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LHS track and field opens season at Ruth Marske Invitational

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Greg Hoogeveen

The Luverne track and field team opened their 2023 season traveling to Brookings to compete in the Ruth Marske Invitational Monday, March 27.
The meet was held indoors at the Sanford-Jackrabbit Athletic Complex on the SDSU campus.
The Cardinals were one of 23 teams invited to the invitational and the only team representing Minnesota.
The Luverne boys’ track and field team placed sixteenth out of 20 teams while the girls’ team placed thirteenth out of 19 teams.
For the boys Ankeny  took first place with 106 team points, followed by Sioux Falls Lincoln 78, Brandon Valley 56.5, Watertown 49, Spirit Lake 48, Sioux Falls Jefferson 42, Aberdeen Central 38, Pierre T.F. Riggs 35, Sioux City North 27, Lawton-Bronson 27, Lennox 23, Sioux City East 23, Sioux Falls Roosevelt 18, Okoboji Milford 15, Madison 11, Luverne 10.5, North Union 10, West Sioux Hawarden 4, Mt. Vernon/Plankinton 2 and Sioux City West 1.
For the girls, Waukee Northwest took first place with 131.5 team points, followed by Brandon Valley 86, Sioux Falls Lincoln 63, Aberdeen Central 54, Sioux City East 35, Watertown 33, Sioux Falls Jefferson 31.5, Mt. Vernon/Plankinton 26, Spirit Lake 24, Sioux Falls Roosevelt 22.5, Sioux City West 21, Madison 16.5, Luverne 15.5, Pierre T.F. Riggs 12.5, Sioux City North 12, Okoboji Milford 10, Lennox 10, Brookings 10 and Lawton-Bronson 10.
 
Events results are as follows:
Boys
Long Jump - 60 athletes
DJ Rock 18-06¼ placed 21
Darius Dolo 15-02 placed 50
 
Pole Vault - 31 athletes
DJ Rock 12-00 placed 4
Anyuon Atem 9-00 placed 19
Leif Ingebretsen J9-00 placed 21
Tyler Rolfs J9-00 placed 22
 
High Jump - 47 athletes
Isaac DeBates 5-06 placed 21
 
Triple Jump - 36 athletes
Gavin DeBeer 37-01¾ placed 13
Anyuon Atem 34-00½ placed 24
 
Shot Put - 82 athletes
Eli Woodley 47-09¾ placed 6
Keaton Ahrendt 42-06¼ placed 16
Ryker Johnson 40-11 placed 22
Adam Ask 36-05½ placed 49
 
4X800 Meter Relay - 19 teams
Dylan Ommen, Sage Viessman, Marcus Papik, Eli McLendon 9:53.22 placed 17
 
100 Meter Hurdles - 44 athletes
Micah Andersen 21.21 placed 36
 
100 Meter Dash - 98 athletes
Lucky Dara 11.83 placed 34
Gavin DeBeer 12.31 placed 60
Zach Terrio 12.57 placed 68
Treven Bell 13.36 placed 91
Trayton Sayavong 13.52 placed 93
 
1600 Meter Dash - 65 athletes
Camden Janiszeski 4:43.87 placed 6
Owen Janiszeski 4:44.44 placed 9
Ryan Fick 4:49.33 placed 13
Carsen Tofteland 5:14.39 placed 34
Sage Viessman 5:27.88 placed 41
 
4X100 Meter Run - 37 teams
DJ Rock, Tyler Rolfs, Zach Terrio, Lucky Dara 47.43 placed 28
Treven Bell, Trayton Sayavong, Coulter Thone, Ashton Hood 49.58 placed 36
 
400 Meter Dash - 83 athletes
Zach Terrio 56.27 placed 20
Dylan Ommen 1:02.09 placed 55
 
300 Meter Hurdles - 50 athletes
Isaac DeBates did not place
 
800 Meter Run - 81 athletes
Leif Ingebretsen 2:24.10 placed 43
Marcus Papik 2:28.66 placed 52 
Eli McLendon 2:36.12 placed 65
 
200 Meter Dash - 100 athletes
Lucky Dara 23.97 placed 16
Darius Dolo 24.90 placed 41
Micah Andersen 25.75 placed 66
Coulter Thone 25.76 placed 67
Ashton Hood 26.53 placed 79
 
4X400 Meter Relay - 24 teams
Ryan Fick, Camden Janiszeski, Owen Janiszeski, Carsen Tofteland 3:55.09 placed 17
 
Girls
Long Jump - 53 athletes
Augusta Papik 13-11 placed 19
Makena Nelson 13-05¾ placed 27
 
High Jump - 42 athletes
Olivia Lund J4-04 placed 27
Maria Rops 4-00 placed 27
 
Shot Put - 76 athletes
Jocelyn Hart 39-06½ placed 3
Jadyn Hart 36-10¼ placed 8
Hannah Sneller 26-03¾ placed 53
Andrea Luitjens 23-06¼ placed 64
 
Pole Vault - 26 athletes
Corynn Oye J6-06 placed 15
Brynn Boyenga did not place
Josie Anderson did not place
 
Triple Jump - 29 athletes
Kendra Thorson 29-01¼ placed 15
Abby Boltjes 24-10½ placed 26
 
4X800 Meter Relay - 18 teams
Tiana Lais, Reinha John, Roselynn Hartshorn, Cassi Chesley 10:55.25 placed 7
Kayla Bloemendaal, Grace Ingebretsen, Josie Anderson, Brynn Boyenga 12:01.42 placed 14
 
100 Meter Hurdles - 52 athletes
Augusta Papik 19.41 placed 22
 
100 Meter Dash - 97 athletes
Morgan Hadler 15.076 placed 68
Kendra Thorson 15.080 placed 69
Abby Boltjes 16.11 placed 83
Skylar VanderSteen 16.12 placed 84
Valeria Cazares 16.16 placed 85
 
1600 Meter Dash - 55 athletes
Jenna DeBates 5:28.60 placed 5
Grace Ingebretsen 6:04.71 placed 24
Ella Schmuck 6:19.43 placed 33
 
4X100 Meter Run - 34 teams
Makena Nelson, Isabella Oye, Anna Banck, Sarah Stegenga 54.33 placed 18
Morgan Hadler, Skylar VanderSteen, Corynn Oye, Hailey Como 58.21 placed 31
 
400 Meter Dash - 70 athletes
Tiana Lais 1:05.01 placed 13
Kayla Bloemendaal 1:08.39 placed 26
Roselynn Hartshorn 1:10.73 placed 36
 
300 Meter Hurdles - 35 athletes
Reinha John 55.38 placed 16
 
800 Meter Run - 74 athletes
Elizabeth Wagner 2:31.37 placed 6
Maria Rops 2:46.67 placed 28
Olivia Lund 3:12.06 placed 57
 
200 Meter Dash - 95 athletes
Isabella Oye 28.57 placed 26
Sarah Stegenga 29.35 placed 41
Anna Banck 29.85 placed 51
Hailey Como 30.75 placed 62
Valeria Cazares 33.71 placed 80
 
4X400 Meter Relay - 24 teams
Elizabeth Wagner, Cassi Chesley, Jenna DeBates, Ella Schmuck 4:30.78 placed 13

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