The Minnewaska Area track and field teams competed at the sub-section meet at Maple Lake last Tuesday.  The girls placed second of 10 teams, while the Laker boys were fifth of 11 teams.

Eden Valley-Watkins-Kimball dominated the girls meet with 195 points, while the Lakers placed second with 106.  Sauk Centre meanwhile, edged Howard Lake-WW for the boys’ title by 13 points (164-151).

The top athletes advance to the Section 5A Track and Field Meet, set for Wednesday, May 31 at St. John’s University, while the State Track Meet is set for June 9-10.

Winning titles for the Lakers at the sub-section meet were Jayda Kolstoe in the discus (103-10), McKenzie Luetmer in the triple jump (34-6 1/4), the 3200 meter relay team of Brooke Kolstoe, Olivia Danielson, Lauryn Ankeny and Luetmer (9:59.86), Maeson Tank in the 400 (51.21) and the boys’ 3200 meter relay team of James Ward, Jayce Kovarik, Nick Ankeny and Tank (8:38.91).

Overall, Luetmer had two firsts and two seconds for the Laker girls, while Tank had two titles and one second.

Sub-section meet

The Minnewaska Area girls track team placed second behind EVW-Kimball at the sub-section track meet at Maple Lake last Tuesday.  EVW had 195 points to dominate the meet, winning nine titles, while the Lakers were second with 106 points and Holdingford was third with 101.

In the boys’ competition, Sauk Centre held off Howard Lake-WW to win the title by 13 points (164-151), while EVW-Kimball was third with 82.5 points and the Lakers were fifth with 73.5.

The top eight place finishers earned points for their team with scoring going 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1.

Winning titles for the Laker girls were McKenzie Luetmer in the triple jump (34-6 1/4), Jayda Kolstoe in the discus (103-10) and the 3200 meter relay team of Brooke Kolstoe, Olivia Danielson, Lauryn Ankeny and Luetmer.

Luetmer was also second in the 400 meter dash (59.23), while Jayda Kolstoe was also second in the shot put (35-9) and the 1600 meter relay team of Ankeny, Teagan Stark, Danielson and Luetmer had another second with a time of 4:10.61.

Placing third for the Lakers were Ankeny in the 300 meter hurdles (47.88), Mya Lindemann in the 100 (13.51), Elsey Hagen in the 3200 meter run (12:40.99) and the 800 meter relay team of Stark, Esryn Dahl, Dacia Fleury and Lindemann (1:50.33), while earning fourths were Fleury in the 100 (13.63) and Kiearra Wilmes in the 3200 (12:52.11), and placing sixth were Stark in the 400 (1:04.05), Phemie Oeltjen in the high jump (4-8) and Lexi Bosek in the pole vault (7-8).

•  In the boys competition, Minnewaska had two firsts by Maeson Tank in the 400 (51.21) and by the 3200 meter relay team of James Ward, Jayce Kovarik, Nick Ankeny and Tank (8:38.91).

Adding a second-place finish was Tank in the 800 (2:03.72), while Kovarik placed fourth in the pole vault (10-5), Zach Palmer was fourth in the 3200 (10:59.12) and Owen Meulebroeck was fourth in the 300 hurdles (44.09).

Minnewaska Area also had five fifths and two sixths as Ankeny was fifth in the 1600 (5:06.27), Ward was tied for fifth in the high jump (5-8), the 400 meter relay team of Kaiden Harvey, Asante Adams, Conner Stein and Carter Meyer was fifth (46.17), the 800 meter relay team of Meyer, Harvey, Adams and Meulebroeck was fifth (1:36.57), and the 1600 meter team of Blake Andreas, Hunter Kloos, Ward and Ankeny was also fifth in 3:45.58.  In addition, Meulebroeck was sixth in the 110 hurdles (17.28) and Andreas was sixth in the triple jump (39-3 1/2).

Sub-section Track Meet

Girls team scoring:

(1) EVW-Kimball 195  (2) Minnewaska 106  (3) Holdingford 101  (4) Paynesville 82  (5) HLWW 79  (6) Sauk Centre 40  (7) Maple Lake 31  (8) USA 21  (9) ACGC 18  (10) BBE 9

Girls individual results:

(Champ and Waska top-8 finishers)

100m hurdles:  (1) B. Kuechle, EVW 15.86

300m hurdles:  (1) Zoller, EVW 47.44  (3) Lauryn Ankeny, Min 47.88

100m dash:  (1) Frank, Pay 13.2  (3) Mya Lindemann, Min 13.51  (4) Dacia Fleury, Min 13.63

200m dash:  (1) Kolb, Pay 26.94  

400m dash:  (1) E. Kuechle, EVW 58.17  (2) McKenzie Luetmer, Min 59.23  (6) Teagan Stark, Min 1:04.05

800m run:  (1) B. Kuechle, EVW 2:23.59  (7) Brooke Kolstoe, Min 2:38.31  (8) Makena Thoen, Min 2:38.73

1600m run:  (1) Fasching, HLWW 5:41.75  (8) Piper Citrowske-Lee, Min 6:14.19

3200m run:  (1) LeSage, HLWW 11:49.51  (3) Elsey Hagen, Min 12:40.99  (4) Kiearra Wilmes, Min 12:52.11

400m relay:  (1) EVW 50.84

800m relay:  (1) EVW 1:47.46  (3) Minnewaska (T. Stark, Esryn Dahl, Fleury, Lindemann) 1:50.33

1600m relay:  (1) EVW 4:05.61  (2) Minnewaska (T. Stark, Olivia Danielson, Ankeny, Luetmer) 4:10.61

3200m relay:  (1) Minnewaska Area (B. Kolstoe, Danielson, Ankeny, Luetmer) 9:59.86

Shot put:  (1) Koch, HLWW 37-2  (2) Jayda Kolstoe, Min 35-9

Discus:  (1) J. Kolstoe, Min 103-10

High jump:  (1) Becker, EVW 5-0  (6) Phemie Oeltjen, Min 4-8  (7) Lyla Stadtherr, Min 4-8

Long jump:  (1) B. Kuechle, EVW 18-1/2  (8) Ankeny, Min 14-10

Triple jump:  (1) Luetmer, Min 34-6 1/4

Pole vault:  (1) Walz, Paynes 10-2  (6) Lexi Bosek, Min 7-8  (7) Oeltjen, Min 7-8

Boys team scoring:

(1) Sauk Centre 164  (2) HLWW 151  (3) EVW-Kimball 82.5  (4) Holdingford 78  (5) Minnewaska Area 73.5  (6) Maple Lake 71  (7) USA 31  (8) St. Cloud Christian 13  (9) ACGC 10  (10) BBE 4  (11) Paynesville 3

Boys individual results:

(Champ and Waska top-8 finishers)

110m hurdles:  (1) Knott, HLWW 15.5  (6) Owen Meulebroeck, Min 17.28  (8) Hunter Stadsvold, Min 18.17

300m hurdles:  (1) Knott, HLWW 40.76  (4) Meulebroeck,  Min 44.09  (7) Stadsvold, Min 45.63

100m dash:  (1) Okoro, ML 11.39  (7) Asante Adams, Min 12.21

200m dash:  (1) Patrick, Hold 23.29  

400m dash:  (1) Maeson Tank, Min 51.21

800m run:  (1) Kampsen, SC 1:56.26  (2) Tank, Min 2:03.72

1600m run:  (1) Kampsen, SC 4:52.43  (5) Nick Ankeny, Min 5:06.27  (7) Zach Palmer, Min 5:11.07

3200m run:  (1) Lemke, EVW 9:56.81  (4) Palmer, Min 10:59.12  (7) Ian Mills, Min 11:15.99

400m relay:  (1) HLWW 44.94  (5) Minnewaska (Kaiden Harvey, Adams, Conner Stein, Carter Meyer) 46.17

800m relay:  (1) HLWW 1:31.84  (5) Minnewaska (Meyer, Harvey, Meulebroeck, Adams) 1:36.57

1600m relay:  (1) Sauk Centre 3:28.74  (5) Minnewaska (Blake Andreas, Hunter Kloos, James Ward, Ankeny) 3:45.58

3200m relay:  (1) Minnewaska (Ward, Jayce Kovarik, Ankeny, Tank) 8:38.91

Shot put:  (1) Stommes, EVW 43-4 1/4

Discus:  (1) Guthrie, USA 131-10

High jump:  (1) Guthrie, USA 6-0  (5) tie, Ward, Min 5-8

Long jump:  (1) Luchsinger, HLWW 20-9 3/4

Triple jump:  (1) Luchsinger, HLWW 41-11  (6) Andreas, Min 39-3 1/2

Pole vault:  (1) Matheson, HLWW 11-11  (4) Kovarik, Min 10-5