Wednesday,  May 7, 2014 • Vol. 16--No. 293 • 3 of 33

Larson qualifies for state in 200m and 400m events

• Coach Brian Schuring called it a big day for Landon Larson at the Valley Queen Cheese Track and Field Event held Tuesday at Milbank. Larson qualified for state and won both the 200m event and 400m event. "We saw improvements all-around, in both the girls and boys events, which is good to see right before the Northeast Conference Meet this Saturday," Schuring said. The conference meet starts at 11 a.m. at Redfield.
• Also taking first were Jackson Doeden in the 110m Hurdles and Luca Kother in the 300m hurdles. Runner-up honors went to Luca Kother in the 110m hurdles and the boys 3200m relay team.

110m Hurdles: 1, Jackson Doeden, 16.61; 2, Luca Kother, 16.97.
300m Hurdles: 1, Luca Kother, 42.3.
100m Dash: 7, Zack Crosby, 11.88; Rayce Harder, 12.64; Shelden Herr, 13.14.
200m Dash: 1, (SQ), Landon Larson, 22.48; Sheldon Herr, 27.5; Brady Graf, 28.3.
400m Dash: 1, (SQ), Landon Larson, 51.39; Frank Wuestewald, 1:01.7; Logan Lane, 1:05.1.
800m Run: 6, Sean Schuring, 2:23.6; Alec Voss, 2:38; Luke Smith, 2:45.
1600m Run: Luke Smith, 5:43.2.

Landon Larson is Groton's first state qualifier as he won the 200m and 400m dash events at Milbank.

3200m Run: 3, Lucas Sternhagen, 12:12.
400m Relay: 5, (Spencer Knecht, Bennett Shabazz, Zack Crosby, Adam Herman), 48.11.
800m Relay: 4, (Spencer Knecht, Luca Kother, Jackson Doeden, Landon Larson), 1:36.7.
1600m Relay: 3, (Spencer Knecht, Jackson Doeden, Luca Kother, Landon Larson), 3:43.3.
Medley Relay: 4, (Spencer Knecht, Rayce Harder, Bennett Shabazz, Gabe Dohman), 4:03.6.

3200m Relay: 2, (Lucas Sternhagen, Sean Schuring, Bennett Shabazz, Gabe Dohman), 9:06.5.
Long Jump: Adam Herman, 17-8.5; Chance Strom, 15-9; Frank Wuestewald, 15-4.
Triple Jump: 8, Adam Herman, 36-2.25; Chance Strom, 32.5-75.
Discus: 2, Nick Dalchow, 123-3; Stevie Fey, 98-1; McClain Lone, 93-3; Chris Zarycki, 91-5.
Shot Put: 5, Stevie Fey, 39-8; Nick Dalchow, 36-1; McClaine Lone, 36-1; Chris Zarycki, 31-7.

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