The Cardinal girls finished second and the boys placed fourth Monday, April 4, at the Luverne Invitational track meet in Luverne.
Coach Janiszeski said he’s pleased with what he’s seen so far with this meet and the Brookings, South Dakota, competition over the weekend.
“The kids had some great early season performances, which creates excitement for what they could accomplish by the end of the season,” he said.
“The team had several Top 10 performances including a few PR performances.”
The Cardinals will be back on the track Saturday in Brandon, South Dakota.
LHS boys
Ashton Sandbulte won the 100-meter dash in 11.13 and took first with the 4-by-200-meter relay team of Lucky Dara, Gavin DeBeer and Eli Radtke with a time of 1:36.98.
Radtke also finished first in the pole vault at 11-6.
Camden Janiszeski was first in the 800-meter with 2:09.63 and Ryan Fick third (2:21.13).
The 4-by-400 relay team of Camden Janiszeski, Dara, Ethan Rahm and Sandbulte placed second with a time of 3:44.36.
Jordan Friedrichsen finished third in the shot put with a throw of 43-02 and fifth in the discus (103-00). Eli Woodley was sixth in the shot put at 38-01 1/2.
Owen Janiszeski placed fourth in the 3200-meter run with a personal record of 10:46.25. He was seventh in the 400 meters with 59.98.
The 4-by-800-meter relay team of Leif Ingebretson, Kaleb Hemme, Hudson Hough and Eli McLendon was fifth (11:01.99) and the 4-by-100-meter relay team of Treven Bell, Tyler Rolfs, Noah Mehlhaff, Zachary Terrio was sixth (51.06).
Fick placed sixth in the 1600-meter run (5:12.60), and Rahm was seventh in the 200-meter dash (25.73).
LHS girls
The Cardinal girls finished second as a team by a mere two points to Southwest Christian-Ellsworth Monday.
Jadyn Hart had a great day for the Cardinals with first in the shot put and first in discus as well with throws of 34-03 and 106-04 respectively.
The 4-by-800-meter relay team of Tenley Nelson, Tiana Lais, Ella Schmuck and Kayla Bloemendaal placed first with a time of 10:34.99. Placing second with a time of 10:37.14 were Luverne’s other 4-by-800 team of Jenna DeBates, Elizabeth Wagner, Cassi Chesley and Maria Rops.
Debates finished first in the 800 meters in 2:34.26 followed by Schmuck third (2:47.71), Grace Ingebretson fourth (2:55.57), and Rosalynn Hartshorn sixth.
Tenley Nelson finished first in the 3200-meter run in 11:35.04
Wagner was first and Mia Wenzel second in the high jump, clearing 5-00 and 4-08 respectively.
Isabella Oye and Tiana Lais finished second and third in the 200-meter dash respectively.
Rops had a second-place finish in the 400-meter dash with a personal best of 1:07.
Wagner was second in the 300-meter hurdles with a time of 51.35, followed by Chesley fourth (56.11) and Kayla Bloemendaal fifth (59.41).
The long jump had Makena Nelson finishing third with 14 3/4, Isabella Oye and Thorson tied for fifth with a jump of 13-07.
Ingebretson also finished fourth in the 1600-meter run in 6:18.04 .
In the 100-meter hurdles Kendra Thorson finished fourth (19.48) and Augusta Papik fifth (19.98).
The 4-by-100-meter-relay team was fifth in (1:01.38) with the group of Morgan Hadler, Skylar VanderSteen, Morgan McTigue and Corynn Oye.
Two Luverne teams competed in the 4-by-200-meter-relay race. Placing fifth in (1:59.06) were Wenzel, Thorson, Reinha John and Isabella Oye. In sixth place in (2:00.96) were Makena Nelson, Hailey Como, Anna Banck and Sara Stegenga.
Stegenga finished seventh in the 100-meter dash (13.83) and sixth in the triple jump (28-04 1/2).