Card boys win track invitational

• Logan Hanson

Echo Press photo by Lori Mork Logan Hanson finished second for the Cardinals in the pole vault Tuesday with a jump of 8-6. He and his Cardinal teammates took first in the Alexandria Invitational.

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With eight first places finishes, 71 personal bests and one season best, the Cardinal boys cruised to a first place finish in their own track and field invitational Tuesday at Citizens Field.

The Cardinals won the 4x100 and 4x200 relays as Mike Huss, Nick Schmidt, Grant Haugen and Landon Dybdal ran a 46.5 in the first event and Haugen, Dereck Buss, Huss and Sam Olson finished the second event in 1:37.5.

Dan Gorghuber won the 110 high hurdles in 16.9, Nick Schmidt raced to a first place in the 100-meter dash in 12.4, Zach Hodgson won the 1,600-meter run in 4:49.3, Grant Haugen dashed to first in the 200 meters in 24.2, Bobby Guetter won the shot put with a distance of 47-0.5 and Jim Ahlquist won the discus with a throw of 144-0.

Colin Ryan’s time of 5:24.2 was a season best in the 1,600-meter run.

ALEXANDRIA INVITATIONAL BOYS’ TRACK

TUESDAY, APRIL 29

TEAM SCORES – 1. Alexandria 402, 2. Little Falls 329, 3. Fergus Falls 307, 4. Parkers Prairie 115.

4X100 – 1. Mike Huss, Nick Schmidt, Grant Haugen, Landon Dybdal 46.5, Derek Goracke, Brandon Hale, Phil Pham, Nate Nelson 51.8. 4X200 – 1. Grant Haugen, Dereck Buss, Mike Huss, Sam Olson 1:37,5, 3. Derek Goracke, Alex Bartels, John Dero, Connor Blacksher 1:41.6, 5. Nate Nelson, Phil Pham, Eric Maloney, Connor Schuneman 1:42.8. 4X400 – 2. Sam Olson, Dereck Buss, Brandon Ludwig, Dan Gorghuber 3:38.3, Austin McCoy, Mitch Evink, Matt Burow, Mitch Ronning 3:49.3, Andy Fieldhammer, Jean-Luc VanSurksum, John Vinje, Colin Ryan 4:10.5. 4X800 – 2. Will Sieling, Mitch Ronning, Matt Burow, Sam Vinje 8:55.1, Dave Schmidt, Logan Hanson, Matt Young, Sam Johnson 9:37.0.

110 HURDLES – 1. Dan Gorghuber 16.9, 5. Connor Blacksher 19.9, 6. Brandon Ludwig 20.2. 300 HURDLES – 2. Sam Olson 43.9, 6. Dereck Buss 46.0, 8. John Dero 47.3.

100 DASH – 1. Nick Schmidt 12.4, 3. Landon Dybdal 12.5, 9. Derek Goracke 12.5, Mike Huss 12.5, Michael Joerger 13.0, Phil Pham 13.0, Nate Nelson 12.7, Connor Schuneman 13.1, Brandon Hale 13.3, Alex Bartels 13.4, Clayton Cozad 13.7. 200 DASH – 1. Grant Haugen 24.2, 2. Dan Gorghuber 24.3, 3. Nick Schmidt 25.0, 8. Michael Joerger 25.7, 11. Brandon Ludwig 25.9, Alex Bartels 26.2, Brandon Hale 26.3, Cody Brandt 26.6, Eric Maloney 26.9. 400 DASH – 3. Connor Schuneman 57.5, 4. Michael Joerger 58.1, 8. Eric Maloney 59.4.

800 RUN – 2. Zach Hodgson 2;07.4, 5. Elijah Hartsell 2:19.5, 8. Dave Schmidt 2:27.2. 1,600 RUN – 1. Zach Hodgson 4:49.3, 2. Mitch Evink 4:50.2, 3. Austin McCoy 4:55.6, 5. Jean-Luc VanSurksum 5:08.9, 6. Elijah Hartsell 5:09.9. 3,200 RUN – 2. Will Sieling 10:45.4, 6. Sam Vinje 11:27.8, 7. Matt Young 11:40.4, 9. Sam Johnson 12:08.2.

SHOT PUT – 1. Bobby Guetter 47-0.5, 2. Landon Dybdal 44-4.5, 3. Jim Ahlquist 43-4.25, 4. Thomas Quist 42-4.25, 7. Tanner Thompson 40-10.5, 8. Tyler Johnson 40-7.75, 9. Steve Carlsen 39-6, 10. Andy Werk 39-5, 12. Dalton Frovarp 38-2, Brandon Beliveau 32-7, Ross Carlson 32-1.5, Shiloh Susag 30-4.5, Cody Brandt 29-8, Robby Bruzik 23-6.5. DISCUS – 1. Jim Ahlquist 144-0, 2. Bobby Guetter 142-8, 4. Thomas Quist 129-7, 6. Tanner Thompson 119-4, 7. Steve Carlsen 117-0, 9. Andy Werk 112-8, 12. Landon Dybdal 108-0, Tyler Johnson 99-0, Ross Carlson 97-8, Brandon Beliveau 95-5, Cody Brandt 93-7, Shiloh Susag 88-10, Dalton Frovarp 86-3, Robby Bruzik 68-1.

LONG JUMP – 3. Grant Haugen 18-5.5, 4. Nick Schmidt 18-5, 9. Derek Goracke 17-2, Phil Pham 16-4.5, Michael Joerger 16-1. HIGH JUMP – 4. Dan Gorghuber 5-6, 7. Connor Blacksher 5-4, 8. Brandon Ludwig 5-2. POLE VAULT – 2. Logan Hanson 8-6. TRIPLE JUMP – 9. Connor Blacksher 34-0.

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