After a few weather cancelations and a couple of weeks without a meet, the Cobras got back on the track May 1 at Pine Island, and posted a number of all-time top-10 performances.
The 4x800 relay team of Miguel Martinez, Angel Mata Colin, EJ Okeefe, and Nerak Korbisch teamed up to run a time of 9:08.83, good for 6th on the all-time Triton list. Braxton Koss leaped to a personal-best 5 feet 8 inches in the high jump, good for 5th on the all-time best list. Pierce Petersohn continued his record-breaking season, earning spots on the all time best 100 (5th) and 200 meter dash (7th) lists.
On the girls side, Olivia Weber ran a personal best time of 1:01.92, good for a 5th-best all-time Cobra mark. Averee Henslin joined the best Cobra sprinters in the 100 meter dash, racing to a 13.17 time, good for 5th in the record books. Autumn Froyum has had a spectacular season, as well, and has earned spots in the record books in the 800 (2:41.23 – 8th), 1600 (5:56.13 – 5th), and 3200 meter runs (13:20.66 – 5th).
Tuesday, May 6, the Cobras headed to Rushford-Peterson for the Section 1A True Team Championships with 20 other teams from southeast Minnesota. There were several excellent performances on a beautiful day. Top performers for the Cobras were Petersohn (1st in high jump and 400, 2nd in 100, 4th in 200), Craig Knutson (1st in discus), Brady Staub (2nd in discus), Weber (3rd in the 400), Averee Henslin (4th in 200).
Petersohn’s 400 meter dash time of 49.57 broke the school record, previously held by Caleb Rissman (49.58 in 2008). The 4x800 team of Okeefe, Alan Ortiz, Martinez, and Mata Colin bettered the season-best time and jumped into 6th place in the record books. Froyum set personal best times of 5:55.70 in the 1600 and 13:13.96 in the 3200 to keep moving up the record lists in both events.
The Cobras are set to compete at the Gopher Conference Championships Saturday, May 10 at JWP before hosting one final regular season meet Friday, May 16. The subsection meet is scheduled for Wednesday, May 21 at Grand Meadow before we return to Triton for the Section 1A Championships May 27 and 29. We’d love to see you out cheering on the Cobras!!
