With one of the deepest returning rosters since the team’s last state title in 2016, the Pella boys track and field team was set to make a run at Class 3A’s top prize this spring.

Head Coach Brent Van Hauen says there was state-qualifying quality talent in almost every event coming in, with a core of 2019 state medalists leading a small, but strong senior class, and a wave of underclassmen looking to take the next step.

Van Hauen says the Class of 2020 at Pella had six members who will miss on that chance to try for gold, including Mason Heurter, Ben Jablonski, Mason Johnston, Xavion Huizinga, David Schouten and Jake Schulte.
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