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ST.MICHAEL- The Ashby-Brandon-Evansville, Minnewaska and Osakis track and field teams took part in the prelims of the MSHSL State Tournament on Thursday at St. Michael-Albertville and saw some success in advancing to Friday's finals.
The Minnewaska girls team had strong performances in the relays with two teams (4x100 and 4x400) making it to the finals.
In the 4x100m relay, Alannah Christensen, Mya Lindemann, Emma Kovarik and Emily Kaiser finished ninth with a time of 51.29. Junior McKenzie Luetmer ran with Lauren Ankeny, Olivia Danielson and Teagan Stark in the 4x400 where the team finished second with a 4:05.34.
Luetmer qualified for the finals in the 400-meter dash by taking third in the prelims with a time of 59.31.
Danielson and Kaiser also qualified for the finals in individual runs with Kaiser placing eighth in the 100m (12.79) and Danielson placing fifth in the 800m (2:19.29). The Lakers will also compete in the 4x800 (Ankeny, Makena Thoen, Luetmer and Danielson).
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Osakis had a successful day as well in the girls relays with the 4x100 and 4x200 teams making the top nine.
Hailey Walker, Kiana Kendall, Mara VanNyhuis and Tessa Stanek finished eighth in the 4x100 (51.08) and the latter three, along with Kaelyn Walker finished ninth in the 4x200 (1:49.37).
In the girls discus finals, Kiley Kranz finished in seventh (113-11). Kranz will also compete in the shot put finals.
For A-B-E, Lucea Wales finished eighth in the long jump finals (16-06.25) and ran a 47.09 in the 300m hurdles, which was the third-best time out of the 16 athletes in the event and qualified her for the finals. She also ran a 26.00 in the 200m and finished second in the prelims.
Also in Friday’s Class A Finals is West Central Area Lexi Bright, who is running in the 1600m run.
The Class A finals begin at 4 p.m. on Friday.
