Photo by Brady Dennis: Fairmont's Tavian Harvey sprints towards the finish line during Tuesday afternoons Big South Conference Championship at New Ulm High School. Harvey was joined by Addison Toothaker and Mollie Leiding as the three Cardinals to place themselves into program history in the 100 meter sprint.

PREP TRACK AND FIELD

NEW ULM – The Fairmont track and field team walked away from Tuesday’s Big South Conference Championship competition with their heads held high. Both boys’ and girls’ squads finished the afternoon in second place out of the eight schools. On top of this, three Cardinal individuals etched their names in program history with their performance. Here is everything that happened at New Ulm High School.

Track events

The boys’ 4 by 800 meter relay team had their best performance of the year with their first-place finish to begin the meet. Carter Hanson, Jordan Thompson, Cooper Gudahl and Brier Lenort ran at a time of 8:21.49, a season-best time to outpace the likes of Belle Plaine and St. Peter. Addison Toothaker, Mollie Leiding, and Tavian Harvey then recorded 100-meter sprint times that are now in the Top 10 in Fairmont program history. Toothaker’s 12.99 was good for fourth in the meet and fourth all-time. Leiding finished in fifth with her mark of 13.09, placing eighth in program history. Harvey got third in his respective race with a time of 11.28, also good for eighth all-time. Nathaliah Johnson, Emelia Klanderud, Madi Thompson and Leiding pushed the girls’ 4 by 200 meter relay team to third behind Tri-City United (1:44.24) and St. Peter (1:47.19). Lenort and Carter Hanson used their relay skills in the individual 800-meter race. Lenort (2:02.23) placed in second, while Carter Hanson (2:03.21) got third. Both 4 by 400 meter relay teams finished the meet with a second-place mark in the final competition. Ellie Perkins, Madi Thompson, Harlee Fastnacht and Toothaker got a time of 4:18.57, finishing behind St. Peter (4:11.66). Carter Hanson Lenort, Jordan Thompson and Dakota Wiley aided the boys’ team to a time of 3:32.32. Waseca took first with a time of 3:31.86.

Field events

Perkins also had a great showing in her usual field events. She notched a personal best distance of 34-10.50 in the triple jump to earn second behind Liliana Prunty from St. Peter. Perkins continued to show out in the pole vault with her height of 11-06.00, outdueling Marshall’s Autumn Deutz for first place. Jase Meade also showed out during his pole vault run with a second-place finish. He and Waseca’s William Mansfield both reached the mark of 13-00, but Mansfield completed the height in one attempt compared to Meade’s two. Kaylee Kloeckner swept her throws for the girls’ team and took home a pair of first-place finishes in both. Kloeckner finished with a distance of 36-01.25 in the shot put and a personal best of 105-06 in discus. Addison Folkerts got third and second in the two competitions, respectively. She fell behind Hannah Caron from Tri-City United in shot put after getting a mark of 34-11.50. Folkerts 104-02 discus toss was near her teammate Kloeckner.

Team results:

Boys – Belle Plaine 168, Fairmont 101, Waseca 93, St. Peter 85.5, Marshall 79.5, Worthington 75, New Ulm 59, Tri-City United 40

Girls – St. Peter 182, Fairmont 133, Tri-City United 126, Belle Plaine 98.5, Marshall 79, Waseca 36, New Ulm 31.5, Worthington 12

PREP GIRLS GOLF

BUFFALO LAKE – Fairmont girls golf got the much-needed top-five finish during Wednesday afternoon’s Girls 3AA Section Tournament at Oakdale Golf Club, beating Litchfield by one stroke to advance to Day 2 competition. Fairmont finished with a team score of 395. Minnewaska Area took home first with their 315. Marshall was the next closest with a score of 355, with New London-Spicer narrowly behind with its 358. Paynesville Area outshot Fairmont by 15 and got a 380.

Katherine Zelaya shot the lowest for Fairmont with her score of 92. Leslie Zarling got a 98 to place right behind her. Carly Gustafson shot a 100 on the dot, while Joslyn Meyer and Annaliese Rahm each finished with a 105 and 109, respectively.

Fairmont will again compete at Oakdale Golf Club next Wednesday afternoon for Day 2 of the sections. The event is set to begin at 9:00 a.m.

LOCAL SOCCER

Fairmont Soccer Association’s competitive soccer tallied some more matches from May 9 to 13. These are the results from that stretch.

May 9

New Prague U18 defeated Bolton & Menk, Inc. U18 Girls 2-0 at New Prague. Lianna Weber had two saves, while Grace Kotewa had 11, respectively.

At Jeffery Kott Fields, Seifried Portrait Design U18 Boys bested TCU Boys 18U 5-2. Brody Deuel had five saves at goalie. Nathan Paris had two scores, one coming off an assist from Ricardo Morales Herrera. Marco Chavez and Dammon Castillo each had an unassisted goal, while Vaughn Thompson’s score came from a Chavez pass.

May 11

Bolton & Menk, Inc. U18 Girls lost their second game, this time over NSFC 2009 4-3. Abbie Simpson had one score, and Ellie Perkins had two that were both assisted by Mataya Weber. Lianna Weber had six saves. Alissa Moore had four.

May 13

Saxton Farms U12 Girls Red traveled to New Ulm and lost 12-0. Sophia Reyes had eight saves.