ADVERTISEMENT

ADVERTISEMENT

Track and field: Minnewaska Lakers earn seconds from its boys and girls

Eden Valley-Watkins/Kimball takes first in both divisions at a big invitational in Melrose

Tribune's track and field roundup
Tribune graphic / Kit Grode

MELROSE — The Minnewaska boys and girls track and field teams both finished runner-up to Eden Valley-Watkins/Kimball at the Dave Sieben Invitational on Thursday.

The EVW/Kimball boys put up 138 points, beating Minnewaska’s 119.5. New London-Spicer finished fourth with 81. BBE was 11th with 12 points.

EVW/Kimball’s girls won 10 events for a score of 206, besting Minnewaska’s second-place score of 127. NLS was third with 104 and BBE was 10th with 11.

Maeson Tank (400-meter dash, 52.06 seconds) and Owen Meulebroeck (300 hurdles, 43.95) had first-place finishes for the Laker boys. Minnewaska also won the 4x200 relay with a time of 1:37.82.

NLS’ Brycen Christensen set a personal record in the long jump, winning with a distance of 19 feet, 11 inches.

ADVERTISEMENT

The Lakers’ Lauryn Ankeny won the girls 300 hurdles with a PR of 48.15. Jayda Kolstoe won the discus (102-4) and the shot put (34-9) and Minnewaska’s 4x800 relay won with a time of 10:04.61.

Also setting a PR was NLS’ Katelyn Delzer after winning the 200 dash in 27.44.

More track and field coverage:
Recent prep track and field coverage in west central Minnesota.
Baseball report for Monday, June 5, 2023, in west central Minnesota. Jaguars rally to knock off defending section champion New York Mills, 5-4
Benson/Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg earns its first Class A tournament berth in 15 years, facing Foley in Minneapolis
Willmar gets 3 more relays, 4 more individuals to St. Michael after the final day of the Section 8AA championships while New London-Spicer has its 4x100 girls relay and Danica Pederson headed to state
Brady Schwinghammer, the lone returner from last year's state team helps lead BBE back to Becker for the Class A tournament
Baseball report for Thursday, June 1, 2023, in west central Minnesota. Jaguars pull off 2 walk-off wins in Section 6A, beating KMS 6-5, and USA 8-7
Prep track and field report for Thursday, June 1, in west central Minnesota. Six Thunder Hawks are headed to state, as well as Avery Koenen in the girls' triple jump
Paynesville has two athletes advancing after top performances in the Section 5A championships in Collegeville
BBE's laid-back approach helps it claim its 2nd straight Section 5A championship
Prep golf report for Wednesday, May 31, 2023, in west central Minnesota. Eagles earn their 5th straight Section 5A championship
Litchfield's TJ Christensen, Lillia Chvatal and Grace Schmidt are heading to the Class AA state championships at St. Michael-Albertville

Dave Sieben Invitational

GIRLS TEAM SCORING --  (1) Eden Valley-Watkins/Kimball 206 … (2) Minnewaska 127 … (3) New London-Spicer 104 … (4) Albany 90.5 … (5) Upsala/Swanville 42 … (6) Long Prairie/Grey Eagle 33 … (7) St. John’s Prep 31 … (8) Melrose 26.5 … (9) Staples-Motley 21 … (10) Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa 11 … (11) St. Cloud Christian 6
Winner and area top three
100 HURDLES – (1) Brielle Kuechle, EVW/K, 16.17 
300 HURDLES – (1) Lauryn Ankeny, Minn., 48.15 … (3) Eleanor Madsen, NLS, 51.33
100 DASH – (1) B. Kuechle, EVW/K, 13.69 … (2) Katelyn Delzer, NLS, 13.76
200 DASH – (1) Delzer, NLS, 27.44 … (2) Mya Lindemann, Minn., 27.67
400 DASH – (1) Ellie Kuechle, EVW/K, 58.78 … (3) McKenzie Luetmer, Minn., 1:00.63
800 RUN – (1) Brookelyn Kuechle, EVW/K, 2:22.22
1,600 RUN – (1) Olivia Goebel, A, 5:18.39 … (2) Peyton Dahl, NLS, 5:56.59
3,200 RUN – (1) Olivia Pauly, SJP, 11:16.37
4X100 RELAY – (1) EVW/K, 51.27 … (2) NLS (Delzer, Ellary Peterson, Ayla Caskey, Emma Madison), 52.01
4X200 RELAY – (1) EVW/K, 1:47.45 … (2) Minnewaska (Teagan Stark, Esryn Dahl, Dacia Fleury, Lindemann), 1:51.69 
4X400 RELAY – (1) EVW/K, 4:08.83 … (2) Minnewaska (Stark, Dahl, Ankeny, Luetmer), 4:14.51
4X800 RELAY – (1) Minnewaska (Brooke Kolstoe, Stark, Luetmer, Ankeny), 10:04.61
HIGH JUMP – (1) Ellie Becker, EVW/K, 5-3 … (2) Danica Pederson, NLS, 5-3
LONG JUMP – (1) Bri. Kuechle, EVW/K, 17-1.25 … (2) Peterson, NLS, 16-4
TRIPLE JUMP – (1) Alyssa Young, U/S, 33-0.50 … (2) Luetmer, Minn., 32-5.25 … (3) Fleury, 32-4.50
POLE VAULT – (1) Leya Teicher, EVW/K, 9-6 … (2) Avery Dierenfeld, NLS, 8-0 … (3) Phemie Oeltjen, Minn., 8-0 … (5) Lexi Bosek, Minn., 8-0
DISCUS – (1) Jayda Kolstoe, Minn., 102-4
SHOT PUT – (1) J. Kolstoe, Minn., 34-9
BOYS TEAM SCORING -- (1) Eden Valley-Watkins/Kimball 138 … (2) Minnewaska 119.5 … (3) Staples-Motley 82 … (4) New London-Spicer 81 … (5) Albany 73 … (6) St. John’s Prep 59 … (7) Upsala/Swanville 50 … (8) Long Prairie/Grey Eagle 45 … (9) Melrose 23.5 … (10) St. Cloud Christian 18 … (11) Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa 12
Winner and area top three
110 HURDLES – (1) Caleb Bitz, LP/GE, 17.60 … (2) Owen Meulebroeck, Minn., 17.62 … (3) Preston Linder, NLS, 18.16
300 HURDLES – (1) Meulebroeck, Minn., 43.95 … (2) Hunter Stadsvold, Minn., 45.45
100 DASH – (1) Austin Weite, SM, 11.65
200 DASH – (1) Bitz, LP/GE, 22.97
400 DASH – (1) Maeson Tank, Minn., 52.06 … (3) Daniel Vanderwerf, NLS, 55.46
800 RUN – (1) Zach Meyer, SJP, 2:00.17
1,600 RUN – (1) Henry Lemke, EVW/K, 4:38.09
3,200 RUN – (1) Nick Hansen, SJP, 9:49.56 … (3) Zachary Palmer, Minn., 11:08.20
4X100 RELAY – (1) Staples-Motley, 45.15 … (2) NLS (Brycen Christensen, Mason Delzer, Carter Herman, Isaiah Wendlandt), 45.31 … (3) Minnewaska (Asante Adams, Kaiden Harvey, Conner Stein, Carter Meyer), 46.11
4X200 RELAY – (1) Minnewaska (Meyer, Harvey, Meulebroeck, Adams), 1:37.82
4X400 RELAY – (1) St. John’s Prep, 3:30.43 … (3) NLS (Chase Marxhausen, Nate Nelson, Vanderwerf, Ben Wookey), 3:48.78
4X800 RELAY – (1) St. John’s Prep, 8:20.64 … (2) Minnewaska (James Ward, Jayce Kovarik, Nick Ankeny, Tank), 8:44.30
HIGH JUMP – (1) Joseph Guthrie, U-S, 5-11
LONG JUMP – (1) Christensen, NLS, 19-11 … (2) Isaiah Wendlandt, NLS, 19-7.50
TRIPLE JUMP – (1) Sawyer Ferdon, SM, 40-1.50
POLE VAULT – (1) Turner Beachy, SM, 12-0 … (2) Jayce Kovarik, Minn., 11-6
DISCUS – (1) Noah Stommes, EVW/K, 129-7 
SHOT PUT – (1) Stommes, EVW/K, 42-11.75

Joe Brown is a sports reporter for the West Central Tribune.

He can be reached via email at: jbrown@wctrib.com or his office number: 320-214-4332.
What To Read Next
Get Local

ADVERTISEMENT