Riverside Boys Track and Field will be heavily represented in Des Moines this year at the State Track and Field Meet. Five relays and nine individual events complete the qualifiers for the Bulldogs this season. Cole Jeppesen will be running in two individual events while Brody and Dawson Henderson are in three combined. Eli Hudnall, Jaxon Gordon, Owen Fenner and Wyatt Bell also qualified as at large bids in their own respective events. Head Coach Alex Oliver talks about the standard that has been built over years of success at Riverside.
The Henderson boys have set an example of hard work not just in track, but across everything they do. Individually, Brody will run the 1600m while Dawson qualified in the 3200 and 800m:
The Shuttle Hurdle Relay team is entering state as the 2nd fastest team in Class 1A. This was no accident as they’ve been working for quite some time to perfect this event:
Jaxon Gordon has produced eye popping numbers across many different sports, including on the track. There are things that Coach Oliver notices that are the reason for much of the success that Jaxon has produced:
