Bednar wins twice as Pioneers finish third

ST. CLOUD – Bridget Bednar won two events and Pierz Pioneers boys and girls teams opened the season Friday with third-place finishes in the Central Minnesota Conference indoor meet at St. Cloud State University.

Bednar won the girls high jump (4-10) and long jump (14-2).

Other wins for the Pierz girls were by the 4×100 relay of Rebecca Athman, Taryn Becker, Chelsie Kurtz and Kaitlyn Lanners (59.60) and Raychel Virnig in the shot put (33-7.5).

Pierz boys wins were by Tyler Millner in the 55-meter dash (7.0), Robbie Skiba in the 400 dash (54.20) and Kyle Becker in the 1600 run (4:52.50). Millner was second in the 400 at 56.60.

Boys team scores: 1-Holdingford 194, 2-Maple Lake 125, 3-Pierz 120, 4-Rockford 82, 5-Eden Valley-Watkins 53, 6-Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted 20, 7-St. John’s Prep 16

55 dash: 1-Tyler Millner (Prz) 7.0

200 dash: 1-Deshaun James (EVW) 24.62, 3-Robbie Skiba (Prz) 24.82, 5-Karl Kohler (Prz) 25.02, 6-Millner 25.21

400 dash: 1-Skiba 54.20, 2-Millner 56.6, 4-Chris Ortman (Prz) 59.10

800 run: 1-Jordan O’Reilly (Rock) 2:10.20, 4-Kyle Becker (Prz) 2:16.70,

1600 run: 1-Becker 4:52.50,

3200 run: 1-Andrew Zachman (Hold) 10:18.0, 6-Matt Janson (Prz) 12:35.0

55 hurdles: 1-Grant Bullert (Hold) 9.14, 2-Skiba 9.21, 6-Jordan Boser (Prz) 10.21

4×100 relay: 1-Maple Lake 48.60, 4-Pierz (Boser, Ryan Schmidtbauer, Chris Marshik, Jonny Kasper) 52.50

4×200 relay: 1-Holdingford 1:43.50; 4-Pierz (Boser, Dan Tautges, Marshik, Kasper) 1:48.5

4×400 relay: 1-Rockford 3:49.20; 4-Pierz (Dan Tautges, Schmidtbauer, Caleb Welle, Kohler) 4:10.20

4×800 relay: 1-Maple Lake 8:52.30; 5-Pierz (Ortman, Janson, John Tautges, Dan Tautges) 10:25.80

High jump: 1-Andrew Schonnesen (ML) 5-8, 4-Jonny Kasper 5-6,

Pole vault: 1-Erik Olson (Rock) 10-6, 5-Travis Kasper (Prz) 8-0

Long jump: 1-Cody Bakka (ML) 19-5, 3-Millner 18-2.25, 4-Skiba 17-7.5

Triple jump: 1-Bullert 40-2, 4-Kohler 36-11, 8-Jonny Kasper 34-5.25

Shot put: 1-Mitch Messman (Hold) 42-1

Girls team scores: 1-Holdingford 159, 2-Rockford 109, 3-Pierz 91, 4-Maple Lake 83.5, 5-Eden Valley-Watkins 62.5, 6-St. John’s Prep 53, 7-Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted 38

55 dash: 1-Logan Henrich (Rock) 8.15, 5-Gabriella Kroska (Prz) 8.69, 7-Rebecca Athman (Prz) 8.75

200 dash: 1-Mariah Givens (Rock) 28.30, 7-Chelsie Kurtz (Prz) 30.42, 10-Bridget Bednar (Prz) 30.92

400 dash: 1-Marisa Fiecke (HLWW) 1:03.20, 5-Beth Oldakowski (Prz) 1:10.529-Tyler Dembouski (Prz) 1:14.0

800 run: 1-Emily Donnay 2:36.0, 7-Beth-el Algarin (Prz) 2:53.010-Lilly Guck (PrZ) 3:00.2

1600 run: 1-Abigail Botten (Rock) 5:45.5, 3-Maggie Gruber (Prz) 6:11.5, 5-Kacy Broschofsky (Prz) 6:36.8

3200 run: 1-Sommer Carlson (ML) 13:02.9, 9-Arre Langer (Prz) 15:43.0

4×100 relay: 1-Pierz (Rebecca Athman, Taryn Becker, Chelsie Kurtz, Kaitlyn Lanners) 59.60

4×200 relay: 1-Maple Lake 1:59.6, 6-Pierz (Athman, Tyler Dembouski, Kroska, Kurtz) 2:04.5

4×400 relay: 1-Holdingford 4:33.1; 5-Pierz (Dembouski, Beth Oldakowski, Maggie Gruber, Algarin) 4:54.5

4×800 relay: 1-Maple Lake 10:57.01; 4-Pierz (Tayiah Kasper, Shauna Obowa, Lilly Guck, Langer) 12:13.3

High jump: 1-Bednar 4-10, 9-Kurtz 14-4, 10-Kylie Porter (Prz) 14-2

Pole vault: 1-Alexandra Chinikaylo (Rock) 6-0

Long jump: 1-Bednar 14-2, 9-Kroska 12-9

Triple jump: 1-Haily Koopmeiners (Hold) 30-8, 8-Bailey Boser (Prz) 28-10

Shot put: 1-Raychel Virnig (Prz) 33-7.5, 7-Algarin 26-8,

Next: Pierz at Foley Time Trials 4 p.m. Tuesday.