Last Chance

Last week's meets (Subsection and "Last Chance") were season wrap-up opportunities for most--that last shot at racing for the season. With the Section qualifiers resting, the Last Chance meet offered a little more room on the podium and brought a new level of excitement. At the same time, the week was bittersweet as it closed our seniors' first and last track season. Congratulations to everyone for successfully completing the challenge of running track! So many great memories to be thankful for.

Subsection Track & Field Meet

A great night for the Nighthawks at the Subsection 17A meet! The top 4 in each event advance to the Section 5A meet next Wednesday at St. John's University in Collegeville. Freshman Erika Swanson qualified in two events, running personal and team record times and taking 3rd in the 1600m (5:30.12) and a surprise 2nd in the 800m (2:30.91).

Freshman Drake Fraser ran a blazing PR by 5-1/2 seconds in the 800m (team record of 2:18.37), barely edged off the podium by just a couple tenths of a second and taking 9th place overall. He's pictured here on the home stretch of the 800m run, with family cheering behind.

Other personal records were set by freshman Will Fuglestad in the shot put (team record of 29'8"), sophomore Jake Bendickson in the 400m (60.93), and senior Ellie Lee in the 1600m (6:31.40).
Thanks to the support of our sponsors Northwest Area Jaycees Hanover Athletic Association Heppner's Legacy Homeschool Resources Three Goats in a Tub for making this possible!

Too. Much. Fun!

This meet had a particularly enthusiastic announcer, so any time we placed in an event, it was "...Northweeeest Nighthaaaawks!" Oh, and apparently "arm wrestling" has been added to the list of field events...

Connections

The Nighthawks were on the road last week with a trip to Medford. This was a special event for us being our only season meetup with the Rochester Jaguars, the "other" homeschool track & field team in our state. We connected last fall through cross country and have a fun relationship with them, so it was great to be competing together. And of course a long drive requires a Chipotle stop on the way home!

Picture Day

Team picture day is always a practice of sense-of-humor maintenance. We'd waited plenty long for a nice, warm day; but we finally gave up. Of course it was raining, but being representative of the season, we went for it. :D Big thanks to our sponsors for helping fund this inaugural season: Heppner's Legacy Homeschool Resources, Three Goats in a Tub, Hanover Athletic Association, Northwest Area Jaycees. And of course all the family and friends who donated personally to help make this happen. We appreciate every single one of you!

Nighthawk Week at Malmborg's Garden Centers: May 8-14

Spring is here! We have the opportunity to receive 10% of money spent at Malmborg's Garden Centers by friends who bring a Nighthawks "shopper form" during the week of May 8-14, 2016: <http://www.malmborgsinc.com/_ccLib/attachments/pages/Northwest+Nighthawks.pdf>

Simply purchase plants, garden tools, and garden accessories from any Malmborg’s location--and give your group’s shopper form to the cashier.

Mother's Day is the 8th, so stop by Malmborg's and give Mom/Grandma the gift of spring! While you’re at it, pick up your summer annuals, garden vegetables, etc. Tell everyone you know! You *must* have the form with you, to make sure it goes to the right group that week.