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Otter Girls Host True Team Track and Field Meet

By Craig Olson, 05/11/22, 1:45AM CDT

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Fergus Falls hosted the 8AA True Team Track and Field Meet on Tuesday.  Detroit Lakes (561), Pequot Lakes (543.5) and Perham (527.5) finished 1-2-3 in the team competition.  Fergus Falls was eighth out of eleven teams with 326 points.

“I am so proud of the way our girls performed and stepped up to challenges tonight,” said Head Coach Niki Welde of the Otters.  “Ainsley Hansen won both the long jump and high jump with a PR in the long jump.  She also stepped up to run on our 4x2 relay team.  Ella Metcalf performed in true, True Team fashion with an excellent PR in the pole vault, Sarah Nordlund furthered her best in the triple jump and we again saw excellent PRs from our 200 sprinters Siiri Smestad and Aisling Cox.  We welcomed Cassie Wellman in the 3200 and Violet Mcconn in the 800 tonight from our Middle School team.  Both performed just as we were hoping.”

Perham's Lauryn Rustad broke the school's 100 meter hurdle record with a time of 16.31.  The previous record of 16.69 was held by Becca Peloquin and was set in 2008.

Here are the girls’ team results:
1. Detroit Lakes 561, 2. Pequot Lakes 543.5, 3. Perham 527.5, 4. Park Rapids Area 467, 5. Little Falls 447, 6. Est Grand Forks 339.5, 7. Thief River Falls 328, 8. Fergus Falls 326, 9. United Clay-Becker 321.5, 10. Melrose Area 226, 11. Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton 223

Here are the individual girls’ results by event:
4x800 Meter Relay
1. Perham 10:15.70 (Liz Birkeland, Mya Morris, Caidyn Breid, Leelou Novotny), 3. United Clay-Becker 10:31.48 (Lily Peterson, Lily Olson, Kira Thompson, Paula Heide), 9. Fergus Falls 11:44.61 (Hannah Scharnberg, Sarah Grotberg, Naomi Dummer, Sonja Lahti), 10. Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton 12:04.12 (Belle Hamre, Sophia Eidsmoe, Kelsey Baltes, Josie Peterson)

100 Meter Hurdles
3. Lauryn Rustad (PER) 16.31, 5. Jaden Hackel (PER) 16.79, 8. Sarah Nordlund (FF) 18.16, 10. Laura Schauer (UCB) 19.29, 15. Izzie Neubauer (FF) 20.46, 17. Ella Arends (DGF) 21.95

100 Meter Dash
5. Siiri Smestad (FF) 13.57, 7. Ella Starzl (FF) 13.69, 9. Willow Thiel (PER) 13.76, 14. Elsa Stigen (UCB) 13.98, 16. Lily Aakre (PER) 14.14, 18. Laura Burkel (UCB) 14.22, 19. Camille Costello (DGF) 14.32, 21. Michaela Risberg (DGF) 14.52

4x200 Meter Relay
6. Perham 1:55.50 (Ariana Doll, Kennedy Pilgrim, Alexis Hartmann, Lola Pulver), 8. United Clay-Becker 1:56.24 (Elsa Stigen, Laura Burkel, Ingrid Rustad, Anna Steer), 9. Fergus Falls 1:57.82 (Siiri Smestad, Ella Starzl, Ainsley Hansen, Sarah Nordlund), 10. Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton 2:02.35 (McKara Hoban, Abigail Walton, Nora Jones, Aunika Reynolds)

1600 Meter Run
3. Gracie Morris (PER) 5:37.33, 5. Ella Hendrickson (PER) 5:47.18, 6. Lily Olson (UCB) 5:47.44, 16. Naomi Dummer (FF) 6:18.25, 18. Piper Myran (UCB) 6:20.79, 19. Sonja Lahti (FF) 6:52.10, 21. Alexis Rude (DGF) 7:20.61, 22. Ava Leach (DGF) 7:34.07

4x100 Meter Relay
5. Perham 54.70 (Ariana Doll, Addi Hackel, Lily Aakre, Willow Thiel), 8. United Clay-Becker 56.42 (Mia Voth, Addyson Strawsell, Lilliana Schall, Erin Schauer), 9. Fergus Falls 56.50 (Tyra Skjeret, Brook Zierden, Megan Tossett, Talia Nelson), 10. Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton 58.02 (McKara Hoban, Abigail Walton, Alyssa Oswald, Ella Olson)

400 Meter Dash
2. Bree Nelson (UCB) 1:01.80, 7. Lola Pulver (PER) 1:05.59, 8. Leelou Novotny (PER) 1:05.95, 9. Elsa Stigen (UCB) 1:06.09, 13. Rebecca Schindler (FF) 1:07.19, 15. Raegan Dawson (DGF) 1:08.16, 19. Alexis Wellman (FF) 1:09.70, 20. Ellie Sosa (DGF) 1:09.95

300 Meter Hurdles
4. Jaden Hackel (PER) 49.98, 5. Lauryn Rustad (PER) 50.20, 14. Laura Schauer (UCB) 56.10, 15. Alyson Bygd (FF) 56.28, 16. Izzie Neubauer (FF) 56.65, 18. McKara Hoban (DGF) 1:00.92, 19. Emily Freier (DGF) 1:05.15

800 Meter Run
3. Gracie Morris (PER) 2:30.64, 6. Liz Birkeland (PER) 2:34.74, 14. Jada Carlson (UCB) 2:47.16, 15. Kira Thompson (UCB) 2:50.24, 16. Emma Brinkman (DGF) 2:50.81, 18. Violet Mcconn FF) 2:53.33, 20. Hannah Scharnberg (FF) 2:59.44, 21. Isabel Toms (DGF) 3:08.65

200 Meter Dash
4. Jaden Hackel (PER) 28.05, 8. Siiri Smestad (FF) 28.64, 13. Laura Burkel (UCB) 29.39, 14. Aunika Reynolds (DGF) 29.48, 15. Erin Schauer (UCB) 29.62, 18. Chesney Esser (PER) 30.10, 21. Michaela Risberg (DGF) 31.72, 22. Aisling Cox (FF) 33.52

3200 Meter Run
1. Paula Heide (UCB) 12:00.61, 3. Lily Peterson (UCB) 12:44.21, 4. Cassie Wellman (FF) 12:45.44, 5. Quincy Anderson (PER) 12:46.32, 9. Sarah Grotberg (FF) 13:16.20, 15. Aspen Rhode (PER) 13:50.51, 20 Emma Friend (DGF) 15:05.24

4x400 Meter Relay
4. United Clay-Becker 4:23.51 (Bree Nelson, Ingrid Rustad, Anna Steer, Lilliana Schall), 6. Perham 4:27.49 (Mya Morris, Ella Hendrickson, Liz Birkeland, Leelou Novotny), 10. Fergus Falls 4:45.26 (Alexis Wellman, Aisling Cox, Rebecca Schindler, Tyra Skjeret), 11. Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton 4:46.75 (Emma Brinkman, Abigail Walton, Camille Costello, Raegan Dawson)

Long Jump
1. Ainsley Hansen (FF) 16-06.25, 3. Alexis Hartmann (PER) 15-04.50, 7. Ella Starzl (FF) 14-08.75, 8. Elsa Stigen (UCB) 14-08.00, 9. Lola Pulver (PER) 14-05.00, 10. Abigail Walton (DGF) 14-04.50, 15. Anna Steer (UCB) 13-08.75, 19. Camille Costello (DGF) 12-11.50

Triple Jump
1. Kennedy Pilgrim (PER) 35-04.00, 2. Jaden Hackel (PER) 35-04.00, 6. Megan Tossett (FF) 33-00.50, 9. Sarah Nordlund (FF) 31-06.50, 10. Ellie Sosa (DGF) 31-02.50, 20. Emma Brinkman (DGF) 23-06.75

High Jump
1. Ainsley Hansen (FF) 5-04.00, 8. Addyson Strawsell (UCB) 4-06.00, 8. Willow Thiel (PER) 4-06.00, 10. Ella Starzl (FF) 4-06.00, 10. Ingrid Rustad (UCB) 4-06.00, 16. Olivia Rosenthal (PER) 4-04.00, 18. Michaela Risberg (DGF) 4-02.00, 22. Ella Arends (DGF) 3-10.00

Pole Vault
2. Natalie Rooney (PER) 10-03.00, 3. Gracie Morris (PER) 9-06.00, 13. McKara Hoban (DGF) 7-00.00, 14. Savannah Brown (DGF) 7-00.00, 15. Ella Metcalf (FF) 7-00.00, 17. Mayah Fear (FF) 6-06.00

Shot Put
1. Emma Hellerud (DGF) 35-10.00, 2. Alexis Riniker (DGF) 34-08.00, 11. Cate Diggins (PER) 28-09.00, 13. Lauryn Rustad (PER) 28-01.00, 17. Marissa Ahles (UCB) 26-04.00, 18. Haley Kugler (FF) 25-02.00, 19. Aisling Cox (FF) 24-07.00, 20. Leah Tibbetts (UCB) 24-06.00

Discus
1. Alexis Riniker (DGF) 106-03, 2. Emma Hellerud (DGF) 104-00, 5. Gracie Edwards (PER) 88-10, 12. Haley Kugler (FF) 77-00, 13. Marissa Ahles (UCB) 75-00, 15. Leah Tibbetts (UCB) 74-05, 17. Lily Aakre (PER) 71-11, 21. Lauren Fazio (FF) 58-04