Drake Relays 2010

This past weekend, members of the HCHS Boys and Girls traveled to Des Moines to compete in the Drake Relays. In this video, Alex and Hannah give you the results as well as some footage of the races. Enjoy!

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Right On Track!

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So, how will Boys Track do in the upcoming 2010 season? Only time will tell... Danielle and Kelsey delve deep into the world of HCHS track and field, of the male variety. Complete with interviews from coaches and participants, this video is sure to answer any questions you may have had... Assuming you had any questions.

Girls Track Preview 2010

Alex and Hannah bring to you a preview of the 2010 Girls Track Seasons. This informative video has interviews with Coach Hosack, some girls track members, and also some boys track members. Enjoy!

2010 Girls Track Preview from Chad Bruns on Vimeo.

Co-ed Track Meet @ LC

The Cyclones boy's and girl's track teams competed in a track meet on April 21. This video is brought to you by Amber and Cristin.


Co-ed Track Meet @ LC from Chad Bruns on Vimeo.

2009 Girl's Track Video

Pictures and video courtesy Mike Byrnes.


2009 HCHS Girls Track Video from Chad Bruns on Vimeo.

Girls Track 2009

The girl's track team has started their practice to prepare for their track season! Amber and Cristin check it out!


HCHS Girl's Track Preview from Chad Bruns on Vimeo.

Harlan Track Members Go to State

On Thursday, May 15th, the track team will be competing at the state wide competition. Colburn and I interviewed Colburn about the upcoming event.


Q (Cory and Colburn): So Colburn, How soes a person qualify for the state track meat?

A (Colburn): Good question, in Iowa at the district meet the top three places in each event goes to state.

Q (Cory and Colburn): So what your saying is that you are a fast runner?

A (Colburn): lets just say, fast enough.

Q (Cory and Colburn): What was your time and in what event?

A (Colburn): Well I quallified in two events, the 4x800 meter relay with a third place time of 8 minutes 20 seconds, and I alson qualified in the 800 meter run with another third place and a time of 2 minutes 5 seconds.

Q (Cory and Colburn): Who else was in the relay?

A (Colburn): Luke Lansmen, Anthony Hough, and Micheal Kaufman.

Q (Cory and Colburn): Where is the state track meet located?

A (Colburn): That would be held in Des Moines at the Drake University's facilities.

Q (Cory and Colburn): What do you eat the day of?

A (Colburn): Well I definatly avoid greesy or ethnic foods. I like to eat some fruit and somthing easy to make but has nutrition, like the good ol' ham sandwich.

Q (Cory and Colburn): So no twinkies?

A (Colburn): Not till after I run, unless I want to spend some time at the trash cans at the end of the race.

Q (Cory and Colburn): What is your rank?

A (Colburn): Another good question, I have the 19th best time out of the runners in the 800 meter run and the 4x800 we are ranked 11th.

Q (Cory and Colburn): And last but not least, are you excited for your last track meet in high school?

A (Colburn): Well not for a man with nerves of steel, no. Just kidding, it would be hard for anyone to say they weren't a little bit excited.

Well thank you Colburn and good luck at the meet tomorrow, since we are doing this at the last miniute on wednsday night.
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HCHS Co-Ed Track Meet

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On Tuesday April 16th the girls and guys had a Track meet in LC or Lewis Central. It was a very good and close track meet with good competion. For girls long jump Denise got her best jump 17 1/2 inches! There was alot of really good races and we hope to keep it up. By: Alli6 and Micheal6

Preview For Girls Track Season

We interviewed Hosack and a couple girls, Shelby and Kaitlyn in track asking them what they expected from this upcoming season and what they were hoping to accomplish. Here is what they thought.

Q. How excited are you for track to start?
H. Very excited. I think we're going to be very good. The girls attitudes are good, and i'm excited to see the talent we have.
Q. What are you hoping for this season?
H. Don't really try to win indoor, it's an experimental stage and to see where we're at, to qualify for Drake, win every meet (have three years in a row), win conference, and shoot to be the best.
Q. What are your main priorities you wish to accomplish?
H. Daily convince the girls that if you work hard great things will happen and make the girls better people and make them great citzens.
Q. Are you hoping to break any records?
H. Yes we always do, the records are tough but i think we could get two or three.
Q. What relay is your strong point?
H. It's to early to tell, but the shuttle is always strong, i also think we would be good in long distance and basically every relay but the medley.
Q. How hard are you pushing your girls?
H. Not near as hard as we did ten years ago, but the girls push themselves and we are there to help push them, but if they are hurt we do baby them and want them to get better.
Q. Do you think that the under classmen will step up and pull through?
H. We have sixteen so we hope so, well they are used to racing the same thing in every track meet, but we are going to put them out of their comfort zone and spread them out.
Q. Do you enjoy coaching?
H. If you don't enjoy it you shouldn't be doing it, I do enjoy it but i work with the best.

Q. What's your favorite part about track?
S. Ditzy moments, like when i fell off an excerise ball and hit a chair, and when Schmidt ran into a mailbox.
K. Shot and discus.
Q. What are you looking forward to?
S. Pushing myself to be the best.
K. The track meets, they are fun to watch.
Q. What do you expect out of this season?
S. To be way better then i was two years ago.
K. I think we are going to do really good, well the varstiy.

By: Alyssa6 & Alex6

Interview With Coach Hosack About Being A Nominee For Track Coach Award

This is an interview with Coach Hosack by Tyler7. Coach Hosack was nominated for the Nation High School Girls Track Coaching Award. In this interview he tells us how he can accomplish this, and how he was nominated.





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State Superpower

Unfortunately, the school year of 2007 will go down in history with a state championship. However, it has produced many outstanding teams, such as this year’s HCHS girls track team. After qualifying in 15 events for the state track meet, the Harlan girls were able to pull away with 51 points, placing 4th overall. In the video below Mary and Dana (6th hour) interview several members of the team, including seniors Regina Reinig and Janae Williams.

Freshman to State!

This year the Boys Cyclone Track team has had a pretty successful year. Friday, the district meet was held to advance to state. The boys and girls teams represented very well and advanced many. The big surprise was that while last year the boys team qualified four different freshman in four various events, this year the team only boasts one. That lone frosh was Michael Kaufmann, member of the 4×800 team. I had a chance to interview Michael about some of his thoughts on state track, and being the lone frosh.

Q: Michael, being the lone freshman for the HCHS boys team at state, are you intimidated by the blue track, the large number of fans, and all the animals you will be running against?

A: No, I’ve never been there and I really don’t know what to expect. I’m just going to run my race and try to block all of that out. Besides, it’s not that intimidating.

Q: What are your thoughts for the 4×8 team at state?

A: Well we qualify in 15th, so I’m hoping to break the top ten or maybe place (1st - 8th). I think we’ll be able to do it.

Q: What are your goals individually?

A: Well I’m looking to run a 2:05 half, and just give my teammates a chance.

Q: Do you think it’s odd that there is only one freshman going to state this year?

A: No, not really. It’s all about who you are behind on the team. I am lucky enough to run with some of the fastest guys in the state. When the older kids graduate, the younger kids will just fill in.

Q:And finally, do you think you will have to carry the bag of batons, and do all the scrub work, just like the freshman did last year?

A: Yes, probably. Jeff Hastert will make me.

So it looks like Michael has some pretty optimistic goals set for the 4×8 team this year at state. Hopefully he follows through as well as the other teams of boys and girls. Good luck at State this year and hopefully the freshman don’t fall in. This has been Jeff Hastert signing off for HCHS News!

Drake Relays

This weekend we had the chance to see some of the best runners in the state
and the country at the 2007 Drake Relays. The Drake Relays are for high
schools, colleges, and professionals to perform at their highest abilities.
Many records were broken within the meet, state, and world. The relays ended
on Friday with a fireworks show after the boys 4X400 relay. Harlan Community
qualified for 7 girls events and 2 boys events. While some were satisfied
with their times, others were disappointed. Here on some pictures of the
girls team and many of the top performers of the relays. Enjoy!!

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Cyclone Invite

The boys track team lost another meet. On Thursday the hypothermia cold weather got to the runners as they could feel the stiffness in their legs and tried many stretches but could not ever quite grasp first place. TJ won the meet with over 100 points. The cyclones won many events but not enough to overcome T.J. Some of the events the Cyclones didn’t win the 4×1 because of James Cairney after a disqualification when he mishandled the baton from Nick Bosak and dropped it in the other lane.

Below is an interview with a freshmen prodigy right after running his event and there is also footage of the meet.



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Harlan Runs in (Freezing) Spring Thaw

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It was Easter Eve, April 7th, when a herd of tired distance runners piled into a suburban at seven in the morning to begin their journey to the Missouri River Runners’ annual Spring Thaw fun run in Sioux City. Participants received a special t-shirt, lovely paperclip holder, square keychain, nifty miniature flashlight, and the opportunity to run all for only $17.00. Jacquilyn Erickson, Katie Kroger, Lexie Hoffmann, Jenny Hosack, Ranae Schnack, and Jill Reuschenberg ran the 5K course while Mr. Renkly (who is, by the way, training for a marathon) and his pal John Vorrath battled through the ten-mile run. A short but great interview with Mr. Vorrath is as follows:

Interviewee: John, have you ever ran ten miles before at one time?

John: No.

Remarkably, through hard work and determination, John WON his age division (19 & under) with a time of 80 minutes and received a hefty medal to wear around his neck! Although suffering from slight hypothermia, Mr. Vorrath’s smile still stretched wide. John was not the only winner of the day. Jenny Hosack remarkably struck luck in the door prizes and won herself a $25 gift certificate to La Fiesta, a Mexican restaurant in Sioux City. The runners later spent it all on a nice taco dinner. Although the temperature outside was arctic and the wind was enough to move mountains, the day was well spent. The suburban traveled home to Harlan safely and happily with only one regret on their minds: John should have run cross-country.

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Harlan Track Meet In LC

Many people know how anxious people can get for different evnts. Whether it would be sports, speech, or others that I can not think of. As for the few that don’t get anxious for events is the boys track team. On the way up everyone was laid back. Including myself even as the bus came to a halt and everybody exited on to the hard pavement. Shot and discus were the beginning events and the 4×4 was the closer.

Our A teams carried us through the meet but sometimes the people not so agile did contribute. For example, in one of the throwing events Tyler Stahl placed 2nd, but every track members knows you can not win on field events alone. So we came out strong winning numerous races. Our laid back attitude was carring us for most of the meet. In fact we were so far ahead at one point we were sure that we had the meet one. Only moments later when the announcer from LC did not announce our name first.

The whole team was astonished including the fans that came and supported us. We fell in second place behind Atlantic. Our over confidence hurt us as we may of not performed as well as we would. Yet this woke us up and realized for next week we would be ready. By Daniel Schaben

Girl’s Win 1st Home Track Meet!

On Monday, March 27th, the HCHS girl’s track team won their first home meet. Below is an interview with Coach Hosack and his views about the results of the meet. There is also some footage from the meet.



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Harlan Girls: On the Right Track

On Friday the 16th, the Harlan girls and boys track teams made the journey to the land of the windmills, better known as Storm Lake for the indoor Buena Vista track meet. With hard work and fast feet the girls came out on top, winning the meet by 36 points. Get a feel for the action with several phenomenal highlights of the meet and exclusive interviews you can’t find anywhere else!

Girls Track ISU meet

Monday the 12th Harlan girls track attended a meet at ISU in Ames. Only about half the team went to the meet and they did farley well. I was unable to get results of the meet but i have an interview with Cristin Kloewer who ran a 4×4 very well at the meet.

Q.How did you feel going into the meet?

A.Scared and nervous but ready to start off the year well.

Q.How do you think your 4×4 team did?

A.Pretty good for an indoor track we had a time of 4:18 and got 8th place out of 40. We were the B team and B teams have never placed before.

Q. What are your hopes for the track season?

A.I hope we can win every meet and i hope a lot of us can go to state and drake.

Q. Do you feel good in how you ran at the meet?

A.I didn’t do so well in the 4×1 or the sprint medley, but i made up for it in the 4×4.

Q.Were you happy with the results of the meet?

A.For the most part.

Q.How do you think the practices are, do you think they push you eonugh to get where they want you to be?

A.The practices are tough once in awhile and it is a lot harder then last year.

Q.How do you think the team will do in the meets this year compaired to the last few years?

A.We lost a lot of our sprinters from last year so it will be interesting to see how we do.

Dana Kloewer 6th hour.

Exclusive HCHS Girl’s Track Interview With Coach Bill Hosack

Here is an interview with coach Hosack. He shared with us on how he thinks his team is going to do this year and on how they have done in the past. To see more watch our video.

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