McDowell Track and Field
McDowell Cross Country
established 1962
established 1957
2010
The 2010 team was led by Pat Cochran, who finished 2nd at the state meet in the triple jump and set the school record (48-9.5). John Dahlstrand also placed at the state meet with a fourth place finish in the high jump (6-6). Greg Garmon placed 6th at the state meet in the 200, an event that he set the school record (21.89). Garmon also set the indoor school record in the 200 and the 400, while placing in both events. Jon Pohl placed 8th in the Javelin at states in his first year in the event. The team won their 39th straight dual meet, on route to another Region and District 10 Championship year. Joe Sanford resigned after the first meet because of issues that were not being resolved with the track runway. Becky Glus and Bill Hoffman took over as co-interim head coaches.
2011
Becky Glus took over for her first full season as head coach. The team lost to Fort LeBoeuf in a dual meet to lose the Region 5 title, but they revenged that loss to win the District 10 Championship for the 6th straight season. The team was led by John Dahlstrand, who placed 7th in the high jump at states. He was also the district champ in the triple jump. De'vion Tate placed 8th in the long jump at states after barely meeting the state standard in the district championship.
2012
For the second straight year, the boys team finished 2nd in Region 5. Leading the team was De'vion Tate, who was the the district champ in the long jump and the triple jump. He placed 6th in the state in the triple jump, and 7th in the long jump. During the indoor season, he placed 3rd in the long jump and 8th in the triple jump. He set both the indoor school record in the long jump (22-7), and the outdoor record (23-0.5) in the same event. Stephen Deak placed 6th indoors in the 400. He was the 200 and 400 meter champ at districts. Chad Ackerman won the pole vault at districts. Caleb Cordell broke his own school record in the indoor 3000.
2013
The team was led by point leader Gino Brown and by freshman, Caleb Sanford, who was the district champ in the pole vault at 14’3”. Also leading the team was Jamie Szymczak, who placed 6th indoors in the triple jump at 45’1 ½”.
2014
Sophomore Caleb Sanford became a member of the All-State team in the pole vault with a 2nd place finish at states at 15’0”. He was also the district champ in that event for the second straight year. Daniel Commey was also All-State in both indoors in the Long Jump, with a second place finish, and a third place finish outdoors in the same event. He was the district champ in both the long jump and the triple jump. Both his performances were school records.
2015
Caleb Sanford placed at states in the pole vault both indoors (3rd) and outdoors (4th). He was also the district champ for the third time in that event.
2016
Caleb Sanford ended his brilliant career with an indoor state title in the pole vault. He also earned a 4th place finish outdoors. He ended his career as a 4-time district champ in the event. Matt Kelly also won districts in the long jump.
2017
With the return of coach Joe Sanford, the team won the Region title for the first time since 2010, and the district title for the first time since 2011. Leading them at the district championship were individual champions Kody Rinkevich in the 200, and Caleb Mabins in the triple jump . The 4 x 100 relay team of Torrey Quinn, Ed Nientimp, Collin Christensen and Kody Rinkevich were also district champs.
2018
Despite having their second straight undefeated season, with 11 straight dual meet victories, the team was not able to defend their district title. They did however, repeat as Region 6 champs with a convincing win over rival Cathedral Prep. Junior Caleb Mabins was the lone district champ in both the long jump and triple jump. He also finished 2nd in the 4 x 100 relay with teammates Will Hollenbeck, Elijah Lopez, and Kameron Loupe. Junior Chase Sanford finished 2nd in the pole vault at districts as well.
2019
The boys team finished 3rd in both Region 6 and District 10. This was the first time since 1981 that the boys' team did not at least finish in the top 2 in the league. The team was led by Senior Caleb Mabins, who was the district champ in both the long jump and triple jump. He was also the runner-up in the 110 meter hurdles. He finished 5th in the long jump for both indoor and outdoor states. He finished 7th in the outdoor triple jump. He tied the school record for the outdoor long jump at 23-5 1/4. Chase Sanford was the clear favorite to win districts in the pole vault until an injury sidelined him for several weeks. He was able to finish 2nd at districts. Freshman Juan Gongora was the runner-up at districts in the 400.
