By John RittenhouseEleven members of the Adrian High School track program extended their seasons during the Sub-Section 9 Track and Field Championships in Windom Thursday.Ten AHS boys and one girl earned berths in the Section 3A meet by finishing fourth or better during the sub-section event.The 11 Dragons will compete at the section meet at 2 p.m. today in Montevideo.Along with having 10 athletes qualify for the section meet, the Dragon boys turned in a strong performance as a team. AHS scored 116 points, finishing third in a seven-team field.Two Dragons captured sub-section championships in Windom.Jared Brake, who placed third to qualify for the section event with a time of 16.21 in the 110-meter hurdles, won the long and triple jumps with respective 19-5 1/2 and 38-10 distances.Kyle Knips won the 400-meter dash title in 53.69.Knips also ran with Adrian’s section-qualifying 800- and 1,600-meter relays, which placed second and fourth with respective 1:39.87 and 3:44.73 times. Anton Klingenberg, Chad Janssen and Billy Anderson joined Knips in the 800. Janssen, Pete Jensen and Lee Stover teamed up with Knips in the 1,600.The 400-meter relay team of Klingenberg, Janssen, Brake and Anderson earned a trip to Montevideo by placing fourth in 48.64.Anderson, Klingenberg and Jensen earned individual berths in the section field as well.Anderson finished third in the 200-meter dash in 25.21, Jensen placed third in the 400-meter dash in 57.11 and Klingenberg placed fourth in the 100-meter dash in 12.68.David Brake, Casey Knips and Jordan Brake also represent AHS at the section event.David Brake cleared 5-6 to place third in the high jump, and he covered 36-4 to finish third in the triple jump. Jordan Brake placed fourth in the 400 with a time of 59.62. Casey Knips finished second in the discus with a toss of 133-4.Sarah Jensen is the lone AHS girl to qualify for section competition. Jensen placed fourth in the 300-meter hurdles with a time of 53.56.Here is a look at the rest of Adrian’s top six finishers and the team standings from the sub-section meet.Boys’ standings: Fulda 170, Jackson County Central 123.5, Adrian 116, Windom 109.5, Westbrook-Walnut Grove-Red Rock Central 100, Wabasso 58, Southwest United 12.Girls’ standings: JCC 182, Windom 149.5, W-WG-RRC 119, Fulda 76.5, SWU 72, Wabasso 69, Adrian 21.Adrian boysFifth place: Stover, 800, 2:14.81.Sixth place: Justin Reisdorfer, 1,600, 5:22.86; Brandon Bullerman, 3,200, 11:44.65.Adrian girlsFifth place: 1,600-meter relay (Jolene Reisdorfer, Emily Thier, Amanda Lynn and Jensen), 4:27.61.Sixth place: Lynn, triple jump, 30-8; Reisdorfer, 400, 1:05.63; McCall Heitkamp, 1,600, 6:09.54.
