By John RittenhouseThe Luverne track teams made their 2006 debut at the United States Track and Field Midwest High School Indoor Championships staged at the Dakota Dome in Vermillion, S.D., Saturday.Luverne attended the meet at less than full strength as some of the athletes had prior commitments to fulfill.Still, Cardinal coach Craig Nelson was proud to report that his teams returned home with one meet championship and 10 other Top 8 finishes."We had a really good meet," he said. "The kids did very well. We saw a lot of team’s we haven’t seen before, and we had an excellent day."Lexi Heitkamp turned in the top performance for the LHS girls by winning the 800-meter run with a time of 2:30.7.Heitkamp also ran with Luverne’s 1,600-meter relay, which placed eighth in 4:37.57. Amanda Kannas, Tara Muck and Britton Dyer round out the squad.Muck finished sixth in the 500-meter dash with a time of 1:36.19.Debbie Schneiderman made a bid to win the 3,000-meter run before finishing second with a time of 12:04.71.Katie Schneiderman placed fourth in the 3,000 (12:14.27) and fifth in the pole vault (7-6).Luverne’s Erin Hoiland placed fourth in the long jump with a 14-10 1/4 effort.Chris Ashby turned in the top effort for the LHS boys by finishing second in the 60-meter hurdles with a time of 8.93.Mike Kunstle and Jordan Siebenahler placed fourth and eighth with respective 7.41 and 7.67 times in the 60-meter dash.Ben Uphoff placed sixth in the 60-meter hurdles with a time of 9.31."A lot of our young kids ran quite well. We faced some good competition, and we were pleased with the results," Nelson concluded.