VanErp takes first in three events

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Seventh grader Avaya Condiff and senior Ava Carlson cleared 5 feet last week to tie a school record in the pole vault.

Grace VanErp won three events, while Ally Hart secured two top three finishes as the Otter Tail Central track team competed at the United Clay Becker Invite on Thursday in Hawley.

VanErp won both the triple jump with a jump of 37’7 1/2”, as well as the long jump with a jump of 16’9 1/2”. She also took third place in the 200-meter dash with a time of 28.87 and was part of the first place 4×200-meter relay with Erika Heibel, Hart and Kinley Bormann. 

Hart took second place in the 300-meter hurdles, finished just .6 seconds behind Lauryn Rustad of Perham. The OTC junior finished with a time of 50.83. She also finished in third place in the 100-meter hurdles with a time of 17.72. 

Nora Froslee also secured a top 5 finish as she took fourth place in the 3200-meter run with a time of 13:19. 

A new event for the Bulldogs this year is the pole vault. Seventh grader Avaya Condiff and senior Ava Carlson both cleared 5 feet to tie for the school record. Kallyn Grove won her heat of the 800 and placed 8th over in a season best time of 2:44. Nora Froslee finished 4th in the 2 mile running 13:19.

Other top 10 finishes include Kinley Bormann who took fifth place in the 400-meter dahs with a time of 1:08.19, Myiesha Antoni who finished in ninth place in the 400-meter dash with a time of 1:10.87, Kallyn Grove who finished in eighth place in the 800-meter run with a time of 2:44.03, Hart in the high jump with a jump of 4’8” and Antoni in the long jump with a jump of 14’4 1/2”.

On the boys side, Jonas Hegemeister, Aidan Heggem and Nathan Russ led the way with a third, fourth and fifth place finish in the 400-meter dash. They finished with times of 57.94, 58.50 and 59.20.

Blake Alonzo took eighth place in the 800-meter run with a time of 2:23.10 to finish just ahead of teammate Joseph Froslee who finished in ninth place with a time of 2:26.57. 

Peter Newark captured fifth place in the 1600-meter run with a time of 5:12.56 and finished in sixth place in the 3200-meter run with a time of 11:06.11. 

The boys 4×800 of Alonzo, Hegemesiter, Isaac Scherfenberg, and Brian Poser placed third, in a season best 9:12.28.  The same relay team took 3rd in the 4×400 with another season best of 3:55.57 

100 METER DASH

11. Erika Heibel 14.52; 32. Clara Mark 15.40; 44. Kalli Christianson 15.88; 50. Allie George 16.11; 54. Aurora Umlauf 16.36; 55. Brailey Wilson 16.69; 65. Luncy Chen 17.38; 70. Annika Lukken 17.98

200 METER DASH

3. Grace VanErp 28.87; 10. Kinley Bormann 29.83; 12. Erika Heibel 29.95; 35. Clara Mark 32.23; 37. Myiesha Antoni 32.60; 50. Aurora Umlauf 34.33

400 METER DASH

5. Kinley Bormann 1:08.19; 9. Myiesha Antoni 1:10.87; 13. Ally Goodman 1:12.41

800 METER RUN

8. Kallyn Grove 2:44.03; 17. Laney Frost 3:04.60; 26. 3:20.22

1600 METER RUN

20. Laney Frost 6:34.51; 29. Natalie Eckhoff 7:15.21; 32. Delia Tebrugge 7:27.09

3200 METER RUN

4. Nora Froslee 13:19.33

100 METER HURDLES

3. Ally Hart 17.72

300 METER HURDLES

2. Ally Hart 50.83

4X200 METER RELAY

1. 1:52.94 

4X400 METER RELAY

9. 4:54.39

HIGH JUMP

8. Ally Hart 4-8

LONG JUMP

1. Grace VanErp 16-9.5; 7. Myiesha Antoni 14-4.5; 14. Kalli Christianson 13-2.5; 17. Clara Mark 13-0.5

TRIPLE JUMP

1. Grace VanErp 37-7.5

POLE VAULT

16. Avaya Condiff 5-0; 16. Ava Carlson 5-0

DISCUS

14. Madison Cameron 74-5; 20. Ava Eckhoff 59-2

SHOT PUT

12. Ava Eckhoff 25-10; 13. Madison Cameron 25-8

BOYS RESULTS

100 METER DASH

26. Jaxson Rich 13.24; 36. Sam Jossart 13.94; 39. Max Mekalson 14.25; 45. Brock Resch 14.70; 50. Aiden Rogers 16.28

200 METER DASH

9. Caden Meek 25.88; 29. Brock Resch 29.73; 33. Jack Jossart 30.58; 35. Quin Condiff 30.97; 37. Gabe Lindstrom 31.51

400 METER DASH

3. Jonas Hegemeister 57.94; 4. Aidan Heggem 58.50 ; 6. Nathan Russ 59.20; 11. Jaxson Rich 1:02.53; 12. Isaac Scherfenberg 1:03.52

800 METER RUN

8. Blake Alonzo 2:23.10; 9. Joseph Froslee 2:26.57; 16. Cayden Dittberner 2:34.10

1600 METER RUN

5. Peter Newark 5:12.56; 18. Joseph Froslee 5:44.70; 22. Norman Hoff 6:09.64

3200 METER RUN

6. Peter Newark 11:06.11; 12. August Wicklund 12:42.28; 16. Norman Hoff 13:32.08

4X400 METER RELAY

3. 3:55.57

4X800 METER RELAY

3. 9:12.28

HIGH JUMP

9. Jaxson Rich 5-6

LONG JUMP

24. Peter Newark 15-3; 29. Quin Condiff 14-3; 38. Jack Jossart 13-5; 40. Gabe Lindstrom 13-2; 45. Aiden Rogers 10-11

TRIPLE JUMP

12. Aidan Heggem 33-8; 15. Quin Condiff 30-2

POLE VAULT

9. Jonas Hegemeister 8-0

DISCUS

10. Kale Rich 96-11; 14. Caden Meek 87-0; 19. Nathan Russ 78-5; 22. Victor Johnson 74-11; 24. Max Mekalson 72-3; 31. Sean Himmelspach 68-4

SHOT PUT

12. Kale Rich 35-10; 14. Sam Jossart 34-2.5; 24. Victor Johnson 29-6; 29. Max Mekalson 28-0.25; 32. Sean Himmelspach 26-10.5