By John RittenhouseThe Luverne girls won the team championship of the Cardinal Relays for the third consecutive year Thursday.Staging the event two days after it was rained out on April 12, the Cardinals compiled 153 points to best second place Windom (134) by 19 counters in the final standings.Five meet titles carried the Cardinals to victory in the team standings, and Lexi Heitkamp played a role in three of the wins.Heitkamp, who won the 1,600-meter run with a time of 5:28.9, saved her biggest effort in the 800-meter run. Heitkamp won the event and set a new meet record by covering the distance in 2:26.46.The LHS freshman also ran a leg with the 1,600-meter relay, which recorded the winning time of 4:20.5. Victoria Arends, Stephanie Hendricks and Maggie Kuhlman round out the team.Kayla Raddle and Abby Elbers joined Heitkamp as individual event winners from LHS. Raddle ran 3,200 meters in 14:01. Elbers covered 15-5 1/2 in the long jump.Arends and Erin Hoiland made bids to win event titles before finishing second in the end. Arends cleared the 300-meter hurdles in 50.29. Hoiland recorded a distance of 15-1 1/2 in the long jump.Luverne’s 400-meter relay team consisting of Morgan Bosshart, Elbers, Brittany Mulder and Nicole Willers placed second with a time of 55.94.Here is a look at the team standings and the rest of Luverne’s point-earners during the Cardinal Relays.Girls’ standings: Luverne 153, Windom 134, West Lyon 100, Worthington 95, Hills-Beaver Creek-Ellsworth-Edgerton 64, Southwest Christian 56, Westbrook-Walnut Grove-Red Rock Central 53, Adrian 39.Individual effortsThird place: Arends, 100 hurdles, 17.81; Natalie Willers, shot, 30-1 1/2.Fourth place: Hoiland, 100, 14.22; Kuhlman, 100 hurdles, 18:04;800 relay (Hoiland, Elbers, Mulder, Nc.Willers), 1:58.32; Heitkamp, high jump, 4-8; Mulder, pole vault, 8-0.Fifth place: 3,200 relay (Katie Schneiderman, Tara Muck, Kelsey Dooyema and Raddle), 11:01.6; Hendricks, 400, 14.29; Amanda Kannas, 1,600, 6:06.84; Kelsey Dooyema, 3,200, 14:01; Nt.Willers, discus, 91-9.Sixth place: Kannas, 800, 2:51.61; Schniederman, 1,600, 6:06.91;Jenny Broomfield, pole vault, 7-0.Seventh place: Hendricks, 400, 1:08.65; Kuhlman, 300 hurdles, 53.48; Mulder, 200, 29.21.Eighth-place: Jessica Willers, 100 hurdles, 19.16; Amy Herman, 400, 1:09.44; Elbers, 200, 29.32; LaRae Kor, shot, 27-3; Kannas, high jump, 4-4; Lexi Peterson, pole vault, 6-0.