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DGF's Finseth and Rothsay's Larson Qualify for State Track at Section 8A Meet

By Craig Olson, 06/09/21, 11:30AM CDT

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Junior Joshua Finseth of Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton was a triple-event winner at the Section 8A Boys’ Track and Field Meet on Tuesday, taking first place in the 400 meter dash (49.84), long jump (21-09) and triple jump (45-03.00) as the Rebels scored 76 points to place third in the team competition behind East Grand Forks 79 and Park Rapids Area 78.

Finseth’s teammate Justin Wang, a senior, was third in the 400 (50.41), qualifying by meeting the state time standard.  Rothsay senior Colby Larson qualified for state as runner-up in the long jump (21-08.25).

Here are the team scores:
1. East Grand Forks 79, 2. Park Rapids Area 78, 3. DGF 76, 4. Nevis 53, 5. West Marshall Fusion 47, 6. Thief River Falls 45, 7. Crookston 35, 8. BGMR 32, 9. Pelican Rapids 31.50, 10. Roseau 26, 11. Frazee 25.50, 12. Clearbrook-Gonvick 25, 13. Park Christian 22, 14. Northome/Kelliher/Blackduck 19, 14. Ada-Borup 19, 16. Walker-Hackensack-Akeley 18, 17. Rothsay 15, 18. Fisher 11, 19. Lake of the Woods/Rainy River 9.50, 20. Red Lake County 8, 20. Warroad 8, 20. United Clay-Becker 8, 23. Bagley/Fosston 5, 24. Norman County East/Ulen-Hitterdal 3, 25. Barnesville 2, 26. TrekNorth 1, 27. Fertile-Beltrami 0.50

Here are the individual results by event:
4x800 Relay
1. Park Rapids Area 8:15.67, 2. Thief River Falls 8:22.97, 3. Frazee 8:32.30, 4. Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton 8:51.38, 5. United Clay-Becker 9:08.34, 6. East Grand Forks 9:15.06, 7. Roseau 9:33.92, 8. Bagley/Fosston 9:41.05

100 Meter Hurdles
1. Peter Vandewege (ROS) 16.09, 2. Zach McGlynn (WM) 16.58, 3. Evan Bilinski (NK) 17.45, 4. Dawson McDonald (EGF) 18.55, 5. Dawson Dahring (PRA) 18.71, 6. Caden Larson (PCS) 18.76, 7. Tanner Schwehr (DGF) 18.78, 8. Hunter Kasprowicz (WM) 18.83

100 Meter Dash
1. Noah Kiel (CR) 11.47, 2. Ayo Ogundeji (NEV) 11.51, 3. Carter Vasek (EGF) 11.66, 4. Colby Larson (ROTH) 11.72, 5. Justin Wang (DGF) 11.76, 6. Benjamin Olson (ROS) 11.83, 7. Alexander Lundgren (TRF) 11.97, 8. Blake Moen (EGF) 11.99

4x200 Relay
1. East Grand Forks 1:33.30, 2. Pelican Rapids 1:34.18, 3. Frazee 1:35.89, 4. Park Rapids Area 1:36.16, 5. Thief River Falls 1:36.33, 6. Park Christian 1:36.62, 7. Crookston 1:40.54, 8. Walker-Hackensack-Akeley 1:41.36

1600 Meter Run
1. Tyson Mahar (EGF) 4:29.88, 2. Evan Pohl (NEV) 4:31.36, 3. Jonathan Krueger (EGF) 4:40.59, 4. George Bjorklund (NEV) 4:45.32, 5. Noah Huot (PRA) 4:47.66, 6. Seth Meikle (LOW) 4:54.26, 7. Logan Blumer (ROTH) 4:59.32, 8. Trey Godding TN) 4:59.86

4x100 Relay
1. Crookston 45.27, 2. Park Christian 45.33, 3. Roseau 45.60, 4. Park Rapids Area 45.89, 5. Northome/Kelliher/Blackduck 46.36, 6. Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton 46.93, 7. Barnesville 47.05, 8. Pelican Rapids 48.06

400 Meter Dash
1. Joshua Finseth (DGF) 49.84, 2. Jory Vasek (FISH) 49.95, 3. Justin Wang (DGF) 50.41, 4. Sebastian Centeno (PR) 51.69, 5. Andrew Fahey (NK) 52.54, 6. Kaden Bakken (TRF) 53.44, 7. Anson Haack (LOW) 53.53, 8. Coauette Carter (CR) 55.19

300 Meter Hurdles
1. Blake Biermaier (TRF) 41.67, 2. Christian Miller (AB) 43.15, 3. Cooper Smith (EGF) 43.85, 4. Tristan Landberg (PR) 44.96, 5. Steven Hausken (WHA) 44.97, 6. Pierce Deblieck (PRA) 45.10, 7. Colten Pagnac (WM) 45.13, 8. Peter Vandewege (ROS) 45.92

800 Meter Run
1. Jack McNamee (NEV) 1:59.98, 2. Jack McQuown (CG) 2:02.25, 3. Lane Monaghan (PRA) 2:04.32, 4. Jonathan Krueger (EGF) 2:06. 63, 5. Isaac Mauch (TRF) 2:08.34, 6. Nathaniel Bervig (PRA) 2:08.79, 7. Trey Nichols (BGMR) 2:09.69, 8. Seth Meikle (LOW) 2:09.95

200 Meter Dash
1. Noah Kiel (CR) 22.50, 2. Ayo Ogundeji (NEV) 22.79, 3. Joshua Finseth (DGF) 22.82, 4. Justin Wang (DGF) 23.09, 5. Carter Vasek (EGF) 23.10, 6. Jory Vasek (FISH) 23.12, 7. Kyle Gorman (PCS) 23.46, 8. Jack Gilbert (NK) 23.76

3200 Meter Run
1. Tyson Mahar (EGF) 10:09.13, 2. Jack Johnson (NEV) 10:37.10, 3. Evan Pohl (NEV) 10:39.55, 4. Darryl Etter (PRA) 10:53.26, 5. Taylor Johnson (UCB) 10:58.54, 6. Dawson McDonald (EGF) 11:17.48, 7. Tristan Anderson (ROS) 11:21.10, 8. Jace Fore (EGF) 11:32.48

4x400 Relay
1. Thief River Falls 3:36.31, 2. Park Rapids Area 3:36.79, 3. Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton 3:45.23, 4. Pelican Raids 3:46.66, 5. Bagley/Fosston 3:47.28, 6. Lake of the Woods/Rainy River 3:49.60, 7. Warroad 3:50.34, 8. Frazee 3:50.76

High Jump
1. Zach McGlynn (WM) 6-01.00, 2. Gerald Melin (RLC) 5-11.00, 3. Virgil Laxznicka (WAR) 5-11.00, 4. Avery LaVine (CG) 5-11.00, 5. Nathan Johannsen (FRA) 5-09.00, 6. Caden Larson (PCS) 5-07.00, 7. Karsten Isaacson (CR) 5-07.00, 8. Quaid Johnson (LOW) 5-07.00, 8. Jonathon Parsons (FRA) 5-07.00

Pole Vault
1. Gavin Gullikson (WM) 13-01.00, 2. Zach McGlynn (WM) 12-01.00, 3. Nate Afshari (EGF) 11-07.00, 4. Zackary Stevenson (WHA) 11-01.00, 5. Brody Gwin (AB) 11-01.00, 6. Cole Olson (EGF) 10-007.00, 7. Tyson Mortimer (WM) 10-07.00, 8. Will Stromstad (FB) 10-01.00, 8. Carter Johnson (PR) 10-01.00

Long Jump
1. Joshua Finseth (DGF) 21-09.00, 2. Colby Larson (ROTH) 21-08.25, 3. Justin Wang (DGF) 21-05.00, 4. Colten Pagnac (WM) 20-10.50, 5. Jack Gilbert (NK) 19-10.00, 6. Christian Miller (AB) 19-09.00, 7. Jed Dunham (ROS) 19-01.00, 8. Brenner Spaeth (PCS) 18-11.00

Triple Jump
1. Joshua Finseth (DGF) 45-03.00, 2. Kai Ashmoore (WHA) 41-01.75, 3. Gabe Lavin (CG) 40-01.00, 4. Jonathon Parsons (FRA) 39-03.50, 5. Charlie Scholl (AB) 38-09.00, 6. Jayden Keeping (FRA) 37-11.75, 7. Liam Collins (BGMR) 37-10.75, 8. Colten Pagnac (WM) 37-10.00

Discus
1. Tristan Hill (PRA) 155-02.00, 2. Brady Skeim (BGMR) 132-08.00, 3. Nick Haugrud (PR) 127-00.00, 4. Luke Hartung (PRA) 125-01.50, 5. Gage Hockstedler (BGMR) 122-07.00, 6. Cole Bentley (NCE/UH) 122-01.00, 7. Austin Kautzman (BGMR) 119-01.00, 8. Gabe Lavin (CG) 115-00.00

Shot Put
1. Tristan Hill (PRA) 47-01.50, 2. Brady Skeim (BGMR) 43-03.25, 3. Gage Hockstedler (BGMR) 42-11.75, 4. Gabe Lavini (CG) 40-10.25, 5. Taylor Engebretson (TRF) 40-10.00, 6. Victor Sosa (DGF) 39-10.25, 7. Zachary Troyer (PCS) 39-08.00, 8. Nick Haugrud (PR) 39-07.00