Fergus Falls junior Jaden Miller finished second with a personal best time of 1:56.00 in the Class AA 800 meter run finals on Saturday at St. Michael-Albertville High School.  Shane Zierden, who was runner-up in the triple jump on Friday, ended up fifth in the long jump (21-06.50).  The Otter girls’ 4x800 meter relay team (9:52.13) did not place.

Perham junior Bjorn Anderson claimed second place in the 1600 meter run (4:14.37).  Jaden Hackel was fourth (36-07.75) in the AA girls’ triple jump and Gracie Morris of the Yellowjackets took fifth place in the pole vault (11-00).  The 4x800 Perham relay team wound up in ninth place with a time of 9:44.17.  Avalee Brown, Cora Grismer, Aspen Rohde and Caidyn Breid were on that team.

Junior Otto Anderson of the Alexandria Boys’ Track and Field Team is the Olson Oil Company Athlete of the Week.

Anderson helped the Cardinals to a first place team finish at the Section 8AA Meet this past week, qualifying for state in four events.  Anderson won the 110 meter hurdles (15.06) and the 300 meter hurdles (39.26), finished as runner-up in the high jump (6-01.00) and was a member of the winning 4x400 meter relay team (42.37) along with Trey Negen, Evan Kludt and Macklen Heydt.

Anderson and several of his teammates will compete at the AA State Track and Field Meet June 6-8 at St. Michael-Albertville High School.