Cowboys give good effort at state track meet

The Clarion-Goldfield-Dows boys track & field team took three events to the Class 2A state meet last weekend, and even though they failed to place in the medals head coach Craig Warnke could not find fault with the effort.

“We didn’t run poorly, but I knew that to get any medals we needed to move up (from where we went in at),” stated Warnke. “The kids competed and represented us well.”

Senior Zach Pogge ran his two individual events on Thursday, taking 14th place in both the 100 and 200 dash prelim events. His time in the 100 was 11.81, and in the 200 23.20, and not quite enough to make the finals. “He moved up from 22nd going in (in the 100),” said Warnke. “He had some trouble manipulating the blocks, they weren’t what he is used to. It was still a good run for him. He had to contend with an exceptional field of runners in the 200. State records were broken in both races. These were high-end runners, but he showed he was competitive at that level.”

For the full story, see the May 26 edition of the Monitor.