By John RittenhouseThe Luverne girls turned in a solid team performance to win the championship of the Tri-State Relays in Luverne Saturday.The Cardinals were limited to three event wins during the meet, but they received enough places to win the team championship by outscoring second-place Pipestone Area 182-142.Canton (113), Redwood Valley (64) and Adrian (47) capped the four-team field."We’re very pleased with our girls," said Cardinal coach Craig Nelson. "They came up with a lot of seasonal best performances, and they looked very good as a team. It was a beautiful day, and the girls ran accordingly."Marissa Stewart and Morgan Bosshart won individual events for LHS.Stewart, who finished second with a toss of 33-9 1/2 in the shot put, claimed the discus crown with a distance of 105-10. Bosshart cleared 7-6 to take top honors in the pole vault.Luverne also fielded the winning 3,200-meter relay team, which turned in a time of 10:14.17. Tera Boomgaarden, Kesley Dooyema, Victoria Arends and Lexi Heitkamp formed the team.Heitkamp placed second in two events. She ran 400 meters in 1:01.11, and shared second place with Maggie Kuhlman after clearing 4-8 in the high jump. Kuhlman placed second in the 300-meter hurdles with a time of 49.16.Boomgaarden (2:37.9 in the 800), Jenni Christensen (27.28 in the 200), Amanda Saum (12:48.71 in the 3,200), Jessica Willers (7-0 in the pole vault) and Cassi Pap (32-5 1/2 in the triple jump) finished second in individual events for the Cards.Luverne finished second in the 800- and 1,600-meter relays with respective 1:50.95 and 4:17.93 times. Callen Bosshart, Amanda Dooyema, Nicole Willers and Christensen ran the 800. Christensen, Victoria Arends, Amanda Dooyema and Heitkamp formed the 1,600-meter team.Here is a look at the rest of Luverne’s top eight finishers during the Tri-Start Relays.Third place: A.Dooyema, triple jump, 32-1 1/4; Kuhlman, 100 hurdles, 18.17; C.Bosshart, 100, 13.41; Arends, 300 hurdles, 51.99; Kayla Raddle, 3,200, 12:52.34; Katie Schneiderman, pole vault, 7-0; 400 relay (C.Bosshart, Pap, A.Dooyema and N.Willers), 54.73.Fourth place: K.Dooyema, 1,600, 6:00; C.Bosshart, long jump, 14-9 1/2.Fifth place: Brittany Mulder, pole vault, 6-0; Saum, 1,600, 6:01.34; Amanda Kannas, 3,200, 13:56.05; LaRae Kor, discus, 86-6, Pap, long jump, 14-6 1/2.Sixth place: Raddle, 1,600, 6:02.49; Jessica Willers, 300 hurdles, 56.0.Seventh place: J.Willers, 100 hurdles, 19.15; Natalie Willers, discus, 83-9.Eighth place: Kannas, 1,600, 6:12.05; M.Bosshart, 400, 1:08.15; Nicole Willers, 200, 28.91; Kor and Natalie Willers tied for eighth place in the shot put with distances of 26-3.
