Park Rapids, Minn (KDLM) – Detroit Lakes Track and Field traveled to Park Rapids for the Heartland Invite on Tuesday and came away with a first-place finish for the girls, and a first-place tie for the boys.
The invite was not laser-timed, but rather hand-timed which had major implications for athletes trying to qualify for this Friday’s Hamline Elite Meet in St. Paul.
“Because the meet was not Fully Automated Timing (FAT), we needed to add .24 (anything ran under 300m) or .14 (anything above 300m) to times,” girls head coach Maggy Doll said. “Even with the time adjustment, we still had lots of kids hit personal records. Tuesday was an open meet, so lots of kids got to try lots of different things.”
The only Laker to qualify for the Hamline meet this year is high jumper Grace Gunderson, who did not compete in the event in Park Rapids.
All times in this article have been adjusted to reflect the FAT Timing adjustment.
The Laker Girls finished with 192 points, 32 points ahead of second-place Park Rapids (160).
In the 100m, Abby Larson placed first (12.52 PR) and Ella Paulson was third (13.05 PR). Tatum Rader was third in the 200 (28.92 PR) in the 200m, with Mikayla Frentress finishing fifth (29.38 PR) and Natalie Spindler (29.96 PR) eighth overall.
In the 400m, Lila Kallstrom finished fourth (1:06.16 PR), Haydon King was sixth (1:08.35), and Jasmyn Olds placed eighth (1:09.01 PR). Hannah Barberg was third (2:33.00 PR) in the 800m, Amaya LeCleir (6:12.1) and Helena Daggett (6:12.5 PF) finished sixth and seventh in the 1600m, and Julia Steffl was second (12:37.1) in the 3200m.
Rylee Johnson placed first in the 100m hurdles (15.12 PR). In the 300m hurdles, Maddie Blahut was second (51.79 PR) and Mallory Fischer (54.00) was fourth.
The Lakers 4×100 relay team of Paulson, Rylee Johnson, Fischer, and Larson took first place by nearly four seconds on Tuesday with a time of 51.02. The 4×200 team (Rader, Fischer, Mamie Hunter, Brooklyn Markuson) was second with a 1:58.55, the 4×400 relay team (King, Marin Johnson, Kallstrom, Grace Gunderson) was third with a 4:26.78, and the 4×800 team (Daggett, Barberg, Marin Johnson, LeCleir) was second with a 10:26.99.
On the field side for the girls, Elle Bettcher placed second in the discus (98-05) and Brenna Skadsem was third (91-9.5).
Skadsem also finished third in the shot put (32-9.5) and Bettcher was sixth (28-09).
The Lakers throwers (Bettcher, Skadsem, Madleine Volesky, and Molly Fletcher) finished fifth in the 4×100 Throwers Relay with a time of 1:04.13.
Rylee Johnson won the high jump with a jump of 5-01, Grace Gunderson was second (4-10) and Addison Lowell tied for third (4-08). Morgan Hausten was third overall in the pole vault (8-00), with Alonna Moench finishing fourth (7-06). Mamie Hunter placed fourth in the long jump (14-10 PR), and Natalie Spindler was fourth (30-7.25) in the triple jump, with Lily Anderson placing sixth (29-9.75).
The Laker Boys tied with Park Rapids with 191.5 points, with Northland/Deer River placing third with 66.5.
Ethan Carrier won the 100m with an adjusted time of 11.23 (Carrier’s hand-timed 10.99 would have tied the school record set in 1973). Jake Paek was third overall (11.42 PR) and Jamison Riewer (12.29 PR) finished eighth. Evan Thomas finished second in the 400m (54.36 PR) and Glenn Simons was eighth (1:00.42). In the 800m, Connor Jensen (2:10.9 PR) was second, Xander Jessen (2:12.14) was third, and Jackson Maasjo was sixth (2:20.48).
Zeke Blow finished in fourth place in the 1600m (5:04.96 PR), with Ryan Erickson finishing seventh (5:21.23). In the 3200, Brayden Francis placed third (11:01 PR), Micah Barberg was sixth (11:32 PR) and Ben Sundby was eighth (12:37 PR).
Alexander Fletcher won the 110m hurdles with a time of 16.26 PR, with Lawson Green placed fifth with a time of 18.18.
The Laker 4×100 relay team (Caden Strand, Charlie Kalina, Jamus Walz, and Ethan Carrier) placed second with a time of 45.78, only finishing .22 seconds behind Park Rapids. The 4×200 team (Brady Wirtz, Kalina, Walz, Davide Giambellini) finished fourth with a 1:47.65. The 4×400 team of Zeke Blow, Alex Chilton, Connor Jensen, and Xander Jessen finished second with a 3:55.62, and the 4×800 team (Hunter Hanson, Hunter Olson, Declan Jessen, and Gabe Leff) finished third with a 9:17.00.
In the field events, the Lakers placed three shotput throwers in the top five: Braydon Sjoblom was second (44-1.5 PR), Isaac Cariveau was third (42-0 PR), and Dylan Bekkarus was fifth (39-11.5 PR). Laker throwers had similar success in the discus with Lawson Greene placing second (139-3 PR), Cariveau finishing third (117-0 PR), Braydon Sjoblom placing fourth (115-5), and Will Martin (100-7 PR) finishing seventh.
Skoblom, Greene, Austin Schons, and Bekkarus also finished second in the 4×100 Throwers Relay.
Evan Thomas won the high jump on Tuesday with a 5-10 PR. Alexander Fletcher (5-8) and Jake Pavek (5-8) tied for third, and Billy Thompson tied for sixth (5-4 PR).
Coye Braten and Glenn Simons tied for third in the pole vault (9-0), and Gabe Leff tied for sixth. Noah Larson was third in the long jump (18-2.5) with Davide Giambellini finishing seventh (16-11).
Laker Track will be at Alexandria next Tuesday before hosting the Craig Fredrickson Memorial Invite on Thursday, May 4th.
GIRLS RESULTS
1 DETROIT LAKES 192; 2 Park Rapids 160; 3 Bagley/Fosston 92.5; International Falls 60; 5 Nevis 48; 6 Pine River-Backus 37.2; 7 United North Central 36.9; 8 Walker-Hackensack-Akeley 27.2; 9 Mahnomen/Waubun 23; 10 Clearbrook-Gonvick 22; Northland/Deer River 18.2; TrekNorthj 2
BOYS RESULTS
1 Park Rapids 191.5; 1 DETROIT LAKES 191.5; Northland/Deer River 66.5; 4 Walker-Hackensack-Akeley 55.5; 5 Bagley/Fosston 51.5; 6 Nevis 49; 7 Clearbrook-Gonvick 28; 8 International Falls 20; 9 Pine River-Backus 19.5; 10 TrekNorth 18; 11 United North Central 5; Cass Lake-Bena 2
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