Macy Hanson

MANKATO — The Fairmont girls and boys track & field programs combined for four broken records, seven individual gold medals and two relay championships during Friday night’s season-opening indoor opener on the Minnesota State University campus in Mankato.

Junior long-distance standout Macy Hanson etched her name into the Cardinal history books again by generating a school-record time of 5:07.3 to win the 1,600-meter race.

Hanson, who eclipsed the previous record of 5:12.0 held by current Augustana runner Laura Thompson, and triple jumper Abbie Simpson captured first-place honors to help pace Fairmont’s runner-up team showing to St. Peter, 171-137.

Nelson Remington set new wheelchair division marks in the open 60, 400 and 200; Gavin Artner garnered the 1,600-meter run’s top prize; and Gage Borntrager tied for first place in the pole vault as the Cardinals rolled by St. Peter for the boys team crown, 170-128.

“Awesome performances across the board for us in the indoor opener,” said Fairmont head coach Jesse Walters, who awaits his teams’ individual and relay entries to Saturday’s 10 a.m. elite invitational back at Minnesota State University in Mankato.

Artner posted a winning time of 4:48 in the mile run for the Cardinals, and also contributed a second-place showing of 2:09 in the 800-meter run.

While Artner dominated the long-distance runs on the track, Borntrager demonstrated his top-level skills in the field events. Borntrager tied for first in the pole vault by clearing 10 feet, 6 inches before spraying the sand in the triple jump pit at a second-place mark of 37-8.

Elijah Johnson and Nolan Schultze contributed points to Fairmont’s winning ways by placing second in the open 60 (7.16) and 400 (55.63), respectively, while teammate Oliver Tordsen heaved the shot to a runner-up distance of 42-11.

Landon Gilbertson contributed a bronze medal to the Cardinals’ cause by posting a third-place time of 9.33 in the 60-meter high hurdles, while teammate Braydon Lindsay was third in the 60 low hurdles (10.15).

Brier Lenort added scoring depth in the 1,600 with a third-place time of 5:19, while Jeremiah Lebbi sprinted to a bronze in the open 60 (7.2) and Tavian Harvey netted third in the 200 (24.98).

Blaze Geiger supplied a third-place time of 56.63 in the open 400 for Fairmont, Isaiah Lockwood long-jumped to third at 18-7.5, while Ethan Pockrus chipped in a bronze in the triple jump (37-3.5).

Remington eclipsed his own school records in the wheelchair division at the indoor opener by crossing the finish line first in the 60 meters (11.6), 400 (1:00.76) and 200 (30.64).

Blue Earth Area’s Jacob Grandgenett produced a double-victory performance by winning the 60-meter dash (7.14) and the open 200 (24.03).

In the girls competition, Simpson cleared the sand in the triple jump pit to a first-place mark of 30-4.75 to add scoring strength to Hanson’s record-setting mile mark.

Simpson and Hanson then combined handoffs with Madison Pluim and Harper Artz to capture top honors in the 4×400 relay with a time of 4:26.02. Nathaliah Johnson, Jadyn Montgomery, Kennedy Becker and Bella Larson exchanged the baton to contribute a winning time of 1:59.14 in the 4×200 relay for Fairmont.

Simpson added a third-place leap of 14-2 in the long jump for the Cardinals, while Bella Larson tied for second place in the pole vault (8-6), placed third in the open 200 (29.65) and earned the bronze in the high jump by clearing 4-10.

Harper Artz claimed runner-up honors in the open 400 (1:05.97), Kennedy Becker nailed down second in the 200 meters (29.63) and Ellie Ortega earned second in the shot put by making a divot at 30-5.5 for Fairmont.

Becker and Nat Johnson also tied for third place in the open 60 meters with times of 8.58, while Cadence Leiding claimed third in the 60-meter high hurdles (9.65) for Fairmont.

Addison Armstrong won the 400-meter dash crown in 1:05.6), while Blue Earth Area teammate Chloe Groe added a gold medal in the shot put with a heave of 32-6.5.

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MSU Indoor Opener

Varsity Boys Team Standings: 1. Fairmont 170; 2. St Peter 128; 3. North Iowa 71; 4. New Ulm 49; 5. St James 45; 6. Blue Earth Area 32.

4×800: 1. North Iowa 9:15.16; 2. Fairmont (Cooper Gudahl, Jaydon Putney, Andrew Haugen, Brier Lenort) 9:26.2; 3. St. James 9:43.46; 4. St. Peter 9:44.64; 5. New Ulm 10:06.21.

60 High Hurdles: 1. Corbin Herron (SP) 8.21; 2. Trenton Robertson (NI) 8.89; 3. Landon Gilbertson (FMT) 9.33; 4. Ethan Pockrus (FMT) 9.9; 5. Dayne Tollefson (SP) 9.97; 6. Marcus Eckles (BEA) 10.29. Other Fairmont result: Braydon Lindsay 10.7.

60-meter dash: 1. Jacob Grandgenett (BEA) 7.14; 2. Elijah Johnson (FMT) 7.16; 3. Jeremiah Lebbi (FMT) 7.2; 4. Isai Morales (SP) 7.25; 5. Elijah Mercado (SP) 7.3; 6. Kemper Ely (SP) 7.36. Other Fairmont results: Tavian Harvey 7.57; Allon Chen 7.68.

60-meter dash (wheelchair): 1. Nelson Remington (FMT) 11.6.

Medley relay: 1. North Iowa 3:48.76; 2. St. James 3:50.1; 3. St. Peter 4:02.52; 4. Fairmont (Allon Chen, Isaiah Lockwood, Connor Gronewald, Ty Nawrocki) 4:09.64; 5. New Ulm 4:24.56; 6. BEA 4:25.32.

1,600: 1. Gavin Artner (FMT) 4:48; 2. Alex Bur (SP) 4:56; 3. Brier Lenort (FMT) 5:19; 4. Enzo Gazzola (SP) 5:22; 5. Andrew Haugen (FMT) 5:33; 6. Landon Weber (FMT) 5:33. Other Fairmont result: Will Niestrath 5:43.

4×200: 1. St. Peter 1:36.18; 2. Fairmont (Taylor Austin, Caleb Chambers, Gage Borntrager, Charles Neusch) 1:38.82; 3. St. James 1:47.69; 4. North Iowa 1:47.89; 5. New Ulm 1:51.4. DQ: BEA.

400: 1. Jacob Friesen (SJ) 55.51; 2. Nolan Schultze (FMT) 55.63; 3. Blaze Geiger (FMT) 56.63; 4. James Osborne (NU) 57.34; 5. Connor Gronewald (FMT) 58.23; 6. Landon Gilbertson (FMT) 58.87.

400 wheelchair: 1. Nelson Remington (FMT) 1:00.76.

60 low hurdles: 1. Corbin Herron (SP) 8.12; 2. Brendan Price (NI) 9.31; 3. Braydon Lindsay (FMT) 10.15; 4. Marcus Eckles (BEA) 10.55; 5. Jase Meade (FMT) 10.59; 6. Charlie Schaefer (NI) 10.95.

800: 1. Gavin Grunhovd (NI) 2:08; 2. Gavin Artner (FMT) 2:09; 3. Roblae Abdi (SP) 2:10; 4. Levi Miest (SJ) 2:14; 5. Cooper Gudahl (FMT) 2:24; 6. Adrian Pineda (SJ) 2:27. Other Fairmont results: Braydon Lindsay 2:31; Matthew Senneff 2:47.

200 wheelchair: 1. Nelson Remington (FMT) 30.64.

200: 1. Jacob Grandgenett (BEA) 24.03; 2. Derek Guth (SP) 24.59; 3. Tavian Harvey (FMT) 24.98; 4. Elijah Johnson (FMT) 25.27; 5. Ruben Zamora (SJ) 25.55; 6. Riley Kamm (SP) 25.58. Other Fairmont result: Jeremiah Lebbi 25.67.

4×400: 1. North Iowa 3:44.76; 2. Fairmont (Taylor Austin, Caleb Chambers, Blaze Geiger, Nolan Schultze) 3:45.25; 3. New Ulm 4:01.57; 4. St. Peter 4:03.77; 5. St. James 4:18.39.

Long jump: 1. Trent Robertson (NI) 20-3; 2. Easton Clark (NU) 19-9.5; 3. Isaiah Lockwood (FMT) 18-7.5; 4. James Osborne (NU) 18-3; 5. Ethan Pockrus (FMT) 18-1; 6. Gage Barker (BEA) 17-10.5. Other Fairmont results: Ethan Siebring 15-7; Seth Siebring 15-5.

Triple jump: 1. Corbin Herron (SP) 38-9.25; 2. Gage Borntrager (FMT) 37-8; 3. Ethan Pockrus (FMT) 37-3.5; 4. Ramiro Alcantara Alvarez (SP) 34-6.25; 5. Riley Kamm (SP) 33-1; 6. Hayden Prestegard (BEA) 32-10.

High jump: 1. James Osborne (NU) 6-0; 2. Ethan Lieb (NU) 5-8; 3. Ian Bultman (SP) 5-4; 4. Isaac Anderson (BEA) 5-4; 5. Lucas Thomas (SJ) 5-2; 6. Cooper Gudahl (FMT) 5-0. Other Fairmont result: Ty Tumbleson 4-8.

Pole vault: T1. Gage Borntrager (FMT) and Derek Guth (SP) 10-6s; T3. Ty Nawrocki (FMT) and Brock Guth (SP) 10-0s; T5. Will Niestrath (FMT) and Ethan Lieb (NU) 9-0s. Other Fairmont results: Jase Meade 8-6; Jaydon Putney 7-6.

Shot put: 1. Luke Banks (SP) 47-11; 2. Oliver Tordsen (FMT) 42-11; 3. Ethan Geerdes (FMT) 42-2; 4. Anthony Ramirez (SJ) 40-11.25; 5. Cole Junso (SP) 40-11; 6. Cohen Carpenter (NU) 40-6.5. Other Fairmont results: Elijah Johnson 38-0; Dakota Madias 34-5; Ivan Martin 32-10; Benet Mathiason 31-11.5; Caine Gronewald 28-10.

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Varsity Girls Team Standings: 1. St Peter 171; 2. Fairmont 137; 3. St James 53; 4. North Iowa 51; 5. Blue Earth Area 44; 6. New Ulm 38.

4×800: 1. North Iowa 11:15.43; 2. St. Peter 1:15.93; 3. St. James 11:19.92; 4. New Ulm 11:33.3; 5. Fairmont (Audrina Suckow, Makenzie Gerhardt, Kendra Blomster, Elayna Anderson) 11:51.42.

60 high hurdles: 1. Rowyn Myhra (SP) 9.4; 2. Lydia Fell (SP) 9.44; 3. Cadence Leiding (FMT) 9.65; 4. Bella Schroeder (FMT) 9.92; 5. Kyla Yost (SP) 10.32; 6. Alivia Romsdahl (SJ) 10.83.

60-meter dash: 1. Jaylin Yost (SP) 8.51; 2. Rachel Salfter (SP) 8.57; T3. Kennedy Becker (FMT) and Nathaliah Johnson (FMT) 8.58s; 5. Ellie Dake (NU) 8.68; 6. Autumn Gordon (BEA) 8.71. Other Fairmont results: Ava Rodning 9.38; Meredith Nemmers 9.38.

Pole Vault: 1. Addison Landsom (SP) 9-0; T2. Bella Larson (FMT) and Annika Maglee (SP) 8-6s; 4. Trista Landsom (SP) 8-6; 5. Addison Armstrong (BEA) 8-0; 6. Ellie Perkins (FMT) 8-0. Other Fairmont results: Carys Gudahl 7-0.

Medley Relay: 1. North Iowa 4:35.61; 2. St. Peter 4:37.97; 3. Fairmont (Jadyn Montgomery, Bella Schroeder, Madison Pluim, Abbie Simpson) 4:55.33; 4. New Ulm 5:03.63; 5. BEA 5:08.38; 6. St. James 5:27.17.

1,600: 1. Macy Hanson (FMT) 5:07.3; 2. Keira Friedrich (SP) 5:15; 3. Jordan Boettger (NU) 5:55; 4. Kiyla Kolden (NU) 6:01; 5. America Tejo (SJ) 6:16; 6. Carys Gudahl (FMT) 6:18. Other Fairmont result: Kendra Blomster 6:38.

4×200: 1. Fairmont (Nat Johnson, Jadyn Montgomery, Kennedy Becker, Bella Larson) 1:59.14; 2. St. Peter 1:59.71; 3. New Ulm 2:03.09; 4. North Iowa 2:07.47; 5. St. James 2:07.57; 6. St. James II 2:11.09; 7. BEA 2:14.32.

400: 1. Addison Armstrong (BEA) 1:05.6; 2. Harper Artz (FMT) 1:05.97; 3. Laila Romsdahl (SJ) 1:07.82; 4. Cadence Leiding (FMT) 1:10.72; 5. Kyla Yost (SP) 1:14; 6. Sidney Eitzmann (BEA) 1:14.15.

60 low hurdles: 1. Lydia Fell (SP) 10.16; 2. Kyla Yost (SP) 10.76; 3. Alivia Romsdahl (SJ) 11.03; 4. Ashlyn Bechler (NI) 11.09; 5. Iree McKay (BEA) 11.38; 6. Alexis Gray (NI) 11.57. Fairmont result: Leamonie Wilson 11.95.

800: 1. Keira Friedrich (SP) 2:20; 2. Becca Hofmann (NI) 2:24; 3. Lauren Hillesland (NI) 2:31; 4. Katelyn Friesen (SJ) 2:41; 5. Lucia Penner (SP) 2:46; 6. Grace Barie (NU) 2:50. Fairmont results: Carys Gudahl 2:55; Makenzie Gerhardt 2:56; Elayna Anderson 3:07; Emma Pockrus 3:23.

200: 1. Lillian Ciske (SJ) 28.84; 2. Kennedy Becker (FMT) 29.63; 3. Bella Larson (FMT) 29.65; 4. Nathaliah Johnson (FMT) 29.87; 5. Addison Armstrong (BEA) 29.89; 6. Lilliana Prunty (SP) 29.95.

4×400: 1. Fairmont (Madison Pluim, Abbie Simpson, Harper Artz, Macy Hanson) 4:26.02; 2. North Iowa 4:29.58; 3. New Ulm 4:55.03; 4. St. James 5:08.19; 5. St. Peter 5:17.25.

Long jump: 1. Lillian Ciske (SJ) 15-0; 2. Lilliana Prunty (SP) 14-4.5; 3. Abbie Simpson (FMT) 14-2; 4. Meredith Nemmers (FMT) 13-4.5; 5. Lillian Mathiowetz (NU) 13-0; 6. Taryn Hellig (SJ) 12-10.5. Other Fairmont results: Audrina Suckow 12-4; Nathaliah Johnson 11-9.

Triple jump: 1. Abbie Simpson (FMT) 30-4.75; 2. Addison Landsom (SP) 29-9; 3. Addy Letts (SP) 28-7; 4. Sarah Dohm (BEA) 28-1; 5. Jadyn Montgomery (FMT) 28-5; 6. Ellie Perkins (FMT) 27-6 .25. Other Fairmont results: Bella Schroeder 26-8.75.

High jump: 1. Lydia Fell (SP) 5-0; 2. Rowyn Myhra (SP) 4-10; 3. Bella Larson (FMT) 4-10; 4. Vivian Hendrickson (SP) 4-10; 5. Leah Brustad (NU) 4-6.

Shot put: 1. Chloe Groe (BEA) 32-6.5; 2. Ellie Ortega (FMT) 30-5.5; 3. Taylor Ripley (BEA) 30-3; 4. Kennedy Becker (FMT) 29-11; 5. Autumn Gordon (BEA) 29-7; 6. Ella Dake (NU) 29-7. Other Fairmont results: Elayna Anderson 26-10.5; Addison Folkerts 23-7; Leamonie Wilson 18-3.5.