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AHS teams attend MCC Early Bird Invitational in Slayton to open year

By John RittenhouseThe Adrian track squads opened the 2004 season at the Murray County Central Early Bird Invitational in Slayton Tuesday.The Adrian boys shared third place in a six-team field with MCC. Both squads scored 72 points. The Dragon girls placed fourth out of six teams with 68 points.Adrian’s 3,200-meter relay team posted a meet championship in boys’ competition with a time of 9:33. Lee Stover, Justin Reisdorfer, David Brake and Pete Jensen formed the team.The boys’ 800-meter relay team made a bid to claim a meet title before placing second in the event with a time of 1:42.26. Billy Anderson, Brake, Jensen and Kyle Knips formed the team.Kyle and Casey Knips placed second in individual events for the Dragons.Kyle Knips, who covered 33-6 to place fourth in the triple jump, ran 400 meters in 54.64 to place second. Casey Knips, who placed fifth in the shot put with a toss of 42-2, placed second with a distance of 128-0 in the discus.Sarah Kruger and Morgan Lynn produced meet championships for the Dragon girls.Kruger, who placed fifth with a distance of 29-1 in the triple jump, won the 400-meter dash with a time of 1:03.3. Lynn won the 1,600-meter run with a time of 5:32.5.Adrian’s Sarah Jensen finished second in the 300-meter hurdles with an effort of 54.25.The girls’ 800-, 1,600- and 3,200-meter relays all placed second with respective 1:55.83, 4:29.74 and 10:27.3 times. Jolene Reisdorfer, Amanda Lynn, Jensen and Kruger ran the 800. Kruger, Morgan and Amanda Lynn and Reisdorfer teamed up in the 1,600, and Morgan Lynn, McCall Heitkamp, Leslie Stover and Erica Thier formed the 3,200-meter team.Here is a look at the team standings and the rest of Adrian’s place-earners from the Early Bird Invitational.Boys’ standings: Jackson County Central 98, Fulda 82, Adrian 72, MCC 72, Canby-Minneota 59, Lakeview 45.Girls’ standings: JCC 119, MCC 106, Fulda 73.5, Adrian 68, C-M 41, Lakeview 15.5.Adrian boysThird place: Brake, triple jump, 36-10; Stover, 800, 2:15.8; Jesse Brake, 1,600, 5:15; 1,600 relay (K.Knips, Jr.Brake, Jensen and Stover), 3:52.4.Fourth place: Anderson, 200, 24.7; Jon Konz, 300 hurdles, 48.5; Ethan Wieneke, 3,200, 12:34.Fifth place: Dustin Lonneman, 800, 2:25.4; Aaron Mormann, 3,200, 12:42; 400 relay (Konz, Jr.Brake, Trent Lutmer, Anderson), 50.7.Sixth place: Konz, 110 hurdles, 28.6; Anderson, long jump, 16-11 1/2.Adrian girlsThird place: Reisdorfer, 200, 28.8; Stover, 800, 2:44.4; Heitkamp, 1,600, 6:13.Fourth place: Emila Mulder, discus, 84-2; Thier, 400, 1:06.8.Fifth place: 400 relay (A.Lynn, Kaitlin Wiertzema, Katy Slater and Samantha Lynn), 59.4

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