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Track and field roundup: Two Montevideo Thunder Hawks are headed to state

joe brown, west central tribune, willmar, minn.
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Jun. 4—PIPESTONE — Montevideo will send a pair of athletes who will compete in two events in the Class A state track and field championships following the conclusion of the Section 3A championships Thursday.

For the girls, the Thunder Hawks' Avery Koenen qualified in both the 300-meter hurdles and the triple jump. She's the section champion in both events, with a time of 47.42 seconds in the 300 hurdles and a distance of 35 feet, 4.5 inches in the triple jump.

On the boys' side, Montevideo's Francis O'Malley will go to state in the throwing events after taking first place in the discus (153-6) and second in the shot put (54-10).

Morris/Chokio-Alberta's Ethan Lebrija will also go to state in two events after winning the 200 (22.26) and taking second in the 100 (10.99).

Other area boys qualifying for state include: BOLD/Buffalo Lake-Hector-Stewart's Colter Johnson in the 300 hurdles (second, 42.15); Morris/CA's Blake Bruns in the 400 (second, 53.19); Central Minnesota Christian's Caleb Voogt in the long jump (first, 21-9.25) and Ben Van Eps in the triple jump (first, 42-6); Yellow Medicine East's Patrick Hoernemann in the triple jump (second, 42-5); Benson/Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg's Chade Carroll in the pole vault (second, 13-3); and Lac qui Parle Valley/Dawson-Boyd's Brayson Boike in the long jump (third, 20-11, hit state standard). Morris/CA will also send its 4x200 relay and BOLD/BLHS its 4x400 relay.

Other area girls that are state bound: Morris/CA's Olivia Lebrija in the 100 hurdles (first, 16.26), Lydia Fynboh in the 100 dash (second, 12.78), and Hailey Werk in the 1,600 (second, 5:38.90); BOLD/BLHS' Anna Gardeen in the pole vault (second, 8-10); and YME's Ruby Bones in the high jump (second, 5-1).

The Class A state tournament begins with prelims at 4 p.m. Thursday, June 9, followed by finals at 4 p.m. Friday, June 10. Both days will take place at St. Michael-Albertville High School in St. Michael.

GIRLS TEAM SCORING — (1) Luverne 118.93 ... (2) Redwood Valley 62 ... (3) Canby/Minneota 54.86 ... (4) Pipestone 48.5 ... (5) Morris/Chokio-Alberta 48.43 ... (6) Murray County Central 46 ... (7) Hills-Beaver Creek 39 ... (8) Montevideo 37 ... (9) BOLD/Buffalo Lake-Hector-Stewart 34.5 ... (10) Southwest Minnesota Christian/Edgerton 32.86 ... (11) Tracy-Milroy-Balaton 28 ... (12) Central Minnesota Christian 27 ... (13) Lakeview 24.5 ... (14) Lac qui Parle Valley/Dawson-Boyd 21.5 ... (15) Benson/Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg 20.43 ... (16) Wabasso 19 ... (17) Yellow Medicine East 15 ... (18) MACCRAY/Renville County West 12.5 ... (19) Ortonville 11 ... (20) Russell-Tyler-Ruthton 1

Winner and state qualifiers

100 HURDLES — (1) Olivia Lebrija, MCA, 16.26 ... (2) Caiya Strasser, Pipe, 16.36

300 HURDLES — (1) Avery Koenen, Monte, 47.42 ... (2) Elizabeth Wagner, Luv, 48.22

100 DASH — (1) Brynn Bakken, HBC, 12.71 ... (2) Lydia Fynboh, MCA, 12.78

200 DASH — (1) Bakken, HBC, 26.84 ... (2) Cali Johnson, RV, 27.09

400 DASH — (1) Brylei Schreier, MCC, 59.97 ... (2) Braelyn Merritt, C/M, 1:01.37

800 RUN — (1) Tenley Nelson, L, 2:20.46 ... (2) Ashley Overgaauw, MCC, 2:25.79

1,600 RUN — (1) Claire Stoks, C/M, 5:33.92 ... (2) Hailey Werk, MCA, 5:38.90

3,200 RUN — (1) Overgaauw, MCC, 11:05.17 ... (2) Jenna DeBates, Luv, 11:57.52

4X100 RELAY — (1) Hills-Beaver Creek 51.58 ... (2) Luverne 52.31

4X200 RELAY — (1) Luverne 1:51.11 ... (2) Canby/Minneota 1:51.33

4X400 RELAY — (1) Luverne 4:10.23 ... (2) Canby/Minneota 4:10.34

4X800 RELAY — (1) Luverne 9:47.93 ... (2) Murray County Central 9:48.03

HIGH JUMP — (1) Aidyn Bruns, C/M, 5-1 ... (2) Ruby Bones, YME, 5-1

LONG JUMP — (1) Kendall Huhnerkoch, RV, 16-2.25 ... (2) Katelyn Zeug, Wab, 15-8.75

TRIPLE JUMP — (1) Koenen, Monte, 35-4.5 ... (2) Huhnerkoch, RV, 34-10.25

POLE VAULT — (1) Sarena Schwartz, TMB, 9-4 ... (2) Anna Gardeen, BOLD/BLHS, 8-10

DISCUS — (1) Jadyn Hart, Luv, 112-3 ... (2) Reece Wassink, SWC/E, 107-11

SHOT PUT — (1) Hart, Luv, 38-11 ... (2) Arinn McGee, Pipe, 37-1.5

BOYS TEAM SCORING — (1) Luverne 81.67 ... (2) Morris/Chokio-Alberta 67.17 ... (3) Redwood Valley 60.17 ... (4) Pipestone 54.17 ... (5) Southwest Minnesota Christian/Edgerton 52 ... (6) Montevideo 49.5 ... (7) Tracy-Milroy-Balaton 48.17 ... (8) Lakeview 45 ... (9) BOLD/Buffalo Lake-Hector-Stewart 33 ... (10) Lac qui Parle Valley/Dawson-Boyd 32.17 ... (11t) Canby/Minneota; Adrian/Ellsworth; and Central Minnesota Christian 27 ... (14) Benson/Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg 25 ... (15) Yellow Medicine East 17 ... (16) Ortonville 15 ... (17) Hills-Beaver Creek 14 ... (18) MACCRAY/Renville County West 7.5 ... (19) Murray County Central 7 ... (20) Russell-Tyler-Ruthton 6.5 ... (21t) Hancock; and Wabasso 3

Winner and area top three

110 HURDLES — (1) Aiden Voss, Pipe, 15.18 ... (2) Julius Williams, TMB, 15.93

300 HURDLES — (1) Voss, Pipe, 40.68 ... (2) Colter Johnson, BOLD/BLHS, 42.15

100 DASH — (1) Ashton Sandbulte, Luv, 10.91 ...(2) Ethan Lebrija, MCA, 10.99

200 DASH — (1) Lebrija, MCA, 22.26 ... (2) Sandbulte, Luv, 22.31

400 DASH — (1) Micah Schaap, SWC/E, 53.10 ... (2) Blake Bruns, MCA, 53.19

800 RUN — (1) Will Ahrens, RV, 2:01.16 ... (2) Ethan Schwankl, Lake, 2:01.63

1,600 RUN — (1) Caden Strasser, Pipe, 4:39.23 ... (2) Schwankl, Lake, 4:49.99

3,200 RUN — (1) Camden Janszeski, Luv, 10:13.92 ... (2) Owen Janiszeski, Luv, 10:25.28

4X100 RELAY — (1) Luverne 44.61 ... (2) Redwood Valley 44.67

4X200 RELAY — (1) Morris/CA 1:33.35 ... (2) Tracy-Milroy-Balaton 1:35.07

4X400 RELAY — (1) Tracy-Milroy-Balaton 3:34.83 ... (2) BOLD/BLHS (Stevie McMath, Ryan King, Cole Visser, Johnson) 3:35.17

4X800 RELAY — (1) Luverne 8:33.65 ... (2) Redwood Valley 8:37.22

HIGH JUMP — (1) Trevor Gray, C/M, 6-5 ... (2) Skyler Sherbon, RV, 6-3

LONG JUMP — (1) Caleb Voogt, CMCS, 21-9.25 ... (2) Micah Schaap, SWC/E, 21-8 ... (3) Brayson Boike, LQPV/DB, 20-11

TRIPLE JUMP — (1) Ben Van Eps, CMCS, 42-6 ... (2) Patrick Hoernemann, YME, 42-5

POLE VAULT — (1) Eli Radtke, Luv, 13-3 ... (2) Chaden Carroll, B/KMS, 13-3

DISCUS — (1) Francis O'Malley, Monte, 153-6 ... (2) Tony Nelson, TMB, 150-9

SHOT PUT — (1) Nelson, TMB, 60-8 ... (2) O'Malley, Monte, 54-10