By Brenda Erdahl
Sports Editor
The Maple Lake High School boys and girls track and field teams traveled to Norwood Young America on Tuesday, April 9 where they competed against four other schools.
Highlights include Senior Nick Lind’s double-win with personal bests in the 1600 and 3200 meter runs with times of 4:53.57 and 10:30.61 respectively.
Avery Lee won the shot put with a personal best throw of 31 feet, 3 inches and carter Courtright finished second in the shot and discus with throws of 40 feet, 8 inches and 131 feet, 3 inches respectively.
Abby Torblaa tied for first place in the pole vault with a height of 7 feet, 6 inches.
“We also had a lot of solid relay performances and some other good efforts,” Head Coach Ben Youngs said.
The Irish are competing without a number of key runners due to injuries, but Coach Youngs expects them to be back and contributing soon.
Teamwise, the Irish boys finished fourth with 52.5 points and the girls were also fourth with 38 points. Sibley East won the boys competition with 86.5 points and Tri-City United won the girls with 96 points.
Up next
On Thursday, April 18, the Irish host a triangular at 4:30 p.m. On Monday, April 22, the Irish host an invitational at 4 p.m.
Results (top 10)
Boys: 100-meter run – 4. Luke Goelz 12.08; 200-meter run – 7. Alejandro Montesinos 26.89; 9. Hans Peterson 26.90; 10. Jacob England 26.93; 800-meter run – 5. Jacob England 2:37.51; 8. Blake Stoeber 2:45.47; 9. Nathan Halloran 2:45.72; 1600-meter run – 1. Nick Lind 4:53.57; 3200-meter run – 1. Nick Lind 10:30.61; 4. Tristin Stoeber 13:06.58; 110-meter hurdles – 3. Gus Riviere 19.57; 6. Hayden Dircks 20.15; 300-meter hurdles – 2. Gus Riviere 46.76; 4. Hayden Dircks 52.10; 4×100 relay – 2. Maple Lake A (Kingsley Okoro, Luke Goelz, Joe Aasen, Gus Riviere) 49.08; 5. Maple Lake B (Brolin Chlan, Charlie Peterson, David Borger, Lucas Terzich) 1:05.55; 4×200 relay – 2. Maple Lake A (Hans Peterson, Logan Anglin, Joe Aasen, Jacob England) 1:45.88; 5. Maple Lake B (Nathan Halloran, Ryne Lodermeier, Blake Stoeber, Matthew Bougie) 1:57.87; 4×400 relay – 2. Maple Lake A (Hans Peterson, Luke Goelz, Logan Anglin, Nick Lind) 3:52.88; 5. Maple Lake B (Matthew Bougie, Jacob England, Marvin Germain, Brolin Chlan) 4:37.74; 4×800 relay – 4. Maple Lake A (Logan Anglin, Hayden Dircks, Blake Stoeber, Tristin Stoeber) 10:23.31; shot put – 2. Carter Courtright 40 feet, 8 inches; discus – 2. Carter Courtright 131 feet, 3 inches; high jump – 4. Joe Aasen 4 feet, 8 inches; 4. Hans Peterson 4 feet, 8 inches; pole vault – 3. Blake Stoeber 8 feet; 6. Logan Anglin 7 feet, 6 inches; 10. David Borgert 6 feet, 6 inches; long jump – 10. Brolin Chlan 13 feet, 2 inches; triple jump – 5. Nick Lind 34 feet, 6.5 inches.
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