The Cobra Track and Field team has only had 3 complete meets, but the hard work the athletes are putting in is paying off already in great performances. This week, over 80 personal records fell!!
Several junior high athletes finished in the top-3 in their events at Tuesday’s meet at Elgin. Leading the way was Siri Wennes, who won the shot put and placed 3rd in the discus. Matias Jara also had a great day in the hurdles, with a 2nd place finish in the 100 meter hurdles and a 3rd place finish in the 200 meter hurdles. Sophia Hernandez added a 2nd place finish in the shot put. Other 3rd place finishers for the Cobras were Yeray Valdez in the 100 meter dash, Oscar Orozco in the shot put, and the boys 4x200 meter relay team of Brock Dickie, Jaxon Fate, Urijah Carline, and K’Stin Korbisch.
The varsity team was also on the road Tuesday, in Kenyon. The Cobra boys team won the meet as a team behind solid performances from a number of athletes. Triton athletes claimed five event titles on the day, with Pierce Petersohn winning the 400 and high jump, Brady Staub winning the shot put and discus, and the girls 4x200 relay team (Romina Medina, Aidree Van Beek, Olivia Weber, and Averee Henslin) took home a victory (and champion t-shirts!), as well.
Weber added a pair of second-place finishes in the 100 and 300 hurdles, and Autumn Froyum and Angel Mata Colin each finished as runners-up in their respective 1600 meter runs. Averee Henslin (200) and Craig Knutson (shot and discus) both added individual second place finishes, as well. Rounding out the runners-up were the boys 4x200 and 4x400 relays.
A number of Cobras claimed third place finishes at Kenyon, as well. This included Van Beek (100 hurdles), Zae Jackson (110 hurdles), Garet Jensen (100), Miguel Martinez (400) and Mason Noaeill (200 + long jump).
We rounded out the week hosting a 10-team varsity invitational at Triton on Friday night. The girls finished third, boys fourth, in team scoring. Highlighting the evening was Brady Staub’s 11-foot personal record in winning the discus, which was enough to claim the school record from teammate Craig Knutson. Pierce Petersohn added a pair of wins in the 400 and high jump.
Autumn Froyum had a great night in the distance races, racing to personal records in both the 800 (2nd) and 1600 (5th) before teaming up with Henslin, Van Beek, and Weber to clock a great 4x400 – the 7th fastest in Triton history to finish as runners-up and secure the 3rd-place team finish.
We’re looking forward to continuing the momentum as the weather warms! Join us at Triton for home junior high meets Tuesday, April 22 and Friday, May 2. We are also hosting a varsity meet Friday, May 16 before we gear up to host the Section 1A Championships May 27 and 29. If you want to get involved in the action, we’re always looking for folks to help make meets happen – reach out to Coach Kim Swanson at kswanson@triton.k12.mn.us if you can help!!
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