Track team opens with indoor meet
Canby-Minneota flexed its early-season muscles and made a good showing at the Redwood Valley Indoor Track Meet on Tuesday.
The girls team placed first out of four teams with 116 points in the first meet of the season, while the boys finished second to Redwood Valley, 119-108.
“This is a small meet and use it really just to get the new kids a feel for how a track meet is run and a good chance for our veteran athletes to get back in the swing of things,” said C-M Head Coach Sara Hemish.
Canby-Minneota will next compete in the South Dakota State University Indoor Meet on Monday in Brookings.
“This is a much larger and more competitive meet,” Hemish said.
“The hard part of the indoor meet is the track size is smaller than the outdoor track, so that is a little challenging to get used to.”
Among the C-M girls’ wins was the 4x200 relay with Delaney Houseman, Cassidy Hunt, Kalli Jelen and Lizzy Gillingham in 2:00.88. Abigail Rost came in first in the 800 run with a time of 2:47.
Gillingham won the 200 dash in 30.15, just ahead of Houseman in second in 30.51. Norah King won the shot put with a throw of 36-10. And Makenzie Hemish finished first in the pole vault at 7-0.
The C-M boys won all three relays. The 4x200 team of Carter Wente, Cameron Anderson, Jared Josephson and Isaac Hennen finished in 1:41.61.
The 4x400 team of Josephson, Riley Kockelman, Hennen and Wente won in a time of 3:54.92. And the 4x800 team of Anthony Wollum, Josephson, Jalyn Ufkin and Kockelman finished in 9:23.26.
Wente also won the 60 hurdles in 9.25, Cole VanOverbeke was first in the 400 dash in 59.59, just nipping teammate Jaden Kindopp, who finished 50.64, at the wire.
Wollum also was first in the 800 run in 2:21.14, and Cameron Anderson won the pole vault in 10-0.
GIRLS RESULTS – (1) Canby-Minneota 116 (2) Redwood Valley 109 (3) Fulda 58 (4) Yellow Medicine East 7
4 x800 RELAY: (1) Fulda 11:08.95 (2) C-M (McKenzie Ruether, Kameron King, Makenzie Hemish, Faith Traen), 11:13.13 60
HURDLES: Alexa Steffel, RV, 10.51 (2) Maya Wente, CM, 11.79 60 DASH: (1) Sydney Sommers, RV, 8.76 (2) Caitlyn Johnson, RV, 9.02 (3) Cassidy Hunt, CM, 9.26
4x200 RELAY: (1) C-M (Delaney Houseman, Cassidy Hunt, Kalli Jelen, Lizzy Gillingham), 2:00.88 (2) Fulda 2:11.99
1600 RUN: (1) Morgan Gehl, Ful, 5:41.24 (2) Grace Drietz, CM, 5:47.76
400 DASH: (1) Hannah Clennon, RV, 1:10.29 (2) Caitlyn Johnson, RV, 1:12.52 (3) Kaytlin Hoffman, CM, 1:12.75
800 RUN: (1) Abigail Rost, CM, 2:47.09 (2) Cheyenne Schaffer, Ful, 2:50.71
200 DASH: (1) Lizzy Gillingham, CM, 30.15 (2) Delaney Houseman, CM, 30.51
4x400 RELAY: (1) RV 4:34.89 (2) Canby-Minneota (Kameron King, Grace Dreitz, Makenzie Hemish, Kalli Jelen), 4:42.63
HIGH JUMP: (1) Cheyenne Schaffer, Ful, 4-10 (2) Hannah Schjenken, RV, 4-8 (3) Aidyn Bruns, CM, 4-8
LONG JUMP: (1) Hannah Schjenken, RV, 15-2 (2) Josi Kodet, RV, 14-10 4) Lizzy Gillingham, CM, 14-1.5
SHOT PUT: (1) Norah King, CM, 36-10 (2) Allison Kenney, Ful, 32-4.5
POLE VAULT: (1) Makenzie Hemish, CM, 7-0 (2) Brianna Panitzke, RV, 7-0
BOYS RESULTS – (1) Redwood Valley 119 (2) Canby-Minneota 108 (3) Fulda 38 (4) Yellow Medicine East 35
4x800 RELAY: (1) C-M (Anthony Wollum, Jared Josephson, Jalyn Ufkin, Riley Kockelman), 9:23.26 (2) Fulda 9:52.30
60 HURDLES: Carter Wente, CM, 9.25 (2) Logan Prouty, RV, 10.86
60 DASH: (1) Logan Josephson, RV, 7.53 (2) Jacob Kluver, YME, 7.70 (3) Cameron Anderson, CM, 7.83
4x200 RELAY: (1) C-M (Carter Wente, Cameron Anderson, Jared Josephson, Isaac Hennen), 1:41.61 (2) YME 1:52.05
1600 RUN: (1) Diego Estebo, RV, 5:03.23 (2) Mason Clark, RV, 5:04.65 (4) Blake Stoks, CM, 5:29.51
400 DASH: (1) Cole VanOverbeke, CM, 59.59 (2) Jadden Kindopp, CM, 59.64
800 RUN: (1) Anthony Wollum, CM, 2:21.14 (2) Jalyn Ufkin, CM, 2:23.31
200 DASH: (1) Logan Josephson, RV, 25.12 (2) Kyle Huhnerkoch, RV, 26.33 (3) Cole VanOverbeke, CM, 26.62
4x400 RELAY: (1) Canby-Minneota (Jared Josephson, Riley Kockelman, Isaac Hennen, Carter Wente), 3:54.92 (2) Redwood Valley 4:01.04
HIGH JUMP: (1) Kyle Huhnerkoch, RV, 5-8 (2) Jordan Mertens, RV, 5-6 (3) Zach Durfee, CM, 5-2
LONG JUMP: (1) Thomas Amberg, RV, 19-8 (2) Isaac Hennen, CM, 19-6.5
SHOT PUT: (1) Kaleb Haase, RV, 40-9 (2) Gabe Villerreal, Ful, 39-1 (5) Jaden Kindopp. CM, 33-9
POLE VAULT: (1) Cameron Anderson, CM, 10-0 (2) Gabe Spittle, Ful, 9-6