BLuverne senior Danielle Cook approaches the final hurdle of the 100-meter event during Tuesday’s Cardinal Quadrangular in Luverne. Cook won the 100- and 300-meter hurdles and helped the girls’ 800-meter relay team post a victory during the meet.
By John Rittenhouse
The Luverne girls’ track team opened the outdoor season by hosting the annual Cardinal Quadrangular Tuesday.
LHS received the chance to compare itself with Tracy-Milroy-Balaton, one of the area’s top teams, and some other local programs.
LHS coach Craig Nelson said he was pleased with how the girls stacked up against the competition.
"We did extremely well. I was very pleased with our improvement over our first two meets. T-M-B probably is the team to beat in our section this year, and I was pleased with the way our girls competed against them."
The Cardinals won five events during the meet and senior Danielle Cook played a role in three of the wins.
Cook won the 100- and 300-meter hurdles with respective 16.4 and 49.62 times. She also ran a leg for the winning 800-meter relay team that turned in a 1:54.6 time. Callen Bosshart, Amanda Dooyema and Jenni Christensen are the other team members.
Victoria Arends and Marissa Stewart secured event titles for LHS.
Stewart, who placed second with a toss of 32-3 in the shot put, won the discus with a distance of 102-10.
Arends placed first in the 800-meter run with a time of 2:41.38. She also helped the 1,600-meter relay team place second with a time of 4:26. Christensen, Dooyema and Sadie Dietrich are the other members of the team.
Luverne placed second in the 400- and 3,200-meter relays with respective 55.31 and 10:32.06 times. Bosshart, Cassie Pap, Christina Smidstra, and Nicole Willers formed the 400-meter team. Lexi Heitkamp, Dietrich, Tera Boomgaarden and Arends ran the 3,200.
Pap (14-3 in the long jump), Serena Franken (99-5 in the discus), Heitkamp (13:04.8 in the 3,200), Christensen (27.8 in the 200); Boomgaarden (2:45.1 in the 800) and Maggie Kuhlman (31-6-3/4 in the triple jump) all placed second individually.
LHS hosts the annual Cardinal Relays Tuesday. Field events begin at 3:30 p.m.
Here is a look at the rest of Luverne’s Top-Six finishers from the Cardinal Quadrangular.
Third place: Bosshart, 100, 13.59.
Fourth place: Jessica Willers, 100 hurdles, 19.35; Kelsey Dooyema, 1,600, 6:23.98; Dietrich, 400, 1:06.29; Kuhlman, 300 hurdles, 56.0; Franken, shot, 31-3; Bosshart, long jump, 13-8 1/4.
Fifth place: Pap, triple jump, 29-0; 800 relay (Erin Hoiland, Morgan Bosshart, Erica Knips and Brittany Mulder), 2:02.1; M.Bosshart, 400, 1:08.47; N.Willers, 200, 29.16; K.Dooyema, 3,200, 13:49.01; Kuhlman, high jump, 4-4; Smidstra, 100, 13.9.
Sixth place: Arends, high jump, 4-2; Hoiland, long jump, 13-7; LaRae Kor, shot, 26-7; Maria Gluf, 800, 2:54.6.
