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The Alexandria girls track and field team had a solid showing on Thursday in a quad at Sartell, where it had five first place finishes and finished second as a team.
Alexandria finished just four points behind meet winner Brainerd in a meet that was a true team format, meaning that the top three athletes for each team and top three teams in the relay events all scored team points.
“With more training under our belts, strong competition, and favorable weather conditions, our team was able to post 37 personal bests and 27 season bests,” Alexandria head coach Meghan Orgeman said. “This team is coming along nicely.”
Two Cardinals, Jaelyn Miller and Amaria Sowada, each won two events on Thursday. Miller earned first in the 800m run (2:22.04) and in the 4x800m relay along with Greta Oldenkamp, Emma Ecker and Giselle Jahner (9:58.30).
Sowada won the shot put (34-3) and discus (114-7, personal best), while Sophia Vinje earned second in both throws (32-9 shot put and 107-3.5 in the discus, a personal best) and Elise Maagard earned third in the discus (99-11, a personal best).
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Ecker posted a personal best in the 800m of 2:23.17, which put her at second in that event.
In the triple jump, Ella Steussy earned a personal best of 34-02.5 and took first place.
Alison Krasky finished second in the long jump (15-4). Elena Fuglestad finished second in the 400m (1:04.64), while Sophia Korynta finished second in the 300m hurdles (2:22.04).
Korynta also finished third in the 100m hurdles (18.26), while the relay team of Steussy, Miah Wessel, Jiselle Haskamp and Elle Heydt (53.82) finished third in the 4x100m.
The Cardinals’ next meet comes on Tuesday in Monticello. The meet on Tuesday is set to begin at 3:30 p.m.
