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Cardinals place first and second in Worthington, gear up for True Team

By
Blaine Radtke for the Star Herald

The Luverne High School track teams had a successful outing in Worthington on April 28 where the girls’ team took first place, and the boys were second.
The Cardinals are only a week away from the True Team Section meet and a hopeful return to state. 
True team rules have each team with two competitors in each event and one relay team. Every entrant scores points.
With 12 teams participating this year, a first-place finish would be worth 24 points down to one point for a last-place finish.
Relays are worth three times the number of teams participating, so a first-place relay win is worth 36 points.
“This year more than ever before we have had kids willing to step up, get out of their comfort zone and try different events,” said coach Pete Janiszeski.
“It is important to fill every event with two competitors, because it can come down to a handful of points, and you don’t want to score a zero in any event.”  
He said Southwest Minnesota Christian-Ellsworth (SWMC-EHS) and Canby-Minneota will likely be top competitors for the girls. 
On the boys’ side, SWMC-EHS and Redwood Falls will be the most likely competition for first place. Only the top team gets the automatic entry into the state meet. 
There are four wild card teams that also get in, determined by a virtual meet using the times from each section to determine the next four highest-scoring teams.  
 
Worthington Invitational
It was another cold and windy day at the Worthington Invite on April 28; however, the girls took home first place, and the boys were second behind Worthington in the team competition.
The 4-by-800-meter relay team of Tiana Lais, Cassi Chesley, Jenna DeBates and Tenley Nelson finished first (10:17.90). 
Jocelyn and Jadyn Hart finished first and second in the shot put with throws of 36-11 1/2 and 36-2 3/4 respectively. Jadyn Hart finished first as well in the discus 112-8. 
The 4-by-400-meter relay of Lais, Sarah Stegenga, Debates and Nelson finished second (4:21.60). DeBates (2:32.79) and Cassi Chesley (2:37.70) placed second and third in the 800-meter-run. 
Nelson had a second in the 1,600-meter run (5:31.30). Elizabeth Wagner (49.91) and Kendra Thorson (54.98) were second and third in the 300-meter hurdles. 
Mia Wenzel placed second in the high jump at 4-10.  
For the Cardinal boys, Ashton Sandbulte had another first place finish in the 100-meter-dash (11.14).
Eli Radtke won the pole vault (12-0). He raised the bar for an attempt at a personal record 13-9 but came up short.
Sandbulte and Radtke teamed up with Lucky Dara and Zach Terrio for first-place finishes in both the 4-by-100-meter relay (45.56) and the 4-by-200-meter relay (1:36.24).  
Jordan Friedrichsen was second in the shot put (45-4 1/2).
Owen Janiszeski finished second in the 800-meter-run with a personal record of 2:10.05.
Camden Janiszeski was first in the 3,200-meter run also in a personal record of 10:23.29.
The rest of the results are as follows:
 
LHS girls
100  4. Anna Banck 13.45  8. Hailey Como 13.73  18. Morgan Hadler 14.40  20. Reinha John 14.51
200  4. Mia Wenzel 28.65 11. Tiana Lais 29.39  24. Alexis Hultgren 30.92
400  4. Maria Rops 1:10.26  9. Roselynn Hartshorn 1:10.91 13. Skylar VanderSteen 1:13.54  27. Josie Anderson 1:25.64
800  6. Ella Schmuck 2:46.79  7. Kayla Bloemendaal 2:50.35
1600  5. Ella Schmuck 6:00.41  7. Kayla Bloemendaal 6:11.44  
3200  3. Grace Ingebretson 13:50.26  
100H  5. Augusta Papik 18.25  7. Elizabeth Wagner 19.21  8. Roselynn Hartshorn 19.33
300H  22. Olivia Lund 1:08.68
4x100  3. Mia Wenzel, Anna Banck, Isabella Oye, Sarah Stegenga 53.41  7. Ella Apel, Morgan Hadler, Alexis Hultgren, Adelyn Rodriguez 58.45
4x200  4. Anna Banck, Hailey Como, Reinha John, Isabella Oye 1:56.64  10. Brynn Boyenga, Adelyn Rodriguez, Ella Apel, Skylar VanderSteen 2:07.36
4x400  Isabella Oye, Makena Nelson, Maria Rops, Cassi Chesley 4:43.54
Shot put  18. Hannah Sneller 27-0 3/4  26. Rayann Remme 24-5  
Discus  3. Jocelyn Hart 105-3  17. Andrea Luitjens 71-6  27. Rayann Remme 62-3
High jump  3. Elizabeth Wagner 4-10  11. Kayla Bloemendaal 4-4  15. Olivia Lund 4-2
Long jump  5. Makena Nelson 13-11 1/2  9. Kendra Thorson 13-3  25. Abby Boltjes 9-11
Triple jump  5. Kendra Thorson 30-1  6. Sarah Stegenga 29-6 1/2
Pole vault  5. Alexis Hultgren 7-0  7. Corynn Oye 7-0  8. Augusta Papik 7-0  10 Brynn Boyenga 6-0
 
LHS boys
100  25. Tyler Rolfs 12.78  34. Anyuon Atem 13.46  
200  12. Micah Andersen 25.56  15. Ashton Hood 26.22  17. Noah Mehlhaff 26.80  19. Coulter Thone 27.06
400  20. Kaleb Hemme 1:06.58  22. Uriel Hernandez 1:10.18  23. Eli McLendon 1:12.79
800  12. Leif Ingebretson 2:31.57  24. Uriel Hernandez 2:59.24
1600  8. Ryan Fick 4:59.23  10. Sage Viessman 5:22.24 18. Leif Ingebretson 5:33.11 
3200  7. Kaleb Hemme 12:06.11  13. Eli McLendon 13:25.65
110H  5. Isaac DeBates 20.72  10. Micah Andersen 21.96 
300H  12. Darius Dolo 53.53  13. Gavin DeBeer 53.74
4x200  9. Ethan Rahm, Tyler Rolfs, Coulter Thone, Ashton Hood 1:45.21
4x400  5. Zachary Terrio, Owen Janiszeski, Ethan Rahm, Ryan Fick 3:50.14
4x800  2. Owen Janiszeski, Sage Viessman, Camden Janiszeski, Ryan Fick 8:47.52
Shot put  6. Elijah Woodley 38’6.5  15. Keaton Ahrendt 35’1  32. Ryker Johnson 29’1.5
Discus  7. Jordan Friedrichsen 109’7  12. Elijah Woodley 103’10  25. Keaton Ahrendt 91’0  36. Ryker Johnson 76’11  
High jump  10. Gavin DeBeer 5’6  15. Isaac DeBates 5’0 
Long jump  7. Ashton Sandbulte 17’10.5  9. Gavin DeBeer 17’3.25  14. Anyuon Atem 16’0  20. Lucky Dara 15’3.5
Pole vault  3. Noah Mehlhaff 10’6  6. Tyler Rolfs 8’6  6. Anyuon Atem 8’6

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