The Minnewaska Area track and field teams had a busy week with meets at home last Tuesday and at Sauk Centre, Thursday.  The Laker girls were second at home and third at SC, while the boys team was fourth at both meets.  Winning titles during the two meets were Lauryn Ankeny, Jayda Kolstoe, Elsey Hagen, McKenzie Luetmer, Jayce Kovarik, Maeson Tank and several relays.

“A big thank you to all the workers and volunteers who helped the home meet run smoothly again,” boys head coach Zach Traphagen said.  “Both the boys and girls Laker track and field teams had great performances on the track and in the field events today. It’s really fun to see kids start to turn the corner because of consistent hard work.  We’re gearing up for the Section 5A True Team meet next week so the focus needs to continue to be strong so we can put our best foot forward.”

This week, the team is set to compete at the section true-team meet, Tuesday (tomorrow) before competing at the Melrose Invitational, Thursday, May 11.

Minnewaska Invitational

EVW-Kimball won the girls meet and Sauk Centre earned the boys’ title during the third and final Minnewaska Area Track and Field Invitational last Tuesday.  The top eight place finishers in each event earned points for their team with scoring going 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1.

The Laker girls won five individual titles as Jayda Kolstoe won the shot put (35-2) and discus (119-9), Lauryn Ankeny earned first in the 300 hurdles (49.03), Elsey Hagen won the 3200 meter run (13:02.69) and McKenzie Luetmer placed first in the 200 meter dash (27.79).

Phemie Oeltjen added a second in the pole vault (7-6) and was also seventh in the high jump (4-8), while Dacia Fleury was second (14.12) and Mya Lindemann was fourth (14.18) in the 100, Lindemann was also third in the 200 (28.55), Luetmer was third in the 400 (1:02.49) and fourth in the triple jump (31-11), Kiearra Wilmes was fourth in the 1600 (6:09.62), and Piper Citrowske-Lee was fourth in the 3200 (13:54.97).

The Lakers earned 18 points in the 800 meter run as Brooke Kolstoe was second (2:41.08), Esryn Dahl third (2:41.15) and Olivia Danielson fifth (2:43.79).  

Minnewaska Area also had three seconds and a third in the four relay events.

The 3200 meter relay team of Brooke Kolstoe, Makena Thoen, Danielson and Hagen was second in 10:51.57, while the 1600 meter relay team of Teagan Stark, Dahl, Ankeny and Luetmer was first in 4:18.07, the 800 meter relay team of Stark, Dahl, Lyla Stadtherr and Ankeny was second (1:55.91), and the 400 meter relay team of Fleury, Brooklyn Meyer, Payton Andreas and Lindemann was third in 55.34.

EVW-Kimball won 11 of the girls’ 18 events, including all four relays, to total 194 points to edge runner-up Minnewaska, which had 164.

•  In the boys’ competition, Minnewaska Area earned two titles by Jayce Kovarik in the pole vault with a leap of 10-0 and by the 3200 meter relay team of James Ward, Kovarik, Nick Ankeny and Maeson Tank (8:56.93).

Sauk Centre had five individual firsts on the way to the team title with 198 points, while Holdingford was second with 136 points and had six titles.

Owen Meulebroeck earned fourth in the 110 meter hurdles (17.84) and third in the 300 hurdles (46.16), while Hunter Stadsvold was fifth in both events.

Tank had a second in the 800 meter run (2:18.97), while Zach Palmer was third (11:28.67) and Ian Mills sixth (11:44.25) in the 3200 meter run, and Ankeny was fourth (5:19.29) and Palmer fifth (5:21.37) in the 1600 meter run.

The other three relay teams added a second, third and fourth.  The 400 meter relay team of Tristan O’Neil, Kaiden Harvey, Conner Stein and Meyer placed second in 47.98, the 1600 meter team of Ward, Blake Andreas, Ankeny and Tank was third in 3:46.77, and the 800 meter relay team of Meyer, O’Neil, Meulebroeck and Harvey placed fourth with a time of 1:41.35.

Andreas added a fourth in the triple jump (37-11), while Ward was tied for fifth in the high jump (5-4), Stein was seventh (8-0) in the pole vault, Carter Meyer was sixth in the 100 (12.69) and fifth in the 200 (25.49) and Asante Adams was eighth in the 100 (12.85).

at Sauk Centre Invite

The Lakers competed at the Sauk Centre Invitational, Thursday, with EVW-Kimball winning the girls’ competition and Sauk Centre topping the boys’ field.  The Laker girls placed third of 14 teams with 92.33 points, just behind runner-up Litchfield (98.5 points).

Winning the lone title for the Lakers was Lauryn Ankeny in the 1600 meter run (5:34.68).

Placing second was the 1600 meter relay team of Teagan Stark, Esryn Dahl, Makena Thoen and Ankeny (4:21.5), Jayda Kolstoe in the shot put (34-5) and the 3200 meter relay team of Brooke Kolstoe, Thoen, Kiearra Wilmes and McKenzie Luetmer (10:30.04).

Minnewaska Area also earned third-place points from Ankeny in the 300 meter hurdles (49.78), Luetmer in the triple jump (31-8) and 200 meter (27.36) and 400 meter (1:00.62) dashes, Elsey Hagen in the 3200 meter run (12:51.28) and by the 800 meter relay team of Stark, Dahl, Lyla Stadtherr and Mya Lindemann.

•  Sauk Centre won the boys meet with 146 points, while Litchfield was second (111), Annandale third (108) and Minnewaska Area fourth (95) in the 13-team field.

Winning titles for the Lakers were Maeson Tank in the 400 meter dash (51.76), Jayce Kovarik in the pole vault (11-6) and the 3200 meter relay team of James Ward, Kovarik, Tank and Nick Ankeny (8:38.52).

Adding a second for the Lakers was Tank in the 800 meter run (2:06.86), while Owen Meulebroeck was third in the 300 meter hurdles (43.99) and Blake Andreas was third in the triple jump (38-1 1/2).

Minnewaska Area also had two fourths by the 800 and 1600 meter relay teams, while five other Laker entries earned fifth.

Minnewaska Invite

Girls team scoring:

(1) EVW-Kimball 194  (2) Minnewaska 164  (3) Holdingford 92.5  (4) Melrose 91  (5) Sauk Centre 69  (6) WCA 40  (7) ABE 23.5  (8) USA 20

Girls individual results:

(Champ and Waska top-8 finishers)

100m hurdles:  (1) B. Kuechle, EVW 15.4 

300m hurdles:  (1) Lauryn Ankeny, Min 49.03  (8) Aubrey Stark, Min 56.51

100m dash:  (1) Thies, EVW 13.89  (2) Dacia Fleury, Min 14.12  (4) Mya Lindemann, Min 14.18

200m dash:  (1) McKenzie Luetmer, Min 27.79  (3) Lindemann, Min 28.55

400m dash:  (1) E. Kuechle, EVW 58.76  (3) Luetmer, Min 1:02.49  (6) Teagan Stark, Min 1:05.53

800m run:  (1) B. Buechle, EVW 2:29.73  (2) Brooke Kolstoe, Min 2:41.08  (3) Esryn Dahl, Min 2:41.15  (5) Olivia Danielson, Min 2:43.79  (8) Makena Thoen, Min 2:50.24

1600m run:  (1) Hinnenkamp, Mel 5:56.09  (4) Kiearra Wilmes, Min 6:09.62

3200m run:  (1) Elsey Hagen, Min 13:02.69  (4) Piper Citrowske-Lee, Min 13:54.97  (5) Sydney Ankeny, Min 13:55.12

400m relay:  (1) EVW 53.38  (3) Minnewaska (Fleury, Brooklyn Meyer, Payton Andreas, Lindemann) 55.34

800m relay:  (1) EVW 1:51.66  (2) Minnewaska (T. Stark, Dahl, Lyla Stadtherr, Ankeny) 1:55.91

1600m relay:  (1) EVW 4:11.88  (2) Minnewaska (T. Stark, Dahl, Ankeny, Luetmer) 4:18.07

3200m relay:  (1) EVW 10:33.91  (2) Minnewaska (B. Kolstoe, Thoen, Danielson, Hagen) 10:51.57

Shot put:  (1) Jayda Kolstoe, Min 35-2  (8) Danielson, Min 28-9 1/2

Discus:  (1) J. Kolstoe, Min 119-9  (7) Danielson, Min 92-0

High jump:  (1) Becker, EVW 5-2  (7) Phemie Oeltjen, Min 4-8

Long jump:  (1) B. Kuechle, EVW 16-9  

Triple jump:  (1) Jaenicke, Mel 34-6  (4) Luetmer, Min 31-11  (5) Fleury, Min 31-8

Pole vault:  (1) Utecht, EVW 8-6  (2) Oeltjen, Min 7-6  (8) Lexi Bosek, Min 6-6

Boys team scoring:

(1) Sauk Centre 198  (2) Holdingford 136  (3) EVW-Kimball 116  (4) Minnewaska 103  (5) USA 46  (6) Melrose Area 44  (7) WCA 43  (8) ABE 12

Boys individual results:

(Champ and Waska top-8 finishers)

110m hurdles:  (1) Sales, Hold 16.15  (4) Owen Meulebroeck, Min 17.84  (5) Hunter Stadsvold, Min 18.39

300m hurdles:  (1) Kerfeld, SC 45.41  (3) Meulebroeck, Min 46.16  (5) Stadsvold, Min 47.6

100m dash:  (1) Patrick, Hold 12.35  (6) Carter Meyer, Min 12.69  (8) Asante Adams, Min 12.85

200m dash:  (1) Patrick, Hold 24.49  (5) Adams, Min 25.49

400m dash:  (1) Patrick, Hold 54.23  

800m run:  (1) Kampsen, SC 2:01.45  (2) Maeson Tank, Min 2:02.71  (8) James Ward, Min 2:18.97

1600m run:  (1) Kampsen, SC 5:03.67  (4) Nick Ankeny, Min 5:19.29  (5) Zach Palmer, Min 5:21.37

3200m run:  (1) Lemke, EVW 10:30.43  (3) Palmer, Min 11:28.67  (6) Ian Mills, Min 11:44.25

400m relay:  (1) Holdingford 47.48  (2) Minnewaska (Tristan O’Neil, Kaiden Harvey, Conner Stein, Meyer) 47.98

800m relay:  (1) Holdingford 1:38.97  (4) Minnewaska (Meyer, O’Neil, Meulebroeck, Harvey) 1:41.35

1600m relay:  (1) Sauk Centre 3:36.66  (3) Minnewaska (Ward, Blake Andreas, Ankeny, Tank) 3:46.77

3200m relay:  (1) Minnewaska (Ward, Jayce Kovarik, Ankeny, Tank) 8:56.93

Shot put:  (1) Powell, EVW 43-5 1/2

Discus:  (1) Guthrie, USA 138-9

High jump:  (1) Mihailovschi, WCA 6-0  (5) tie, Ward, Min 5-4

Long jump:  (1) Guthrie, USA 19-11  

Triple jump:  (1) Lahr, SC 39-3 1/4  (4) Andreas, Min 37-11

Pole vault:  (1) Kovarik, Min 10-0  (7) Stein, Min 8-0

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at Sauk Centre Invite

Girls team scoring:

(1) EVW-Kimball 158.5  (2) Litchfield 98.5  (3) Minnewaska 92.33  (4) Annandale 82.33  (5) Paynesville 75, NLS 72.5, Sauk Cen 30, Glencoe-SL 29, Morris Area 25.33, ACGC 11.5, Melrose 9, Hancock 8, BBE 6, St. Cloud Christian 3

Girls individual results:

(Champ and Waska top-8 finishers)

100m hurdles:  (1) B. Kuechle, EVW 16.13  

300m hurdles:  (1) Monahan, GSL 47.24  (3) Lauryn Ankeny, Min 49.78

100m dash:  (1) Kaping, Litch 13.03

200m dash:  (1) Monahan, GSL 26.69  (3) McKenzie Luetmer, Min 27.36

400m dash:  (1) E. Kuechle, EVW 58.9  (3) Luetmer, Min 1:00.62  (5) Teagan Stark, Min 1:04.5

800m run:  (1) B. Kuechle, EVW 2:25.02  (5) Brooke Kolstoe, Min 2:37.91  (8) Esryn Dahl, Min 2:39.27

1600m run:  (1) Ankeny, Min 5:34.68

320m run:  (1) Wendlandt, Paynes 12:00.92  (3) Elsey Hagen, Min 12:51.28  (4) Kiearra Wilmes, Min 12:57.12

400m relay:  (1) NLS 51.75  (6) Minnewaska (Dacia Fleury, Brooklyn Meyer, Lyla Stadtherr, Mya Lindemann) 54.46

800m relay:  (1) EVW 1:48.25  (3) Minnewaska (T. Stark, Dahl, Stadtherr, Lindemann) 1:54.77

1600m relay:  (1) EVW 4:10.67  (2) Minnewaska (T. Stark, Dahl, Makena Thoen, Ankeny) 4:21.5

3200m relay:  (1) EVW 10:14.11  (2) Minnewaska (B. Kolstoe, Thoen, Wilmes, Luetmer) 10:30.04

Shot put:  (1) Baseman, Litch 38-3 1/2  (2) Jayda Kolstoe, Min 34-5

Discus:  (1) Baseman, Litch 111-7  (8) Olivia Danielson, Min 93-4

High jump:  (1) Pederson, NLS 5-2  (8) tie, Phemie Oeltjen, Min 4-6

Long jump:  (1) B. Kuechle, EVW 17-4 3/4

Triple jump:  (1) Hermes, Annan 35-7  (3) Luetmer, Min 31-8  (7) Fleury, Min 30-6

Pole vault:  (1) Kaping, Litch 10-8  (7) Oeltjen, Min 7-6

Boys team scoring:

(1) Sauk Centre 146  (2) Litchfield 111  (3) Annandale 108  (4) Minnewaska 95  (5) EVW-Kimball 66, NLS 43, Glencoe-SL 40, Morris Area 38, Hancock 26, St. Cloud Christian 15, ACGC 10, Paynesville 3, BBE 1

Boys individual results:

(Champ and Waska top-8 finishers)

110m hurdles:  (1) Alston, Annan 16.54  (5) Owen Meulebroeck, Min 18.11  (7) Hunter Stadsvold, Min 18.42

300m hurdles:  (1) Kerfeld, SC 43.59  (3) Meulebroeck, Min 43.99  (7) Stadsvold, Min 46.13

100m dash:  (1) Healy, Annan 11.82  (5) Carter Meyer, Min 12.16  (8) Asante Adams, Min 12.21

200m dash:  (1) Aller, Litch 22.38  (7) Adams, Min 24.41

400m dash:  (1) Maeson Tank, Min 51.76

800m run:  (1) Massman, Annan 2:04.11  (2) Tank, Min 2:06.86  (6) James Ward, Min 2:20.77

1600m run:  (1) Kampsen, SC 4:22.15  (8) Nick Ankeny, Min 5:09.66

3200m run:  (1) Lemke, EVW 10:14.16  (5) Zach Palmer, Min 11:17.01  (6) Ian Mills, Min 11:19.58

400m relay:  (1) NLS 45.98  (5) Minnewaska (Tristan O’Neil, Kaiden Harvey, Conner Stein, Meyer) 46.81

800m relay:  (1) Litchfield 1:34.59  (4) Minnewaska (Meyer, Stein, Harvey, Meulebroeck) 1:38.38

1600m relay:  (1) Litchfield 3:31.38  (4) Minnewaska (Ward, Blake Andreas, Jayce Kovarik, Ankeny) 3:48.62

3200m relay:  (1) Minnewaska (Ward, Kovarik, Ankeny, Tank) 8:38.52

Shot put:  (1) Christensen, Litch 55-7

Discus:  (1) Christensen, Litch 152-1

High jump:  (1) Koehl, Han 6-0  (5) Ward, Min 5-6

Long jump:  (1) Kaczmarek, GSL 19-11 3/4

Triple jump:  (1) Lahr, SC 39-2 3/4  (3) Andreas, Min 38-1 1/2

Pole vault:  (1) Kovarik, Min 11-6

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