The Minnewaska Area track and field teams hosted the 7-team Minnewaska Area Invitational last Tuesday, finishing up the event right before a rainstorm hit the area.

The Lakers finished second in both competitions as Eden Valley-Watkins/Kimball earned the team title in the girls meet by 27 points over the Lakers (167-140) with Pelican Rapids placing third (89 points) and NLS fourth (81), and the Sauk Centre boys edged the Lakers by one point for the boys title (137-136) with EVW/Kimball placing third (117) and Pelican Rapids earning fourth (99).

The Lakers had five titlists in the boys competition and three in the girls as Maeson Tank won the 400 and 800 meter races, Owen Meulebroeck won both hurdling races, Jayda Kolstoe earned the title in the girls discus, Dacia Fleury won the triple jump, and the boys 1600 and girls 3200 relays also both earned victories.

The Lakers were also set to compete at the NLS Invitational, Thursday, but that competition was canceled due to weather.

Minnewaska Area has a big week in store this week as the Lakers are set to compete at the Section True-Team Meet at Montevideo, Tuesday, May 7, and at the Melrose Invitational, Thursday, May 9.

Minnewaska Invite

The Minnewaska Area track and field teams both placed second at a home invitational last Tuesday night.  The meet finished just before a rain storm hit the area, but the boys pole vault was the only event not to be completed.

That might have made the difference for the Laker boys, who lost the team title by one point to Sauk Centre (137-136).

In the final event, the 1600 meter relay, the Laker team of Carter Meyer, Jayce Kovarik, Owen Meulebroeck and Maeson Tank earn the title with a time of 3:37.01, but Sauk Centre finished third to stay ahead of the Lakers by one point.

Other titles for the Lakers included two firsts by Tank in the 400 meter dash (52.03) and 800 meter run (2:05.01), while Meulebroeck continued his great spring with titles in the two hurdle events, the 110 high hurdles (16.61) and 300 meter intermediates (41.71).

Ian Mills earned a second in the 1600 meter run (5:04.05), while Meulebroeck also was second in the triple jump (38-9).

“I thought our boys did a fantastic job of coming out and competing really well,” boys head coach Zach Traphagen said.  “The competition was great, and we were able to post really good results in some events and obviously know there are other areas we need to continue to improve on. 

“The most important aspects at this point in the season are to keep kids healthy and strive for consistent improvement each meet. The True Team Section meet is next Tuesday, so every practice and every meet is another opportunity for us to get better.”

The Lakers also had  six thirds as Hunter Stadsvold was third in the 110 hurdles (17.19) and fifth in the 300 hurdles (46.49), Meyer was third in the 100 meter dash (11.74) and third in the 200 (24.18), Zach Palmer was third in the 3200 meter run (11:04.14) and Mills was fourth (11:30.92), the 400 meter relay team of Jeythan Quirindongo, Caden Christensen, Kolton Rogers and Kaiden Harvey was third with a time of 47.58), and Harvey was also third in the high jump (5-6) and triple jump (38-0).

•  In the girls competition, EVW-Kimball won 10 of the 18 events on the way to totaling 167 points, while Minnewaska had three individual titles on the way to placing second with 140 points.

Jayda Kolstoe won one title for the Lakers with a throw of 39-0 to place first in the shot put, while Dacia Fleury earned first in the triple jump (33-7 1/2) and the 3200 meter relay team of Ella Larson, Alia Randt, Lauryn Ankeny and Olivia Danielson also placed first with a time of 10:00.28.

In addition, Fleury was second in the 100 meter dash (13.51) and fifth in the 200 (29.13), while Danielson earned a second in the 800 meter run (2:33.82), Maia Larson was second in the 1600 meter run (5:47.3), Randt earned second in the triple jump (31-2 1/4) and Ankeny was fourth (29-11), Phemie Oeltjen was third (8-0) and Lexi Bosek fourth (8-0) in the pole vault, Mya VanLuik was third (91-10) and Danielson fourth (89-8) in the discus, Ankeny was also fourth in the 300 hurdles (53.61), Brooklyn Meyer was fifth in the 100 meter hurdles (18.89), Ella Larson was fifth in the 800 (2:35.84), and Sydney Ankeny was third (13:03.43) and Jillian Deutsch fourth (13:03.72) in the 3200 meter run.

The Lakers also had two other relay teams place second as the 800 meter relay team of Randt, Meyer, Aubrey Polzin and VanLuik was second in 1:58.4 and the 1600 meter relay team of Ella Larson, Fleury, Danielson and Lauryn Ankeny was second with a time of 4:25.12.

Waska Invitational

Girls team scoring:

(1) EVW-Kimball 167  (2) Minnewaska 140  (3) Pelican Rapids 89  (4) NLS 81  (5) Sauk Centre 73.5  (6) Staples-Motley 41.5  (7) Melrose 19

Girls individual track results:

(Champ and Waska top-8 finishers)

100m hurdles:  (1) Zoller, EVW 16.14  (5) Brooklyn Meyer, Min 18.89

300m hurdles:  (1) Zoller, EVW 47.32  (4) Lauryn Ankeny, Min 53.61

100m dash:  (1)  Theis, EVW 13.27  (2) Dacia Fleury, Min 13.51

200m dash:  (1) Guler, PR 26.7  (5) Fleury, Min 29.13

400m dash:  (1) Kuechle, EVW 1:01.67  (7) Aubrey Polzin, Min 1:07.15

800m run:  (1) Kuechle, EVW 2:27.44  (2) Olivia Danielson, Min 2:33.82  (5) Ella Larson, Min 2:35.84  (8) Maia Larson, Min 2:38.89

1600m run:  (1) Rivers, SC 5:44.42  (2) M. Larson, Min 5:47.3  (6) Piper Citrowske-Lee, Min 6:02.57

3200m run:  (1) Burton, SM 11:39.17  (3) Sydney Ankeny, Min 13:03.43  (4) Jillian Deutsch, Min 13:03.72  (8) Sophia Wallin, Min 13:53.58

400m relay:  (1) EVW 53.46  (5) Minnewaska (Meyer, Lexi Bosek, Payton Andreas, Mya VanLuik) 57.04

800m relay:  (1) EVW 1:54.53  (2) Minnewaska (Alia Randt, Meyer, Polzin, VanLuik) 1:58.4

1600m relay:  (1) EVW 4:18.77  (2) Minnewaska (E. Larson, Fleury, Danielson, Ankeny) 4:25.12

3200m relay:  (1) Minnewaska (E. Larson, Randt, Ankeny, Danielson) 10:00.28

Shot put:  (1) Jayda Kolstoe, Min 39-0  (5) VanLuik, Min 30-1

Discus:  (1) Williams, NLS 99-8  (3) VanLuik, Min 91-10  (4) Danielson, Min 89-8  (6) Kolstoe, Min 86-4

High jump:  (1) Becker, EVW 5-2  (7) Phemie Oeltjen, Min 4-10

Long jump:  (1) Guler, PR 14-7  (5) Randt, Min 13-9

Triple jump:  (1) Fleury, Min 33-7 1/2  (2) Randt, Min 31-2 1/4  (4) Ankeny, Min 29-11  (7) Meyer, Min 29-5 1/4

Pole vault:  (1) Becker, EVW 8-6  (3) Oeltjen, Min 8-0  (4) Bosek, Min 8-0

Boys team scoring:

(1) Sauk Centre 137  (2) Minnewaska 136  (3) EVW-Kimball 117  (4) Pelican Rapids 99  (5) Staples-Motley 49  (6) NLS 21  (7) Melrose 16

Boys individual track results:

(Champ and Waska top-8 finishers)

110m hurdles:  (1) Owen Meulebroeck, Min 16.61  (3) Hunter Stadsvold, Min 17.19

300m hurdles:  (1) Meulebroeck, Min 41.71  (5) Stadsvold, Min 46.49

100m dash:  (1) Helgeson, SC 11.63  (3) Carter Meyer, Min 11.74  (4) Jeythan Quirindongo, Min 11.76

200m dash:  (1) Brandt, SM 23.83  (3) Meyer, Min 24.18

400m dash:  (1) Maeson Tank, Min 52.03  (6) Jayce Kovarik, Min 55.91

800m run:  (1) Tank, Min 2:05.01  (7) Carter Dinsmore, Min 2:21.19

1600m run:  (1) Drevlow, SC 4:44.53  (2) Ian Mills, Min 5:04.05  (7) Luke Hoffmann, Min 5:16.26

3200m run:  (1) Lemke, EVW 9:56.81  (3) Zach Palmer, Min 11:04.14  (4) Mills, Min 11:30.92

400m relay:  (1) SC 45.23  (3) Minnewaska (Quirindongo, Caden Christensen, Kolton Rogers, Kaiden Harvey) 47.58

800m relay:  (1) EVW-K 1:34.47  (6) Minnewaska (Josh Hippe, Rogers, Christensen, Harvey) 1:39.85

1600m relay:  (1) Minnewaska (Meyer, Kovarik, Meulebroeck, Tank) 3:37.01

3200m relay:  (1) SC 8:28.35  (4) Minnewaska (Dinsmore, Hoffmann, Palmer, Kovarik) 9:13.91

Shot put:  (1) Jacobson, PR 46-1/2 

Discus:  (1) Jacobson, PR 151-7  (5) Kenneth Czech, Min 103-1

High jump:  (1) Schultz, EVW 5-10  (3) Harvey, Min 5-6  (4) Mason Danielson, Min 5-4

Long jump:  (1) Spaulding, EVW 18-10 3/4  (7) Hippe, Min 17-9

Triple jump:  (1) Schloegl, SC 39-0  (2) Meulebroeck, Min 38-9  (3) Harvey, Min 38-0

Pole vault:  Did not take place

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