The Luverne and Hills-Beaver Creek track teams were among five teams that competed in Luverne on Tuesday, May 25.
The Luverne girls’ track team took home first place, while the H-BC girls’ team placed fourth overall.
On the boys’ side of things, it was Southwest Minnesota Christian/Edgerton placing first.
The H-BC boys’ track team placed second, while Luverne finished third overall.
Luverne’s Gracie Zewiske placed first in the 100 meters with a time of 13 seconds and 73 milliseconds.
Mia Wenzel placed fourth with a time of 14.46 and Sarah Stegenga placed fifth with a time of 14.50.
Wenzel placed second in the 200 with a time of 29.05. Isabella Oye placed fourth with a time of 29.38. Anna Banck finished fifth with a time of 29.52.
Luverne’s Cassi Chesley placed fourth in the 400 with a time of 1:10.64.
In the 800, Luverne’s Jenna DeBates took home first place with a time of 2:27.93.
H-BC’s Kenadie Fick placed third with a time of 2:44.20.
Luverne’s Maria Rops finished fourth with a time of 2:45.38 and Grace Ingebretson finished fifth with a time of 2:45.86.
In the 1,600 Luverne had four athletes cross the finish line first to own the Top 5 in the event.
Tenley Nelson crossed the finish line first with a time of 5:27.20. Elizabeth Wagner finished second with a time of 5:58.75. Ingebretson placed third with a time of 6:00.02. Kayla Bloemendaal finished fourth with a time of 6:15.95.
Luverne’s Elise Jarchow placed third in the 100- meter hurdles with a time of 18.29.
Regan Feit placed first in the 300-meter hurdles for Luverne with a time of 48.86.
The H-BC relay team of Ashlee Kelderman, Abigail Harris, Layla Deelstra and Taryn Rauk placed first in the 4-by-100 relay with a time of 53.10.
The Luverne relay team of Stegenga, Oye, Zewiske and Christina Wagner placed first in the 4-by-200 relay with a time of 1:50.41.
The 4-by-400 relay team of Feit, Tiana Lais, Christina Wagner and Zewiske placed first with a time of 4:12.06.
The relay team of Feit, Lais, DeBates and Nelson placed first in the 4-by-800 with a time of 10:11.03.
Jocelyn Hart took home first place in the shot put with a throw of 38-00.50. Jadyn Hart finished second with a throw of 32-00.00.
Jocelyn Hart placed first in the discus with a throw of 107-05. Jadyn Hart finished third with a toss of 95-09.
H-BC’s Abby Knobloch placed fifth overall with a throw of 86-05.
In the high jump, Elizabeth Wagner tied with Wenzel and Heron Lake-Okabena/Fulda’s Anna Fest. All three athletes recorded a jump of 4-10.00.
Elise Jarchow placed first in the pole vault for Luverne. Fellow Cardinal Alexis Hultgren placed third overall.
H-BC’s Taryn Rauk placed third in the long jump with a leap of 15-01.00.
Lais placed fourth for Luverne with a jump of 14-09.00. Fellow Cardinal Makenna Nelson placed fifth with a jump of 14-08.50. Nelson also placed fourth in the triple jump with a leap of 30-06.00.
Luverne’s Kendra Thorson placed fifth in the event with a jump of 29-08.00.
Boys’ track
Cole Baker placed second in the triple jump for H-BC with a jump of 42-09.00. Liam Raymon placed third with a jump of 40-10.75.
Baker placed second in the long jump with a leap of 20-03.00.
Tyson Bork placed fourth in the long jump with a leap of 19-01.00. Cooper Gehrke placed fifth with a jump of 18-02.75.
Eli Radtke placed first in the pole vault for Luverne. Fellow Cardinal Noah Mehlhaff placed third. Tyler Rolfs placed fifth.
H-BC’s Elisha Taubert placed fifth in the high jump with a leap of 5-02.00.
H-BC’s Max Scholten placed fourth in the discus with a throw of 114-01.
Luverne’s Ethan Teunissen placed fifth with a throw of 114-00.
Zach Ahrendt placed third in the shot put for Luverne with a throw of 43-05.00.
Casey Kueter placed fourth in the shot put with a throw of 42-06.50.
Luverne’s Jordan Friedrichsen placed fifth with a throw of 42-06.00.
The Luverne relay team of Arekel McLaughlin, Camden Janiszeski, LaShad Smith and Ashton Sandbulte placed first in the 4-by-400 relay with a time of 3:34.25.
The 4-by-200 relay team of Sandbulte, Radtke, Smith, and McLaughlin placed first with a time of 1:36.26.
The H-BC relay team of Dewell Rauk, Baker, Ty Bundesen and Bork placed first in the 4-by-100 relay with a time of 44.99.
Brandon Taubert placed first in the 300-meter hurdles for the Patriots with a time of 47.14. Brock Harnack placed second with a time of 50.86.
Taubert placed first in the 100-meter hurdles with a time of 18.72.
Luverne’s Sage Viessman placed second in the 1,600 with a time of 5:30.61.
Camden Janiszeski placed first in the 800 with a time of 2:03.75.
Raymon placed third for the Patriots with a time of 2:13.75.
Owen Janiszeski placed fourth in the 400 with a time of 57.93 for the Cardinals.
H-BC’s Elisha Taubert placed fifth with a time of 58.29.
Bork took home first place in the 200 for the Patriots with a time of 23.38.
McLaughlin placed third for the Cardinals with a time of 24.26.
Bundesen placed fourth for H-BC with a time of 25.03.
In the 100, Sandbulte crossed the finish line first for the Cardinals with a time of 11.80.
Bork placed second for the Patriots with a time of 11.91.
Smith finished third for Luverne with a time of 12.61.
Gehrke finished fifth for the Patriots with a time of 12.85.
Big South Quad
The Luverne track team was one of four teams that competed in the Big South Quad on Thursday, May 27, in Fairmont.
The Luverne girls’ team placed second, while the boys’ team finished fourth.
Zewiske placed first in the 100 with a time of 12.99. The senior sprinter also took home first place in the 200 with a time of 27.47.
Stengenga placed third in the 200 with a time of 29.26.
Zewiske made it three first-place finishes when she crossed the finish line first in the 400 with a time of 1:03.35.
Lais placed third in the 400 with a time of 1:04.74.
Tenley Nelson placed first in the 800 with a time of 2:27.36. Elizabeth Wagner placed third with a time of 2:42.53.
Nelson placed second in the 1,600 with a time of 5:26.08. DeBates placed third with a time of 5:26. 32.
DeBates took home first place in the 3,200 with a time of 11:24.23.
Feit took home first place in the 300-meter hurdles with a time of 49.64.
The relay team of Feit, Lais, Christina Wagner and Nelson placed first in the 4-by-400 relay with a time of 4:20.62.
The 4-by-800 relay team of Lais, Maria Rops, Cassi Chesley and Elizabeth Wagner placed first with a time of 10:47.44.
Jocelyn Hart placed first in the shot put with a throw of 35-05.50.
Jocelyn Hart also took home first place in the discus with a throw of 101-11. Jadyn Hart placed third with a throw of 98-03.
Wenzel and Elizabeth Wagner both tied for first place with Waseca’s Cora McCabe in the high jump with a leap of 4-08.00.
Elise Jarchow placed second in the pole vault.
Radtke took home first place in the pole vault for the Cardinals.
Ahrendt placed third in the shot put with a throw of 44-02.50.
The 4-by-400 relay team of McLaughlin, Sandbulte, Smith and Camden Janiszeski placed first with a time of 3:43.18.
Camden Janiszeski placed first in the 3,200 with a time of 10:26.76.
Owen Janiszeski placed third in the 800 with a time of 2:14.62.
Sandbulte placed first in the 100 with a time of 11:11.
AA girls
The Luverne girls’ track team was one of 12 teams that competed in a meet on Saturday, May 29.
Tenley Nelson placed second in the 800 with a time of 2:27.36.
Nelson placed fifth in the 1,600 with a time of 5:26.08.
DeBates placed second in the 3,200 with a time of 11:24.23.
Feit placed fifth in the 300-meter hurdles with a time of 49.64.
Jocelyn Hart placed fourth in the shot put with a throw of 35-05.50.
The Luverne track team will compete in Pipestone on Thursday, June 3, in the subsection meet.
The Hills-Beaver Creek track team will compete in the subsection meet in Slayton on Thursday, June 3