Girls’ track squad wins conference

When Ashton Schuster and Abby Thomas stepped off the bus in Pierz back in 2004 for the conference meet, they were on a team that was the favorite to win the Central Minnesota Conference. That team hadn’t lost and had just qualified for the True Team state meet, and they did win the conference meet by nearly 50 points.

When the final team scores were announced this year-on the same track up in Pierz-they heard they were again on the conference championship team. This year, however, the team had gone through some tougher times, were not expected to win the meet, and weren’t really sure how they were doing throughout the meet.

“I knew we had a shot at winning,” said Head Track and Field Coach Ben Youngs, “but we were a long shot. Both Pierz and Holdingford had better teams on paper. However, this team has quite a few kids that can place first through fourth, and that can always keep a team in the…

To read more about the CMC Title read the May 23 issue of the Messenger.