The JDHS roster is over 120 athletes strong, including nearly 50 distance runners.

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“My goals right now are to do my best and focus on my day-to-day goals, making sure I rest and eat enough,” JDHS senior Ida Meyer said. Meyer is the defending region champion in the 1,600 and 3,200 meters, and was on the winning 4×800 team. “Practices are going well and I really can’t believe I’m already one month into the season. I definitely want to defend my titles this year…I am so excited to go to Kodiak, it will be my first time there. I’m pumped to cheer on many of my new teammates and to see what we can do as a team. It will be a great opportunity to mold together as a team while competing in a great, new place.”

JDHS senior Nick Iverson will be defending his Region V 800 title and country wise email marketing list possibly defend the 4×800 with classmates Finn Lamb and Corder Janes if they can find a replacement for a graduate.

“The big combined team,” Iverson said of what he looks forward to. “I think we are going to have a pretty competitive team and have a good shot at doing well at state and regions and whatnot. But I’m really excited and curious to see what the talent is going to be like this year…Something I have had my sights on for a while is the 800 school record which is a 1:57.24. Right now I’m sitting at, like, 1:59.03 last year. Yeah, we’ll see. I’m pretty excited about the potential of that.”

Iverson noted, “As someone who didn’t have to move schools it has been easier than some others. Pretty much the only change that I’ve seen is like bigger classes and better teams. In my mind it’s been mostly a positive really.”