m relay of Dreyvon, Casey, Kayden and Logan and a 3:40.21 in the 4 x 400m relay with a team of Alex, Owen, Kolton and Casey both finished 3rd overall.&nbsp;The 4 x 200m time is now 5th in school history and the 4 x 400m relay team is 8th.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In the field events, Steven Fisher took 5th in the discus with career best throw of 124-2” moving to 7th all-time and Ian Brunner took 5th in the shot put also with a career best of 41-5” and 9th in school history.&nbsp;Deegan Brandel cracked the top-10 with his discus throw of 115-10”.&nbsp;Joe Kauffman picked up a pair of career bests with a throw of 90-3” in the discus and 36’ in the shot put.&nbsp;Also setting a career best in the discus was Kyle Eastman with a throw of 87-9” and Deegan Brandel in the shot put.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Several other outstanding performances on the night were Lincoln Akins, 3200m, (11:09.44, career PR, 7th all-time) and 800m run (2:21.56 career PR), Drew Dorsey (1600m, 5:42.13, season PR), Logan Bintz (1600m, 5:54.91, season PR), and Kolton Ollinger 110m high hurdles (17.19, 9th all-time).&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Jaguars will next compete at the Jefferson on Friday, April 11th before hosting their own home boys’ invitational on Monday, April 14th in Gowrie.&nbsp;&nbsp;

HS Boys Track & Field @ Roland-Story Coed Invite

The Southeast Valley boys’ track &amp; filed team took an almost full squad to Humboldt for the last indoor track meet of the 2025 season last Friday, March 21st.&nbsp;The Jaguars who had competed earlier this year looked to improve times, while those who hadn’t got a chance to see where they are early in the season.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The top finish for the SV Jags was the 4 x 200m relay team of Kayden Showers, Logan Jaeschke, Bryce Harrison and Dreyvon Steadman whose time of 1:38.35 was strong enough for 1st place.&nbsp;The relay quartet of Alex Burger, Casey Hanson, Kolton Ollinger and Colin Johnson took 2nd place in the shuttle hurdle relay.&nbsp;Their time of 39.48 was good enough for 2nd overall and 3rd on the all-time top-ten list.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Alex Burger and Colin Johnson also picked up some individual 2nd place finishes as well.&nbsp;Alex claimed second in both the 60m hurdles in a time of 9.60 and the 200m dash in a time of 25.35.&nbsp;Colin’s 2nd place finish was in the 400m dash with a time of 57.46.&nbsp;Kolton Ollinger found himself moving up to 6th in the all-time 60m rankings with his 3rd place finish with a&nbsp;time of 9.71; a season’s best.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Fourth place finishes on Friday went to the 1600m medley team of Logan Jaeschke, Bryce Harrison, Owen Nuss and Ethan Tucker running a time of 4:09.93 and Lincoln Akins was 4th in the 1600m run in a time of 5:14.02.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Dreyvon Steadman picked up a 5th place finish in the 60m dash with a time of 7.53 and Colin, Kayden, Dreyvon and Bryce ran a 3:58.31 in the 4 x 400m relay.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Some season PRs were also set on Friday night.&nbsp;In the shot put, Ian Brunner and Kyle Eastman through season best of 40’ 10” and 27’ 8” respectively.&nbsp;Ian’s throw moved him into the top-ten all-time rankings at 10th.&nbsp;In the 800m run, Caden Kaltschnee edged teammate Grant Farnham at the finish as both improved their season’s times to 2:41.99 and 2:42.34 respectively.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Jaguars will have two weeks before they start the outdoor season on April 4th in Story City and then traveling to Jefferson on Friday, April 11th.

SV Boys Track @ Humboldt Indoor Meet

The Southeast Valley boys’ track &amp; field team headed to Ames on Thursday, March 13th to compete in the Iowa State Indoor Championships hosted by the Iowa Track Coaches Association.&nbsp;To compete in this meet, you had qualify based on verified times from the past season.&nbsp;The meet was divided by classes and only the top 12, 21, 24 or 30 entries depending on the event were accepted for each class.&nbsp;The Jaguars were able to qualify 7 events for the meet held at the Lied Rec Center at ISU.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The 4 x 100m relay team of Dreyvon Steadman, Kayden Showers, Bryce Harrison and Logan Jaeschke just missed reaching the top 6 podium positions needed for a medal.&nbsp;Their time of 45.16 earned the only team points of the night by finishing 7th (2pts) but also set the 5th fastest time in school history (and most likely the fastest on an indoor track).&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Dreyvon and Kayden also competed in the 60m dash running a 7.34 and 7.49 respectively.&nbsp;Both times were a season PR and kept them in the #2 and #4 times in school history.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Alex Burger also moved up in the all-time top ten lists when he ran a career PR 53.24 in the open 400m dash.&nbsp;His time moved him up from 10th to 2nd all time on the list.&nbsp;He also long jumped a season best 19-00.5” in the long jump.&nbsp;&nbsp;Alex and Logan joined Casey Hanson and Colin Johnson in the 4 x 400m relays.&nbsp;The quartet’s time in the race was 3:43.01.&nbsp;Owen Nuss was less than a second off his career best in the open 800m run when he ran a season best 2:12.05.&nbsp;Ian Brunner threw 39-8.75” in the Shot Put.&nbsp;The Jaguars will compete in the final indoor meet of the season on Friday, March 21st at Humboldt before getting a two week break from competition before begging their outdoor season on April 4th at Story City.&nbsp;&nbsp;

ISU Boys' Track Article

Monday night, March 10th, the Southeast Valley boy’s track &amp; field team headed to Cedar Falls to start the 2025 season competing in the Dickinson Relays held in the UNI-Dome.&nbsp;Despite missing three days of practice last week due to the blizzard, the boys’ team started the season off strong in their first indoor meet of the season on a night that could easily have been great weather for an outdoor meet.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The top performance of the night was the 4 x 200m relay quartet of Kayden Showers, Logan Jaeschke, Bryce Harrison and Dreyvon Steadman whose 1:37.40 was strong enough for 18th overall in a field of 73 teams from all classes.&nbsp;Dreyvon, Kayden and Logan also set three all-time top ten finishes in the 60m dash.&nbsp;Dreyvon’s 7.36 is 2nd best in school history while Kayden’s 7.53 is 4th and Logan’s 7.63 is 7th best overall.&nbsp;Logan also finished the 200m dash in a time of 24.38 with Bryce not far behind in 25.40.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Alex Burger also found himself with a pair of top ten school best time running a 9.20 in the 60m hurdles for the 3rd fastest time and improved his own 10th fastest time in the 400m dash running 55.18.&nbsp;Colin Johnson was slightly behind Alex in the 400m dash running a 55.58.&nbsp;Alex also competed in the long jump (18-3.75”) and Colin in the 200m dash (25.89).&nbsp;&nbsp;Kolton Ollinger also found a top-ten school best in the 60m hurdles crossing the finish in 9.91 seconds.&nbsp;Kolton also competed in the long jump (17-3.25).&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The trio of Ian Brunner, Joe Kauffman and Kyle Eastman competed in the shot put.&nbsp;Ian and Joe both set new PRs in the shot with throws of 40-1.25” and 34-1.25” respectively.&nbsp;Kyle Eastman’s best throw was 26-1”.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Owen Nuss was the top runner in the 800m run in a time of 2:18.56.&nbsp;Also, in the 800m run was Grant Farnham (2:47.05) and Caden Kaltschnee (2:53.59).&nbsp;Owen anchored the 4 x 800m team that was led off by Ethan Tucker, followed by Logan Bintz and Drew Dorsey.&nbsp;The four runners finished the race in a time of 9:56.61.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Several Jaguars will hopefully get to compete in the Iowa Track Coaches Association Indoor State Championships on Thursday, March 13th, while most of the team will compete at Humboldt next Friday, March 21st.&nbsp;&nbsp;

Boys Track & Field @ UNI Indoor Meet

The Southeast Valley boys’ track season wrapped up their 2024 campaign once again this year at the state track and field championships on the Blue Oval in Des Moines this past weekend.&nbsp;The Jaguars had three events run on Friday, May 17th.	Jace Hanson was the first two events for Southeast Valley competing in the 110m high hurdles and the 400m hurdles.&nbsp;After hitting a hurdle in the highs, Jace finished 23rd overall in a time of 16.74.&nbsp;Shortly after an hour later, Jace then competed in the 400m hurdles just missing earning all-state honors with a 9th place finish.&nbsp;However his time of 55.72 lowered his school record he had set a week earlier by almost a second.&nbsp;Jace also competed in the 400m low hurdles last year at state and finished 14th.	The final event of the day was the 4 x 100m relay team of Dreyvon Steadman, Logan Jaeschke, Kayden Showers and Hanson.&nbsp;The 4 x 100m relay team also lowered their school record which they had set a week before running 44.30.&nbsp;The time was fast enough for 17th overall and did not qualify them for Saturday’s finals.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;	“Our biggest goal going into the state meet is to try to finish higher than the place we qualified in and run our season’s best.&nbsp;The boys were able to run two school records, you can’t ask for more than that.&nbsp;How you place at state is all relevant to the performances of the other schools that qualify and this year, the competition at the state meet was outstanding.”	Jae Hanson will leave his legacy on this program with the other seniors on the team, Oscar Hanson, Isaiah Ihrg, Ben Thompson, Jace Nelson and Kegan Vangilder.&nbsp;Besides leaving their names all over the school records, freshmen records and top-ten list, this group of seniors never finished less than 3rd place at the Twin Lakes Conference meet, having been conference champions once and runner-up twice as well as being part of two state qualifying meet championships as well.	“It has been an honor to coach these seniors and watch their improvement over the past four years.&nbsp;However, the leadership they have exhibited with this year’s team and underclassmen as well as the confident young men they have become is even more exciting to see.&nbsp;This has also been a group that has lots of fun, but knows when to have fun and when it’s work time.&nbsp;I wish them all the best in all of their future endeavors,” commented Coach Nuss.	This year’s success though can’t be accomplished without a strong coaching staff.&nbsp;“I have to thank first year assistants Mathew Hanson and Bethany Rippentrop-Nuss with their help throughout the year as well as returning assistant Jim Duncan who continues to help our throwers make strides in what they do. I’m not always the easiest to work with, so I appreciate their patience while I try to figure out the best way to utilize their strengths to best fit what our team needs to accomplish.”

End of the Year Boys' Track 23-24

The Southeast Valley boys’ track &amp; field team qualified three events for this week’s Iowa State Track &amp; Field Championships in Des Moines.&nbsp;Jace Hanson qualified individually in the 110m high hurdles and the 400m low hurdles and is also on the 4 x 100m relay team of Dreyvon Steadman, Logan Jaeschke and Kayden Showers.&nbsp;Jace will run the prelims of the 110m highs and 400m lows this Friday, May 17th&nbsp;and the 4 x 100m relay will compete in prelims as well on Friday.&nbsp;Jace and the 4 x 100m relay have a chance to compete in finals on Saturday, May 18th.	The three events qualified from their class 2A state qualifying meet that was hosted by Roland-Story in Story City, this past Thursday, May 9th.&nbsp;Events had to finish 1st or 2nd in each event to automatically advance.&nbsp;Even though the Jaguars set two school records and recorded 11 season PRs, all three events finished 4th which meant they would have to wait until Friday to see if they qualified based on their times.	In the 110m high hurdles, Jace ran a time of 15.89 while in the 400m low hurdles his time was a school record 56.51 to record 4th pace in both events.&nbsp;The 4 x 100m relay team also set a school record with their fourth place finish in a time of 44.48.	The Jaguars were also able to pick up four 5th place finishes.&nbsp;The shuttle hurdle team of Isaiah Ihrig, Colin Johnson, Casey Hanson and Jace Hanson ran 1:05.87 and Dreyvon Steadman took 5th in the 100m dash in a time of 11.76.&nbsp;Oscar Hanson ran his best time in the 3200m run this year to take 5th in 10:52.66; he also took 7th in the 1600m run in a season best of 4:59.24.&nbsp;Running a 1:35.43 in the 4 x 200 was a season best team of Dreyvon Steadman, Logan Jaeschke, Kayden Showers and Casey Hasnon.&nbsp;Aden Jepsen took 6th in the shot put (40-8”).&nbsp;&nbsp;	The Jaguars had a plethora of 8th place finishes on the night as well.&nbsp;Individually, Alex Burger (Long Jump, 18-.07.75”), Isaiah Ihrig (400m, 56.09), Owen Nuss (800m, 2:11.26 PR), and Logan Jaeschke (200m 23.83) finished 8th.&nbsp;The 4 x 800m relay team (Drew Dorsey, Logan Bintz, Ben Thompson, Spencer Peterson), the 4 x 400m relay (Isaiah Ihrig, Alex Burger, Logan Jaeschke, Colin Johnson)&nbsp;and the 1600m Medley team (Owen Nuss, Bryce Harrison, Alex Burger, Oscar Hanson) both took 8th running 9:44.12, 3:40.90 and 4:06.50 respectively.	Ian Brunner (400m, 58.14), Drew Dorsey (800m, 2:29.54) and Kayden Showers (200m, 23.95) also ran season best times.&nbsp;&nbsp;	The class 2A state track &amp; field championship meet is held at Drake Stadium on Thursday - Saturday, May 16th - 18th in Des Moines.&nbsp;Class 2A will compete in the morning session with all spectator information and schedule of events can be found at <a href="http://www.iahsaa.org" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">www.iahsaa.org</a>.&nbsp;Tickets for the state meet can also be found at their website and must be purchased online.

Boys Track - State Qualifying meet

Southeast Valley State Track &amp; Field Schedule Thursday, May 16th, 2024 9:00am - Girls Shot Put - Alex Kitchen, 5th in Flight 29:00am - Girls Shuttle Hurdle Prelims Heat 5, Lane 7&nbsp;- Haylea Hutchinson, Madelyn Farley, Ava Brunner, Addi Hindt Friday, May 17th, 202410:20am - Girls 100m Hurdle Prelims - Addi Hindt Heat 3, Lane 610:40am - 110m High Hurdle Prelims - Jace Hanson, Heat 1, Lane 812:20pm - 400m hurdles Finals - Jace Hanson, Heat 2, Lane 51:00pm - 4 x 100m Relay Prelims, Heat 3, Lane 2- Dreyvon Steadman, Logan Jaeschke, Kayden Showers, Jace Hanson1:20pm - Girls 4 x 400m&nbsp;Prelims,&nbsp;Heat 3, Lane 1- Kenna Scott, Breck Mills, Camryn Lane, Lauren Eslick,&nbsp; Saturday, May 18th, 2024All finals must qualify from the prelims on Thursday &amp; Friday1:05pm - Girls 100m Hurdle Finals - TBD1:15pm - 110m High Hurdle Finals - TBD3:40pm - 4 x 100m Relay Finals - TBD3:55pm - Girls 4 x 400m Relay Final - TBD All information for spectators, tickets, etc can be found at:<a href="https://www.iahsaa.org/track-field/state-meet-central/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">https://www.iahsaa.org/track-field/state-meet-central/</a> Tickets can be purchased beginning at 9am on Monday, May 13th, 2024 at:<a href="https://www.iahsaa.org/tickets/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">https://www.iahsaa.org/tickets/</a> The meet is live streamed at (I also believe you can view this on TV if you have WCCTA):<a href="https://www.ihssn.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">https://www.ihssn.com/</a> <h3>SPECTATOR RESOURCES</h3><ul><li><a href="https://www.iahsaa.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/24StateTrackSchedule1.10.24.pdf" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(17, 79, 200);">2024 State Meet Schedule</a></li><li><a href="https://www.iahsaa.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/2024-State-Track-Parking-Map-Thursday-Friday5.9.24.pdf" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(17, 79, 200);">Drake Stadium Parking Thursday &amp; Friday</a></li><li><a href="https://www.iahsaa.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/2024-State-Track-Parking-Map-Saturday5.9.24.pdf" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(17, 79, 200);">Drake Stadium Parking Saturday</a></li><li><a href="https://www.iahsaa.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/State-Track-tents_awnings5.15.21.pdf" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(17, 79, 200);">Drake Stadium Tent Policy</a></li></ul>&nbsp;Gates open at 7:30 a.m. each day.Seating at Drake Stadium is general admission.<h3 class="ql-align-center"> </h3><h3 class="ql-align-center"><a href="https://www.iahsaa.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Drake-Stadium-Prohibited-Items5.13.22.pdf" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">DRAKE STADIUM PROHIBITED ITEMS</a></h3><ol><li>Backpacks &amp; Large Bags Greater Than 16″x9″x8″</li><li>Alcoholic Beverages</li><li>Bottles</li><li>Coolers, Thermoses</li><li>Lawn Chairs</li><li>Outside Food &amp; Drinks</li><li>Stadium/Bleacher Back Seats over 18” Wide</li><li>Strollers</li><li>Tents</li><li>Camera Tripods</li><li>Umbrella</li><li>Weapons of Any Kind</li><li>Tent or Awning Apparatus</li><li>Emotional Support Animals</li></ol>

Southeast Valley Girls & Boys State Track Schedule

In Sac City on Monday, May 6th, the Southeast Valley boys’ track team put together one of their best team finishes of the season when they claimed the team title at the East Sac Relays by a margin of 28 points.&nbsp;Ridge View was second with 99 points, followed by SCC (89) and East Sac County (83).&nbsp;This was the second team title for the Jaguars of the season.	The victory was powered by claiming six gold medals, four which were relay titles, 14 season best performances and one school record.&nbsp;Senior Jace Hanson took the gold in both the 110m and 400m hurdle events.&nbsp;His time of 15.32 in the highs broke the Southeast Valley school record while he recorded a 59.90 in the 400m lows.	Jace also anchored two of the winning relay teams to gold medals as well, to claim 4 golds on the night. In the shuttle hurdle, Isaiah Ihrig, Colin Johnson and Casey Hanson joined Jace to run a winning time of 1:05.63.&nbsp;The winning time of 45.76 in the 4 x 100m relay was recorded by Dreyvon Steadman, Logan Jaeschke, Kayden Showers and Jace Hanson.&nbsp;&nbsp;	Dreyvon, Logan, Kayden and Casey teamed up to win the 4 x 200m relay in 1:37.98 while Isaiah, Casey, Logan and Colin’s 3:49.76 was good enough to win the 4 x 400m relay as well.	Colin and Isaiah also took 1st and 2nd in the 400m dash running 56.48 and 57.24 respectively while Dreyvon (11.67) and Kayden (11.75) ran season bests going 4th and 5th in the 100m dash. Kayden also ran as season best in the 200m dash in 24.27 to take 3rd, edging Logan who finished 4th in 24.54.&nbsp;Alex Burger just missed 2nd in the 400m hurdles behind Jace running a season best 1:02.80 to claim bronze.&nbsp;He also took 5th in the long jump (17-06”).	Steven Fisher picked up 3rd place in the discus (119-10”) while Aden Jepsen took 6th shot put (41-08”) and 6th in the discus (108-11”).&nbsp;Owen Nuss was 4th in the 1600m run with a season best of 5:16.31 and also led off the 4 x 800m quartet of Oscar Hanson, Drew Dorsey and Ethan Tucker.&nbsp;The 4 x 800m relay finished 3rd in 9:27.62.&nbsp;&nbsp;	Sixth place finishes were also recorded by Ian Brunner (high jump, 5-06”), Kolton Ollinger (long jump, 17-01”), Oscar Hanson (800m, 2:18.83) as well as the 1600m medley relay which ran 4:28.62 (Owen Nuss, Bryce Harrison, Ian Brunner, Spencer Peterson).	Other season bests were Joe Kauffman (discus, 84-07”), Kyle Eastman (discus, 81-09”), Ian Brunner (shot put, 37-08”), Oliver Riehl (3200m, 13:06.00), Jace Nelson (100m, 13.03), and Gauge Jones (200m, 26.98).	The Jaguars will compete at Story City in the class 2A state qualifying meet on May 9th.&nbsp;The top two finishers and next best eight will qualify for the Iowa State Championships in Des Moines on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, May 16th - 20th.&nbsp;

Boys Track -- East Sac Relays

After a postponement of the 2024 Twin Lakes Conference track meet from Tuesday to Thursday, May 2nd, the Southeast Valley boys’ track team headed to Emmetsburg where they repeated as the boys’ track and field runner up in the team race.&nbsp;Alta- Aurelia got out to an early start in the team race and held on to the top spot the entire meet scoring 118 points.&nbsp;The Jaguars 90 points was enough to edge Sioux Central’s 89.5 for second and third respectively.&nbsp;South Central was a close 4th place with 86 and host Emmetsburg was 5th with 78.5.	While Southeast Valley was not able to claim any conference champions at the meet, the Jaguars were able to secure two runner up finishes with their shuttle hurdle and 4 x 100m relays. The quartet of Isaiah Ihrig, Colin Johnson, Casey Hanson and Jace Hanson ran the shuttle in a time of 1:05.56.&nbsp;Dreyvon Steadman, Logan Jaeschke, Kayden Showers, and Jace Hanson also took the silver medal in the 4 x100 in a season best time of 45.06.	Winning the bronze medal were Dreyvon, Logan, Kayden and Colin in the 4 x 200m relay also running a season best of 1:36.23.&nbsp;Jace Hanson picked up a third place finish in the 400m hurdles in a time of 58.56 and Alex Burger had a season best jump in the long jump of 19’ 2” to claim third place as well.	Fourth place finishes went to Isaiah Ihrig (400m, 54.63) and Jace Hanson (110m hurdles, 16.19) and the quartet of Isiah, Owen Nuss, Casey Hanson, and Colin Johnson in the 4x 400m relay (3:44.45).	Fifth place finishes were Aden Jepsen (shot put, 41’ 2”), Kolton Ollinger (long jump, 17’ 11.5”), Oscar Hanson (3200m run, 11:04.61), Alex Burger (400m, 55.27), and Colin Johnson (400m hurdles, 1:00.78).&nbsp;Dreyvon Steadman (100m, 11.95), Bryce Harrison (High Jump, 5’ 4”), and Logan Jaeschke (200m, 24.27) and the 4 x 800m team of Owen Nuss, Ethan Tucker, Ben Thompson and Ian Brunner (9:34.89) brought home 6th place finishes.	Oscar Hanson and Aden Jepsen were also double place winners taking 7th in the 1600m run (5:05.62) and discus (105’ 5”) respectively.&nbsp;Kolton Ollinger, Gauge Jones, Casey Hanson and Oscar Hanson took 8th in the 1600m medley relay (4:09.35).	The Jaguars had 14 season best times on the night.&nbsp;Logan Bintz (3200m, 12:24.56), Kayden Showers (100m, 12.08) and Oliver Riehl (1600m, 5:53.41) had season best times although they did not place.	The Jaguars will next compete at Sac City on Monday, May 6th before heading to Story City on Thursday, May 9th for their 2A State Qualifying meet to determine state qualifiers for the Iowa State track &amp; field championships in Des Moines on May 16th, 17th and 18th.&nbsp;&nbsp;

Boys Track -- Twin Lakes Conference Meet

The Southeast Valley boys’ track teams traveled to Manson on a windy Tuesday, April 23rd for a boys only meet.&nbsp;The meet was split into a varsity and JV division.&nbsp;On the varsity side, the Jaguars finished 2nd overall in the team standings with 89, finishing behind only class 3A Carroll who won the meet with 128 points.&nbsp;The Jaguars edged out conference foe SCC who was third with 82 points, St. Edmond with 81 points and Manson NW with 75 points.	Aden Jepsen was the lone gold medalist for the Jaguars with a personal best of 41-07” in the shot put.&nbsp;Jace Hanson picked up a pair of silver medals in the hurdle events running 16.76 in the 110m high hurdles and 59.40 in the 400m low hurdles.&nbsp;&nbsp;	Four of the six relay events also took 2nd place finishes.&nbsp;The shuttle hurdle team of Isaiah Ihrig, Colin Johnson, Gauge Jones, and Jace Hanson ran 1:09.73 which put them as the 7th fastest shuttle hurdle in SV history.&nbsp;Casey Hanson, Brady Hanson, Kayden Showers and Logan Jaeschke ran 1:38.09 in the 4 x 200m relay.&nbsp;&nbsp;Dreyvon Steadman led off the 4 x 100m relay with Brady, Kayden and Logan to finish in 46.13.&nbsp;Finally, running the 9th fastest 4 x 400m relay in school history was Isaiah Ihrig, Owen Nuss, Logan Jaeschke and Colin Johnson in a season best of 3:42.24.&nbsp;&nbsp;Taking an individual bronze medal was Isaiah Ihrig in the 400m dash with a 10th best school time of 55.46.	Three different Jaguars took 4th place overall.&nbsp;They were Alex Burger (Long Jump, 18-05”), Dreyvon Steadman (100m, 12.25) and Colin Johnson (400m hurdles, 1:00.78).	Oscar Hanson picked up a fifth place finish for the Jaguars in the 3200m running a season best of 11:07.08 while Owen Nuss took 5th in the 800m run with a PR of 2:15.59 which also put him on the school’s top ten list in the 800 at 9th. Kolton Ollinger (Long Jump, 17-1.5”), Ethan Tucker (800m, 2:18.75) and Drew Dorsey (1600m, 5:54.35) also had season best performances on Tuesday.	The varsity team will compete in the Twin Lakes Conference meet on Tuesday, April 30th in Emmetsburg before heading to Lake City on Thursday, May 2nd.&nbsp; JV&nbsp;The Jaguars’ JV team was able to leave the meet as the JV division champions.&nbsp;Southeast Valley managed to score 87 points to finish 4 points ahead of 2nd place Carroll.The Jaguars were able to claim four first place finishes in the JV division.&nbsp;Colin Johnson won the long jump with his personal best jump of 16-11” while Casey Hanson set the freshman record in the 400m hurdles with a time of 1:02.72 to claim gold.&nbsp;&nbsp;Two relays were able to also cross the finish line 1st.&nbsp;Kagan Vangilder, Bryce Harrison, Logan Bintz and Spencer Peterson ran a 4:27.41 to win the 1600m medley relay and Jace Nelson, Gauge Jones and Riley Fawcett claimed gold in the 4 x 100m relay with a time of 49.96.Jace, Gauge and Riley were the first three legs of the 800 sprint medley that was anchored by Spencer Peterson to take 3rd place overall in a time of 1:52.51.Also finishing 3rd was a pair of throwers.&nbsp;Ian Brunner’s best throw of 83-04’ in the discus and Joe Kauffman’s throw of 32-07” in the shot put won them both bronze medals.&nbsp;Kaden Wellman took 3rd in the 400m run with a season best of 1:08.05.&nbsp;&nbsp;Alex Burger took 2nd place in the 200m dash in 26.64 while teammate Preston Kennedy ran a season best of 27.63 in the same event.The 4 x 400m relay of Ian Brunner, Oscar Hanson, Ethan Tucker and Ben Thompson also took 2nd place with a time of 4:01.46.&nbsp;&nbsp;Jace Nelson took 5th in the 100m dash (13.48) and Oliver Riehl took 6th in the 800m run (2:42.57).The JV team will finish up its season on April 26th at Lake City.&nbsp;

Boys Varsity and JV Track Compete in Manson

The Southeast Valley boys track &amp; field team won their first meet of the 2024 season and they did it in front of the home crowd in Gowrie on Monday, April 15th.&nbsp;To make the victory a little sweeter, the Southeast Valley girls also won the girls division of the meet, making it a sweep for the home team.	The Jaguars scored 131 points in the win, outpacing conference foe South Central Calhoun’s 119.5 points in second and Woodward Granger who was 3rd with 88.5 points.	Jace Hanson was a double individual winner taking the 400m hurdles in a new meet record in a time of 56.99 as well as winning the 110m high hurdles in 16.38.&nbsp;Dreyvon Steadman, Brady Hanson and Kayden Showers joined Jace Hanson to also take gold in the 4 x 100m dash with a season best time of 45.56.	Alex Burger (Long jump, 18-06.75”), Oscar Hanson (3200m, 11:45.93), and Colin Johnson (400m hurdles, 58.68) all claimed individual silver medals.&nbsp;The sprint medley relay (1:42.87), the 4 x 800m relay (9:44.07) and the 4 x 400m (3:43.09) relays all earned runner-up honors as well.&nbsp;The sprint medley relay members were Brady Hanson, Kayden Showers, Logan Jaeschke and Dreyvon Steadman while the quartet of Ethan Tucker, Owen Nuss, Drew Dorsey and Ben Thompson ran the 4 x 800m relay.&nbsp;Alex Burger, Casey Hanson, Logan Jaeschke and Colin Johnson made up the 4 x 400m team.&nbsp;	Aden Jepsen took 3rd place in the discus (105-10”) and 4th place in the shot put (39-04”) while teammate Steven Fisher also took 4th place in the shot put (35-06.5”).&nbsp;Along with Aden, Ethan Tucker (800m, 2:24.19), Logan Jaeschke (200m, 24.65) and Oscar Hanson (1600m, 5:14.64) also earned 3rd place medals in the meet. The shuttle hurdle relays team of Alex Burger, Colin Johnson, Gauge Jones and Casey Hanson also ran the 6th fastest time in school history to take 3rd in the shuttle hurdle.	Fourth place finishes went to Logan Bintz (3200m, 13:02.63) and Kayden Showers (200m, 24.78) as well as the 1600m medley relay (Brady Hanson, Casey Hanson, Owen Nuss, Alex Burger; 4:14.12) and 4 x 200m relay (Kolton Ollinger, Casey Hanson, Bryce Harrison, Gauge Jones; 1:43.91).	Dreyvon Steadman was 5th in the 100m dash (12.29) while Logan Bintz and Owen Nuss were 6th in the 800m and 1600m runs respectively.	Several JV events also competed in the meet and set season bests.&nbsp;These were Kaden Wellman in the discus (75-09”) and shot put (26-05”), Spencer Peterson (2:33.23) and Oliver Riehl (2:41.90) in the 800m run and the 4 x 100m relay of Jace Nelson, Gauge Jones, Kolton Ollinger and Riley Fawcett with a time of 49.37.	The Jaguars will compete next at South Central Calhoun on Friday, April 26th before heading to the Twin Lakes Conference meet at Emmetsburg on Tuesday, April 30th.&nbsp;

Jag Boys' Track Wins 1st Meet of the Season

Southeast Valley hosted their home boys’ invitational in Gowrie on Monday, April 8th.&nbsp; The meet was a two class meet as the Jaguars competed with a team in both classes.&nbsp;&nbsp;	The varsity team in class A finished 3rd overall.&nbsp; Perennial class 1A powerhouse Madrid ran away with the meet with 182 points.&nbsp; Roland Story edged SV by 5 points for second.&nbsp; Roland Story had beaten the Jaguars a week earlier by 24 points. Ogden was 4th with 78 points.	The JV team running in class B, finished 7th overall with 35 points.&nbsp; West Bend Mallard won class B with 105 points, followed by GTRA in second with 101 points and Roland Story JV with 90 points.	In the class A division, Jace Hanson led the Jaguars with the lone gold medal of the night winning the 110m hurdles in a time of 16.23.&nbsp; He also claimed runner up in the 400m low hurdles in a time of 58.55.&nbsp; Dreyvon Steadman also took 2nd place in the 100m dash (11.87) and Oscar Hanson took 2nd in the 3200m run (11:13.04).&nbsp; Isaiah Ihrig, Owen Nuss, Casey Hanson and Colin Johnson also took 2nd in the 4 x 400m relay with a season best time of 3:44.19.	Southeast Valley top ten and season bests were a theme on Monday.&nbsp; Steven Fisher threw the discus 122-02” to finish 3rd, throw a season best and have the 8th best throw in school history, while Aden Jepsen’s 111-05” in the same event put him 9th best all-time.&nbsp; Bryce Harrison jumped 5-05” in the high jump to finish 5th in the meet and move to 9th on the all-time list.	The shuttle hurdle relay team of Colin Johnson, Isaiah Ihrig, Casey Hanson, and Jace Hanson took 3rd in the meet moving to 2nd on the all time list and the sprint medley relay team of Brady Hanson, Kayden Showers, Dreyvon Steadman and Logan Jaeschke took 4th with a season best of 1:41.77 and moved up to 6th on the top ten list.	Also running a season best was Logan Bintz in the 3200m run (12:46.22) and Oscar Hanson in the 800m run (2:12.28).&nbsp; The freshman 1600m medley team of Bryce Harrison, Logan Jaeschke, Alex Burger and Owen Nuss set a freshmen record in a time of 4:14.44.&nbsp;&nbsp;	In class B, Alex Burger also set a freshmen record in the 400m hurdles running a 1:03.61 to finish 2nd overall.&nbsp; Ben Thompson’s 2:25.84 was 3rd in the 800m run.&nbsp; He also joined Bryce Harrison, Drew Dorsey and Spencer Peterson in the 4 x 400m relay to take 4th (4:01.09).&nbsp;	Riley Fawcett and Kegan Vangilder set season best times in the 100m dash, running 13.23 and 14.74 respectively.&nbsp; Throwing a pair of PRs were Kyle Eastman’s 79-0 in the discus while Kaden Wellman threw 25-09.5 in the shot put.&nbsp;&nbsp;	The boys will return to action on Monday, April 15th in their own coed relays in Gowrie before heading to Newell Fonda on Friday, April 19th and then to Manson on Tuesday, April 23rd.

Jaguar Boys' Track Host Home Invitational

The SV Boys Golf team traveled the short trip up to Lakeside Municipal Golf Course, north of Fort Dodge, Tuesday, April 9th; for a 9 hole competition versus theGaels of Saint Edmond's. The Varsity players for SV finished with a 172, and St. Edmond's with a 193. Will Comp and Hane Sorenson tied for low rounds on the night, both coming in with a score of 39 on the front nine. The freshmen duo of Karson Roper and Hayden Butrick posted matching scores with 47 a piece. Declan McGuire a 54 and Spencer Suchan a 57. On the JV level, Rafe Kilstrom and Drew Temple showed some confidence in their game, coming in with a 45 and a 49, respectively. The JV team shot a 202 as a team. Coach Dahlstrom commented, “This was a great experience for us, being on these greens challenged our short game. I believe tonight helped our team feel more familiar with faster greens, and how to adjust. We will play this course again in May.”

Boys' Golf Gets Past St. Ed's

On Friday night, April 5th, the Southeast Valley boys’ track team competed at the Greene Co. Early Bird meet at Jefferson.&nbsp;The Jaguar boys finished fourth overall as a team.&nbsp;Perennial powerhouse Madrid won the meet with 158 points, followed by class 3A Gilbert with 149 points and Ogden with 81 points, nine ahead of the Jaguar’s 72.	Picking up a pair of gold medals in the meet was Jace Hanson.&nbsp;His times of 16.41 and 58.39 were good enough to win the 110m high hurdles and the 400m hurdles respectively.&nbsp;He was also 2nd in the 100m dash.&nbsp;Jace also took silver in the 100m dash running an 11.89.&nbsp;	Colin Johnson took 3rd in the 400m hurdles (1:00.72) and 4th in the open 400 (55.61).&nbsp;Dreyvon Steadman took 6th in the 200m dash (24.55) and Aden Jepsen took 8th in the shot put with a throw of 39’ 4”.	Relays had a good night as well.&nbsp;The shuttle hurdle of Colin Johnson, Isaiah Ihrig, Casey Hanson and Ben Thompson finished 3rd in a season best time of 1:12.03.&nbsp;Taking 4th place in a time of 45.82 was the 4 x 100m quartet of Dreyvon Steadman, Brady Hanson, Kayden Showers, and Jace Hanson as well as the 4 x 400m relay team of Alex Burger, Owen Nuss, Bryce Harrison and Casey Hanson who are all freshmen.&nbsp;They ran 3:47.95 which is a freshmen school record.	Alex, Casey, and Bryce teamed up with Kolton Olinger to take 5th in the 4 x 200m relay, which is 1:41.91. Dreyvon, Brady and Kayden joined Logan Jaeschke in the sprint medley relay in a time of 1:43.94.The 1600m Medley Relay (Dreyvon Steadman, Kayden Showers, Owen Nuss and Oscar Hanson) as well as the 4 x 800 relay (Drew Dorsey, Oliver Riehl, Grant Farnham and Kaden Wellman) both took 7th place.&nbsp;The medley ran a season best of 4:04.48 while the 4 x 800m relay finished in 10:57.22.Logan Jaeschke ran a 24.91 (200m dash) and Oliver Riehl a 5:59.24 (1600m) for a pair of season best times on the season.The Jaguars will compete again on Thursday, April 11th at Manson before competing in their home coed meet on Monday, April 15th in Gowrie.&nbsp;

Boys Track at Greene County Finish 4th

The Southeast Valley Boys’ Track team had a strong start at the Roland Story Coed Meet to their outdoor season on Thursday, March 28th.&nbsp;The Jaguars had one individual champion, recorded 9 top ten all-time school bests and several PRs.&nbsp;&nbsp;	Colin Johnson was the lone champion winning the 400 meter hurdles in a time of 58.51 to put himself 4th all-time in school history.&nbsp;Jace Hanson claimed a silver medal in the 400m dash and bronze in the 200m dash.&nbsp;His times of 53.99 and 23.86 put him 4th and 6th on the all time list in the 400m and 200m dash respectively.&nbsp;&nbsp;	Freshman Alex Burger took 3rd in the long jump jumping an 8th all time best jump of 18’ 9.25” in school history.&nbsp;He also picked up 5th place in the 400m hurdles.&nbsp;Dreyvon put himself 6th on the all time list in the 100m dash in 11.80.&nbsp;Oscar Hanson picked up a 4th place finish in a time of 5:11 and Owen Nuss also picked up a 5th place finish in the 400m dash running a season best of 57.19.	The relay teams also had a strong night with three of them moving up on the top ten best in school history.&nbsp;The Shuttle hurdle team of Jace Hanson, Colin Johnson, Casey Hanson and Isaiah Ihrig took 3rd in the race to run a 1:08.42 for 4th best in school history.&nbsp;&nbsp;Kayden Showers, Brady Hanson, Dreyvon Steadman and Logan Jaeschke started the meet off running a 1:43.00 in the sprint medley for a bronze medal and 8th best all time.&nbsp;The same quartet also ran a season best of 1:37.13 in the 4 x 200m relay to take bronze.&nbsp;Kayden, Brady, Dreyvon then teamed with Jace Hanson in the 4 x 100m relay to finish 4th later in the night.&nbsp;Their time of 45.79 is now 5th all time in school history.The 4 x 400m relay took silver medal honors in a time of 3:46.91 (Isaiah I., Owen N., Logan J., and Colin J.)&nbsp;Picking up a bronze in the relays were Alex Burger, Bryce Harrison, Ben Thompson and Drew Dorsey in the 1600m medley relay in 4:09.93.&nbsp;Ethan Tucker, Owen Nuss, Oscar Hanson and Logan Bintz ran a season best of 9:26.68 in the 4 x 800m relay to take 5th.Ian Brunner was the JV champion in the shot put throwing a PR of 36’ 2”.&nbsp;Other season PRs on the night were Logan Bintz (1600m, 5:39.30), Grant Farnham (800m, 2:43.99) and Kegan Vangilder (200m, 30.18).The Jaguars will compete next at Greene County in Jefferson on Friday, April 5th before hosting their own boys’ home track meet on Monday, April 8th in Gowrie.&nbsp;&nbsp;

Southeast Valley Boys' Track at Story City

The Southeast Valley boys’ track and field team competed in its third and final indoor track meet of the spring on Friday, March 15th at Humboldt.&nbsp;The Jaguars competed in the Nielsen Family Indoor meet at the Humboldt Rec Center.	The Jaguars were led by a trio of relay teams that finished 3rd place overall in the meet.&nbsp;The shuttle hurdle relay team of Jace Hanson, Isaiah Ihrig, Colin Johnson and Ben Thompson ran the 3rd fastest indoor shuttle hurdle time in school history finishing the race in a time of 40.90.&nbsp;A second SV shuttle team took 8th place running an all time school best of 44.88.	The 4 x 200m relay team of Dreyvon Steadman, Brady Hanson, Logan Jaeschke and Kayden Showers ran 1:41.44 to also claim bronze in the meet.&nbsp;The quartet of Logan Bintz, Oscar Hanson, Drew Dorsey and Oliver Riehl took 3rd place in the 4 x 800m relay.	Senior Jace Hanson took 5th in the 60 meter hurdles with a time of 9.49. He also ran the 7th fastest 60m dash time in school history in 7.74.&nbsp;Senior Kegan Vangilder ran a season PR in the 200m dash clocking a 31.22.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;A trio of freshmen picked up individual 7th place finishes.&nbsp;These were Casey Hanson in the 400m dash (59.24), Owen Nuss in the 800m dash (2:22.53) and Logan Jaeschke in the 200m dash (25.57).&nbsp;Sophomore Colin Johnson was less than a tenth away from Casey in the 400m dash to take 8th (59.35).&nbsp;&nbsp;Colin also led the 8th place 4 x 400m team.&nbsp;Gauge Jones, Ian Brunner and Ben Thompson joined him to run a 4:05.21 edging the other SV 4 x 400m team by a tenth of a second.&nbsp;Running 4:05.33 were freshmen Alex Burger, Bryce Harrison, Owen Nuss and Spencer Peterson.The throwers also had an extremely good night in the shot put even though no one had a top 8 finish.&nbsp;Aden Jepsen (41’ 5”), Ian Brunner (34’ 5”) and Joe Kauffman (33’ 8”) all had season indoor PRs for the Jaguars.&nbsp;Jepsen’s throw was the 8th best throw in school history.&nbsp;Steven Fisher (37’ 7”), Kyle Eastman (27’ 7”) and Kaden Wellman (24’ 5”) all threw for the first time in a high school meet.The Jaguars will take a week and a half off from competition before their first outdoor meet of the season on March 28th, 2024 at Story City.&nbsp;

3rd & Final Boys Indoor Track '24

Several members of the Southeast Valley boys’ track team competed for the first time in the 2024 track &amp; field season in two indoor track meets this past week.&nbsp;On Monday, March 4th, 16 boys traveled to Cedar Falls for the UNI Dickinson Relays in the UNI Dome and then on Thursday, March 8th, 11 boys were accepted to compete in the IATC class 2A State Indoor Championships at ISU in Ames.	Jace Hanson started off his senior campaign by setting the school record in the 60m hurdles on Monday in a time of 9.04 and lowered it to 9.00 on Thursday in Ames.&nbsp;Dreyvon also had a pair of strong runs in the 60m dash, running the 3rd fastest 60m dash time on Monday in 7.51 and lowering that time to 7.47 on Thursday.&nbsp;Kayden Showers also competed in the 60m dash on both nights running a consistent 7.75 and 7.76.&nbsp;&nbsp;Also competing Monday at UNI was a trio throwing the shot put.&nbsp;They were Aden Jepsen (38-02”), Ian Brunner (31-11.5”) and Joe Kauffman (29-01”).&nbsp;Seniors Isaiah Ihrig (56.84) and Ben Thompson (57.36) were joined by freshman Owen Nuss (57.36) in the 400m dash.&nbsp;Colin Johnson (26.15), Ben Thompson (26.68) and Kegan Vangilder (31.48) all competed in the 200m dash on Monday while Jace Nelson ran the 60m dash (8.33).&nbsp;&nbsp;A pair of relays on Monday night also had a good start to the season.&nbsp;The 4 x 800m quartet of Ethan Tucker, Oscar Hanson, Drew Dorsey, and Logan Bintz ran a 9:55.60 while Dreyvon, Jace, Kayden and Colin ran the 4 x 200m relay in 1:38.25.Thursday night saw Brady Hanson competing in the 60m dash (7.82) while Dreyvon Steadman ran the 200m dash (24.99).&nbsp;The Jaguars also had three more relay teams compete on Thursday in Ames.&nbsp;The distance medley relay of Logan Jaeschke, Brady Hanson, Owen Nuss and Ethan Tucker ran 4:09.10.&nbsp;Dreyvon, Brady, Jace and Kayden ran 46.11 in the 4 x 100m relay and Isaiah Ihrig, Colin Johnson, Logan Jaeschke and Ben Thompson in the 4 x 400m relay finished in a time of 3:45.70.Southeast Valley will wrap up their indoor season on Friday, March 16th at Humboldt. The Jaguars will open their outdoor season on Thursday, March 28th at Story City

ISU/UNI Indoor Meet

The 2023 Southeast Valley boys’ track &amp; field season concluded this weekend with the Iowa State Championships in Des Moines.&nbsp;This year the Jaguars had four athletes competing in six events at the state meet.	Senior Cooper Nuss was up first on Thursday, competing the 3200m run for the 3rd consecutive year.&nbsp;After finishing in 21st place as a sophomore and junior, Cooper found the race of his career when he dropped 26 seconds off his season best time on the blue oval to run a time of 10:00.24.&nbsp;This also placed him 6th overall in the class 2A field earning him his first and only state medal.&nbsp;&nbsp;	On Saturday, Cooper turned around and competed in his second event of the weekend at the state meet in the 1600m run.&nbsp;In the 1600m run he was also able to drop 9 seconds off his season best, tying his best time of a year ago, crossing the finish line in a time of 4:40.93 in 21st place.&nbsp;His almost identical time of 4:40.44 a year ago at the state meet was 16th and he also finished 20th in the 1600 at state as a sophomore.	“It’s hard to believe that Cooper finishes his career as a six time state qualifier and a state medalist.&nbsp;It was a great way to finish out his career,” commented his Coach (and dad) after the meet. “He’s put in the time and effort and it finally paid off. We can’t wait to see what he accomplishes in the future.”&nbsp;Cooper will continue his running career at Simpson College in both cross country and track &amp; field next year.&nbsp;&nbsp;	Also competing in two events at the state meet this year was senior Justin Loseke.&nbsp;On Friday, Justin Loseke became the second state medalist for the Jaguars by finishing 8th place in the discus.&nbsp;His best throw of the day was 162’ 1”; his third best throw of the season.&nbsp;On Thursday, he also threw the shot put finishing 18th with a throw of 46’ 9.25”.	Senior Ethan Ackerson also competed in the shot put for a second straight year.&nbsp;He improved on his finish of a year ago finishing 19th overall with a throw of 46’ 1.25”.&nbsp;Last year he was 21st at the state meet.&nbsp;Both Justin and Ethan were Drake Relays qualifiers earlier this season.	Coach Nuss commented, “Justin and Ethan really had an outstanding season throwing shot put and discus this season going 1st and 2nd in both events at most meets. You always hope as a coach that the seniors get to finish their careers at the state meet, and these two were able to accomplish that.&nbsp;Coach Duncan did an outstanding job with both of them this season.”	In the final event for Southeast Valley this weekend, junior Jace Hanson competed in the 400m low hurdles.&nbsp;His time of 57.54 was his season best and 2nd fastest time in school history.&nbsp;His time was 14th overall in class 2A and only a half second from placing.&nbsp;Jace competed last year at the state meet as a member of the 4 x 200m relay team.	“It was another outstanding season for the Southeast Valley track &amp; field.&nbsp;The three seniors at the state meet as well as the other seniors on the team set the bar high for future teams.&nbsp;This group of seniors were part of the first conference champion team in school history as well as not only the first team to win a state qualifying meet championship, but do it back to back years this season.&nbsp;While we wish the seniors the best of luck and will miss their leadership next year, we look forward to seeing what the underclassmen can accomplish as they establish their only legacy in the future.”

Class 2A Jags State Track & Field 

The Jaguar boys track &amp; field team competed in their final tune-up before their state qualifying meet on Monday, May 8th in Sac City.&nbsp;The Jaguars for the fifth time were runner-up finishers as a team; this time missing first place by a single point.&nbsp;Ridgeview came out on top after the 4 x 400m relay with 128 points, while host East Sac County was a distant 3rd with 81 points.	The Jaguars strong team standing was the result of six first place finishes in the meet.&nbsp;Individual gold was won by Justin Loseke in the (discus, 163’ 4”), Oscar Hanson (3200m run, 10:58.19), and Andrew Miller (200m, 24.32).&nbsp;Three relays also crossed the finish line 1st on Monday night.&nbsp;&nbsp;The distance medley team of Brady Hanson, Andrew Miller, Isaiah Ihrig and Cooper Nuss crossed the line in 3:58.40.&nbsp;The quartet of Dreyvon Steadman, Carl Berglund, Eli Johnson, and Jace Hanson claimed first in both the 4x100m and 4x200m relays.&nbsp;The 4x100m relay team ran 45.57 and the 4x200m relay team ran 1:35.60.&nbsp;&nbsp;Justin Loseke was the lone silver medalist finishing 2nd in the shot put, throwing 48’ 1.5”.&nbsp;The Jaguars picked up eight third place finishes overall. Eli Johnson took 3rd in the long jump (19’ 4”), Kayden Showers in the 200m dash (24.82), Jace Hanson in the 400m low hurdles (59.95) and Oscar Hanson in the 1600m run (5:06.70).&nbsp;&nbsp;Relays taking the bronze medals for the Jaguars were the sprint medley relay (1:41.48), shuttle hurdle relay (1:16.52) and the 4 x 400m relay (3:52.28).&nbsp;Dreyvon Steadman, Brady Hanson, Kayden Showers and Eli Johnson were members of the sprint medley relay while Colin Johnson, Drew Temple, Isaiah Ihrig, and Jacob Snyder made up the shuttle team.&nbsp;The 4 x 400m relay was ran by Isaiah, Cooper, Andrew and Preston Kennedy.This was the final regular season meet for the Jaguars as the will have competed in the class 2A state qualifying meet on Thursday, May 11th to determine state qualifiers for the state meet in Des Moines on May 18th, 19th and 20th.

'23 - East Sac Relays - Boys

The Southeast Valley boys’ track &amp; field team, coming off their strong conference meet performance competed at the Jim Yunek Relays in Lake City on Thursday, May 5th, 2023.&nbsp;With just one day’s rest, the Jaguars changed up their line-up a little bit to fine tune and prepare for their upcoming State Qualifying meet on Thursday, May 11th as well as get some of the younger JV runners one last opportunity to compete.	Even with the changes to the line-up, the Jaguars were able to take 3rd place honors in the meet scoring 107 points.&nbsp;IKM-Manning won the meet with 135.33 points and host South Central Calhoun finished 2nd with 114 points.	Justin Loseke was the lone individual winner on Thursday night sweeping both the shot put and discus with throws of 47’ 2.5” and 152’ 6” respectively.&nbsp;The 4 x 100m relay team of Dreyvon Steadman, Eli Johnson, Carl Berglund, and Jace Hanson also took gold with a season best time of 45.20. The same quartet also took second place in the 4 x 200m relay in a season best of 1:34.39.&nbsp;&nbsp;	Nate Scott and Ethan Ackerson continued the Jaguars’ dominance in the throws this year both taking runner up honors to Justin.&nbsp;Nate threw a 125’ 6” in the discus and Ethan threw 46’ 6” in the shot put.&nbsp;Cooper Nuss also earned the silver medal in the 1600m run, running a time of 4:53.46.&nbsp;He was also part of the 1600m distance medley relay that finished 2nd place in a time of 4:03.25.&nbsp;Joining Cooper was Brady Hanson, Andrew Miller and Oscar Hanson.&nbsp;Oscar took 3rd place behind Cooper in the 1600m run with a season best of 4:58.89.	The relays continued to be the strength of the team on Thursday as the 4 x 400m relay team of Preston Kennedy, Drew Dorsey, Kayden Showers and Chanlir Roberts took 3rd place (4:00.55) and the shuttle hurdle relay team with Colin Johnson, Ben Thompson, Drew Temple, and Jacob Snyder took 4th (1:17.55).&nbsp;Finally the sprint medley relay of Jace Nelson, Brady Hanson, Kayden Showers and Preston Kennedy took 4th overall.	Eli Johnson and Jace Hanson took 4th (18’ 9.5”) and 5th (18’ 7.5”) respectively in the long jump and Colin Johnson took 6th in the 800m run (2:20.98).&nbsp;Teammate Ethan Tucker was not far behind Colin in the 800 finishing 8th (2:23.35).&nbsp;Lincoln Akins ran a big PR in the 3200m to take 8th place in 12:20.88 and Logan Bintz also had a PR in the 3200m running 12:32.85.	Joe Kauffman and Grant Farnham ran season bests in the 400m dash running 1:04.98 and 1:06.98 respectively.&nbsp;Jacob Snyder shaved some time off his best 400m of the year running 1:08.67 while in the 110m high hurdles and 400m low hurdles, Ben Thompson also ran his best times of the year.	“We try to rest our top runners this meet after competing hard at conference, so we were taking a look at what relays we could drop some time and possibly get a chance to state last night. Our underclassmen and JV runners stepped up filling some of the open events and are finishing the year on a high note by running their best times.&nbsp;Hopefully this leaves a good taste in their mouth to push themselves in the off season to get better,” commented Coach Nuss.	The Jaguars will compete in their state qualifying meet on Thursday, May 11th at Ida Grove.&nbsp;Here the top two place winners in each event will qualify for the state track meet in Des Moines the following weekend along with the next best eight performances from across the state qualifying meets in the state on Thursday.

Jim Yunek Relays, Lake City

The Southeast Valley boys’ track &amp; field team traveled to Sac City on Tuesday, May 2nd for the Twin Lakes Conference meet as the defending conference champion.&nbsp;In a tight team race that was back and forth between the Jaguars and Sioux Central all night.&nbsp;Taking a 2 point lead into the 4 x 400m relays, the Jaguars needed to stay within one place of the Rebels to win the title.&nbsp;Unfortunately, Sioux Central was able to win the 4 x 400, while SV finished 5th.&nbsp;Sioux Central won the team title with 130 points to the Jaguars’ 126 points.Individually, the Jaguars walked away with three individual conference champions in four events.&nbsp;For the second year in a row, Cooper Nuss claimed gold in both the 1600m run (4:56.46) and the 3200m run (10:43.08).&nbsp;While it was his second conference title in the 1600m run, it was his third consecutive 3200m crown.&nbsp;&nbsp;Justin Loseke won a conference title when he won the discus in a throw of 147’ 5”.&nbsp;Hoping to duplicate the feat in the shot put, he was out tossed by teammate Ethan Ackerson who took gold in the shot put with a throw of 49-1.5”.&nbsp;Justin’s throw of 49-1” took second. Nate Scott completed the sweep of the throwing events with runner-up honors in the discus with a toss of 117-06”The field continued to be kind to the Jaguars as Eli Johnson had a season best jump 19’ 10.5” to claim silver in the event while teammate Jace Hanson finished 5th (19’ 3”).&nbsp;Hanson took runner-up honors in the 110m high hurdles with a time of 16.52, while also taking 4th in the 400m low hurdles (1:00.42).&nbsp;Eli also had a 4th place in the 200m dash (24.19).A pair of relay quartets took runner-up honors in the 4 x 100m and 4 x 200m relay.&nbsp;Dreyvon Steadman, Carl Berglund, Andrew Miller and Ei ran 1:36.60 to claim silver while Dreyvon and Carl teamed up with Brady Hanson and Kayden Showers to take 2nd in the 4 x 100m with a time of 46.30.With late kicks in both the 1600m and 3200m run, Oscar Hanson came up short of silver medals to win bronze in both with a time of 5:01.58 and 10:46.56 (season PR) in the 3200m run. Isaiah Ihrig, Eli Johnson, Andrew Miller and Jace Hanson took 5th in the 4 x 400m relay with a time of 3:42.72.&nbsp;&nbsp;“As coaches we were excited for the total team effort as every athlete scored points for the Jaguars.&nbsp;We knew Sioux Central would be the team to beat, and it was exciting to go back and forth with them all night for the team lead.&nbsp;All of our events finished ahead or right at where we thought they would place, so you can’t ask for anything more.&nbsp;Sioux Central was the better team on Tuesday,” commented Coach Nuss.&nbsp;“This group of juniors and seniors have really stepped up their leadership this season and it has shown in our meet results.”The Jaguars will finish up their season with a trip back to Sac City on Monday, May 8th before they head to Ida Grove on Thursday, May 11th for their chance to punch their ticket to the state meet at their state qualifying meet.

Boys' TLC Conference Meet

On Monday, April 17th, the Southeast Valley Coed Relays came down to an exciting finish in the final event on the boys side of the meet as the host Jaguars were tied with South Central Calhoun going into the 4 x 400m relay.&nbsp;Experience runners Isaiah Ihrig, Eli Johnson, Cooper Nuss and Jace Hanson got out to 2nd place well ahead of SCC to cement the first team title of the season for the Southeast Valley boys’ team.&nbsp;The relay time of 3:42.60 was a season best.Being the seniors final home meet of their career, several seniors stepped up with outstanding performances.&nbsp;Justin Loseke took 1st in both the discus and the shot put (47’ 1”).&nbsp;His throw of 154’ in the discus was also a meet record.&nbsp;Fellow senior Ethan Ackerson took 2nd in both events behind Justin throwing 122’ 1” in the discus and 46’ 5” in the shot put. Cooper Nuss was also a double placewinner winning the 3200m run and the 800m run. Eli Johnson took 2nd in the long jump (18’ 9.5”) and 3rd place in the 200m dash.&nbsp;His time of 23.98 was 6th all-time in school history.&nbsp;&nbsp;Other seniors competing on Monday were Jacob Snyder who fell in the shuttle hurdle relay, but got up and crossed the line in 5th place for two big points. His teammates in the shuttle were Isaiah Ihrig, Colin Johnson and Drew Temple.&nbsp;&nbsp;Nate Scott picked up a pair of 6th place finishes for the JV in the shot put (40’ 7.5”) and discus (115’ 10”).&nbsp;Evan Zeka also threw the shot put and discus in JV competition while the final senior Carl Berglund was unable to compete due to an injury.Other top performances for the Jaguars was Jace Hanson who won the 400m low hurdles in a meet record time of 58.98 while taking 3rd in the long jump (18’ 7”).&nbsp;Oscar Hanson took 2nd place in the 1600m run, finishing in a time of 5:01.02.&nbsp;&nbsp;The 4 x 200m relay of Eli, Andrew Miller, Brady Hanson and Jace Hanson took 2nd in a season best time of 1:36.40 and the 4 x 100m relay of Dreyvon Steadman, Brady Hanson, Andrew Miller and Kayden Showers ran a 46.08 for 3rd place.&nbsp;Fourth place finish in the relays were Brady, Preston Kennedy, Isaiah Ihrig and Oscar Hanson running a 4:02.20 in the distance medley relay.Others placing for the Jaguars were Kayden Shower in the 100m dash (5th, 11.96), Dreyvon Steadman in the 200m dash (5th, 24.54) and Colin Johnson in the 400m low hurdles (6th, 1:05.46).&nbsp;The Jaguars will compete at Manson in their boys’ relays on Tuesday, April 25th and then in Lake City on Friday, April 28th.&nbsp;The Drake Relays are also held on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, April 27th through the 29th as the Jaguars wait to see if they have any qualifiers.&nbsp;

'23 SV Coed Relays

After one days’ rest, the Jaguar Boys’ Track &amp; Field team headed to Manson on Thursday, April 13th for the Emily Markert Relays. Facing some of their competition to date on the season as well as experimenting with some different events, Southeast Valley finished 6th in the 12 team field with 61.5 points.&nbsp;ACGC won the meet with 123.5 points, followed by OABCIG with 94, St. Edmond with 90 and Pocahontas with 78.	Justin Loseke picked up a pair of gold medals in the shot put and discus throwing 150’ 11” and 46’ 1.5” respectively.&nbsp;Nate Scott also picked up a pair of medals in the same events throwing 114’ 7” in the discus and 40’ in the shot put.&nbsp;Cooper Nuss also picked up 1st place in the 1600m run, running a season best time of 4:48.51.&nbsp;Teammate Oscar Hanson took 5th in the same race breaking 5 minutes for the first time this year running 4:58.21.&nbsp;&nbsp;The 4 x 100m relay team of Dreyvon Steadman, Eli Johnson, Andrew Miller and Jace Hanson took 3rd with a season best of 46.02.&nbsp;Ei, Andrew and Jace teamed with Kayden Showers to take 5th place in the sprint medley relay.&nbsp;Their time of 1:44.63 was a season best.Some other notable performances of the meet were Kayden Showers running an 11.85 in the 100m dash and 24.44 in the 200m dash.&nbsp;Both of these set new freshmen records in these events.&nbsp;Eli’s 100m dash time of 11.72 (7th pl.)&nbsp;moved him to 4th all time in school history and Dreyvon’s 24.21 (6th pl.) is 10th all time.&nbsp;The 4 x 100m relay also set the 7th fastest time in school history while the sprint medley and shuttle hurdle teams ran the 10th fastest time.&nbsp;&nbsp;Ben Thompson ran a season best in the 110m high hurdles (20.92) and Colin Johnson in the 400m low hurdles (1:05.14).&nbsp;&nbsp;The Jaguars will compete again at Newell Fonda on Friday, April 21st before returning to Manson on Tuesday, April 25th for Manson’s boys meet.

'23 Emily Markert Relays

The Southeast Valley boys’ track &amp; field team hosted their own annual Southeast Valley Boys Invitational meet on Tuesday, April 11th in Gowrie.&nbsp;In the larger school class A division, the Jaguars varsity team fell short of winning the meet, finishing 2nd place overall.&nbsp;Their score of 116 points was 20 less than class 3A Webster City who was the meet champion.&nbsp;Roland Story was 3rd with 87 points and Ogden 4tgh with 79 points.	The Jaguars were led by a tri of 1st place finishes.&nbsp;Cooper Nuss won the 3200m run in a time of 11:06.1 while Jace Hanson took gold in the 400m low hurdles in a time of 1:00.86.&nbsp;Jace also anchored the 4 x 200m relay to out lean Webster City at the finish line to take 1st place in a time of 1:37.18.&nbsp;His teammates in the 4x2 were Dreyvon Steadman, Kayden Showers, and Carl Berglund.&nbsp;&nbsp;	Justin Loseke claimed a pair of 2nd place finishes in the shot put and discus throwing a season best of 47’ 3.5” in the shot put and 147’ in the discus.&nbsp;Oscar Hanson took silver in the 3200m running 11:18.65 while Jace Hanson took 2nd place in the long jump with a season best jump of 19’ 3.25”.&nbsp;Cooper Nuss took 2nd place in the 1600m run with a time of 4:58.42.	Ethan Ackerson took 3rd place in the shot put (46’ 10”) while finishing 6th place in the discus (123-05)”&nbsp;Eli Johnson was a three time individual place winner taking 3rd in the long jump (18’ 11.5”) and 200m (24.86) and 5th in the 400m dash (56.63).&nbsp;Isaiah Ihrig took 3rd place in the 400m low hurdles (1:05.64) and Andrew Miller took 4th place in the 200m dash (25.28).&nbsp;&nbsp;	Several relays also placed for the Jaguars.&nbsp;The 4 x 100m relay was 3rd in 46.31, 1600m medley relay was 5th in 4:32.09 as well as the shuttle hurdle in 1:19.12.	Southeast Valley also had their JV competing in the smaller school class B division against five other varsity teams and two other JV teams.&nbsp;The Jaguars finished 4th behind 3 of those varsity teams scoring 57 points.&nbsp;Madrid won class B with 238 points, followed by WBM (63pts) and Glidden Ralston (62pts).	Leading the JV team was a pair of 1st place finishes by Nate Scott in the shot put (39’ 5”) and discus (114’ 8”)&nbsp;Carl Berglund took 2nd in the 100m dash running 12.34 and the 4 x 100m relay quartet of Jace Nelson, Brady Hanson, Andrew Miller and Kayden Showers went 47.69 to take 3rd.	Oliver Riehl, Allan Summers, Caden Kaltschnee and Grant Farnham took 4th in the 4 x 800m relay (11:00.14) and Brady Hanson took 4th in the long jump (17’ 5.25”).&nbsp;Lincoln Akins and Logan Bintz took 5th and 6th respectively in the 1600m run and Preston Kennedy took 6th in the 200m dash.&nbsp;The 1600m medley relay and the 4 x 400m JV relays also took 6th.	The Jaguars will compete this week on Monday in their own Coed Relays before heading to Newell Fonda on Friday, April 21st.

'23 SV Boys Invite 

The Southeast Valley boys’ team competed in their first outdoor track meet of the season this past Thursday, April 6th in Woodward after having their first two meets of the season canceled.&nbsp;The Jaguars finished 2nd place overall in the meet behind six 1st place finishes and five second place finishes.&nbsp;The Jaguars 150 points was 30 points behind Des Moines Christian’s 180 points.&nbsp;Des Moines Christian is one of the teams favored to win the 2A state title in May.	Justin Loseke started the night off with a new school record in the discus.&nbsp;His throw of 165-3 inches won the meet.&nbsp;Justin also threw a PR in the shot put to finish 2nd (46-06”).&nbsp;Teammate Ethan Ackerson won the shot put with a throw of 49-04” and threw a PR of 141-05” in the discus to take 3rd place.	Senior Eli Johnson picked up a pair of gold medals winning the long jump.&nbsp;His jump of 19-05” was his first time jumping since Junior high.&nbsp;Eli also won the 400m dash in a time of 54.63.&nbsp;Jace Hanson broke the 1 minute mark for the first time in his career in the 400m hurdles to win the event in a time of 58.97.&nbsp;He also made his debut in the long jump taking 3rd place overall with a jump of 17-11”	Eli and Jace joined Carl Berglund and Dreyvon Steadman to win the 4 x 100m relay. Their winning time was 46.25.&nbsp;The 4 x 200m quartet of Dreyvon Steadman, Kayden Showers, Andrew Miller and Brady Hanson took silver honors with a season best time of 1:39.50.&nbsp;Also earning silver medal honors were Andrew Miller in the high jump (5-06) and Eli Johnson running 24.45 in the 200m dash.&nbsp;Cooper Nuss ran a career PR in the 3200m going 10:26.68 finishing 2nd behind last year’s state champion in the event from Des Moines Christian.&nbsp;Cooper also finished 4th in the 800m run (2:12.17).&nbsp;&nbsp;Dreyvon also took 3rd place in the 100m dash (12.15) followed by teammate Kayden Showers who finished 4th (12.17) and Carl Berglund who finished 5th (12.20).&nbsp;Carl also took 4th in the 200m dash (25.32).&nbsp;Oscar Hanson also took 4th place in the 3200m run with a season best time of 10:56.66.&nbsp;&nbsp;A pair of relays also picked up a 4th place finish.&nbsp;Those relays were the quartet of Isaiah Ihrig, Colin Johnson, Ben Thompson and Jacob Snyder in the shuttle hurdle relay (1:19.60) and Isaiah Ihrig, Chanlir Roberts, Ben Thompson and Colin Johnson in the 4x 400m relay (4:05.83).&nbsp;&nbsp;	The Jaguars will compete again at their boys’ relays in Gowrie on Tuesday, April 11th and then at Manson on Thursday, April 13th.

Jag Boys Compete at Cavanaugh Relays in Woodward

The Jaguars were hoping for some luck of the Irish as they competed in the Humboldt Indoor meet on Friday, March 17th in their last indoor meet of the season.	Ethan Ackerson was the top finisher of the night for the Jaguars putting a huge career PR of 51’ 7” in the shot put to take the gold medal.&nbsp;This was the second farthest throw in school history.&nbsp;Teammates Justin Loseke (44’ 3”) and Nate Scott (43’ 4”) also had outstanding nights in the ring finishing 2nd and 5th respectively while Evan Zeka threw a PR of 34’ 8”.	A couple Jaguars were able to claim silver during the meet.&nbsp;Andrew Miller tied his best high jump with a jump of 5’ 8” and Cooper Nuss finished second in the 1600 with a time of 5:01.39.	Eli Johnson took 6th place in the 400m dash in a time of 57.20, followed by Jace Hanson who ran 57.97 to finish 8th.&nbsp;The shuttle hurdle team of Colin Johnson, Jace Hanson, Isaiah Ihrig, and Ben Thompson also took 6th running the 4th fastest indoor time in school history running 43.91.	Isaiah Ihrig took 8th place in the 800m dash in a time of 2:27.93.&nbsp;Isaiah also ran a 10.92 in the 60m high hurdles which is 10th best in school history.&nbsp;Carl Berglund, Dreyvon Steadman, Preston Kennedy and Brady Hanson also took 8th place in the 4x200m relay in a time of 1:46.05.	The Jaguars will have a week of practice after Friday, before starting the outdoor season at Jefferson on Monday, March 27th and then heading to Gilbert on Friday, March 31st for the Roland Story quadrangular.

Jag Boys Compete at Humboldt Indoors

The Southeast Valley boys’ track &amp; field team started the 2023 season this week with a pair of indoor track meets.&nbsp;The first one was a trip to Cedar Falls for the UNI A.D. Dickinson Relays and the other was to Ames to ISU for the Iowa Track Coaches Association’s State Indoor Track meet.	Friday’s IATC State meet in Ames was divided by classes and the athletes had to qualify for the meet based on last year’s times or any indoor season.&nbsp;This year, the Southeast Valley had 10 boys qualify 7 different events for this year’s 2A division.	Cooper Nuss and Justin Loseke were the top finishers for the Jaguars and earned 5 team points to help the Jaguars finish 26th in the team standings.&nbsp;Cooper’s 3200m time of 10:34.51 earned him the 6th place medal in the race.&nbsp;Justin also placed for the Jaguars with a 7th place finish in the shot put.&nbsp;He had a season best throw of 45-04.75”.&nbsp;&nbsp;	Cooper also anchored the 1600m medley relay along with Carl Berglund, Jace Hanson, and Eli Johnson to an 11th place finish and time of 3:56.24 which was a second better than last year’s PR.&nbsp;In the 60m hurdles, Isaiah Ihrig and Ben Thompson both improved their times from Tuesday’s meet running 11.07 and 11.53 respectively.&nbsp;Oscar Hanson improved his 800m time from Tuesday night running 2:19.28 and also finished 11th in the 3200m run (11:11.89).&nbsp;Nate Scott finished 15thn the shot put (40-00.25).	Carl Berglund (7.65) and Dreyvon Steadman (7.82) competed in the 60m dash and joined Eli and Jace in the 4 x 100m relay.&nbsp;The 4 x 100m relay ran a 47.20.	At UNI on Tuesday in the Jaguars’ first meet of the season.&nbsp;Here the Jaguars faced competition of all classes with multiple heats and flights highlighting some of the state’s best track &amp; field athletes.The top finishers for the Jaguars on Tuesday were Justin Loseke (shot put, 45-02.75), Cooper Nuss (1600m, 4:52.46), Colin Johnson (400m, 1:01.78), Carl Berglund (60m, 7.65), Isaiah Ihrig (60m hurdles, 11.39), and Dreyvon Steadman (200m, 26.17).They also had three relays compete; the 4x 400m relay team finished 45th, the 4x 200m relay team finished 53rd and the 4x 800m relay team finished 70th.&nbsp;The Jaguars will compete in the final indoor meet of the season at Humboldt on St. Patrick’s day before having a week of practice before the outdoor season begins.&nbsp;

Boys Start 23 Track Season Indoors

The Southeast Valley boys’ track &amp; field team took eight events to the state coed track &amp; field meet last week that took place over Thursday, Friday and Saturday in Des Moines competing in the class 2A competition.&nbsp;&nbsp;On Thursday, May 19th of the state meet, Aaron Graves earned team points for the Jaguars earning state medalist honors.&nbsp;Aaron finished 5th in the shot put throwing a career PR and a school record of 53’ 9.75” on his last throw of the day.Also competing in the hot conditions on Thursday in the 3200m run was Oscar Hanson and Cooper Nuss.&nbsp;Oscar edged Cooper as they finished the race to finish 19th in a time of 10:42.69 and Cooper’s finish was 21st in a time of 10:43.55.&nbsp;Cooper also finished 21st at state a year ago in the same event.&nbsp;Tre Fisher competed in the prelims of the 200m dash as well on Saturday.&nbsp;His time of 23.49 was 21st overall time in the race, but needed to be in the top 8 to advance to Saturday’s finals.On Friday, the Jaguars had Kaleb Scott, the 2021 runner-up in the high jump.&nbsp;Kaleb was able to clear 6’ 4” to take 6th place in the high jump.&nbsp;Kaleb had been fighting a couple injuries the last couple weeks and struggled on his attempts at 6’ 6”.The 4 x 200m relay team of Carl Berglund, Jace Hanson, Kolson Kruse and Tre Fisher took to the track on Friday as well.&nbsp;Their time of 1:35.62 was 19th place overall.Saturday, Cooper Nuss returned to the track as the Jaguars’ final event of the weekend.&nbsp;Cooper ran a career best time of 4:40.44 to claim 15th in the class 2A 1600m race.&nbsp;Cooper had finished 20th in the same event a year ago.“We went in with higher expectations and the weekend didn’t quite go the way we were hoping.&nbsp;We were excited to see Aaron and Kaleb finish their careers as state placewinners at the state meet,” commented Coach Nuss.&nbsp;“As we told the boys, it was one heck of a season overall.&nbsp;Winning 7 of our 9 meets including the conference meet and the state qualifying meet team titles, 8 state qualifying events, 4 school records and 7 conference champion events is something that will be hard to match.”Coach Nuss would like to thank several that made this season successful.&nbsp;“First off, thank you to our seniors on the team, especially Tre, Kaleb, Asa, Zach, Ty and Reed who have been part of the program since their freshmen year and really grew to lead this team.&nbsp;It was fun to see your passion for the sport.”“I also have to send a big thank-you to Coach Kruse, Coach Duncan and Coach Murphy.&nbsp;None of our success this year happens without any of them.&nbsp;Their knowledge &amp; passion for track &amp; field &amp; our athletes is second to none. Coach Murphy is willing to work with any of the areas and is great with stats and knowing where to place our guys in a meet.&nbsp;Coach Duncan gets all the credit with the success of our throwers.&nbsp;Coach Kruse has worked hard to make our jumpers the best, but also works a lot with handoff and block work,” added Coach Nuss.&nbsp;“Coach Kruse has also been with me as an assistant coach for 19 of my 20 years as a head coach.&nbsp;He has been a huge mentor and friend to me and while I hope he comes back to help once in a while next year, I wish him the best with his retirement.”

Boys' Track State Meet Results

The Southeast Valley boys’ looked to finish their strong season with a successful night at the class 2A state qualifying meet (sqm) in Holstein.&nbsp;After the Jaguars had to wait an extra night as weather postponed the meet until Friday, May 13th instead of Thursday, the SV boys’ season continued to roll as they won their first ever State Qualifying Meet title in the process of qualifying eight events to Thursday, Friday and Saturday’s state meet in Des Moines.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Jaguars victory involved five first place finishes, two second place finishes, five third place finishes, but it might have been the nine fifth through eighth place finishes that sealed the deal for the Jaguars on the way to scoring 116 team points.&nbsp;KPWC took 2nd with 97.50 points and conference foe Pocahontas Area was 3rd with 80 points.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Seven of those qualifiers came by the automatic 1st and 2nd place qualifiers.&nbsp;Cooper Nuss ran a pair of season bests to claim titles in the distance double winning both the 3200m run and 1600m run in times of 10:28.39 and 4:42.16 respectively.&nbsp;Cooper qualified in both events as a sophomore as well.&nbsp;Kaleb Scott continued his winning ways in the high jump with a jump of 6’ 4” and will return to state as the defending runner-up in the event.&nbsp;Tre Fisher will also return to state as an individual qualifier, but this year it will be in the 200m dash as he ran a career best of 23.44 to win the 200m dash.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Making first time appearances at the state meet will be Aaron Graves and Ethan Ackerson in the shot put.&nbsp;Aaron claimed the gold medal with a throw of 49’ 5.5” and Ethan was the runner-up with a throw of 47’ 6.5”.&nbsp;In the 4 x 200m relay after Jace Hanson replaced Kaleb Scott, Tre Fisher ran down OABCIG to claim 2nd place by .01 of a second to claim 2nd place.&nbsp;Along with Hanson and Fisher, Carl Berglund and Kolson Kruse helped the quartet punch their ticket to state.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Jaguars also had five 3rd place finishes on the night which had chances to receive one of eight at-large qualifiers to the state meet.&nbsp;Oscar Hanson’s 10:43.36 in the 3200m run was fast enough to qualify him for the state meet on Thursday.&nbsp;Oscar also finished 3rd in the 1600m run, but his season PR of 4:50.83 missed the cut-off by 3 seconds.&nbsp;Oscar was a state qualifier in the 1600m run a year ago.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Kolson Kruse was a part of the other 3rd place finishes.&nbsp;In the long jump, Kolson lost a tie-breaker by ¼” and in the 200m dash ran his second fastest time of the season of 23.92.&nbsp;He was also part of the 4 x 100m relay team along with Berglund, Scott and Fisher that crossed the line in 45.33 to also win bronze.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Jaguars got fifth place finishes from Justin Loseke in the discus (136’ 5”) who missed an at-large bid by 3 inches as well as the shuttle hurdle team who ran a season best of 1:07.80.&nbsp;The shuttle quartet was Michael Eslick, Jace Hanson, Caelan Oakes-Sudhish and Ty Klatt.&nbsp;Jace and Caelan picked up some big points in the 400m low hurdles, both running season bests of 1:00.48 and 1:01.65 respectively.&nbsp;Ty also took a season best in the 110m high hurdles (16.69) to claim two more team points in 7th place. Aaron Graves added a point by finishing 8th in the discus (132’ 5”).&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Several relays also placed on Friday. They were the 4 x 800m relay (9:24.05) of Carter Ferry, Asa Haub, Kyle Johnson and Zach Thompson who finished 7th.&nbsp;Zach and Asa joined Drew Corell and Andrew Miller in the distance medley relay and finished 8th (4:09.27).&nbsp;In the final event of the night Zach and Asa along with Jace and Cooper ran a season best in the 4 x 400m relay in a time of 3:50.80 to nab 8th place.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Iowa State Track and Field meet will take place on Thursday, Friday and Saturday May 19th - 21st at Drake Stadium in Des Moines.&nbsp;A schedule of Southeast Valley’s races will be found on the school website.&nbsp;The state coed meet features all four classes and is one of the largest state meets in the country.

Jag Boys Win State Qualifying Meet Title

Using the East Sac Relays on Monday, May 9th as a tune-up meet for the state qualifying meet on Thursday, the Southeast Valley boys’ claimed their fifth straight team title in a row and their sixth overall out of the eight meets they have competed in this year.&nbsp;The Jaguars scored 122 points to barely beat Ridge View’s 118 points.&nbsp;Manson was third with 103 points.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Jaguars were led by three first place finishes.&nbsp;Tre Fisher won the 200m dash in a season best time of 23.51, Aaron Graves won the shot put with a throw of 52’ 1.5”, and the 4 x 100m relay of Carl Berglund, Dreyvon Steadman, Kolson Kruse and Tre Fisher ran 45.96 to claim gold.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Second place finishes went to Kaleb Scott in the 100m dash (11.79) and Ethan Ackerson in the shot put throwing a season best of 48’ 2”. Relays picking up silver medals were the 4 x 800m (9:10.52) of Oscar Hanson, Asa Haub, Cooper Nuss, Zach Thompson, the shuttle hurdle (1:08.92) quartet of Michael Eslick, Jace Hanson, Caelan Oakes-Sudhish and Ty Klatt and the sprint medley relay 1:40.23 PR) of Carl Berglund, Kaleb Scott, Tre Fisher and Kolson Kruse.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Tre Fisher was third in the 100m dash (11.93) while the distance medley relay of Drew Corell, Andrew Miller, Zach Thompson, and Oscar Hanson took third place in a time of 4:04.51.&nbsp;Cale VanSickle, Cooper Nuss, Asa Haub and Owen Steck also claimed bronze in the 4 x 400m relay (3:55.60).&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Jaguars picked up a plethora of fourth place finishes.&nbsp;They were Aaron Graves (discus, 136’ 4”), Andrew Miller (high jump, 5’ 8”), Kyle Johnson (3200m, 12:31.90), Eli Johnson (400m, 59.20), Kolson Kruse (200m, 24.06), and Jace Hanson (400m lows, 1:02.33).&nbsp;The 4 x 200m relay team of Carl Berglund, Dreyvon Steadman, Drew Corell and Andrew Miller also took 4th place (1:41.84).Carter Ferry (800m, 2:16.34 PR) and Ty Klatt (110 highs, 17.39) finished 5th overall in their respective events while Ross Laron took 6th in the 400m dash (1:00.37) and Caelan Oakes-Sudhish took 6th in the 400m low hurdles (1:05.26).&nbsp;&nbsp;The Jaguars were scheduled to run in the class 2A state qualifying meet on Thursday, but the meet was postponed to Friday due to chances of severe weather.&nbsp;State qualifiers will compete at the state meet in Des Moines on Thursday, May 19th, Friday, May 20th and Saturday, May 21st.

Jag Boys Win Last Meet Before State Qualifying

The Southeast Valley boys’ track team continued their season’s success Thursday, May 5th at the Jim Yunek Relays in Lake City.&nbsp;The Jaguars won their 5th meet of the season scoring 132 points to out pace second place IKM-Manning’s 82 points.&nbsp;Newell Fonda was 3rd.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Southeast Valley continued to get strong starts in the field events winning the Shot Put, Discus and Long Jump.&nbsp;Aaron Graves won the shot put in 51’ 5.5”, Justin Loseke won the discus with a throw of 139’ 2” and Tre Fisher won the long jump in a jump of 20’ 3”.&nbsp;Graves also took 2nd place in the discus (137’ 9”), Ethan Ackerson took 3rd in the shot put (45’ 3.5”) and Kolson Kruse 3rd in the long jump (19’ 3.5”).&nbsp;Andrew Miller took 5th in the high jump (5’ 6”)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The other gold medals came in the sprints with Kaleb Scott setting a new school record in the 100m dash running 11.05.&nbsp;He was also part of the winning 4 x200m team of Carl Berglud, Kruse and Fisher.&nbsp;They ran a season best of 1:34.08.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Jaguars also got some big points once again in the distance races.&nbsp;Asa Haub took 2nd in the and Kyle Johnson 6th in the 3200m run.&nbsp;Both set season PRs of 11:22.47 and 12:13.60 respectively.&nbsp;In the 1600m run, Cooper Nuss ran a 4:51.38 and Oscar Hanson ran a 4:59.23 to take silver and bronze.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Kolson Kruse also took silver in the 200m dash running a best time of 23.58 and Dreyvon Steadman ran 25.34 to finish 5th in the same event.&nbsp;Jace Hanson ran a 57.99 in the 400m dash to take 3rd.&nbsp;Carl Berglund also picked up a 5th place in the 100m dash with a season PR of 11.81 while Ty Klatt ran his best ever time in the 110m high hurdles to finish 6th (17.07). Caelan Oakes-Sudhish picked up a point in the 400m low hurdles slightly lowering his best time to 1:04.16 for the year.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The distance medley relay of Drew Corell, Andrew Miller, Zach Thompson and Oscar Hanson took 2nd in a time of 3:59.24.&nbsp;Corell and Miller teamed up with Berglund and Steadman to win the bronze in the 4 x 100m relay (47.62).&nbsp;The 4 x 800m relay of Oakes-Sudhish, Carter Ferry, Grant Farnham and Cooper Nuss took 5th (9:38.41) and the 4 x 400m relay of Zach Thompson, Jace Hanson, Cale VanSickle and Ben Thompson took 6th in 3:57.12.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Jaguars have now won 5 of their 7 meets on the season.&nbsp;They will compete in the Class 2A state qualifying meet at Ridge View high school in Holstein on Thursday, May 12th where the top two place winners will qualify for the state meet, while the next best 8 finishers from all meets will also qualify.&nbsp;

Jags Win 5th Meet of the Season

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;On Tuesday, May 3rd, the Southeast Valley boys’ track and field team headed to Manson in search of the school’s first Twin Lakes Conference Champion.&nbsp;After a strong start for the Jaguars in the first five events, Pocahontas Area slowly chipped away at the lead, getting within 11 points of Southeast Valley before the Jags came up big in the 1600m run and 4 x 100m relay to lock away the conference crown.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All said and done, the Jaguars scored 152.5 points to win their first title, while Pocahontas Area finished 2nd with 130.5 points.&nbsp;Newell-Fonda was third with 82 points, followed by Sioux Central - 76 points, Manson NW - 74 points and Emmetsburg - 67 points.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Southeast Valley started the meet by winning and doubling up points in all four field events.&nbsp;Aaron Graves won the shot put and discus throwing 52’ 2” and 139’ 7” respectively.&nbsp;His throw of 52’ 2” in the shot put improved his own school record.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Kolson Kruse won the long jump with a jump of 20’ 4.25’ and Kaleb Scott continued to dominate the high jump winning with a jump of 6’ 1”.&nbsp;Besides the four conference winners, the Jaguars also got points in the shot put from Ethan Ackerson who finished 3rd (43’ 7.5”), Justin Loseke 4th in the discus (124’ 6”), Tre Fisher 4th place in the long jump (19’ 5.5”) and Andrew Miller 6th in the high jump (5’ 6”).&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Jaguars quickly increased their lead with the 3200m run where Cooper Nuss and Oscar Hanson took 1st and 2nd place running 10:37.10 and 10:40.68 respectively, finishing ahead of Pocahontas Area’s 3rd and 4th place runners.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;A 6th place finish by the 4 x 800m team of Asa Haub, Carter Ferry, Kyle Johnson and Zach Thompson and a 5th place finish by the shuttle hurdle relay of Michael Eslick, Jace Hanson, Caelan Oakes-Sudhish and Ty Klatt were the next two events scoring points.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Jaguars then doubled up in the 100m dash with Kaleb Scott running 11.43 to finish 2nd and Tre Fisher running 11.86 to finish 4th, before the distance medley relay team of Drew Corell, Andrew Miller, Zach Thompson and Cooper Nuss finished 3rd in a season best of 3:57.36.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pocahontas took 1st and 2nd in the 400m dash to take a big chunk out of the Jaguars lead before SV came back to claim second in the 4 x 200m run with Carl Berglund, Scott, Kruse and Fisher running a season best 1:35.29.&nbsp;Ty Klatt then took a big 3rd place finish in the 110m high hurdles dropping half a second off his season best to run 17.37.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pocahontas came back again in the next two events, going 2nd and 5th in the 800m run and taking 2nd and 3rd place ahead of Kolson Kruse’s 4th place finish in the 200m dash. Kruse ran 24.20.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;After falling in the 400m hurdles, Jace Hanson got up to finish in 1:04.72 to get one point with his 8th place finish.&nbsp;By the start of the 1600m, PAC was only 11 points behind, when Cooper and Oscar needed to duplicate their 3200m finish from earlier in the night.&nbsp;Cooper ended up running away with the race winning in 4:47.19, but it was Oscar fighting off Pocahontas Area’s runners down the stretch to finish 2nd in the 4:54.79 to help the Jaguars extend their lead.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The 4 x 100m relay team of Berglund, Scott, Kruse and Fisher then sealed the deal in the next race winning in a time of 45.33.&nbsp;The 4 x 400m then cruised to a 3:54.91 to finish 7th behind Zach Thompson, Cale VanSickle, Jace Hanson and Justin Loseke to finish the meet and head to the finish line to celebrate the team’s title.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;“We told the boys on the bus that we weren’t going to be handed the title, that things weren’t going to go our way and other teams would have some surprising finishes and that’s exactly what happened.&nbsp;As coaches, we were extremely proud of how the boys competed all night and didn’t give up when things didn’t go our way,” commented Coach Nuss.&nbsp;“This was a great team win.&nbsp;We have six seniors, Tre, Kaleb, Zach, Asa, Ty and Reed, that have been out since their senior year and this has been one of their goals, so it was exciting to see them reach that.&nbsp;Kolson and Aaron coming out this year and making the big strides they have made has been a bonus for the team.”&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;“I also have to thank my coaching staff of Jim Duncan, Jeff Kruse and Mitch Murphy for all their help, knowledge and passion for this sport and this team.&nbsp;Coach Duncan and Coach Kruse get the credit for the field events suceess this season.&nbsp;Coach Murphy and Coach Kruse have also been instrumental in being able to step up and work with any of our other areas, relays, hurdles, distance sprints as well as their input of where to place our athletes to put the team in the best position is invaluable.&nbsp;Special shout out to Coach Kruse who has been my assistant the past 19 years.&nbsp;We’ve been so close to this goal so many times, but it was extra special to finally reach the top,” added Nuss.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Jaguars will finish their season with the class 2A state qualifying meet at Ridge View (Holstein) on Thursday, May 12th to determine the state qualifiers for the state track &amp; field meet in Des Moines on May 19th, 20th and 21st.&nbsp;

Jags Earn Conference Track Crown

The Southeast Valley boys’ track &amp; field team had two events qualify this past weekend for the Drake Relays in Des Moines.&nbsp;Kaleb Scott qualified for the high jump on Friday.&nbsp;Kaleb cleared 6-07 jump before missing 6-09 which was the winning jump.&nbsp;Kaleb finished 5th overall in the event which featured the best jumpers in the state of Iowa in all classes.&nbsp;He was also the top class 2A finisher in the field.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;On Saturday morning, the 4 x 100m team of Carl Berglund, Kaleb Scott, Kolson Kruse and Tre Fisher competed in the 96 team field.&nbsp;The Jaguars ran their second best time of the season in 45.03 to finish 71st overall and the 10th highest class 2A team in the field.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The annual Drake Relays in Des Moines is one of America’s most prestigious track meet featuring many of the top collegiate athletes from the country as well as many professional and former olympic athletes as well as the state of Iowa’s best high school runners.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;“To qualify for the Drake Relays from a 2A school is a great honor. A lot of people outside of track don’t realize why the Drake Relays are such a big deal, but unlike the state meet where you qualify by class and school size, the Drake Relays take the best of all classes,” commented Coach Nuss.&nbsp;“So to have Kaleb Scott finish 5th down there means he’s one of the best in the state in all classes, not just class 2A.”&nbsp;

Jag Boys Compete at Drake Relays

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Southeast Valley JV boys’ made it a clean sweep of the team titles at the Manson Boys’ Cougar Relays on Tuesday, April 26th.&nbsp;The JV scored 132 points to take the top honors.&nbsp;St. Edmond JV was 2nd with 117 points and Pocahontas Area was third with 99 points.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Jaguar throwers continue to throw well sweeping not just the top two spots in the varsity class, but taking the top two spots in the JV as well.&nbsp;Justin Loseke won the JV shot put with a throw of 41-08” and Nate Scott was second with a 40-00”.&nbsp;Nate then won the JV discus with a career best throw of 134-08” and Ethan Ackerson was second with a career best throw of 120-07”.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Also claiming first place honors in the JV class was Dreyvon Steadman winning the 100m dash in a time of 12.31 and Asa Haub winning the 1600m run in a time of 5:26.62.&nbsp;The shuttle hurdle team of Jacob Snyder, Carson Joyce, Owen Steck and Isaiah Ihrig won the shuttle hurdle in a time of 1:19.38.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Grant Farnham and Carson Joyce both ran season bests times in the 800m (2:28.91) and 400m low hurdles (1:10.03) respectively to claim second place.&nbsp;Kyle Johnson took 4th place in the 1600m run with a season best of 5:47.59 and Isiah Ihrig 4th in the 400m low hurdles (1:11.60).&nbsp;&nbsp;Owen Steck and Ross Larson took 3rd and 4th in the 200m dash.&nbsp;Owen ran 27.43 and Ross ran 27.64.&nbsp;Picking up a pair of 5th place finishes were Jacob Snyder in the 110m high hurdles (20.58) and Ben Thompson in the 800m run (2:43.57).&nbsp;&nbsp;The sprint medley relay of Jace Nelson, Dreyvon Steadman, Ross Larson and Carson Joyce took 4th in a time of 1:51.81.&nbsp;Nelson, Stadman and Larson then teamed up with Michael Eslick to take 4th in the 4 x 100m relay.&nbsp;Also finishing 4th as a relay team were Owen Steck, Carter Ferry, Caelan Oakes-Sudhish and Grant Farnham in the 4 x 400m relay running a JV season best of 4:08.33.&nbsp;&nbsp;After weather postponed the final of the year for the JV, the JV will see some sparse action in the final two varsity meets of the season.&nbsp;“We are extremely happy with how well many of these JV runners competed this season for us.&nbsp;Most of their meets this year, they were competing in the varsity class and running against mostly varsity runners and were able to hold their own.&nbsp;We look forward to seeing how they improve in the coming years and keep the program traditionally strong,” commented Coach Nuss.

JV Boys Take Home Manson Title

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With the number of meets canceled early in the track season, the Jaguars boys’ track team got into a rescheduled Humboldt meet on Thursday, April 21st.&nbsp; The boys finished 4th overall in the meet with 79 points.&nbsp; Humbodlt won with 152 points and Pocahontas Area was 2nd with 126 points.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The Jaguars were led by two first place finishes.&nbsp; Tre Fisher won the long jump with a season best jump of 21’ 1” with teammate Kolson Kruse 2nd with a jump of 20’ 8.5”.&nbsp; Both Fisher and Kruse teamed up with Carl Bergland and Kaleb Scott to not only win the 4 x 100m relay in a time of 44.55 but broke the school record in the process.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The Jaguars also got a third place finish from the 4 x 800m relay team of Cooper Nuss, Asa Haub, Zach Thompson, and Oscar Hanson who ran a season best of 8:59.60.&nbsp; Also finishing third place was Aaron Graves in the shot put with a throw of 47’ 7”.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Justin Loseke threw a career best in the discus of 147’ 1”, just missing the school record to finish 4th.&nbsp; Also using a season best to finish 4th was Andrew Miller in the high jump, jumping 5’ 6”.&nbsp; Jace Hanson (400m, 56.95) and Ty Klatt (110m, 17.82) ran season bests to finish 5th and 7th respectively in their events.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The meet also had a separate JV class where the Southeast Valley really had a good night.&nbsp; The JV team finished 3rd overall in the JV class with 110 points.&nbsp; Humboldt won the class with 151 points and Clear Lake was 2nd with 118 points.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Carson Joyce was an individual winner in the 400m dash running 1:00.35, he also finished 2nd in the 400m hurdles (1:10.24).&nbsp; Other second place finishes were Owen Steck (HJ, 5’ 0”) and Isaiah Ihrig (800m, 2:30.68).&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Two relays also claimed silver medals.&nbsp; The shuttle hurdle team of Jacob Snyder, Carson Joyce, Ben Thompson and Isaiah Ihrig ran 1:20.35 and the 4 x 400m relay of Justin Loseke, Isaiah Ihrig, Grant Farnham and Ross Larson ran 4:09.42.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Justin Loseke and Nate Scott picked up a pair of bronze medals in the throwing events.&nbsp; Justin threw 39’ 8” in the shot put, while Nate threw 112’ in the discus.&nbsp; Ross Larson claimed 3rd place honors in the 400m low hurdles running 1:10.91 while Ben Thompson took 3rd in the 400m dash running 1:04.32.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The sprint medley team of Jace Nelson, Dreyvon Steadman, Cale VanSickle and Owen Steck took third in the sprint medley relay (1:50.58) and the 4 x 100m relay team of Jace Nelson, Dreyvon Steadman, Ty Klatt and Michael Eslick finished third in a time of 50.24.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Evan Zeka (33’ 3”), Ethan Peed (31’ 9”) and Aden Jepsen (28’ 0) all threw PRs in the shot put and Peed also improved his best discus throw of the year with a throw of 91’ 6”.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The Jaguars are close to finishing their season.&nbsp; They will run at Lake City on Friday, April 29th, 2022 before heading to Manson on Tuesday, May 3rd to compete in the Twin Lakes Conference.&nbsp;

Humboldt Track Results

Running for the third time in 4 days, the Southeast Valley boys’ track team headed to Newell to defend their team title from the previous year.&nbsp;Behind six first place finishes, five of those setting meet records and nine 2nd place finishes, the Jaguars easily defended their title scoring 172 points.&nbsp;Host Newell - Fonda was 2nd with 120 points Manson was 3rd with 120 points.&nbsp;The Jaguars also had a JV team compete against the varsity and finished 8th with 18 points.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Breaking meet records and winning their respective events were Tre Fisher (Long Jump, 20-05.75”), Aaron Graves (Shot put 52-01”/Discus 137-02”) and Cooper Nuss (3200m, 10:51.16/1600m run 4:59.51).&nbsp;Aaron’s throw in the shot put also broke his own school record.&nbsp;Also winning an event was Kaleb Scott in the 100m dash in a time of 11.80.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Kaleb also finished 2nd in the high jump, jumping 6’ 3”.&nbsp;Kolson Kruse picked up a pair of silver medals in the long jump (20-04.5”) and a season best in the 200m dash (24.20).&nbsp;Other silver medal winners were Ethan Ackerson (SP, 45-05.25”), Justin Loseke (Discus, 129’ 6”), Asa Haub (3200m, 11:45.66), Tre Fisher (100m, 12.20), Jace Hanson (400m low hurdles, 1:01.00), and Oscar Hanson (1600m 5:10.86).&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Running season best times for the year, Tre Fisher picked up a 3rd place finish in the 200m dash (24.20 PR) and Caelan Oakes-Sudhish in the 400m low hurdles (1:04.50).&nbsp;Oscar Hanson and Andrew Miller picked up a pair of 6th place finishes in the 800m run and high jump respectively.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Three relays earned third place finishes.&nbsp;The 4 x 800m relay of Zach Thompson, Carter Ferry, Caelan Oakes-Sudhish and Kyle Johnson ran 9:37.80, the distance medley relay of Carl Berglund, Andrew Miller,&nbsp;Zach Thompson and Oscar Hanson ran 4:06.20 and the 4 x 200m relay team of Berglund, Miller, J. Hanson and K. Scott ran 1:39.20.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Top JV events were Justin Loseke (42-08.25”) and Nate Scott (40-9.75”) who finished 3rd and 5th in the shot put respectively and N. Scott (122-09”) and Ethan Ackerson (118-03”) who finished 4th and 5th respectively in the discus.&nbsp;Loseke and Ackerson both threw season bests.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Several other JV athletes had season best performances were Jacob Snyder (110m high hurdles, 20.50), Reed Andrews (800m, 2:54.00), Carter Ferry (400m lows, 1:06.30) and Kyle Johnson (1600m, 1:06.30).&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Jaguars will next compete at Lake City on Friday, April 29th and the Twin Lakes Conference meet at Manson on Tuesday, May 3rd.&nbsp;They will also have a couple events competing at the Drake Relays on Friday and Saturday, April 29th and 30th in Des Moines.

Jags Defend Title At Newell Fonda

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In what has become the theme of the current spring track &amp; field season, it was a cold and windy night on Tuesday, April 19th for the Southeast Valley Coed meet.&nbsp;The Jaguar boys’ met the cold winds head on without flinching and walked away with the meet title.&nbsp;Southeast Valley’s 190 points to win the meet more than doubled up the 93 points scored by 2nd place Ogden.&nbsp;Third place Newell-Fonda scored 89 points.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Jaguars title was fueled by a plethora of 1st and 2nd place finishes with eight different events claiming gold and twelve 2nd place finishes.&nbsp;Kaleb Scott and Cooper Nuss were both individual gold medal winners.&nbsp;Kaleb won the high jump with a jump of 6’ 2” and won the 100m dash in 11.87.&nbsp;Cooper claimed first in the 800m run with a 2:13.62 and running a 5:04.72 to win the 1600m run.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Throwing a career best of 141’ 5”, Aaron Graves won the discus and running a season best in the 3200m run was Oscar Hanson in 10:58.66.&nbsp;Eli Johnson ran a 55.22 to win the 400m dash and the 4 x 100m team of Carl Berglund, Kaleb Scott, Kolson Kruse and Tre Fisher took first in 45.56.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Individual second place finishes for the Jaguars were Aaron Graves (SP, 50’ 3.75” PR), Justin Loseke (Discus, 133’ 6”), Zach Thompson(400m, 57.24 PR), Ty Klatt (110m HH, 18.19), Kaleb Scott (200m, 24.12), Oscar Hanson (1600m, 5:13.71) and Caelan Oakes-Sudhish (1:05.06).&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Five of the seven relay teams also claimed silver medals. They were the 4 x 800m relay team in a time of 9:54.51 (Z. Thompson, C. Ferry, K. Johnson, C. Oakes-Sudhish), Shuttle hurdle team running 1:14.56 (M. Eslick, J. Hanson, Owen S., T. Klatt), the distance medley relay in a time of 4:00.01 (C. Berglund, A. Miller, K. Kruse, C. Nuss), the 4 x 200m relay in 1:41.26 (C. Berglund, A. Miller, J. Hanson and T. Fisher), and the 4x 400m relay running a season best 3:55.87 (E. Johnson, Z. Thompson, K. Kruse, C. Ferry).&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Ethan Ackerson (SP, 45’ 7”) and Asa Haub (3200m, 11:39.56) both claimed third in their individual events.&nbsp;Ethan also took 5th in the discus (114’ 5”) and Asa took 5th in the 800m run (2:27.42).&nbsp;Kolson Kruse (20’ 2”) and Tre Fisher (20’ 1.5”) went 4th and 5th respectively in the long jump where the winning jump was 20’ 3” and 6th place was also a 20’ 1.5”.&nbsp;Tre was also fifth in the 100m dash (12.27).&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;“There is something different about winning a track meet that makes it fun.&nbsp;I am extremely proud with the lousy weather and all of the meet cancellations we have had this year that this team has kept the focus the way they have this year and show up every night to practice ready to get better regardless of the weather.&nbsp;It’s really shouldn’t be a surprise we competed this well in these conditions as we have practiced outside in the same conditions all spring,” commented Coach Nuss.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Jaguars will compete at Manson on Tuesday, April 26th and in Lake City on Friday, April 29th before returning to Manson on Tuesday May 3rd for the Twin Lakes Conference meet already.

Boys Track Battle the Cold to Win the Meet

Dayton 4/21/2022: The Jaguar boys golf team defeated Manson Northwest Webster 196-225. Caden Larson and Will Halligan led the Jags with 48. Caden received Medalist Honors with a card back. Will received Runner Up Medalist Honors. Carson Suchan shot 49 and Caden Konecne 51. Will Comp shot 54 and Elias Field 61. Coach Blunk commented, “It was great to finally have a good day to play. We played Ok for the first meet at Dayton, but it could have been probably 10 strokes better. We made some mistakes in our decisions with drop areas and hopefully learned from it.&nbsp;The course was in great shape. Bob Runge and his staff do a great job. Next week is really busy with the postponements, but we are fortunate to get the meets rescheduled.&nbsp;We have our first meet at Gowrie on Monday against East Sac and West Bend. Tuesday we go to Pocahontas. Thursday we go to Aurelia and Friday is our 5 team Invite at Dayton so we need to stay focused.”&nbsp;

Boys Golf Results vs MNW

After the Southeast Valley boys have had their first four meets of the year canceled, the Jaguars had a perfect night for their own home invitational in Gowrie on Monday, April 11th, 2022.&nbsp;Taking advantage of the great weather for the first meet, the Jaguars gave Roland Story a run for the team title, only to come up 14 points short at the end of the meet to take home runner-up honors as a team.&nbsp;Roland Story scored 122 points to win the title, while SV scored 108.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Jaguars were led by four first place finishes.&nbsp;Two of those were by Kaleb Scott, one in the high jump and one in the 100m dash.&nbsp;In the high jump, Kaleb cleared 6’ 9” which was a new meet record, new school record and a Drake Blue Standard which means Kaleb is automatically a Drake Relays qualifier.&nbsp;In the 100m dash, Kaleb ran a time of 11.53.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In the 400m low hurdles, Jace Hanson got his first career individual gold winning the race in a time of 1:01.21; fourth fastest time in school history.&nbsp;The 4 x 100m relay of Carl Berglund, Kaleb Scott, Kolson Kruse, and Tre Fisher also captured gold, running the second fastest time in school history with a time of 45.18.&nbsp;&nbsp;The Jaguars also had a trio of silver medalists.&nbsp;Kolson Kruse set a personal record in the long jump with a jump of 21’ 2” to take 2nd.&nbsp;Finishing 2nd in the 3200m run was Cooper with the third fastest time in 10:30.56 and Aaron Graves took second in the shot put with a throw of 48’ 6.5”.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Taking bronze medal honors for the Jaguars in the meet were Ethan Ackerson (Shot Put, 44’ 10.25”), Tre Fisher (long jump, 20’ 3.5”) and the 4 x 200m relay of Carl Berglund, Drew Corell, Andrew Miller and Kaleb Scott in a season best time of 1:37.86.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Fourth place finishes are Kolson Kruse (400m, 54.31), Oscar Hanson (800m run, 2:17.23 PR) and Cooper Nuss (1600m, 4:51.57 PR).&nbsp;Oscar also took fifth in the 3200m run (11:03.53) and Tre took fifth place in the 200m dash (24.31).&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The sprint medley relay (Ty K., Carl B., Drew C., Eli J.; 1:42.20), the 4 x 800m relay (Zach T., Asa H., Carter F., Caelan O.; 9:27.75 PR) and the distance medley relay (Carl B., Drew C., Carter F., Oscar H.; 4:08.86) all finished fifth place for Southeast Valley on Monday night.&nbsp;The Jaguars scored points in 17 of the 19 events.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Southeast Invitational has two classes with the bigger schools in class A and smaller schools in Class B.&nbsp;The Jaguars had a “JV” team compete against the smaller schools varsity teams in the same meet and finished 5th amongst those varsity teams scoring 46 points.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Leading the Jaguars in class B was Nate Scott who won the discus in a personal best throw of 131’ 11”.&nbsp;Justin Loseke and Eli Johnson claimed runner-up honors in the shot put and 200m dash respectively in class B.&nbsp;Justin threw 42’ 4” and Eli Johnson ran a season best of 24.40.&nbsp;Michael Eslick in his first try at the 110m high hurdles finished 3rd in a time of 18.84.&nbsp;Freshman Dreyvon Steadman was 6th in the class B 100m dash.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Jaguars also had several JV relay teams in class B place.&nbsp;They were the shuttle hurdle (Andrew Miller, Owen Steck, Ross Larson, Carson Joyce) finished fourth.&nbsp;The 4 x 800m relay (Grant Farnham, Kyle Johnson, Ben Thompson, Jacob Snyder), the 4 x 100m relay (Jace Nelson, Dreyvon, Ross, Michael) and the 4 x 400m relay (Cale VanSickle, Grant Farnham, Ben Thompson, Kyle Johnson) all placed 5th for the Jaguars.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Jaguars will be back in Gowrie on Tuesday, April 19th for their coed meet before heading to Newell-Fonda on Friday, April 22nd.&nbsp;

Jag Boys Place 2nd at Home Meet

The Southeast Valley boys’ track &amp; field team wrapped up their 2022 indoor season on Friday, March 18th, 2022 at the BV Elite meet in Storm Lake.&nbsp;The Jaguars walked away with several top ten performances in the large meet.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Kaleb Scott brought home the gold medal in the high jump.&nbsp;Kaleb jumped 6’ 4” for the win.&nbsp;Aaron Graves set the school record with a throw of 50’ 2.5” to claim runner up honors in the shot put while teammate Ethan Ackerson had the second best throw in school history to finish 4th.&nbsp;Ethan’s best throw of the night was 47’ 4.5”.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Jaguars also picked up a second place finish in a time of 4:57.77 in the 1600m run by Cooper Nuss.&nbsp;Asa Haub ran the 1600 in 5:38.17.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The long jump saw a pair of Jaguars finish 4th and 5th.&nbsp;Kolson Kruse set a season best with a jump of 19’ 2.5” and teammate Tre Fisher was inches behind in a jump of 19’ ¼ “.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Two relays picked up 7th place finishes.&nbsp;The 1600m medley relay team of Carl Berglund, Tre Fisher, Kolson Kruse and Oscar Hanson finished in a time of 4:04.01 and the 4 x 200m relay of Kruse, Berglund, Fisher and Scott crossed the finish line in a time of 1:40.06.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The 4 x 800m relay of Cooper Nuss, Carter Ferry, Zach Thompson, and Caelan Oakes-Sudhish ran a season best of 9:48.37 to finish 9th.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In the 60m hurdles, Ty Klatt ran the 3rd fastest time in school history in 9.64 while Michael Eslick set the 10th fastest in the 60m hurdles with a time of 10.94.&nbsp;Andrew Miller jumped 5’ 5” in the high jump to set the 8th best jump in SV history.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Jaguars will have a week break before they start up the outdoor season on Monday, March 28th in Jefferson.

Boys Wrap Up Indoor Season

The Southeast Valley boys track team started off their season this past week with two indoor meets.&nbsp;Their first meet was Tuesday, March 8th when they traveled to the UNI Dome in Cedar Falls for the long running Dickinson Relays.&nbsp;At the Dickinson Relays, while the Jaguars competed against schools from all four classes, a majority of the teams there were from class 4A.Kaleb Scott was the top finisher for the Jaguars finishing 4th place overall in the high jump with a jump of 6’ 4”&nbsp;Kaleb also set the school record for the 60m dash in a time of 7.34.&nbsp;Tre Fisher ran the second fastest 60m in school history in a time of 7.40.&nbsp;Tre also jumped 19’ 5” in the long jump.&nbsp;Carl Berglund set the 5th fastest time in the 60m with 7.72.Aaron Graves finished 9th overall in the shot put breaking his own school record with a distance of 49”.&nbsp;Ethan Ackerson (44’ 3.5”) and Nate Scott (39’ 7.75”) started the season breaking their own personal record in the shot put.&nbsp;Ethan’s throw put him 3rd best in school history.Being returning state qualifiers in the 1600m run, Cooper Nuss and Oscar Hanson got to compete in the special invite 1600m run.&nbsp;Cooper ran 4:53.89 and Oscar ran 5:00.67, both just off of their personal bests from last year.&nbsp;Cooper (2:19.04) and Oscar (2:23.92) also competed in the 800m run along with Asa Haub.In the 60m high hurdles, Jace Hanson ran the 7th fastest in school history in his first attempt ever running the high hurdles.&nbsp;Eli Johnson (24.82) edged Kolson Kruse (24.83) in the 200m dash while Jace Hanson (58.52), Andrew Miller (1:01.00) and Zach Thompson (1:01.84) competed in the 400m dash.On Friday, March 11th, the Jaguars traveled to the Lied Center at ISU in Ames to compete in the IATC State Indoor meet.&nbsp;Here the Jaguars only competed against other 2A schools and running events had to qualify based on last year’s best times.Kaleb Scott earned a pair of state indoor medalist honors.&nbsp;He once again jumped 6’ 4” in the high jump to earn runner up honors as well as finished 6th in the 60m dash lowering his school record to 7.31.In the shot put, Nate Scott improved his personal best by over two feet with a throw of 41’ 11.25”.&nbsp;Oscar Hanson also improved his 1600m run from Tuesday with a time of 4:58.03.&nbsp;In the 60m hurdles, Ty Klatt set a PR with a time of 10.07 which is the 6th fastest time in school history.Kolson Kruse (19’ 0.25”) and Tre Fisher (18’ 7”) both competed in the long jump.&nbsp;The Jaguars also had several relay teams qualify.&nbsp;The distance medley relay team (C. Berglund, E. Johnson, J. Hanson, O. Hanson) ran 4:00.40.&nbsp;Running 10:09.24 in the 4 x 800 was Carter Ferry, Zach Thompson, Asa Haub and Kyle Johnson).&nbsp;The 4 x 400 (K. Kruse, Z. Thompson, C. Ferry, T. Klatt) ran 3:57.69.The Jaguars will compete at the BV indoor meet in Storm Lake on Friday, March 18th.