Cardinal track athletes open spring season in Blue Earth

The Luverne track and field team competed in its first event in nearly two years on Thursday, April 8, in Blue Earth.
The Cardinals dominated the 100 meters on the boys’ side, with three Luverne sprinters holding down the top three spots.
Ashton Sandbulte finished first with a time of 11.3. Arekel McLaughlin finished second with a time of 11.8.
LaShad Smith finished third with a time of 11.9. Smith also finished second in the 200 meters with a time of 24.4.
Eli Radkte took third in the 200 meters with a time of 24.9.
Camden Janiszeski took home first place in the 800 meters with a time of 2:08.9.  He was also first in the 1,600 with a time of 4:48.6.
Owen Janiszeski finished second in the 1,600 with a time of 5:15.1.
Luverne’s 4-by-100 meter relay team was third with a time of 51.0. The team consisted of Radtke, Tyler Rolfs, Zachary Terrio and Gavin DeBeer.
Luverne’s 4-by-200 relay team came in second place with a time of 1:40.4. The team is made up of Sandbulte, Eduardo Godines, McLaughlin and Smith.
Luverne’s 4-by-400 relay team finished in second place with a time of 3:55.8. The team consists of Camden Janiszeski, Sandbulte, Ethan Rahm, and Sam Emery.
Luverne’s 4-by-800 relay team finished in second place with a time of 9:50.5. The team is made up of Owen Janiszeski, Ryan Fick, Sage Viessman and Emery.
Zach Ahrendt took home first place in the shot put with a throw of 43 feet. Jordan Friedrichsen finished fourth with a throw of 40-3.5.
Ethan Teunissen was second in the discus with a heave of 112-2.5.
Radtke finished in first place in the pole vault with a score of 9’.
DeBeer finished in fifth place in the long jump by recording a jump of 16-4.25.
Rahm was second with a jump of 35-2.75 in the triple jump.
Gracie Zewiske clocked a time of 13.2 in the 100 meters to take home first place. Zewiske also was first in the 200 meters with a time of 26.9.
Kendra Thorson finished fourth in the 200 meters with a time of 30.4 Isabella Oye finished fifth with a time of 30.7.
Elizabeth Wagner finished second in the 800 meters with a time of 2:41.3.
Tenley Nelson finished second in the 1,600 with a time of 5:42.1. Jenna DeBates finished third with a time of 5:42.4. Grace Ingebretson was fourth with a time of 6:12.2.
Elise Jarchow finished third in the 100-meter hurdles with a time of 18.6. She also took home third place in the 300-meter hurdles with a time of 58.5.
The Cardinals’ 4-by-100 relay team finished third with a time of 57.3. The team is made up of Oye, Sarah Stegenga, Brynn Boyenga and Mia Wenzel.
The Luverne 4-by-200 relay team finished first with a time of 2:01.9. The team consists of Christina Wagner, Wenzel, Boyenga and Averie Brecher.
The Luverne 4-by-400 relay team took home first place with a time of 4:13.3. Tenley Nelson, Makenna Nelson, Tiana Lais and Zewiske make up the team.
The Cardinals’ 4-by-800 relay team took home second place. The team is made up of Elizabeth Wagner, DeBates, Kayla Bloemendaal and Maria Rops.
Jadyn Hart finished third in the shot put with a throw of 31 feet 6 inches. Hart took home second place in the discus with a throw of 73 feet.
Elizabeth Wagner tied for second in the high jump with a leap of 4-6.
Jarchow tied for first in the pole vault with five other athletes.
Lais took home second place in the long jump by recording a jump of 14-10.
In the triple jump, Thorson finished fourth with a jump of 30-2.75.
The LHS track team will host its first home meet of the season on Friday, April 16.