Class A State Track Prelim Results: 14 runners advance, DGF’s Finseth wins Triple Jump title

Photo: via John Millea Twitter @mshsljohn

(KDLM) – Day One of the Class A Minnesota Track and Field Meet is complete, and 14 area athletes have advanced to the Friday evening Finals at St. Michael-Albertville High School.

In addition to the 14 finalists, Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton’s Joshua Finseth won the state championship in the triple jump with a new personal record of 46-01.50…more than two feet farther than the second-place finisher. Finseth will also compete in the boys 400m finals after finishing fourth in Thursday’s prelims. McKale Pierson, also from Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton, will run in the 300m hurdles after a 3rd place finish in the prelims.

Perham’s Lauryn Rustad broke her own school record to finish seventh in the 100m hurdles with a time of 15.90. She’ll race in the finals tonight at 5:00.

DGF’s McKale Pierson placed 6th in the 110m hurdles and WDC’s Brady Domier finished in 9th to advance to the finals. Domier also finished second in the pole vault with a 14-06.00…only outdone by two-time state champ Pine Island’s Jarod White who set a new state meet record 16-00.00 (White set the all-time MSHSL record at the section meet with a vault of 16-02.00).

Pine Island senior Jarod White, who set an all-time pole vault state record of 16-2 last week, clears 16-0 to set a state meet record. The bar is moving up to 16-5. https://t.co/SW1UkBUTwZ pic.twitter.com/5im2nzphzJ

— John Millea (@MSHSLjohn) June 10, 2022

Katrina Hitchen of Fertile-Beltrami will compete in two finals events after finishing 5th in the 400m and 6th in the 300m hurdles. Bree Nelson of  United Clay Becker also advanced in the 400m after finishing in 9th place in the prelims.

The 800m girls finals will feature Lindsey Rotz of Barnesville and Faith Rustad of United Clay Becker after they finished sixth and ninth, respectively on Thursday. Perham’s Jacob McCleary won the boys 800m prelim with a new PR of 1:55.98. United North Central’s Connor Korvela will also race in tonight’s final after he finished in ninth place, four seconds behind McCleary.

In the relays, Park Rapids girls 4x400m team will race in the finals after a ninth place finish. The Perham’s boys 4×400 team took first in their prelim with a season-best time of 3:26.74.

Field events on the docket for Friday are boys long jump, high jump, and discus and girls triple jump, pole vault, and shot put. Those events will begin at 4:00 on Friday.

The Class AA prelims (Detroit Lakes, Fergus Falls) begin at 9:00 am on Friday.

LOCAL CLASS A SCHEDULE (*indicates state finalist)

Girls 100m Hurdles (Finals on Friday at 5:00)

• Lauryn Rustad, Perham – 7th place finish (15.90 PR)*

Boys 110m Hurdles  (Finals on Friday at 5:08)

• McKale Pierson, Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton – 6th place finish (15.51 PR)*
• Brady Domier, Wadena-Deer Creek – 9th place finish (15.57 PR)*
• Nathan Johannsen, Frazee – 13th place finish (16.46 PR)
• Christian Miller, Ada-Borup-West – 15th place finish (16.73)

Girls 100m Dash (Finals on Friday at 5:13)

• Olivia Stanley, Bertha-Hewitt/Verndale – 14th place finish (13.26 PR)
• Nathalie Hahne, Staples-Motley – 15th place finish (13.44 PR)

Boys 100m Dash (Prelims on Thursday at 4:30, Finals on Friday at 5:19)

• Remington Converse, Staples-Motley – 11th place finish (11.10 PR)

Girls 4x200m Relay (Finals on Friday at 5:35)

• Frazee – 11th place (1:50.10 SB)

Boys 4x200m Relay (Finals on Friday at 5:43)

• Wadena-Deer Creek – 10th place (1:35.08 SB)

Girls 4x100m Relay (Finals on Friday at 6:18)

• Barnesville – 16th place (52.64)

Boys 4x100m Relay (Finals on Friday at 6:28)

• Barnesville – 11th place (45.13 SB)
• Park Rapids Area – 12th place (45.43)

Girls 400m (Finals on Friday at 6:34)

• Katrina Hitchen, Fertile-Beltrami – 5th place (1:00.32 PR)*
• Bree Nelson, United Clay Becker – 9th place (1:01.24 PR)*
• Amber Collins, Wadena-Deer Creek – 11th place (1:01.67)
• Aften Robinson, Staples-Motley – 14th place (1:02.54)

Boys 400m (Friday on Finals at 6:40)

• Joshua Finseth, Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton – 4th place (50.99)*
• Sebastian Centeno, Pelican Rapids – 12th place (52.70)
• Matthew Pugsley, Wadena Deer-Creek – 15th place (53.55)

Girls 300m Hurdles (Finals on Friday at 6:49)

• Kim Hitchen, Fertile-Beltrami – 6th place (47.25 PR)*

Boys 300m Hurdles (Finals on Friday at 6:58)

• McKale Pierson, Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton – 3rd place (41.23 PR)*
• Anthony Cheecco de Souza, Pelican Rapids – 17th place (45.87)

Girls 800m (Finals on Friday at 7:03)

• Lindsey Rotz, Barnesville – 6th place (2:20.32 PR)*
• Faith Rustad, United Clay Becker – 9th place (2:23.29 SB)*
• Jada Goeson, New York Mills – 15th place (2:26.14 PR)
• Addison Lauwagie, Park Rapids – 17th place (2:28.20)

Boys 800m (Finals on Friday at 7:08)

• Jacob McCleary, Perham – 1st place (1:55.98 PR)*
• Connor Korvela, United North Central – 9th place (1:59.21 PR)*
• Eli Bervig, Park Rapids – 12th place (2:01.22 PR)

Girls 200m (Finals on Friday at 7:20)

• Megan Guler, Pelican Rapids – 12th place (27.11)

Boys 200m (Finals on Friday at 7:28)

• Joshua Finseth, Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton – 18th place (23.17)
• Remington Converse, Staples-Motley – 19th place (23.24)

Girls 3200m Final

• STATE CHAMPION: Jade Rypkema, Nevis (10:36.99 PR)
• Kyanna Burton, Staples-Motley – 10th place (11:40.03)

Boys 3200m Final

• STATE CHAMPION: Finn McCormick, Nova Classical Academy (9:27.20)
• Bjorn Anderson, Perham – 9th place (9:47.40 PR)
• Noah Huot, Park Rapids – 11th place (9:58.53 PR)
• Charlie Larson, Pelican Rapids – 12th place (10:00.34 PR)
• Blaine Hensel, Park Rapids – 16th place (10:46.63)

Girls 4x400m Relay (Finals on Friday at 7:41)

• Park Rapids – 6th place (4:07.30 SB)*
• United Clay Becker – 11th place (4:10.97)
• Perham – 12th place (4:11.04 SB)

Boys 4x400m Relay (Finals on Friday at 7:50)

• Perham – 1st place (3:26.74 SB)*
• Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton – 11th place (3:34.22 SB)
• Park Rapids – 12th place (3:35.36 SB)
• Frazee – 15th place (3:39.17)

Girls Long Jump Final

• STATE CHAMPION: Brielle Kuechle, Eden Valley-Watkins/Kimball (18-04.75 PR)
• Grace VanErp, Ottertail Central – 10th place (16-05.00)

Boys Triple Jump (Finals on Thursday at 4:00)

• STATE CHAMPION: Joshua Finseth, Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton (46-01.50 PR)
• Brayden Ecker, Pelican Rapids – 13th place (41-00.00)

Boys Pole Vault Final

• STATE CHAMPION: Jarod White, Pine Island (NEW STATE RECORD 16-00.00)
• Brady Domier, Wadena-Deer Creek – 2nd place (14-06.00)
• Brody Gwin, Ada-Borup-West 11th place (12-06.00 PR)
• Levi Richter, Perham – 12th place (12-00.00)

Girls High Jump Final

• STATE CHAMPION: Annaka Forsberg, Blooming Prairie (5-06.00)
• Brynn Larson, Frazee – 7th place (5-02.00)
• Rylee Moore, Frazee – 9th place (5-00.00)
• Ally Hart, Ottertail Central 13th place (4-10.00)

Boys Shot Put Final

• STATE CHAMPION: Tony Nelson, Tracy-Milroy-Balaton (57-03.00)
• Connor Kostynick, Perham – 7th place (49-02.00 PR)
• Luke Hartung, Park Rapids – 8th place (48-11.50 PR)

Girls Discuss Final

• STATE CHAMPION: Nora Wilhelm, Concordia Academy-Roseville (134-05 PR)
• Emma Hellerud, Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton – 9th place (112-04)
• Dreamer Saltzman, Bertha-Hewitt/Verndale (15th place (97-06)

Boys Long Jump (Finals on Friday at 4:00)

• Isaiah Wright, Fertile-Beltrami
• Connor Korvela, United North Central
• Joshua Finseth, Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton

Girls Triple Jump (Finals on Friday at 4:00)

• Grace VanErp, Ottertail Central
• Jaden Hackel, Perham

Girls Pole Vault (Finals on Friday at 4:00)

• Natalie Rooney, Perham
• Gracie Morris, Perham

Boys High Jump (Finals on Friday at 4:00)

• Sam Senske, United Clay Becker
• Lyrik Haug, Wadena-Deer Creek
• Hunter Miller, Staples-Motley

Girls Shot Put (Finals on Friday at 4:00)

• Emma Hellerud, Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton

Boys Discus (Finals on Friday at 4:00)

• Tristan Hill, Park Rapids
• Nick Haugrud, Pelican Rapids
• Connor Kostynick, Perham

Girls 4x800m Relay (Finals on Friday at 4:00)

• United Clay Becker
• Perham
• Park Rapids
• Staples-Motley

Boys 4x800m Relay (Finals on Friday at 4:30)

• Bertha-Hewitt/Verndale
• Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton
• Perham
• Park Rapids

Boys 1600m (Finals on Friday at 6:02)

• Ephraim Bervig, Park Rapids
• Jacob McCleary, Perham
• Charlie Larson, Pelican Rapids