Roberts, Nichols advance to section track meet
News | Published on May 27, 2025 at 2:48pm GMT+0000 | Author: Tucker Henderson
0Section meet set for Thursday in Pelican Rapids
By Chad Koenen
Publisher
Shaila Roberts and Tony Nichols have advanced to the Section 6A track meet on Thursday in Pelican Rapids.
Roberts took second place in the shot put with a throw of 33’3 1/2”, while Nichols took sixth place in the long jump with a jump of 18’6 1/2” at the sub section meet in Wadena last Thursday night.
The large track meet featured 12 teams for the boys and 13 teams for the girls.
Other top finishers included Roberts who finished in eighth place in the discus with a personal record of 85’5”, the 4×200-meter relay team of Rachel Tumberg, Lilja Pakkala, Daisy Lalum and Rosie Tumberg who posted a season best of 2:05.62 to finish in ninth place and the 4×200-meter relay team of Carter Lien, Elijah Geiser, Grayson Meyer and Nichols who took eighth place with a season best time of 1:46.23.
As a whole, head coaches Steve Dunrud and Jennifer Woods said they were pleased with how the track team performed and grew throughout the season.
“Once again our athletes proved that hard work, great attitudes, and perseverance will carry them far. We’re very happy with the effort and results that our athletes posted throughout the meet. We again posted many personal records and had three season best times with the relays that we put together,” wrote Dunrud and Woods after the meet. “We had a great group of kids to work with this season. They had fun while working to perform to the best of their abilities. Their improvement from the beginning of the season to now was fun to see.”
Among the Eagles posting a personal best during the track meet was Lily Roberts in the 100-meter dash with a time of 14.67, Lucia Constant in the 100-meter dash with a time of 15.53, Kaitlynn Dittmann in the 100-meter dash with a time of 15.79, Lilja Pakkala in the 200-meter dash with a time of 32.75, Rachel Tumberg in the 200-meter dash with a time of 30.93 and the long jump with a jump of 11’10 3/4”, Ella Holmes in the discus with a throw of 65’9”, Jake Martinez Zavala in the 200-meter dash with a time of 29.03 and Grayson Meyer in the discus with a throw of 81’3”.
Posting a season best mark was the 4×100-meter relay team of Lily Roberts, Lucia Constant, Ella Holmes and Lyla Hersch with a time of 1:00.69.
The section track meet is set for Thursday night at Pelican Rapids High School and the state track meet will be held from June 10-12 at St. Michael-Albertville High School.