Girls track wins at Redwood Valley

The Canby-Minneota girls track team won the Redwood Valley Invitational Tuesday by scoring 116 points. That was seven ahead of host Redwood Valley.

A nice surprise for the C-M squad was the first place finish turned in by Minneota freshman sophomore Abby Rost. She won the 800-meter run in 2:47.09, three seconds ahead of her nearest competitor.

Minneota’s Lizzy Gillingham was the 200-meter dash champ with a time of :30.15, just eclipsing teammate Delaney Houseman at :30.51.

Worthington won the boys team track title Thursday, with 183 points. Southwest Christian/Edgerton was next with 125.5, followed by Canby-Minneota 102.5, Luverne 101.5, Windom Area 46, Adrian 42, Hills-Beaver Creek 39.5, Heron Lake-Okabena/Fulda 30 and Westbrook-Walnut Grove 29.

Luverne continued its impressive early spring by winning the girls crown with 148.5 points. Next were Canby-Minneota 133.5, Southwest Christian/Edgerton 101, Worthington 96, Windom Area 75, Hills-Beaver Creek 53, Adrian 33.5, Heron Lake-Okabena/Fulda 33.5 and Westbrook-Walnut Grove 24.

For the boys, the relays were a huge success.

They won the 4x100 meters, the 4x200 and were third in both the 4x400-meters and 4x800-meters. Yan Din Suter, Isaac Hennen, Cole VanOverbeke and Cameron Anderson ran to victory in the 4x100. Carter Wente, Anderson, Jared Josephson and Hennen ran to a first place in the 4x200. It was the team of VanOverbeke, Riley Kockelman, Jalyn Ufkin and Josephson in the 4x400 and Kockelman, Ufkin, Anthony Wollum and Josephson in the 4x800.

Hennen took second in the 200-meter run in :24.8 with teammate Suter right behind in third at :24.9. Wente took a second in the 110-meter hurdles at :16.6 and third in the 300-meter run at :45.6. Hennen long jumped 18-9 and took second place with his mate Suter, again right behind him in third at 18-8 1/2. Ufkin was fourth in the 800-meters at 2:15 with Kockelman taking third in the 1600-meter run at 5:01.

FOR THE GIRLS …. Grace Drietz, Faith Traen, Norah King and Lizzy Gillingham brought home gold. Drietz won the 1600-meter (mile) run in 5:37.8. Gillingham jumped to 15-8 in the long jump and captured gold.

As for Traen, she entered the 3200-meter (two-mile) run and took home the top prize in 12:58.6. King won the discus in 124-1. 

Redwood Valley Meet, Tuesday:

Girls: 1. Canby-Minneota 116; 2. Redwood Valley 109; 3 Fulda 58; 4. Yellow Medicine East 7.

4x800-METER RELAY: 1. Fulda, 11:08.95; 2. Canby-Minneota, 11:13.1 (Ruether, Hemish, King, Traen).

60-METER DASH: 1. Sydney Sommers, RV, :8.7; 3. Cassidy Hunt, C-M, :9.3.

60-METER HURDLES: 1. Alexa Steffl, RV, :10.5; 2. Maya Wente, C-M, :11.8.

4x200-METER RELAY: 1. Canby-Minneota, 2:09, (Houseman, Hunt, Jelen, Gillingham)

1600-METER RUN: 1. Morgan Gehl, Fulda, 5:41.2; 2. Grace Drietz, C-M, 5:47.8; 3. Faith Traen, C-M, 6:08.28.

400-METER DASH: 1. Hannah Clennon, RV, 1:10.3; 3. Kaytlin Hoffman, C-M, 1:12.8; 4. Aidyn Bruns, C-M, 1:12.8; 5. Isabelle Hennen, C-M, 1:13.9.

800-METER RUN: 1. Abby Rost, C-M, 2:47.1. 200-METER DASH: 1. Lizzy Gillingham, C-M, :30.15; 2. Delaney Houseman, C-M, :30.5; 4. Cassidy Hunt, C-M, :31.9.

4x400-METER RELAY: 1. RV, 4:34.9; 2. Canby-Minneota, 4:42.6 (King, Drietz, Hemish, Jelen)

HIGH JUMP: 1. Cheyenne Schaffer, Fulda, 4-10; 3. Aidyn Bruns, C-M, 4-8; 4. Maya Wente, C-M, 4-4.

LONG JUMP: 1. Hannah Schroepfer, RV, 15-3; 4. Lizzy Gillingham, C-M, 14-1 1/2

SHOT PUT- 1. Norah King, C-M, 36-10; 4. Lauren Jessen, C-M, 27-0 1/2.

POLE VAULT: 1. Makenzie Hemish, C-M,7-9; 4. Lauren Jessen, C-, 6-0

Boys: 1. Redwood Valley 119; 2. Canby-Minneota 108; 3. Fulda 38; 4. Yellow Medicine East 35.

4x800-METER RELAY: 1. Canby-Minneota, 9:23.3 (Wollum, Josephson, Ufkin, Kockelman).

60-METER HURDLES: 1. Carter Wente, C-M, :9.25

60-METER DASH: 1. Logan Josephson, RV, :7.5; 3. Cameron Anderson, C-M, :7.8.

4x200-METER RELAY: 1. Canby-Minneota, 1:41.6 (Wente, Anderson, Josephson, Hennen).

1600-METER RUN: 1. Deon Estebo, RV, 5:03.2; 4. Blake Stoks. C-M, 5:29.5

400-METER DASH: 1. Cole VanOverbeke, C-M, :59.6; 2. Jaden Kindopp,C-M, :59.6

800-METER RUN: 1. Anthony Wollum,C-M, 2:21.1; 2. Jalyn Ufkin, C-M, 2:23.3

200-METER DASH: 1. Logan Josephson, RV, :25.1; 3. Cole VanOverbeke, C-M, :26.2; 4. Alex Lacek, C-M, :27.3

4x800-METER RELAY: 1. Canby-Minneota, 3:54.9 (Josephson, Kockelman, Hennen, Wente).

HIGH JUMP: 1. Kyle Huhnerhock, RV, 5-8; 3. Zach Durfee, C-M, 5-2; 4. Peyton Svoboda, C-M, 5-0.

LONG JUMP: 1. Thomas Amberg, RV, 19-8; 2. Isaac Hennen, C-M, 19-6 1/2; 5. Zach Durfee, C-M, 17-5.

SHOT PUT: 1. Kaleb Haase, RV, 40-9; 5. Jaden Kindopp, C-M, 33-9.

POLE VAULT: 1. Cameron Anderson, C-M, 10-0; 3. Noel Swedzinski, C-M, 39-6 1/2.

Abby Rost

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