Track and field roundup: Willmar boys capture first place at Ed Babock Invitational

COLD SPRING — With seven first-place finishes, the Willmar boys track and field team won the Ed Babcock Invitational Thursday at Rocori High School.

The Cardinals had a team score of 140.83, besting Fergus Falls’ 115.5 and Park Rapids’ 101.11.

Michael Price had a pair of wins for Willmar with first-place times in the 100- (11.17 seconds) and 200-yard dashes (22.97). Colin O’Farrell won the 800 at 2:00.72, and Sully Anez had the best time in the 3,200 at 10:10.14. The Cardinals also won three relays: the 4x100; 4x200; and 4x400.

Host Rocori won the girls team title with a score of 195.5. Willmar was second with 148.5.

The Cardinal girls swept the throwing events. Avery Quinn won the discus with a toss of 97 feet, 10 inches while Makenna Larson won the shot put at 34-8.5. Nina Dawson also had a win for Willmar in the 800 (2:20.93). The Cardinals also took the top spot in the 4x800 relay.

The Cardinals will host a five-team meet at 3:30 p.m. Thursday at Hodapp Field. Other teams set to appear are: Alexandria; Central Minnesota Christian; Marshall; and Redwood Valley.

GIRLS TEAM SCORING --  (1) Rocori 195.5 … (2) Willmar 148.5 … (3) Detroit Lakes 98 … (4) St. Cloud Apollo 80.5 … (5) Pequot Lakes 67.5 … (6) Park Rapids 64 … (7) Fergus Falls 40
Winner and area top three
100 HURDLES – (1) Cecelia Woods, R, 14.97
300 HURDLES – (1) Woods, R, 45.80
100 DASH – (1) Abby Larson, DL, 12.85
200 DASH – (1) Woods, R, 27.05
400 DASH – (1) Paige Larsen, R, 1:04.04
800 RUN – (1) Nina Dawson, W, 2:20.93 … (2) Lauren Eilers, W, 2:21.29
1,600 RUN – (1) Calia Chaney, PL, 5:14.69 … (2) L. Eilers, W, 5:17.71 … (3) Erin Eilers, W, 5:27.03
3,200 RUN – (1) Carly Chaney, PL, 11:58.61
4X100 RELAY – (1) Detroit Lakes 53.10
4X200 RELAY – (1) Detroit Lakes 1:48.21
4X400 RELAY – (1) Park Rapids 4:19.30 … (2) Willmar (Sam Christoffer, Ava Brogren, Ella Shinn, Lyndi Koosman), 4:23.21
4X800 RELAY – (1) Willmar (Dawson, Hannah Quinn, Sophia Quinn, Becca Dawson), 10:04.44
HIGH JUMP – (1) Ainsley Hansen, FF, 5-5 … (2) Brogren, W, 5-2
LONG JUMP – (1) Haydon King, DL, 16-6.5
TRIPLE JUMP – (1) Noelle Hackenmueller, SCA, 35-6
POLE VAULT – (1) Katelyn Motter, R, 8-6 … (3) Koosman, W, 8-0
DISCUS – (1) Avery Quinn, W, 97-10
SHOT PUT – (1) Makenna Larson, W, 34-8.5
BOYS TEAM SCORING -- (1) Willmar 140.83 … (2) Fergus Falls 115.5 … (3) Park Rapids 101.11 … (4) Rocori 89.11 … (5) Sauk Rapids 75.11 … (6) Pequot Lakes 71.61 … (7) Detroit Lakes 59.61 … (8) St. Cloud Apollo 48
Winner and area top three
110 HURDLES – (1) Carter Loesch, SR, 16.45 … (3) Nick Mohr, W, 16.66
300 HURDLES – (1) Zach Olson, DL, 43.20 … (3) William Sportel, W, 43.66
100 DASH – (1) Michael Price, W, 11.17 … (2) Luke Trochlil, W, 11.59
200 DASH – (1) Price, W, 22.97
400 DASH – (1) Garret Broman, SR, 55.22
800 RUN – (1) Colin O’Farrell, W, 2:00.72
1,600 RUN – (1) Vincent Kaluza, R, 4:31.42 … (2) O’Farrell, W, 4:37.78
3,200 RUN – (1) Sully Anez, W, 10:10.14
4X100 RELAY – (1) Willmar (Trochlil, Price, LaBlue Moo, Tanner Fleming), 44.63
4X200 RELAY – (1) Willmar (Jacob Flannigan, Ramero Trevino, Moo, Sportel), 1:36.45
4X400 RELAY – (1) Willmar (Trochlil, Ryan Kuhlman, Hassennadif Hassen, O’Farrell), 3:38.63
4X800 RELAY – (1) Park Rapids 8:46.40
HIGH JUMP – (1) Luke Newman, FF, 6-0
LONG JUMP – (1) Cruz Megazzini, PL, 20-1 … (3) Price, W, 18-4.5
TRIPLE JUMP – (1) Tyler Hansen, SCA, 42-1
POLE VAULT – (1) Jordan Lee, FF, 11-6
DISCUS – (1) Brent Wittmer, R, 131-8
SHOT PUT – (1) Alexander Jensen, FF, 48-8

The Canby/Minneota girls and Tracy-Milroy-Balaton boys emerged as the winners Thursday in the Al Handahl Invitational at Granite Falls.

MACCRAY/Renville County West was the host school.

The Canby/Minneota girls scored 152 points to beat second-place BOLD/Buffalo Lake-Hector-Stewart was second with 91.5 points and MACCRAY/RCW took third with 86 points.

In the boys’ division, T-M-B had 99.5 points to edge Montevideo, which scored 95.5. BOLD/BLHS was third with 86.5

GIRLS TEAM SCORING --  (1) Canby/Minneota 152 … (2) BOLD/Buffalo Lake-Hector-Stewart 91.5 … (3) MACCRAY/Renville County West 86 … (4) Central Minnesota Christian 81.5 … (5) Tracy-Milroy-Balaton 65 … (6) Lac qui Parle Valley/Dawson-Boyd 64 … (7) Montevideo 42 … (8) Lakeview 38.5 … (9) Yellow Medicine East 29.5 … (10) Wabasso 20.
Winner and area top three
100 HURDLES – (1) Maddie Langerock, TMB, 17.52 … (2) Avery Koenen, Monte, 17.62.
300 HURDLES – (1) Koenen, Monte, 49.99 … (3) Sophia Vogel, CMCS, 52.02.
100 DASH – (1) Katelyn Zeug, W, 13.30 … (2) Mari Ryberg, BOLD, 13.36 … (3) Adelyn Plagge, MACCRAY/RCW, 13.62.
200 DASH – (1) RyAnn Hansen, C/M, 28.74 … (3) Adelyn Plagge, MACCRAY/RCW, 28.84.
400 DASH – (1) Brielle Janssen, MACCRAY/RCW, 1:06.11.
800 RUN – (1) Grace Drietz, C/M, 2:25.38 … (2) Coco Duininck, CMCS, 2:40.31 … (3) Kenzie Visser, BOLD/BLHS, 2:43.03.
1,600 RUN – (1) Drietz, C/M, 5:20.66 … (3) Visser, BOLD/BLHS, 5:56.97.
3,200 RUN – (1) Molly Mulder, CMCS, 12:35.69
4X100 RELAY – (1) Lakeview 54.42 … (2) MACCRAY/RCW 54.46.
4X200 RELAY – (1) Canby/Minneota 1:55.09 … (2) LQPV/D-B 1:57.25.
4X400 RELAY – (1) Canby/Minneota 4:22.72 … (3) CMCS (Sophia Vogel, C.C. Roiseland, Coco Duininck, Natasha Erickson) 4:32.00.
4X800 RELAY – (1) CMCS (Sienna Duininck, Roiseland, C. Duininck, Mulder) 10:35.21 … (2) MACCRAY/RCW 11:20.05.
HIGH JUMP – (1) Aidyn Bruns, C/M, 5-0 … (2) Koenen, Monte, 5-0 … (3) Vizer, BOLD/BLHS 4-8.
LONG JUMP – (1) Paige Viaene, L, 14-2 … (2) Nicole Rillo, YME, 13-11.5 … (3) Hannah Graves, CMCS, 13-11.
TRIPLE JUMP – (1) Sophia Vogel, CMCS, 32-9 … (2) Rillo, YME, 32-2.75 … (3) Ella Kienitz, MACCRAY/RCW, 30-4.25.
POLE VAULT – (1) Anna Gardeen, BOLD/BLHS, 8-0 … (3) Callie Jaenisch, MACCRAY/RCW, 6-6.
DISCUS – (1) Brynn Lozinski, MACCRAY/RCW, 97-4 … (3) Abby Meyers, BOLD/BLHS, 82-3.
SHOT PUT – (1) Camryn Lee, LQPV/D-B, 34-3 … (2) Meyers, BOLD/BLHS, 32-11.5.
BOYS TEAM SCORING -- (1) Tracy-Milroy-Balaton 99.5 … (2) Montevideo 95.5 … (3) BOLD/Buffalo Lake-Hector-Stewart 86.5 … (4) Lakeview 69.5 … (5) Lac qui Parle Valley/Dawson-Boyd 62 … (6) Canby/Minneota 57 … (7) MACCRAY/Renville County West 54 … (8) Central Minnesota Christian 42 … (9) Yellow Medicine East 34 … (10) Wabasso 24.
Winner and area top three
110 HURDLES – (1) Colter Johnson, BOLD, 16.81 … (3) James Weber, LQPV/D-B 19.24.
300 HURDLES – (1) Ethan Staab, L, 45.74 … (2) Johnson, BOLD, 45.78 … (3) Ivan Barrera, MACCRAY/RCW, 45.84.
100 DASH – (1) Greg Schafer, L, 11.24 … (3) Edan Smith, Monte, 11.78
200 DASH – (1) Schafer, L, 23.74 … (3) Steve McMath, BOLD, 24.24
400 DASH – (1) Caden Johnson, TMB, 55.83 … (2) Xavier Mikel, YME, 57.21 … (3) Ethan Andresen, Monte, 57.71.
800 RUN – (1) Ben Van Eps, CMCS, 2:11.15 … (2) Connor Walz, Monte, 2:14.69 … (3) Cole Visser, BOLD, 2:18.03.
1,600 RUN – (1) Blake Stoks, C/M, 4:56.34 … (2) Payton Sterud, LQPV/D-B, 4:59.18 … (3) Ivan Barrera, MACCRAY/RCW, 5:03.09.
3,200 RUN – (1) Ethan Schankl, L, 10:41.56 … (3) Sterud, LQPV/D-B, 10:54.00.
4X100 RELAY – (1) BOLD/BLHS 46.58 … (2) Montevideo (Bradyn Schultz, Edan Smith, Sergio Matamoros, Jaxon Wagner) 47.24.
4X200 RELAY – (1) T-M-B 1:35.75 … (3) BOLD/BLHS 1:39.96.
4X400 RELAY – (1) T-M-B 3:40.84 … (2) BOLD/BLHS 3:43.34.
4X800 RELAY – (1) Canby/Minneota 8:56.05 … (2) Montevideo (Ethan Andresen, Jose Cardona, Blake Andrews, Braden Nelson) 9:50.96.
HIGH JUMP – (1) Sam Fenger, W, 6-0.
LONG JUMP – (1) Brayson Boike, LQPV/D-B, 19-0 … (2) Hudson Vosika, BOLD/BLHS 18-8.5.
TRIPLE JUMP – (1) Ben Van Eps, CMCS, 40-8.75 … (3) Boike, LQPV/D-B, 39-5.5.
POLE VAULT – (1) Gage Struchen, TMB, 9-6 … (2) Braden Nelson, Monte, 9-0 … (3) Jack Miller, MACCRAY/RCW, 8-6.
DISCUS – (1) Tony Nelson, TMB, 149-9 … (2) Francis O’Malley, Monte, 148-11 … (3) Nathan Wieberdink, MACCRAY/RCW, 1110-10.
SHOT PUT – (1) Nelson, TMB, 56-5.5 … (2) O’Malley, Monte, 45-10 … (3) Patrick Hoernemann, YME, 41-5.

The Litchfield boys took home first place late Thursday at the Foley Invitational.

The Dragons scored 111.5 points to beat second-place Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted, which had 88.

In the girls’ division, Eden Valley-Watkins/Kimball took home first place with 126.333 points, edging host Foley, which had a 123. Litchfield was sixth with 53.5 points.

GIRLS TEAM SCORING --  (1) Eden Valley-Watkins/Kimball 126.333 … (2) Foley 123 … (3) Spectrum 80 … (4) Glencoe-Silver Lake 60.5 … (5) Pine City 58.5 … (6) Litchfield 53.5 … (7) Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted 47.333 … (8) Staples-Motley 47 … (9) Legacy Christian Academy 44 … (10) Zimmerman 33.833 … (11) St. Cloud Tech 28
Winner and area top three
100 HURDLES – (1) Brielle Kuechle, EVW, 15.93
300 HURDLES – (1) Nicole Schaefer, F, 49.37
100 DASH – (1) Ellie Sonju, GSL, 12.93
200 DASH – (1) Sonju, GSL, 27.15
400 DASH – (1) Ellie Kuechle, EVW, 58.32
800 RUN – (1) Hailee Zimpel, Zim, 2:22.92
1,600 RUN – (1) Malayh Metcalf, GSL, 5:19.80
3,200 RUN – (1) Metcalf, GSL, 11:58.17
4X100 RELAY – (1) EVW/Kimball 53.26
4X200 RELAY – (1) EVW/Kimball 1:52.84
4X400 RELAY – (1) EVW/Kimball 4:12.40
4X800 RELAY – (1) Spectrum 9:56.41
HIGH JUMP – (1) Ellie Becker, EVW/K, 5-2
LONG JUMP – (1) Kuechle, EVW/K, 17-9
TRIPLE JUMP – (1) Elianna Aberra, S, 34-3.5
POLE VAULT – (1) Cecily Fager, LCA, 11-0
DISCUS – (1) Ella Duevel, F, 100-6 … (2) Grace Schmidt, L, 100-1
SHOT PUT – (1) Rebecca Fasching, HLWW, 33-11 … (2) Jaclyn Baseman, L, 33-9.5
BOYS TEAM SCORING -- (1) Litchfield 111.5 … (2) Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted 88 … (3) St. Cloud Tech 82.5 … (4) Staples-Motley 74 … (5) Spectrum 72 … (6) Zimmerman 71 … (7) Foley 64.5 … (8) Pine City 46 … (9) Glencoe-Silver Lake 43.5 …(10) Eden Valley-Watkins/Kimball 25.5 … (11) Legacy Christian Academy 20.5
Winner and area top three
110 HURDLES – (1) Brandon Knott, HLWW, 16.23 … (2) Brenden Smith, L, 17.04
300 HURDLES – (1) Knott, HLWW, 41.05 … (2) Smith, L, 44.39
100 DASH – (1) Caden Spence, Z, 11.18
200 DASH – (1) Cam Jones, HLWW, 24.08
400 DASH – (1) Lukas Kuehl, L, 54.67
800 RUN – (1) Connor Hallaway, GSL, 2:11.73 … (3) Gavyn Sundve, L, 2:12.73
1,600 RUN – (1) Hallaway, GSL, 4:47.40
3,200 RUN – (1) Logan Robben, SM, 10:38.12
4X100 RELAY – (1) Spectrum 45.10 … (2) Litchfield 46.01
4X200 RELAY – (1) EVW/Kimball 1:36.12
4X400 RELAY – (1) HLWW 3:38.70
4X800 RELAY – (1) Foley 8:57.04
HIGH JUMP – (1) Garrison Murray, SCT, 6-0
LONG JUMP – (1) Spence, Z, 21-2 
TRIPLE JUMP – (1) Max Reis, S, 42-1.5
POLE VAULT – (1) Turner Beachy, SM, 11-0 … (2) Logan King, L, 9-6
DISCUS – (1) TJ Christensen, L, 139-2 … (2) Dom Dietel, L, 135-3
SHOT PUT – (1) Dietel, L, 52-8 … (3) Christensen, L, 49-7

The Minnewaska girls earned the team title at the Benson/Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg Invitational late Thursday.

The Lakers scored 229 points to beat second-place Morris/Chokio-Alberta, which had a 154. Benson/KMS was third with a 102 and Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa took sixth with a 32.

GIRLS TEAM SCORING --  (1) Minnewaska 229 … (2) Morris/Chokio-Alberta 154 … (3) Benson/Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg 102 … (4) West Central Area 85 … (5) Ortonville 50 … (6) Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa 32 … (7) Hancock 28
Winner and area top three
100 HURDLES – (1t) Olivia Lebrija, MCA; and Brooklyn Conrad, O, 16.27 … (3) Alexis Motz, MCA, 17.50
300 HURDLES – (1) Emma Kovarik, Min, 51.02 … (2) Ava Noble, B/KMS, 52.03 … (3) Motz, MCA, 54.67
100 DASH – (1) Lebrija, MCA, 12.68 … (2) Lydia Fynbol, MCA, 12.70
200 DASH – (1) Emily Kaiser, Min, 28.91 … (2) Alannah Christensen, Min, 29.53 … (3) Mya Lindemann, Min, 29.59
400 DASH – (1) McKenzie Luetmer, Min, 1:02.30 … (2) Lizzy Wirth, B/KMS, 1:06.40 … (3) Teagan Stark, Min, 1:06.60
800 RUN – (1) Olivia Danielson, Min, 2:24.20
1,600 RUN – (1) Lexi Bright, WCA, 5:32.70 … (2) Aubrey Stark, Min, 5:37.10
3,200 RUN – (1) Hailey Werk, MCA, 13:19.59 … (3) Isabelle Bautista, Min, 15:23.83
4X100 RELAY – (1) Minnewaska 52.70 … (2) Morris/CA 53.70 … (3) Benson/KMS 55.60
4X200 RELAY – (1) Minnewaska 2:00.54 … (2) Morris/CA 2:01.60 … (3) Hancock 2:03.30
4X400 RELAY – (1) Minnewaska 4:24.24 … 92) Morris/CA 4:43.18 … (3) Benson/KMS 4:43.67
4X800 RELAY – (1) Minnewaska 10:37.46 … (3) Benson/KMS 11:28.02
HIGH JUMP – (1) Ava Chevalier, Min, 34-8 … (2) Tiyana Schwinghammer, BBE, 4-6 … (3) Lebrija, MCA, 4-4
LONG JUMP – (1) Brooklyn Meyer, Min, 14-6.5 … (2) Fynbol, MCA, 14-6.5
TRIPLE JUMP – (1) Kovarik, Min, 32-8.75 … (2) Alexis Motz, MCA, 29-5.5 … (3) Misti Zempel, Han, 29-2
POLE VAULT – (1) Conrad, O, 8-0 … (2) Keala Carroll, B/KMS, 7-0 … (3t) Wirth, B/KMS; Katelyn Marquardt, B/KMS; and Alissa Thompson, B/KMS, 6-6
DISCUS – (1) Jayda Kolstoe, Min, 93-10 … (2) Maura Lambert, MCA, 89-5.5 … (3) Elizabeth Thompson, B/KMS, 89-1
SHOT PUT – (1) Chloe Rabe, O, 33-3.5 … (2) Kolstoe, Min, 32-7 … (3) Thompson, B/KMS, 30-2
BOYS TEAM SCORING -- Not available 
Winner and area top three
110 HURDLES – (1) Ethan Lebrija, MCA, 10.80 … (2) DeShon Boyd, Min, 11.18.
300 HURDLES – (1) Lewis Nohl, MCA, 46.38 … (2) Derek Walbeser, MCA, 47.22 … (3) Cade Olson, Min, 52.49
100 DASH – (1) Lebrija, MCA, 10.80 … (2) Boyd, Min, 11.18
200 DASH – (1) Lebrija, MCA, 23.01 … (2) Isaac Meyer, Min, 23.82 … (3) Gage Rogers, Min, 24.26
400 DASH – (1) Nathan Gustafson, O, 53.96 … (2) Noah Danielson, Min, 54.82 … (3) Blake Bruns, MCA, 55.40
800 RUN – (1) Landon Thompson, B/KMS, 2:09.63 … (2) Kaden Pieper, BBE, 2:13.29 … (3) Hunter Pederson, MCA, 2:16.77
1,600 RUN – (1) Pieper, BBE, 5:37.00 … (3) Maeson Tank, Min, 5:41.30.
3,200 RUN – (1) Cadyn Vanderbilt, O, 12:24.66 … (3) Nick Ankeny, Min, 13:06.20
4X100 RELAY – (1) Morris/CA 45.90
4X200 RELAY – (1) Benson/KMS, 1:37.00 … (2) Morris/CA 1:42.40 … (3) Minnewaska 1:46.50
4X400 RELAY – (1) Benson/KMS, 3:43.59 … (2) Minnewaska 3:47.05
4X800 RELAY – (1) Minnewaska 8:49.95 … (2) MCA 9:28.87 … (3) BKMS 9:37.65.
HIGH JUMP – (1) Noah Danielson, Min, 5-8 … (2) Juan Espinoza, B/KMS, 5-6 … (3) Gage Rogers, Min, 5-4.
LONG JUMP – (1) Ethan Lebrija, MCA, 19-2.5 … (2) DeShon Boyd, Min, 18-10 … (3) Sebastian Felix, Han, 18-0
TRIPLE JUMP – (1) Jared Koehl, Han, 37-5.5 … (2) Felix, Han, 36-11 … (3) Juan Espinoza, B/KMS 35-10.
POLE VAULT – (1) Chaden Carroll, B/KMS, 12-6 … (2) Kaden Burns, MCA, 10-6 … (3) Jacob Garies, B/KMS, 9-6
DISCUS – (1) Tyler Stone, WCA, 131-5 … (2) Evan Olberg, MCA, 125-9 … (3) Ian Rajewsky, B/KMS, 112-1
SHOT PUT – (1) Oberg, MCA, 44-6 … (3) Monte Fehr, MCA, 39-0