Humboldt Table Rock Steinauer Track
Head Coach
Tuesday, April 2, 2024
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Assistant Coaches Donna Railsback, Caleb Lempka, Michelle Glathar, Jamie Stice Coach Engles’ season outlook: “We have some really athletic kids that I think will be very successful this season. There are tons of things going on in the Spring (music, State speech, FFA, etc.) that cause a lot of kids to miss practice. When we have a chance to get kids coming to practice consistently and can work with them more, good things are going to happen. Weaknesses for us right now are injuries. Sophomores Lillian Bowen and Elie Bstandig are both struggling with injuries early. We are hoping to get them both back, but aren’t sure yet on the timeline. Both girls will do well in individual events and relays. Elie has been working on Shot Put and Discus and Lillian loves the 400 and 800 M. runs which she qualified for in the State meet last year. We return six letterwinners including Elie and Lillian. Senior JJ McQueen also returns in the 100 and 200 M. Dashes. JJ has qualified for State in both of those events in the last two years and will run track for Midland College next year. Juniors, Brogan Dunlap and Hunter Bohling return in the Pole Vault and senior, Matheus Valloto is a foreign exchange student who will run the 100 and 200 as well as the 400 M. relay. Several of our kids have set their goals high and hope to qualify for the State Track Meet. Our biggest meets besides Districts will be the Pioneer Conference and the MUDECAS meets. Many are hoping to medal there and we also have a handful of athletes who just want to improve each week. As for toughest opponents, this really depends on the event. Again, those kids hoping to qualify for State have already checked out their District opponents and are hoping to build each week to be ready in May.”