By Becky Walz,
Decorah track starts took to the oval at Luther College Saturday to open the season with the Luther/Decorah invite. No team scores were kept.
Top girls results
Nine Decorah girls events took the top spot at the meet.
Picking up an individual gold in the long jump was Hayley Stowe with a leap of 16 feet, 1 inch. Chloe Reiser reigned over the shot put field with a throw of 39 feet, 8 inches.
Lani Hubka was a two-time individual gold medalist as the winner of both the 55-meter dash and 200-meter dash. The senior sprinted down the track in the shorter race in 7.51 seconds and later snagged the longer sprint in 27.06 seconds. In 2:55.13 it was Lauren Holthaus breaking the tape in the 800-meter run, edging teammate Kamryn Steines who was second in 2:55.49.
Decorah swept the top three spots in the 55-meter hurdles with Kipp winning the title in 9.69 seconds. Renae Wilson crossed the line in 9.77 seconds for second with Kelby Kerndt picking up third in 9.86 seconds.
Three relays also won gold. The 4×800 quartet of Paige Werner, Lillian Olson, Natalie Stevens and Brynn Storhoff won in 10:59.00. In the 4×200 relay it was Brinley Krivachek, Stowe, Kailyn O’Gara and McKenzie Riley combining for the winning time of 1:51.78. Rounding out the top finishes was the sprint medley in 4:30.20. Members of the gold-winning relay were Krivachek, O’Gara, Hubka and Lily Sandhorst.
Gold for boys
The Viking boys had five events claim first place.
Three individuals won gold including high jumper Kaiden Quandahl who cleared the bar at 6 feet even. Thomas Hammel broke the tape in the 1600-meter run in 5:08.94, while Dakota Johnson posted a time of 8.42 seconds in the 55-meter hurdles for gold.
Two relays topped their respective fields — the 4×200 and sprint medley relays. In the 4×200 relay it was Gavin Groux, Brayden Hartl, Quandahl and Ashton Saltou combining their efforts to post a time of 1:39.21 Landon Quandahl, Peyton Webb, Kyle Pattison and Davis Coppola had the winning sprint medley relay time of 4:10.85.
Upcoming
The Decorah boys and girls at the NEIC indoor meet today, Tuesday, March 21, at Luther College at 4:30 p.m.
Girls’ individual results (Top 8)
High jump – 8. Lauren Holthaus 4’4”
Long jump – 1. Hayley Stowe 16’1”; 5. Jerikah Dodd 13’9.5”
Shot put – 1. Chloe Reiser 39’8”; 2. Lauren Luzum 31’1”; 4. Sally Laybourn 30’5”; 5. Julia Alberts 30’1”; 6. Annaleissa Arnold 29’9”
55m – 1. Lani Hubka 7.51; 3. Brinley Krivachek 7.66; 6. Reiser 7.86; 8. Sydney Kipp 7.93
200m – 1. Hubka 27.06; 6. Lily Sandhorst 29.54; 8. Paige Werner 30.27
400m – 2. Werner 1:07.49; 4. Madison Tollefson 1:11.47; 7. Deborah Hougen 115.65; 8. Olivia Paulsen 1:17.25
800m – 1. Holthaus 2:55.13; 2. Kamryn Steines 2:55.49; 8. Grace Blikre 3:09.69
1500m – 3. Natalie Stevens 5:50.15; 5. Grace Brynsaas 6:00.16
3000m – 2. Blikre 13:39.73
55m hurdles – 1. Kipp 9.69; 2. Renae Wilson 9.77; 3. Kelby Kerndt 9.86; 5. Leslie Campbell 10.09; 6. Autumn Schaller 10.31
4×200 – 1. Krivachek, Stowe, O’Gara, McKenzie Riley, 1:51.78; 3. Campbell, Schaller, Kipp, Renae Wilson, 2:01.58; 4. Reiser, Britann Mettille, Kerndt, Erin Egan, 2:02.68; 5. Dillan Johnson, Dodd, Bridget Bentley, Emily Myers, 2:03.51; 8. Ava Steine, Elizabeth Bjork, Eden Scheidel, Sierra Jump-Gerleman, 2:09.58
4×400 – 2. Riley, Sandhorst, Danielle Losen, Sami Mount, 4:31.80; 5. Lillian Olson, Hougen, Brynn Storhoff, Paulsen, 4:48.67; 6. Claire Schutte, Jasera Tweten, Bentley, Egan, 5:04.80
4×800 – 1. Werner, Olson, Natalie Stevens, Storhoff, 10:59.00; 5. Tollefson, Schuttle, Hougan, Steines, 11:55.68
Sprint medley – 1. Krivachek, O’Gara, Hubka, Sandhorst, 4:30.20; 4. Luzum, Egan, Mount, Losen, 4:47.66; 6. Annika Schmelzer, Mikael Havens, Mettille, Tweten, 5:16.85
Boys’ individual results (Top 8)
High jump – 1. Kaiden Quandahl 6’0”; 2. Peyton Webb 5’10”; 6. Gavin Groux 5’4”; 7. Brayden Hartl 5’4”
Long jump – 8. Trevor Kuennen 17’11”
Shot put – 2. William Hahn 41’1”; 3. Fisher Tweten 39’9”; 8. Luke Franzen 38’1”
200m – 2. Ben Wymer 24.50; 3. K. Quandahl 24.44; 8. Landon Quandahl 25.91
400m – 2. Cade Olson 53.16; 7. Carter Dlhy 57.84
800m – 3. Grant Zilka 2:16.34; 7. D’mitry Lesser 2:25.74; 8. Garrett See 2:25.94
1600m – 1. Thomas Hammel 5:08.94; 7. Carson Bohner 5:33.07
3200m – 3. Zilka 10:53.49; 4. Lesser 11:23.54; 5. See 11:58.38; 7. Phuong Doan 12:53.25
55m hurdles – 1. Dakota Johnson 8.42; 3. Josh Adam 8.77; 4. Franzen 9.56
4×200 – 1. Groux, Brayden Hartl, K. Quandahl, Ashton Saltou, 1:39.21; 2. D. Johnson, B. Wymer, Kuennen, Jace Buddenberg, 1:39.46; 4. Adam, Louis Bucksa, Mason Avila, Nathan Wymer, 1:45.74; 5. Franzen, Douglas Bentley, Cade Averhoff, Will Teslow, 1:46.40
4×400 – 3. Groux, Bentley, Kaiden Youngblood, Garrett Waskow, 3:55.08; 4. Adam, Bucksa, Avila, Caden Malanaphy, 4:06.42; 5. Saltou, Webb, Buddenberg, Archer Sims, 4:10.45
4×800 – 2. Bohner, Max Grimstad, Noah Vilardo, Brock Taylor, 10:27.11
Sprint medley – 1. L. Quandahl, Webb, Pattison, Davis Coppola, 4:10.85
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