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and most field events, including the shot put, discus and pole vault. Ijaa Cham- bers will be the senior handling distance events, while Preston Alfred, Stephen Krieg and Josh McHargue will muscle and finesse the shot put. Sprints include seniors Garrett Boyd, Colson Dillard, Si- mon McCrary, Noah Russell and Trent Zimmerman. Preston Alfred, Ste- phen Krieg and Josh McHargue will be the seniors tossing the discus, while Garrett Boyd and Noah Russell will be the senior pole vaulters. While seniors dom- inate the sprints this season, juniors, sophomores and freshmen make up the rest of the competitors en- tered in sprints, distance, pole vault, high jump, long jump, dis- cus, shot put and hurdles. Cham- bers is joined at distance in the 1600 and 3200 me- ter races by juniors Dallas Reutepohler and Joey Ridao, soph- omores Xavier Shoultz and Peyton Chanley, and freshmen Jeremy Delobel and Shane Woodhull. Junior Griffin Boyd is cast in the sprints, pole vault and long jump are- na, and junior Sam Coleman is tossing the shot and discus, as well as freshman Remington Bottoms. Sophomore Braden Howald is tagged for hurdles events and the pole vault, while classmates Nate Kell and Fenn McCrary will join the thin clad sprinter cadre. Coach Kramer said, "This season is going to be very interesting for everyone because of not having a season last year. I would say that the athletes we have that have played in other sports this school year have a little bit of an advantage in knowing what to expect in terms of just competing. Some events, like the hur- dles, pole vault, high jump and throwing events can take some time to get back in- to a groove on getting the particular tech- niques correct after not doing them form season to season. With us not having a track season last year, it makes it even more of a challenge for those kids and it might take some time before they get back to where they were two seasons ago. "Our schedule seems to be set up in a way that we get a lot of dual or tri-meets early in the season to work out those kinks, and then by the time late April and early May get here, we start getting into a few invitationals to set us up for our conference and sectional meets at the end of the season. With our overall numbers being a bit low for both boys' and girls' teams, the newcomers should get quite a bit of experience in the early part of the season." Coach added, "For some kids, not all, track is probably not their favorite sport or the sport that they are the best at when compared to others they may compete in. Something that I just recently told them is that I'm not expecting them to go out and win every event that they com- pete in whether senior or freshman, but I am expecting them to give their best ef- forts in everything they do. As the season progresses, if they continue to give their best effort in competition and in practice, their results will speak for themselves. If they do a running event, their times will be faster and if they are in a field event, their jumps will be higher or farther and throws we be longer than when they started at the beginning of the season. And that's what I look for. Their results are the only thing that they can control." Kramer added, "Track is very unique when compared to a lot of other sports in that most of the situations in which you compete, you can't control what another competitor does. You can only con- trol what you do so you have to be will- ing to put in the time and effort to improve each week as the sea- son progresses without worry- ing about what someone else is going to do." Hopefully a near normal spring sports season will give nine seniors their last year of high school competition. Five juniors, six soph- omores and three fresh- men also deserve the op- portunity to compete in track and field and have followers in person. The first opportunity for Charger fans to view and cheer the Charger track- sters is at Princeton Community School on Tuesday, March 30 beginning at 5:30 p.m. The first home dual meet is with the Tecumseh Braves on April 6 at 6 p.m. The teams travel to Vincennes for a tri-meet on April 8 and then host North Posey on Monday, April 12. The Jasper invite is April 15 and South Spencer visits on Monday, April 19. The Princeton Invita- tional is Tuesday, April 20 and would be followed by the Pike Central Invitation- al, but it has been canceled. April 26 is a tri-meet at Washington and then May 3 is the Pioneer Relays. The Pocket Athletic Conference Championships are Tuesday, May 11, followed by sectionals at Prince- ton on Tuesday, May 18. Our schedule seems to be set up in a way that we get a lot of dual or tri-meets early in the season to work out those kinks, and then by the time late April and early May get here, we start getting into a few invitationals to set us up for our conference and sectional meets at the end of the season. With our overall numbers being a bit low for both boys' and girls' teams, the newcomers should get quite a bit of experience in the early part of the season." 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