The Luverne Cardinals track team competed in two meets this past week.
They kicked off the week with a meet in Fairmont on Friday, May 7, and then wrapped up the week with a competition in Pipestone on Monday, May 10.
Fairmont
The Cardinals were one of three teams that competed in Fairmont on Friday, May 7, with both the boys and girls taking home second place.
Arekel McLaughlin finished in second place in the 100 meters with a time of 11 seconds and 75 milliseconds.
Ashton Sandbulte finished in second place in the 200 with a time of 23.17.
In the 400, Ethan Rahm finished in third place with a time of 58.59.
Camden Janiszeski took home first place in the 800 with a time of 2:07.38. Camden also took home first place in the 1,600 with a time of 4:40.77.
Sage Viessman finished third in the 3,200 with a time of 11:47.34.
The 4-by-200 relay team of Sandbulte, Eli Radtke, LaShad Smith and McLaughlin took home first place with a time of 1:35.28.
The relay team of Sandbulte, Owen Janiszeski, Smith and McLaughlin took home first place in the 4-by-400 with a time of 3:41.94.
In the shot put, Zach Ahrendt took home first place with a throw of 42-08.00.
Peter Baustian finished third in the discus with a heave of 115-04.
Radtke finished in first place in the pole vault and Noah Mehlhaff finished in second place.
Gavin DeBeer tied for second in the long jump with a leap of 16-07.50.
Elise Jarchow finished first in the pole vault.
Elizabeth Wagner finished first in the high jump with a leap of 4-10-00. Mia Wenzel tied for second place with a jump of 4-08.00.
Jocelyn Hart took home first place in the discus with a throw of 98-11. Jadyn Hart finished second with a throw of 96-03.
Jocelyn Hart finished second in the shot put with a throw of 34-09.00.
The 4-by-400 relay team of Gracie Zewiske, Tiana Lais, Christina Wagner and Regan Feit took home first place with a time of 4:18.37.
The 4-by-200 relay team of Sarah Stegenga, Kendra Thorson, Christina Wagner and Zewiske finished in first place with a time of 1:52.84.
The team of Wenzel, Isabella Oye, Anna Banck and Stegenga finished in first place in the 4-by-100 relay with a time of 54.58.
Regan Feit took home first place in the 300-meter hurdles with a time of 48.37. Feit finished in second place in the 100-meter hurdles with a time of 17.30.
Jenna DeBates took home first place in the 3,200 with a time of 11:16.82.
In the 1,600, Tenley Nelson finished in second place with a time of 5:34.29.
Nelson placed first in the 800 with a time of 2:34.69. Maria Rops finished third with a time of 2:46.88.
Zewiske took home first place in the 200 with a time of 27.38.
Wenzel finished in third place in the 100 with a time of 14:13.
Pipestone
The Cardinals were one of five teams that competed in the Pipestone meet on Monday, May 10.
The girls’ track team took home first place, while the boys finished in second place.
Zewiske crossed the finish line first in the 100 with a time of 13.14. Oye finished third with a time of 13.97.
Zewiske finished first in the 200 with a time of 27.17.
Lais finished first in the 400 with a time of 1:04.11.
In the 800, Elizabeth Wagner finished first with a time of 2:43.28. Grace Ingebretson finished right behind her in second place with a time of 2:48.29.
The 1,600 was owned by the Cardinals. DeBates crossed the finish line first with a time of 5:23.37. Elizabeth Wagner finished second with a time of 5:57.27. Ingebretson finished third with a time of 5:57.82.
Nelson finished first in the 3,200 with a time of 11:46.96.
Feit took home first place in the 300-meter hurdles with a time of 48.69.
The 4-by-200 relay team of Wenzel, Oye, Christina Wagner and Stegenga finished first with a time of 1:56.42.
The 4-by-400 relay team of Feit, Lais, Christina Wagner and Zewiske finished first with a time of 4:19.48.
The 4-by-800 relay team of Feit, Lais, DeBates and Nelson took home first place with a time of 10:03.78.
Jocelyn Hart placed first in the shot put with a throw of 35-03.00. Jaydn Hart placed third with a throw of 31-06.00.
Jocelyn Hart placed second in the discus with a heave of 98-03. Jaydn Hart placed third with a throw of 96-10.
Wenzel and Elizabeth Wagner both tied for second in the high jump with a leap of 4-08.00.
Jarchow took home first place in the pole vault.
Lais placed second in the long jump with a leap of 15-04.00. Thorson placed third with a jump of 14-11.00.
Thorson took home third in the triple jump with a leap of 29-08.75.
Radtke took home first place in the pole vault and Mehlhaff placed second.
Ethan Teunissen placed third in the discus with a throw of 118-03.
Ahrendt placed second in the shot put with a throw of 45-02.00. Teunissen placed third with a heave of 44-03.00.
The 4-by-200 relay team of Sandbulte, Eli Radtke, LaShad Smith and McLaughlin took home first place with a time of 1:37.14.
Camden Janiszeski placed first in the 3,200 with a time of 10:31.95. Camden also finished first in the 1,600 with a time of 4:39.05.
McLaughlin placed second in the 200 with a time of 24.10.
Sandbulte placed first in the 100 with a time of 11.35.