Osakis track: Boys and girls finish fifth at Pierz Invite

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The Osakis girls’ relay teams have proven to be a force in recent history and nothing seems to have changed through the first few meets this spring.

The Silverstreaks boys’ and girls’ teams both finished in fifth place at the Pierz Invitational, but the girls won three of the relays to highlight the meet for Osakis.

The 4x800 team of Brittney Sadlemyer, Alexa Hoffarth, Makayla Hoglin and Cali Sadlemyer got the girls started with a win in the first event. They finished in 10:32.41, more than 16 seconds ahead of their nearest competition from Pillager.

The 4x200 team of Hoffarth, Abby Stroup, Taylor Kraemer and Becka Sadlemyer followed suit shortly after. They edged Pequot Lakes by almost five seconds with a time of 1:52.47.

Stroup, Cali Sadlemyer, Kraemer and Brittney Sadlemyer then put the finishing touches on things in the 4x400 with a winning time of 4:26.22. The 4x100 team of Hoffarth, Stroup, Kraemer and Becka Sadlemyer missed making it a clean sweep for the relays by just .21 seconds in a narrow loss to Pequot Lakes.

“Even though we were missing some girls, I wanted to put together some competitive relays to see how some different combinations looked,” head coach Lee VanNyhuis said. “These early meets are a good time to do that. The girls responded well and ran some decent times, but I’m still anxious to see us go at full strength.”

It was one of the many positives VanNyhuis said he took from the meet. Devon Nelson paced the boys with a winning performance in the 1,600. He finished in 4:55.39 and set the table for a strong day in the distance events.

“I’m really happy with where our distance runners are at,” VanNyhuis said. “[Assistant] coach [Justin] Dahlheimer has been doing a great job with those kids. They are all ahead of where they were last year at this time.

“Devon looked really good in the 1,600. He ran a smart race. He ran a good split in the 4x400 as well, showing he has the speed to go get people at the end of races.”

The 4x100 relay teams for the boys also came in a close second behind Pequot Lakes. Brian Thorstad, Trey Erie, Hunter Johnson and Seth Newman finished in a time of 48.97, less than two seconds out of first place.

“It was good to see the boys 4x100 relay team come together,” VanNyhuis said. “Brian and Trey are fitting in nicely.”

That helped the boys finish with 26 team points. Pillager won the event with 112.50 points. The Osakis girls had 48.33 points as Pequot Lakes took the meet with 108.33.

PIERZ INVITE

GIRLS TEAM RESULTS – 1. Pequot Lakes – 108.33; 2. Pierz – 94; 3. Mora – 74.33; 4. Pillager – 49; 5. Osakis – 48.33

OSAKIS INDIVIDUAL RESULTS – 4X800 RELAY – Brittney Sadlemyer, Hoffarth, Hoglin, C. Sadlemyer – first place, 10:32.41

100-METER HURDLES – Elizabeth Kirckof – seventh place, 19.46; Kayla Sorenson – 12th place, 21.33

100-METER DASH – MiKayla Olson – eighth place, 15.05; Kristina Sunder – 11th place, 15.66

4X200 RELAY – Hoffarth, Abby Stroup, Kraemer, Becka Sadlemyer – first place, 1:52.47

1,600 METER RUN – Paige Gabrielson – fourth place, 6:02.32; Taylor Spychalla – seventh place, 6:12.11; Makayla Hoglin – eighth place, 6:13.25; Isabelle Szech – ninth place, 6:21.94; Ashley Kraemer – 10th place, 6:33.90

4X100 RELAY – Hoffarth, Stroup, Kraemer, Becka Sadlemyer – second place, 52.81

400-METER DASH – Nicole Imdieke – seventh place, 1:21.61

300-METER HURDLES – MiKayla Olson – seventh place, 59.77

800-METER RUN – Paige Gabrielson – fourth place, 2:45.23; Taylor Spychalla – 11th place, 2:53.70; Cathryn Weir – 18th place, 3:25.78

200-METER DASH – Ashley Kraemer – seventh place, 30.95; Mikayla Wolbeck – 11th place, 32.16; Kristina Sunder – 14th place, 33.42; Ashley Orr – 16th place, 34.28

3,200-METER RUN – Courtny Walter – fourth place, 13:28.06

4X400 RELAY – Stroup, C. Sadlemyer, Kraemer, Brittney Sadlemyer – first place, 4:26.22

HIGH JUMP – Emily Eckel – fourth place, 4-06.00; Kayla Sorenson – fifth place, 4-04.00

LONG JUMP – T. Kraemer – third place, 13-04.25; Stroup – seventh place, 12-10.50; Kristina Sunder – 14th place, 11-07.75

TRIPLE JUMP – Hoffarth – third place, 30-11.25

DISCUS – Elizabeth Kirckof – ninth place, 63-09; Mikayla Wolbeck – 10th place, 62-05

SHOT PUT – Brittney Sadlemyer – fourth place, 27-08.00; Kirckof – seventh place, 26-02.00

BOYS TEAM RESULTS – 1. Pillager – 112.50; 2. Mora – 93; 3. Pequot Lakes – 88; 4. Pierz – 54.50; 5. Osakis 26

OSAKIS INDIVIDUAL RESULTS – 100-METER DASH – Brian Thorstad – 11th place, 12.82; Trenton Coyer – 15th place, 13.64

4X200 RELAY – Thorstad, Preston Grahm, Hunter Johnson, Seth Newman – fourth place, 1:42.83

1,600-METER RUN – Devon Nelson-– first place, 4:55.39

4X100 RELAY – Thorstad, Trey Erie, Johnson, Newman – second place, 48.97

400-METER DASH – Luke Wolbeck – sixth place, 1:07.45; Zachary Rien – ninth place, 1:15.87

800-METER RUN – Glenn Seela – 10th place, 2:28.96; Trenton Coyer – 14th place, 2:36.68

200-METER DASH – Luke Wolbeck – 13th place, 28.73; Zachary Rien – 17th place, 36.13

3,200-METER RUN – Grant Backes – third place, 10:44.36

4X400 RELAY – Grahm, Erie, Johnson, Nelson – fourth place, 3:58.39

LONG JUMP – Hunter Johnson – 10th place, 17-02.75; Seth Newman – 14th place, 16-03

DISCUS – Dylan Kluver – sixth place, 88-08; Mitch Sunder – eighth place, 84-08; Peter Hagen – 15th place, 73-04; Austin Kuhlmann – 18th place, 56-01

SHOT PUT – Michell Sunder – third place, 36-10; Peter Hagen – 11th place, 29-09; Dylan Kluver – 15th place, 28-08; Austin Kuhlmann – 22nd place, 23-01

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