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Track and Field: Gopher Girls Win St. Charles Invite

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Chatfield senior Ellis twins, Sydney (left) and Peyton (right), perform the first hand-off of the girls 4×800 at the St. Charles Invite. Aletta Strande and Lexi Kivimagi joined with the duo to help the squad win the race, one of three Gopher girls relays to take first at the event, as the Gopher gals as a team took first.
Photo by Paul Trende

In the last meet before the True Team event, Chatfield, LFCMC, and RPH track and field teams competed with five others at the St. Charles Invite. The Gophers girls (129) were a headliner, winning the team portion over the Burros (117) and Tro-Canes (109) while the host Saints, Waseca, L-A, and Hayfield also competed. Jeff DeBuhr’s Gophers got firsts from Aletta Strande (1,600 > 12:15.97), Jaelyn LaPlante (High Jump > 4’10”), the 4×100 (51.92 > Savannah Peterson, Lauryn Daniels, Evy Goldsmith, LaPlante), 4×200 (1:51.14 > Peterson, Daniels, LaPlante, Goldsmith), and 4×800 (10:18.15 > Peyton Ellis, Sydney Ellis, Strande, Lexi Kivimagi) teams. L-Kivimagi (1,600) and Peterson (Long Jump) added seconds. Adia Evans (400) and Anna Kivimagi (300-hurdles) took second. P-Ellis (800) added a third. LFCMC got firsts from Kammry Broadwater (800 > 2:31.34, Discus > 115”) and Addie Miner

RPH’s Dalton Hoel leads Chatfield’s Alex Rowland and others in the boys 800-meter race at the St. Charles Invite. Hoel and Rowland finished first and second in the event.
Photo by Paul Trende

(Pole Vault > 9’6”). Broadwater (Triple Jump) added a third. Lynsey Ruen (100-hurdles) and Madison Simon (P-Vault) took second. RPH got firsts from Aubryana Boldt (100-H > 16.47, T-Jump > 33’8”) and Brielle Rasmussen (200 > 27.87). Rasmussen (100) added a second. Boldt added two thirds (200, L-Jump). Tayler Helgemoe (H-Jump) took second. Sydney Torgerson had a second (Shot Put) and a third (Discus). The guys side was won by St. Charles (194) over Waseca (131) followed by RPH (120), LFCMC (81), and Chatfield (80). Quintin Betthauser (110-hurdles > 16.63), Dalton Hoel (800 > 2:07.21), and Ryan Prinsen (3,200 > 10:17.95) had firsts for RPH. Hoel (L-Jump) added a fourth. Gregg Gile (T-Jump) took second. Alex Wedl (400, H-Jump) had two thirds and a fourth (T-Jump). Luke Ruen (1,600 > 4:53.87) had the Burros sole first. Sam Springer (300-H) took second. Henry Liew had a second (H-Jump) and a third (T-Jump). Lucas Nikoloski had a second (Discus) and a fourth (Shot). Chatfield’s sole first was the 4×200 (1:35.55 > Isaac Erding, Thad Evans, Eli Hopp, Sam Backer). Alex Rowland (800) took second. Backer (100) and Hopp (200) added thirds. Blake Thompson had a second (Shot) and a fifth (Discus).