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Track and Field: R-P/H, LFCMC, and Chatfield Take on St. Charles Meet

May 12, 2026 by Fillmore County Journal Leave a Comment

LFCMC’s runners Hannah Vaalemoen (third from left), Charlotte Ferrie (leading), and Olivia Rindels (second from right), Chatfield’s Savannah Peterson (third from left), and RPH’s Amirah Salar (far left) and Kenley Snyder (far right) take on the 100-meters at the St. Charles Meet. Ferrie notably won with Peterson tying for second. LFCMC’s girls were the team champions.
Photo by Leif Erickson
Gal runners (left to right) Kyla Hellickson (LFCMC), Lydia Pedretti (RPH), Natalie Davidson (Chatfield), Mercy Erickson (L-A), and Aubry Boldt (R-P/H) take on the 100-meter hurdles. Boldt continued her dominance in the event, and the Long Jump and Triple Jump, winning all three at the St. Charles Meet.
Photo by Leif Erickson
RPH distance runners Brennan Kunst (left) and Aaron Ploetz (middle) try to keep on with St. Charles’ Ivan Daaod. At the St. Charles Meet, Daaod won both the 800 and 1,600-meters with Ploetz and Kunst alternating second and third places in each event.
Photo by Paul Trende
Chatfield’s Ross Stoehr clears 6’0” in the High Jump at the St. Charles Meet. The junior has been a steady multiple event performer for the Gophers, taking second above, third (110-hurdles), and fourth (300-hurdles).
Photo by Leif Erickson

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Seven teams including LFCMC, R-P/H, and Chatfield took on the St. Charles track and field meet. LFCMC’s girls (152.5) notably took first ahead of the Saints (151), R-P/H (133.5), Lewiston-Altura (94), Chatfield (73), Waseca (61), and Hayfield (17).  For Lori Anderson’s group, all four relays finished top two. The 4×400 (4:19.75 > Olivia Rindels, Lillyan Kiehne, Autumn Rakosnik, Hannah Vaalemoen) and 4×800 (10:30.07 > Madi Zwart, Stella Charlebois, Grace Kingsley, Rakosnik) took first. The 4×100 (Fiona Horihan, Isabelle Peterson, Ava Larson, Charlotte Ferrie) and 4×200 (Horihan, Aubrey Daniels, Ferrie, Rakosnik) took second.  Individually, Ferrie took first (100 > 13.70) and second (Long Jump).  Elizabeth Clarke (Pole Vault > 8’6”) also took first.  Taking second were Vaalemoen (200), Rindels (400), Kyla Hellickson (High Jump), and Larson (Triple Jump).  Kiehne (1,600), G-Kingsley (3,200) and Rakosnik (P-Vault – tie) added third places.  Freshman Ferrie thus took first (100) and second thrice (L-Jump, 4×100, 4×200). Rakosnik took first twice (4×400, 4×800), second (4×200), and third (P-Vault).  For R-P/H’s girls, Aubry Boldt again was a triple-event winner for a fifth time this year, taking the 100-hurdles (15.92), Long Jump (16’7), and Triple Jump (35’3”).  Jorja Meyer had two first places (Shot Put > 36’1”; Discus 114’10”). Caitlin Bauer took first 1,600 (5:19.30) and third (800). Emily Helgemoe (800 > 2:21.83) and Emilee Peterson (High Jump > 4’8”) also took first. Abby Prinsen (Discus) took second. For Chatfield girls, the 4×100 (52.97 > Adeline Schild, Lillie Stejskal, Addison Johnsrud, Savannah Peterson) took first.  Peterson also tied for second (100) and took third (L-Jump). The 4×400 (Schild, Adelia Goldsmith, Lexi Kivimagi, Stejskal) took second.  On the guys’ side, defending 1A true team champions St. Charles (210.5) topped Waseca (143.5), R-P/H (125), LFCMC (83.5), Chatfield (77.5), L-A (19), and Hayfield (9).  For R-P/H, Landon Dahl (400 > 52.79), Isaac Rasmussen (3,200 > 9:45.37), and Chace Drazkowski (Discus > 148’5”) took first.  Rasmussen broke the 3,200-meter program record, surpassing Tyler Rislov (9:47.56) from 2022. Aaron Ploetz and Brennan Kunst took second third in the 800, then swapped placings for the 1,600 (each behind SC’s Ivan Daood). Hunter Rislov took second (200) and third (100). Four R-P/H guys notably finished top six in the Shot, Drazkowski (second), Jero Kuss (third – tie), Lucas Redalen (fifth), and Logan Kinstler (sixth). For Chatfield, the 4×400 (3:35.48 > Maddex Lanning, Ezra Schild, Kash McBroom, Lane Schmaltz) took first.  Ross Stoehr took second (High Jump), third (110-hurdles), and fourth (300-hurdles). He hit 6’0” in the High Jump.  Schmaltz (Pole Vault) added a third place (tie).  For LFCMC, Brody Niemeyer took first (Shot Put > 49’0 ½”) and third (Discus).  Parker Krage (Pole Vault), Grant Daniels (T-Jump) and the 4×100 (Cody Serfling, Bridon Bahl, Davis Penhollow, Adrian Rindels) took second. Rindels added two fourth places (L-Jump, T-Jump).

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