Border West track & field finish with 27 event wins in two meets

Sam Peterson

Grant County Herald

The Border West track and field team competed twice last week and were able to finish with 27 event wins and three team victories. The team started with their home meet in Wheaton May 5 where both the boys and girls team earned team wins. The team then traveled to Sisseton, SD to compete in the Twilight Meet where the boys came out with a team victory.

Border West meet

The Bucs absolutely dominated their home meet in Wheaton against Hillcrest Lutheran Academy, Hancock and Rothsay, winning both the boys and girls team competition.

The girls finished in first place with 266 points, 155 points clear of HLA, who was in second place. 

The Bucs girls finished with 10 event wins. Julia Schmidt won the 800 with 2:36.24 and the 1,600 with 5:35.31. Karissa Anderson won the 3,200 with a time of 12:38.16. Gracie Gallagher won the shot put with 37 feet 1.5 inches and won the discus with 113 feet 5.5 inches. In the long jump, Oaklee Martinek won with 15 feet 1.25 inches. Claire Rinke won the triple jump with 34 feet 2 inches. Emily Kellen won the high jump with 4 feet 10 inches. Naomi Findlay cleared seven feet in the pole vault to win. The 4×100 team also picked up a win by clocking 55.83.

The boys team won the meet with 224 points, 73 clear of Hancock.

There were eight wins for the Border West boys in the meet. Holden Rinke won the 200 with 23.38, the long jump with 21 feet 3.25 inches and also won the triple jump with 42 feet 11 inches. Julian Ortley picked up wins in the 1,600 and 3,200 with times of 5:18.18 and 12:00.22. Kashtyn Schmidt won the shot put with a toss of 131 feet 5 inches. The 4×100 relay team also won with a time of 48.87.

Girls team scores – (1) Border West 266 (2) HLA 111 (3) Hancock 102 (4) Rothsay 14

Border West top-15

100 – (2) Emily Kellen 12.81; (6) Jenny Buhl 13.52; (11) Olivia McDonnell 15.04

200 – (2) Emily Kellen 26.65; (3) Claire Rinke 27.31; (7) Carlie Schultz 31.21; (8) Olivia McDonnell 31.75

400 – (1) Emily Kellen 1:03.74; (6) Carlie Schultz 1:12.10

800 – (1) Julia Schmidt 2:36.24; (2) Naomi Findlay 3:04.26; (4) Scarlett Jipson 3:06.56

1,600 – (1) Julia Schmidt 5:35.31; (2) Karissa Anderson 5:40.78; (4) Raelyn Wiegman 6:48.30

3,200 – (1) Karissa Anderson 12:38.16

100 Hurdles – (2) Taylin Schmidt 18.00; (4) Klohe Hersch 25.90

300 Hurdles – (2) Faith Gahlon; (3) Klohe Hersch

4×100 – (1) Border West 55.83

4×200 – (2) Border West 1:55.11

4×400 – (2) Border West 4:26.94

4×800 – (2) Border West 11:53.84

Shot Put – (1) Gracie Gallagher 37 feet 1.5 inches; (2) Jaradyn Ehlers 31 feet 4.5 inches; (5) Taylin Schmidt 26 feet 4.5 inches; (10) Liz Franzese 23 feet 0.5 inches; (15) Jennaya Pederson 19 feet 5 inches

Discus – (1) Gracie Gallagher 113 feet 5.5 inches; (4) Liz Franzese 81 feet 6 inches; (5) Jaradyn Ehlers 79 feet 11.5 inches; (12) Jennaya Pederson 57 feet 8 inches; (15) Taylin Schmidt 54 feet 1 inch

Long Jump – (1) Oaklee Martinek 15 feet 1.25 inches; (2) Karter Martinek 14 feet 6 inches; (4) Carlie Schultz 14 feet 1 inch

Triple Jump – (1) Claire Rinke 34 feet 2 inches; (2) Karter Martinek 30 feet 7.5 inches

High Jump – (1) Emily Kellen 4 feet 10 inches; (2) Julia Schmidt 4 feet 6 inches; (3) Jenny Buhl 4 feet 4 inches; (7) Olivia McDonnell 3 feet 6 inches

Pole Vault – (1) Naomi Findlay 7 feet; (2) Raelyn Wiegman 6 feet 6 inches

Boys team scores – (1) Border West 224 (2) Hancock 151 (3) HLA 90 (4) Rothsay 41

Border West top-15

100 – (2) Holden Rinke 11.12; (7) Lucas Gahlon 11.82; (8) Morgan Smith 12.12; (11) Kean Steffens 12.56

200 – (1) Holden Rinke 23.38; (3) Dylan Groebner 24.62; (7) Grant Berning 26.43; (9) Tyson Shay 28.43

400 – (2) Morgan Smith 57.84; (6) Adam Smith 1:01.34; (8) Tyson Shay 1:04.68; (9) Jose Sanchez 1:06.33

800 – (2) Sam Rinke 2:17.91; (6) Joseph Foren 3:41.32

1,600 – (1) Julian Ortley 5:18.18; (2) Braulio Chapa 5:58.74; (3) Carter Fickes 7:01.65

3,200 – (1) Julian Ortley 12:00.22; (3) Braulio Chapa 13:41.10

110 Hurdles – (2) James Buhl 19.11

300 Hurdles – (3) Shay Vance 51.11; (4) Grant Berning 53.43

4×100 – (1) Border West 48.87

4×200 – (2) Border West 1:41.18

4×400 – (3) Border West 4:06.72

4×800 – (3) Border West 10:19.55

Shot Put – (2) Aiden Sigler 39 feet 5.5 inches; (4) Kashtyn Schmidt 39 feet; (5) Tyson Shay 32 feet 2 inches; (10) Adam Smith 26 feet 7.5 inches; (11) Julian Ortley 25 feet 6.5 inches; (13) Joseph Foren 18 feet 6 inches

Discus – (1) Kashtyn Schmidt 131 feet 5 inches; (3) Aiden Sigler 119 feet 7.5 inches; (4) Tayton Schmidt 108 feet 11 inches; (7) Adam Smith 85 feet 5.5 inches; (8) Nolan Findlay 80 feet 4 inches; (9) Tyson Shay 80 feet; (11) Julian Ortley 74 feet 9 inches; (15) Joseph Foren 49 feet 9.5 inches

Long Jump – (1) Holden Rinke 21 feet 3.25 inches; (6) Kean Steffens 17 feet 10.25 inches; (7) Sam Rinke 17 feet 7.5 inches; (9) Grant Berning 16 feet 11 inches; (10) Lane Nelk 15 feet 11.25 inches

Triple Jump – (1) Holden Rinke 42 feet 11 inches; (3) Kean Steffens 39 feet 4 inches; (5) Sam Rinke 36 feet 9.25 inches; (6) Lane Nelk 34 feet 3.5 inches

High Jump – (3) James Buhl 5 feet 6 inches; (4) Dylan Groebner 4 feet 9 inches; (4) Tayton Schmidt 4 feet 9 inches; (4) Vance Shay 4 feet 9 inches

Pole Vault – (1) James Buhl 11 feet 6 inches; (4) Nolan Findlay 6 feet 6 inches; (5) Vraulio Chapa 6 feet 6 inches; (6) Carter Fickes 6 feet 6 inches

Twilight Meet

The team wrapped up the week at the Twilight Meet in Sisseton, SD and had another great showing with the boys team winning and the girls finishing second.

The boys finished the meet in first place with 139.5 points, which was 17.5 points clear of Sisseton.

The Bucs boys finished the meet with four event wins, all of them in field events. Holden Rinke won the long jump with 21 feet 1 inch and also won the triple jump with 41 feet 9.75 inches. James Buhl earned a win in the pole vault competition by clearing 12 feet. The final win was in the discus when Kashtyn Schmidt threw 125 feet 2.5 inches.

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