Waukon, Kee track teams idled by early spring conditions

Waukon girls add May 1
Ed-Co meet, will host own Early Bird Invitational April 11

The boys and girls track teams from both Waukon and Kee High Schools all had their first outdoor competitions of the season canceled this past week by early spring conditions. Both the Waukon boys and girls track teams were scheduled for their first outdoor competition Tuesday, March 28 at Sumner-Fredericksburg, but had that co-ed meet canceled due to soft track conditions in this early spring.

The Waukon track girls have since added another meet to their schedule, getting into the Edgewood-Colesburg Invitational scheduled for Monday, May 1, beginning at 4:45 p.m. The Lady Indians were scheduled to compete at Charles City Tuesday, April 4 before taking part in the Decorah Invitational Friday, April 7. The track Tribe will then host its own Early Bird Invitational Tuesday, April 11, hosting Clayton Ridge, Kee, MFL/MarMac, North Fayette Valley, Postville and South Winneshiek, beginning at 4:30 p.m., before traveling to New Hampton Thursday, April 13.

The Waukon boys track team also had its second meet of the week canceled, being scheduled to host its own Early Bird Invitational Thursday, March 30 but having that meet called off due to cold, rainy weather conditions. The Indians  were scheduled to compete in a Decorah quadrangular Monday, April 3 (a meet now also postponed to April 4) and will then travel to Postville Thursday, April 6 before returning to Decorah Monday, April 10 and then competing at New Hampton Thursday, April 13.

The Kee boys track team was also scheduled to compete at that meet in Waukon, missing out on its first outdoor meet of the season as well. The Hawks were scheduled to compete at the Edgewood-Colesburg Invitational Tuesday, April 4 and then at the Postville Invitational Thursday, April 6 before traveling to Oelwein for the West Central Invitational Monday, April 10 and then to MFL/MarMac Thursday, April 13.

The Kee girls track team also had its first outdoor competition of the season called off Thursday, March 30 at West Delaware High School due to that cold, rainy weather. The Kee girls were scheduled to compete in the Postville Invitational Tuesday, April 4 before traveling to Starmont Thursday, April 6. The Lady Hawks will then take part in a very busy week that takes them to the West Central Invitational at Oelwein Monday, April 10, to Waukon Tuesday, April 11 and then to MFL/MarMac Thursday, April 13.