This year, the A-B-E Track and Field team had a very successful year. All year, we preach about doing our best and improving every day. Most of the team set PRs during their last few races and that is a sign that we are peaking at the right time.
Though we had three seniors (Nathan Anderson, Dierk Goeden, and Spencer Olson) and our foreign exchange student (Alessio Schott) who will be missed next year as they are all fine young men, we have high hopes for what this team can do in the future.
Season awards (female and male for each)- voted on by the team.
A-B-E Award: This is the athlete who embodies the qualities of our team. They have the best Attitude, Behavior, and Effort on and off the track. They work hard and do all the little things well.
Juniors Ashley Paulson and Stephen Hamilton
Most Outstanding Athlete: This is the athlete who performs the best and is the most versatile with what they can do for our team.
Junior Lucea Wales and Freshman Kenneth Spielman
Most Improved: This athlete has made the most gain either throughout this season or from last season to this year.
8th graders Hope Rovang and Benjamin Myron
Newcomer: This athlete is in their 1st year with A-B-E Track and has made our team better.
7th grader Lauren Thoennes and Junior Alessio Schott
front row (L to R): Lauren, Ashley, Lucea, and Hope. Back Row (L to R): Alessio, Kenneth, Benjamin, and Stephen.
Letter Winners:
Seniors: Nathan Anderson, Dierk Goeden, Spencer Olson
Juniors: Skylar Bitzan, Naomi Fournier, Ashley Paulson, Josephine Walberg, Lucea Wales, Micah Fossell, Logan Haburn, Stephen Hamilton, Cohen Reiland, Alessio Schott
Sophomores:Courtney Brethorst, Vy Bui, Taylor Dingwall, Kaitlyn Evjen, August Bredberg, Micah Fuller, Darius Grussing, Logan Haseman, Justin Lederman, Donell Lee
Freshmen: Mary Fossell, Will Englund, Kaleb Fuglseth, Jacob Sorenson, Kenneth Spielman
8th graders:Hope Rovang, Olivia Topel, Benjamin Myron
7th grader: Lauren Thoemmes
Captains: Ashley Paulson (Junior), Logan Haburn (Junior), and Micah Fuller (Sophomore)
All Conference: These individuals won the Little Eight Conference meet
Alessio Schoot (100)
Lucea Wales (100H, 300H, Long Jump and Triple Jump)
Skylar Bitzan (200)
Lucea Wales also qualified for State in the 300 Hurdles and the 200 for the second year in a row. She set the Section 6A 300H records and our school record at 45.66 seconds.
Lastly, the coaching staff would like to thank the families, school, and community for the support throughout the season.