The Pagosa Springs High School Pirate track and field teams were unable to dust off at the Dust Off Durango on Saturday, March 8, with the event canceled due to inclement weather.
Instead, the teams are now looking ahead to the Bayfield Invite 1 on Friday, March 14 — weather permitting.
But, despite the inclement weather and canceled Durango meet, coach Connie O’Donnell notes in an email to The SUN the teams were able to put in some good early-season work outside last week.
“Having access to the track and event areas has allowed us to do some really good early season work, especially in field events,” she wrote.
The team is also growing this week with the addition of a number of boys’ basketball players, who O’Donnell notes will be able to compete Friday.
O’Donnell adds that the team is looking to begin putting together relays with this week’s meet.
“I didn’t have a single relay entered for the dust off, but we will put together a few relays and see how it goes,” she wrote. “We graduated several key members of relays last year on both the girls and boys teams. We will probably be switching relay teams up for a while until we find the right combination.”
Action is scheduled to begin at 9 a.m. Friday in Bayfield.
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