Jackson County Central and Martin County West/Butterfield-Odin will be among the 12 teams competing in the Section 2A South Sub-Section track and field meet Thursday at Wells Concrete Stadium in Wells.
Competition starts at noon with the girls pole vault getting underway. The boys will start after the girls.
The remainder of the field events start at 3:30 p.m., with the track events to start at 4:30 p.m.
The top eight Individuals and top four relay teams advance to the Section 2A meet at Todnem Field at Mankato West High School on Saturday, May 31.
JCC has four athletes (two boys and two girls) with state meet experience who will be looking to take the first step toward another trip.
Ben Dahlin qualified for state in both the 100 meters and 200 meters. On Thursday at the sub-section meet, he’s scheduled to compete in the 200 meters and on the Huskies’ 4x100 and 4x200 relays.
Clay Malchow ran on JCC’s 4x200 relay team at the state meet and he’s slated to be on that team again Thursday. He’ll also compete in the 110 high hurdles and 300 intermediate hurdles.
Two JCC girls competed at state in 2023 and would like to get back after not making it last year.
Rylie Cother competed in the 100 hurdles and long jump two years ago. On Thursday she’ll compete in those two events as well as high jump.
Also, Natalia Botello-Ramos ran on the 4x200 team at state in 2023. This year, she’s on the 4x100 and 4x200 teams and will also compete in the 100 meters.
Teams (12)
These are the teams competing in the Section 2A South Sub-Section meet in Wells Thursday.
Blue Earth Area
Granada-Huntley-East Chain/Truman/Martin Luther
Heron Lake-Okabena/Fulda
Jackson County Central
Janesville-Waldorf-Pemberton
Maple River
Martin County West/Butterfield-Odin
Mountain Lake Area/Comfrey
New Richland-Hartland-Ellendale-Geneva
St. James Area
United South Central/Alden-Conger
Windom
Meet schedule
This is the schedule for Thursday.
Field events
12 p.m.
Pole vault: Girls then boys
3:30 p.m.
Shot put: Boys then girls
Discus: Girls then boys
Triple jump: Boys then girls
Long jump: Girls then boys
High jump: Two pits if wind allows, otherwise girls then boys
Track events
Start at 4:30 p.m.
Girls 4x800
Boys 4x800
Girls 100 hurdles
Boys 110 hurdles
Girls 100 meters
Boys 100 meters
Wheelchair 100 meters (girls and boys together)
Girls 4x200
Boys 4x200
Girls 1600 meters
Boys 1600 meters
Wheelchair 1600 meters (girls and boys together)
Girls 4x100
Boys 4x100
Girls 400 meters
Boys 400 meters
Girls 300 hurdles
Boys 300 hurdles
Girls 800 meters (2 heats, slow then fast)
Boys 800 meters (2 heats, slow then fast)
Wheelchair 800 meters (girls and boys together)
Girls 200 meters
Boys 200 meters
Wheelchair 200 meters (girls and boys together)
Girls 3200 meters
Boys 3200 meters
Girls 4x400
Boys 4x400
North Sub-Section
The Section 2A North Sub-Section meet will be held at Norwood Young America. Eight individuals and four relays also advance to the section meet from there.
Teams (12)
Central (Norwood Young America)
Gibbon-Fairfax-Winthrop
Lake Crystal Wellcome Memorial/Nicollet
LeSueur-Henderson
Lester Prairie
Mankato Loyola/Cleveland
Mayer Lutheran
Minnesota Valley Lutheran
River Valley
Sibley East
St. Clair/Imannuel Lutheran
Waterville-Elysian-Morristown