GMLOKS Girls Head Four-Team State True Team Cast

Track and field is alive and well in Fillmore County.  Last year, LFCMC’s boys and girls each made True Team state.  This year, four teams head to Stillwater.  GMLOKS and LFCMC (girls), LFCMC and RPH (boys), will compete at the State Meet.  Aaron Thauwald’s GMLOKS gals were a section favorite last year.  They took second to repeat champions LFCMC by seven points, 751 to 744 (high event finish equaling more points).  In the rematch, GMLOKS (809) won comfortably over LFCMC (766.5), St. Charles (660), D-E (651.5), and Z-M (638.5).  Point-wise, GM took 11 of 18 events head-to-head versus the Burros.  GMLOKS’ top finisher in every event took no less than eighth (of roughly 30).  Their best was outside the top ten five times last year.  Eighth grader Anika Reiland (1st 100, 2nd, 200, 3rd 400) and Hailey Hindt (2nd 100-H & 300-H, 9th H-Jump) had multiple top three finishes.  Riley Queensland (4th H-Jump, 8th 200), Lauren Buchholtz (2nd 100, 7th L-Jump), Jordyn Glynn (3rd T-Jump), Madison Hindt (4th 100-H), Shelby Beck (4th P-Vault, 6th 800), and Greta Warmka (4th Disc, 7th Shot) had top fives.  Warmka took 14th and 22nd last year.  Aubrie Schneider (7th 1,600, 8th 3,200) was also a big improver (10th and 13th last year).  GMLOKS’ four relays finished top four.  The 4×100 (Buchholtz, Kassidy Kirtz, H. Hindt, Isabelle Olson) took first, the 4×200 (Buchholtz, Kirtz, Olson, Queensland) second, the 4×800 (Beck, Maddie Bhend, Kendyl Queensland, Sydnie Alstat) third, and the 4×400 (Glynn, Bhend, Beck, R. Queensland) fourth.  Leading LFCMC were Emma Breitsprecher (1st 100-H/300-H, 5th-tie H-Jump) and Brielle Ruen (2nd 400, 6th 100, 7th 200, 9th L-Jump).  Kaylee Arndt (3rd 1,600), Addie Miner (3rd 3,200), Kassidy Broadwater (3rd P-Vault), Madison Simon (4th 3,200), and Ashlyn Guenther (5th Disc) had top fives.  The 4×800 (Halle Norby, Simon, Katelyn Kleiboer, Katie Prinsen) took first, the 4×400 (Macayla Brogle, Morgan Pickett, Prinsen, Breitsprecher) second, and the 4×200 (Alida Berg, Kammry Broadwater, Lauren Brogle, M. Brogle) fourth.  RPH (615.5) and Chatfield (607) took sixth and seventh (of 15).  RPH’s top performers were Kaleah Davis (1st Disc, 3rd Shot), Kjersta Hinz (5th 100, 7th H-Jump), Allison Papenfuss (5th 200), and Kaitlyn Bieberdorf (5th T-Jump).  The 4×100 (Hinz, Bieberdorf, Alyvia Eide, Papenfuss) took second, the 4×200 (Hinz, Jenny Albrecht, Emma Geiwitz, Papenfuss) third.  Top Gophers were Aletta Strande (2nd 3,200), Silja Erickson (3rd Disc), Lauren Cole (3rd H-Jump), Becca Fox (4th 300-H, 5th 100-H), and Abbi Gillespie (5th 800 & 1,600).   A virtual meet was held to fill four “wild card” spots.  Each section’s second through fifth place teams were eligible.  Times and distances from section meets were “virtually” scored.  Jana Boyum’s LFCMC group took first (1,515.50) of 32 to earn their third straight trip to state.  Emma B. (1st 100-H, 2nd 300-H) and Ruen (1st 400) were notable finishers.  On the boys’ side, it was a close three-way race between the schools that went 1-2-3 last year (all making state), St. Charles, L-A, and LFCMC.  The Cardinals and Burros each made up ground on the Saints (which won by 50-plus points), but only L-A made up enough.  The Cards (819.5) closely won the section title over SC (811.5) and LFCMC (804).  Carson Kiehne (1st 400, 2nd 200), Greysen Higbe-Hurrah (1st P-Vault, 7th H-Jump), J.T. Rein (1st 300-H, 4th 110-H), Drew Wyffels (4th T-Jump, 5th 100, 6th 200), Mason Howard (4th 3,200), and Jayce Kiehne (5th 1,600) had top fives for the Burros.  The latter two are 7th graders.  The 4×200 (Jared Peterson, Carter Clarke, Josh Peters, Ben Snyder) and 4×800 (Nate Betz, Jake Gathje, Carson Schwichtenberg, C. Kiehne) each took first, the 4×400 (Peterson, Rein, Clarke, Snyder) third.  Peters (6th L-Jump, 6th 400, 10th 100) added three top tens, Connor Ruen two sixths (110-H, 300-H).  RPH (765.5) took fourth, Chatfield (626) fifth (of 15).  Triton Meldahl (2nd 110-H, 300-H, & L-Jump, 3rd T-Jump) was RPH’s top athlete (See AOTW).  Ben Wieser (2nd Shot & Discus), Tyler Rislov (3rd 3,200, 6th 1,600), Alex Van Gundy (3rd L-Jump, 5th H-Jump), and Luke O’Hare (4th 800) had top fives.  Frosh Brady Gile had three top tens (6th T-Jump, 8th 200, 9th 100).   The 4×200 (Van Gundy, Wyatt Walters, Jon Smith, Gile) and 4×800 (Mitchell Ledebuhr, O’Hare, Dominic Jenkins, Ricky Buchanon) took fourth.  Ledebuhr added a sixth (3,200).  Chatfield was led by Chance Backer (3rd 200, 4th 100, 7th L-Jump) and Jonathan Frank (4th Disc, 5th Shot).  The boys 4×100 (Jared Baker, Jack Tuohy, Gage Tuohy, Carson Larrabee) and 4×200 (Baker, G. Tuohy, Larrabee, Ben Muller) each took third.   Alex Aiken’s Burros, Jeff DeBuhr’s Gophers, and Dale Moga’s Tro-Canes all made the “virtual” meet.  LFCMC took second and RPH third to St. Charles.  All clinched wild cards spots to the state meet.  Backer (1st 100, 2nd 200), C. Kiehne (1st 200 & 400), Wyffels (2nd-tie 100), and Higbe-Hurrah (2nd-tie P-Vault) were notable “virtual” finishers.  Section 1A will be represented by four boys teams; L-A, SC, LFCMC, and RPH.