Track and field meet gets underway...and then the weather turned on us

Tyler Tensen takes the hand off from Jared Sorenson in the 4x800 relay race. Tensen ran the final leg, and the Jaguars took second place in that event.

The sky turned dark blue to the north of Belgrade as the track meet got underway today.

The Belgrade Lions Track and Field Invitational came to an abrupt halt as a severe storm system approached town and sent everyone indoors. The sky got dark and rain began to fall at 17:35 hours. According to the radar, pockets of "red" on the satellite images suggest that scattered severe thunderstorms will continue into the evening. A tornado watch has been in effect for the last two hours.  

Update at 6pm...the storm got really bad as it tracked into Stearns County, with winds upwards of 70 miles per hour near Albany and severe hail by Avon being reported. Hail as large as golf balls (1 3/4") has broken out car windows in some areas by Albany according to a trained weather spotter. At 18:00, the buses left town and the track meet was called off. Also, the baseball game against Sauk Centre was canceled as well.  

In the video clip, the track meet was "paused" and everyone was sent indoors...at 17:27...
   
Below is Long Jump action with Kinlee Swanson and Katelyn Heinze...


At Annandale today, the Jaguars boys' golf team placed fifth in the fourth Central Minnesota Conference meet of the year. Carl Knutson led the team with a 45. In the overall CMC standings, the Jaguars sit in third place with a 733, trailing Rockford (712) and first-place Osakis (702). A conference title is not out of reach for the Jaguars, but they will have to win the final three meets by substantial margins in order to pass up the current leaders. The next CMC meet is on the Jaguars' home course, Prairie View Community Golf, on May 11.