Making up for lost time, the Garretson Track & Field team headed to two meets last week, the Gene Danielsen Relays in Salem and the Terry Bong Invitational in Canton.
The team took on opponents from fourteen schools in Salem, including rivals Tri-Valley, MCM, Baltic and Dell Rapids St. Mary. Though the team as a whole placed 10th for men's and 12th for women's events, several individuals performed well, with top five placements in 8 events.
Top placements included 2nd place for Preston Bohl in the 3200-meter event with a time of 10:25.80, 3rd for Sam Schleuter in 300m hurdles with a time of 45.00, and 3rd for the 3200-meter relay team consisting of Bohl, Schleuter, Carter Siemonsma, and Collin Olson with a time of 8:58.22. Logan Bly obtained 3rd for javelin (87'05") and 4th for a high jump of 4' 8", and the 4x100 relay team of Raegen Altman, Bly, Alyssa Olson, and Jordan DeWitte was awarded 4th with a time of 54.97. Fifth place was awarded to the 1600-meter medley team of Tyler Erickson, Riley Lafferty-Mack, C. Olson, and Siemonsma, who crossed the line at 4:08.79. Josh Gilbert placed 5th in the 800-meter event with a time of 2:17.07.
Other top-ten medalists included Jordyn Williams (7th, 100m and 8th, 200m), 4x200 relay team of Altman, Bly, A. Olson, and DeWitte (7th), Ramsey Schweitzer (8th, 400m), Gilbert (8th, 1600m), 1600m medley team of Hannah Frewaldt, Altman, DeWitte, and Brooklyn Trudeau (9th), 4x200 relay team of Erickson, Cody Facile, Lafferty-Mack, and Tyler Edmundson (10th), and 4x400 relay team of Altman, Trudeau, Aleah Wagner, and DeWitte (10th).
In Canton, seven teams plied the field for top honors, and again, GHS athletes did not disappoint. Top-10 medals went to several younger competitors, including 3rd place to 8th grader Carter Siemonsma in the 800-meter event with a time of 2:15.45 and 4th to sophomore Josh Gilbert in the same event with a time of 2:17.99. Gilbert also took home 4th in 1600m with a time of 5:13.47.
Senior Logan Bly continued her high-jump prowess, obtaining 2nd with a jump of 4'8". The 4x800 relay team consisting of Bohl, S. Schleuter, Siemonsma, and C. Olson took 3rd with a time of 9:06.46.
Fourth place was awarded to the 4x400 relay team of S. Schleuter, Siemonsa, C. Olson, and Schweitzer with a time of 3:48.29 and 1600m-medley team of Erickson, Schweitzer, S. Schleuter, and Bohl with a time of 3:59.08. The 4x100 relay team of Altman, Bly, Williams, and H. Frewaldt took home 4th place as well with a time of 54.74.
The 1600m medley team of DeWitte, Wagner, Trudeau, and Ockenga, with a time of 5:17.87, and the 4x200 relay team of H. Frewaldt, Altman, Bly, and Williams with a time of 1:57.33, both garnered 5th place. The 4x200 relay men's team of Erickson, Facile, Lafferty-Mack, and Edmundson took home 5th with a time of 1:47.04.
Individually, Williams took 5th in the 100-meter dash with a time of 13.87 seconds, while freshman Ava Ockenga placed 5th in the 1600-meter run with a time of 6:40.51.
Other under-10th place medalists included Bly (6th, javelin) and Edmundson (9th, javelin), Lucie Frewaldt (7th, 1600m), C. Olson (7th, 400m), Schweitzer (8th, 400m), Nathanial Roberts (8th, 3200m), Wagner (10th, 200m), H. Frewaldt (9th, long jump), and Cole Schleuter (10th, long jump). Seventh place was obtained by the 4x400 relay team of A. Olson, Trudeau, L. Frewaldt, and DeWitte.
GHS Track & Field found themselves competing in Baltic on Tuesday (results not available at press time) and will be at Howard Wood Field in Sioux Falls this week Friday and Saturday for the Dakota Relays or in Parker on Saturday for their invitational. Next Monday will be the final regular season meet before the Big East Conference, as the team heads to Dell Rapids for the Quarrier invitational.
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