LFCMC Girls Fourth, Boys Compete at True Team State

LFCMC track and field held a unique distinction at the 2018 Class A True Team state meet.   They were one of only three programs/schools to send both their girls and boys teams.   With a new 12-team format, eight section champions and four “wild card” teams (previously one), the FCLMC boys joined the girls (an omission from last week’s sports).  Team Lanesboro coaches were plenty busy in Stillwater.  As has been the case with the heralded ‘running’ teams associated with “L” and “FC”, the girls took the spotlight.  A year ago, in their first ever True Team appearance, LFCMC took third.  Lori Anderson’s group’s encore was a fourth place finish (479) behind Maple Lake (523), Concordia Academy (497), and Minnewaska (487.6).  The relays were a strength, taking first (4×200 > Alida Berg, Macayla Brogle, Brielle Ruen, Emma Breitsprecher), second (4×100 > Berg, Brogle, Miner, Aubrey Norby), fifth (4×800 > Madison Simon, Malia Tessum, Brielle R, Bailey Ruen), and sixth (4×400 > Morgan Pickett, Katie Prinsen, Norby, Bailey R.).  Miner (2nd P-Vault, 5th 100, 6th 200) and Breitsprecher (1st 300-H, 3rd 100-H, 9th-tie H-Jump) were LFCMC’s two top individual point getters.  Kaylee Arndt (5th 1,600, 10th 800), Bailey R. (4th 400), Brielle R. (7th 400), Prinsen (7th 1,600, 11th 800), and Sydney Taylor (8th Disc) had top ten finishes.  Each event typically had 24 competitors.  Kendall Stettler, Kelly Ristau, Alison Freese, Elif Oczon, and Ashlyn Guenther also competed.  Seniors Bailey R. and Miner have now gone to state twice each via cross country, individual track and field, and True Team.   Meanwhile, the LFCMC boys, making their tenth True Team appearance, took 10th (of 12).  Carson Kiehne (2nd 400, 5th 200), Josh Peters (6th 400), Matt Lutes (7th 1,600), J.T. Rein (8th 300-H), and Caleb Kunz (10th P-Vault) had top ten finishes.  The 4×200 (5th > Eric Kunz, Sebastian Kuehn, Carter Clark, Drew Wyffels) and 4×800 (Nate Betz, Tyler Raaen, Ben Snyder, Kiehne) each took fifth.  Jeremy O’Connor, Carson Ruen, Connor Ruen, Greysen Higbe-Hurrah, Frank Ochtrup-Dekeyrel, Trent Chiglo, Devan Schmidt, and Domanic Merkel also competed for Alex Aiken’s squad.  The LFCMC slash H/L/P-F boys have a strong True Team history.  They won four straight titles from 1992-1995 and finished top three from 2007-2009.