By John RittenhouseThe Luverne boys’ track team turned in an outstanding performance during the Class A version of the Dan Lennon Invitational Track and Field Championships staged in Vermillion, S.D., Monday.Luverne, one of the smallest schools in Class A, did more than hold its ground against bigger teams from South Dakota, Iowa and Nebraska.The Cardinal boys locked up seven Top-10 performances during what was a satisfying meet for LHS coach Craig Nelson."Our boys had a lot of good place finishes," he said. "The girls did well, too. But, our boys had an outstanding meet."Tim Rust turned in a record-setting performance at the meet.Rust, who placed sixth with a time of 7.37 in the 60-meter dash, won the pole vault and set a school record in the event by clearing 13-0. Rust’s effort surpassed the old school standard of 12-8 set in the 1990s.Justin Van Wyhe made a bid to win an event title at the meet with his distance of 42-7 in the triple jump. Van Wyhe placed second in the event.Van Wyhe also ran with Luverne’s sprint-medley relay team, which placed 10th with a time of 3:57.88. Ben Cornish, Jake Hendricks and Nick Otten round out the team.Tyler Elbers and Ruston Aaker placed sixth and ninth in the 400-meter dash with respective 55.06 and 56.0 times.Elbers, Aaker, Hendricks and Rust placed sixth in the 1,600-meter relay with a time of 3:44.51.Brittany Mulder turned in the lone Top-10 performance for the Cardinal girls Monday.Mulder cleared 7-0 to place seventh in the pole vault.The Luverne teams host the annual Cardinal Quadrangular Tuesday.Here is a look at the rest of Luverne’s efforts during the Dan Lennon Invitational.Luverne boysAaker and Mike Nelson cleared 9-0 to share 13th place in the pole vault; Thomas Pinkal, 25th in 3,200-meter run, 11:24.9; Cornish, 45th in 60-meter dash, 7.8; Jordan Siebenahler, 57th in the 60 dash, 8.09; Ryan Jacobsma, 65th in the 60 dash, 8.62; 800 relay (Siebenahler, Hendricks, Aaker and Otten), 18th in 1:43.72; Scott Goebel, 27th in 1,600-meter run, 5:12.54; Pinkal, 42nd in 1,600, 5:25.46; Travis Halfmann, 46th in 1,600, 5:34.78; Jon May, 50th in 1,600, 5:48.64; Jacobsma, 55th in 400 dash, 1:06.61; Goebel, 17th in 800-meter run, 2:16.06; Halfmann, 35th in 800, 2:29.87; Steve Schneiderman, 38th in 800, 2:35.93.Luverne girlsMaggie Kuhlman, 16th in triple jump, 30-0; Marissa Stewart, 22nd in shot put, 31-1; Callen Bosshart, 14th in long jump, 14-6 1/2; Erin Hoiland, 20th in long jump, 14-0 1/4; Amanda Kannas, 32nd in 3,200, 14:29.7; Kuhlman, 24th in 60 hurdles, 10.5; Jessica Willers, 61st in 60 hurdles, 11.74; C.Bosshart, 24th in 60 dash, 8.55; Nicole Willers, 40th in 60 dash, 8.83; Morgan Bosshart, 51st in 60 dash, 8.98; Hoiland, 57th in 60 dash, 9.04; 800 relay (Jenni Christensen, C.Bosshart, Amanda Dooyema, Nicole Willers), 15th in 1:57.56; Kannas, 38th in 1,600 run, 6:35.31; sprint-medley relay (C.Bosshart, Christensen, Kuhlman and Lexi Heitkamp), 4:43.5; J.Willers, 400, 48th in 1:16.44; Kesley Dooyema, 20th in 800 run, 2:41.24; 1,600 relay (Heitkamp, Christensen, A.Dooyema and Tera Boomgaarden), 13th in 4:35.7.
