PREVIEW: MV returns six letter-winners

Published by admin on Wed, 03/29/2023 - 8:46am

The Maquoketa Valley boys track team, first row from left: Arion Rave, Colin Smith, Dylan Knipper, Carter Klaren, Tate Intorf, George Livingston and DaShawn Strickland. Second row: assistant coach Curt Feldt, Brady Wall, Kenyon Baker, Preston Salow, Lance McShane, Nathan Beitz, Matthew Schaul and head coach Pat Meehan. Not pictured is Kash Hunt. (Photo by Diane Temple)
BOYS TRACK AND FIELD

   The Maquoketa Valley boys track and field team has 14 members, made up of one senior, two juniors, four sophomores and seven freshmen.

   The returning letter-winners are senior Carter Klaren, juniors George Livingston and Lance McShane, and sophomores Tate Intorf, Arion Rave and Matthew Schaul.

   Rounding out the team are sophomore Nathan Beitz and freshmen Kenyon Baker, Kash Hunt, Dylan Knipper, Preston Salow, Colin Smith, Deshawn Strickland, and Brady Wall.

   The shuttle hurdle relay returns a strong nucleus and should be quite competitive. Hurdlers McShane, Carter, Hunt, Smith, and Rave will share duties initially. The 110 high hurdles and 400 hurdles will also be filled by these athletes.

   The middle distance and distance events will remain bright spots for this season. The 4x800 Relay should fare very well. Schaul ,Livingston, Rave, Baker, and Strickland will run on this relay at different times during the season. Livingston and Schaul will also be competitive in the open 800, 1600, and 3200 races. Matthew Schaul returns as a state qualifier last year.

   The sprint corps is headed by returning state qualifier McShane. He will primarily concentrate on 200, 400 and long jump. Sophomores Intorf and Klaren have shown great improvement from last year and will bolster the sprints a great deal. Wall and Strickland will long jump and high jump, respectively.

   Curt Feldt and Jason Helle are the assistant coaches.

– Pat Meehan, head coach

 

 

 

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