Mar 22, 2025
Staff photo by Ari Selvey New Ulm’s Preston Holberg hands off the baton to teammate Jackson Ocampo in the SMR 1600-meter event of an indoor prep track and field meet Friday at Minnesota State University.
MANKATO — New Ulm kicked off the new track and field season with an indoor meet at Mankato State University, with the boys team placing second out of five teams and the girls team placing fourth out of five teams.
For the New Ulm boys team, Jamison Portner tied for third in the 60 (7.3), while George Gag placed second in the 200 (24.9) and Portner took fourth (25.9). Gag also took first in the 400 (56.0), where Michael Hames took second (57.4) and Jace Lohman took fourth (1:01.8) Joshua Gordon took sixth in the 800 (2:34.0), while the 4×200 relay team of Brody Hacker, Hunter Heil, LenDale Dunmars and Jamison Portner tied for third (1:45.9).
The SMR 1,600 relay team of Holberg, Jackson Ocampo, Gag and Brody Helget placed third (4:39.9), while the 4×400 relay team of Lohman, Brody Powers, Hames and Ocampo won with a time of 4:09.5). Samuel Ibberson placed fourth in shot put (37-10.5), while Gordon placed fourth on pole vault (8-0). Joey Wise won the long jump (18-6), with Dunmars placing sixth (16-3).
For the girls, Riley Wilson placed third in the 60-meter dash (8.4), with Violet Beraneck tying for sixth (8.9). Alissa Hoffmann placed sixth in the 400 (1:15.4), and Megan Gauert placed fourth in the 800 (2:39.0). Gauert also placed second in the 1,600 (6:08.0), while Jesalyn Skoglund placed sixth in the 60-meter hurdles (11.3).
The 4×200 relay team of Wilson, Marleigh Ebling-Kokesch, Beraneck and Elizabeth Dake placed fourth (2:07.3), and the 4×400 relay team of Hoffmann, Ebling-Kokesch, Beraneck and Estelle Fischer took third (5:01.9). Dake took third in shot put (32-2.5), and Skoglund took third on high jump (4-8). Joleigh Engel tied for sixth on pole vault (6-0), Kaylee Evans took second in long jump (14-0), where Hoffmann placed sixth (13-1.5).
Staff photo by Ari Selvey New Ulm’s Estelle Fischer runs in the 60-meter event of an indoor prep track and field meet Friday at Minnesota State University.
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