“We’ve been able to compete with these larger schools this year, and it’s been nice,” MVL/NUC head coach Rollin Timm said. “The girls have really bonded well and have filled our events with some talent and depth. They’re pushing each other, and it’s a pleasure to be able to coach them.”

MVL/NUC now prepares for the True Team section meet on Tuesday at Janesville-Waldorf-Pemberton, where it has high hopes.

“As a team, we have a good shot at making the State True Team meet,” Timm said. “We’ve got to beat St. Clair and St. James and some of those other tough teams in our section. Then we’ll start focusing on the individual events. There’s a lot of top individuals in the section, so once it gets to that time in the season, it’s pretty tough. But we’ll see what we can do.”

MVL/NUC will first have a meet at Sibley East on Friday.

Staff photo by Ari Selvey New Ulm’s Junior Amoah prepares to throw the shot put in a prep track and field meet at New Ulm High School on Tuesday.

Tri-City United came in second on the girls side (126), followed by Marshall (74), New Ulm (60), Sibley East (57), Redwood Valley (47) and Windom Area (12). On the boys side, Marshall won with a score of 110, followed by MVL/NUC, New Ulm (80.5), Redwood Valley (70), Sibley East (66), Windom Area (63) and TCU (54.5).

Kamryn Davey stood out for the MVL/NUC girls team, placing first and setting a season-best in the 100-meter hurdles (16.06) jumping a personal-best 16-6 to win the long jump, winning the triple jump (34-4.75) and helping the 4×100 relay team take first as well, along with Emily Brown, Avery Freier and Tiphany Dos Santos (53.67).

Also for the MVL girls, Brown placed first in the 300-meter hurdles (50.21) and second in a personal-best 100m (13.01). Emmalie Fluegge took fourth and set a personal-best in the 200m (29.13) while also placing third in triple jump (32-3.5). Kenlee Wendiger placed fourth in the 400m (1:07.10), Faith Peters (2:39.19) and Taryn Freier (2:40.85) took second and third in the 800m, respectively, and Natalie Matzke placed first in the 3,200m (12:30.42) and fourth in the 1,600m (6:00.76). Elizabeth Fischer placed second in the 3,200 (13:38.02), and Alaina Blomberg placed fifth (16:04.02).

Avery Freier took second in the 100m hurdles (16.56), and Emma Grundmeier finished fourth in the 300m hurdles (55.30). Jenna Bates (31-7.5) and Avery Hahn (30-10) took second and third, respectively, in shot put, while Claire Beranek placed fifth in high jump (4-8). Mollie Berdan had a season-best pole vault (7-6) to place fourth.

For the New Ulm girls, Elizabeth Dake placed first in shot put (33-1.5), while Sophia Berger had a season-best pole vault (9-0) to place second. Zoey Havemeier had a personal-best 100-meter dash to place fourth (13.33). Amelia Hinkle also set a personal best in the 200m (29.44) to place fifth, as did Isabelle Longtin in the 100m-hurdles (17.98) as well as long jump (15-2.25) to also place fifth in both events. Jesalyn Skoglund finished third in high jump (5-0).

Photo by Ari Selvey Minnesota Valley Lutheran/New Ulm Cathedral’s Oliver Schuch (5) and Tucker Kohls (6) race in the boys 110-meter hurdles during a prep track and field meet at New Ulm High School on Tuesday.

On the boys side for MVL/NUC, the 4×100 relay team of Ben Riesgraf, John Hoffman, Oliver Schuch and Levi Johnson took first (45.36), while Emmanuel Edwards won the discus with a throw of 131-0. Levi Johnson had a personal-best 100m to place third (11.56), with Riesgraf coming in fourth (11.69). John Hoffman placed third in the 200m with a personal-best 23.40 and also setting a personal-best 18-10 to take third in long jump, while Jeremy Feistner placed fourth in the 1,600m (5:03.39) and fifth in the 800m (2:19.80) and Jacob Londgren had a personal-best 11:59.03 to place fifth in the 3,200m. Oliver Schuch (15.90) and Tucker Kohls (16.72) took second and third, respectively, in the 110m hurdles, with Schuch setting a personal-best mark, while Kohls also placed second in the 300m hurdles. Ethan Schauland placed third in pole vault (10-6). Levi Johnson took fourth in long jump (18-8.25), and Quinten Forst (40-3.5) and Schuch (38-0) both set personal-bests in the triple jump.

For the Eagles boys, Jamison Portner won the 100m (11.51), while Michael Hames, Jayden Broste, Brody Powers and George Gag won the 4×400 relay (3:38.62). Gag placed second in the 200m (22.65), with Portner coming in fourth (23.96), while Hames finished second in the 400m (54.29). Gag also had a personal-best 5-10 high jump to place second, while Joshua Gordon took fourth in pole vault (10-6). Joey Wise placed second in long jump with a personal-best 18-11, while Broste took fifth in triple jump (36-2.5).

New Ulm will travel to Mankato East for a meet on Thursday.

Photo by Ari Selvey New Ulm’s Zoey Havemeier hands off the baton to teammate Violet Beranek during the girls 4x200 relay in a prep track and field meet at New Ulm High School on Tuesday.