Big meet season

Huskies, Mavericks headed to Sentinel Relays

With the calendar changing to May, it’s time for the “big meet” portion of the season to start for track and field teams.

Entries in those meets are typically more limited, making the competition stiffer as coaches get their athletes entered in their best events and there’s less movement in their lineups.

First on the “big meet” list every year (at least when it doesn’t get weathered out) is the Sentinel Relays in Fairmont. The 68^th edition of the event is scheduled for Friday. The meet starts at 4 p.m., with the final event scheduled to start at 8:35.

Ahead on the schedule are section and state true team meets, the Trojan Relays in Worthington and conference meets leading up to MSHSL sub-section and section meets and ultimately the state meet in June for the best of the best.

There will be 16 teams in Friday’s meet in Fairmont, divided into two eight-team classes, based on enrollment. Jackson County Central will compete in larger school Class AA, with Martin County West/Butterfield-Odin in Class A.

At last year’s meet, JCC’s Rylie Cother won two events, the 100-meter hurdles and long jump. She was also third in the high jump.

Ben Dahlin placed high in two events for the Huskies in the 2024 boys meet, placing second in the 200 meters and third in the 100 meters. Braeden Tufvesson was second in the pole vault.

For MCWBO in the Class A boys event last year, Bear Kosbab won the 200 meters and was second in the 100 meters. On the girls side, Evelynn Christenson was seventh in the 1600 meters.

Fairmont won both Class AA team titles last year. In Class A, Heron Lake-Okabena/Fulda won the boys team title and St. Clair/Immanuel Lutheran was first in the girls meet.

Sentinel Relays

Teams

Class AA

• Blue Earth Area

• Fairmont

• Hutchinson

• Jackson County Central

• Lake Crystal Welcome Memorial/Nicollet

• Minneapolis South

• River Valley

• St. James Area

Class A

• Fairmont JV

• Granada-Huntley-East Chain/Madelia/Truman/Martin Luther

• Heron Lake-Okabena/Fulda

• Martin County West/Butterfield-Odin

• Mountain Lake Area/Confrey

• North Union

• St. Clair/Immanuel Lutheran

• Windom

Schedule

Field events

• Shot put: A girls, AA girls, A boys, AA boys

• Discus: AA boys, A boys, AA girls, A girls

• Long jump: AA girls, A girls, AA boys, A boys

• Triple jump: A boys, AA boys, A girls, AA girls

• High Jump (Pit 1): AA boys, A boys

• High jump (Pit 2): AA girls, A girls

• Pole vault (Pit 1): All boys Class A and AA

• Pole Vault (Pit 2); All girls Class and AA

Track events

• 4:30 p.m.: Girls 4x800 relay

• 4:45 p.m.: Boys 4x800 relay

• 5 p.m.: Girls 100 high hurdles

• 5:10 p.m.: Boys 110 high hurdles

• 5:20 p.m.: Girls 100 meters

• 5:25 p.m.: Boys 100 meters

• 5:30 p.m.: Girls 4x200 relay

• 5:40 p.m.: Boys 4x200 relay

• 5:50 p.m.: Girls 1,600 meters

• 6:10 p.m.: Boys 1,600 meters

• 6:25 p.m.: Girls 400 meters

• 6:35 p.m.: Boys 400 meters

• 6:45 p.m.: Girls 300 hurdles

• 7:00 p.m.: Boys 300 hurdles

• 7:15 p.m.: Girls 1600 medley relay

• 7:25 p.m.: Boys 1600 medley relay

• 7:35 p.m.: Girls 200 meters

• 7:40 p.m.: Boys 200 meters

• 7:45 p.m.: Girls 3200 meters

• 8:05 p.m.: Boys 3200 meters

• 8:20 p.m.: Girls 4x100 relay

• 8:25 p.m.: Boys 4x100 relay

• 8:30 p.m.: Girls 4x400 relay

• 8:35 p.m.: Boys 4x400 relay

Track events will be Class A followed by Class AA.