Three win section titles

ST. JOHN'S -- Three area boys and six area girls qualified for the Class 1A state track and field meet thanks to their performances Wednesday at the Section 5, Class 1A meet.

C-I's Caitlin Robinson won the high jump with a leap of 5-foot-4. Teammate Kim Beaman finished second in the 800-meter run to advance and will go with C-I's 4x800 relay team, which finished fourth, but qualified by time standard.

Pierz junior Kaitlyn Jensen finished second in the 100 dash in 15.88 to advance.

Aitkin's Bill Monse won the 800 in 1:59.84 to advance, breaking the school record along the way. Pierz Pioneers senior Zach Solinger won the 1600 in 4:34.31 and C-I's Ryan Taggart finished second in both the long and triple jump to compete at state.

Boys' team scores -- 1-Mayer Lutheran 72, 2-Foley 71, 3-Glencoe-Silver Lake 68, 4-Watertown-Mayer 59, 5-Annandale 52.5, 6-Holdingford 46, 7-New London-Spicer 40, 8t-Aitkin 30, 8t-Maple Lake 30, 10-St. Cloud Cathedral 28, 11t-Crosby-Ironton 27, 11t-Milaca 27, 13t-Melrose 22, 13t-Delano 22, 15-Pierz 19, 16-Albany 17, 17-Becker 13, 18t-Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa 12.5, 18t-St. John's Prep 12.5, 20-Rockford 8, 21-Royalton 7, 22-Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City 6.5, 23-Norwood-Young America 4, 24-Ogilvie 2, 24-Holy Trinity 2

110 hurdles -- 1-Tyler Geyen (WTM) 15.65

100 dash -- 1-Jesse Posusta (GSL) 11.27

4x800 relay -- 1-New London-Spicer 8:18.30, 8-Crosby-Ironton (Jeff Hansen, Nick Stockman, Keegan Leonard, Peter Vukelich)

1600 run -- 1-Zach Solinger (Pierz) 4:34.31, 8-Steven Gall (Prz)

4x100 relay -- 1-Annandale 44.29

400 dash -- 1-Posusta (GSL) 50.34, 3-Bill Monse (A), 10-Ryan Taggart (CI)

300 hurdles -- 1-Geyen (WTM) 41.37, 8-Jesse Zajac (Prz)

800 run -- 1-Monse (A) 1:59.84, 16-Hansen (CI)

200 dash -- 1-Posusta (GSL) 22.57, 4-Mlynar (A)

4x200 relay -- 1-Annandale 1:39.7, 4-Aitkin

3200 run -- 1-David Hlebain (Hold) 9:56.96, 3-McLean Severson (CI), 4-Randy Rauch (Prz), 5-Vukelich (CI), 15-Josh Andrea (Prz)

4x400 relay -- 1-Annandale 3:26.18, 5-Aitkin, 7-Pierz

Shot put -- 1-Paul Backowski (F) 52-2,

Discus -- 1-Backowski (F) 143-11

Long jump -- 1-Aaron Bernstetter (H) 20-7 1/2, 2-Taggart (CI)

Triple jump -- 1-Jeremy Martin (GSL) 42-0 1/4, 2-Taggart (CI)

High jump -- 1-Adam Hendricks (WTM) 6-0

Pole vault -- 1-Chad Aurich (ML) 12-2

Girls' team scores -- 1-St. Cloud Cathedral 87, 2-Becker 57, 3-Eden Valley-Watkins/Kimball 51, 4-Watertown-Mayer 50, 5-Paynesville Area 47, 6-Mayer Lutheran 41.25, 7-Glencoe-Silver Lake 36, 8-Lester Prairie/Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted 35, 9-Pierz 29.75, 10-Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City 27.5, 11-Crosby-Ironton 26, 12t-Rockford 24, 12t-Foley 24, 14-Albany 23, 15-Annandale 21, 17-Milaca 17, 18t-Maple Lake 16, 18t-Delano 16, 20-Norwood-Young America 14

4x800 relay -- 1-Becker 9:37.58, 4-Crosby-Ironton 9:51.19 (qualified by time standard)

100 hurdles -- Chris Claussen (WTM) 15.65, 2-Kaitlyn Jensen (Prz)

100 dash -- 1-Liz Keating (SCC) 12.68

4x200 relay -- 1-St. Cloud Cathedral 1:47.27

1600 run -- 1-Kendra Gaebel (Beck) 5:20.62, 12-Krista Fuhrman (Prz)

4x100 relay -- 1-St. Cloud Cathedral 51.30, 5-Pierz

400 dash -- 1-Jana Jaspers (Rock) 59.76

300 hurdles -- 1-Jennifer Becker (EVW) 45.79, 3-Kaitlyn Jensen (Prz), 9-Kaari Jensen (Prz)

800 run -- 1-Jolene Smith (LPHLWW) 2:19.87, 2-Kim Beaman (CI)

200 dash -- 1-Megan Geyen (WTM) 26.16

3200 run -- 1-Beth Taci (SCC) 11:09.05, 8-Andrea Borden (CI), 11-Molly Nixon (CI)

4x400 relay -- 1-Paynesville Area 4:08.04, 7-Crosby-Ironton (Reese Harris, Stacey Gustafson, Beth Stockman, Kim Beaman)

Shot put -- 1-Alison Ecker (EVW-K) 38-2 1/4

Discus -- 1-Victoria Harren (Mel) 126-6 1/2

Long jump -- 1-Christine Reimer (F) 16-10 3/4

Triple jump -- 1-Reimer (F) 34-11

High jump -- 1-Caitlin Robinson (CI) 5-4, 3-Kayla Kapsner (P), 7-Steph Bleichner (P), 7-Katie Olson (A)

Pole vault -- 1-Mya lambrecht (Del) 9-6, 4-Theresa Gross (Prz)

Next meet -- Class 1A state track and field meet at Blaine June 10-11.