BEMIDJI – The Perham girls track and field team took first place at the Craig Hougen Indoor Classic on Thursday.
The Yellowjackets beat out 13 other teams for the top spot in their third indoor meet of the season behind four first-place individual finishes. Perham (112.3) beat out Pequot Lakes (107) and Wadena-Deer Creek (93) for the top spot.
Lauryn Rustad took first place in the 60-meter hurdles with a time of 9.89. Jaden Hackel (10.32, 3rd), Lil Aakre (10.84, 6th) and Olivia Rosenthal (10.87, 7th) all finished in the top eight as well.
Hackel also took first place in the triple jump at 35-feet, 5-inches, while Aakre took sixth in the 60-meter dash with a time of 8.7 seconds.
Gracie Morris won the pole vault at 9-feet, 6-inches. Maya Richter was right behind her in second place at 9-feet, with Natalie Rooney (8-feet, 6-inches) and Danail Van Watermulen (8-feet, 6-inches) in fourth and seventh.
Alexis Hartmann took second in the long jump at 15-feet, 4-inches, with Willow Thiel (14-feet, 11.5-inches) and Lola Pulver (14-feet, 11-inches) in fifth. Thiel also finished in first place in the high jump at 4-feet, 8-inches. Rosenthal was two inches behind her in fourth place.
The Yellowjackets also competed in their first outdoor invite of the season on Monday at Fergus Falls. Perham took fourth with a team score of 91.
Morris (9-feet, 6-inches) and Richter (8-feet, 6-inches) took the top two spots in the pole vault. Van Watermulen and Rooney also vaulted 8-feet, 6-inches. Hackel won the triple jump at 33-feet, 5.75-inches as well.
OTTER INVITE GIRLS TEAM SCORES- 1- Willmar 139, 2- Detroit Lakes 107, 3- Bemidji 102, 4- Perham 91, 5- Minnewaska 69, 6- Fergus Falls 29, 7- Pelican Rapids 22
PERHAM GIRLS TOP EIGHT FINISHERS- 200M- 1st- Abby Larson (Detroit Lakes) 27.86, 6th- Lola Pulver 30.06, 8th- Chesney Esser 30.36
800M- 1st- Nina Dawson (Willmar) 2:23.58, 6th- Leelou Novotny 2:41.33, 7th- Ella Hendrickson 2:41.60
1600M- 1st- Nina Dawson (Willmar) 5:28.73, 3rd- Gracie Morris 5:38.82, 6th- Leelou Novotny 6:00.31, 7th- Ella Hendrickson 6:00.57
3200M- 1st- Lauren Eilers (Willmar) 11:37.41, 5th- Quincy Anderson 13:04.23
100M HURDLES- 1st- Madysen Schmidt (Bemidji) 16.15, 2nd- Lauryn Rustad 16.98, 3rd- Jaden Hackel 17.18 7th- Lily Aakre 18.92
300M HURDLES- 1st- Lauren Berg (Bemidji) 49.27, 2rd- Jaden Hackel 50.50, 6th- Lily Aakre 54.69
4X100M RELAY- 1st- Detroit Lakes 53.91, 2nd- Chesney Esser, Ariana Doll, Natalie Rooney, Alexis Hartmann 56.82
4X200M RELAY- 1st- Bemidji 1:52.17, 6th- Ariana Doll, Lola Pulver, Kennedy Pilgrim, Alexis Hartmann 2:00.31
4X400M RELAY- 1st- Bemidji 4:16.77, 3rd- Gracie Morris, Leelou Novotny, Avalee Brown, Jaden Hackel 4:26.53
4X800M RELAY- 1st- Minnewaska 10:19.98, 5th- Quincy Anderson, Aspen Rohde, Avalee Brown, Gracie Morris,
DISCUS- 1st- Avery Quinn (Willmar) 99;11”, 6th- Gracie Endwards 84’11”
HIGH JUMP- Ainsley Handen (Fergus Falls) 5’5”, 8th- Willow Thiel 4’6”
POLE VAULT- 1st- Gracie Morris (Perham) 9’6”, 2nd- Maya Richter 8’6”, 3rd- Natalie Rooney 8’6”, 5th- Danail Van Watermulen 8’6”
LONG JUMP- 1st- Sam Christoffer (Willmar) 15’6.75”, 8th- Alexis Hartmann 13’2.75”
TRIPLE JUMP- 1st- Jaden Hackel (Perham) 33’5.75”, 3rd- Kennedy Pilgrim 31’9.5”
CRAIG HOUGEN INDOOR CLASSIC GIRLS TEAM SCORES- 1- Perham 112.5, 2- Pequot Lakes 107, 3- Wadena-Deer Creek 93, 4- Park Rapids 74, 5- Staples-Motley 54, 6- Hibbing 27, 6- Northome-Kelliher-Blackduck 27, 8- Bertha-Hewitt-Verndale 26, 9- Pillager 25, 10- New York Mills 14, 11- Clearbrook-Gonvick 12, 12- Pine River-Backus 5.5 13- Nevis 4, 14- Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton 2, 14- Walker-Hackensack-Akeley 2
PERHAM GIRLS TOP EIGHT FINISHES- 4X800M RELAY- 1st- Park Rapids 10:31.55, 4th- Perham 11:02.09
1600M- 1st- Calia Chaney (Pequot Lakes) 5 :16.18, 4th- Quincy Anderson 6:02.88
60M HURDLES- 1st- Lauryn Rustad (Perham) 9.89, 3rd- Jaden Hackel 10.32, 6th- Lily Aakre 10.84, 7th- Olivia Rosenthal 10.87
60M- 1st- Joselyn Rinio (Pequot Lakes) 8.28, 6th- Lily Aakre 8.7
4X200M RELAY- 1st- Park Rapids 1:56.90, 4th- Perham 2:00.47
800M- 1st- Amber Collins (WDC) 2:32.01, 3rd- Ella Henderickson 2:34.86
200M- 1st- Riya Johnson (Pequot Lakes) 28.40, 7th- Alexis Hartmann 29.83
4X400M RELAY- 1st- Staples-Motley 4:23.88, 5th- 4:36.90
HIGH JUMP- 1st- Willow Thiel (Perham) 4’8”, 4th- Olivia Rosenthal 4’6”
POLE VAULT- 1st- Gracie Morris (Perham) 9’6”, 2nd- Maya Richter 9’0”, 4th- Natalie Rooney 8’6”, 7th- Danial Van Watermulen 8’6”
LONG JUMP- 1st- Madison Packer (WDC) 15’7.5”, 2rd- Alexis Hartmann 15’4”, 4th- Willow Thiel 14’11.5, 5th- Lola Pulver 14’11”
TRIPLE JUMP- 1st- Jaden Hackel (Perham) 35’5”
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