Girls team takes ninth place at True Section meet

Photo by Chad Koenen
Ally Hart took second place in the 100-meter hurdles during the Section 6A True Team meet on Tuesday morning in Pelican Rapids.

By Chad Koenen

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The Otter Tail Central track team was busy last week as the Bulldogs competed at the Section 6A True Team meet on Tuesday, as well as the Perham Invite on Thursday.

This week the Bulldogs will compete at the Park Region Conference meet in Wadena on Tuesday in their only action of the week. 

Tuesday

Ally Hart picked up a pair of second place finishes in the hurdles and Grace VanErp took first place in the triple jump during the Section 6A True Team meet in Pelican Rapids on Tuesday.

Joseph Froslee leads a pack of runners during a relay race at the Section 6A True Team meet in Pelican Rapids on Tuesday.

Hart finished with a time of 17.50 in the 100-meter hurdles and 50.19 in the 300-meter hurdles to take second place in both events. She also took fifth place in the high jump. 

VanErp finished in first place in the triple jump with a jump of 36’10” and was fifth in the high jump. 

On the boys side, Isaac Scherfenberg and Brien Poser both took seventh place in the 400-meter and 800-meter runs respectively to lead the way. 

As a team, the OTC girls took ninth place with 1116.5 and the boys finished in 10th place with 502.5. 

Pelican Rapids won both the boys and girls as the Vikings finished with 966 points for the boys and 1732 for the girls. 

100 METER DASH- 13. Erika Heibel 14.30, 22. Myiesha Antoni 14.81

200 METER DASH- 12. Grace VanErp 28.86, 18. Erika Heibel 29.23

400 METER DASH- 13. Kinley Bormann 1:07.37, 24. Ally Goodman 1:12.06

800 METER RUN- 11. Kallyn Grove 2:37.41, 27. Lila Thorson 3:18.33

Frace VanErp took first place in the triple jump on Tuesday in Pelican Rapids.

1600 METER RUN- 15. Nora Froslee 6:01.04, 22. Laney Frost 6:20.24 6:20.24

3200 METER RUN- 4. Nora Froslee 12:57.29, 11. Kyleigh Shebeck 13:36.21

100 METER HURDLES- 2. Ally Hart 17.50

300 METER HURDLES- 2. Ally Hart 50.19

4X100 METER RELAY- 6. 1:00.32

4X200 METER RELAY- 1. 1:53.28

4X400 METER RELAY- 1. 4:37.06

4X800 METER RELAY- 8. 11:18.71

HIGH JUMP- 5. Ally Hart 4-8, 15. Myiesha Antoni 4-4

LONG JUMP- 5. Grace VanErp 14-8, 21. Kalli Christianson 12-11.5

TRIPLE JUMP- 1. Grace VanErp 36-10, 5. Kinley Bormann 32-8

POLE VAULT- 5. Ava Carlson 7-0, 11. Avaya Condiff 6-0

Lila Thorson competes in a relay race on Tuesday.

DISCUS- 22. Ava Eckhoff 67-6

SHOT PUT- 18. Ava Eckhoff 26-6.5

BOYS

100 METER DASH- 23. Sam Jossart 13.45, 24. Jaxson Rich 13.48

200 METER DASH- 24. Brock Resch 29.57, 25. Max Mekalson 29.95

400 METER DASH- 7. Isaac Scherfenberg 55.32, 12. Caden Meek 57.60

800 METER RUN- 7. Brien Poser 2:13.83, 12. Blake Alonzo 2:20.31

1600 METER RUN- 9. Jonas Hegemesiter 5:01.36, 13. Joseph Froslee 5:18.20

3200 METER RUN- 3. Peter Newark 10:46.49, 14. August Wicklund 12:17.18

4X100 METER RELAY- 5. 54.62

4X200 METER RELAY- 7. 1:53.61

4X400 METER RELAY- 4.  3:58.71

4X800 METER RELAY- 2. 9:05.75

HIGH JUMP- 18. Jaxson Rich 5-2, 22. Brock Resch 5-0

LONG JUMP- 21. Peter Newark 15-4.75, 22. Max Mekalson 14-7

TRIPLE JUMP- 17. Aidan Heggem 33-2.75, 22. Quin Condiff 29-6.75

DISCUS- 7.  Caden Meek 100-3, 10. Kale Rich 96-1

Ava Eckhoff finished in 18th place in the shot put during last week’s Section 6A True Team meet in Pelican Rapids.

SHOT PUT- 10. Kale Rich 34-9.75, 11. Sam Jossart 34-7

Thursday

The OTC boys took third and the girls finished in fourth place at the Perham Invite on Thursday night.

The boys finished with 68 points and trailed just Perham with 184 and Pelican Rapids with 165 points in the standings. Frazee finished in fourth place with 68 points and New York Mills was fifth with 11 points.

On the girls side, Perham won the meet with 175 points, while Frazee took second with 115 points, Pelican Rapids was third with 90 points and OTC was fourth with 79 points. NY Mills rounded out the team scoring with 62 points.

The Bulldogs once again fared well in the field events on Thursday night as Grace VanErp captured first place in the triple jump with a jump of 37’2” and second in the long jump with a jump of 15’4”. 

Ally Hart captured a pair of first place finishes including first place in the high jump with a jump of 4’10” and first place in the 300-meter hurdles with a time of 49.81. 

Other top finishes for the girls include Kallyn Grove and Laney Frost who took second and fourth place respectively in the 800-meter run, while Hart also captured third place in the 100-meter hurdles. Nora Froslee finished in fifth place in the 1600-meter run and Kinley Bormann took third place in the triple jump. 

On the boys side, Caden Meek captured first place in the 400-meter dash with a time of 57.37 to lead a competitive event. Jonas Hegemesiter took third place in the event with a time of 58.13, Aidan Heggem took fourth place with a time of 1:00.08 and Jaxson Rich took fifth place with a time of 1:00.71. 

In the long jump, Max Mekalson captured third place with a jump of 15’7” and Aidan Heggem took fifth place with a jump of 14’10”. 

Heggem also took fifth place in the triple jump with a jump of 33’5” and Hegemesiter took fifth place in the pole vault with a jump of 9’6”. 

100 METER DASH- 6. Erika Heibel 14.03, 17. Willow Anderson 15.40, 20. Aurora Umlauf 15.87, 23. Annika Lukken 16.52, 26. Luncy Chen 16.68, 29. Olivia Roberts 17.79

400 METER DASH- 6. Ally Goodman 1:10.25, 9. Myiesha Antoni 1:10.94, 13. Mae Hegemeister 1:17.33, 14. Lila Thorson 1:18.20

800 METER RUN- 2. Kallyn Grove 2:39.29, 4. Laney Frost 2:54.56, 8. Luncy Chen 3:02.88

1600 METER RUN- 5. Nora Froslee 6:14.28, 7. Laney Frost 6:14.47

100 METER HURDLES- 3. Ally Hart 16.80

300 METER HURDLES- 1. Ally Hart 49.81, 5. Brailey Wilson 1:04.14, 6. Aurora Umlauf 1:05.19

4X100 METER RELAY- 5. 59.49

4X200 METER RELAY- 3. 1:54.12

HIGH JUMP- 1. Ally Hart 4-10, 7. Myiesha Antoni 4-4

LONG JUMP- 2. Grace VanErp 15-4, 6. Erika Heibel 14-2.5, 7. Kalli Christianson 13-9, 15. Myiesha Antoni 12-10, 15. Clara Mark 12-10

TRIPLE JUMP- 1. Grace VanErp 37-2, 3. Kinley Bormann 30-0

POLE VAULT- 10. Avaya Condiff 5-0

DISCUS- 7. Madison Cameron 70-4, 9. Ava Eckhoff 67-4, 13. Kallyn Grove 55-10

SHOT PUT- 7. Ava Eckhoff 26-8.5, 10. Madison Cameron 24-1, 13. Kallyn Grove 22-3, 15. Luncy Chen 21-10

BOYS

100 METER DASH- 13. Quin Condiff 14.15, 17. Sam Jossart 14.87, 18. Victor Johnson 15.02, 19. Aiden Rogers 15.33, 20. MaCade Barbe 15.62, 21. Erik Stans 15.64, 22. Sean Himmelspach 16.84, 23. Fred Scott 17.47

200 METER DASH- 18. Sean Himmelspach 37.96

400 METER DASH- 1.  Caden Meek 57.37, 3. Jonas Hegemesiter 58.13, 4. Aidan Heggem 1:00.08, 5. Jaxson Rich 1:00.71, 10. Norman Hoff 1:07.77, 11. Brock Resch 1:08.34

800 METER RUN- 5.  Isaac Scherfenberg 2:12.28, 7. Peter Newark 2:25.38

1600 METER RUN- 4. Peter Newark 5:09.25, 5. Jonas Hegemesiter 5:23.57

4X100 YARD RELAY- 4. 59.50

4X800 METER RELAY- 1. 9:08.50

HIGH JUMP- 2. Jaxson Rich 5-4

LONG JUMP- 3. Max Mekalson 15-7, 5. Aidan Heggem 14-10, 9. Peter Newark 13-9.5, 13. Jack Jossart 12-11.5, 14. Quin Condiff 12-4, 17. MaCade Barbe 11-3, 18. Erik Stans 10-11, 19. Matt Brandborg 10-10, 21. Aiden Rogers 10-5, 23. Fred Scott 8-6.5

TRIPLE JUMP- 5. Aidan Heggem 33-5, 8. Quin Condiff 29-1.5

POLE VAULT- 5. Jonas Hegemesiter 9-6, 13. Cayden Dittberner 7-0

DISCUS- 4.  Kale Rich 101-9, 7. Caden Meek 92-3, 9. Victor Johnson 86-1, 11. Max Mekalson 73-6, 12. Nathan Russ 69-6, 13. Sean Himmelspach 69-5, 19. Carsten Brandon 40-0

SHOT PUT- 7. Kale Rich 34-7, 9. Sam Jossart 33-5.5, 11. Victor Johnson 30-7, 13. Sean Himmelspach 27-5, 20. Carsten Brandon 16-9.5