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Track girls shine in home debut

By John RittenhouseThe Luverne girls’ track team turned in a strong performance in front of its hometown fans Tuesday.The Cardinal girls won eight events and placed second eight times during the annual Cardinal Quadrangular.Near perfect weather conditions seemed to bring out the best in LHS, which surely would have claimed a team title if points were compiled at the event.Seven of Luverne’s eight championships came in individual competition.Marissa Stewart and Callen Bosshart emerged as double winners. Stewart won the shot put and discus titles with tosses of 32-10 1/2 and 105-1. Bosshart won the long jump with a distance of 14-11 1/2 and took top honors in the 100-meter dash in 13.44.Bosshart also ran with Luverne’s winning 800-meter relay team, which produced a time of 1:54.5. Amanda Dooyema, Nicole Willers and Jenni Christensen round out the team.Christensen, Victoria Arends and Lexi Heitkamp also won events for the Cardinals. Christensen won the 200-meter dash in 28.09, Heitkamp covered 1,600 meters in 5:54.38 and Arends cleared the 300-meter hurdles in 18.47.Maggie Kuhlman, Amanda and Kesley Dooyema, Tera Boomgaarden and Amanda Saum placed second in individual events for the Cards.Kuhlman cleared 4-8 in the high jump and ran a 52.99 in the 300 hurdles. Boomgaarden ran 800 meters in 2:3986, Amanda Dooyema produced a distance of 30-9 1/4 in the triple jump and ran 400 meters in 1:07.7, Kesley Dooyema turned in a time of 6:05.69 in the 1,600-meter run and Saum covered 3,200 meters in 13:03.83.Luverne’s 3,200-meter relay team of Boomgaarden, Saum, Kayla Raddle and Heitkamp placed second with a time of 10:41.53.Luverne runs in Brandon, S.D., Saturday before hosting the Cardinal Relays Tuesday.Here is a look at the rest of Luverne’s place performances during the Cardinal Quadrangular.Third place: Brittany Mulder, pole vault, 6-6; Kuhlman, 300 hurdles, 18.29; Heitkamp, high jump, 4-8; K.Dooyema, 800, 2:42.63; Cassie Pap, triple jump, 30-5 3/4; Raddle, 1,600, 6:06.59; Pap, long jump, 14-1 1/4; 400 relay (C.Bosshart, Pap, Mulder and Nicole Willers), 54.82; 1,600 relay (Christensen, Arends, A.Dooyema and Heitkamp), 4:25.03.Fourth place: Lexi Peterson, pole vault, 6-6; Arends, 100 hurdles, 18.47; Amanda Kannas, 3,200, 14:31.Fifth place: Jessica Willers, 100 hurdles, 18.69; N.Willers, 100, 12.65; Mulder,200, 29.46.Sixth place: Katie Schneiderman, pole vault, 6-0; Erin Hoiland, 100, 15.87; Kannas, 1,600, 6:23.4.Seventh place: Ashley Kraetsch, pole vault, 5-6; Hoiland, long jump, 13-5 3/4.Eighth place: Natalie Willers, discus, 70-10; J.Willers, 300 hurdles, 58.57; Morgan Bosshart, 400, 1:11.73.

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