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DETROIT LAKES – The Detroit Lakes girls track and field team took home six first-place finishes on Thursday night at the Craig Fredrickson Memorial Invite at Detroit Lakes High School.
Julia Steffl won the 1,600-meter run with a time of 5:48.32. She also ran in the 4x400-meter relay with Sadie Johnson, Lila Kallstrom and Marin Johnson to a fifth-place finish with a time of 4:39.12.
The team of Ella Paulson, Jerzie Horner, Haydon King and Abby Larson won the 4x100-meter relay with a time of 51.98. Horner also won the pole vault at 9-feet, with Jordan Ehnert (8-feet) and Skylar Nelson (8-feet) behind her in fourth and fifth.
Annie Paulson Paced the 300-meter hurdles to a time of 48.32. Lily Anderson wasn’t far behind in eighth at 55.83. Anie Paulson and Anderson also competed in the triple jump. Anderson took second at 33-feet, 5.5-inches, while Paulson came in sixth (31-feet, 4.5-inches). Sasha Sekundiak took fourth in the triple jump at 32-feet, 9.5-inches.
The Lakers continued to dominate the throwing events. Brenna Skadsem won the shot put at 33-feet, 10-inches. Jacee Hauser took second (32-feet, 8-inches), followed by Elle Bettcher (29-feet, 11-inches, 5th), Fallon Lowell (28-feet, 4-inches, 6th), Madi Gerdes (27-feet, 11-inches, 7th) and Jadyn Wimmer (27-feet, 9-inches, 8th).
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Hauser (105-feet,1-inch) and Bettcher (100-feet, 10-inches) took the top two discus spots, with Lowell (88-feet, 5-inches), Skadsem (87-feet) and Madi Gerdes (79-feet,11-inches) in fourth, fifth and eighth.
Mallory Fischer took second in the long jump at 15-feet, 3.5-inches. Ella Paulson followed in sixth at 14-feet, 3.5-inches. King took seventh place at 14-feet, 0.25-inches.
Detroit Lakes rolled to a first-place finish with a team score of 155. Frazee (116.5) and Park Rapids (103.5) rounded out the top three.
CRAIG FREDRICKSON MEMORIAL INVITE GIRLS TEAM SCORES- 1- Detroit Lakes 155, 2- Frazee 116.5, 3- Park Rapids 103.5, 4- Thief River Falls 91, 5- Fergus Falls 66, 6- Walker-Hackensack-Akeley 15
DETROIT LAKES GIRLS TOP EIGHT FINISHERS- 100M- 1st- Kendra Mehrkens (TRF) 12.62, 8th- Hailey Thielen 13.68
200M- 1st- Mehrkens (TRF) 27.29, 3rd- Ella Paulson 27.75, 5th- Molly Fischer 28.57
400M- 1st- Brynn Larson (Frazee) 1:06.43, 6th- Alex Bettcher 1:17.76
800M- 1st- Addison Lauwagie (Park Rapids) 2:29.61, 3rd- Sasha Sekundiak 2:34.77, Helena Daggett 2:36.28, Sadie Johnson 2:39.24, 8th- Lila Kallstrom 2:53.07
1600M- 1st- Julia Steffl (Detroit Lakes) 5:48.32; 6th- Lily Baethke 6:17.91, 8th- Marin Johnson 6:21.65
300M HURDLES- 1st- Annie Paulson (Detroit Lakes) 48.32, 8th- Lily Anderson (55.83)
4x100M RELAY- 1st- E. Paulson, Jerzie Horner, Haydon King, Abby Larson 51.89 (Detroit Lakes)
4x200M RELAY- 1st- TRF 1:51.96, 6th- Addison Lowell, Cora Martin, Mikayla Frentress, Brooklyn Markuson 2:04.09
4x400M RELAY- 1st- Park Rapids 4:13.09, 5th- Sadie Johnson, Kallstrom, M. Johnson, Steffl 4:39.12
HIGH JUMP- 1st- Ainsley Hansen (Fergus Falls) 5’7”, 2nd- Grace Gunderson 5’2”, 5th- Rylee Johnson 5’0”, 8th- Lily Anderson 4’8”
POLE VAULT- 1st- Horner (Detroit Lakes) 9’0”, 4th- Jordan Ehnert 8’0”, 5th- Skylar Nelson 8’0”
LONG JUMP- 1st- Ella Starzl (Fergus Falls) 16’0”, 2nd- M. Fischer 15’3.5”, 6th- E. Paulson 14’3.5”, 7th- King 14’0.25”
TRIPLE JUMP- 1st- Rylee Moore (Frazee) 36’1.5”, 2nd- L. Anderson 33’5.5, 4th- Sekundiak 32’9.5”, 6th- A. Paulson 31’4.5”
SHOT PUT- 1st- Brenna Skadsem (Detroit Lakes) 33’10”. 2nd- Jacee Hauser 32’8”, 5th- Elle Bettcher 29’11”, 6th- Fallon Lowell 28’4”, 7th- Madi Gerdes 27’11”, 8th- Jadyn Wimmer 27’9”
SHOT PUT- 1st- Hauser (Detroit Lakes) 105’1”, 2nd- E. Bettcher 100’10”, 4th- F. Lowell 88’5”, 5th- Skadsem 87’0”, 8th- M. Gerdes 79’11”
