The Alexandria boys won 115-17 against the storm while the girls won 113-24.
An example of Alexandria’s dominance was the 100-meter run in the boys’ race. The Cardinals took the first seven places out of 24 runners, led by Jaegar Steele’s victory in 12.06 seconds. Nicholas Huss won the 200-meter race in 24.39 seconds and the pole vault (11-00), and Riley Wagner won the 400-meter race in 56.46 seconds.
Further individual victories for the Alexandria boys came from Myles Sansted (800, 2: 04.80), Jacob Kleven (1.600, 4: 46.80), Andrew Sparr (300 hurdles, 47.24), Joseph Lanoux (shot put, 40 -05), Zander Homelvig (Diskus, 119-07), Nolan Morical (long jump, 19-03.5) and Will Heydt (triple jump, 43-00).
The Alexandria girls also controlled the dual equally.
Miah Wessel won the sprinter in the 200-meter run in 28.33 seconds. Myah Kremer followed with a win in the 400 in 1: 02.66. Jaelyn Miller drove the 800 meter run in 2: 21.73 and Emma Ecker won the 1,600 in 5: 40.49.
Alexandria’s other individual winners were Sophia Korynta (100 hurdles, July 18; 300 hurdles, 52.95), Sophia Vinje (shot put, 31-04), Amaria Sowada (Diskus, 98-09), Marissa Linow (high jump, 4-07) Bria Luepke (pole vault, 7-06) and Hailie Kent (triple jump, 33-10).
Minnewaska senior Peyton Johnsrud set a new school record for the Lakers Thursday by scooping 6 feet 9 inches in the high jump.
Minnewaska’s Peyton Johnsrud raises the bar in the high jump during the 2019 Class A State Meet. Johnsrud set a new school record at this event on April 29, 2021 in Morris by clearing 6 feet, 9 inches. (Eric Morken / Echo Press)
That was part of a fourth place finish for the Minnewaska boys in a seven-team field in Morris. Morris Area won the boys’ meeting with 142 points. In the girls’ category, Minnewaska scored 168 points, one point ahead of Eden Valley-Watkins.
Johnsrud’s height in the high jump exceeded the next best finisher by seven inches. Peyton’s brother Connor scored a triple jump victory with a distance of 40-03.5. The Minnewaska boys also won the 4×400 and 4×800 seasons.
Olivia Danielson won the 800-meter run for the Minnewaska girls with a time of 2:33. Kristen Glover (31-09) and Emma Kovarik (31-01.75) were part of a 1-2 finish for the Lakers in the triple jump. Metaya Jergenson was also a double winner in the shot put (30-06) and discus (97-05.5), while the Lakers 4×800 relay team won to secure the team victory.
INVITE TIGER
GIRLS TEAM RESULTS – Minnewaska – 168; Eden Valley-Watkins – 167; Morris Area-Chokio-Alberta – 91; West Central Area 71; Hancock – 25; Ashby-Brandon-Evansville – 19; Sauk Center – 17th
YOUNG TEAM SCORES – Morris Area – 142; Sauk Center – 121; Eden Valley-Watkins – 93; Minnewaska – 68; ABE – 57; WCA – 40; Hancock – 35
Valerie Deschene led the Ashby-Brandon-Evansville girls in third place in the pole vault after clearing 6 feet, 6 inches.
Skylar Bitzan scored a goal for ABE in the 100-meter run with a sixth place (13.92), and the 4×200 and 4×800 seasons finished fourth for a fifth place in the 4×400 season in 4:43.
The 4×100 (second place, 48.41) and 4×200 (first place, 1:40) from AB-E helped the ABE boys to their fifth place.
Derick Novotny was the team’s best individual finisher in the pole vault after finishing second (9-06) right in front of his teammate Dierk Goeden (8-06).
Other top 6 finishers for ABE were Nathan Baumann (100 Dash, 11.84), Micah Fossell (1600, fifth, 5: 09.35; 3200, third, 11:29), Kobe Reiland (110 hurdles, fifth, 48.15, triple jump, fifth, 36-04.5), Jake Rein (high jump, fifth, 5-06), Logan Froemming (pole vault, sixth, 7-06) and Micah Fuller (triple jump, third, 37-00.5).
Lexi Bright won the 1,600-meter (5:30) in the girls’ race around West Central Area. Terina Blascyk added third place in that race at 6:00 am, while Taylor Bennett helped the WCA distance runners with a second place in the 3,200 (12:54 pm). Bright was also third in the long jump (15-06.5) and in the 400-meter run (1: 03.46).
Brynn Fernholz led the jumpers with a second place in the high jump (4-08) and a third place in the triple jump (29-08.5). In throws, Jayden Styba of WCA was sixth in the shot put (26-02) and fourth in the discus (75-03).
Kyle Schill (2:10) and Alex Salwasser (2:14) had a 1: 2 result for the boys in the 800 meter run. Tyler Stone added the Knights’ second win by winning the discus in 121-00.5, and Grant Lindquist finished fourth in the triple jump with a distance of 36-05.5.