By John Rittenhouse
The Adrian track teams opened the 2003 season by competing at the Murray County Central Early Bird Invitational in Slayton Tuesday.
No team points were kept at the meet, which attracted teams from AHS, Canby, Fulda, Lakeview and the host school.
Adrian had a good outing that featured the Dragons securing five meet titles.
Three of the winning events came from the AHS girls, and Jolene Reisdorfer played a role in all three.
Reisdorfer, who won the 200-meter dash with a time of 28.72, ran legs for Adrian’s winning 800- and 1,600-meter relays.
Emily Thier, Amanda Lynn and Sarah Jansen teamed up with Reisdorfer to produce a time of 2:00.1 in the 800. Thier, Lynn and McCall Heitkamp round out the 1,600-meter team, which ran a 4:46.
Reisdorfer also placed second in the long jump with a distance of 14-2.
The Dragon girls placed second in the 400-meter and medley relays with respective 1:00.6 and 5:14.7 times. Lynn, Jamie Koehne, Kelsey Wertsema and Kristina Wagner teamed up in the 400. Koehne, Wagner, Jensen and Heitkamp ran the medley.
Kyle Knips had a big day for the Dragon boys, winning one event and running a leg with a champion relay team.
Knips won the 400-meter dash in 55.1. He teamed up with Chad Janssen, Paul Honermann and Anton Klingenberg to win the 1,600-meter relay in 3:55.
The AHS boys finished second in the medley, 800- and 3,200-meter relays with respective 4:26.1, 1:43.16 and 10:00.6 times.
Josh Croat, Brad Brake, David Brake and Lee Stover ran the medley. Klingenberg, Janssen, Pete Jensen and Knips teamed up in the 800. Honermann, Stover, Brandon Bullerman and Croat formed the 3,200-meter team.
Dragon Jon Konz placed second in the 110-meter hurdles with a time of 20.8.
The Adrian squads will compete at the Cardinal Relays in Luverne Tuesday.
Here is a look at the rest of Adrian’s Top-Six finishers from the Early Bird Invitational.
Adrian girls
Third place: Jensen, 300 hurdles, 57.4.
Fifth place: Jessica Rye, discus, 79-0.
Adrian boys
Third place: Billy Anderson, 200, 26.64; Justin Reisdorfer, 800, 2:29.09; Reisdorfer, 1,600, 5:35.94; Anderson, long jump, 17-4 1/4; Knips, triple jump, 37-1 1/2; 400 relay (Jensen, Janssen, Anderson and Klingenberg), 50.19.
Fourth place: D.Brake, triple jump, 35-8 1/4.
Sixth place: Jensen, 100, 12.67; Casey Knips, discus, 107-11.
