It’s the time of the year for the biggest regular season event for track and field as the Howard Wood Dakota Relays will take place in Sioux Falls over the next two days with teams from all over South Dakota and surrounding states competing.
There are limited entries for the Howard Wood meet so not every athlete will be able to compete in Sioux Falls this weekend, but it highlights some of the best athletes in the state also competing against some of the best competition across other states of North Dakota, Minnesota, Iowa and Nebraska. Local teams will be there including the Pierre Governors who will have its lone competitions this weekend. Pierre will also be a part of the O’Gorman Invite on Friday with those not competing at Howard Wood getting a chance to compete still this week, after the Miller Booster Club Relays were canceled. Misty Larson, head coach of the Pierre Governor girls team says for the Howard Wood meet, it’s great to see teams from other states competing at this event…
Larson says having the O’Gorman meet today is huge for the track and field team…
Josh Schleusner, head coach of the Pierre boys team is ready for this event. He’s talked about the analogy of Howard Wood being the midterm to the state meet, the final. He points out that last week’s Legion Relays was huge to still have after moving it from Friday to Thursday and how it can lead into success this weekend…
Schleusner says this weekend will tell the coaching staff quite a few things…
The Howard Wood Dakota Relays will go both Friday and Saturday with the O’Gorman invite taking place Friday.
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