Cardinals open track and field season at indoor meet

The Cardinal track and field teams opened their season indoors March 28 at the Ruth Marske High School Invite at South Dakota State University. 
They were competing against several big schools from South Dakota and Iowa which provided for some tough competition. 
The Luverne Cardinals competed with over 1,000 high school athletes with the LHS boys finishing in seventh place in team scoring and the girls finishing 13th. 
Tenley Nelson finished first in the 800 meters (2:21.88) and teamed up with Tiana Lais, Jenna DeBates and Elizabeth Wagner in the 4-by-400-meter relay to finish fourth (4:21.72).
Cardinal sprinter Ashton Sandbulte turned in a sizzling 11.09 time in the 100-meter dash, which was good for second place, and he placed seventh in the 200 meters (23.48). 
Eli Radtke had a personal best pole vault of 13’ 6” which was good for second place.
Camden Janiszeski finished seventh in the 3200-meter run with a time of 10.33.89. 
Several other Luverne athletes placed in the Top 10 at the Brookings meet.
Jaydn Hart placed sixth in the shot put with a throw of 10.61 meters.
The 4-by-800-meter relay team placed seventh with a time of 9:14.07. Runners were Camden Janiszeski, Owen Janiszeski, Ryan Fick and Sage Viessman.
Jenna DeBates placed ninth in the 1600 with a time of 5:40.53.
The 4-by-800-meter relay team of Tiana Lais, Ella Schmuck, Cassi Chesley, and Kayla Bloemendaal placed 10th with a time of 10:57.69.
The rest of Luverne’s results are as follows:
 
LHS boys
100   72. Gavin DeBeer 12.74  75. Zach Terrio 12.88  77. Ashton Hood 13.25
200   42. Lucky Dara  24.99  70. Ashton Hood 27.16  76. Anyuon Atem 28.49
400   45. Ethan Rahm 1:00.85  58. Nathan Kinsinger 1:12.47
800   45. Leif Ingebretson 2:25.95  65. Kaleb Hemme 2:39.22  68. Eli McLendon 2:54.11
1600  18.  Owen Janiszeski 5:00.04  32; Ryan Fick 5:14.38;  49. Kaleb Hemme 5:36.38;  52. Sage Viessman 5:44.44;  60. Eli McLendon 6:15.73.
4x100   22. Lucky Dara, Zach Terrio, Tyler Rolfs, Noah Mehlhaff
Shot put   13. Jordan Friedrichsen 12.75m;  30. Eli Woodley 11.57m;  
 52. Keaton Ahrendt 10.58.
Pole vault  19. Tyler Rolfs 8’6” 20; Leif Ingebretson 8’6”
Long jump 35. Gavin DeBeer 5.12m 46; Anyuon Atem 4.89m  
Triple jump  24. Ethan Rahm 10.44m
 
LHS girls
100  31. Isabella Oye 13.88  41. Mia Wenzel 14.10  73. Morgan Hadler 15.24  75. Skylar VanderSteen 15.52
200  37. Sarah Stegenga 29.44  43. Anna Banck 29.88  54.  Hailey Como 30.69  67. Skylar VanderSteen 31.78  71. Morgan Hadler 32.25
400  33. Kayla Bloemendaal 1:11.22  39. Roselynn Hartshorn 1:12.22  43.  Brynn Boyenga 1:12.85  61. Josie Anderson 1:26.20
800  48.  Grace Ingebretson 2:59.22  59. Josie Anderson 3:28.09
29. Ella Schmuck 6:18.11  30. Grace Ingebretson 6:18.21 34. Maria Rops 6:27.16
100H  32. Kendra Thorson 19.67  38. Augusta Papik 20.12
300H  26. Cassi Chesley 57.07
4x100  24. Hailey Como, Brynn Boyenga, Alexis Hutgren, Anna Banck 56.80 40. Andrea Luitjens 7.55m  49. Rayann Remme 7.08m 62. Joelia Lopez 6.31m  63. Nora Louwagie 6.29m  
High Jump  12. Elizabeth Wagner 4’8” 12. Mia Wenzel 4’8” 27. Kayla Bloemendaal 4’4”
Pole vault    13. Alexis Hultgren 7’00
Long jump   24. Sarah Stegenga 4.22m 30. Isabella Oye 4.13 meters  
40. Alexis Hultgren 3.70m
Triple jump  13. Kendra Thorson 9.15m 13. Makena Nelson 9.15m  28. Abby Boltjes