Track girls fifth at True Team tourney

The Canby-Minneota girls track team finished in fifth place at the True Team State Tournament in Stillwater on Saturday.

"They've had a good tournament and performed so well," said Canby-Minneota Coach Sara Hemish.

Maple Lake won the meet with 523 points with Canby-Minneota in fifth at 458.

"We got some good performances today," the coach added.

The final team scores were:

1. Maple Lake 523

2. Concordia Academy 497

3. Minnewaska Area 487

4. Lanesboro-Fillmore Central 479

5. Canby-Minneota 458

6. Howard Lake/Waverly/Winsted 451.5

7. Pelican Rapids 434

8. Minnesota Valley Lutheran 399

9. Osakis 391

10. Crookston 383

11. Blue Earth 343

12. Pillager 279

Norah King of Canby-Minneota won the discus throw at 123-08. She finished fifth in the shotput at 35-5.

Lizzy Gillingham's long jump of 16-6 3/4 gave her third place in the state finals.

Grace Drietz ran to second in the 1600-meter run with a time of 5:22.5 — just in back of winner Katherine Geist of Crookston in 5:14.17. She was third in the 800-meter (half mile) run at 2:27.52, just four seconds off the winning pace.

The Canby-Minneota 4x400-meter relay team finished in second place behind Minnewaska Area with a 4:19.95 while Minnewaska edged them with a 4:19.78.

Faith Traen and McKenzie Ruether came in eighth and ninth in the 3200-meter run.