Boys track and field: Olson, Alexander shine for Lakers at Rocori

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By Jared Rubado

April 25, 2022 at 12:56 PM

COLD SPRING – The Detroit Lakes boys track and field team had some standout performers at last Thursday's Rocori invite.

The Lakers took seventh place with a team score of 59.61. Zach Olson placed in the top eight in four events, including a first-place finish in the 300-meter hurdles with a time of 43.20 seconds.

Olson also took second in the 110-meter hurdles at 16.51 seconds before running in the sixth-place 4x400-meter relay race with Jack Pace, Caden Strand and Jamus Walz to a time of 3:49.82. Olson also tied for eighth place in the high jump at 5-feet, 2-inches.

Alexander Fletcher took fourth place in the 110-meter hurdles with a time of 16.71. He also tied for third in the pole vault at 11-feet, and took fifth in the high jump at 5-feet, 6-inches.

Mason Carrier took fourth place in the 400-meter dash at 56.58 seconds. He also took fourth in the long jump at 18-feet, 4inches. Evan Thomas was right behind Carrier in sixth place at 17-feet, 10.5-inches.

Willmar won the meet with a team score of 138.83. Fergus Falls (118.5), Park Rapids (100), Rocori (89.11) and Sauk Rapids-Rice (75.11) rounded out the top-five team scores.

Detroit Lakes' meet on Tuesday in Park Rapids was canceled due to weather conditions.

ROCORI INVITE BOYS TEAM SCORES- 1- Willmar 138.83, 2- Fergus Falls- 118.5, 3- Park Rapids 100.11, 4- Rocori 89.11, 5- Sauk Rapids-Rice 75.11, 6- Pequot Lakes 68.61, 7- Detroit Lakes 59.61, 8- St. Cloud Apollo 51

DETROIT LAKES TOP EIGHT FINISHERS- 400M- 1st- Garret Broman (SRR) 56.80, 4th- Mason Carrier 56.58

110M HURDLES- 1st- Carter Loesch (SRR) 16.45, 2nd- Zach Olson 16.51, 4th- Alexander Fletcher 16.71

300M HURDLES- 1st- Zach Olson (Detroit Lakes) 43.20

4X200M RELAY- 1st- Willmar 1:36.45, 5th- Ethan Carrier, Tyler Ostilie, Cameron Marxen, Hunter Zempel 1:40.33

4X400M RELAY- 1st- Willmar 3:38.63, 6th- Jack Pace, Caden Strand, Jamus Walz, Zach Olson 3:49.82

HIGH JUMP- 1st- Luke Newman (Fergus Falls) 6’0”, 5th- Alexander Fletcher 5’6”, T6th- Lawson Greene 5’4”, T8th- Zach Olson 5’2”

POLE VAULT- 1st- Jordan Lee (Fergus Falls) 11’6”, T3rd- Alexander Fletcher 11’0”

LONG JUMP- 1st- Cruz Megazzini (Pequot Lakes) 21’01”, 4th- Mason Carrier 18’04”, T6th- Evan Thomas 17’10.5”