Seventeen Mankato Loyola/Cleveland Crusaders will compete among 18 different events at the section track meet this Saturday.
To earn their spots, they were among the top eight in an individual event and the top four relays at the subsection meet, which was held at Norwood Young America on Thursday.
“I'm very pleased with the results,” said head coach Casey Olson. “We competed really hard. Across the board, we saw great performances and PRs in both running and field events and saw 20 PRs and several finished higher than they were projected.”
Boys
100 m, Marshall Jordan, seventh place, 12.29
1600 m, Sam Vetter, fifth place, 4:51.64; Mitchell Buboltz, sixth place, 4:58.67
3200 m, Soren Kelly, first place, 9:57.98; TJ Waldron, sixth place, 10:49.11
110 m hurdles, Chase Kijenski, third place, 16:65; Casey Fogal, seventh place, 17.31
300 m hurdles, Kijenski, first place, 42.21; Fogal, fourth place, 44.55 PR
4x800, Vetter, Waldron, Kelly, Buboltz, fourth place, 8:38.67
Discus, Christian Barker, second place 137-00 PR
Pole vault, Brayden Hecksel, fifth place, 11-06
Long jump, Thayne Remiger, seventh place, 18-05.50
Triple jump, Remiger, sixth place, 37-07
Luke Kortuem was 18th in the 300 m hurdles (54.04). Elijah Mons was 21st in the triple jump (29.10.50)
Girls
800 m, Savannah Meyer, first place, 2.27.62
1600 m, Charlotte Meyer, second place, 5:19.09
3200 m, Charlotte Meyer, first place, 11.17.69
110 m hurdles, Maddie Huiras, first place, 16.48
300 m hurdles, Huiras, first place, 46.99, PR, school record
4x400, Charlotte Kirschner, Maddie Cooney, Savannah Meyer, Huiras, fourth place, 4:18.36
Discus, Brianna Michels, second place, 108-02 PR
High jump, Kirschner, third place, 5-00; Izzy Endres, seventh place (tie), 4-10 PR
Mylie Krenik was 19th in the 100 (14.36). Miah Bauer was 22nd in the 100 (14.43). Aubrey Blaschko was 15th in the 200 (29.33). The 4x100 relay team of Krenik, Sabella Braulick, Ava Evenson and Samantha Baker finished in 10th place (1:10.60). The 4x200 team of Maddie Cooney, Blaschko, Kenna Forster and Titoluwani Ehinmowo finished in sixth place (1:55.09). Liviana Lee was 22nd in the long jump (12-11.50, PR). Krenik was 25th in the triple jump (26-02.75).
Teamwise, both the Crusader boys and Crusader girls both finished third among a dozen teams.
“That’s a great result given the teams we were competing against,” Olson said.
On the boys side, LCWM-Nicollet won the meet with 112 points. Second was Le Sueur-Henderosn with 92 points. The Crusaders had 75 points, the same as Sibley East. Rounding out the field were MVL (53), St. Clair/Immanuel Lutheran (52), River Valley (51), WEM (50), Mayer Lutheran (42), NYA (37), Lester Prairie (35) and GFG (28).
With 100 points, St. Clair/IL was first among the girls teams. MVL was second with 79 points. With 75.5 points, the Crusaders edged fourth-place River Valley by a point. Rounding out the field were Le Sueur-Henderson (62), Sibley East (60), Lester Prairie (51), WEM (50), NYA (48), GFW (40), LCWM-Nicollet (31.5) and Mayer Lutheran (30.5).
The section meet is at Mankato West on Saturday (May 31) starting at 9:30 a.m. For all events, the first and second place finishers earn a trip to state. They can also make state if they meet a qualified mark.
“This season has been both a lot of fun and successful so far, and I'm very excited to see what we'll do at sections,” Olson said.
Above: TJ Waldron runs by the stands during the 4x800.
All photos courtesy of Bree Meyer.