June 2024

Wildcats send relays, two individuals to state

What a difference a little extra motivation makes.For the River Valley girls’ 4x400m team, the difference was five seconds under its previous season best, for a 4:06 on Saturday at the Section 2A meet in Mankato, putting the Wildcats within half a second of the fastest time this year in all of Class A.The motivation: finally getting pushed by another team, said coach Heidi McCone, in the form of Janesville-Waldorf-Pemberton, which took second in just under 4:11.For Evan Thompson, the difference was about two-and-a-half feet, the distance by which he exceeded his personal record in the shot put to advance to the state meet.His motivation: getting upset, when he thought he had no chance to advance, Thompson said.

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