PVGTF captures the journey of young women who chose to find excellence through track/field and the journey we are on to be the best we can be.
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Making a return in 2022 is our season video. There is always effort that goes into something of importance, but what makes it unique is the stories that are told. I hope you enjoy this snapshot into our 2021 season as we begin our journey in 2022.
Congratulations to Kenny Wheeler, named IATC Class 4A Girls State Coach of the Year for the 2021 season. This honor is a reflection of the excellence of both the PVGTF coaching staff & our student-athletes, the heartbeat of this team. Congratulations on a fantastic 2021 season!
They did it!!! The quartet of Ani Wedemeyer, Aerielle Johnson, Kaylee Mowen, and Grace Boleyn run 9:01.47 to win the Drake Relays 4 x 800m relay! A new state record, a new Drake Relays, and now Drake Relays champions!!
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And will you believe this?? Our 4 x 800m quartet of Wedemeyer, Johnson, Mowen, and Boleyn run 8:59.53 - a new Iowa all-time best, a new state meet record,
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in the country, and the first Iowa team EVER to run under 9 minutes! Oh, yes, they are STATE CHAMPIONS!!!!! 🤍💙🏆
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Words cannot express my deepest gratitude. This journey has truly honored and humbled me. Thankful for the many messages throughout the week and weekend. And so blessed to be alongside my family to receive this honor. I could not do this without their love and support.
State CHAMPIONS!!!!!! Malayna Albertson, Harmony Creasy, Kora Ruff, and Emily Wood are state champions in the 4 x 100 meter relay in 49.91!!!!!
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The Drake Relays is always special as an athlete, coach, and fan of track & field. Fun to cross paths with some of the greatest athletes in the world. Got the chance to meet Dalilah Muhammad today and watch her run a world lead in the 400m hurdles! Love this sport!
PVGTF welcomes Maddie Reynolds as the newest member of the Spartans girls coaching staff for the 2019 season! A decorated 4-sport athlete at PV and a member of the UNI Panthers XC and T & F teams, we look forward to Maddie joining our family! Welcome home!
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I miss my team. The coaching staff. Their efforts. Their smiles and laughter. Watching their courage in action. I miss the team breakdowns, the camaraderie you show each other at practice. The team talks. The positive energy. Just...everything. That's the tweet.
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Emily Wood is your 2021 STATE CHAMPION in the 400 Hurdles!!!!! She runs a lifetime best 1:03.30 to claim the state title!!!! Way to go!!!
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🚨🚨🚨 Drake Relays Blue Standard!!!!🚨🚨🚨
The Spartans quartet of Ava Kwak, Harmony Creasy, Kora Ruff, and Emily Wood run 50.14 to hit the standard in the 4 x 100m Relay!!!! Great job ladies!!!
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It's no small task coaching a team of 93 young women and getting them through a season on the same page moving towards their collective goals. And there's no greater feeling than seeing them accomplish those goals together. A special congrats to you all!
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Awesome to cheer these two former Spartans on to personal bests in the 400H and even better to congratulate them afterwards. SO proud of you both!!!
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WE HAVE A STATE CHAMPION!!!!! Reese Goodlet throws a lifetime PR and a new school record of 146'7"!!!! And sophomore Gabi Ragins throws 121'0" to place 7th and medal!!! Way to go ladies!!!!!
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Proud to witness what these young ladies accomplished today. It was a team effort and sometimes just making it to the finish line can demonstrate the great character inside of us when faced with adversity. The blue line continues and we are SO proud of you all. 🛡️
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2024 has been a banner year for our team and our coaching staff. While it is fortunate to be honored in this way, my gratitude extends far beyond this recognition to my coaches - Kaz, Jason, Maddie, Katie, Alyssa, my wife and our 3 daughters, our athletes, and the PVGTF village.
Celebrating with our team tonight, I found myself reflecting on what we lost last year. It makes these moments that much sweeter and much more special with this team, coaches, and in sharing these experiences with my wife and daughters. Gonna savor this one for a while.❤🛡
Grace Boleyn runs 10:17.29 to place 13th in the 3000 meter run at the 2022 Drake Relays, a 13-second personal best on the year!
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Thankful. For this sport and all it has given back. For my wife, my sidekick in life and coaching. For my 3 daughters, the light in our lives. For our coaching staff and how they touch the lives of many. And our team. For all that you give in time, effort, energy, and heart.
Honored to help celebrate someone who has had such a great influence on us as coaches and as people. Thank you. Our hearts are forever grateful for you.
Always a weird feeling the Monday after state and not preparing for practice everyday or a meet. The season moves quickly and ends even quicker. Being intentional about embracing each day and staying in the moment truly made this a special season. 🤍💙🛡🏆
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WE HAVE A(NOTHER) STATE CHAMPION!!! Mackenzie Fah throws a lifetime PR of 41' 3 3/4" to win the state title in the shot put. Rachel Vonderhaar places 9th in 36'10 3/4". Coach Vice coaches NOT ONE BUT TWO State throws champions!!
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I hadn't seen my daughters since yesterday a.m. after seeing them off to school and last night's meet. Our team had a pool workout this a.m. Seeing my 4-year old's joy, running to give me a hug after I walked through the door when I got home is a feeling I'll never forget.
Another race. Another PR!!! 🔥🔥🔥 The Spartans quartet of Grace Boleyn, Lydia Sommer, Sophia Foad, and Josie Case run a 12-second season best of 9:30.46 to place 4th in the 4 x 800m relay!!!
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I imagine I speak for most coaches when I say they put much 🕐, effort, soul, and ❤️ into their craft of inspiring, motivating, and pushing their young athletes to excel. So thankful for our own staff and the environment they create to help our kids excel.
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The first Monday after state track is always the toughest. Going to miss this year's team, their energy and enthusiasm. My girls are ready for their Mom and Dad to be home though and that will get me through any day.
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No words at the moment but thankful for this team, for our coaches, and for finding it within yourselves to dig deep when faced with adversity. So proud of the character you all showed and for your determination and resilience.
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As many are trying to process the tragic loss of lives in Sunday's helicopter crash, it certainly provides a time for pause and reflection and prayer. And it is certainly a time to reflect on being a parent and a father of three wonderful girls. Thank you
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When you show up and put in the work, you reap the benefits. But you've got to put in the work each and every day...not when it's convenient, not when you just feel like it. It's a commitment to the process and seeing things through. That is what it will take to be your best self
A great weekend filled with tons of PRs, medal-winning performances, school records, a state championship, and time spent with quality young people putting their talents to the test. But nothing beats seeing how far this team has come in the past year.
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The Spartans are on the board! Sophomore Reese Goodlet with an outstanding series of throws places 2nd in the discus with a personal best toss of 129-08!!! Katelyn Kiefer throws just off of her lifetime best of 107-03 to place 13th! Congratulations ladies and to Coach Vice!🛡
Really grateful for these wonderful people. They kept me focused, grounded, humble, and relaxed. Loved the many laughs we shared this season and the passion of sport and coaching you shared with our team. Proud to work alongside all of you and thank you for everything.
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Congratulations to our Spartans who raced at New Balance Outdoor Nationals. Grace Boleyn competed in the 800m running 2:12.01. Ani Wedemeyer finished her year with two lifetime PRs running 4:54.33 in the mile and 2:09.06 in the 800. Saluting you both on your historic seasons! 🛡️
Malayna Albertson, Harmony Creasy, Kora Ruff, and Emily Wood run a HUGE SEASON PR OF 48.69 to qualify 1st for the 4 x 100m Relay final!!!!
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Grace Boleyn in her 2nd race of the weekend, runs her 2nd personal best of the weekend, running 2:15.31 in the 800m Run and a 10th place finish! 🔥🔥
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I love this team and my coaches. Nothing will ever dampen that reality. Looking forward to the day we'll be together smiling, laughing, cheering together, and back on the blue Spartan oval again.
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The Spartans put together an amazing effort on the track and field scoring a record 229.5 points on the evening. The Spartans auto qualify 15 events for next weekend's state meet with hopefully a few more to come. Congratulations ladies!
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Congratulations to
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for winning the 2024 Hy-Vee Cup high school challenge at this year's Drake Relays! The Spartans will be recognized and awarded the HyVee Cup trophy at this year's state meet! Congratulations ladies!!!
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Falling short of an intended goal can be a blessing in disguise, revealing shortcomings and allowing one the opportunity to assess, then invest to achieve that next step. It can also be a revelation, sparking the fierce tenacity to come back harder the next time.
Ashley Hansen drops the boom with a lifetime best of 24.94 in the 200m dash prelims!!! She will qualify 1st for Saturday's 200m dash final!
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Today, Harmony Creasy and Emily Wood will represent the Spartans in the IATC Senior All-Star Track & Field Championships this afternoon in Iowa City. The meet will begin at 12:00 p.m. Good luck to you both as you step to the oval one last time!
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Congratulations to
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and Coach Erin Flynn on a superb team effort and the 2022 MAC Championship team title! Some wonderful memories for your team to cherish and to propel them into the post season! Congratulations!
This team continues to teach me many lessons and inspires their coaches each day to do our best so that they can be their best. Congratulations on a great team performance and looking forward to what lies ahead.
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Graciously moved watching our team last evening. Not sure what makes this team special but I do know that when you invest in and value young people and are intentional about providing opportunities for them to grow and take risks, they'll invest their effort back into the team.
If you need a bit of a smile today, here's a little throwback of me and my brother
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and a friend during the 1985 Lutheran Youth Gathering in Denver, CO.
Always a treat catching up with the ultimate Track Guy. Great seeing you Mike and fun to have your presence on the mic and in the booth this evening. Grateful for you.
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The Spartans score again with a 4th place finish in the 4 x 800 meter relay in a time of 9:32.33!!! Congratulations to our 4 x 800 quartet of Grace Boleyn, Lydia Sommer, Sophia Foad, and Josie Case.
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So many people to thank on this journey and I'm sure I'll have words to share at a later time, but all the focus this weekend goes to our young women competing for PVGTF this weekend and helping them find their own greatness.
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Congratulations to Pleasant Valley girls track and field coach Kenny Wheeler on being the 2022 recipient of the IGHSAU Track & Field Golden Plaque award.
They're crazy, silly, funny, smart, caring, and most importantly family. Thankful for the role models you (and Coach Vice) are and for keeping me grounded during what can be a long, stressful, and busy track season!
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This time of year moves a bit too quickly with championship season arriving. So...appreciate the opportunities you have left, celebrate those precious moments with your teammates, and be sure to say 'thank you' to someone that has been a positive in your life.
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A final run to close out the 2022 track and field season. Grace Boleyn earns her 4th medal of the season with an 8th place finish of 4:43.16 in the 1500m. Lydia Sommer, with a very strong and gritty race, places 14th in a great time of 4:46.91!!! Congratulations ladies!
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The Spartans have their first two medalists of the weekend after a 2-3 finish in the discus. Reese Goodlet places 3rd in the discus with a best of 138 feet, 11 inches and Gabi Ragins places 2nd with a throw of 140 feet, 2 inches. Congratulations ladies!!!
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Congratulations to Spartans - Kira Arthofer, Harmony Creasy, Adrea Arthofer, and Amaria Kirby on their win in the HS Battle Up Brady 4 x 100 relay. A great time on a beautiful evening, and even better getting to see Kira and Amaria in a Spartan uniform one last time.
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Congratulations to our accepted entries for the 2024 Drake Relays! The Spartans will compete in 13 events from April 25th to April 27th in Des Moines at Drake Stadium next weekend.
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For Us. For the Spartans.
I've said it before and I'll say it again - It truly takes a village. Blessed with an amazing wife, a special coaching staff, family, parents, and most importantly the kids that make the commitment to be a part of this team each year.
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Today we honor the 32nd anniversary of annual National Girls & Women in Sports Day, a national observance celebrating the extraordinary achievements of women and girls in sports. Let this be celebrated every day.
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The Spartans quartet of Kora Ruff, Harmony Creasy, Halle Vice, and Emily Wood run 1:42.42 to place 3rd!!!!! in the 4 x 200m relay, a 2 second PR on the season!!! Way to go ladies!!!!!
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Always great spending time at the track and field clinic and even better, getting to spend some time connecting with people who helped you become who you are today!!!
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