Track and field roundup: Willmar trio competes at Elite Meet

Joe Brown, West Central Tribune, Willmar, Minn.
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Apr. 30—ST. PAUL — Three Willmar track and field athletes competed at the Hamline Elite Meet at Hamline University.

The Cardinals' best finish came from freshman Lauren Eilers. Running in the girls' 3,200-meter run, Eilers placed fifth at 11 minutes, 13.43 seconds. The winner was Nevis' Jade Rypkema in 10:45.59.

Senior Nina Dawson ran in the girls' 800, placing seventh in 2:18.13. Burnsville's Zoie Dundon won after crossing the finish line at 2:14.16.

In the boys' 800, senior Colin O'Farrell took eighth at 1:59.64. The winner was Farmington's Ramy Ayoub at 1:56.08.

Litchfield senior Dom Dietel competed in the boys' shot put. He finished in sixth place with a toss of 52 feet, 0.25 inches. Tracy-Milroy-Balaton's Tony Nelson, a University of Minnesota football commit, won with a toss of 64-5.5.

The Eden Valley-Watkins/Kimball girls and Foley boys claimed the team titles at the EV-W/Kimball invitational at Kimball.

The EV-W/Kimball girls won the team title with 202.5 points, beating Foley's 163 and Long Prairie-Grey Eagle's 78. The Foley boys had 172.5 points, besting St. Cloud Tech's 116.5 and EV-W/Kimball's 109.

Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa girls and boys both finished in eighth place. The Jaguar girls had 29.5 points while the boys had 26. BBE swept the shot put, with Olivia Thieschafer winning for the girls at 31 feet, 5.5 inches, and Branton Jones winning for the boys at 41-1.

GIRLS TEAM SCORING — (1) Eden Valley-Watkins/Kimball 202.5 ... (2) Foley 163 ... (3) Long Prairie-Grey Eagle 78 ... (4) Mayer Lutheran 56.5 ...(5) St. Cloud Tech 54 ... (6) Lester Prairie 50 ... (7) Ogilvie 30 ... (8) Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa 29.5 ... (9) Upsala/Swanville 28.5

Winner and area top three

100 HURDLES — (1) Brielle Kuechle, EVW/K, 15.81

300 HURDLES — (1) Jocelyn Zoller, EVW/K, 50.03

100 DASH — (1) Addison Hoof, LP, 12.97

200 DASH — (1) Hoof, LP, 27.39

400 DASH — (1) Ellie Kuechle, EVW/K, 57.77

800 RUN — (1) Brookelyn Kuechle, EVW/K, 2:32.19

1,600 RUN — (1) Stella Rusch, SCT, 5:40.44

3,200 RUN — (1) Bella Hernandez, EVW/K, 13:21.48

4X100 RELAY — (1) EVW/K 52.22

4X200 RELAY — (1) EVW/K 1:49.20

4X400 RELAY — (1) EVW/K 4:19.70

4X800 RELAY — (1) EVW/K, 6:33.55

HIGH JUMP — (1) Jessa Heimerl, LP, 5-2

LONG JUMP — (1) Bri. Kuechle, EVW/K, 17-11

TRIPLE JUMP — (1) McKenna Moehrle, EVW/K, 32-4.25 ... (3) Tiyana Schwinghammer, BBE, 31-3

POLE VAULT — (1) Leya Teicher, EVW/K, 8-0

DISCUS — (1) Ella Duevel, F, 107-9

SHOT PUT — (1) Olivia Thieschafer, BBE, 31-5.5

BOYS TEAM SCORING — (1) Foley 172.5 ... (2) St. Cloud Tech 116.5 ... (3) Eden Valley-Watkins/Kimball 109 ... (4) Long Prairie-Grey Eagle 74.5 ... (5) Upsala/Swanville 69.5 ... (6) Mayer Lutheran 37 ... (7) Lester Prairie 28 ... (8) Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa 26 ... (9) Ogilvie 8

Winner and area top three

110 HURDLES — (1) Caleb Bitz, LPGE, 17.23

300 HURDLES — (1) Riles Hinson, LPGE, 48.57

100 DASH — (1) Evan Morris, F, 11.77

200 DASH — (1) Bitz, LPGE, 23.32

400 DASH — (1) Reyse Hesse, EVW/K, 54.87

800 RUN — (1) Sean Pickle, SCT, 2:17.27

1,600 RUN — (1) Henry Lemke, EVW/K, 5:02.10 ... (2) Kaden Pieper, BBE, 5:02.89

3,200 RUN — (1) Amado Sandoval, SCT, 11:32.62

4X100 RELAY — (1) EVW/K, 46.18

4X200 RELAY — (1) EVW/K, 1:36.83

4X400 RELAY — (1) Foley, 3:51.00

4X800 RELAY — (1) Foley, 9:04.34

HIGH JUMP — (1) Joseph Guthrie, U/S, 5-6

LONG JUMP — (1) Caden Ruhoff, F, 18-9

TRIPLE JUMP — (1) Ryan Piepgras, F, 40-1.5

POLE VAULT — (1) Blake Aurich, ML, 11-0

DISCUS — (1) Teagan Duevel, F, 133-8

SHOT PUT — (1) Branton Jones, BBE, 41-1