Erickson has four firsts at True Team meet

• Tess Boucher

Echo Press photo by Lori Mork Tess Boucher ran to a fourth place finish in the 3,200-meter run during the Section 8AA True Team meet in Sauk Rapids last week.

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Behind six first place finishes – four from Rosey Erickson and two from Jamie Piepenburg – the Cardinals brought home third place honors from the Section 8AA True Team meet in Sauk Rapids last week.

Erickson contributed 108 team points with her four first places, winning the 100-meter dash in 12.71, the 200-meter dash in 26.36, the 400-meter dash in 1:00.20 and the long jump with a leap of 17-10.

Piepenburg’s two victories were also impressive as she dominated the distance events by winning the 1,600-meter run in 5:10.20 and the 3,200-meter run in 11:20.79.

Her time in the 1,600 meters was a personal best.

Those six performances are why the two Redbird athletes are on the State Class AA honor roll in each of those events.

Adding to the Cardinals’ success was a third place finish in the shot put by Mallory Stier, who lofted the shot for a distance of 33-5.5, and a third by the 4x800 relay team of Val Smith, Katie Iverson, Whitney Gesell and Tess Boucher with a time of 10:16.01.

Alexandria got a fourth place finish in the 3,200-meter run by Tess Boucher with a time of 11:56.61, and a fourth place in the triple jump by Annie Trebelhorn with a distance of 33-7.

Placing fifth was Chelsey Richardson in the 1,600-meter run with a time of 5:29.99, and a sixth place finish by Amber Tebben in the 100-meter dash in 13.40.

Joie Warnes was seventh in the triple jump with a distance of 32-5.75, and the Cardinal 4x200 relay team of Kristin Egenes, Tebben, Keely Gross and Shannon Thoennes with a time of 1:56.52.

The 4x400 relay team of Chelsey Richardson, Whitney Gesell, Kristin Egenes and Jenna Larson was eighth in 4:35.12.

Trebelhorn also placed ninth in the high jump with a leap of 4-8.

Personal bests were set by Nikki Swedberg in the 400-meter dash, Gloria Head in the 200-meter dash and the long jump, Trebelhorn in the triple jump, Val Smith in the pole vault, Nikki Hammond in the pole vault and Shannon Thoennes in the pole vault.

Alexandria will be in Sauk Rapids tomorrow, Thursday.

SECTION 8AA TRUE TEAM

TEAM SCORES – 1. Moorhead 926, 2. Brainerd 922, 3. Alexandria 739.5, 4. Buffalo 684.5, 5. St. Cloud Tech 643, 6. Willmar 627.5, 7. Bemidji 535.5, 8. Sauk Rapids 495, 9. St. Cloud Apollo 401.

100 HURDLES – 12. Joie Warnes 17.48, 15. Nikki Hammond 17.80, 22. Lenea Olson 18.66. 300 HURDLES – 11. Nikki Hammond 52.67, 18. Joie Warnes 54.29, 20. Lenea Olson 54.78.

100 DASH – 1. Rosey Erickson 12.71, 6. Amber Tebben 13.40, 13. Gloria Head 13.58. 200 DASH – 1. Rosey Erickson 26.36, 14. Gloria Head 28.48, 20. Shannon Thoennes 29.29. 400 DASH – 1. Rosey Erickson 1:00.20, 10. Nikki Swedberg 1:05.06, 15. Val Smith 1:05.65.

800 RUN – 10. Chelsey Richardson 2:34.39, 12. Katie Iverson 2:37.06, 17. Val Smith 2:39.06. 1,600 RUN – 1. Jamie Piepenburg 5:10.28, 5. Chelsey Richardson 5:29.99, 23. Caitlin Canavati 6:33.51. 3,200 RUN – 1. Jamie Piepenburg 11:20.79, 4. Tess Boucher 11:56.61.

4X100 RELAY – 4. Gloria Head, Amber Tebben, Nikki Hammond, Joie Warnes 52.72. 4X200 RELAY – 7. Kristin Egenes, Amber Tebben, Keely Gross, Shannon Thoennes 1:56.52. 4X400 RELAY – 8. Chelsey Richardson, Whitney Gesell, Kristin Egenes, Jenna Larson 4:35.12. 4X800 RELAY – 3. Val Smith, Katie Iverson, Whitney Gesell, Tess Boucher 10:16.01.

LONG JUMP – 1. Rosey Erickson 17-10, 9. Gloria Head 15-2, 20. Keely Gross 13-9. TRIPLE JUMP – 4. Annie Trebelhorn 33-7, 7. Joie Warnes 32-5.75, 20. Keely Gross 29-11. HIGH JUMP – 9. Annie Trebelhorn 4-8, 11. Jenna Larson 4-6. POLE VAULT – 11. Val Smith 8-0, 13. Nikki Hammond 7-6, 15. Shannon Thoennes 7-0.

SHOT PUT – 3. Mallory Stier 33-5.5, 12. Katie Bruzik 28-7, 21. Megan Stenzel 26-9. DISCUS – 11. Mallory Stier 88-9, 13. Katie Bruzik 85-9, 19. Brittany Ludwig 75-3.

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