 Well time to transition from section softball to section track and field where the Pequot Lakes Patriots are preparing to send 38 members of their team to the section meet tomorrow at Fergus Falls as Clayton Castle tells us the success is all due to established culture of the program. It's section finals time for Minnesota high schools and the Pequot Lakes Patriots track and field team is looking to run its way all the way to state as per the culture of the program. We've got a kind of a culture here at Pequot with track and field that's just some teams rebuild after a year to graduate. We've been just kind of reloading. We get kids that graduate out and we bring more back in. We've got a lot of depth. Among the rising stars of the program that coach Gunther Sings praises about is Reed Piersinski a junior hurdler and triple jumper. He's really going to be one of those kids that I think sets the bar high for everybody else that comes in from behind him. That gives everybody a hey you know what I can be there too someday. It's just a role model. You can't find a better athlete. Reed has had an impressive record breaking season. So I started off the season with triple jump in Bemidji and last year I was a half inch from the school record and this year I came in and broke the school record by two feet so I was just really surprised because we trained over the winter with the cross country guys and just that out of season training I think just really helped pay off to pop that really far jump. In the end it all comes back to the culture of the Patriots track and field program. Well I think that just people even their legacies I mean Mikey Ryan was a big person that like a senior that I looked up to that ran and then Tape came in I mean you could just see how hard they worked at practice and you just fed off you wanted to go chase them at practice and just work as hard as them so you could be like them one day. Another legend is thrower Travis Jacobson who now throws at Hamlin University and ranks in the top five in the country. He also credits the Patriots culture for his success. Well when I came in to throw in my sophomore year was you know we're kind of building added up with you know a couple young athletes and you know we just wanted to want to be great and practice a lot and you know just compete. Now 38 Patriots advanced to participate in the section meet tomorrow at Fergus Falls High School reporting in Pequot Lakes Clayton Castle Lakeland News. Well thanks Clayton and you mentioned Reed Perzinski and he has had a spectacular season he has the top time in the state in class singly in the 110 and 300 hurdles and also he is third or fourth best jump in triple jump so he's had a pretty good season and a couple of different events there to make some noise down at the state meet up. Absolutely if you've enjoyed this segment of Lakeland news please consider making a tax deductible contribution to Lakeland Public Television.