Cardinals' track teams win at conference meet

Luverne High School boys’ and girls’ track teams took home conference titles at the little-school Big South Conference competition Saturday, May 14, in Windom.
The Cardinal girls won over second-place Jackson County Central 215.5 to 145. The LHS boys won over Redwood Valley 132 to 115.5.  
Seven schools constitute the little school portion of the conference (St. James, Blue Earth Area, Windom, Redwood Valley, Pipestone Area, Jackson County Central and Luverne).  
It was a beautiful day which provided for some top-notch performances.
To be an All-Conference selection, athletes need to finish in the Top 3 individually or be on a Top 2 finishing relay team. 
Coach Janiszeski explained how he chooses to stack the team for the conference meet just ahead of True Team and section meets, which are very important meets. “We want to always try and win the conference meet but also try not to overload our athletes in doing so,” he said.  
Jocelyn and Jadyn Hart finished first (35-07) and second (35-05) respectively in the shot put.  They traded spots in the discus with Jadyn first at 120-09 and Jocelyn second at 104-05.  
Mia Wenzel was first in the high jump at 5-0 and Elizabeth Wagner second at 4-10.  Mia also finished second in the 100-meter dash (13.65) and was on the first place 4-by-100-meter relay team with Anna Banck, Isabella Oye and Sarah Stegenga (53.12).
Wagner added a first in the 300 hurdles with a personal record (PR) time of 48.04.  
The 4-by-400-meter relay of Tiana Lais, Elizabeth Wagner, Sarah Stegenga and Tenley Nelson won in a time of 4:15.63.
Banck ran a personal best in the 200-meter dash (27.90), good for third place. Lais was second in the 400-meter-dash (63.30). 
Cassi Chesley was champion in the 800-meter run at 2:39.16.  Tenley Nelson was first in the 1,600-meter run (5:19.83) and Ella Schmuck finished third (5:53.70). 
Jenna DeBates took home first in the 3,200-meter-run in 11:28.97. 
The 4-by-200-meter relay of Makena Nelson, Oye, Banck and Stegenga finished second in 1:51.72.  The 4-by-800 relay with DeBates, Schmuck, Maria Rops and Chesley finished second  in 10:37.10.  
Alexis Hultgren finished third in the pole vault at 7-08.  Makena Nelson finished third in the triple jump at 31-02 1/4.
On the boys’ side, Ashton Sandbulte added his second school record, this time in the 200-meter dash with a time of 22.25. He broke the previous record held by Dirk Thone at 22.43 in 2014.
Eli Radtke took home second in the same event in a time of 22.90. 
Sandbulte and Radtke teamed up with Lucky Dara and Zachary Terrio in the 4-by-100-meter relay and took home the championship running 44.61, just .19 hundredths off the school record time.  
Eli Radtke took his first jump at 11-8 and won the pole vault. He went straight for a personal best jump of 13-09. He just missed brushing the bar on his way down on his second attempt. 
Noah Mehlhaff was third in the pole vault with a (PR) jump of 11-02.  
Ryan Fick was first in the 800-meter-run with a (PR) of 2:07.20.  Camden Janiszeski won the 1,600-meter-run at 4:34.11.  Camden teamed up with Lucky Dara, Zachary Terrio and Sandbulte for a first place finish (3:38.48) in the 4-by-400-meter relay.  
Owen Janiszeski won the 3,200-meter run 10:04.94.  He was also on the third place 4-by-800-meter relay (9:30.10) with Sage Viessman, Leif Ingebretson and Kaleb Hemme. 
Jordan Friedrichsen won the shot put 45-02 1/2 and took home third in the discus (113-10).  Gavin DeBeer was third in the high jump (5-10).  
Both teams have one more meet in Worthington prior to getting on the track at Stillwater May 21 for the state True Team meet. 
Other Cardinal results are as follows:
 
LHS girls
100  9. Hailey Como 11:17 14. Reinha John 15.04 
200  4. Isabella Oye 28.18 8. Hailey Como 28.73
400  7. Maria Rops 68.40  8. Reinha John 68.89
800  5. Kayla Bloemendaal 2:48.95  15. Josie Anderson 3:14.40
1,600  11. Kayla Bloemendaal 6:12.09
3,200  6. Grace Ingebretson 13:34.04
100H  4. Roselynn Hartshorn 19.47  7. Kendra Thorson 19.93 11. Augusta Papik 21.44
300H  6. Augusta Papik 54.75  8. Roselynn Hartshorn 56.91
Long jump  4. Makena Nelson 14-06 3/4  6. Kendra Thorson 14-05 1/2  10. Alexis Hultgren 13-02 ½
Triple jump  5. Kendra Thorson 30-03 1/2  12. Abby Boltjes 25-07
Shot put  8. Hannah Sneller 27-05 ½
Pole vault  7. Corynn Oye 6-08
 
LHS boys
100  10. Zachary Terrio 12.71  11. Noah Mehlhaff 12.85  Ashton Hood 12.87
200  6. Lucky Dara 24.02
400  9. Ashton Hood 58.96  12. Coulter Thone 60.62  Uriel Hernandez 67.57
800  11. Nathan Kinsinger 2:40.03  13. Eli McLendon 2:42.98  
1,600  6. Ryan Fick 4:47.35  13. Sage Viessman 5:19.69
3,200  11. Leif Ingebretson 11:42.18  13. Kaleb Hemme 11:45.39  
110H  7. Isaac DeBates 19.52  10. Micah Andersen 20.35
300H  9. Micah Andersen 49:13  10. Isaac DeBates 49.46 11. Darius Dolo 49:88
4x200  7. Ashton Hood, Tyler Rolfs, Noah Mehlhaff, Gavin DeBeer 1:43.40 
High jump  8. Isaac DeBates 5-02  
Long jump  11. Anyuon Atem 17-00  14. Darius Dolo 14-11 ½
Triple jump  7. Gavin DeBeer 37-04 3/4   9. Anyuon Atem 35-08  17. Darius Dolo 31-08
Shot put  7. Elijah Woodley 39-11  11. Keaton Ahrendt 36-00
Discus  9. Keaton Ahrendt 99-03  12. Elijah Woodley 97-02
Pole vault  6. Tyler Rolfs 9-02