Rebel track teams show improvement
The United South Central/Alden-Conger boys and girls track teams took part in the Blue Earth Area Bucs Track Invitational on a chilly, rainy Friday, April 28.
Both the girls and the boys came in at fifth place at the meet.
“Even though the day at the Buc 6 Invite started out rainy, the evening ended up pleasant and very conducive to running well,” coach Kara Christianson noted. “There were many personal records broken and the athletes are showing good improvement.”
USC/AC Girls Results
The Rebel girls had a few second place finishers at the meet.
Madison Passer and Jaelyn Stangler both went 4-6 in the high jump and tied for second place.
Kiera Schultz set her personal record in the shot put going 29-1, and secured second place.
Alexis Guenther also grabbed a second place finish, having a personal record of 6:17.3 in the 1600 meters.
The USC/AC 4×800-meter relay team of Danika Diekmann, Clare Kruse, Emma Johnson and Kayla Thunstedt, grabbed third place with their best ever time of 12:29.9.
Chloe Luttke also grabbed third place in the discus with a personal best toss of 85-7. Elizabeth Meyer had a personal best distance of 79-5, good for fifth place in discus, while Emma Johnson grabbed eighth place at 71-1.
Luttke was also seventh in the shot put with a distance of 25-0.
The 4×100-meter relay team of Niya Gonzalez, Sydney Sauke, Jaelyn Stangler and Antoinette Dickson, were fourth with a time of 58.1.
The 4×200-meter relay team of Jaelyn Stangler, Kadence Stahl, Kiera Schultz and Maddie Dallman came in fifth with a time of 2:11.1.
Danika Diekmann was fifth in the 800-meter run with a personal record of 3:05.8.
Madison Passer was fifth in the 100-meter hurdles with a personal best time of 19.5, while McKenzie Roberts was sixth with her personal best time of 20.0.
Passer was sixth in the 300-meter hurdles at 59.8 and Roberts was seventh at 59.9.
Emma Johnson was sixth in the 1600-meter run with a time of 7:00.3.
USC/AC Boys Results
Grabbing a second place finish in the 1600-meter run for the Rebel boys was Hayden Chandler with a time of 5:26.5. Chandler was also third in the 800-meter run with a time of 2:24.1.
Isaac Hartman took third place in the 110-meter hurdles with a personal best time of 21.2. Hartman also took third place in the 300-meter hurdles with a time of 52.4. Jace Ignaszewski came in at sixth place in the 300-meter hurdles at 57.1.
Jayden Barnick was fifth in the high jump with a 4-8 jump.
“Props to my assistant coaches for putting in a lot of effort and enthusiasm to build the team,” coach Christianson added. “We are getting some younger kids involved more consistently and that has been a boost to both the boys and girls teams.”
Next up for the USC/AC track teams is the Section True Team Meet at USC on Tuesday, May 9. Then on Saturday, May 13, is the Gopher Conference Track Meet, also at USC.