Girls track and field: Ponies hold off Roseville at SEC Relays

ROSEVILLE — After squaring off in a dual meet a week earlier, Stillwater held off Roseville in a larger field during the Suburban East Conference Relays on Tuesday, April 9 at Roseville Area High School.

The Ponies held off Roseville 116-114 for the top spot while Woodbury (89) and Mounds View (86) followed in third and fourth.

Stillwater and Roseville each finished first in five events while Mounds View claimed four victories. Three of those firsts for the Ponies came in the field events, including the long jump, triple jump and high jump.

Liberty Quast (33-8) and Karina Fischer (33-4) finished 1-2 to lead the Ponies in the triple jump while Cayman Pagel (16-9 1/4), Anya Williams (16-6) and Angela Taylor (16-4 1/2) placed second through fourth in the long jump. Williams also cleared 5-2 to lead all athletes in the high jump.

On the track, Stillwater registered first-place finishes in the 4x100 (50.04) and 4x400 (4:08.62) relays. The Ponies also produced runner-up finishes behind Mounds View in the 100 (1:15.29) and 300 (3:33.25) hurdles. Kayla Kajer (17.34) finished fourth in the 100 hurdles and Ella Martens (50.26) was the third fastest in the 300 hurdles to pace the Ponies in those events.

Sylvia Boyum also enjoyed a strong showing for the Ponies, while turning in a first-place toss of 37-0 in the shot put and a fifth-place distance of 95-6 in the discus. Stillwater placed third and fourth in those events.

Team standings

1. Stillwater 116; 2. Roseville 114; 3. Woodbury 89; 4. Mounds View 86; 5. Forest Lake 69; 6. White Bear Lake 67; 7. East Ridge 38; 8. Irondale 37.

Stillwater results

4x100 relay — 1. Stillwater, 50.04.

4x200 relay — 1. Roseville, 1:49.73; 3. Stillwater, 1:51.80.

4x400 relay — 1. Stillwater, 4:08.62.

4x800 relay — 1. Woodbury, 9:51.15; 5. Stillwater, 10:49.83.

800 sprint medley relay — 1. Roseville, 2:01.01; 2. Stillwater, 2:01.08.

1,600 sprint medley relay — 1. Mounds View, 4:32.52; 3. Stillwater, 4:48.54.

4x100 throwers relay — 1. Roseville, 57.36.

1,600 team race — 1. Woodbury, 24:49.19; 5. Stillwater (13. Casey Johnston 6:11.37, 21. Zola Tuccitto 6:42.43, 22. Addison Bergstad 6:43.09 and 25. Amanda Arkell 6:46.41) 26:23.29.

3,200 team race — 1. Mounds View, 47:07.46; 4. Stillwater (7. Greta Shockey 12:21.71, 14. Meredith Christensen 13:04.42, 17. Jaclyn Jurek 14:30.38 and 21. Ahnalie Tepp 15:31.62) 55:28.12.

100 hurdles — 1. Mounds View, 1:14.94; 2. Stillwater (4. Kayla Kajer 17.34, 11. Mana’olana Kavapalu 18.97, 12. Lucy Wilcek 19.14 and 14. Nevaeh Andrews 19.86) 1:15.29.

300 hurdles — 1. Mounds View, 3:28.08; 2. Stillwater (3. Ella Martens 50.26, 9. Addison Brekke 52.52, 15. Eden Letourneau 55.01 and 16. Lucy Wilcek 55.48) 3:33.25.

Long jump — 1. Stillwater (2. Cayman Pagel 16-9 1/4, 3. Anya Williams 16-6, 4. Angela Taylor 16-4 1/2 and 7. Chloe Rymal 15-2 1/4) 64-9.

Triple jump — 1. Stillwater (1. Liberty Quast 33-8, 2. Karina Fischer 33-4, 8. Katie Fischer 31-5 and T13. Jonna Swanson 29-9) 128-2.

Shot put — 1. Roseville, 125-4; 3. Stillwater (1. Sylvia Boyum 37-0, 9. Karley Galowitz 29-11, T16. Segolene Yemmene 27-4 and 19. Angela Taylor 25-9) 120-0.

Discus — 1. Forest Lake, 348-9; 4. Stillwater (5. Sylvia Boyum 95-6, 8. Isabel Isaacson 89-10, 16. Adriana Francis 75-2 and 29. Segolene Yemmene 53-9) 314-3.

High jump — 1. Stillwater (1. Anya Williams 5-2, 8. Kayla Kajer 4-8, T12. Olivia Madison 4-6 and T16. Ari Riser 4-3) 18-7.

Pole vault — 1. Roseville, 35-2; 3. Stillwater (T5. Nora Tweed 8-5, T5. Abigail Jungmann 8-5, T12. McKenzie Dickhausen 7-5 and T12. Nora Ribolzi 7-5) 31-8.