DILWORTH – The Perham track and field teams are gearing up for another successful postseason after a great showing at the Heart O’Lakes Conference championships.
The Perham girls took first place with a team score of 166, while the boys took second at 172. Between the boys and the girls, the Yellowjackets notched 10 first-place finishes in Dilworth last Tuesday.
Senior Jakob McCleary won the 400 and 1,600-meter races. He ran the 400-meter race in 52.11 seconds and the mile in 4:30.51. Bjorn Anderson was right behind McCleary in the 1,600 in second place with a time of 4:37.69.
Anderson took first place in the 3,200-meter run at 10:24.00. Carter Flatau (10:28.56) and Dylan Guck (10:29.56) took second and third place.
The Perham pole vaulters soared on Tuesday. Levi Richter vaulted 14-feet to take home first place, while Aiden Kennedy (11-feet, 6-inches) and Noah Novotny (11-feet, 6-inches) took second and third. Gracie Morris won the girls pole vault at 10-feet. Danial Van Watermulen (9-feet, 6-inches) and Natalie Rooney (9-feet) also took second and third.
Jaden Hackel won the 300-meter girls hurdles race with a time of 60.79. Perham had five hurdlers place in the top eight across two events, including Lauryn Rustad’s runner-up finish in the 100-meter hurdles in 16.76 seconds.
Connor Kostynick has been at or near the top of every throwing competition this season. He took first place in the discus at 160-feet, 8-inches. He also won the shot put competition with a throw of 46-feet, 10.5-inches.
The Perham girls beat Barnesville by 34 points to win the Heart O’Lakes Conference Championship. Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton won the boys HOL title by 16 points over the Yellowjackets.
HEART O’LAKES CONFERENCE GIRLS TEAM SCORES- 1- Perham 166, 2- Barnesville 132, 3- Frazee 113, 4- Pelican Rapids 80, 5- Breckenridge 75, 6- United Clay Becker 74, 7- DGF 53
HEART O’LAKES CONFERENCE BOYS TEAM SCORES- 1- DGF 188, 2- Perham 172, 3- Pelican Rapids 117, 4- Barnesville 68, 5- Frazee 53, 6- United Clay Becker 48, 7- Breckenridge 30
PERHAM GIRLS TOP EIGHT FINISHERS- 100M- 3rd- Willow Thiel 14.06, 7th- Ariana Doll 14.46, 8th- Addi Hackel 14.53
200M- 6th- Alexis Hartmann 29.42
400M- 7th- Leelou Novotny 1:06.33
800M- 4th- Caidyn Breid 2:33.42, 5th- Liz Birkeland 2:34.42, 7th- Ella Hendrickson 2:38.20
1600M- 2nd- Gracie Morris 5:33.85, 4th- Hendrickson 5:43.78, 6th- Quincy Anderson 5:53.54
3200M- 2nd- Avalee Brown 12:28.11, 3rd- Anderson 12:34.34, 5th- Aspen Rhode 13:13.74
100M HURDLES- 2nd- Lauryn Rustad 16.76, 6th- Olivia Rosenthal; 18.20
300M HURDLES- 1st- Jaden Hackel 50.79, 7th- Lily Aakre 57.08, 8th- Rosenthal 59.80
4x100M RELAY- 3rd- Perham 55.42
4x200M RELAY- 5th- Perham 1:55.15
4x400M RELAY- 2nd- Perham 4:19.51
4x800M RELAY- 2nd- Perham 10:36.67
SHOT PUT- 8th- Autumn Ziemann 30’3”
DISCUS- 6th- Gracie Edwards 93’0”
HIGH JUMP- 2nd- Thiel 5’0”
POLE VAULT- 1st- Morris 10’0”. 2nd- Danial Van Watermulen 9’6”, 3rd- Natalie Rooney 9’0”
LONG JUMP- 4th- Lola Pulver 14’8.5”
TRIPLE JUMP- 2nd- J. Hackel 33’5.5”, 3rd- Kennedy Pilgrim 32’11”, 7th- Addi Hackel 29’11”
PERHAM BOYS TOP EIGHT FINISHERS- 100M- 5th- Micah Thompson 37’5”, 8th- Blake Swenson 34’11”
200M- 3rd- Aiden Kennedy 24.06
400M- 1st- Jakob McCleary 52.11, 5th- Swenson 55.42
800M- 2nd- Thompson 2:03.98, 8th- Caden Doll 2:15.51
1600M- 1st- McCleary 4:30.51, 2nd- Bjorn Anderson 4:37.69, 5th- Caden Doll 4:55.38
3200M- 1st- Anderson 10:24.99, 2nd- Carter Flatau 10:28.56, 3rd- Dylan Guck 10:29.56
110M HURDLES- 6th- Jaylon Hornbacker 21.80, 7th- Will Baker 22.67
300M HURDLES- 7th- Hornbacker 52.50, 8th- Baker 54.17
4x100M RELAY- 3rd- Perham 47.64
4x200M RELAY- 1st- Perham 1:37.47
4x400M RELAY- 1st- Perham 3:38.59
4x800M RELAY- 2nd- Perham 8:53.30
SHOT PUT- 1st- Connor Kostynick 46’10.5”, 7th- Teagan Bennett 39’4”
DISCUS- 1st- Kostynick 160’8”
POLE VAULT- 1st- Levi Richter 14’0”, 2nd- Aiden Kennedy 11’6”, 3rd- Noah Novotny 11’6”
TRIPLE JUMP- 5th Thompson 37’5”, 8th- Swenson 34’11”
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