Nobody outside of the community felt the AGWSR Cougar girls could contend for a Class 1A title when the 2023 State Track and Field Championships opened on Thursday. While they may not have won, they held a two-day lead and put the school without a track of their own on the map.
The Cougars finished third behind five medals won over nine different events. All while practicing on the streets and the little-more-than dirt track in Ackley.
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Tori Metzgar ran a leg of the 4x800 that finished 20th on Thursday. She was also part of the second-place 4x800 on Friday, helping the AGWSR Cougar girls finish third in Class 1A.
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Karis Lippert get the stick from Piper Smith in Friday's Class 1A 4x400-meter prelim. They qualified for Saturday's final and finished second to help AGWSR grab third as a team.
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Abby Veld threw to fourth in Thursday's Class 1A State shot put while Nakia Ollivierre was running to to fourth in the 3000-meter run. Their points helped lead the AGWSR Cougars to a third-place team finish. Ollivierre, who also qualified in the 800 and 1500-meter runs on Saturday, did not run.
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Ava Olson cleared the opening height on her first attempt, and finished 14th in Class 1A.
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Elise Olson starts her take0ff as Trevyn Smith approaches during the Class 1A distance medley on Friday.
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Aiden Heitland finished 19th in the Class 1A State discus and 11th in the shot put.
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Bradly Roder finished 23rd in the Class 1A 110-meter high hurdles. He was eighth in his heat which saw a state record fall.
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