Jim Fuller
Jim Fuller
conference event events expected finals kids meet qualified qualify running top
Usually the conference meet comes down to how you qualify for the finals in the running events. For the most part, we did pretty well. There was one event where I thought we should've qualified and didn't. But for the most part, the kids I expected to be in the top eight, they were.
events goals half win won
We won more than half of the events. That was one of the goals I put on them. To win more events than the other teams.
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We got out there at eight this morning. There was so much new stuff, but we had it all ready about noon. I looked around and thought, 'OK. This is good.' We're still not done with everything but in a couple of years when it's finished there isn't a better track in South Dakota. Our field event areas are great. It's good to have a home track again. I'm counting the days until the conference outdoor meet comes back here.
cloudy cold event marks running
It was cold and cloudy and as the day went on it got nicer. I thought our running event marks got better as the day went on.
athlete events four katie knows replace three
We won't be able to replace Katie with just one athlete when she leaves. We'll need two, three or four people. Plus, she is very competitive. She understands her events and knows how to go about doing them in the right way.
best both brady coming competing couple eric events foot good guys high hurdles jump mark needs personal slow starting tired tonight work
On the men's side, we had two of our old-timers in Eric and Jesse competing with two of our freshmen, Brady and Trevor. Jesse competed unattached tonight. He's coming off a foot injury, and he's just starting to come back. Eric was just tired after football. We've been kind of slow with him coming back. But he will be there pretty quick. His mark tonight isn't much off his personal best right now. Brady and Trevor both have a couple of events they need to work on. Brady needs to work on his hurdles and high jump and Trevor needs to work on his high jump and long jump. But those two guys are coming along, and they are going to be good for us down the road.
came events outside seven shot six win won
I thought when we came into the meet, we had an outside shot to win six or seven events and we won five. I don't think we've won that many events here in a while. That's pretty good.
came dual events far five good hard katie night ran record school score sore today tuesday
Katie wasn't very far off her school record (3,254). Katie had a pretty hard week. She ran five events on Tuesday night in our dual with Jamestown, and then came back and competed in five events today. If Katie isn't sore tomorrow, I don't know if she will ever be. That was a good score for her today considering how much she's competed this week.
fall saying seniors three whether
We have a saying in sports. It is not whether you fall down that counts, it is whether you get back up. All three of those seniors have that kind of mentality.
basketball below coaches compete forward level move needs ohio players sure team understand valley
Our women's team is just not where it needs to be to compete in the Ohio Valley Conference. We need to move forward in our women's basketball program. Having said that, we need to make sure our coaches and players understand we are not going to compete at the mid-tier level or below in the OVC.
high intrigued kids northern school tradition
It has become a tradition here. Some high school kids have become intrigued about Northern because of it.
good hard hurdles worked
Jenny Betz had a really good hurdles race. She's worked pretty hard on that.
four good hammer happy threw
Our hammer throwers threw good today, all four of them. I was really happy with the way they threw.
looked won
I thought 'Wally' looked real good. He won by a considerable margin. He did it kind of easily.