The Grand Meadow/LeRoy-Ostrander/Southland girls' track team made considerable strides one day after its season-opening meet. GMLOS finished third out of four at Rushford-Peterson Friday with times and distances already improved from Thursday's trip to Kasson.

Ashton May paced the squad with a pair of first-place finishes, winning the 200- and 400-meter races. She also garnered second in the triple jump and was on the second-placed 4×200-meter relay team.

Rebecca Stier showed off her strength with a second-place finish in the shot put and a third-place result in the discus. Her runner-up effort of 30 feet, 7 1/2 inches in the shot put was a new personal best.

Ryan Ament won the 100-meter dash (11.81) and the discus (135-0.5) to pace the boys' team to a fourth-place finish.

GMLOS next runs Tuesday at Kasson at 4:30 p.m., along with area schools Lyle/Pacelli and Blooming Prairie.

Results:

(GMLOS girls only)

4×800–2. GMLOS (Chelsea Bamrick, Lori Kiefer, Ashley Dvergsten, Maggie May) 10:46; 100 hurdles–5. Crystal Pruett 20.37; 4×200–2. GMLOS (Ashton May, Heather Emanuel, Pruett, Kady Faulhaber) 1:59.08; 1,600–4. Rachel Simon 7:10.94, 5. Rachel Opseth 7:30.35; 400–1. A.May 1:02.15; 800–3. Bamrick 2:52.04, 5. Tiffany Kirkpatrick 3:17.28; 200–1. A.May 27.85; 3,200–5. M.May 14:33; 4×400–4. GMLOS (Emanuel, Kiefer, Dvergsten, Bamrick) 4:56.87; Long Jump–4. Pruett 14-7 3/4; Triple Jump–2. A.May 31-11; Shot Put–2. Rebecca Stier 30-7 1/2; Discus–3. Stier 83-3, 5. Sara Guy 74-6.