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Boys secure seven event titles

By John RittenhouseThe Luverne boys track team turned in an impressive performance during the outdoor opener at Cardinal field Tuesday.Hosting the annual Cardinal Quadrangular, the LHS boys took advantage of some perfect weather conditions (little wind and warm temperatures) to post seven event victories and finish second in six events during the meet.Tony Willers and Mike Kunstle experienced outstanding days for the Cardinals.Willers won the shot put and discus titles with tosses of 41-0 and 124-5.Kunstle won the triple jump with a distance of 38-5 1/2 and took top honors in the 200-meter dash with a time of 23.86.Kunstle, who placed second in the 100-meter dash in 11.58, ran a leg with Luverne’s champion 400-meter relay team. Ben Uphoff, Chris Ashby and Jordan Siebenahler teamed up with Kunstle to win the event in 46.57.Uphoff and Jake Hendricks also posted wins for LHS.Uphoff cleared the 300-meter hurdles in 44.06 to place first. Hendricks covered 400 meters in 51.91.Ashby, Siebenahler and Otten placed second during individual running events.Siebenahler ran 200 meters in 24.29, Ashby cleared the 300-meter hurdles in 45.13 and Otten scampered 800 meters in 2:10.83.Luverne’s Michael Nelson placed second in the pole vault after clearing 10-6.The Cards received second- and third-place performances from the 1,600- and 800-meter relays, which recorded respective 3:39.29 and 1:37.1 times.Ruston Aaker, Scott Goebel, Tom Ward and Otten ran the 1,600. Kunstle, Goebel, Otten and Hendricks teamed up in the 800.Luverne will compete at the Brandon Valley (S.D.) Relays Saturday before hosting the Cardinal Relays Tuesday.Here is a look at the rest of Luverne’s individual finishers during the Cardinal Quadrangular.Third place: Matt Rosin, discus, 112-1; Uphoff, 110-hurdles, 18.42; Ashby, 100, 11.59; Goebel, 400, 54.49; Thomas Pinkal, 1,600, 5:07; Ryan Wynia, pole vault, 10-0; Pinkal, 3,200, 11:16.79.Fourth place: Craig Rogers, shot, 37-9; Aaker, 400, 56.29; Ward, 800, 2:13.5; Steve Schneiderman, 3,200, 11:31.7.Fifth place: Mitch Bauman, discus, 97-5; Rosin, shot, 37-6; Ryan Jacobsma, 200, 25.97.Sixth place: Aaker, high jump, 5-6.Seventh place: Ward, high jump, 5-4; Schneiderman, 1,600, 5:16; Matt Stensland-Bos, pole vault, 7-6.Eighth place: Tyler Williams, discus, 90-0; Jared Roemen, shot, 34-0.

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