Card girls' track and field: Bowden sets personal best in high jump victory at Monticello

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Briquelle Bowden’s personal best jump of 5’4” in the high jump earned her a first place finish at the Monticello Invitational Thursday and helped the Cardinal girls’ track and field team to fourth.

Bowden’s leap should land her on the State Class AA’s honor roll, joining teammate Jenna Larson, who had a 5’0” jump at the Moorhead MAA meet to find a spot on the state roll.

The best jump to date has come from Morgan Pieri of Lakeville South with a leap of 5’6”, just two inches better than the Cardinal junior.

Bowden finished fourth in the 100-meter hurdles with a time of 17.41.

Alexandria received runner-up honors from Karly Betterman in the 300-meter hurdles with a 49.31, Julia Sieling in the 800-meter run in 2:28.35, and the 4x800-meter relay team of Kristin Egenes, Nicole Canavati, Julia Sieling and Karly Betterman in 10:20.91.

Discus thrower Brittany Ludwig, who had a toss of 115’7.5”, bettering her throw of 111’3” at Sartell that landed her on the state honor roll. She also finished third in the shot put with a 35’6” throw for a personal best.

Brianna Johnson had a personal best of her own in the shot put with a sixth place throw of 34’2”, and Murphy Notch’s toss of 92’3” in the discus was a personal best as well.

Monticello captured the title in its own invitational.

Alexandria will now be at Sauk Rapids-Rice on Thursday, May 10.

MONTICELLO INVITATIONAL

GIRLS’ TEAM SCORES – 1. Monticello 152, 2. Osseo 131.5, 3. St. Francis 94, 4. Alexandria 87.5, 6. St. Cloud Tech 57, 7. Monticello JV.

ALEXANDRIA RESULTS

100 HURDLES – 4. Briquelle Bowden 17.41, 7. Jenna Larson 19.95, 20. Maria Schlapkohl 23.35. 300 HURDLES – 2. Karly Betterman 49.31, 14. Jenna Larson 54.85, 18. Maria Schlapkohl 57.91.

100 DASH – 3. Madelyn Urman 13.00, 5. Gabby Koel 13.55, 14. Karla Thoennes 14.37, 23. Emily Klinkner 15.30. 200 DASH – 4. Madelyn Urman 26.85, 8. Gabby Koel 27.92, 13. Briquelle Bowden 28.83.

800 RUN – 2. Julia Sieling 2:28.35, 9. Nicole Canavati 2:36.18. 1,600 RUN – 5. Melissa Drown 5:51.67. 3,200 RUN – 6. Natalie Watkins 12:55.15.

4X100 RELAY – 4. Emily Klinkner, Gabby Koel, Briquelle Bowden, Madi Urman 54.37. 4X200 RELAY – 6. Maria Schlapkohl, Tara LeBrassseur, Gabby Yell, Shanee Herd 2:02.03. 4X400 RELAY – 6. Tara LeBrasseur, Melissa Drown, Hannah Wendel, Shaneé Herd 4:36.03. 4X800 RELAY – 2. Kristin Egenes, Nicole Canavati, Julia Sieling, Karly Betterman 10:20.91.

HIGH JUMP – 1. Briquelle Bowden 5-4, 4. Jenna Larson 4-8, 8. Gabby Koel 4-8. POLE VAULT – 8. Karla Thoennes 6-6. LONG JUMP – 14. Tara LeBrasseur 13-3.75, 18. Emily Klinkner 12-5, 19. Gabby Yell 11-2.5. TRIPLE JUMP – 14. Hannah Wendel 28-5, 19. Lisa Klinkner 24-9.5.

DISCUS – 2. Brittany Ludwig 115-7.5, 4. Murphy Notch 92-3, 5. Brianna Johnson 92-2.5, 15. Emily Peck 77-0.5. SHOT PUT – 5. Brittany Ludwig 35-6, 6. Brianna Johnson 34-2, 10. Murphy Notch 30-1.5, 17. Emily Peck 27-5.

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