Senior  finishes 2nd in event at section 1AA meet in Lakeville

Thursday marked the first day of the Section 1AA track and field championships at Lakeville South High School.

Albert Lea will have at least one participant at the state meet  next week at Hamline University.

Sarah DeHaan has been terrific in the high jump all spring and saved one of her best performances for Thursday.

She jumped a height of 5’4, which was more than good enough to qualify for state. DeHaan finished in second place and one inch behind Rochester Century’s Katherine Eidem, who jumped a height of 5’5.

Lakeville South’s Jenny Mosser also jumped a height of 5’4 to tie with DeHaan.

In the 100-meter dash, Dora Ogunkanbi finished in second place in the prelims with a time of 13.17.

She will run in the finals on Saturday.

On the boys’ side, no one will advance to the finals on Saturday.  But that doesn’t mean Albert Lea didn’t have some good showings.

In the 400-meter dash, Lennon Shimon missed qualifying for the finals by .03 seconds. He finished with a time of 53.18 and Owatonna’s Jaden Dowhaniuk beat him out with a time of 53.15.

Dane Brownlow finished with a time of 54.82 in the same event.

In the triple jump, freshmen Janyjor Ruei and Colby Pathammovong jumped a distance of 37’1 3/4” and 32’1, respectively.

In the 800-meter run, freshman Karter Kenis finished in a time of 2:07.18.