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Fergus Falls Girls Host True Team Track and Field Meet

By Craig Olson, 05/10/23, 12:15AM CDT

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Fergus Falls hosted the Section 8AA Girls True Team Track and Field Meet on Tuesday.  The Otters finished fifth out of eleven teams in the field.  “We were really impressed with our team’s effort and results,” said Head Coach Niki Welde.  “We have been battling some nagging injuries, which I like to attribute to a long season of indoor training.  The team rallied around this meet and performed great.”

Season best performances for the Otters came from Olivia Trout in the 100 hurdles, Olivia Swanson in the 800, Cassie Wellman and Sarah Grotberg in the 3200, Amelia Olson in the pole vault, Aisling Cox and Macee Butler in the shot, Cox again in the discus and Sarah Norland in the triple jump.  The 4x800 and 4x100 relay teams also had season best times.

“These season bests are what we look for on a night like this, but I have to say everyone who competed today truly gave the team what they could and it made a difference,” added Coach Welde.

Full results can be found at https://rpmtiming.com/event-results/?id=1257

Girls Team Scores
1. Detroit Lakes 595, 2. Pequot Lakes 545.50, 3. Perham 516.50, 4. Park Rapids Area 512.50, 5. Fergus Falls 429, 6. Thief River Falls 377, 7. Little Falls 335, 8. Melrose Area 291, 9. East Grand Forks 248, 10. Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton 227.50, 11. United Clay-Becker 222

Individual Results
4x800 Meter Relay
1. Park Rapids Area 10:11.20 (Makenna Maanum, Olivia Davis, Natalia Lopez, Addison Lauwagie, 2. Perham 10:12.48 (Liz Birkeland, Aspen Rhode, Caidyn Breid, Leelou Novotny), 3. Fergus Falls 10:13.66 (Violet McConn, Estee Versteeg, Olivia Swansn, Alexis Wellman), 4. Detroit Lakes 10:24.09 (Ava Jones, Helena Daggett, Rylee Johnson, Amaya LeCleir), 5. Pequot Lakes 10:31.51 (Chelby Wothe, Kyra Rohrbach, Isabel Larson, Veronica Broskovetz), 6. Little Falls 10:36.10 (Grace LeClair, Ella Rausch, Ayla Anez, Elise Ballou)

100 Meter Hurdles
1. Rylee Johnson (DL) 15.78, 2. Lauryn Rustad (PER) 15.99, 3. Shali Anderson (EGF) 17.03, 4. Brookie Bakke (TRF) 17.21, 5. Malae Nolan (LF) 17.99, 6. Maddie Blahut (DL) 17.90

100 Meter Dash
1. Abby Larson (DL) 12.71, 2. Kendra Mehrkens (TRF) 12.81, 3. Ella Paulson (DL) 13.11, 4. Josie Taylor (PL) 13.55, 5. Joselyn Rinio (PL) 13.71, 6. Ella Starzl (FF) 13.83

4x200 Meter Relay
1. Thief River Falls 1:48.24 (Kendal Rantanen, Dru Harbott, Stephanie Dagg, Kendra Mehrkens), 2. Pequot Lakes 1:50.09 (Joselyn Rinio, Ashley Slaybaugh, Ava Merta, Josie Taylor), 3. Detroit Lakes 1:50.26 (Ella Paulson, Tatum Rader, Jerzie Horner, Mallory Fischer), 4. Perham 1:50.57 (Lauryn Rustad, Cora Grismer, Addi Hackel, Jaden Hackel), 5. Park Rapids Area 1:51.99 (Laney Vrieze, Avery Schueller, Olivia Davis, Olivia Miller), 6. East Grand Forks 1:53.96 (Shali Anderson, Jerzey Perkerewicz, Camryn Adams, Geena Jordheim)

1600 Meter Run
1. Calia Chaney (PL) 5:26.19, 2. Gracie Morris (PER) 5:27.09, 3. Estee Versteeg (FF) 5:27.19, 4. Ella Hendrickson (PER) 5:34.29, 5. Morgan Koppelman (PRA) 5:35.77, 6. Madeline Brandt (PRA) 5:35.81, 7. Cassie Wellman (FF) 5:36.32, 8. Lily Olson (UCB) 5:38.95

4x100 Meter Relay
1. Detroit Lakes 51.18 (Mamie Hunter, Rylee Johnson, Jerzie Horner, Abby Larson), 2. Pequot Lakes 52.73 (Joselyn Rinio, Ashley Slaybaugh, Hannah Sigler, Ava Merta), 3. Thief River Falls 53.46 (Lilly Homme, Kenzie Reynolds, Megan Peterson, Gwen Wojciechowski), 4. Perham 53.52 (Ariana Doll, Kennedy Pilgrim, Willow Thiel, Paiton Christianson), 5. Park Raids Area 53.59 (Laney Vrieze, Grace Officer, Avery Schueller, Olivia Miller), 6. Fergus Falls 54.74 (Mayah Fear, Esther Covington, Siiri Smestad, Ella Starzl)

400 Meter Dash
1. Calia Chaney (PL) 59.19, 2. Dru Harbott (TRF) 1:03.25, 3. Violet McConn (FF) 1:03.31, 4. Addison Lauwagie (PRA) 1:03.40, 5. Natalia Lopez (PRA) 1:03.44, 6. Katarine Vetter (UCB) 1:03.64

300 Meter Hurdles
1. Lauryn Rustad (PER) 47.46, 2. Brookie Bakke (TRF) 49.46, 3. Allison Gladen (PL) 51.57, 4. Malae Nolan (LF) 52.51, 5. Shali Anderson (EGF) 52.71, 6. Maddie Blahut (DL) 52.76

800 Meter Run
1. Madeline Brandt (PRA) 2:25.67, 2. Gracie Morris (PER) 2:27.15, 3. Morgan Koppelman (PRA) 2:28.54, 4. Hannah Barberg (DL) 2:33.32, 5. Marin Johnson (DL) 2:34.21, 6. Maria Hinnenkamp (MEL) 2:34.57, 7. Olivia Swanson (FF) 2:35.13, 8. Georgie Thompson (PL) 2:35.62

200 Meter Dash
1. Abby Larson (DL) 26.40, 3. Kendra Mehrkens (TRF) 26.44, 3. Olivia Miller (PRA) 27.56, 4. Josie Taylor (PL) 27.96, 5. Ella Paulson (DL) 28.00, 6. Avery Schueller (PRA) 28.10,l 7. Mya Morris (PER) 28.15, 8. Isabelle Jaenicke (MEL) 28.16

3200 Meter Run
1. Calia Chaney (PL) 11:58.80, 2. Cassie Wellman (FF) 12:03.47, 3. Julia Steffl (DL) 12:25.03, 4. Ella Hendrickson (PER) 12:28.49, 5. Sarah Grotberg (FF) 12:32.01, 6. Julia Harmon (PRA) 12:36.24, 7. Quincy Anderson (PER) 12:38.36, 8. Elory Mossestad (TRF) 12:46.52

4x400 Meter Relay
1. Park Rapids Area 4:15.69 (Madeline Brandt, Morgan Koppelman, Natalia Lopez, Addison Lauwagie), 2. Pequot Lakes 4:21.19 (Allison Gladen, Georgie Thompson, veronica Broskovetz, Carlie Eggert), 3. Perham 4:21.67 (Gracie Morris, Mya Morris, Leelou Novotny, Jaden Hackel), 4. Detroit Lakes 4:22.42 (HaydonKing, Grace Gunderson, Helena Daggett, Lila Kallstrom), 5. Thief River Falls 4:23.17 (Kendal Rantanen, Mackenzie Lee, Stephanie Dagg, Dru Harbott), 6. United Clay-Becker 4:23.56 (Bree Nelson, Anna Steer, Elsa Stigen, Katarina Vetter)

Long Jump
1. Isabelle Jaenicke (MEL) 16-02.50, 2. Ella Starzl (FF) 16-01.00, 3. Reese Laposky (PL) 15-11.50, 4. Kennedy Pilgrim (PER) 15-07.75, 5. Olivia Miller (PRA) 15-06.50, 6. Alexis Hartmann (PER) 15-02.50

Triple Jump
1. Jaden Hackel (PER) 36-02.50, 2. Ellie Sosa (DGF) 34-07.25, 3. Kennedy Pilgrim (PER) 34-00.50, 4. Isabelle Jaenicke (MEL) 34-00.00, 5. Alea Berscheit (MEL) 33-03.75, 6. Sarah Nordlund (FF) 32-05.00

High Jump
1. Grace Gunderson (DL) 5-02.00, 2. Rylee Johnson (DL) 5-02.00, 3. Ella Starzl (FF) 5-00.00, 4. Natalee Hoffner (MEL) 4-10.00, 4. Isabel Larson (PL) 4-10.00, 6. Addyson Strawsell (UCB) 4-10.00, 7. Ruby Ellison (FF) 4-10.00, 8. Reese Laposky (PL) 4-08.00

Pole Vault
1. Gracie Morris (PER) 11-06.00, 2. Jerzie Horner (DL) 11-00.00, 3. Natalie Rooney (PER) 10-00.00, 4. Addison Lauwagie (PRA) 10-00.00, 5. MorganKoppelman (PRA) 10-00.00, 6. Maren Espe (TRF) 9-00.00

Shot Put
1. Amelia Davis (PL) 34-11.00, 2. Jacee Hauser (DL) 34-04.00, 3. Ella Olson (DGF) 33-06.00, 4. Alexis Riniker (DGF) 33-04.50, 5. Natalie Enright (MEL) 33-00.00, 6. Cate Diggins (PER) 32-00.00

Discus
1. Alexis Riniker (DGF) 109-04, 2. Jacee Hauser (DL) 107-09, 3. Elle Bettcher (DL) 101-10, 4. Ella Olson (DGF) 100-07, 5. Amelia Davis (PL) 97-09, 6. Kayla Joyce PL) 92-02. 7. Gracie Edwards (PER) 91-07, 8. Sarah Hartung (PRA) 91-00