The 49th annual Igloo Invitational meet was held March  28, with multiple BA athletes participating. The Igloois one of the biggest invitationals BA goes to, with all schools grouped into one. This means the competition is top tier, with schools ranging from 1A-6A.

Senior Jayce Quick had B-A’s top finish, placing fourth in the discus with a throw of 146-4. He was also 25th in the shot put.

Junior Cameron Nelson came out with a hot start, placing top 10 in multiple hurdling events.  Nelson Placed 4th in 110 hurdles with a time of 15.36 and also placed 6th in the 300 meter hurdles. Sophomore Reid Schreier was close to a top 5 finish and got 6th with a time of 16.36

In the 200, two BA athletes, Miles Smearman and Owen Stoltzfus, performed well. Smearman, a promising freshman, placed 6th with a time of 23.98, while sophomore Owen Stoltzfus also got a top ten finish with a time of 24.17.

Stoltzfus also placed top ten in the 400-meter dash with a 53.91.

Senior Martin Fatzinger placed 25th in the 800-meter dash with a 2:16.37.

Senior Bryce Hollenbach also had a strong finish in the 3200, placing 17th with a 11:24.89.

Coach Nick Lovrich was happy with his team’s performance.

 “The Igloo meet is a high-level meet for us because we are competing against the AAA schools (track and field runs big school-small school, classifying teams as AA or AAA), and I thought we did really well.  The thing I liked most about our performance was that even though it was cold and a long day, our kids never complained, did a good job warming up, and generally had fun.”