Relay squad medals at Section 6A meet

Chris Maher takes the handoff from Jay Friedrichs in today's 4x800 relay race at Moorhead.

Sauk Centre's boys' 4x800 relay team earned medals at the Section 6A track and field meet in Moorhead with a sixth-place finish. Relay members were Joseph Gerhartz, Jay Friedrichs, Chris Maher and Riley Primus.

Alea Gerhartz and Madison Greenwaldt are shown at the starting line of the 1600 run today.

Austin Brinkman (300 hurdles), Tim Schmiesing (400 open) Morgan Marthaler (triple jump), Alea Gerhartz (1600 run), Madison Greenwaldt (1600 run) and Joseph Gerhartz (1600 run) all set personal season records in their respective events today at the section track and field meet. Greenwaldt advanced to the Class 1A state meet with a first-place finish (5:36) in the 1600 run.

More information on today's section meet and next week's state track and field meet will follow over the weekend.

Andrew Primus high-fives Coach Olson in the Pierz game today.

At St. Cloud tonight, the Mainstreeters baseball team lost 9-4 to Pierz in an elimination game of the Section 6AA tournament. They finish the year 10-9 overall as West Central North Conference co-champions.

In another baseball playoff game tonight, Osakis held a 2-1 lead after five and a half innings over top-seeded St. Cloud Cathedral in a winner's bracket game. They trailed 1-0 before scoring two runs in the top of the fifth. The Crusaders plated three runs in the bottom of the sixth inning to go up 4-2. **Update: the Crusaders shortstop committed a fielding error on a ground ball to the left to allow Osakis to tie the game 4-4 with no outs in the top of the seventh inning. **Update: the Crusaders won the game with a walk off two-run home run in the bottom of the seventh inning and will play fellow Granite Ridge Conference rival Little Falls on Monday in another winner's bracket game. Osakis plays Minnewaska Area on Monday in a loser-out game. The Lakers ended Prairie Conference champion Long Prairie-Grey Eagle's season by a 6-4 score earlier today.

In Section 5AA, Paynesville Area ended Central Minnesota Conference champion Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted's season with an 8-7 win in an elimination game.

Robust crew heading to section track and field

Ben Barhorst grabs the baton from Tyler Sogge in the final handoff of the 4x100 relay race at last Thursday's sub-section meet in Morris. The relay team finished fifth with a time of 49.43 seconds. They trailed second-place and section-qualifier Morris Area/Chokio-Alberta by just 1.09 seconds.

 

Jacob Hemsworth gets a high-five from Coach Determan after his 200 open race (28.17 second finish).

Madison Greenwaldt takes the handoff from Kelsey Peschel in the 4x400 relay race; they finished fifth with a time of 4:22.63. Other members of the relay were Becca Weir and Morgan Marthaler.

The Sauk Centre Mainstreeters track and field team will send 10 student-athletes to the Section 6A meet on Thursday, May 29 at Minnesota State University-Moorhead.

Here's the list and events they qualified in: Alea Gerhartz, Madison Greenwaldt and Joseph Gerhartz all in the 1600 run; Austin Brinkman in the 300 hurdles; Morgan Marthaler in the triple jump; Tim Schmiesing in the 400 open; Julie Bushard in the shot put; and Joseph Gerhartz, Jay Friedrichs, Chris Maher and Riley Primus advancing in the 4x800 relay.

(Video) West Central Conference track and field

Here's Madison Greenwaldt earning second place in the 1600 run at the West Central Conference meet in Paynesville last Thursday:

Weller's All-State triple jump performance

A couple photos from Saturday's action at the Class 1A state track and field meet...

Triple jumping. 

Macy Weller with her All-State medal in the triple jump. PHOTOS BY MIKE KOSIK

Weller earns track and field All-State honors

Macy Weller shown in action in the triple jump at the Section 6A meet on May 30 in Moorhead, where she jumped her way to the state meet with a best jump of 35 feet, one-quarter inch. PHOTO BY RANDY OLSON

 Macy Weller earned a sixth-place finish in the Class A state triple jump event today in St. Paul. She broke her personal 'state' record and finished with a best jump of 35 feet, one and one-quarter inch. In the 2012 state meet, she took seventh with a best jump of 35 feet, one-quarter inch while earning All-State honors.

Her personal career record in the triple jump is 35 feet, nine inches, earned in the 2012 Section 6A meet.

Macy Weller shown at Hamline University with her All-State medal and her sister Savana Weller, a 2010 SCHS graduate who competes with the University of North Dakota women's track and field team. PHOTO SUBMITTED

Here's Macy talking about heading to state on Wednesday before one of the final high school practice sessions of her storied career...


Weller will attend St. Cloud State University starting this fall on a Division II volleyball scholarship.

*Note: the Streeter Sports Blog post for Tiana Molitor's trip to the state meet has been updated with video below.

Molitor beats personal record at State

Tiana Molitor jumped a 5-0 at the Class A high jump event this afternoon in St. Paul.  It's unofficially good for 11th place.

Macy Weller goes for All-State honors on Saturday at 3:30 p.m. back at Hamline University.

**Below, Molitor jumps at 5-0 at the state meet...

Tiana Molitor's high jump at Section 6A

Leaping her way to state...

(Photo gallery) Section 6A track and field championships

Photos from Moorhead taken yesterday...included are photos of the 14 Sauk Centre athletes competing as well as students from area schools.

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(Video) Section 6A track and field action from today in Moorhead

Jacob Mynczywor in the triple jump...

Molitor is State-bound!

Tiana Molitor is heading to the Class 1A state track and field meet for the first time in her career.

Today at the Section 6A meet in Moorhead, she jumped cleanly without a miss through three heights to achieve a career record at four feet, 11 inches. She ultimately ended up in second place overall to claim a state berth.

More will follow.

Update: Macy Weller is state-bound in the triple jump. She took second place today in Moorhead with a best jump of 35 feet and a half inch.

14 are fantastic!

Coach Determan high-fives Madison Greenwaldt in the midst of celebrating the girls' 4x400 relay team's achievement of Section 6A berth. They took second place in that event tonight in the Sub-Section 6A-21 meet.

For the second year in a row, the Sauk Centre Mainstreeters track and field team will have great representation in the Section 6A meet in Moorhead, which is next Thursday.

At the Sub-Section 6A-21 meet at Minnewaska Area tonight, 14 Mainstreeters earned section berths, including the girls' 4x400 relay and the boys' 4x800 relay squads.

As a team, the boys' squad took fifth place with 53 points. Morris Area/Chokio-Alberta won both the boys' and girls' team championships.

I don't have other exact results yet. More will follow later tonight.

~RO

Mainstreeters track and field competes at B-B-E

Action from the boys' 1600 meter run...

Hitting the new track for the first time ever

On Friday, the Mainstreeters track and field teams finally got out on their new track...after weeks of waiting and waiting for winter to subside.

Finally!

Spring is here, according to the calendar

Spring sports are taking a beating in terms of getting outdoor practice time. The only consolation is that all area schools are in the same boat.

Check out a Mainstreeters track and field season preview article in this week's Herald to read more.

Spring sports get underway...sort of

The Sauk Centre track and field teams competed at the Foley meet last Thursday in the Falcon indoor arena. It was the first official varsity event of the spring sports season. Unfortunately, outdoor action may not take place for at least two more weeks due to the cold weather and heavy snow cover across central Minnesota.

Sauk Centre's new track is installed!

A photo of the new track, right after it was installed last week.

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.

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

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

Great news from the Section 6A track and field meet!

Check back later this afternoon for awesome news on the five athletes Sauk Centre has qualified (so far) for the Class A state track and field meet.

Junior Tom Schwinghamer in the long jump in Moorhead today...
One hand off in the 4x200 boys' relay race that was won by Sauk Centre...
What a day! Both the boys' and girls' teams placed third overall at the Section 6A meet today in Moorhead. Ten of the 11 athletes medaled, and seven are headed to state!

Another fun fact: the performance of Jacob Gerhartz in the 3200 run (two mile) lifted his team above a powerhouse squad out of Perham and gave the Mainstreeters third place with 52 points, while the Yellowjackets finished fourth with 50 points.

Check back later tonight for more updates, videos and photos.

Read more at www.saukherald.com.