Track season gets underway

The Sundance Bulldogs travelled to Spearfish, in the beautiful weather, for their first meet of the season. With thirty-one teams competing in the Queen City Classic, the Bulldogs were up against some tough competition.

Despite the odds, two Bulldog athletes placed and pre-qualified for state in their field events. Senior Tanner Hofland placed fourth at the Classic and prequalified for state in the discus, throwing 136-04. With this distance, Hofland is currently sitting third in the state for prequalified events.

Joleen Pollat took fourth place in the meet and prequalified for state in the shot-put with an impressive 36-09, putting her number one in prequalified events for Wyoming 2A. Finishers in the top 20 are as follows.

Boys 3200M: 15. Hunter Skeens - 11:08.75

Boys 110M Hurdles (39”): 20. Josiah Rudloff - 19.02

Boys Shot Put (12 lb.): 12. Tanner Hofland - 41-10.50, 19. Jarret Schloredt - 39-11.00

Boys Discus: 4. Tanner Hofland - 136-04

Boys High Jump: 15. Josiah Rudloff - 5-06.00

Boys Triple Jump: 20. Josiah Rudloff - 35-08.75

Girls 4x100 Relay: 15. Madison Gill, Nevada Gill, Teddi Marchant, Joleen Pollat - 59.42

Girls 4x200 Relay: 11. Aftyn Marchant, Bailey Hofland, Brook Hofland, Tori Wheeler - 2:02.44

Girls Shot Put (4 kg): 4. Joleen Pollat - 36-09.00, 18. Bailey Hofland - 29-07.00

Girls Discus (1 kg): 10. Joleen Pollat - 94-00, 16. Bailey Hofland - 86-00, 19. Teddi Marchant - 81-06