GMLOS girls win Cashton track and field invite
Published 7:05 pm Sunday, March 30, 2014
The Grand Meadow-LeRoy-Ostrander-Southland girls track and field team won the 17-team Cashton Invite at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse Saturday.
GMLOS tallied a team score of 82 and Cashton was second with a 63.
McKenzie Kirtz took first in the 800-meter run and 1600-meter run for GMLOS.
“The girls competed well today,” GMLOS head girls coach Andrea McKichan said. “Many of the girls are coming into this season getting marks similar to where they were at closer to the end of last year, so I am really excited to see how much they’ll improve throughout the season.”
The GMLOS boy finished 12th out of 16 teams with a team score of 26 points.
GMLOS GIRLS RESULTS
4 x 800-meter relay: Kaysie Allen, Kelsie Lamp, Emily Hovden, Allison Bottema (first, 11:33.40); 4 x 200-meter relay: Sydney Bendtsen, Corbyn Bendtsen, Katelyn Luthe, Kaitlyn Kirtz (second, 1:58.28); 1600-meter run: McKenzie Kirtz (first, 5:39.16); 400-meter run: Corbyn Bendtsen (ninth, 1:15.38); 55-meter hurdles: Samantha Siskow (10th, 10.38); 55-meter dash: Sydney Bendtsen (third, 7.87); Kaitlyn Kirtz (seventh, 8.04); 800-meter run: McKenzie Kirtz (first, 2:33.86); 4x 400-meter relay: McKenzie Kirtz, Sydney Bendtsen, Emily Hovden, Samantha Siskow (first, 4:32.73); long jump: Sydney Bendtsen (second, 15-3.25); triple jump: Kaitlyn Kirtz (fifth, 29-5.50); shot put: Morgan Schmitz (second, 31-8.50); Hannah Holst (fifth, 28-7)
GMLOS BOYS RESULTS
1600-meter run: Peter Torkelson (eighth, 5:20.77); 400-meter run: Maxwell Tapp (fourth, 57.48); 55-meter hurdles: Adam Koenigs (ninth, 10.09); 55-meter dash: Marvin Heimer (fourth, 7.09); 200-meter dash: Marin Heimer (fourth, 25.37); long jump: Adam Koenigs (eighth, 17-2.5); shot put: Dominiq Bouska (seventh, 38-7)