Luverne thrower Marissa Stewart earned two berths in the Section 3A Track and Field Championships by placing second in the discus and third in the shot put during the sub-section meet in Slayton Thursday.By John RittenhouseThe Luverne girls regained the championship trophy of the Sub-Section 10 Track and Field meet with an overpowering performance in Slayton Thursday.Luverne, which had a run of five straight titles snapped at the 2002 version of the meet, easily outscored the four other teams in the field in Slayton.The Cardinals compiled 210 team points, besting second place Pipestone (158) by 52 counters. Hills-Beaver Creek-Ellsworth-Edgerton (84), Murray County Central (54) and Southwest Christian (33) round out the field.Luverne also gained solid representation for the Section 3A Championships that will be staged at 2 p.m. today in Montevideo.Individuals and relay teams that place fourth or better at the sub-section event advance to the section meet. Luverne will send 18 girls to Montevideo.Cardinal athletes won six event titles during the sub-section meet.Serena Franken, Brittany Mulder, Lexi Heitkamp and Kelsey Dooyema won individual events.Heitkamp posted a pair of individual wins, taking top honors in the 400-meter dash and 3,200-meter runs with respective 1:04.08 and 12:30.1 times. Dooyema, who placed third in the 3,200 in 13:31.68 won the 1,600-meter run in 5:47.18. After placing fourth with a toss of 32-2 in the shot put, Franken whipped the discus 112-3 to win the event. Mulder cleared 7-6 to win the pole vault.Luverne also fielded the winning 3,200-meter relay team. Tera Boomgaarden, Sadie Dietrich, Victoria Arends and Heitkamp won the race in 10:13.26.Boomgaarden and Arends earned berths in the section meet as individuals, too. Boomgaarden finished second in the 1,600 in 5:58.55. Arends placed second in the 800-meter run in 2:28.24.Luverne placed second in the 400-, 800 and 1,600-meter relays with respective 55.24, 1:51.63 and 4:17.81 times.Callen Bosshart, Cassie Pap, Erin Hoiland and Nicole Willers ran the 400. Bosshart, Amanda Dooyema, Danielle Cook and Jenni Christensen formed the 800-meter team. Christensen, Amanda Dooyema, Dietrich and Arends teamed up in the 1,600.Cook, Lexi Petersen, Maggie Kuhlman and Marissa Stewart placed second in individual events for LHS.Petersen cleared 6-0 in the pole vault. Cook was second in the 100- and 300-meter hurdles with respective 16.46 and 48.04 times. Stewart, who placed third with a toss of 33-7 3/4 in the shot put, whipped the discus 107-1 to place second. Kuhlman, who placed third in the 300 hurdles (53.56) and fourth in the 100 hurdles (18.4), finished second with a distance of 31-8 1/4 in the triple jump.Kuhlman also earned a berth in the section meet in the high jump. Kuhlman and Heitkamp both cleared 4-10 to tie for fourth place. Kuhlman won a jump-off against her teammate.Other individual qualifiers for the section meet include Bosshart (third in the 100-meter dash in 13.52), Nicole Willers (fourth in the 100 in 13.75), Christensen (third in the 200-meter dash in 27.6), Hilary Hansen (third in the 400 in 1:06.18), Hoiland (fourth in the long jump with a distance of 15-0 1/4) and Pap (fourth in the triple jump with a distance of 31-3 1/2).Here is a look at the rest of Luverne’s Top-Six finishers from the sub-section meet.Fifth place: N.Willers, 200, 28.42; Dietrich, 800, 2:37.71; Hoiland, 100, 13..84.Sixth place: Amanda Kannas, 3,200, 15:07.42; Jessica Willers, 300 hurdles, 57.4.
