Behind seven first place finishes and two seconds and a third, the Cardinal girls ran away with the Section 8AA track and field title, blowing away second place Sartell-St. Stephen by 38.5 points Saturday.
Wensia Johnson won both the 100 and 200-meter dashes, while Jamie Piepenburg won the 1,600 and 3,200-meter runs.
Piepenburg, who set a new Section 8AA record on Thursday in the 3,200-meter run with a time of 10:24.567, also set a new mark in the 1,600 with a 4:54.19, breaking the old mark of 4:58.18 set in 2001 by Lisa Dyer of Moorhead. Johnson also had two new Section records with times of 12.06 and 25.23 respectively.
Briquelle Bowden came away with first in the high jump, while the 4x100 relay team of Johnson, Gabi Koel, Bowden and Madi Urman was first, as was the 4x800 relay team of Karly Betterman, Bethany Hasz, Megan Hasz and Julia Sieling.
Brittany Ludwig was second in the discus, earning a spot at state along with her teammates. Megan Hasz was second in the 3,200-meter run and Bethany Hasz was third in the 3,200-meter run, but qualified for state by time.
Tags: alexandria sports, sports, cardinals, track, field, section, 8aa
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