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LHS track boys win team title

By John RittenhouseThe Luverne boys captured the team championship at the Worthington Invitational track and field meet Thursday.The Cardinals compiled 196 points to top the eight-team field for the first time at the meet since 2003.Luverne’s girls placed second to Windom at the meet, snapping a three-year run of winning the team title. Adrian’s boys and girls placed seventh in team competition.The Cardinal boys used seven event titles and seven second-place performances to capture their team victory.Luverne won the 400-, 800- and 1,600-meter relays with respective 46.38, 1:38.41 and 3:33.92 efforts. Chris Ashby, Ben Uphoff, Jordan Siebenahler and Mike Kunstle ran the 400. Ruston Aaker, Ryan Wynia, Tom Ward and Siebenahler formed the 800-meter team. Scott Goebel, Aaker, Nick Otten and Jake Hendricks joined forces in the 1,600.Uphoff (43.72 in the 300-meter hurdles), Kunstle (11.7 in the 100-meter dash and 41-0 in the triple jump, a meet record) and Otten (2:08.01 in the 800-meter run) captured individual titles for LHS.Luverne’s Goebel, Ward, Thomas Pinkal and Otten finished second in the 3,200-meter relay with a time of 8:37.98.Michael Nelson (11-0 in the pole vault), Pinkal (4:52.76 in the 1,600), Hendricks (51.63 in the 400 and 25.13 in the 200), Ashby (43.92 in the 300 hurdles) and Kunstle (19-2 1/2 in the long jump) placed second individually.Lexi Heitkamp claimed the lone meet title for the LHS girls. Heitkamp, who placed second in the 1,600-meter run in 5:31.45, won the 800 with a 2:27.57 effort.Victoria Arends (51.37 in the 300 hurdles), Kayla Raddle (12:35.99 in the 3,200) and Erin Hoiland (13-11 in the long jump) placed second individually for the Cards.Luverne finished second in the 400- and 800-meter relays with respective 54.47 and 1:56.22 efforts. Morgan Bosshart, Abby Elbers, Brittany Mulder and Nicole Willers ran the 400. Hoiland, Elbers, Mulder and Willers teamed up in the 800.The Adrian girls won three event championships and established one new school record during the meet.Morgan Lynn etched her name into the AHS record book by winning the 1,600-meter run with a time of 5:21.48. Lynn also ran with Adrian’s winning 1,600-meter relay, which recorded a time of 4:23.49. Jolene Reisdorfer, Sarah Jensen and Erica Thier ran with Lynn in the relay.Thier took top honors in the 400-meter dash with a personal best time of 1:02.47.Thier, Leslie Stover, Megan Henning and Lynn placed second in the 3,200-meter relay in 10:17.43.Casey Knips won the shot put and discus titles with respective 47-5 and 144-5 tosses to lead the AHS boys at the meet.Here is a look at the team standings and the rest of the point-producing efforts turned in by LHS and AHS athletes at the meet.Boys standings: Luverne 196, Fulda 116, Worthington 91, Southwest Christian 86, Windom 83, Southwest United 53, Adrian 43, Westbrook-Walnut Grove-Red Rock Central 30.Girls standings: Windom 173, Luverne 125.5, SWU 78, W-WG-RRC 76, Worthington 71.5, SWC 65.5, Adrian 57, Fulda 54.5.Luverne boysThird place: Wynia, pole vault, 10-6; Uphoff, 110 hurdles, 18.56; Ashby, 100, 12.16; Goebel, 800, 2:11.51.Fourth place: Ward, 400, 53.99; Steve Schneiderman, 3,200, 11:00.78; Matt Rosin, discus, 123-8.Fifth place: Aaker, 400, 54.49; Tony Willers, discus, 117-8; Willers, shot, 40-4 1/2; Aaker, high jump, 5-2.Sixth place: Schneiderman, 1,600, 5:04.23; Siebenahler, 200, 25.13; Rosin, shot, 39-10;Tim Miller, triple jump, 36-7.Seventh place: Miller, high jump, 5-0.Eighth place: Jimmy Broomfield, pole vault, 9-0; Ryan Jacobsma, 100, 12.72.Luverne girlsThird place: Elbers, 100, 14.16.Fourth place: Arends, 100 hurdles, 18.02; Hoiland, 100, 14.38; Katie Schneiderman, 3,200, 13:08.42; 1,600 relay (Arends, Amy Herman, Maggie Kuhlman and Heitkamp), 4:30.86; Natalie Willers, discus, 100-10.Fifth place: 3,200 relay (Kelsey Dooyema, Tara Muck, Schneiderman, Raddle), 10:58.82; Kuhlman, 100 hurdles, 18.1; Mulder, 200, 29.76.Sixth place: Herman, 400, 1:06.87; Jessica Willers, 300 hurdles, 52.88; Natalie Willers, shot, 30-4 1/2; Schneiderman, pole vault, 7-6.Seventh place: Stephanie Hendricks, 100, 14.47; Amanda Kannas, 1,600, 6:07.75; Herman, 200, 30.14.Eighth place: Alyssa Stegenga, 100, 14.63; Dooyema, 1,600, 6:08.33; Kuhlman, 300 hurdles, 53.36; Elbers, long jump, 13-11; Heitkamp, high jump, 5-4; Mulder, pole vault, 7-0.Adrian girlsThird place: Stover, 3,200, 12:42.64; 400 relay (Emily Thier, Amanda Lynn, Katy Slater and Reisdorfer), 55.33.Fourth place: 800 relay (Reisdorfer, Em.Thier, A.Lynn and Jensen), 1:57.62.Seventh place: Henning, 800, 2:51.53.Adrian boysFifth place: Lee Stover, 1,600, 5:02.98; Billy Anderson, 200, 24.69.Sixth place: 800 relay (Jordan Brake, Jon Konz, Jory Haken and Anderson), 1:42.76; 1,600 relay (Stover, Jesse Brake, Jr.Brake, Preston Engelkes), 3:48.72.Seventh place: 3,200 relay (Js.Brake, Jarod Boltjes, Nate Reyne and Stover), 9:07.76; 400 relay (Jr.Brake, Konz, Haken and Stover), 49.66; Haken, high jump, 5-0.

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