Ella Starzl had an excellent night for the Otters, winning the long jump with a PR and placing in the high jump and in both the 4x100 and 4x200 relays.  Sarah Grotberg won the 3200, Megan Tossett had an all-time best in the triple jump taking second place, Ainsley Hansen placed fifth in the long jump, Alexis Wellman ran a personal best in the 400 and Mayah Fear competed in her first pole vault event, placing with a vault of 6-6.  Sarah Nordlund had a busy and successful night, scoring for the Otters in the Triple Jump, High Jump and 100 Hurdles and Olivia Swanson scored in the 800 with an excellent finish.

“Ella has been a strong leader on the team this year and she showed it tonight,” commented Head Coach Niki Welde of the Otters.  “Sarah Grotberg ran a great race with no real pressure around her.  If you don’t have someone to race, you really have to look within and focus on every lap.  She is a very thoughtful runner.  Megan really put together her Triple Jump game with a 3-foot season best and a 2-foot all-time best.  It is fun when an athlete puts a technical event like that together.  We had Ainsley rest out in the High Jump tonight, looking ahead to an opportunity to compete this Friday at the Hamline Elite Meet in St. Paul.  The weather was not complimentary to competing outdoors in track and field with 30 degree tempts, but our kids all went in with great attitudes and showed their resilience.”

Here are the Fergus Falls results by event:
100 Meter Dash
6. Siiri Smestad 13.97, 12. Rachel DeBrito 14.43

200 Meter Dash
7. Rachel DeBrito 29.21, 10. Ainsley Hansen 29.44, 11. Siiri Smestad 29.68

400 Meter Dash
5. Alexis Wellman 1:11.99

800 Meter Run
6. Olivia Swanson 2:47.97, 12. Sonja Lahti 3:19.59

1600 Meter Run
10. Hannah Scharnberg 6:34.72, 11. Naomi Dummer 6:35.06, 15. Sonja Lahti 7:08.89

3200 Meter Run
1. Sarah Grotberg 13:20.31

100 Meter Hurdles
4. Sarah Nordlund 19.39, 11. Aubrey Seedorf 21.36, 12. Izzie Neubauer 21.62, 14. Alyson Bygd 22.08

300 Meter Hurdles
9. Alyson Bygd 1:04.53

4x100 Meter Relay
5. 58.18 (Ella Starzl, Megan Tossett, Tyra Skjeret, Talia Nelson)

4x200 Meter Relay
5. 1:59.74 (Ella Starzl, Becca Schindler, Ainsley Hansen, Siiri Smestad)

4x400 Meter Relay
4. 4:38.31 (Ainsley Hansen, Olivia Swanson, Becca Schindler, Tyra Skjeret)

4x800 Meter Relay
6. 11:46.15 (Naomi Dummer, Sarah Grotberg, Olivia Swanson, Hannah Scharnberg)

Shot Put
11. Haley Kugler 24-09.00, 14. Aisling Cox 23-07.00, 15. Lauren Fazio 23-04.00, 18. Alexis Wellman 21-04.00

Discus
10. Haley Kugler 71-01.50, 14. Aisling Cox 63-08.50, 16. Lauren Fazio 57-00.50

High Jump
4. Ella Starzl 4-06.00, 5. Sarah Nordlund 4-04.00, 8. Hannah Scharnberg 4-02.00

Pole Vault
6. Mayah Fear 6-06.00

Long Jump
1. Ella Starzl 15-07.00, 5. Ainsley Hansen 15-00.00, 15. Maya Fear 13-09.00, 16. Hannah Scharnberg 13-06.50

Triple Jump
2. Megan Tossett 33-01.25, 6. SarahNordlund 30-02.00, 9. Aubrey Seedorf 29-07.50, 15. Tyra Skjeret 28-04.50