Pioneer boys, girls take third place

PIERZ - Pierz Pioneers girls' and boys' track and field teams placed third at the Pioneer Invite Friday.

Wins by Kayla Kapsner (high jump) and Kaari Jensen (long jump) paced the Pierz girls. A second place (100-meter dash) and third (200 dash) by Jake Nelson led Pierz.

Crosby-Ironton's Peter Vukelich won the 1600 run to lead the Ranger boys to seventh. Christina Mapson won the 800 run to lead the C-I girls to sixth.

Aitkin's Lauren Landrus won the 3200 run to help the Gobbler girls to eighth.

Boys' team scores: 1-Foley 134, 2-Albany 127, 3t-Pierz 90, 3t-Eden Valley-Watkins/Kimball 90, 5-Holdingford 86, 6-Milaca 84, 7-Crosby-Ironton 62, 8-Aitkin 4

110 hurdles: 1-Kyle Kramer (EV-W/K) 16.3

100 dash: 1-Kyle Winkelman (F) 11.5, 2-Jake Nelson (Prz), 3-Kyle Meierding (CI), 5-Aaron Schmidtbauer (Prz)

4x800 relay: 1-Eden Valley-Watkins 9:15.5, 2-Pierz, 3-Crosby-Ironton

1600 run: 1-Peter Vukelich (CI) 4:44.7, 2-Keegan Leonard (CI), 5-Anthony White (Ait)

4x100 relay: 1-Foley 45.5, 3-Crosby-Ironton, 4-Pierz

400 dash: 1-Joey Blackmore (Al) 50.9,

300 hurdles: 1-Brady Roden (F) 40.5, 5-Shane Gall (Prz)

800 run: 1-Karl Johnson (F) 2:04.1, 3-Vukelich (CI), 5-Ben Welle (Prz)

200 dash: 1-Blackmore (Al) 23.3, 3-Nelson (Prz), 5-Meierding (CI)

4x200 relay: 1-Albany 1:33.4, 5-Pierz

3200 run: 1-Landon Bauer (Al) 10:39.8

4x400 relay: 1-Foley 3:33.9, 3-Crosby-Ironton, 5-Pierz

Shot put: 1-Jake Voigt (F) 51-9 1/2, 3-Dylan Peterson (Prz)

Discus: 1-Anthony Laabs (EV-W) 108-5

Long jump: 1-Leahy (Hold) 19-4 1/2, 2-Kyle Bednar (Prz)

Triple jump: 1-Leahy (Hold) 38-10, 3-Gall (Prz)

High jump: 1-Leahy (Hold) 5-10, 3-Gall (Prz)

Pole vault: 1-William Brenny (F) 14-0

Girls' team scores: 1-Eden Valley-Watkins 116, 2-Albany 113, 3-Pierz 97, 4-Foley 95.5, 5-Holdingford 82.5, 6-Crosby-Ironton 67, 6-Milaca 67, 8-Aitkin 43

4x800 relay: 1-Crosby-Ironton 10:53.2, 4-Pierz 11:14.6

100 hurdles: 1-Danielle Sowada (Hold) 16.9, 2-Kaari Jensen (Prz) 17.1

100 dash: 1-Katrina Hendrickson (Al) 13.5, 2-Sarah Novak (Ait)

4x200 relay: 1-Albany 1:51.3, 4-Pierz 2:00.1

1600 run: 1-Justine Hilsgren (EV-W) 5:35.3, 2-Lauren Landrus (Ait), 3-Kristine Gustafson (CI)

4x100 relay: 1-Albany 52.3, 4-Crosby-Ironton 55.3, 5-Aitkin 56.0

400 dash: 1-Shalon Rothstein (Al) 1:07.7, 4-September Prushek (CI)

300 hurdles: 1-Jessica Becker (EV-W) 49.3, 2-Jensen (Prz) 50.7

800 run: 1-Christina Mapson (CI) 2:32.0, 3-Gustafson (CI), 4-Ashley Langer (Prz), 5-Cassondra Seppelt (Prz)

200 dash: 1-Diane Beckius (Al) 27.4, 4-Kaari Jensen (Prz), 5-Novak (Ait)

3200 run: 1-Landrus (Ait) 12:34.1, 4-Shelby Vukelich (CI), 5-Marie Abear (CI)

4x400 relay: 1-Albany 4:32.0, 3-Crosby-Ironton 4:36.4, 4-Pierz 4:47.4

Shot put: 1-Courtney Nistler (EV-W) 34-2 3/4

Discus: 1-Nistler (EV-W) 108-1

Long jump: 1-Kaari Jensen (Prz) 16-8

Triple jump: 1-Nicole Berscheid (Hold) 34-10, 2-Rochelle Langer (Prz), 5-Hanna Christenson (CI)

High jump: 1-Kayla Kapsner (Prz) 4-10, 3-Amber Preimesberger (Prz)

Pole vault: 1-Kathryn Lundquist (F) 9-0

Next: Aitkin, Crosby-Ironton at McGregor Invite 4 p.m. Tuesday; Pierz at Holdingford 4:30 p.m. Friday.