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The Cardinals competed in the Brandon Valley Lynx Invitational on a cold Saturday, April 9, against the stiff competition of all AA South Dakota schools.
Despite the condition, LHS athletes turned in some winning performances.
Ashton Sandbulte won the 100-meter dash in 11:47 and Jenna DeBates was the champion in the 3200 (11:21.68).
Eli Radtke turned in a second-place finish Saturday at 13’ 6” — a second all-time school best, next to Matt Hup’s pole vault school record of 14’ 3 ¼.
LHS pole vault coach Ken Hup has 26 vaulters he is working with this year.
“I believe in giving everyone a chance,” said Hup, who’s in his final season of coaching. “You can’t rule anybody out, because you never know who will develop into a good vaulter by the time they are a junior or senior.”
Camden Janiszeski had a fifth-place finish in the 800 meters (2:10.78) and sixth in the 1600 (4:48.27).
Tenley Nelson was fourth in the 1600 (5:27.82). Nelson and DeBates teamed up with Tiana Lais and Elizabeth Wagner for a third-place finish in the 4-by-800-meter relay.
Wagner, a first-year hurdler, placed fifth in the 300-meter hurdles (49.33), marking another early-season success.
Hurdler coach Corey Nelson said it’s difficult to recruit athletes to the event, which presents the challenge of sprinting 300 meters while clearing hurdles.
Currently he only has a couple of boys practicing and not yet competing in meets.
“You need hurdlers especially for the upcoming True Team competition because you don’t want to have zero points in any events,” Nelson said.
Jadyn Hart had a good day placing second with a personal record in the discus (107-11) and seventh in the shot put (33-04.00).
The rest of Luverne’s results are as follows:
LHS boys
100 26. Lucky Dara 12.78 27. Noah Mehlfaff 13.15
200 19. Lucky Dara 25.13 22. Zachary Terrio 25.51 24. Tyler Rolfs 26.89
800 18. Owen Janiszeski 2:15.40
1600 8. Owen Janiszeski 4:53.95 14. Ryan Fick 5:06.37
4x100 8. Ethan Rahm, Zachary Terrio, Tyler Rolfs, Anyuon Atem 49.35
4x200 7. Lucky Dara, Gavin DeBeer, Eli Radtke, Ashton Sandbulte 1:35.83
4x400 9. Owen Janiszeski, Camden Janiszeski, Ethan Rahm, Ashton Sandbulte
Shot put 23. Elijah Woodley 35-08.50 24. Keaton Ahrendt 34-03.75
Discus 23. Elijah Woodley 91-07 26. Keaton Ahrendt 73-11
Pole vault 7. Noah Mehlhaff 10-00
Long jump 16. Gavin DeBeer 17-08.05 21. Anyuon Atem 16-06.50
Triple jump 18. Ethan Rahm 34-00.50
High jump 14. Gavin DeBeer 5-4
LHS girls
100 12. Anna Banck 14.29 25. Corynn Oye 15.74 26. Skylar VanderSteen 15.82
200 9. Sarah Stegenga 28.74 23. Reinha John 31.41 25. Skylar VanderSteen 32.36
400 18. Makena Nelson 1:09.82 23. Brynn Boyenga 1:19.97
800 14. Cassi Chesley 2:40.24 17. Ella Schmuck 2:41.94 18. Maria Rops 2:42.04
1600 13. Kayla Bloemendaal 6:05.44 14. Ella Schmuck 6:05.50
4x100 8. Sarah Stegenga, Hailey Como, Reinha John 55.12
4x200 7. Makena Nelson, Hailey Como, Anna Banck, Sarah Stegenga 1:57.58
4x400 7. Tiana Lais, Cassi Chesley, Maria Rops, Tenley Nelson 4:27.56
100H 17. Kendra Thorson 20.36 18. Augusta Papik 20.78
300H 17. Kayla Bloemendaal 1:01.45
Shot put 24. Rayann Remme 23-09 25. Andrea Luitjens 23-03.50
Discus 22. Rayann Remme 67-05 25. Hannah Woodley 62-05
Triple jump 10. Kendra Thorson 30-11 15. Makena Nelson 29-09