(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:

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

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!

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.

Mainstreeter boys' track and field earns second place at sub-section meet

The Mainstreeter boys' track and field team earned 82 team points to take second place at last night's Sub-Section 6A-1 meet in Morris. The girls' team from Sauk Centre tied Minnewaska Area for fourth place with 67 team points.

More will follow later.

Hemsworth shines for Streeter girls' track and field

Senior Elizabeth Hemsworth emerged as champion in the 100 open race, edging out Megan Wiener of Royalton last Thursday in Melrose.

Just how well did Elizabeth Hemsworth do for the Sauk Centre track and field team? No less than a total of three gold medals last Thursday at the annual Dave Sieben Invitational in Melrose. Read all the details on her races in this week's Sauk Centre Herald.

Streeters baseball, softball both shut out by Paynesville - Boys' 4x100 relay sets new school record

L to R: Jacob Mynczywor, Tom Schwinghamer, Keenan Pearson, Terrence Ellis; today in Melrose they set a new school record in the 4x100 relay race.

The Mainstreeter boys' track and field team had a relay squad set a new school record at today's Dave Sieben Invitational in Melrose.

The old record of 46.2 seconds in the 4x100 relay fell. The new record is 46.06 seconds.

Check back on Friday for more updates from the meet, and as always more will appear in the next issue of the Sauk Centre Herald.

Mainstreeter track and field squads both take 4th at LP-GE

The Sauk Centre girls' track and field team totaled 97 points at Long Prairie-Grey Eagle on Tuesday night to finish in fourth place. The host LP-GE Thunder girls' team won their division with 125 points. On the boys' side, Sauk Centre also finished in fourth place and had 86.83 points. Albany was the champion in this division with 125.75 points. On Thursday this week, the Mainstreeters compete at Becker.

Sauk Centre track and field athletes turn in great performances at Holdingford

Elizabeth Hemsworth won the 400 open at Holdingford on Tuesday with a championship time of 64.2 seconds...

Footage of the girls' 4x800 relay race at State...

Madison Greenwaldt to Rebecca Macey hand off...

Six Mainstreeters earn All-State honors in track and field

Senior Isaac Winters proudly receives an All-State medal, following his 800 run performance yesterday at the Class A state track and field meet...

The girls' 4x800 relay team members receive their medals following a seventh place finish yesterday...

Visit the Sauk Centre Herald website to view over 160 photos from the state meet: http://saukherald.mycapture.com

Hemsworth, Winters both make finals at Class A state track and field meet

...and they both set new Sauk Centre school records!

Elizabeth Hemsworth (junior) and Isaac Winters (senior) will both compete in the finals at the state track and field meet on Saturday, June 11 at Hamline University's Klas Field complex in St. Paul.

Hemsworth ran a terrific race in the 400 open, blasting around the track in 58 seconds flat. Over the past three weeks, Hemsworth has now broken the school record three times. She now competes in the 400 finals at 5:14 p.m. on Saturday.

Winters also established a new Sauk Centre school record, his efforts coming in the 800 run.

"I'm so excited about making the finals," Winters said following the race. "I'm really happy to be able to earn a medal and have a shot at moving up in the standings tomorrow."

Winters is ranked eighth out of nine qualifiers for the boys' 800 finals. He ran the 800 today in a new school record time of 1:59.13, breaking the two minute mark for the first time in his career. He races at 6:00 p.m. in the 800 finals.

Saturday's schedule includes... 3:00 p.m. sharp, the girls' 4x800 relay race, which includes a foursome from Sauk Centre.

Amelia Maher makes a successful jump at the height of 4'10" in the High Jump event today...



Maher finished 11th in the High Jump today, a great performance for her final day of competing as a Sauk Centre Mainstreeters athlete. It was not the finish she wanted, but she can't hang her head about the multiple trips to the state meet she's had (3 in the last 4 years)...

Coach Tom Trutna commented, "She'll be hard to replace, she did many things well for us and was a great example of what hard work can do."

Check back later tonight and on Saturday morning for more updates from the state track and field meet.

State track and field meet schedule for the Mainstreeters is in today's Sauk Centre Herald issue

Check out a full page ad-sponsored page (page 2B) with action photos, mugshots and other information regarding the Mainstreeters track and field team's top performers at the Section 6A meet on June 2. Also included is the opening event schedule for all eight Sauk Centre athletes. All but the 4x800 girls' relay team will be in action on Friday.

The 4x800 relay team competes at 3 p.m. sharp on Saturday, following the National Anthem.

More action from the Section 6A track and field championships

More coming later today.

An elusive goal is met by Mainstreeters junior speedster Elizabeth Hemsworth

At right, Elizabeth Hemsworth speeds towards the finish line of the 400 open during the Sub-Section 6A-1 meet on May 26 at Minnewaska Area. Hemsworth won the race while also establishing a new school record in that event (58.5s). Photo submitted.

What makes it special is that she broke her own record, set just a week before the sub-section meet. At the West Central North Conference meet in Milaca on May 17, Hemsworth broke 2010 graduate Savana Weller's 400 open record by running a time of 58.69 seconds. Hemsworth has been chasing the record since her freshmen season on the Mainstreeters track and field team.

Look for a feature story on Hemsworth in the June 9 issue of the Sauk Centre Herald.

Watching Mainstreeter athletes advance to state will never get old

A candid shot of the Section 6A medalists, minus Mike Kluver, who was on the bus at the moment. Madison Greenwaldt is shown standing up in the photo, on her way to grab Mike.

Numerous Mainstreeters athletes performed well at the section meet but did not advance to state...below, junior Terrance Ellis dashes through the 100 open prelimaries.