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The Fergus Falls track and field teams hosted the Harrington Early Bird Classic on Thursday. Perham won the girls' event with 133 points and the Otters were runners-up with 124. Detroit Lakes came in third with 104 points. They were followed by Barnesville 83, Hillcrest 43, Ottertail Central 32, Breckenridge 29 and Ashby-Brandon-Evansville 10.
The boys' event was won by Detroit Lakes with 157 points. Perham was runner-up with 134 and Fergus Falls claimed third with 97 points. They were followed by Ottertail Central 59, Breckenridge 31, Ashby-Brandon-Evansville 30, Hillcrest 23 and Barnesville 14.
Full results at https://www.athletic.net/TrackAndField/meet/531717/results/all
“Warm weather and melted snow brought everyone's competitive spirits up,” stated Fergus Falls Head Coach Niki Welde. “Tonight was the 2nd of 3 meets this week. 3 meets in a week is an anomaly. Coming off a snow event we decided to put our odds on a guaranteed indoor meet on Monday. We moved our home meet to later in the week not knowing if it would happen for sure based on snow melt. Saturday brings our indoor conference meet. Tonight we were able to have our kids sit back and focus on different events. It gave us lots of opportunities to try out new options.”
Winning events for the Otters were:
Estee Versteeg in the 1600 with a season PR.
Sarah Grotberg in the 3200 with a season best
Brook Zierden in the Discus she also placed second in the shot put with a season best.
Mayah Fear had an outstanding best, winning the triple jump.
“Many of our events cross over from an indoor season,” noted Coach Welde. “These athletes had an opportunity to better their performances at this first outdoor meet.”
Sprinter Bella Rude pulled a 7th place season best in the 200; 7th grader Carsyn Lill stood out in 4th with a huge season best in the 800; Olivia Swanson joined her, scoring in the 800 with another season best; Senior Sarah Grotberg not only got a season best in the 3200, but a 3rd place finish in the 1600.
“This Otter team is showing strength in all areas,” concluded Welde. “Their hard work is already paying off.”
The Hillcrest Lutheran Academy Comets competed in the Harrington Early Bird Track and Field Invite on a beautiful Thursday afternoon in Fergus Falls.
In their first outdoor meet the girls 4x800 team broke the school record by 6 seconds (10:22.57) Relay team members were Katie Holzner, Emme Berge, Elsa Retzlaff and Kaia Fiskness. Those that also scored points for the Comets were Gabe Swedenberg, 2nd in both the 100 (11.95) & 200 (24.55); Matthew Knutson, 5th in the high Jump and 3rd in the 4X400 (3:49.47) with teammates Gabe Swedenberg, Maverick Peterson and Drew Fischer; Ruby Peterson 2nd in the 200 and 2nd in the 4x400 with Elsa Retzlaff, Emme Berge & Kaia Fiskness; Katie Holzner was 3rd in the 3200; Kaia Fiskness 1st in 400 (1:02.39); Emme Berge 4th in 400 (1:07.75); and Elsa Retzlaff 5th in the 800.
“We had a great meet considering three of the teams were Class AA,” said Head Coach Alan Aase. “The boys finished 7th out of 8 teams and the girls finished 5th out of 8 teams. The Comets head to Barnesville on Tuesday and Pillager on Thursday.
Shane Zierden – 3rd in 100 (12.07), 1st in 100 hurdles (16.93)
Antonio Parker – 7th in 100 (12.45)
Jaden Miller – 1st in 400 (55.55), 2nd in 800 (2:06.04)
Tommy Erickson – 5th in 400 (57.19), 6th in 1600 (5:02.13)
David Ronnevik – 5th in 800 (2:13.51)
Matthew Tuel – 6th in 800 (2:13.90)
Michael Schmidt – 7th in 800 (2:15.48), 8th in Pole Vault (8’0”)
Brody Nelson – 8th in 800 (2:17.66)
Micah Mouser – 8th in 1600 (5:17.64)
Elias Ronnevik – 5th in 3200 (14:00.46)
Josiah Uggerud – 6th in 3200 (14:38.31)
Alex Burrows – 2nd in 300 hurdles (46.05)
Reece Hansen – 7th in 300 hurdles (52.03)
4x100 – 4th 49.76 (Blake Roberts, Antonio Parker, Logan Rott, Jadan Heikes)
4x200 – 3rd 1:48.99 (Mostafa Al Arbawi, Logan Bredenberg, Quinn Wynn-Sheldon, Drew Johnson)
4x400 – 2nd 3:48.84 (Alex Burrows, David Ronnevik, Jadan Heikes, Matthew Tuel), 6th – 4:04.55 (Michael Schmidt, Noah Frank, Brody Nelson, Trygvie Ronnevik)
4x800 – 1st 10:05.42 (Trygvie Ronnevik, Noah Frank, Logan Bredenberg, Landon Votava)
Quinn Wynn-Sheldon – 6th – shot put (38’10”)
Isaac Maack – 8th – shot put (37’8”)
Layten Drouillard – 4th – Discus (131’8”)
Jack Welde – 5th – High Jump (5’6”)
Andrew Muchow – 2nd – Pole Vault (11’6”), 4th – Triple Jump (36’ 4.75”); 8th in the high jump (5'6")
The Otter Tail Central Bulldog track team made an impressive statement as they kicked off their season at the Fergus Falls meet. The Bulldogs took home first in four events. With the men taking fourth and women taking 6th in the team standings.
Mason Dalluge set the tone for the Bulldogs, claiming first place in the triple jump with a leap of 42'7 which is fourth all time in OTC history, and securing a commendable second place in the long jump.
Peter Newark clinched a convincing victory in the 3200 after taking top 5 in the 1600 earlier in the day.
Jonas Hagemesiter placed first in the 300 hurdles and scored a top four finish in the pole vault.
Kinley Bornmann soared to victory in the long jump with a 16'4.5 and took home 5th in triple jump
Maggie Mark and Madison Cameron took 2nd and 5th respectively in the discus.
Aidan Heggem was 3rd in the triple jump and 4th in the 400.
The Bulldogs next compete Monday the 8th in Battle Lake.