The Hastings boys and girls track and field athletes finished up their season at day two of the Minnesota State Track and Field meet on Championship Saturday, the boys placing third in class AAA with 56 points, and the girls third with 43 points.
The Raiders earned state championship finishes in multiple events, including:
Girls 4x200m Relay – Kaylin Jelks, Olyvia Erickson, Jersey Appert, Ellie Magnus – 1:39.51
Boys 4x200m Relay – Gunner Hanstad, Zach Shatek, Sebastian Strauss, and Lane Hoffman – 1:24.29, an all-time Minnesota state record
Boys 4x400m Relay – Matthew Jelks, Gunner Hanstad, Lane Hoffman, Sebastian Strauss – 3:13.09 – an all-time Minnesota state record
Sebastian Strauss – 400m – 46.41 – a Minnesota all-time state record
Lane Hoffman – 200m – 21.09
Other individual finishers included:
Gunner Hanstad – 400m – 3rd – 47.6
Ellie Magnus – 100m – 2nd – 11.97
Ellie Magnus – 200m – 4th – 24.29
Olyvia Erickson – 400m – 3rd – 54.77
Mya Bauer – High Jump – 3rd – 5’04 (competed Thursday)
The record setting day closes out the track and field season for a historic season for Hastings track and field.
After a rain delay on Friday forced multiple schedule changes, the Prescott boys and girls had to fit in multiple competitions into Saturday that would normally be split into two events.
On championship Saturday, the lone girls competitor Kyra Dix earned a 5th place medal in the 3200m run, with a time of 11:03.86.
The boys side competed in multiple relay events, including a 6th place finish from the 4x200m Relay team of Andrew Lesso, Andrew Russell, Jaylen Fleming, and Wyatt Budworth with a time of 1:29.33, while the 4x100m Relay team of Andrew Lesso, Andrew Russell, Reese Stanton, and Wyatt Budworth placed 3rd with a time of 42.60 seconds. The 4x400m Relay team of Ashton Marshall, Wyatt Budworth, Jaylen Fleming, and Andrew Russell placed 16th with a time of 3:28.11.