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Bulldogs race to fourth place in Lakes

Tuesday, May 12, 2009
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(Sentinel photo by Bethany Kroeze) Le Mars' Chris Clay rounds the corner to begin another lap of the 3200-meter run on Monday in Hull. Clay finished third in the race.
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Travis Westhoff and Rene Van Wyhe earned All-Conference honors as they each brought home silver medals from Monday's Lakes Conference track meet in Hull.

Westhoff recorded a spin of 136-5 in the discus while Van Wyhe's time of 57.81 in the 400 low hurdles was good for second.

The Bulldogs placed fourth in team standings with 62 points.

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(Sentinel photo by Bethany Kroeze) Le Mars' Alyssa Louison (left) and Emily Anderson sprint down the track in the 100-meter dash on Monday in Hull. Louison finished fifth and Anderson was sixth in the race.
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Third place finishes were abundant for the Bulldogs as they garnered many of their team points in relay events.

Mat Ferris, Hunter Rohde, Paxton Strub and Tyler Lancaster teamed up to run the shuttle hurdle relay in 1:01.64 to place third.

The medley team of Zach Reed, Ferris, Brady Lancaster and Alex Rasmussen crossed third in 3:48.83 while Reed, Rohde, Mike Rodriguez and Ferris were third in 45.08 in the 4x100.

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(Sentinel photo by Bethany Kroeze) Le Mars' Cara Clement is focused on the finish as she races the final meters of the 400 on Monday. Clement was fifth in the race.
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Individually, Paxton Strub was third in the high jump as he cleared 6-0 and Chris Clay ran a 10:35.74 in the 3200 to place third.

Gage Sitzmann was third in the 800 (2:04.74) while Marc Kommes crossed sixth in the same race (2:08.74).

Sitzmann and Kommes joined Kyle Borchers and Rasmussen to clock a fourth-place 8:23.20 in the 4x800 relay while Reed, Rohde, Ferris and Bryce Dahm were fifth in the 4x200 relay in 1:37.65.

Judd Herzberg, Kyle Borchers, Van Wyhe and Zach Reuter ran the 4x400 in 3:36.67 to place sixth.

Nick Plueger was sixth in the shot put (45-7 1/2) and Tyler Lancaster was sixth in the 110 high hurdles (15.61).

In girls action, Emily TeBrink earned All-Conference honors for her second-place finish in the 100 hurdles.

The senior clocked a time of 16.33 to help lead her squad to a fifth-place finish with 59 team points.

Kirstie Ruhland was fifth in the same race in a time of 17.17 seconds.

Also garnering All-Conference honors with second place finishes were the 4x200 and 4x100 relays.

Jess Reuter, Alyssa Louison, Jess Arnold and Emily Anderson clocked a 1:49.05 to place second in the 4x200 before Reuter, Louison and Anderson joined Lindsey Wichers to run the 4x100 in 51.30 and place second.

Anderson and Wichers placed back-to-back in the 200. Anderson was fourth (27.27) and Wichers was fifth (27.77).

Louison narrowly edged Anderson in the 100 as the senior finished fifth (12.95) and the sophomore was sixth (12.96).

Alex Schuett crossed fifth in the 400 hurdles (1:13.74) while Tara Lehner followed in sixth (1:14.02).

Cara Clement was fifth in the 400 (1:03.33) and Becca Clay ran the 3000 in 11:49.87 to place sixth.

Arnold tied Sheldon's Kellie Goedken for third in the high jump as they each cleared a height of 4-10.

Nikki Sluiter cleared 4-8 to place fifth and Kelby Klein threw the discus 105-6 to place sixth.

In other relay action, TeBrink, Ruhland and Lehner added Sadie Arens to run a third-place 1:11.05 in the shuttle hurdle.

The 4x800 quartet of Jenna Prieksat, Hannah Steen, Sami Prieksat and Chelsea Albus was fifth in 11:05.71.

The distance medley team of Chasie Sloan, Ebony Stone, Alex Schuett and Nikki Sluiter was sixth in 4:46.99 while Wichers, Louison, Reuter and Arnold ran a sixth-place 1:56.99 in the sprint medley.

Cara Clement, Arnold, Steen and Sluiter crossed sixth in 4:21.83 in the 4x400 relay.

Both Le Mars squads return to the track on Friday afternoon in Orange City as MOC-FV hosts the district/regional track meet.

Boys team standings: 1 - Western Christian, 142; 2 - Storm Lake, 93; 3 - Spirit Lake, 89; 4 - Le Mars, 62; 5 - Sheldon, 51; 6 - Emmetsburg, 47; 7 - Spencer, 38; 8 - Estherville-LC, 23; 9 - Cherokee, 14.

Girls team standings: 1 - Spirit Lake, 143; 2 - Storm Lake, 86; 3 - Spencer, 82; 4 - Emmetsburg, 71; 5 - Le Mars, 59; 6 - Western Christian, 54; 7 - Sheldon, 43; 8 - Estherville-LC, 43; 9 - Cherokee, 17.



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