The Becker boys and girls track teams hosted their first outdoor home quad meet of the year Tuesday, with Albany, Little Falls and St. Cloud Cathedral.
Girls Track
It was a beautiful day — weather-wise — with several PRs and season best performances achieved by the girl track stars.
“Despite several of our girls being unable to compete, we had some good competition,” said Head Coach Trish Reimer-Kealy.
Becker reached first place performances from the 4x800 team, Lexi Dehmer in the 1600M and Paige Maunu in the long jump.
The 4x800 team of Lexi Rose, Liz Mackedanz, Lexi Dehmer and Victoria Kolbinger ran a time of 10:21.99.
In the 100M hurdles, Callie Doucette placed fourth (18.52) and Regan Housmann sixth (19.15).
The 100 meters had Cassidy Pleoger placing third (13.59) and Paige Maunu seventh (14.51). Pleoger also placed second in the 200M (28.48), with Abby Maruska taking third (29.13) and Paige Maunu eighth (29.94).
The 4x200M relay saw Becker place second with Moxie Scott, Ani Dehmer, Tessa Maruska and Skylar Schugg (2:12.34) running.
Lexi Dehmer won the 1600M in 5:35.8. Lexi Rose and Tasha Berthiaume came in third and fifth (5:58 and 6:07.12).
The 4x100M relay team of Cassidy Pleoger, Abby Maruska, Keeley Holm, and Paige Maunu ran a time of 54.87 for second place.
Liz Mackedanz placed fourth in the 400M (66.33) and Aly Gruenes eighth (70.45).
In the 300 meter hurdles, Regan Hausmann ran a PR time of 53.24 for fourth place and Callie Doucette 55.34 for seventh.
Victoria Kolbinger ran 12:38.77 in the 3200M for second place and Abby Nelson 14:02.37 for fifth.
In the 4x400M, the team of Abby Maruska, Liz Mackedanz, Lexi Dehmer and Madi Pleoger ran 4:33.51 for fourth.
Field events saw Lexi Rose place fifth (4'4") in the high jump and Liz Mackedanz sixth, who also leapt to 4'4".
Jess Gruenes was fifth in the pole vault, clearing 6'6".
Boys Track
The boys came out on top with 85 points followed closely by Albany with 82 and St. Cloud Cathedral with 52. Little Falls was fourth with 49 points and St. Cloud Christian scored two points.
“All of our quad meets have been close this year and it is an indication of how balanced our conference is,” said Head Coach Paul Schmidt. “It was a great meet to get lots of our athletes involved as we now move into the invitational portion of our schedule where entries are more limited.”
The 4x800M team started the meet off right by winning its relay with a time of 8:39. Team members were Noah Fakhreddine, Basil Ricker, Jake Nelson, and Jordan Gruenes.
David Myres continued the winning ways in the next event with a winning time of 15.87 in the 110M high hurdles. This race also saw Michael Schmitz grab a third place finish with a time of 17.97. Kabir Bahkta was Becker’s top sprinter by placing eighth in the 100 meter dash with a time of 12.83.
Becker's 4x200M team of Brayden Weber, Trent Nistler, Landon Goebel, and Cayden Dewall finished in second place. Sam Ricker won the 1600M with a time of 4:41 and Lukas Karel improved his time, finishing in fourth place with a 5:11 time.
Kevin Andres continues to be a dominant force in the 400M, as he has yet to be challenged in this race, winning with a time of 51.16. Cade Stommes ran his best 400M with a time of 56.25, good for fourth place.
The 300 IM hurdles again featured David Myres as he had a bit of challenge in this race but was able to win with a time of 41.49. Michael Schmitz also continues to improve and get stronger each race as he finished fourth with a time of 46.72.
Jordan Gruenes, Noah Fakhreddine, and Basil Ricker all continue to impress in the 800M by finishing first, third, and fifth in this race.
“The 800M has been our biggest scoring event this year with these three guys scoring points every meet,” said Schmidt.
Gruenes ran a top time of 2:04.89.
Andres pulled away in the 200M to claim another victory for the Bulldogs with a time of 24.17. Sam Ricker won the 3200M in a time of 10:32 with brother Tyson finishing third with an 11:13 and Lukas Karel fourth at 11:31.
The final event of the evening saw the boys 4x400M team of Myres, Gruenes, Jack Belde, and Andres finish first with a time of 3:34.86.
On the field event side of the meet, Becker got a personal best winning vault from Cade Stommes at 10'6". Jack Belde also took third in the high jump with a jump of 5'8".
Up Next
Becker's next meet was Friday at Pierz (full report on meet will appear in next week’s Citizen-Tribune) and then Thursday at Pillager.
On a special note, The Hamline Elite Meet, which is held every year on the last Friday in April, will feature Kevin Andres in the 400M. Kevin got the opportunity to participate in this meet last year and placed sixth. This year, he enters as the top 400M runner in the meet.
Andres also will get to run with the 4x400M team later that evening as Becker was selected as one of the nine teams in the state to compete at the Elite meet.
Becker’s foursome for the 4x400M will be Andres Myres, Belde and Sam Ricker (filling in for Jordan Gruenes, who will be competing in Worlds Robotics in Detroit, MI and will not make it back for the meet.
