BEMIDJI – The Perham track and field teams outshined their competitors as both the boys and girls squads grabbed the top spots at the Little Amik indoor meet on Tuesday.
The boys team finished first with 107 team points and the girl also finished in first with 98 team points. Between the two teams, the Yellowjackets notched nine first-place finishes at Bemidji.
Senior Micah Thompson had himself a day securing first-place finishes in the 400-meter dash with a time of 53.48 and in the triple jump with a distance of 38-feet and 8.25-inches. He was also a part of the first-place 4x400-meter relay team of senior Aiden Kennedy and sophomores Bjorn Anderson and Blake Swenson who finished with a time of 3:35.76.
The 4x200-meter relay team of seniors Noah Thompson, Dayton Koetke, Kennedy and sophomore Tyrus Coudron earned a first-place finish with a time of 1:38.65. Junior Noah Novotny vaulted 12-feet, 6-inches to take home first place and Kennedy took home second with a vault of 11-feet.
Anderson grabbed second-place finishes in the 800-meter dash (1:59.07) and the 1600-meter dash (4:24.30). Swenson secured second place behind Thompson in the 400-meter dash with a time of 53.67.
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On the girls side, senior Lauryn Rustad finished first in the 60-meter hurdles with a time of 9.54. Junior Jaden Hackel took home the gold in the long jump with a distance of 15-feet, 10.5-inches and the triple jump with a distance of 35-feet, 9-inches. Freshman Gracie Morris vaulted 10-feet to take home first place in the pole vault.
Eighth-grader Ella Hendrickson finished second in the 3200-meter dash with a time of 12:36.73. The 4x400-meter relay team of senior Mya Morris, Rustad, Hackel, and Gracie ended with a time of 4:18.72 to end up in second. Senior Maya Richter secured second in the pole vault as she vaulted 9-feet, 6-inches. Junior Kennedy Pilgrim jumped her way into second place in the triple jump with a distance of 34-feet, 11-inches.
LITTLE AMIK INDOOR MEET BOYS TEAM SCORES- 1- Perham 107, 2- Pequot Lakes 75, 3- International Falls 48, 4- Bagley/Fosston 39.5, 5- Wadena-Deer Creek 35, 6- Bemidji 34.5, 7- Frazee 29, 8- Pillager 26, 9- Nevis 25, 10- Hibbing 23, 11- Bertha-Hewitt/Verndale 20, 12. Lake of the Woods/Indus/Rainy River 16, 13- Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton 15, 14- West Marshall 14, 15- Grand Rapids 12, 15- Rock Ridge 12, 17- Warroad 10, 17- Pine River- Backus 10, 17- Chisholm 9, 20- New York Mills 7, 21- United North Central 6, 22- Mountain Iron-Buhl 5, 22- Clearbrook-Gonvick 5, 24- Northome/Kelliher/Blackduck 2
LITTLE AMIK INDOOR MEET GIRLS TEAM SCORES- 1- Perham 98, 2- Bertha-Hewitt/Verndale 81, 3- Rock Ridge 73, 4- Pequot Lakes 54, 5- Bemidji 53, 6- Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton 34, 7- Hibbing 31, 8- Grand Rapids 26, 9- Chisholm 23, 10- Northland/Deer River* 20, 11- Nevis 16, 12- Clearbrook-Gonvick 15, 13- Wadena-Deer Creek, 13- Pillager 12, 15- Roseau 8, 15- Bagley/Fosston 8, 17- Lake of the Woods/Indus/Rainy River 7, 18- West Marshall 6.5, 19- Red Lake County 3, 20- Walker-Hackensack-Akeley 2.5, 21- Warroad 1, 21- Bigfork 1
PERHAM BOYS TOP EIGHT FINISHERS- 60M- Tyrus Coudron 7.50
400M- 1st- Micah Thompson 53.48, 2nd- Blake Swenson 53.67
800M- 2nd- Bjorn Anderson 1:59.07, 5th- Isaac Paurus 2:11.64
1600M- 2nd- Bjorn Anderson 4:24.30, 6th Carter Flatau 4:47.51, 7th Dylan Guck 4:47.80
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4x200m RELAY- 1st- Aiden Kennedy, Noah Thompson, Dayton Koetke, Tyrus Coudron 1:38.65
4x400M RELAY- 1st- Bjorn Anderson, Aiden Kennedy, Blake Swenson, Micah Thompson 3:35.76
4x800M RELAY- 5th- Brody Evenson, Lucas Swyter, Isaac Paurus, Matt Jorgenson 9:40.82
POLE VAULT- 1st- Noah Novotny 12’6”, 2md Aiden Kennedy 11’
TRIPLE JUMP- 1st- Micah Thompson 38’8.25”
PERHAM GIRLS TOP EIGHT FINISHER- 200M- 3rd- Lauryn Rustad 28.11
800M- 4th- Gracie Morris 2:31.93
1600M- 6th- Gracie Morris 5:38.37
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3200M- 2nd- Ella Hendrickson 12:36.73
60M HURDLES- 1st- Lauryn Rustad 9.54
4x2000M RELAY- 2nd- Gracie Morris, Mya Morris, Jaden Hackel, Lauryn Rustad 4:18.72; 6th- Ella Hendrickson, Leelou Novotny, Caidyn Breid, Cora Grismer 4:35.97
4x800M RELAY- 7th- Aurora Schumacher, Leelou Novotny, Quincy Anderson, Nahla Grismer 11:34.72
POLE VAULT- 1st- Gracie Morris 10’, 2nd- Maya Richter 9’6”, 3rd- Danial Van Watermulen 9’, 4th- Natalie Rooney 9’
LONG JUMP- 1st- Jaden Hackel 15’10.5”, 6th- Alexis Hartmann- 15’2.5”
TRIPLE JUMP- 1st- Jaden Hackel 35’9”, 2nd- Kennedy Pilgrim 34’11”, 6th- Cora Grismer 32’7”
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