{"id":131269,"date":"2020-05-15T03:53:11","date_gmt":"2020-05-15T08:53:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=131269"},"modified":"2020-05-15T03:53:14","modified_gmt":"2020-05-15T08:53:14","slug":"crestview-track-what-could-have-been","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2020\/05\/15\/crestview-track-what-could-have-been\/","title":{"rendered":"Crestview track: what could have been"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>SCOTT TRUXELL\/<\/strong><em>independent sports editor<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>CONVOY &#8212; The potential was there for a successful track and field season at Crestview High School, but like everything else, after some time in limbo, the spring, 2020 schedule was canceled by COVID-19.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"338\" height=\"399\" src=\"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Caylib-Pruett-5-1-19.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-117187\"\/><figcaption>State qualifier Caylib Pruett was one of 10 returning letter winners for the Knights. <em>Wyatt Richardson\/file photo<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>For example, senior standout Ragen Harting was back to lead a squad of 24 for the Lady Knights. She was scheduled to be joined by classmates and returning letter winners Chloee Case (sprints), Madelyn Lamb and Madalyn Ward (hurdles). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Junior letter winners and sprinters Lindsey Schumm, Mackenzie Leeth and Nevaeh Pruett were back as well, with Pruett also scheduled to compete in the high jump. In addition, sophomore Haley Sheets (sprints) was ready to compete for the Lady Knights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Three other sophomores \u2013 Emily Greulach, Hannah Dickson and Lauren Walls were expected to contribute this spring, along with freshmen Addyson Dowler (sprints) and Chloe Black. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe had the most experience in the sprints and I expected those girls to lead the team,\u201d first year head coach John Rosebrock said. \u201cRagen Harting, Emily Greulach were going to be big contributors for distance.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Chloe Black, Hannah Dickson and Lauren Walls would have contributed in the pole vault and Maddy Lamb would have lead the girls in the throws,\u201d Rosebrock added. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>17 boys were out for the Knights, with 10 of them returning letter winners. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cSeniors Caylib Pruett and Darrin Nihiser returned from last year\u2019s 4&#215;100 state qualifying team,\u201d Rosebrock explained. \u201cThey, along with seniors Dylan Underwood and Cameron Cearns were the clear leaders.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The senior class was also set to feature Colby Swager (throws), Dillion Underwood (sprints, long jump) and Isaiah LaTurner (throws).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Returning juniors included Dayton Schuerman (distance), jordan Updgerove (hurdles) and Breck Rumschlag (hurdles, sprints). Sophomore Dylan Barricklow (throws) and freshman Conner Tussing (pole vault) were also ready to go. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMuch was expected from every individual on the Knights roster and advancing far in the tournament was a main focus,\u201d Rosebrock said. \u201cI would have loved to had the chance to see these kids (girls and boys) perform this year,\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI feel bad for all of my athletes, I think there would have been some Knights that would have been standouts this year,\u201d the coach added. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SCOTT TRUXELL\/independent sports editor CONVOY &#8212; The potential was there for a successful track and field season at Crestview High School, but like everything else, after some time in limbo, the spring, 2020 schedule was canceled by COVID-19. For example, senior standout Ragen Harting was back to lead a squad of 24 for the Lady [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-131269","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-02 02:50:46","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131269","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=131269"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131269\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=131269"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=131269"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=131269"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}