by Scott DCamp
Sports Editor
The Thief River Falls boys and girls track and field teams showed off their depth with a dominant showing at their own Twilight Meet, held Thursday, April 17 at the Multi-Events Center.
The Prowler track teams combined to win 18 of the 39 contested events, with the girls team winning five of the 16 girls events.
“It was a beautiful but chilly night for our Fifth Annual Twilight Meet,” said Co-Head Coach Katie Nelson. “We started by completing the field events before running started so that we could do as many events under the stadium lights as possible. We started out strong with Davdine King winning the high jump with a school record breaking jump of 5-foot-3-inches,” Nelson said. “She also placed third in the 200 and was a vital part of the second place Sprint Medley Relay.”
The Prowlers were dominant in the girls’ 100-meter dash, with Gwen Wojciechowski leading the way with a first place finish, and Jordyn Skjerven, Bella Dicken and Kenzie Reynolds finishing fourth, sixth and eighth, respectively.
“All of our 100 runners got either a season best or personal record, which is fantastic to see,” Nelson said. “We are really starting our outdoor season out strong.”
Wojciechowski added a championship in the 200.
“Gwen won both her individual events and was a part of the winning sprint medley team with Kenzie Reynolds, Janaya Albers and Kayla Peterson,” Nelson said. “During our Twilight Meet, we let the kids have fun with the relays and had several dress up in costumes and our SM relay led the way in Lorax costumes. It was great to see other teams participating in dressing up and having fun.
“Our distance medley relay (Evelyn Griffin, Kayla, Peterson, Livia Harbott, Elory Mossestad) ran well to come in second, our 4×1 relays (Bella Dicken, Jordyn Skjerven, Rhianna Smith and Miley Bruggeman, and Nora Bruggeman, Livia Thibert, Summer Hendricks and Autumn Defreece) won and placed third.”
The Thief River Falls girls team also had strong showings in the shot and discus events, with Lila Dalager placing first in the shot and fifth in the discus. Natalia Zoller placed third in the shot put and Kennedy Bakke placed sixth in the shot put and third in the discus.
“Lila Dalager won the shot put with an outdoor personal record,” Nelson said. “She has really been throwing and sprinting well this season.
“Taylor Berg competed well with a second place finish in the long jump and fifth place finish in the 200, along with being the anchor leg in the second place SMR, which was less than half a second behind first. This is her first year with us and she is earning a top spot amongst the sprinters.”
In addition to sprint medley and distance medley relays, the Twilight Meet also features mixed relays.
“The other fun relays we do are a mixed throwers relay, which they have a lot of fun with and one of our teams even used a cane as a baton. We end the night with a mixed 4×4 relay, which our kids took first and second in. The teams were pretty evenly matched and gave each other great competition,” Nelson said.
“The final highlight of the night was winning the traveling trophy for the fifth year in a row,” Nelson said. “I love watching both the boys and girls teams take the trophy and do their victory lap. It is a great way to end the night and celebrate all the great performances and how they worked together as a team to take home the win.”
TRF boys win big
The Thief River Falls boys track and field team won 11 of 21 contested events to claim the traveling trophy for the second consecutive season.
“It started out beautiful and ended rather chilly our Fifth Annual Twilight Meet, but that didn’t stop the heat from the kids’ competition,” said Co-Head Coach Nathan Hruby. “We started by completing the field events before running started so that we could do as many events under the stadium lights as possible.”
The Prowlers got two event wins in the field, with Lincoln Davis taking home first place honors in the pole vault and Carson Walseth jumping to a championship in the long jump.
“Our field events kicked off that barrage of scoring with Caleb Mauch contributing a third place in long jump and fifth place in the triple jump,” Hruby said. “Keaton Tillett added a fourth place overall in the triple jump and a runner-up finish in the pole vault. Lincoln Davis claimed the top spot in the Pole Vault. Joey Bruggeman added a pair of runner-up finishes in the discus and shot put. Following behind him was fellow thrower was Parker Kasprowicz with a third place discus and fifth place shot put finish. Rounding out our solid field event day were teammates Carson Walseth finishing first and Wyatt Nelson finishing second in the Long Jump.”
Thursday’s meet included four wheelchair events, with the Prowlers’ Clayton Rudi facing Alex Gullingsrud of Red Lake County in the 100, 200 and 400-meter races and the discus.
Gullingrud edged Rudi in the running events, but Rudi took home the championship in the discus.
“Once the running began, it seemed that there was no stopping the boys,” Hruby said. “We replaced the normal 4×800-meter relay and 4×200-meter relay with the Sprint Medley (100, 100, 200, 400) and Distance Medley (1200, 400, 800, 1600). The kids really enjoy this change and have fun with it by wearing goofy costumes, different batons, etc. The other change, which personally I feel is the highlight is the 4x100M throwers relay. Of those special relays, we had two first-place finishes and added a runner-up and fourth place finish.”
The team of Ian Winter, David King, Wyatt Nelson and Briley Olsonawski won the sprint medley relay and the team of Tobias Sobotta, Olsonawski, Colin MacLean and Curtis Griffin won the distance medley relay.
In mixed relays, the team of Daphne Lundberg-Cameron, Kasprowicz, Dalager and Bruggeman took second in the throwers 4×100, and the team of Peterson, Sobotta, Harbott and Olsonawski won the mixed 4×400.
Other highlights noted by Hruby were the boys taking the top spot in 6 of the 8 individual running events. Event winners included David King in the 100-meter dash. Will Smith in the 200 and 400, MacLean in the 800, Curtis Griffin in the 3200 and Ian Hruby in the 110 Hurdles.
“Overall this was a huge team win for the boys,” Hruby said. “The icing on the cake was watching them take their victory lap along with the girls, hoisting the team trophies. The boys are building momentum into another fun upcoming week with the Frozen 5 in Crookston, and then the Fargo Elite Meet on Friday at NDSU. We are hoping to have a bus full of athletes who qualify for that meet.”
Team Scores
• Girls – 1. Thief River Falls 208.5; 2. BGMR Freeze 123.5; 3 Climax-Fisher-Sacred Heart 76; 4. Red Lake County 71; 5. Goodridge/Grygla 69.
• Boys – 1. Thief River Falls 241; 2. Goodridge/Grygla 107; 3. Climax-Fisher-Sacred Heart 93; 4. Red Lake County 74; 5. BGMR Freeze 55.
Winner/TRF Places-Girls
100 Meters Varsity Finals – 1. Gwen Wojciechowski, Thief River Falls, 12.84; 4. Jordyn Skjerven 13.78; 6. Bella Dicken 13.91; 8. Kenzie Reynolds 14.01; 9. Lila Dalager 14.04; 11. Rhianna Smith 14.38; 13. Livia Thibert 14.57; 15. Ella Giffen 14.61; 20. Autumn Defreece 15.02; 22. Summer Hendricks 15.07; 28. Ember Hogenson 16.49; 29. Kennedi Kalinowski 17.02.
200 Meters Varsity Finals – 1. Gwen Wojciechowski, Thief River Falls, 26.97; 2. Janaya Albers 28.63; 3. Davdine King 28.82; 4. Bella Dicken 29.33; 5. Taylor Berg 29.57; 7. Kenzie Reynolds 29.93; 10. Rhianna Smith 30.92; 16. Nora Bruggeman 32.69; 19. Claire Schuster 33.33; 22. Ember Hogenson 34.91.
400 Meters Varsity Finals – 1. Isabelle Paradis, Red Lake County, 1:11.21; 3. Natalia Zoller 1:13.37; 5. Claire Schuster 1:19.74; 9. Kennedi Kalinowski 1:31.54.
800 Meters Varsity Finals – 1. Ella Arntson, Climax/Fisher/Sacred Heart, 2:31.09; 4. Elory Mossestad 2:37.22; 5. Livia Harbott 2:44.48; 9. Paisley Schneider 3:03.43; 11. Natalia Zoller 3:11.64; 12. Gabby Zoller 3:15.47.
1600 Meters Varsity Finals – 1. Maddie Kuster, Climax/Fisher/Sacred Heart, 6:03.39; 2. Evelyn Griffin 6:31.19; 3. Paisley Schneider 6:34.06.
100m Hurdles Varsity Finals – 1. Anna Mooney, BGMR/Freeze, 17.95; 2. Alyssa Foster 18.63; 4. Mia Carriere 20.22; 9. Madelyn David 22.15.
300m Hurdles Varsity Finals – 1. Aubrey Halverson, Red Lake County, 54.54; 3. Mia Carriere 57.62; 6. Alyssa Foster 1:01.59; 7. Ella Giffen 1:01.74; 9. Aveah Hanson 1:08.75.
4×100 Relay Varsity Finals – 1. TRF A (Bella Dicken, Jordyn Skjerven, Rhianna Smith, Miley Bruggeman) 57.77; 3. TRF B (Nora Bruggeman, Livia Thibert, Summer Hendricks, Autumn Defreece) 1:01.15.
Sprint Medley Relay 800m [100-100-200-400] Varsity Finals – 1. TRF A (Kenzie Reynolds, Janaya Albers, Gwen Wojciechowski, Kayla Peterson) 2:03.35; 2. TRF B (Miley Bruggeman, Jordyn Skjerven, Davdine King, Taylor Berg) 2:03.77.
Distance Medley Relay 4000m [1200-400-800-1600] Varsity Finals – 1. Climax/Fisher/Sacred Heart 13:36.60; 2. TRF A (Evelyn Griffin, Kayla, Peterson, Livia Harbott, Elory Mossestad) 14:14.62.
Shot Put Varsity Finals – 1. Lila Dalager, Thief River Falls, 30-02.00; 3. Natalia Zoller 26-07.25; 6. Kennedy Bakke 25-11.50; 9. Braylin Fish 23-07.50; 12. Gabby Zoller 22-08.50; 15. Aveah Hanson 19-10.00; 16. Deanna Nelson 19-08.75; 17. Ashlynn Lalonde 19-06.00; 18. Daphne Lundberg-Cameron 19-03.75.
Discus Varsity Finals – 1. Kylee Gust, BGMR/Freeze, 88-06.50; 3. Kennedy Bakke 65-03; 4. Kennedi Kalinowski 62-07.50; 5. Lila Dalager 62-01; 11. Aveah Hanson 51-00.50; 12. Ashlynn Lalonde 48-06; 15. Daphne Lundberg-Cameron 46-02; 16. Deanna Nelson 45-02; 17. Braylin Fish 39-01.50.
High Jump Varsity Finals – 1. Davdine King, Thief River Falls, 5-03.00; 3. Madelyn David 4-02.00; 5. Nora Bruggeman 4-00.00.
Pole Vault Varsity Finals – 1. Brooke Bjorgaard, BGMR/Freeze, 7-00.00; 2. Bella Dicken 6-06.00.
Long Jump Varsity Finals – 1. Kylie Snare, BGMR/Freeze, 14-06.00; 2. Taylor Berg 14-04.00; 6. Madelyn David 14-01.00; 8. Davdine King 13-09.50; 12. Alyssa Foster 12-07.50; 17. Autumn Defreece 11-09.00.
Triple Jump Varsity Finals – 1. Kylie Snare, 35-01.50; 2. Madelyn David 32-01.50.
Mixed Results
Mixed 4×100 Relay Varsity Finals – 1. BGMR Freeze A 58.89; 2. TRF A (Daphne Lundberg-Cameron, Parker Kasprowicz, Lila Dalager, Joey Bruggeman) 59.41; 4. TRF B (Kennedy Bakke, Landon Brown, Deanna Nelson, Kolton Almhjeld) 1:05.53.
Mixed 4×400 Relay Varsity Finals – 1. TRF A (Kayla Peterson, Tobias Sobotta, Livia Harbott, Briley Olsonawski) 4:07.05; 2. TRF B (Janaya Albers, William Smith, Elory Mossestad, Wyatt Nelson) 4:12.33.
Goodridge/Grygla Places-Girls
100 Meters Varsity Finals – 2. Janessa Torgerson 13.35; 5. Alayla Blanco 13.89; 7. Taylor Wilson 13.91; 12. Krystal Neuschwander 14.41; 14. Julia Halvorson 14.58; 27. Brianna Severts 16.05.
200 Meters Varsity Finals – 6. Janessa Torgerson 29.61; 9. Taylor Wilson 30.37; 11. Alayla Blanco 31.25; 13. Julia Halvorson 31.97; 18. Mylee Sjulestad 33.30; 20. Ellie Nelson 34.19; 21. Brianna Severts 34.24.
1600 Meters Varsity Finals – 5. Ellie Nelson 8:21.08.
4×100 Relay Varsity Finals – 2. Goodridge/Grygla A (Alayla Blanco, Krystal Neuschwander, Janessa Torgerson, Taylor Wilson) 58.89.
SMR 800m [100-100-200-400] Varsity Finals – 7. Goodridge Grygla A (Krystal Neuschwander, Brianna Severts, Julia Halvorson, Mylee Sjulestad) 2:31.84.
Shot Put Varsity Finals – 4. Paizley Moe 26-05.25; 8. Haedynn Boutain 24-05.75; 13. Arianna Olivia 22-03.00; 14. Mylee Sjulestad 21-08.25.
Discus Varsity Finals – 2. Haedynn Boutain 68-09; 7. Paizley Moe 61-02.50; 8. Arianna Olivia 56-06.
Long Jump Varsity Finals – 4. Taylor Wilson 14-03.00; 7. Alayla Blanco 14-00.00; 9. Julia Halvorson 13-04.00; 10. Janessa Torgerson 13-01.00; 18. Brianna Severts 10-03.50.
Triple Jump Varsity Finals – 6. Krystal Neuschwander 29-03.00; 7. Haedynn Boutain 22-09.00.
Mixed Results
Mixed 4×100 Relay Varsity Finals – 3. Goodridge/Grygla A (Brett Rychlock, Cooper Aune, Paizley Moe, Haedynn Boutain) 1:02.77.
Winner/TRF Places-Boys
100 Meters Varsity Finals – 1. David King, Thief River Falls, 11.73; 7. Ian Winter 12.31; 9. Corbin Hruby 12.50; 14. Gavin Demers 12.74; 15. Cash Reynolds 12.74; 16. Carson Walseth 12.77; 19. Ian Lundeen 13.04; 20. Keaton Tillett 13.11; 24. Matthew Dearth 14.06.
100 Meters Wheelchair-Varsity Finals – 1. Alex Gullingsrud, Red Lake County, 21.96; 2. Clayton Rudi 23.07.
200 Meters Varsity Finals – 1. William Smith, Thief River Falls, 25.09; 3. Ian Winter 25.44; 5. Hudson Brouse 26.36; 6. Carson Walseth 26.47; 7. Gavin Demers 26.77; 13. Caleb Mauch 27.78; 14. Ian Lundeen 27.83; 16. Axel Carpenter 27.89; 19. Levi Wilde 28.49; 23. Matthew Dearth 29.26; 25. Carter Anderson 31.12.
200 Meters Wheelchair-Varsity Finals – 1. Alex Gullingsrud, Red Lake County, 47.81; 2. Clayton Rudi 55.48.
400 Meters Varsity Finals – 1. William Smith, Thief River Falls 55.66; 2. Wyatt Nelson 56.44; 3. Tobias Sobotta 56.66; 4. Colin MacLean 58.47; 6. Hudson Brouse 58.95; 9. Levi Wilde 1:02.92; 15. Axel Carpenter 1:04.96; 16. Carson Walseth 1:06.14; 18. Carter Anderson 1:12.60.
400 Meters Wheelchair-Varsity Finals – 1. Alex Gullingsrud, Red Lake County, 2. Clayton Rudi 2:18.93.
800 Meters Varsity Finals – 1. Colin MacLean, Thief River Falls, 2:25.11; 2. Lincoln Davis 2:26.27; 5. Jonah Lee 2:31.28; 6. Jace Sands 2:34.57; 7. Wyatt Novak 2:37.14; 9. Dylan Lane 2:41.89; 11. William Dagg 2:52.56; 12. Richard Armendariz 2:54.41; 13. Kyler Berg 2:55.64; 14. Luke Smith 3:00.61; 15. Allen Smith 3:05.11.
1600 Meters Varsity Finals – 1. Grand Martin, Climax/Fisher/Sacred Heart, 5:01.09; 3. Lincoln Davis 5:24.66; 5. Jace Sands 5:38.77; 6. Jonah Lee 5:41.00; 7. Landen Chute 5:46.01; 8. Wyatt Novak 5:47.07; 10. Dylan Lane 5:52.11; 14. William Dagg 6:10.66; 15. Kyler Berg 6:24.97; 18. Allen Smith 6:42.80.
3200 Meters Varsity Finals – 1. Curtis Griffin, Thief River Falls, 10:49.27.
110m Hurdles Varsity Finals – 1. Ian Hruby, Thief River Falls, 18.21; 2. Michael Rowe 20.91.
300m Hurdles Varsity Finals – 1. Isaac Ball, Goodridge, Grygla, 47.43; 2. Ian Hruby 50.04; 3. Michael Rowe 54.86; 4. Caleb Mauch 55.09.
4×100 Relay Varsity Finals – 1. Goodridge/Grygla A 49.50; 3. TRF A (Cash Reynolds, Corbin Hruby, Gavin Demers, David King) 53.47.
SMR 800m [100-100-200-400] Varsity Finals – 1. TRF A (Ian Winter, David King, Wyatt Nelson, Briley Olsonawski) 1:46.99.
DMR 4000m [1200-400-800-1600] Varsity Finals – 1. TRF A (Tobias Sobotta, Briley Olsonawski, Colin MacLean, Curtis Griffin) 11:45.57.
Shot Put Varsity Finals – 1. Brett Rychlock, Goodridge/Grygla, 39-06.50; 2. Joey Bruggeman 39-04.75; 5. Parker Kasprowicz 36-09.25; 10. Kolton Almhjeld 34-09.00; 12. Landon Brown 31-03.50; 13. Peyton Jensen 28-10.50.
Discus Varsity Finals – 1. Owen Larson, Goodridge/Grygla, 122-03.50; 2. Joey Bruggeman 115-06.75; 3. Parker Kasprowicz 113-07; 11. Kolton Almhjeld 90-02; 14. Peyton Jensen 75-01; 16. Landon Brown 69-02.25.
Discus Wheelchair-Varsity Finals – 1. Clayton Rudi, Thief River Falls, 35-09.25; 2. Alex Gullingsrud, Red Lake County, 31-05.50.
High Jump Varsity Finals – 1. Nate Powers, Red Lake County, 5-02.00.
Pole Vault Varsity Finals – 1. Lincoln Davis, Thief River Falls, 9-00.00; 2. Keaton Tillett 8-06.00.
Long Jump Varsity Finals – 1. Carson Walseth, Thief River Falls, 18-03.00; 2. Wyatt Nelson 17-08.25; 3. Caleb Mauch 17-04.25; 9. Curtis Griffin 16-01.50; 15. Levi Wilde 15-02.25; 17. Richard Armendariz 14-09.00; 18. Hudson Brouse 14-07.00; 20. Matthew Dearth 14-04.00; 25. Chase Anderson 12-01.00.
Triple Jump Varsity Finals – 1. Shay Jacobson, Goodridge/Grygla, 38-08.00; 4. Keaton Tillett 35-11.00; 5. Caleb Mauch 32-09.50.
Goodridge/Grygla Places-Boys
100 Meters Varsity Finals – 5. Shay Jacobson 12.12; 11. Abe Miller 12.58; 18. Landon Nordby 13.03; 21. Gus Jones 13.43; 23. Lucas Stanley 13.73.
200 Meters Varsity Finals – 4. Sawyer Jacobson 25.94; 9. Landon Nordby 27.16; 15. Damontay Johnson 27.87; 17. Gus Jones 28.37; 24. Lucas Stanley 29.77.
400 Meters Varsity Finals – 5. Eli Nelson 58.54; 19. Isaac Van De Hay 1:26.55.
800 Meters Varsity Finals – 4. Eli Nelson 2:27.71; 10. Connor Hjelle 2:52.52.
1600 Meters Varsity Finals – 17. Connor Hjelle 6:26.27.
300m Hurdles Varsity Finals – 1. Isaac Ball, 47.43.
4×100 Relay Varsity Finals – 1. Goodridge/Grygla A (Abe Miller, Sawyer Jacobson, Shay Jacobson, Owen Larson) 49.50; 4. Goodridge/Grygla B (Isaac Ball, Damontay Johnson, Lucas Stanley, Gus Jones) 53.94.
SMR 800m [100-100-200-400] Varsity Finals – 3. Goodridge/Grygla A (Abe Miller, Shay Jacobson, Sawyer Jacobson, Eli Nelson) 1:51.45.
Shot Put Varsity Finals – 1. Brett Rychlock, Goodridge/Grygla, 39-06.50; 4. Owen Larson 36-09.75; 9. Cooper Aune 34-10.50; 15. Connor Hjelle 26-10.75; 18. Joseph Stinson 24-10.25; 22. Isaac Van De Hay 21-11.00.
Discus Varsity Finals – 1. Owen Larson, Goodridge/Grygla 122-03.50; 5. Brett Rychlock 104-00.75; 7. Cooper Aune 97-05; 8. Damontay Johnson 95-04; 13. Joseph Stinson 80-04.50.
Long Jump Varsity Finals – 7. Damontay Johnson 16-04.75; 10. Isaac Ball 16-00.25; 12. Owen Larson 15-09.50; 16. Landon Nordby 15-02.00; 19. Gus Jones 14-04.50; 24. Lucas Stanley 13-05.25.
Triple Jump Varsity Finals – 1. Shay Jacobson, Goodridge/Grygla, 38-08.00; 2. Isaac Ball 37-05.75; 3. Landon Nordby 37-01.00.