Pierz girls eighth in True Team

BLAINE -- Pierz's Kayla Kapsner won the high jump and the Pioneers placed eighth in the Class 1A girls' True Team state track and field meet Saturday at the National Sports Center.

Kapsner high jumped 5-2 to win her title.

Team scores -- 1. Cedar Mountain 437; 2. Mayer Lutheran 363; 3. Pine Island 354; 4. Rushford-Peterson-Houston 352.5; 5. Agassiz Valley 312.5; 6. United South Central/Alden-Conger 311.5; 7. Paynesville 309; 8. Pierz 254.5; 9. Deer River 240.

100 dash -- 1. Tara Schmidt (Pay) 13.64, 12. Kaari Jensen (Prz) 14.67, 16. Theresa Gross (Prz) 15.2.

200 dash -- 1. Katie Gewerth (CM) 27.17, 8. Steph Bleichner (Prz) 28.43, 9. Kayla Kapsner (Prz) 28.49

400 dash -- 1. Katie Gewerth (CM) 59.80. 4-Bleichner (Prz) 62.98, 18. Gabrielle Boser (Prz) 69.84.

800 run -- 1. Kelly Gewerth (CM) 2:23.11, 15. Krista Fuhrman (Prz) 2:40.25, 16. Jamie Talberg (Prz) 2:40.67.

1,600 run -- 1. Kristen Ostrem (RPH) 5:25.66, 9. Jamie Talberg (Prz) 5:56.55, 16. Krista Fuhrman (Prz) 6:06.04.

3200 run -- 1. Hailey Brenden (AV) 12:09.39, 11. Sarah Andrea (Prz) 13:17.32, 18. Ashley Langer (Prz) 15:23.75.

100 hurdles -- 1. Ciara Christenson (USC/AC) 16.98, 6. Kaitlyn Jensen (Prz) 17.74, 10. Nicole Kasper (Prz) 18.15

300 hurdles -- 1. Ciara Christenson (USC/AC) 46.99, 5. Kaitlyn Jensen (Prz) 49.23, 17. Amy Durheim (Prz) 55.23.

4x100 relay -- 1. Deer River 52.98, 9. Pierz 56.98.

4x200 relay -- 1. Paynesville 1:50.26, 4. Pierz 1:53.40.

4x400 relay -- 1-Pine Island 4:13.63, 6. Pierz 4:19.21

4x800 relay -- 1. Deer River 10:10.94, 9. Pierz 11:49.78.

Shot put -- 1. Melissa Smith (RPH) 35-3 1/2, 15-Sarah Froelich (Prz) 25-11 1/4, 16-Alyssa Virnig (Prz) 25-5

Discus -- 1. Melissa Jones (ML) 112-6, 10-Froelich (Prz) 75-9, 18. Alice Herold (Prz) 50-2.

Pole vault -- 1. Brittany McPhail (PI) 9-0, 6. Theresa Gross (Prz) 8-0, 12. Jessica Girtz (Prz) 7-0.

High jump -- 1. Kayla Kapsner (Prz) 5-2, 4. Steph Bleichner (Prz) 5-0

Long jump -- 1. Nikki Schultz (CM) 17-1, 4. Kaitlyn Jensen (Prz) 15-11 1/2, 15. Nicole Kasper (Prz) 13-10 1/2

Triple jump -- 1. Becca Bryson (USC/AC) 35-0, 7. Nicole Kasper (Prz) 32-3, 12. Kaari Jensen (Prz) 31-0 1/2

Next meet-Pierz in Subsection 18, Section 5, Class 1A meet at Pierz, 2 p.m. Wednesday.