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LHS boys top field during Arrow Relays

By John RittenhouseAll three track and field programs from the Star Herald coverage area competed at the same venue for the first time this season Tuesday.The annual running of the Arrow Relays in Pipestone drew the Luverne, Hills-Beaver Creek-Ellsworth-Edgerton and Adrian teams to the same attraction.Based on the performances, all of the teams competed well.The Luverne boys placed first and the LHS girls second in the Class A team standings.The Adrian and H-BC-E-E girls placed fourth and fifth respectively in the Class B team standings. The H-BC-E-E boys finished third and the Dragon boys fourth in the team standings. Luverne’s boys turned in a dominating performance by winning 12 events and establishing two meet records at the event.Chris Ashby, who won the 110-meter hurdles with a time of 16.8, won the 300-meter hurdles and set a new meet standard with a time of 40.63.The boys’ 400-meter relay team consisting of Jake Hendricks, Tom Ward, Jordan Siebenahler and Mike Kunstle established a new meet and LHS school record with the winning time of 44.67. The same group won the 800-meter relay in 1:33.69.Luverne also won the 1,600-meter relay in 3:36.82. Ben Uphoff, Tim Miller, Ashby and Ward formed the team.Individual titles went to Kunstle (11.8 in the 100), Siebenahler (24.17 in the 200), Hendricks (51.81 in the 400 and 19-4 1/2 in the long jump), Ward (5-10 in the high jump) and Thomas Christiansen (2:09. 5 in the 800 and 10:40.07 in the 3,200).The LHS girls captured four meet titles and placed second in two events to lead the way to their second-place finish.Lexi Heitkamp, who won the high jump (4-10) and 800 (2:9.26), also ran legs with Luverne’s winning 1,600- and 3,200-meter relays that turned in respective 4:16.45 and 10:27.43 times.Katlyn Sawtelle, Kelsey Dooyema and Kayla Raddle round out the 3,200-meter team. Victoria Arends, Sawtelle and Britton Dyer joined Heitkamp in the 1,600.Natalie Willers (97-6 in the discus) and Sawtelle (1:04.34 in the 400) placed second individually.The H-BC-E boys won four meet titles and placed second in three events at the meet.Roger DeBoer and John Sandbulte took top honors in the 110- and 300-meter hurdles with times of 18.71 and 1:00.16.The 400- and 800-meter relays placed first with 46.86 and 1:38.4 efforts.Kevin Vander Schaff, Pawel Matejski, Casey Van Midden Dorp and Kerry Fink ran the 400. Vander Schaff, Cody Schilling, Cody Rozeboom and Fink teamed up in the 800.Matejski finished second in the 400 with a time of 55.37, and the 1,600- and 3,200-meter relays placed second with times of 3:41.87 and 9:19.1.Schilling, Rozeboom, Vander Schaff and Fink formed the 1,600-meter team. Tyler Paulsen, Brent Kramer, Sandbulte and Van Wyhe ran the 3,200.The Patriot girls won two events and placed second in two events.Rosie Lewis and Mya Mann won the shot put and long jump crowns with 34-7 and 15-1 distances.Amanda Tilstra placed second in the 800 with a time of 2:36.3, and she joined forces with Amanda Connors, Mann and Ashley Bucher to finish second in the 1,600-meter relay in 4:24.88.The Adrian girls landed six meet titles and placed second in one event at the meet.Leslie Stover (2:34.52 in the 800 and 5:41.48 in the 1,600), Erica Thier (1:03.84 in the 400) and Hailee Heitkamp (12:28.68 in the 3,200) earned individual titles for AHS, while Jolene Reisdorfer placed second in the 200-meter dash with a time of 29.72.The Dragon girls won the 1,600- and 3,200-meter relays with times of 4:20.3 and 10:32.58. Kourtney Kramer, Reisdorfer, Stover and Erica Thier teamed up in the 1,600. Kramer, Heitkamp, Megan Henning and Thier ran the 3,200.Adrian’s boys won four events and placed second in two races at the meet.Blake Springman (46-0 1/2 in the shot put and 145-8 in the discus), Ethan Wieneke (10:49.02 in the 3,200) and Lee Stover (4:57.42 in the 1,600) posted wins for AHS.Stover placed second in the 800 and Jon Konz second in the 300 hurdles with times of 2:08.89 and 46.47.Here is a look at the team standings and the rest of top efforts turned in by area athletes during the Arrow RelaysClass A boys’ standings: Luverne 143.5, Worthington 95, Redwood Valley 90, Pipestone 67, Russell-Tyler-Ruthton 65, Tracy-Milroy-Balaton 62.5, Westbrook-Walnut Grove-Red Rock Central 39.Class A girls’ standings: Pipestone 154.5, Luverne 105, Murray County Central 74, T-M-B 71, RWV 64, W-WG-RRC 63.5, Worthington 62, R-T-R 5.Class B boys’ standings: Fulda 129, Southwest Christian 114.5, H-BC-E-E 108, Adrian 93, Southwest United 68, Baltic 54.5, Lincoln HI 44.Class B girls’ standings: SWU 138, SWC 129, Fulda 99.5, Adrian 95, H-BC-E-E 92, Baltic 48, LH 45.5.Luverne boysThird place: 3,200 relay (Uphoff, Miller, Steve Schneiderman and Ryan Jacobsma), 9:08.73.Fourth place: Kunstle, triple jump, 40-10; Craig Rogers, shot, 42-6.Fifth place: Miller, high jump, 36-9 3/4.Seventh place: Miller, triple jump, 36-9 3/4.Eighth place: Sam Dooyema, shot, 38-10; Rogers, discus, 119-0.Luverne girlsThird place: Abby Elbers, triple jump, 32-8 3/4; Arends, 100 hurdles, 18.19; Arends, 300 hurdles, 50.71; 800 relay (Morgan Bosshart, Dyer, Stephanie Hendricks and Erin Hoiland), 1:55.3.Fourth place: Hoiland, long jump, 14-10 1/2; Amanda Kannas, 3,200, 13:22.94; 400 relay (Bosshart, Elbers, Alyssa Stegenga and Hoiland), 54.51.Sixth place: Hoiland, 100, 1458; Raddle, 1,600, 6:10.08.Seventh place: Willers, shot, 32-1; Brittany Mulder, 200, 29.75.Eighth place: Elbers, long jump, 14-4; Ariella Bucher, shot, 32-0.H-BC-E-E boysThird place: Schilling, high jump, 5-6; Schilling, triple jump, 39-4; Aaron Esselink, shot, 40-0; Van Midden Dorp, long jump, 18-10.Fourth place: Dustin Verhey, 3,200, 11:08.16.Sixth place: Fink, long jump, 18-8.H-BC-E-E girlsThird place: Mann, 1,600, 5:54.1.Fourth place: A.Bucher, long jump, 14-1; Tilstra, triple jump, 30-2; Santana Wysong, 100, 15-2; Lewis, 200, 30.59; 800 relay (Jocelyn Bucher, Connors, Lewis and Andrea DeBoer), 1:59.32.Fifth place: Connors, triple jump, 29-10; DeBoer, 400, 1:12.04; Rayna Sandoval, 3,200, 13:35; 400 relay (Wysong, Taylor Vaughn, Jayme Plimpton and Whitney Wilgenburg), 57.52; 3,200 relay (Heather Esselink, Heather Kerner, J.Bucher, A.Bucher), 11:15.95.Sixth place: Kari Roozenboom, 100 hurdles, 21.1.Adrian girlsThird place: 400 relay (Rosibel Mejia, Katy Slater, Hayley Vaske and Emily Thier), 56.5; 800 relay (Em.Thier, Mejia,Kramer and Reisdorfer), 1:58.26.Fifth place: Sarah Jensen, 100 hurdles, 21.09; Jensen, 300 hurdles, 55.67; Mejia, 100, 15.29.Sixth place: Reisdorfer, long jump, 13-8.Adrian boysThird place: Billy Anderson, 200, 25.02; 800 relay (Derek Everett, Konz, Jory Haken and Anderson), 1:42.21; 3,200 relay (Jarod Boltjes, Wieneke, Dustin Lonneman and Nate Reyne), 9:32.28.Fourth place: Anderson, 100, 12.44; 400 relay (Konz, Trent Lutmer, Chris Reisdorfer and Everett), 50.12; 1,600 relay (Boltjes, Everett, Preston Engelkes and Stover), 3:45.22.Fifth place: Engelkes, 400, 58.76.

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