Card girls' track and field: Alexandria has five first place finishes at Sartell

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Up against the best that the Central Lakes Conference has to offer, the Cardinal girls came away with five first place finishes to earn a fourth place team finish at Sartell Friday.

“The Lady Cards were able to put together a very strong team performance on what was a great afternoon for track and field,” said head coach Mike Empting. “Individually, the Cards continue to dominate the distance events, earning five places in the top five in the 800, 1,600 and 3,200-meter runs.

“Jamie Piepenburg was first in the 800-meter with a personal best time of 2:18.94 and Julia Sieling placed third in 2:29.71.

“Bethany Hasz and Karly Betterman placed first and third respectively in the 1,600-meter, both posting personal best times,” he added. “Bethany ran a 5:17.45 in winning the event and Karly ran 5:41.50.

“Megan Hasz dropped [more than] 10 seconds from her personal best in winning the 3,200-meter, posting a time of 11:32.34.”

The Cardinals also got a first place finish from Brittany Ludwig in the discus as she threw 111’3” and the Redbird 4x400 relay team of Sieling, Melissa Drown, B. Hasz and Piepenburg finished first in 4:19.50.

“Brianna Johnson and Brittany Ludwig placed in the top five in both the shot and discus,” said Empting. Brianna placed fourth in the discus with a throw of 97’6” and placed third in the shot put with a put of 32’ 9.5”. Brittany [also] placed second in the shot put with a put of 33’2.5”.

“Murphy Notch had a personal best throw of 29’4” in the shot put,” he added.

Madelyn Urman added a second place in the 100-meter with a 12.94 for a personal best, then placed third in the 200-meter.

Gabby Koel also recorded a personal best as she ran to fifth in the 200-meter.

Karly Betterman earned a second place finish in the 300-meter hurdles with a 49.41.

“The 4x100 relay team of Britni DelCastillo, Gabby Koel, Briquelle Bowden, and Madi Urman placed fourth, despite dropping the baton, running a time of 55.07,” said Empting.

The Cardinals will be in Monticello on Thursday for an invite, with field events set to begin at 3 p.m. and track events to begin at 3:15 p.m.

SARTELL QUADRANGULAR

GIRLS’ TEAM SCORES – 1. Sartell 377.5, 2. Willmar 307.5, 3. Brainerd 299, 4. Alexandria 256.

ALEXANDRIA RESULTS

100 HURDLES – 8. Briquelle Bowden 18.01, 17. Jenna Larson 20.81, 18. Maria Schlapkohl 22.44. 300 HURDLES – 2. Karly Betterman 49.41, 17. Jenna Larson 57.04, 20. Maria Schlapkohl 1:00.54.

100 DASH – 2. Madelyn Urmann 12.94, 9. Britni DelCastillo 14.15, 10. Karla Thoennes 14.31, 13. Emalee Erickson 14.42, 18. Kelly Nellermoe 14.60. 200 DASH – 3. Madelyn Urman 26.88, 5. Gabrielle Koel 27.36, 13. Briquelle Bowden 29.40, 14. Tara LeBrasseur 29.41, 17. Karla Thoennes 30.03. 400 DASH – 7. Tara LeBrasseur 1:06.38, 15. Hannah Wendel 1:11.70, 17. Kate LeBrasseur 1:12.48.

800 RUN – 1. Jamie Piepenburg 2:18.94, 3. Julia Sieling 2:29.71, 12. Kaitlyn Jacobson 2:54.85. 1,600 RUN – 1. Bethany Hasz 5:17.45, 10. Karly Betterman 5:41.50. 3,200 RUN – 1. Megan Hasz 11:32.34, 6. Natalie Watkins 12:54.03.

4X100 RELAY – 4. Britni DelCastillo, Gabby Koel, Briquelle Bowden Madi Urman 55.07. 4X200 RELAY – 9. Emily Klinkner, Leah Huss, Gabby Yell, Maria Schlapkohl :08.24. 4X400 RELAY – 1. Julia Sieling, Melissa Drown, Bethany Hasz, Jamie Piepenburg 4:19.50, 9. Samantha Ealy, Kate LeBrasseur, Tara LeBrasseur, Kaitlyn Jacobson 5:03.56.

SHOT PUT – 2. Brittany Ludwig 33-2.5, 3. Brianna Johnson 32-9.5, 6. Murphy Notch 29-4, 8. Emily Peck 28-11.5. DISCUS – 1. Brittany Ludwig 111-3, 4. Brianna Johnson 97-6, 8. Murphy Notch 86-1, 14. Emily Peck 76-0.

TRIPLE JUMP – 10. Hannah Wendel 29-1, 17. Lisa Klinkner 26-0. LONG JUMP – 8. Britni DelCastillo 14-4.5, 11. Emalee Erickson 13-9, 13. Tara LeBrasseur 13-8.75, 18. Hannah Wendel 12-11.5. HIGH JUMP – 5. Briquelle Bowden 4-10, 6. Jenna Larson 4-8, 11. Jaylen Olson-Rodel 4-6, 16. Kate LeBrasseur 4-0. POLE VAULT – 7. Kelly Nellermoe and Karla Thoennes 6-0.

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