By John George
Although members of the Perham boys track and field team are proud to have won the Section 8AA True Team Track Meet last week in Park Rapids, they know it doesn't mean their the best team in the state, or that their season is over.
Far from it.
It's just one step in part of a bigger picture.
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"It's a big deal (to be going to True Team State)," said junior distance runner Kevin Lachowitzer. "But it's just a tune -up."
It's almost a conscious among the team that they don't have much of a shot at the State True Team title. They will probably be the smallest Class AA team in the field.
True Team events allow two participants per team, per event. You can't stack the field in events your strong in, like in regular invites. So you have to be solid in all events to compete. Also, they are not sponsored or run by the Minnesota State High School League (MSHSL). It's run by the State Coaches Association.
Perham is stocked in distance races, hurdles, throwing events. But they aren't strong in the sprints or jumps. They don't quite have what it takes to compete with teams from Mankato and the Metro Area.
"I think we'd like to make a statement in the events we're strong in," said junior distance runner Justin Tellinghuisen.
All agree that bigger things are still ahead. This is a "tune-up" for the MSHSL Sub-Section and Sections Meets.
"This will get us prepared for next week (Sub-Sections are May 24)," said senior Nick Adkins. "Sub-Sections and Sections are much more important."
Still, they like the idea of surprising some of the big boys.
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"I'm looking forward to the competition," said hurdler Jake Hunter. "It will be cool to see how I stack up."
Fellow hurdler Kurt Weber added he though a top-three finish was possible.
"I'm not intimidated about going against bigger schools," added senior Bryan Paridon. "I think there are some events where we can compete with any of them."
The True Team State Meet will be held at Stillwater High School on May 19. The Class AA events begin at 3 p.m.
Most of the boys will take it easy, if they participate at all today (May 17) as the team competes at the Barnesville Invite.
Daggett Invite
Nathan Lillis set a team and Daggett Invite record in the pole vault last Thursday in Frazee. He passed the record set by Josh Bennet by clearing 13 feet, 8 inches.
"That was pretty cool," Lillis said of reaching that height. "My goal is to get past 14 feet. Right now it's all about having the confidence to get there. It's all in my head."
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Lillis' first place finish wasn't quite enough to get the Jackets past the hometown team as Frazee won the boys team title. Perham was second.
The boys 4x800 relay team of Lachowitzer, Eddie Stenger, Tellinghuisen and Tristan Covington also set a meet record with a time of 8:24.99.
Brittany Gigstead also set a meet record with a time of 58.34 in the 400m dash, leading the girls to the team title.
Alli Januszewski (800m), Abby Anderson (1600m), Danielle Refsland (110m hurdles) and Elisa Moenkedick (discus) also had first place finishes.
Sub-Section at Meinhover
Meinhover Field in Perham will be the site of one of four Section 6A Sub-Section Track meets on Thursday, May 24. Admission will be $6 for adults, $4 for students.
Tuesday, May 8
8AA True Team
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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.
Boys Individual
100m Dash--1. Peterson (SM) 11.66, 5. Jared Dornbush (P) 12.08, 9. Jordan Woessner (P) 12.31.
200m Dash--1. Langen (TRF) 23.67, 9. Woessner (P) 25.24, 15. Cody Skow (P) 25.76.
400m Dash--1. Campbell (TRF) 51.84, 5. Bryan Paridon (P) 54.14, 19. Tristan Covington (P) 1:03.12.
800m Run--1. Helgeson (EGF) 2:02.86, 3. Justin Tellinghuisen (P) 2:07.55, 4. Eddie Stenger (P) 2:09.22.
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1600m Run--1. Stenger (P) 4:29.73, 2. Kevin Lachowitzer (P) 4:29.88.
3200m Run--1. Lachowitzer (P) 9:51.22, 2. Tellinghuisen (P) 10:21.86.
110m Hurdles--1. Velde (FF) 16.45, 2. Jake Hunter (P) 16.50, 3. Kurt Weber (P) 16.81.
300m Hurdles--1. Hunter (P) 42.65, 4. Weber (P) 44.14.
4x100 Relay--1. D.L. 45.37, 6. Perham 49.82.
4x200 Relay--1. B-F 1:35.88, 5. Perham 1:42.52.
4x400 Relay--1. TRF 3:33.87, 3. Perham 3:38.44.
4x800 Relay--1. Perham 8:36.65.
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Long Jump--1. Bahnmiller (W) 20'4.5", 13. Dornbush (P) 17'2", 17. Matt Dreyer (P) 15'7".
Triple Jump--1. Bahmiller (W) 41'1", 15. Dornbush (P) 31'10", 16. Tim Herrmann (P) 31'1".
High Jump--1. Bahnmiller (W) 6'2", 13. Hunter (P) 5'4", 14. Cody Skow (P) 5'4".
Pole Vault--1. Lillis (P) 13'0", 5. Charlie Schmitz (P) 10'0".
Discus--1. Hanson (EGF) 131'11", 3. Mike Restad (P) 125'0", 6. Lillis (P) 114'8".
Shot Put--1. BlackLance (TRF) 48'3", 7. Restad (P) 39'11", 15. David Tomporowski (P) 35'4".
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.
Girls Individual
100m Dash--1. Piche (EGF) 13.25, 11. Leah Miller (P) 14.02, 18. Ariel Pankonen (P) 14.53.
200m Dash--1. Huschle (BF) 26.89, 11. Amy Pawlowski (P) 28.99, 16. Holly Sheets (P) 29.74.
400m Dash--1. Brittany Gigstead (P) 58.90, 14. Jenna Gigstead (P) 1:08.12.
800m Run--1. B. Gigstead (P) 2:19.77, 4. Abby Anderson (P) 2:27.33.
1600m Run--1. B. Gigstead (P) 5:20.24, 2. Maddie McClellan (P) 5:21.76.
3200m Run--1. McClellan (P) 11:49.48, 4. Alli Januszewski (P) 12:27.15.
110m Hurdles--1. Erickson (FF) 16.88, 6. Becca Peloquin (P) 17.97, 9. Danielle Refsland (P) 18.43.
300m Hurdles--1. Halbur (DL) 48.76, 6. Refsland (P) 50.17, 14. Peloquin (P) 53.52.
4x100 Relay--1. D.L. 52.51, 8. Perham 56.01.
4x200 Relay--1. D.L. 1:49.87, 9. Perham 1:58.99.
4x400 Relay--1. FF 4:11.49, 6. Perham 4:21.14.
4x800 Relay--1. EGF 9:51.06, 2. Perham 10:02.37.
Long Jump--1. Halbur (DL) 16'2.75", 5. Pawlowski (P) 14'4.25", 14. Jenna Strege (P) 13'2".
Triple Jump--1. Johnson (FF) 34'2.25", 10. Elisa Moenkedick (P) 29'10.75", 20. Danielle Brenk (P) 26'7.25".
High Jump--1. Lof (DL) 5'2", 16. Tiffany Schroeer (P) 4'2".
Pole Vault--1. Piche (EGF) 9'0", 7. Strege (P) 7'0", 11. Gretchen Weber (P) 7'0".
Discus--1. Olson (EGF) 112'3", 2. Moenkedick (P) 108'0", 11. Schroeer (P) 81'5".
Shot Put--1. Olson (EGF) 38'0", 3. Heather Schultz (P) 34'5", 4. Moenkedick (P) 34'2".
Thursday, May 10
Daggett Invite
at Frazee
Boys Team Scores
1. Frazee 149, 2. Perham 97, 3. D-G-F 93, 4. OTC 71, 5. H/U-H 43, 6. Agassiz Valley 34, 7. W-DC 27, 8. LP-A 25, 9. B-H/V 10, 10. New York Mills 6, 11. Detroit Lakes 2, 12. Park Christian 1.
Boys Individual
100m Dash--1. Jackson (F) 11.05, 5. Kenny Szymonowicz (NYM) 11.64, 8. Dornbush (P) 11.89.
200m Dash--1. Jackson (F) 22.92, 6. Woessner (P) 24.77.
400m Dash--1. Rosch (F) 52.88, 3. Hunter (P) 55.10.
800m Run--1. T. Covington (P) 2:08.14, 3. Alex Barney (P) 2:13.20, 5. James Covington (P) 2:15.75.
1600m Run--1. Bellefeuille (F) 4:56.74, 3. Parker Carignan (P) 5:04.0, 4. Sam Stoll (P) 5:05.54, 5. Joe Ulrich (P) 5:06.13.
3200m Run--1. Nick Adkins (P) 10:19.99.
110m Hurdles--1. Daggett (F) 14.80, 3. Hunter (P) 16.43, 4. Weber (P) 16.92, 6. Ben Jacobson (NYM) 17.84.
300m Hurdles--1. Daggett (F) 39.49.
4x100 Relay--1. Frazee 46.23, 3. Perham 48.86.
4x200 Relay--1. Frazee 1:33.77, 6. Perham 1:43.36.
4x400 Relay--1. DGF 3:38.81, 5. Perham 3:57.91.
4x800 Relay--1. Perham (T. Covington, Lachowitzer, Stenger, Tellinghuisen) 8:24.99.
Long Jump--1. Longoria (DGF) 19'11", 6. Dornbush (P) 17'0".
Triple Jump--1. Jackson (F) 40'10".
High Jump--1. Bucholz (OTC) 6'4".
Pole Vault--1. Lillis (P) 13'8", 5. Schmitz (P) 10'6".
Discus--1. Paur (HUH) 142'5", 3. Restad (P) 123'9", 5. Lillis (P) 119'10".
Shot Put--1. Mark (OTC) 46'6", 5. Brandon Menze (NYM) 41'3".
Girls Team Scores
1. Perham 82, 2. Agassiz Valley 77.5, 3. W-DC 74.5, 4. H/U-H 72.66, 5. Frazee 60, 6. LP-A 46, 7. New York Mills 36, 8. OTC 34, 9. B-H/V 29.33, 10. Park Christian 25, 11. D-G-F 19, 12. D.L. 2.
Girls Individual
100m Dash--1. Tingelstad (LPA) 12.41, 5. Alli Slieter (NYM) 13.58.
200m Dash--1. Tingelstad (LPA) 25.69, 4. Sleiter (NYM) 28.06.
400m Dash--1. B. Gigstead (P) 58.34.
800m Run--1. Januszewski (P) 2:30.53, 2. Olivia Hendrickx (NYM) 2:32.21, 4. Holly Sheets (P) 2:35.47, 6. J. Gigstead (P) 2:37.61.
1600m Run--1. Anderson (P) 5:30.74.
3200m Run--1. Gronbeck (OTC) 12:43.29.
110m Hurdles--1. Refsland (P) 17.13, 2. Peloquin (P) 17.41, 6. Courtney Guck (P) 18.78.
300m Hurdles--1. Ceirnia (HUH) 48.96, 5. Jessica Dreyer (P) 54.46.
4x100 Relay--1. DGF 54.87, 3. NYM 56.04, 7. Perham 57.31.
4x200 Relay--1. HUH 1:49.96, 7. Perham 1:59.35, 10. NYM 2:03.12.
4x400 Relay--1. A.V. 4:26.82.
4x800 Relay--1. W-DC 10:26.59.
Long Jump--1. Tingelstad (LPA) 14'11", 4. Pawlowski (P) 14'4.5".
Triple Jump--1. Nord (AV) 32'5".
High Jump--1. Daggett (F) 5'2", 4. Ashley Hagen (NYM) 4'10".
Pole Vault--1. Berg (WDC) 8'6", 7. Toni Asmund (P) 7'0".
Discus--1. Moenkedick (P) 99'4", 5. Brittnie Menze (NYM) 90'6".
Shot Put--1. Menze (NYM) 35'2", 2. Moenkedick (P) 34'1", 4. Schultz (P) 32'8".
TUESDAY UPDATE
Perham Girls win HOL title
The Perham girls won the Heart O' Lakes Track and Field Championship in Hawley. The boys finished second to Breckenridge.
The girls were led by first place finishes from Brittany Gigstead (400m, 1600m), Maddie McClellan (800m), Becca Peloquin (110m hurdles), Heather Schultz (shot put) and Elisa Moenkedick (discus). Gigstead's time of 5:14.62 is a new HOL record.
For the boys, Kevin Lachowitzer (1600m), Eddie Stenger (3200m) and Nathan Lillis (pole vault) each took first. Lillis cleared 13'7", a new conference record.
HOL Championships
at Hawley
Boys Team Scores
1. Breckenridge 148.5, 2. Perham 115, 3. Frazee 79.5, 4. D-G-F 71, 5. H/U-H 64, 6. Pelican Rapids 45, 7. Agassiz Valley 25, 8. LP-A 6, 9. WCA 4.
Girls Team Scores
1. Perham 147, 2. Agassiz Valley 106, 3. Breckenridge 92.5, 4. H/U-H 62, 5. LP-A 50, 6. Frazee 27.5, 7. Pelican Rapids, WCA 26, 9. D-G-F 21.
