Card boys' track and field: Hacker, Guetter earn wins for Alexandria

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Cold and rain greeted the Cardinal boys’ track and field team in its first outdoor meet of the season Friday at Moorhead, and saw Alexandria athletes pick up wins in two events.

“At the start of the meet, it was 51 degrees, steady rain with winds of 25 mph,” said head coach Jerry Amundson. “Unfortunately, the weather did not improve for the entire six-hour meet.

“The Cards were able to fight through the conditions and have some good performances in spite of the weather.”

A total of 11 teams competed, with six teams representing Section 8AA and the rest from North Dakota. West Fargo captured the team title, with Moorhead second and Alexandria fifth.

“Jesse Hacker and sophomore Colin Guetter were the lone winners for Alexandria,” said Amundson. “Jesse won his third shot put event of the young season with a toss of 50’11”. Colin won the discus event with a toss of 141’3”.

“For the young thrower, it was a personal best effort by 25’6”,” he added.

Zac Bartolomeo had personal bests in both the 800-meter and 1,600-meter races as he finished second in the 1,600 with a time of 4:32.47 and third in the 800 with a 1:58.94.

“Brandon Beliveau placed fourth in the discus with a throw of 130’6”,” said Amundson. “Brian Krebs had over a 2-foot improvement in the shot to place fifth with a toss of 42’6.5”.”

Alexandria also got fifth and sixth place finishes respectively from Jimmy Lovrien and Will Sieling in the 3,200-meter run with season best times, while Mitch Peck was fifth in the 300-meter hurdles.

“Lee Klein chipped in with a sixth place finish in the 200-meter dash,” said the coach, “and Phil Pham earned sixth place in the long jump.

“The 4x100 relay team also placed sixth in a tight field with a time of 46.74.”

Alexandria got big improvements in performances from Wesley Graves with a 34-second drop in the 1,600-meter run, Ben Tollefson with a 15-second drop in the 1,600, Austin Thom and Trent Piepenburg with drops of 11 and nine seconds respectively in the 3,200-meter run, Brett Ludwig with a 6-foot improvement in the discus, and Cole Jodsaas with a 2.5-second drop in the 400-meter dash.

Alexandria will be at Sartell on Friday for a quadrangular with the three top teams in the Central Lakes Conference indoor. Action starts at 4:15 p.m.

MOORHEAD INVITATIONAL

BOYS’ TEAM SCORES – 1. West Fargo 130, 2. Moorhead 114, 3. Brainerd 75.75, 4. Fargo Davies 73, 5. Alexandria 68.25, 6. Bemidji 64, 7. Fargo North 61.25, 8. Detroit Lakes 46.25, 9. Fargo South 32.5, 10. Fergus Falls 24, 11. Fargo Shanley 13.

ALEXANDRIA RESULTS

110 HURDLES – 9. Mitch Peck 17.91, 20. Joe Gorghuber 19.17, 28. Tanner Runge 21.61, 29. Eli Heckert 22.24. 300 HURDLES – 5. Mitch Peck 44.26, 15. Joe Gorghuber 47.51, 23. Tanner Runge 52.22, 26. Alec Wosepka 55.94.

100 DASH – 9. Lee Klein 12.14, 19. Phil Pham 12.67, 30. Tyler Kelly 13.12, 36. Cody Carlson 13.54. 200 DASH – 6. Lee Klein 24.61, 11. Nathan Huss 25.05, 29. Colby Carlson 27.12, 32. Manford Foster 27.53. 400 DASH – 17. Richard Bellefeuille 59.13, 22. Cole Jodsaas 1:00.39, 28. Landon Anderson 1:05.69.

800 RUN – 3. Zac Bartolomeo 1:58.94, 22. Kreg Anderson 2;14.35, 32. Damian Carter 2:32.23. 1,600 RUN – 2. Zac Bartolomeo 4:32.47, 24. Brandon Jerde 5:10.85, 29. Aaron Runge 5:15.68, 35. Lucas McKirdy 5:31.10. 3,200 RUN – 5. Jimmy Lovrien 10:25.56, 6. Will Sieling 10:28.89, 10. Trent Piepenburg 10:45.70, 16. Austin Thom 11:00.30.

4X100 RELAY – 6. Lee Klein, Nathan Huss, Mitch Peck, Phil Pham 46.74, 17. Alec Wosepka, Dylan Kriese, Spencer Vogel, Dayton Stanbra 56.02. 4X200 RELAY – 10. Colby Carlson, Cole Jodsaas, James Holmquist, Richard Bellefeuille 1:43.19, 14. Tanner Janke, Dayton Stanbra, Mitch Roers, Eli Heckert 1:56.00. 4X400 RELAY – 8. Richard Bellefeuille, James Holmquist, Nathan Huss, Cole Jodsaas 3:46.89, 18. Landon Anderson, Sitka Corage, Manford Foster, Damian Carter 4:22.40. 4X800 RELAY – 8. Will Sieling, Jimmy Lovrien, Colton Sailor, Kreg Anderson 9:06.90.

POLE VAULT – 8. Colby Carlson 9-0. LONG JUMP – 6. Phil Pham 18-3, 9. Nathan Huss 17-10.5, 23. Tyler Kelly 16-4, 33. Tanner Janke 14-2. TRIPLE JUMP – 16. James Holmquist 34-2, 20. Lucas McKirdy 31-6.5.

DISCUS – 1. Colin Guetter 141-3, 4. Brandon Beliveau 130-6, 13. Brett Ludwig 115-9, 25. Chad Peterson 97-0. SHOT PUT – 1. Jesse Hacker 50-11, 5. Brian Krebs 42-6.5, 10. Brandon Beliveau 41-5, 20. Chase Duwenhoegger 38-6.

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