Senior Aanika Anderson had a great start to her season. She placed second in the 200m dash in a time of 1:06.5 and then was the lead off leg for the 800m relay that placed fifth. Anderson, Catherine Koefod, Kylie Hanson, and EmmaLee Brethorst ran the relay in 2:01.62. Koefod also placed fourth in the 55m hurdles in 10.44 seconds. Eighth grader Brooke Quinn had a good start to her season placing ninth in the 800m run in 3:05.

    Sprinter Cade Carlson started off the meet with a fourth place finish in the 55m dash in 7.13 seconds and tenth in the long jump with a leap of 16’10.25”. Teammates Derick Novotny and Morgan Storey were thirteenth and fifteenth respectively with times of 7.36 seconds and 7.37 seconds.  In the hurdles, Eli Anderson was sixth with a time of 9.59 seconds. Sam Fuller placed ninth in the same race with a time of 10.08 seconds. The boys had two 800m relay teams in the meet. The team consisting of Carlson, Nathan Baumann, Storey and Jake Rein was fourth in 1:47.74. Anderson, Fuller, Kobe Reiland, Novotny were sixth in a time of 1:47.84. Abram Fossel ran the 800m in 2:26 and placed tenth. He was also the lead off leg in the 3200m relay. Fossel, Nolan Bitzan, Wesley Siira, and Sam Heeter placed fourth in a time of 9:58. In the field events, Jake Rein was sixth in the high jump going 5’2”. Deirk Goeden was third in pole vault with a personal best of 8’6”.

    Concordia gives t-shirts to event winners and an additional six t-shirts to coaches to hand out as they see fit. A-B-E coaches decided to give out six shirts to student-athletes that we thought had worked hard at each practice, gave their all in the meet, and were supportive of their teammates. The following were recognized: Aanika Anderson, Brooke Quinn, Abram Fossel, Logan Froemming, Michael Cochran, and Kobe Reiland.