All nine teams sought shelter in the Heartland school along with their coaches and fans. Â It was approximately a two hour hold on the meet before events resumed. Â The meet did not progress too much though before the second lull of the meet. Â After the 200 meter finals, the second postponement took place. Â This would last until about 9:30pm. Â Attenders were spread among both gyms and the cafeteria. Â People from the town tried to help with food since athletes and spectators alike did not plan to be at the meet at and well past supper time. Â Subway actually ran out of food which left no other eatery in the area available. Â The State Officials were called and they informed Meet Officials that they would like the meet to be completed, running all events Thursday night if at all possible. Â So…everyone waited…and waited…until final realization that the storm was not passing anytime soon, postponement for Friday at 11am was announced. Â With only three events to go, teams packed up and headed home.
Friday brought wind and wind chill. Â It was a cold day to run and inevitably would not bring the best times for the competitors. Â The three remaining events were finished in just over an hour and the meet will definitely be one that is remembered. Â The Heartland girls finished the meet in second place overall, winning the 400 meter relay, which will also take them to Burke Stadium in Omaha.
Heartland Boys’ and Girls’ teams put in great effort against some really tough competition.  A lot of athletes finished third or fourth getting inched out of the opportunity of State, but the desire and drive was there.  It was a pleasure to watch all the athletes throughout the year and finish their season at Districts.  For Brune, Yoder and the  Girls’ 400 Meter Relay Team (Bailey Carr, Ashton Kroeker, Brune and Yoder), good luck next week.  You have the town’s support.
Girls Track Results: 2nd Place Overall (82.50 pts)
100M Dash – 1st – J. Yoder 12.50, 3rd – A. Kroeker 13.10
200M Dash – 1st – J. Yoder 26.10, 4th – A. Kroeker 27.10
400M Dash – T. Bittinger 1:07.70, K. Bergen 1:08.00
800M Run – 7th – K. Goossen 2:37.10
1600M Run – 3rd – M. Janzen 6:08.90, 5th – K. Siebert 6:09.80
3200M Run – 3rd – M. Janzen 13:27.40
100M Hurdles – 2nd – S. Brune 16.10
300M Hurdles – 1st – S. Brune 48.50
4 x 100 Relay – 1st – Heartland (B. Carr, A. Kroeker, S. Brune, J. Yoder) 52.50
4 x 400 Relay – 6th – Heartland (T. Bittinger, B. Carr, S. Brune, A. Braun) 4:44.60
4 x 800 Relay – 4th – Heartland (K. Goossen, A. Braun, K. Siebert, L. Friesen) 11:16.40
High Jump – N/A
Pole Vault – T-5th – M. Driewer 8-00.00, B. Carr – 7-06.00
Long Jump – 7th – J. Yoder 14-03.50, S. Dick 13-01.00
Triple Jump – 4th – A. Kroeker 32-06.25, S. Dick 27-06.05
Discus – 8th – M. Hiebner 87-09.00, A. DeBraal 77-08.00, E. Ott 65-01.50
Shot Put – S. Stamp 28-03.50, M. Hiebner 27-05.00, A. DeBraal 24-00.75
Boys Track Results: 9th Place Overall (29.0 pts)
100M Dash – 8th – A. Ruybalid 11.90
200M Dash – N/A
400M Dash – N. Dimmick 1:01.70
800M Run – A. Spader 2:22.70
1600M Run – 7th – M. Hiebner 5:21.20
3200M Run – N/A
110M High Hurdles – N/A
300M Inter. Hurdles – 4th – C. Brown 43.70
4 x 100 Relay – 3rd – Heartland (C. Brown, T. Steingard, A. Ruybalid, M. Brune) 47.80
4 x 400 Relay – 6th – Heartland (C. Brown, N. Dimmick, L. Ruybalid, M. Brune) 4:05.90
4 x 800 Relay – N/A
High Jump – N/A
Pole Vault – 5th – M. Brune 12-04.00, L. Ruybalid 10-00.00
Long Jump – 3rd – T. Steingard 19-01.75
Triple Jump – 3rd – A. Ruybalid 38-10.00, L. Ruybalid 36-03.00
Discus – 8th – R. Siebert 121-04.00, B. Regier 104-11.00, B. Erb 80-03.00
Shot Put – 4th – R. Siebert 43-01.75, D. Quiring 35-09.75, N. Dimmick 34-00.50
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