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Three-time defending champion Kimberly hoping WIAA track & field season can be salvaged

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Three-time defending champion Kimberly hoping WIAA track & field season can be salvaged
Three-time defending champion Kimberly hoping WIAA track & field season can be salvaged

Three-time defending champion Kimberly hoping WIAA track & field season can be salvaged

ATHLETES AREWAITING TO HEARWORD ON WHETHEROR NOT THEY'LL GETTO PLAY THISSPRING...SPORTS DIRECTORBRANDON KINNARDSPOKE WITHMEMBERS OF THEAREA'S TOP TRACKAND FIELD TEAMTODAY...HE JOINS US LIVEWITH MORE...THE W-I-A-A JUSTPUT OUT A TWEETLAST NIGHT...REMINDING FANS,PLAYERS ANDCOACHES THAT THESEASON IS SIMPLY ONHOLD... NOT YETCANCELED...IN THE MEANTIME,THE DEFENDINGSTATE CHAMPIONSARE DOING THE BESTTHEY CAN TO STAY INSHAPE...WINNERS OF ONE -TWO - THREESTRAIGHT DIVISION 1STATECHAMPIONSHIPS...KIMBERLY HAS ITSEYES ON A FOURTH...BUT RIGHT NOW -THE SEASON, IS AT ASTAND-STILL..."It's been a change.

It's aunique change.

It's notsomething I necessarilyplanned for coming intothe season."HEAD COACH BRADHOERTH'S MAINCHALLENGE...MAKING SURE HISTEAM STAYS INCHAMPIONSHIPFORM..."We're sending workoutsout to them.

They're doingthem on their own.

I toldthe kids this is really anice opportunity for themto learn how to own theirown training."AN OPPORTUNITYTWO OF KIMBERLY'STOP ATHLETES, ARETAKING ADVANTAGEOF..."Obviously the energy'snot the same and you kidajust have to rely on yourself motivation to getsome done but I thinkwe're staying pretty selfmotivated and preparingas if we're gonna have aseason.""It's been prettydevastating just thinkingabout that our wholeseason season could begone.

But I've been tryingmy best to keep a positiveoutlook on the wholesituation.

Just training asnormal.

And just kindahoping that there will besome season that we cansalvage left."THE STATETOURNAMENT ISNORMALLYSCHEDULED FOR THEFIRST SATURDAY INJUNE...IF THERE IS ASEASON... ITWOULDN'T STARTUNTIL MAY, AT THEEARLIEST..."It's gonna reallycondense our season.We're gonna have to goprobably two meets aweek.

We would try to fitin two or three triangularsor quads.

Somethingwhere we can get thewhole team involved andultimately the goal wouldbe to still have aconference meet and thenwe would move intoregionals."BUT NO MATTERHOW LONG OR SHORTTHE YEAR IS...THE PAPERMAKERSSENIORS JUST HOPE...THEY HAVEN'T RUNTHEIR LAST RACE ASHIGH SCHOOLERS..."I'm running in collegenext year so I feel bad forthe guys that aren't goingto be running in college sothis is their last year.

Butthere's nothing really wecan do.""Everbody is goingthrough the same thingand you kind of have toput it in perspectivebecause there are peoplethat are in a lot of worsesituations than what wehave so we just have tobe thankful for what wehave and do our part tokeep everybody healthyand safe."BOTH PLAYERSSEEN THERE AREGOING ON TOCOMPETECOLLEGIATELY...ANTHONY KESSLERAT UW-MILWAUKEE...AND ALECMARTZAHL WHO JUSTCOMMITTED EARLIERTHIS WEEK, TO ST.THOMAS IN THE TWINCITIES...JON...

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