By John RittenhouseThe Luverne track squads mixed it up against some strong competition during the Howard Wood Dakota Relays in Sioux Falls Friday and Saturday.The Cardinals competed in the Class A version of the event, and their appearance at the meet was highlighted by five Top 10 performances turned in by different athletes.Senior Tyler Elbers recorded Luverne’s best finish at the meet.Elbers cleared 6-2 to finish eighth in the high jump.Tim Rust and Justin Van Wyhe also placed in the Top 10 during different events for the LHS boys.Rust, who placed 14th in the 100-meter dash with a time of 11.44, cleared 12-6 and placed ninth in the pole vault.Van Wyhe, who placed 24th in the long jump with a distance of 19-10-1/4, covered 41-6 and placed 10th in the triple jump.A record-setting performance turned in by Lexi Heitkamp proved to be the highlight of the meet for the Luverne girls.Heitkamp, an eighth-grader, established a new school record in the 1,600-meter run when she finished ninth in the event with a time of 5:24.7.Heitkamp’s effort surpassed the old school standard of 5:25 set by Hannah Dietrich in 1998.Heitkamp also ran a leg with Luverne’s sprint medley relay team, which placed 10th with a time of 4:27.1. Victoria Arends, Maggie Kuhlman and Jenni Christensen are other members of the team.Here is a look at the rest of the performances turned in by LHS athletes during the meet.Luverne boys11th place: 800 relay (Rust, Ben Cornish, Jake Hendricks and Elbers), 1:34.81.15th place: 3,200 relay (Thomas Pinkal, Ruston Aaker, Scott Goebel and Nick Otten), 9:02.9.19th place: 1,600 relay (Hendricks, Aaker, Goebel and Elbers), 3:37.5.24th place: Pinkal, 3,200,10:47.1.32nd place: Goebel, 1,600, 4:47.1.40th place: Travis Halfmann, 3,200, 11:29.5.65th place: Andy Stegemann, 1,600, 5:17.5.Luverne girls14th place: Kuhlman, 300 hurdles, 50.62.17th place: 800 relay (Callen Bosshart, Amanda Dooyema, Nicole Willers and Christensen), 1:53.4; 1,600 relay (Christensen, Dooyema, Victoria Arends and Heitkamp), 4:17.75.18th place: 400 relay (Bosshart, Dooyema, Cassie Pap and Willers), 53.75.30th place: Arends, 300 hurdles, 52.9; Kayla Raddle, 3,200, 12:40.15.31st place: Kelsey Dooyema, 1,600, 5:45.2.32nd place: Amanda Saum, 3,200, 12:43.26.38th place: Kuhlman, 100 hurdles, 17.71.44th place: Jessica Willers, 100 hurdles, 18.6.47th place: Bosshart, 100, 13.6.Marissa Stewart threw the shot put 32-6 and the discus 110-0 without placing.