By Becky Walz,
No team scores were kept as the Decorah girls’ and boys’ track and field teams compete at the Luther Indoor Invite Saturday, but the Viking coaches can call it successful as each team won seven events.
“The Decorah/Luther Indoor is always a great meet for getting every healthy and available athlete involved in multiple events if possible. We had some very good performances and many PR’s (personal records) were established,” said Viking boys’ coach Joel Rollinger.
Decorah girls
Among the seven gold-medal performances by the Decorah girls Amelia Roe set a new meet record in the 1500-meter run in 5:12.42. Decorah freshman Audrey Essa also won an individual title in the 200-meter dash in 27.11 seconds. In the shot put it was Lauren Luzum sending the weight 36 feet 1 inch for gold.
It was a complete sweep in the relay events for the Viking girls. In 4:31.10, the quartet of Hayley Stowe, Ava Holthaus, McKenzie Riley and Roe broke the tape in the 1600 sprint medley relay. The 4×200 relay finished in 1:52.07 for the win. Members of the top team were Essa, Kelby Kerndt, Stella Pole and Renae Wilson. Posting the best time of 4:33.53 in the 4×400 relay were Lily Sandhorst, Lillian Olson, Claire Storhoff and Brinlee Courtney. In 10:45.15, Sandhorst, Olson, Olivia Volkamann and Courtney was the first to cross the finish line in the 4×800 relay.
Running away with second place finishes were Essa in the 55-meter dash in 7.59 seconds, Wilson in the 55-meter hurdles in 9.16 seconds and Courtney in the 800-meter run in 2:38.65.
Rounding out the top-three finishes were Sydney Kipp in the 55-meter hurdles (9.69), Volkmann in the 800-meter run (2:47.59), Grace Blikre in the 3000-meter run (12:54.31) and C. Storhoff in the high jump (4’8”).
Viking boys
For the Viking boys Kelley Gates topped the field of 83 runners for gold in the 55-meter dash in 6.64 seconds, setting a new meet record. Grant Zilka also posted a new meet record time of 10:05.30 in the 3200-meter run on his way to gold. Kaiden Youngblood won the 55-meter hurdles title in 9.00 seconds. In 53.91 seconds, Dakota Johnson was the victor of the 400-meter dash.
In the relays, the Decorah boys won the 1600 sprint medley, the 4×400 and the 4×800. In the medley relay it was Thomas Sexton, Brayden Hartl, Trevor Kuennen and Thomas Hammel winning in 3:56.33. Teaming up in the 4×400 were Sexton, Youngblood, Hartl and Hammel for a gold medal performance time of 3:43.29. In 9:14.70, the quartet of Max Grimstad, Davis Coppola, Oliver Bollinger and Landyn Hook won the 4×800 relay.
Taking second for the Vikes were Luke Franzen in the 55-meter hurdles in 9.14 seconds and Peyton Webb in the high jump after clearing the bar at 6 feet even, along with the 4×200 relay in 1:37.91. Members of the relay were Josh Adam, Webb, Jace Buddenberg and Cade Averhoff.
Garrett See scored bronze in the 400-meter dash in 57.91 seconds, while Coppola took third in the 1600-meter run in 5:00.12. In the 3200-meter run, D’mitry Lesser posted a personal best time of 10:59.01 for third. Rounding out the top three places in the long jump was Kaiden Quandahl with a leap of 19 feet 3.25 inches.
Girls’ individual results
High jump – 3. Claire Storhoff 4’8”
Long jump – 4. Sydney Kipp 14’6.75”; 14. Jerikah Dodd 12’10.75”
Shot put – 1. Lauren Luzum 36’1”; 4. Annaleissa Arnold 32’6”; 5. Margaret Hahn 30’4”; 10. Camielle Wiedow 25’5”; 14. Annika Schmelzer 23’5”
55m – 2. Audrey Essa 7.59; 7. McKenzie Riley 7.88; 8. Renae Wilson 7.91; 10. Ava Holthaus 7.95; 16. Kelby Kerndt 8.16; 24. Luzum 8.43; 26. Dillan Johnson 8.49; 30. Kennady Riehle 8.60; 36. Jayden Lundtvedt 8.76
200m – 1. Essa 27.11; 5. Riley 29.17; 5. A. Holthaus 29.51; 13. Dodd 30.22; 15. Lauren Holthaus 30.65; 18. Ella Stille 31.00
400m – 5. Lily Sandhorst 1:10.60; 6. Ellie Adams 1:11.52
800m – 2. Brinlee Courtney 2:38.64; 3. Olivia Volkmann 2:47.59; 4. Natalie Stevens 2:52.71
1500m – 1. Amelia Roe 5:12.42; 5. Deborah Hougen 6:07.61
3000m – 3. Grace Blikre 12:45.31
55m hurdles – 2. Renae Wilson 9.16; 3. Kipp 9.69; 5. Kerndt 9.97; 6. Riehle 10.28; 9. Eden Scheidel 10.65; 14. Regine Hougen 11.55; 18. Lyla Lovstuen 12.35
4×200 – 1. Essa, Kerndt, Stella Pole, Wilson, 1:52.07; 3. Kipp, Ella Stille, Natalie Goodner, C. Storhoff, 1:57.52; 4. Riehle, R. Hougen, Jenna Leuenberger, Johnson, 2:03.91; 6. Erin Egan, Lovstuen, Willow Blair, Lundtvedt, 2:07.26
4×400 – 1. Sandhorst, Lillian Olson, C. Storhoff, Courtney, 4:33.53; 4. Rachel Spilde-Make, R. Hougen, Leuenberger, Brylee Hanson, 4:59.40; 7. Goodner, Stevens, Olivia Rissman, Jillian Volz, 5:14.62
4×800 – 1. Sandhorst, Olson, Volkmann, Courtney, 10:45.15
1600 Sprint medley – 1. Hayley Stowe, A. Holthaus, Riley, Roe, 4:31.10; 4. Pole, Egan, Dodd, L. Holthaus, 4:56.68; 5. Liz Bucksa, Blair, Spilde-Make, Blikre, 5:18.93; 6. Schmelzer, Scheidel, Brynsaas, Rissman, 5:23.62; 7. Alexander, Leuenberger, Volz, D. Hougen, 5:27.02
Boys’ individual results
High jump – 2. Peyton Webb 6’0”; 6. Thomas Davis 5’4”; 7. Parker Low 5’4”; 13. Kyan Oftedahl 4’10”
Long jump – 3. Kaiden Quandahl 19’3.25”; 8. Montana Jump-Gerleman 17’4.5”; 9. Dakota VanGundy 16’7.25”; 12. Justin Fortman 16’1.25”; 19. Brayden Miculinich 15’3.25”; 21. Noah Vilardo 14’9.5”
Shot put – 6. William Hahn 40’5”; 8. Fisher Tweten 39’0’; 10. Luke Franzen 37’2”; 19. Mason Vote 35’4”; 22. Cashton Riehle 33’1”; 23. Karter Orris 32’10”; 42. Will Tallier 27’6”; 43. Anthony Putnam 26’6”; 46. Thatcher Brown 25’5”; 49. Nathan Rhodes 23’2”
55m – 1. Kelley Gates 6.64; 4. Dakota Johnson 6.82; 11. Josh Adam 6.99; 12. Gavin Groux 7.02; 13. Ashton Saltou 7.04; 15. Webb 7.09; 19. Cade Averhoff 7.15; 27. Jace Buddenberg 7.26; 28. VanGundy 7.33; 29. Grant Remington 7.34; 30. Fortman 7.38; 37. Kade O’Hara 7.50; 39. Hahn 7.56; 45. Miculinich 7.67; 50. Drake Phillips 7.73; 54. Davis 7.78; 55. Riehle 7.80; 65. Zander McConnell 8.07; 66. Brown 8.10; 68. Tweten 8.17; 71. Vilardo 8.23; 78. Tallier 9.13; 79. Putnam 9.35; 80. Spencer Christensen 9.42; 81. Vote 9.87; 82. Alexander Mercado-Arneson 9.98; 83. Rhodes 10.91
200m – 7. Saltou 24.83; 12. Mitchell Stemper 25.40; 13. Trevor Kuennen 25.45; 16. Jump-Gerleman 25.71; 18. VanGundy 25.94; 19. Remington 25.99; 21. Fortman 26.27; 22. Oliver Bollinger 26.41; 27. O’Hara 26.85; 36. Parker Low 27.82; 40. Thomas Davis 28.43; 43. McConnell 29.15; 44. Ryan Northup 29.49; 48. Vilardo 30.20
400m – 1. Johnson 53.91; 3. Garrett See 57.91; 13. Tweten 1:09.58
800m – 11. Christensen 2:34.61
1600m – 3. Davis Coppola 5:00.12; 4. See 5:04.76; 11. Estaban Fernandez 5:40.75
3200m – 1. Grant Zilka 10:05.30; 3. D’mitry Lesser 10:59.01
55m hurdles – 1. Kaiden Youngblood 9.00; 2. Luke Franzen 9.14; 4. Carter Riley 10.44; 6. Kyan Oftedahl 11.01
4×200 – 2. Adam, Webb, Buddenberg, Averhoff, 1:37.91; 3. Waskow, Avila, Orris, Quandahl, 1:41.51; 5. Phillips, Riley, Miculinich, Oftedahl, 1:48.21
4×400 – 1. Sexton, Youngblood, Hartl, Hammel, 3:43.29; 3. Waskow, Avila, Orris, Quandahl, 3:49.37; 4. Grimstad, Zilka, Lesser, Hook, 3:56.44; 5. Pattison, Sims, Malanaphy, Bohner, 3:58.60
4×800 – 1. Grimstad, Coppola, Bollinger, Hook, 9:14.70
1600 Sprint medley – 1. Sexton, Hartl, Kuennen, Hammel, 3:56.33; 2. Pattison, Sims, Malanaphy, Bohner, 4:24.84
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