Neither of Jackson County Central’s track and field teams were able to qualify for the state true team meet as a wildcard entry.
The Huskies were second in the boys team standings at Tuesday’s Section 2A meet in Wells and fourth in the girls standings. Only the section champion automatically qualified for the state meet.
Teams placing second through fifth in each of the eight sections had their results entered into a virtual meet, with the top four teams among those 32 teams grabbing qualifying for a 12-team state meet on Saturday, May 17 at Eden Prairie High School.
JCC was ninth among the 32 teams in the boys virtual meet with 1,245.5 points.
Big South Conference rival Redwood Valley grabbed the fourth spot in the state meet. The Cardinals were 174.5 points ahead of the Huskies. Luverne will also be at state as the Section 3A champions.
Sauk Centre, Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted and Cotter/Hope finished 1-3 in the virtual boys meet.
The Jackson County Central girls were 16th in the team standings. Earning the top four places for the girls were Cotter/Hope, Holdingford, Lanesboro-Fillmore Central-Mabel-Canton and Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted.
Next meet for JCC will be the Big South Conference meet in Pipestone on Saturday.
Wildcard virtual standings
Boys
1. Sauk Centre 1,515
2. Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted 1,500.5
3. Cotter/Hope 1,431.5
4. Redwood Valley 1,420
5. Rushford-Peterson/Houston 1,400.5
6. Minnewaska Area 1,399
7. Moose Lake/Willow River 1,275.5
8. Murray County Central 1,249.5
9. Jackson County Central 1,245.5
10. Trinity/Unity 1,244
11. LCWM-Nicollet 1,211
12. Lanesboro-Fillmore Central-Mabel-Canton 1,205
13. GMLOKS 1,204.5
14. United Clay-Becker 1,201.5
15. Montevideo 1,200
16. Staples-Motley 1,184.5
17. PACT/Legacy 1,177.5
18. International School of Minnesota/Eagle Ridge Academy 1,086
19. Pelican Rapids 1,085.5
20. Hills-Beaver Creek 1,083
21. Loyola/Cleveland 1,067.5
22. Janesville-Waldorf-Pemberton 947.5
23. West Marshall 943
24. Southwest Minnesota Christian/Edgerton 941
25. Ottertail Central 936
26. Greenway/Nashwauk-Keewatin 884
27. Pillager 872.5
28. Royalton 837
29. Crosby-Ironton 835
30. Ada-Borup-West 674.5
31. Bagley/Fosston 652.5
32. Northome/Kelliher/Blackduck 502
Girls
1. Cotter/Hope 1,618.5
2. Holdingford 1,446
3. Lanesboro-Fillmore Central-Mabel-Canton 1,439
4. Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted 1,429
5. St. Charles 1,405
6. Maple Lake 1,337
7. St. Clair/Imannuel Lutheran 1,287
8. PACT/Legacy 1,271.5
9. Frazee 1,262
10. Canby/Minneota 1,252
11. River Valley 1,242.5
12. Barnesville 1,236
13. Redwood Valley 1,223.5
14. Osakis 1,186.5
15. Trinity/Unity 1,176
16. Jackson County Central 1,154.5
17. Lake City 1,142.5
18. Minnesota Valley Lutheran 1,141
19. Ottertail Central 1,111.5
20. Crosby-Ironton 1,103.5
21. Paynesville 1,073.5
22. MACCRAY/Renville County West 1,033
23. Montevideo 1,027
24. Bagley/Fosston 972.5
25. Southwest Minnesota Christian/Edgerton 906.5
26. Pillager 840
27. Moose Lake/Willow River 790
28. Greenway/Nashwauk-Keewatin 782
29. Hills-Beaver Creek 780.5
30. International Falls 617
31. Roseau 587
32 Northome/Kelliher/Blackduck 508.5
State entrants
Here are the entrants in the state Class 1A true team track and field meet on Saturday, May 17 at Eden Prairie High School. The first eight were section champions and the others earned wildcard bids.
Boys
1A: St. Charles
2A: Maple River
3A: Luverne
4A: Concordia Academy
5A: Holdingford
6A: Osakis
7A: Pierz
8A: Walker-Hackensack-Akeley
WC: Sauk Centre
WC: Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted
WC: Cotter/Hope
WC: Redwood Valley
Girls
1A: Grand Meadow-LeRoy-Ostrander-Kingsland-Southland
2A: Janesville-Waldorf-Pemberton
3A: Luverne
4A: Concordia Academy
5A: Minnewaska Area
6A: Pelican Rapids
7A: Pierz
8A: West Marshall
WC: Cotter/Hope
WC: Holdingford
WC: Lanesboro-Fillmore Central-Mabel-Canton
WC: Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted