ST. PETER -- A year ago, Willmar sent one girl to the state track meet. This time, senior Brianna Fernholz will have plenty of company.
Fernholz won the Section 2AA 200 meter dash on the Gustavus Adolphus track Friday to earn a return trip to the state meet June 6-7 at Hamline University in St. Paul.
She was one of five individual champions for Willmar, which placed second in girls and fifth in the boys team standings.
Junior Shelby Morton won the 100 intermediate hurdles in 16.30 and tied for first in the high jump with a 5-1 clearance, though she lost the gold medal on a tiebreaker. She'll compete in both events at state. Morton, who earned points in four events, was the ninth seed in the 100 hurdles, but cut .75 in her final run.
Chrissy Boros, who was seeded third in the 100 dash, won by .04 with a time of 12.84.
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The Willmar girls also showed their speed by winning both the 4x100 and 4x200 relays (relay names were not available).
The Cardinal boys team showed strength in the distance runs where Andrew Nicklawsky won the 1,600 in 4:29.3 and Mahad Hassan took the 3,200 run in 9:35.75.
There was disappointment, too. Willmar's 4x800 boys relay ran a season-best 8:00.46 and finished second behind Buffalo (7:53.82). The Cardinal quartet fell 2.82 seconds short of the 2008 state standard of 7:57.62.
Other close calls that fell short included Sarah Erickson third in the discus and Jordan Shalmo third in the 300 intermediate hurdles despite a career-best 40.21.
Senior Jackson Roberts had career-best efforts in both the discus and hot put and finished fourth in each.
Fernholz was seeded at 25.76 but went 25.12 to win by .80. Last year she was second in the 200 in 26.04. The Willmar girls also tied for second last year.
New Prague won the first-place trophies in both divisions.
Boys results
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Team scoring
(1) New Prague 118 (2) Mankato West 114 (3) Buffalo 95 (4) Chaska 87 (5) Willmar 60.5 (6) Shakopee 58 (7) Mankato East 56.5 (8) Delano 51 (9) tie, Hutchinson, Waconia 20 (11) New Ulm 8 (12) Marshall 6 (130 Dassel-Cokato 5 (14) Orono 3
Individual leaders
(key: state qualifiers in bold ... Willmar top 16)
Hurdles
110 highs: (1) Keenan,Stangl, Buf, 14.86 (2) Drew Feuk, NP, 14.86 ... (8) Steve Kluver, 16.29 ... 300 intermediates: (1) Herbert Perkins, Sha, 39.62 (2) Drew Feuk, NP, 40.12 .... (3) Jordan Shalmo, Wil, 40.21
Sprints
100: (1) Tim Illikainen, Sha, 11.4 (2) Justin Collins, Del, 11.51 ... (14) Adam Thorpe, Wil, 11.7 ... 200: (1) Tony Johnson, NP, 22.2 (2) Justin Collins, Del, 22.59 ... 400: (1) Aaron Richter, MW, 49.58 (2) Luke Sames, Sha, 49.81 ... (7) Zach Coquyt, 52.57
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Runs
800: (1) Zach Mellon, Buf, 1:58.28 (2) Dan Starke, MW, 2:00.16 ... (16) Abshir Ahmed 2:06.28 ... 1600: (1) Andy Nicklawsky, Wil, 4:29.03 (2) Ben Sathre, Cha, 4:30.67 ... (3) Mohamed Hussein, Wil, 4:36.68 (11) Ryan Larsen, 4:45.47 ... 3200: (1) Mahad Hassan, Wil, 9:35.75 (2) Ben Sathre, Cha, 9:36.75 ... (15) Mowlid Mohammed 10:33.76
Relays
4 x 100: (1) Mankato East 43.37 ...(8) Willmar 45.37 ... 4 x 200: (1) Mankato West 1:29.42 ... 4 x 400: (1) Buffalo 3:21.87 (2) Mankato West 3:21.92 ... (6) Willmar 3:32.04 ... 4 x 800: (1) Buffalo 7:53.82 (2) Willmar 8:00.46
Weights
Shot put: (1) Alex Dahlke, MW, 49-5 (2) Colby Straka, MW, 45-9¾ ... (4) Jackson Roberts 45-4 ... Discus: (1) Dustin Haeg, NP, 156-2 (2) John Loonan, Sha, 149-1 ... (4) Jackson Roberts, Wil, 143-11 (7) Patrick Hand, Wil, 130-11
Jumps
Long: (1) Tony Johnson, NP, 22-7¾ (2) Beau Gagnon, Buf, 21-3½ ... Triple: (1) Tony Johnson, NP, 45-2 (2) Adam Michel, NP, 43-4 ... High: (1) Tony Johnson, NP, 6-5 (2) Derek Jerde, Cha, 6-5 ... Pole vault: (1) Chris Kolb, MW, 14-0 (2) Drew Feuk, NP, 14-0 ... (7) Steve Kluver 11-6
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Girls results
Team scoring
(1) New Prague 122 (2) Willmar 92 (3) Shakopee 68 (4) Mankato West 67 (5) Mound Westonka 54 (6) Chaska 52 (7) Delano 49 (8) Hutchinson 46 (9) Mankato West 43 (10) Waconia 34 (11) Dassel-Cokato 24 (12) New Ulm 22 (13) Buffalo 15 (14) Marshall 14
Individual leaders
(key: state qualifiers in bold ... Willmar results)
Hurdles
100 intermediates: (1) Shelby Morton, Wil, 16.30 (2) Sylvia Bisek, NP, 16.42 ... 300 lows: (1) Rena Kneeland, NP, 46.79 (2) Gina Collings, Hut, 47.25 ... (8) Shelby Morton, Wil, 47.89
Sprints
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100: (1) Chrissy Boros, Willmar, 12.8 (2) Melanie Grangaard, Waconia, 12.84 ... 200: (1) Briana Fernholz, Willmar, 25.12 (2) Alyssa Ramussen, Del, 25.92 ... 400: (1) Alyssa Rasmussen, Del, 59.56 (2) Sara Lundgren, ME, 1:00.18
Runs
800: (1) Jenny Hendricks, NP, 2:19.6 (2) Jenean, Williams, MW, 2:19.9 ... (4) Erin Sheehan 2:25.9 (6) Sarah Hund, 2:31.35 (15) Marin Hanson, 2:31.65 ... 1600: (1) Laura Hughes, MW, 5:13.04 (2) Alissa Retterath, Hut, 5:16.78...(6) Vanessa Engelmann, 5:30.42 (14) Emily Bach 5:43.15 ... 3200: (1) Alissa Retterath, Hut, 11:14.79 (2) Laura Hughes, MW, 11:22.0 ... (9) Jayne Cole 11:59.28
Relays
4 x 100: (1) Willmar 49.29 (2) Shakopee 49.72 ... 4 x 200: (1) Willmar: 1:44.36 ... 4 x 400: (1) New Prague 4:06.69 ... (6) Willmar: 4:14.07 ... 4 x 800: (1) Mound Westonka 9:38.71 ... (3) Willmar 9:43.58
Weights
Shot put: (1) Caty Dongoske, Mound, 39-11 (2) Amy Maas, Mound, 37-0 ... (12) Mary Erickson 30-11 (16) Sarah Erickson, Wil, 29-4¼... (12) ... Discus: (1) Elly Reinke, NP, 126-8 (2) Kelci Viesselman, Hut, 115-9 ... (3) Sarah Erickson, Wil, 114-1 (7) Mary Erickson, Wil, 98-4 (12) Angelina Gilland, Wil, 87-5
Jumps
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Long: (1) Lauren Rothschiller, Cha, 16-5 (2) Maddy Ziegler, ME, 16-4¼ ... Triple: (1) Brit Rynda, NP, 36-1½ (2) Lauren Rothschiller, Cha, 36-0½ ... (9) Shelby Morton, Wil, 31-11¼ (12) Naomi Lueders, Wil, 32-02¼ ... High: (1) Kris Carr, NP, 5-1 (2) Shelby Morton, Wil, 5-1 ... (13) Bri Fernholz 4-9 , ... Pole vault: (1) Danielle Busch, NP, 10-8 (2) Alex Miller, ME, 10-2 .. (4) Brooke Feichtinger, Wil, 9-8 (11) Ashley Delp, Wil, 8-2
