Hemsworth, Weller, Schwinghamer all earn medals at state today

Elizabeth Hemsworth is shown racing in the 400 at the state meet. PHOTO BY HERMAN LENSING

What an absolutely terrific day for the Sauk Centre Mainstreeters track and field program!

Elizabeth Hemsworth earned silver today at the Class A state track and field meet. She placed second in the 400 dash with a time of 57.11 seconds. In the 200, she also earned hardware with a fourth place finish of 26.07 seconds.

In the triple jump, Macy Weller finished 8th with a best jump of 35-00.5.

Tom Schwinghamer placed 7th in the long jump with a best jump of 21-01.

Read more about their outstanding performances in next week's Sauk Centre Herald.

Gerhartz medals at Class A state track and field meet

What a fine way to finish your high school athletic career.

Senior Jacob Gerhartz, a three-sport athlete at Sauk Centre high school, finished 8th in the 3200-meter run today at the Class A state track and field meet in St. Paul. His time was 9:57.34, good enough for a top-nine finish and a spot on the medals stand after his event was completed.

The 4x200 relay team for the Mainstreeters did not qualify for tomorrow's finals.

Elizabeth Hemsworth qualified for the finals in both events she made it to state in, the 200 and 400 open races. Her 400 championship event is at 5:41 p.m. on Saturday, while the 200 championships is at 6:30 p.m.

The girls' triple jump with Macy Weller and the boys' long jump with Tom Schwinghamer both start at 3:30 p.m. on Saturday.

Polipnick is state-bound in golf!

Senior Robby Polipnick shot an 80 in the second day of the Section 6AA boys' golf tournament earlier today. He advances to the Class 2A state golf meet after earning a two-day combined score of 160 at the section meet. Read more in this week's Sauk Centre Herald.

One Mainstreeter advances to section golf finals

Senior Robbie Polipnick extended his high school career one more day after he shot an 80 at the Section 6AA golf preliminaries earlier today in Sartell. His score was good enough to earn him a spot in the finals, which takes place tomorrow (Tuesday) at Blackberry Golf Course in Sartell.

Video clip from one of Macy Weller's long jump attempts in Moorhead

At the Section 6A track and field meet on Thursday...