SUCH a fun track and field meet! It was great! (VIDEOS*)

Multiple members of the B-B-E Jaguars track and field teams broke personal records today at the Dave Sieben Invitational at Melrose high school. It was a thoroughly enjoyable track meet to be a part of. I arrived at 4:30 p.m., and the sun was setting when I left town. My last video was recorded at 8:35 p.m. There was not a trace of clouds in the sky throughout the evening.

By just a fraction of a second, Taylor Nelson broke his personal record in the 1600 run. The time is still 4:43, but the hundredths-of-a-second changed. He also ran the third leg of the boys' 4x400 relay team that broke their season record (3:48 and now it's 3:47 and change).

Here's a video featuring one of Bree Thieschafer's shot put attempts in Melrose:


In the 1600 run, Kylie Zins shaved nearly 30 seconds off of her personal record. Her new time is approximately 7:03, which beats her previous best run of 7:31. It is an incredible feat to burn down that much time off of a personal record in the 1600 this far into a season.

Here's a video featuring part of the boys 4x400 relay tonight:


B-B-E's boys 4x400 relay team included Dominic Ramos, Miguel Santamaria, Taylor Nelson and Mason Douvier.

More to come tomorrow. I don't have official results yet.

Jones, Schwinghammer win titles at Minnewaska

Branton Jones won the shot put at Minnewaska Area tonight with a best throw of 41 feet and 6 inches. He also took second place in the discus throw with a best throw of 119 feet and 3 inches. Tiyana Schwinghammer won the high jump with a best jump of 4 feet, 8 inches. The track and field teams host an eight-team meet tomorrow (Tuesday) with Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City, BOLD, Benson, Browerville, Eden Valley-Watkins/Kimball, Paynesville Area and St. John's Prep. Action begins at 3:30 p.m.

I recently heard the exciting news that Schwinghammer singed with Northland College of Thief River Falls last week to continue her basketball career. She will join one of the top junior college women's basketball programs in Minnesota.

I just noticed that they took most of the rain out of the forecast for the rest of this week!!! This is exciting news. This Thursday, the forecast calls for 60 degrees and low wind, which bodes well for having a track meet at Sauk Centre. Fingers crossed. I'm hoping to make it to that meet and return in time to catch the tail end of a home fastpitch doubleheader with Holdingford.

Spring sports season opener results (VIDEO)

We have competition underway for the spring sports season in Jaguar Country!

In the home track and field meet, Branton Jones took first place in the shot put with a best throw of over 37 feet, 9 1/2 inches. Jones, a junior, took second in the discus throw (118-07). Tiyana Schwinghammer was champion in the high jump (4-10). Olivia Thieschafer won the shot put (30-11). Other results will be published in this week's Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper.

At St. Ben's University, the B-B-E Jaguars fastpitch team lost 14-4 in five innings to the defending section champion Browerville Tigers. Browerville went 25-1 last year and finished as state runners-up.

At Regal, the B-B-E Jaguars baseball team beat Maple Lake 14-2 in five innings in game one of their double header. Ashton Dingmann and Tanner Shelton were B-B-E's pitchers. Game one was a very sloppy game, as Maple Lake had five errors to B-B-E's six errors.

**Update: the Jaguars won game two against Maple Lake by a 13-4 score. They overcame a whopping seven errors in the field by out-hitting the Irish by a 13 to 6 margin. B-B-E baseball takes a 2-0 record into the "deep freeze" that is coming this week. I doubt we'll see varsity competition again until after Easter.

**Here's a video clip from the track and field meet that features girls' long jump action:


Tiyana Schwinghammer ultimately placed second in the long jump (13-06).

More to come on Tuesday.

Track and field, baseball, fastpitch season openers

We'll get the track and field plus the baseball seasons underway tomorrow in Jaguar Country. The B-B-E Jaguars track and field teams host an invitational tomorrow that begins at 3:45 p.m. Teams included are Sauk Centre, Holdingford, Long Prairie-Grey Eagle, Upsala/Swanville Area and St. John's Prep.

The B-B-E Jaguars baseball team is set to host Maple Lake in Spring Hill *REGAL* for a Central Minnesota Conference doubleheader in their season opener. I did not confirm when first pitch is, but I will post that tomorrow here. The JV Jaguars will play Maple Lake at Spring Hill's diamond. **First pitch for the JV and varsity contests are at 4 p.m. sharp!

The B-B-E Jaguars fastpitch team opens their season at St. Ben's University on Monday, where they will face Browerville in a non-conference game. First pitch is set for 4:30 p.m.