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Eight Section Records Fall at Section 6A Track and Field Meet As Area Athletes Advance To State

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Amber Collins stands atop the podium as Section 6a 400m champion (Photo: WDC Wolverines via Facebook)

PELICAN RAPIDS, MINN (KWAD) No record was safe at the 2025 Section 6A Track and Field Meet at Pelican Rapids on May 29th. In all, eight section records fell at a fast, competitive meet as six Staples-Motley Cardinals, six Pillager Huskies, two Wadena-Deer Creek Wolverines, and two Parkers Prairie Panthers advanced to the State Track and Field Meet at St. Michael-Albertville High School. SM’s Audrey Brownell was responsible for two of the records going down. Brownell broke the 1600m record with a time of 5:03.99, breaking Morris’ Nicole Scherr’s record of 5:05.60 and Pelican Rapids’ Mindy Stadler’s 3200m record of 11:15.13, also set in 1984, with a time of 11:12.97. Two Cardinals holding Section Meet records saw their names move down the results list. Josh Smith set the 400m record with a 49.70 in 2004 saw his record eclipsed with Osakis’ Zackery Bruder’s 48.80. Arden Beachy’s pole vault record of 14-06 set in 1989 was bested by his son, Turner, with 14-07. The 2018 Wadena-Deer Creek 4x200m relay team of P. Pantages, B. Loer, C. Domier and H. Hawkins (1:31.20) saw their record fall, bested by Osakis’ 1:29.10. The Osakis 4×400 team also set a new section meet record with a time of 3:22.908, beating the previous record set by Pequot Lakes 2018 record of 3:25.76). Violette Metz (44.65) of Pillager and Lauryn Ankeny (44.83) both broke ABE’s Lucea Wales’ 2023 300m hurdles record (45.66) Andrew Jones (37.62), who is also on both Osakis relay teams, broke Pequot Lakes’ Reid Pierzinksi’s 2018 300m hurdles record (38.21) The Class A State Track and Field prelims begin at 3:30 on Tuesday, June 10th, with the Finals at 3:30 on Wednesday, June 11th.   GIRLS QUALIFIERS FOR CLASS A STATE TRACK AND FIELD 100m – Katelyn Jones, LPGE; Megan Guler, Pelican Rapids 200m – Violette Metz, Pillager; Megan Guler, Pelican Rapids; Maddie Miller, Hillcrest Lutheran 400m – Amber Collins, WDC; Lauren Thoennes, A-B-E 800m – Nori Song, Minnewaska 1600 – Audrey Brownell, Staples-Motley; Jada Goeson, NYM; Norah Froslee, Parkers Prairie; Karissa Anderson, Border West; Julia Schmidt, Border West 3200m – Audrey Brownell, Staples-Motley 100m Hurdles – Aynslee Johannsen, Frazee; Lauren Ankeny, Minnewaska Area; Harlie Scwope, Osakis; Sarah Toyli, Parkers Prairie 300m Hurdles – Violette Metz, Pillager; Lauren Ankeny, Minnewaska; Grace Backstrom, Pelican Rapids 4x100m Relay – Pillager: Veronica Metz, Sophie Schlosser, Makenna Camacho, Violette Metz 4x200m Relay – Frazee: Aynslee Johannsen, Aubree Bristlin, Jayden Sonneberg, Brynn Larson OTC: Annabelle Evavold, Belle Bormann, Myiesha Antoni, Kinley Bormann Osakis: Harlie Schwope, Ally Boyer, Kaelyn Walker, Addison Roering Minnewaska: Emma Hellerman, Ellie Winter, Dacia Fleury, Mya VanLuik 4x400m Relay- Minnewaska: Dacia Fleury, Nori Song, Olivia Danielson, Lauryn Ankeny Frazee: Aynslee Johannsen, Jayden Sonneberg, Rilynn Ruiz, Brynn Larson 4x800m Relay- Minnewaska: Ella Larson, Maia Larson, Nori Song, Olivia Danielson Bertha-Hewitt: Miette Hansel, Kendra Miller, Piper Dean, Lezah Dean United North Central: Anaya Aho, Anjalie Aho, Eva Lehto, Macie Josephson Hillcrest Lutheran: Emme Berge, Katie Holzner, Kaia Fiskness, Elsa Retzlaff High Jump- Mariah Koltes, Breckenridge; Jayden Sonneberg, Frazee; Aubrey Polzin, Minnewaska; Grace Backstrom, Pelican Rapids; Emma Norton, Browerville; Brynn Larson, Frazee; Myiesha Antoni, OTC Pole Vault- Ashley Maneval, Barnesville; Harlie Schwope, Osakis Long Jump- Kinley Bormann, OTC; Sarah Toyli, Parkers Prairie Triple Jump- Kinley Bormann, OTC; Natalie Marxer, Browerville; Callie Norman, Pine River-Backus; Ava Follingstad, Barnesville; Makenna Camacho, Pillager Shot Put- Gracie Gallagher, Border West Discus- Jayda Kolstoe, Minnewaska; Gracie Gallagher, Border West, Julianna Stacey, LPGE   BOYS QUALIFIERS FOR CLASS A STATE TRACK AND FIELD 100m – Nolan McGowan, UNC; Andrew Brown, Pillager; Jeric Schloegl, Sauk Centre 200m – Jeric Schloegl, Sauk Centre; Avandre Brandt, Staples-Motley; Asante Adams, Minnewaska 400m – Zackery Bruder, Osakis; Jack Welch, Pelican Rapids 800m – Brady Rach, Bertha-Hewitt 1600m – Brady Rach, Bertha-Hewitt; Logan Wiehoff, Sauk Centre 3200m – Peter Newark, OTC 110m Hurdles – Noah Larson, Staples-Motley 300m Hurdles – Andrew Jones, Osakis; Owen Muelebroeck, Minnewaska; Aiden Checco de Souza, Pelican Rapids; Nathan Bitz, LPGE 4x100m Relay – Sauk Centre: Jeric Schloegl, Adam Neubert, David Gilmore, Alex Helgeson Minnewaska: Tristan O’Neil, Kaiden Harvey, Carter Meyer, Asante Adams Pillager: Dawson Weinhandle, Dru Hutchinson, Tyson Decker, Andrew Brown 4x200m Relay – Osakis: Andrew Jones, Trenton VanNyhuis, Tyler Wolbeck, Zackery Bruder Sauk Centre: Alex Helgeson, Matthew Zenzen, Adam Neubert, David Gilmore Pillager: Dawson Weinhandl, Dru Hutchison, Tyson Decker, Andrew Brown Frazee: Tyden Schaefer, Carter Sonnenberg, Ayden Grossman, William Stroburg 4x400m Relay – Osakis: Andrew Jones, Bryler Gustafson, Tyler Wolbeck, Zackery Bruder Sauk Centre: Gabe Ritter, Matthew Zenzen, Zaron Olmschenk, Logan Wiehoff 4x800m Relay – Sauk Centre – Zaron Olmschenk, Ben Friedrichs, Logan Wiehoff, Jacob Drevlow High Jump – Vincent Nash, Hillcrest Lutheran; Frank Brown, Pillager; Avandre Brandt, Staples-Motley Pole Vault – Turner Beachy, Staples-Motley; Tyden Schaefer, Frazee; Gabe Lindstrom, OTC Long Jump – Trenton VanNyhuis, Osakis; Holden Rinke, Border West; Andrew Jones, Osakis; Karson Jensen, Rothsay; Sawyer Ferdon, Staples-Motley Triple Jump – Sawyer Ferdon, Staples-Motley; Holden Rinke, Border West; Trenton VanNyhuis, Osakis Shot Put – Damien Ahrens, Sauk Centre Discus – Lucan Ahrens, Sauk Centre