Courtesy Huskies head coach Larry Lasch | Edited for on-air reads
The Wahpeton Huskies turned in a strong performance Thursday at the Shanley Invitational, a high-quality meet featuring all Eastern Dakota Conference schools along with Class B powers Kindred and Central Cass. Fueled by points in the sprints, distance races, hurdles, jumps, throws and relays, the Lady Huskies placed fourth in the 15-team field.
Seventh grader Summer Nagel continued her standout season with another remarkable all-around performance. Nagel captured titles in both hurdle events, winning the 100-meter hurdles in 15.53 and the 300-meter hurdles in 44.83, while also setting a meet record in the 200-meter dash with a winning time of 25.34.
Nagel anchored Wahpeton’s runner-up 4×400 relay team to a time of 4:17.37. Joining Nagel on that relay were Adalynn Parker, Gracie Falck and Taylor Mauch. The Lady Huskies were also strong across the sprint relays, placing fourth in the 4×200 relay as Falck, Mauch, Parker and Hayden Matejcek combined to run 1:49.69. The 4×100 relay team of Gracie Norling, Mauch, Parker and Matejcek finished seventh in 51.85.
Wahpeton also received standout field performances from Claire Woods, who placed second in both the shot put (38’6.25″) and discus (124′ 8″), while Elise Skovholt added another runner-up finish in the pole vault (9′ 9″).
Seventh grader Ashlynne Max ran an aggressive race in the 1600 meter, placing third in a personal-best 5:37.09. Falck picked up an eighth-place finish in the 400 meter with a time of 1:04.75.
The boys posted a dozen personal-best efforts on the day and were led by a seventh-place finish in the 4×200 relay, where Brayden Steffens, Aiden Bontjes, Cayden Barth and Jack Gilbertson combined to run 1:33.60. Wahpeton also added a 10th-place finish in the 4×100 relay with Connor Ireland, Steffens, Barth and Gilbertson in 45.72. Individually, Steffens placed ninth in the long jump with a personal-best leap of 20’6.75″.
GIRLS TEAM SCORES
1. Davies 105.75
2. Sheyenne 95
3. West Fargo 90.5
4. Wahpeton 76
5. Shanley 73
PERSONAL BESTS
100 Meters
Chandler Krull-Rickabaugh 12.13
200 Meters
Aiden Bontjes 24.21
Cooper Koolmo 25.06
400 Meters
Karter Oswalt 56.77
Zach Miller 57.60
Noah Cabrera 1:00.18
110m Hurdles
Chandler Krull-Rickabaugh 19.06
300m Hurdles
Cayden Barth 43.18
Zach Miller 45.77
Long Jump
9th Brayden Steffens 20′ 6.75″
Shot Put
Tanner Nuenthel 32′ 8″
Discus
Tanner Nuenthel 93′ 7″
100 Meters
Cassidy Scott 13.81
200 Meters
Adalynn Parker 27.01
Hayden Matejcek 28.24
Cassidy Scott 28.76
400 Meters
Linnea Burgr 1:06.79
Discus
Ella Langenwalter 93′ 11″
Javelin
Ella Langenwalter 93′ 8″
