Gigstead sets meet record as girls win at Pelican Rapids

By John George

sports@eot.com

Just two days after a sweep by the Jacket boys and girls track teams in Hawley, Perham nearly came away with twin titles again last Thursday at the Hank Emmel Invite in Pelican Rapids. The girls edged Breckenridge by three points, 101-98 for the crown, but the boys finished a distant second to the Cowboys, 153.5-95.

Perham's girls were led by Brittany Gigstead, who broke her own meet record in the 800m with a first place time of 2:17.28. Maddie McClellan was second, more than 11 seconds behind.

Abby Anderson gave Perham two distance titles by winning the 1600m with a time of 5:31.60. Alli Januszewski was second (5:37.13).

In the field, Heather Schultz won the shot put with a throw of 34'11". Elisa Moenkedick was second with a toss of 34'5". Moenkedick also finished third in the discus with a throw of 101'1".

Jenna Strege gave Perham their fourth individual title with a pole vault of 8'0".

The team of Holly Sheets, Jenna Gigstead, Anderson and Januszewski finished second in the 4x400 relay.

As usual, the boys were led by their distance crew.

Kevin Lachowitzer won the 800m run (2:04.18), with Eddie Stenger and Tristan Covington finishing second and third, respectively. In fifth place was Justin Tellinghuisen and in sixth was Parker Carignan. Stenger also had a second place finish in the 400m.

In the 1600m, Nick Adkins edged teammate Bryan Paridon by less than four seconds for first place.

Week ahead

Perham will compete close to home today (May 10) at the Daggett Invite in Frazee starting at 3:45 p.m.

The Heart O' Lakes Championships will be in Hawley on May 15. The boys are the defending HOL champs. The girls finished third last as Agassiz Valley won the team title.

Adkins is the defending conference champ in the 3200m run and the team of Tellinghuisen, Adkins, Paridon and Charlie Nord are the defending 4x800 champs. Stenger was the 1600m runner-up and Nathan Lillis was second in the pole vault and discus.

Individually for the girls, Gigstead is the defending HOL champ in the 800m and the 1600m and she was the runner-up in the 400m. McClellan was the runner-up in the 1600m and the 3200m. Ashley Palubicki was second in the 300m hurdles with Danielle Refsland finishing third. Refsland also had a fourth place finish in the 100m hurdles.

Perham girls also won the 4x400 and 4x800 relays at last year's conference meet.

Tuesday, May 1

at Hawley

Boys Team Scores

1. Perham 114, 2. Agassiz Valley 95, 3. H/U-H 63, 4. W-DC 57, 5. Northern Cass 56, 6. Pelican Rapids 39, 7. D-G-F 27, 8. A/B-E 25, 9. Fargo-Oak Grove 24, 10. Frazee 20, 11. New York Mills 19, 12. Park Christian 11, 13. Hillcrest 6, 14. B-H/V 2.

Boys Individual

100m Dash--1. Jackson (F) 10.91, 2. Kenny Szymonowicz (NYM) 11.02.

200m Dash--1. Jackson (F) 22.76, 3. Szymonowicz (NYM) 22.99.

400m Dash--1. Dunn (OG) 52.52, 6. Tristan Covington (P) 56.40.

800m Run--1. Eddie Stenger (P) 2:03.76, 2. Bryan Paridon (P) 2:06.48.

1600m Run--1. Kevin Lachowitzer (P) 4:37.70, 2. Justin Tellinghuisen (P) 4:45.56.

3200m Run--1. Alex Barney (P) 10:42.02, 3. Sam Stoll (P) 10:49.91.

110m Hurdles--1. Daggett (F) 14.70, 2. Jake Hunter (P) 16.34, 3. Kurt Weber (P) 16.34, 5. Ben Jacobson (NYM) 17.87.

300m Hurdles--1. Daggett (F) 41.28, 2. Hunter (P) 41.96, 3. Weber (P) 43.86, 5. Jacobson (NYM) 46.02.

4x100 Relay--1. HUH 45.06.

4x200 Relay--1. Frazee 1:35.08, 4. Perham (Hermann, Schmitz, Woessner, Skow) 1:43.51.

4x400 Relay--1. Perham (Stenger, Paridon, Covington, Hunter) 3:38.41.

4x800 Relay--1. Perham (Lachowitzer, Stenger, Tellinghuisen, Adkins) 8:32.08.

Long Jump--1. Hvidston (OG) 18'11.5", 3. Joel Huch (NYM) 18'10".

Triple Jump--1. Jackson (F) 39'10".

High Jump--1. Daggett (F) 6'0", 3. Huch (NYM) 5'8", 6. Hunter (P) 5'8".

Pole Vault--1. Nathan Lillis (P) 13'7", 4. Charlie Schmitz (P) 10'6".

Discus--1. Paur (HUH) 139'10", 2. Brandon Menze (NYM) 122'11", 3. Mike Restad (P) 120'01", 4. Lillis (P) 117'8".

Shot Put--1. Halvorson (AV) 42'4", 2. Menze (NYM) 41'11", 5. Restad (P) 38'7".

Girls Team Scores

1. Perham 132, 2. Frazee 114, 3. H/U-H 81, 4. Fargo-Oak Grove 58, 5. New York Mills 46, 6. Pelican Rapids 33, 7. Agassiz Valley 32, 8. W-DC 262, 9. B-H/V 14, 10. Northern Cass 9, 11. LP-A 6, 12. Hillcrest 5, 13. A/B-E 1.

Girls Individual

100m Dash--1. Ceirina (HUH) 12.72.

200m Dash--1. Olson (HUH) 27.11, 6. Alli Slieter (NYM) 28.43.

400m Dash--1. Mathison (DGF) 1:04.14, 5. Jenna Gigstead (P) 1:06.20.

800m Run--1. Abby Anderson (P) 2:29.69, 2. Alli Januszewski (P) 2:32.57.

1600m Run--1. Brittany Gigstead (P) 5:11.86, 2. Maddie McClellan (P) 5:23.84.

3200m Run--1. Haley (AV) 12:19.05, 3. Holly Sheets (P) 13:03.51, 4. J. Gigstead (P) 13:07.99.

110m Hurdles--1. Lake (NC) 16.78.

300m Hurdles--1. Ceirnia (HUH) 49.96, 2. Danielle Refsland (P) 50.35, 4. Ashley Palubicki (P) 51.06.

4x100 Relay--1. Northern Cass 52.66, 4. Perham (Strege, Pawlowski, Pankonin, Miller) 55.87, 6. New York Mills (Sleiter, Loerzel, Johnson, Smith) 56.35.

4x200 Relay--1. W-DC 1:54.39, 6. New York Mills (Sleiter, Loerzel, Johnson, Smith) 1:59.78.

4x400 Relay--1. Perham (B. Gigstead, Anderson, Refsland, Palubicki) 4:16.91.

4x800 Relay--1. Perham (B. Gigstead, McClellan, Anderson, Januszewski) 9:49.77.

Long Jump--1. Maddocks (NC) 15'5", 3. Ashley Hagen (NYM) 14'10.5".

Triple Jump--1. Nord (AV) 33'6".

High Jump--1. Hagen (NYM) 5'2".

Pole Vault--1. Olson (OG) 8'6", 3. Jenna Strege (P) 8'0".

Discus--1. Elisa Moenkedick (P) 110'5".

Shot Put--1. Moenkedick (P) 34'2", 4. Heather Schultz (P) 32'5".

Thursday, May 3

at Pelican Rapids

Boys Team Scores

1. Breckenridge 153.5, 2. Perham 95, 3. D-G-F 84.5, 4. Pelican Rapids 69, 5. OTC 53, 6. New York Mills 40, 7. Agassiz Valley 31, 8. Hillcrest 19, 9. WCA 11, 10. A/B-E 2.

Boys Individual

100m Dash--1. Longoria (DGF) 11.30, 2. Szymonowicz (NYM) 11.61, 6. Jared Dornbush (P) 12.27.

200m Dash--1. Szymonowicz (NYM) 23.13, 5. Jordan Woessner (P) 25.28.

400m Dash--1. Vossler (DGF) 52.29, 2. Stenger (P) 53.53, 6. Tellinghuisen (P) 57.99.

800m Run--1. Lachowitzer (P) 2:04.18, 2. Stenger (P) 2:06.66, 3. Covington (P) 2:11.22, 5. Tellinghuisen (P) 2:12.29, 6. Carignan (P) 2:13.70.

1600m Run--1. Adkins (P) 4:45.60, 2. Paridon (P) 4:49.33, 6. Barney (P) 5:03.71.

3200m Run--1. Zavala (PR) 11:03.95, 4. Joel Ulrich (P) 11:26.13, 6. James Covington (P) 11:30.90.

110m Hurdles--1. Bucholz (OTC) 16.89, 3. Jacobson (NYM) 18.60.

300m Hurdles--1. Bucholz (OTC) 43.50, 6. Jacobson (NYM) 47.13.

4x100 Relay--1. Breckenridge 45.32, 2. New York Mills 47.61, 5. Perham (Wallace, Schmitz, Ulrich, Dornbush) 50.07.

4x200 Relay--1. Breckenridge 1:39.27, 5. Perham (Hermann, Schmitz, Woessner, Skow) 1:44.93.

4x400 Relay--1. Breckenridge 3:46.81, 3. Perham (Lachowitzer, Carignan, Skow, Weber) 3:48.84.

4x800 Relay--1. DGF 8:51.59, 4. Perham (Ulrich, J. Covington, Huber, Winkels) 9:25.01.

Long Jump--1. Lipp (B) 19'8.5", 6. Huch (NYM) 17'11".

Triple Jump--1. Lipp (B) 39'8".

High Jump--1. Lipp (B) 6'2", 4. Huch (NYM) 5'8".

Pole Vault--1. Hagen (PR) 13'6", 2. Lillis (P) 12'0".

Discus--1. Roelfs (DGF) 129'0", 3. Restad (P) 116'8", 4. Lillis (P) 113'10".

Shot Put--1. Meyer (PR) 46'2", 4. Menze (NYM) 41'9".

Girls Team Scores

1. Perham 101, 2. Breckenridge 98, 3. OTC 72, 4. A.V. 69, 5. Pelican Rapids 66, 6. WCA 44, 7. A/B-E 35, 8. D-G-F 25, 9. Park Christian 19, 10. New York Mills 19, 11. Hillcrest 10.

Girls Individual

100m Dash--1. Erlandson (B) 13.73, 6. Alli Slieter (NYM) 14.19.

200m Dash--1. Erlandson (B) 27.95.

400m Dash--1. Martinez (OTC) 1:03.31, 4. Refsland (P) 1:04.54.

800m Run--1. B. Gigstead (P) 2:17.28, 2. McClellan (P) 2:28.34, 5. Sheets (P) 2:38.19.

1600m Run--1. Anderson (P) 5:31.60, 2. Januszewski (P) 5:37.13, 6. Diana Tastad (P) 6:02.10.

3200m Run--1. Gronbeck (OTC) 12:43.42.

110m Hurdles--1. Schafer (ABE) 18.10, 5. Refsland (P) 19.18.

300m Hurdles--1. Schafer (ABE) 50.17, 6. Staci Dreyer (P) 56.20.

4x100 Relay--1. OTC 54.13, 4. Perham (Strege, Pawlowski, Pankonin, Miller) 55.78, 5. NYM 55.96.

4x200 Relay--1. A.V. 1:55.74.

4x400 Relay--1. WCA 4:24.89, 2. Perham (Sheets, J. Gigstead, Anderson, Januszewski) 4:29.32.

4x800 Relay--1. OTC 10:36.11.

Long Jump--1. Erlandson (B) 15'0", 3. Pawlowski (P) 13'4".

Triple Jump--1.Erlandson (B) 32'11".

High Jump--1. Hagen (NYM) 5'0".

Pole Vault--1. Strege (P) 8'0", 5. Gretchen Weber (P) 7'0".

Discus--1. Johnson (AV) 110'0", 3. Moenkedick (P) 101'1", 5. Brittnie Menze (NYM) 90'10".

Shot Put--1. Schultz (P) 34'11", 2. Moenkedick (P) 34'5", 4. Menze (NYM) 32'0", 6. Tiffany Schroeer (P) 31'6".

TUESDAY UPDATE

PHS boys win 8AA True Team

The Yellowjacket boys track and field team won the Section 8AA True Team Meet Tuesday in Park Rapids. It's their first True Team Section title since 1997.

Perham's Eddie Stenger (4:29.73) and Kevin Lachowitzer finished 1-2 in the 1600m and Lachowitzer (9:51.22) and Justin Tellinghuisen finished 1-2 in the 3200m.

Jake Hunter won the 300m hurdles (42.65) and Nathan Lillis won the pole vault (13'0")

True Team State will be Saturday, May 19 in Stillwater. Class AA competition begins at 3 p.m.

8AA True Team at Park Rapids

Boys Team Scores

1. Perham 520, 2. D.L. 474, 3. EGF 466, 4. Warroad 413, 5. F.F. 412, 6. Pequot Lakes 402.5, 7. TRF 398, 8. S-M 388, 9. B-F 332, 10. Park Rapids 281.5.

Girls Team Scores

1. EGF 540, 2. D.L. 526.5, 3. F.F. 415.5, 4. Perham 401, 5. S-M 366.5, 6. Park Rapids 325.5, 7. Warroad 290, 8. Pequot Lakes 287.5, 9. B-F 228, 10. TRF 181.5.