Photo by Jake McNeill: Finley Pelz receives the baton from Adaugo Nwachukwu during the 4x100-meter relay at a track and field meet in Marshall on Monday.

MARSHALL — The Marshall track and field team put together a strong showing at its home opener on Monday at the Southwest Minnesota State University track and field. The Tiger boys claimed a victory in the eight-team meet while the girls finished second to Luverne.

On the boys side, Marshall won in a landslide. The Tigers finished with 201 points, 61.5 ahead of runner-up Redwood Valley. Worthington took third with 108.5, followed by Luverne with 90 and Tracy-Milroy-Balaton with 55.

On the girls side, Marshall’s 161.5 points were second only to Luverne’s 171 and well ahead of third-place Redwood Valley’s 117.5. Southwest Minnesota Christian/Edgerton and Tracy-Milroy-Balaton rounded out the top five with 74.5 and 57.5 points, respectively.

The Marshall boys had five individuals put together first-place finishes. Aidan Schuerman won the 110-meter hurdles and the 300-meter hurdles in 15.43 and 42.68, Alex Franson won the 400 meters in 51.77, Josh Liebfried won the 800 in 2:05.77, Brady Dubs won the pole vault with a height of 12-00 and Hamish Ahmed won the long jump with a distance of 19-09.

The Tigers also had runner-up performances from Jack Meier in the high jump, Kohen Holcomb in the 3200 meters and Sam Deutz in the 1600 meters. Marshall’s 4×400-meter and 4×800-meter relay teams also claimed first-place finishes.

On the girls side, Peyton Boeck won the 400 meters in 1:04.16 while Taleigha Bigler won the 800 in 2:26.45. Marshall also saw Brooklyn Purrington win the high jump at 5-00, Autumn Deutz win the pole vault at 10-06 and Paige Gillingham win the discus at 93-02.

Paige Gillingham’s sister, Brooke, was also the runner-up in the discus at 92-11 and placed third in the shot put, while Deutz and Boeck finished as runners-up in the long jump and triple jump, respectively.

Aidan Swenhaugen led TMB with a first-place finish in the 100-meter dash and a runner-up finish in the 200 meters. Teagan Viessman led the girls team with a 100-meter hurdles victory.

The Marshall track and field team will next compete at St. Peter on Monday at 4 p.m. while Tracy-Milroy-Balaton will return to the track on Tuesday, when it hosts an eight-team meet at 4 p.m.

Boys results

100m: 1-Aidan Swenhaugen (TMB), 11.11. 200m: 2-Aidan Swenhaugen (TMB), 23.25. 400m: 1-Alex Franson (MAR), 51.77; 2-Keagen Anderson (MAR), 54.37; 5-Tyler Arnold (TMB), 57.52; 9-Sam Foster (MAR), 1:00.91. 800m: 1-Josh Leibfried (MAR), 2:05.77; 3-Ethan Bly (MAR), 2:07.29; 10-Gunnar Ruud (MAR), 2:31.51. 1600m: 2-Sam Deutz (MAR), 4:43.19; 7-Mykel Paulsen (MAR), 5:12.95. 3200m: 2-Kohen Holcomb (MAR), 10:30.16; 3-Landon Marthaler (MAR), 10:57.72; 4-Charles Mueller-Thompson (MAR), 11:37.26; 5-Noland Munson (MAR), 11:41.90. 110m hurdles: 1-Aidan Schuerman (MAR), 15.43; 6-Talon Brinkley (TMB), 20.78. 300m hurdles: 1-Aidan Schuerman (MAR), 42.68; 2-Cade Swenhaugen (TMB), 43.75; 3-Mykel Paulsen (MAR), 43.95. 4x100m relay: 4-Marshall A (Kannon Depyper, Malachi Carrasco-Storm, Jack Meier, Alex Franson), 47.11; 8-Marshall B (Khan Poe, Taw Lo, Desean Stidman, Ian Brockberg), 52.89. 4x200m: 3-TMB (Cade Swenhaugen, Tyler Arnold, Braden Morgan, Aidan Swenhaugen), 1:38.71; 9-Marshall B (Anthony Soupir, Wyatt Dorschner, Hawkin Hartman, Taw Lo), 1:53.37; 10-Marshall A (James Karanja, Desean Stidman, Nick Murphy, Roman Gaul), 1:57.74. 4x400m relay: 1-Marshall A (Daniel Ruiz, Kieler Rhea, Gunnar Ruud, Sam Foster), 3:36.72; 7-Marshall B (Keagen Anderson, Aidan Schuerman, Ethan Bly, Alex Franson), 4:23.99. 4x800m relay: 1-Marshall A (Sam Deutz, Mykel Paulsen, Landon Marthaler, Keagen Anderson), 10:49.03. Shot put: 4-Ty Schnaser (MAR), 41-01; 6-Jose Velasquez (MAR), 36-03; 8-Hayden Ohman (TMB), 35-07; 10-Jonathan Reyes (TMB), 34-04. High jump: 2-Jack Meier (MAR), 6-00; 3-Aidan Swenhaugen (TMB), 5-08; 4-Colton Lindquist (MAR), 5-06. Long jump: 2-Hamish Ahmed (MAR), 18-9.5; 3-Abu Hassan (MAR), 18-08; 5-Colton Lindquist (MAR), 17-11.5; 6-Musin Ahmed (MAR), 17-03; 7-Emery Xiong (TMB), 17-02; 8-Eli Lightfoot (TMB), 17-00; 9-Sam Meier (MAR), 16-06. Pole vault: 1-Brady Dubs (MAR), 12-00; 3-Mark Rabaey (MAR), 9-06; 4-Toby Wambeke (MAR), 9-00; 8-Damion Crooks (TMB), 8-00; 9-Ashton Daniels (TMB), 8-00; 10-Noah Schmidt (TMB), 7-06. Boys triple jump: 3-Hamish Ahmed (MAR), 40-02; 4-Colton Lindquist (MAR), 39-8.5; 6-Abu Hassan (MAR), 38-04; 7-Eli Lightfoot (TMB), 37-06; 10-Aidan Schuerman (MAR), 36-3.5

Girls results

100m: 5-Aysia Miles (MAR), 13.30; 6-Autumn Deutz (MAR), 13.37. 200m: 3-Aysia Miles (MAR), 28.63; 10-Adaugo Nwachukwu (MAR), 31.41. 400m: 1-Peyton Boeck (MAR), 1:04.16; 3-Lauren Knakmuhs (TMB), 1:12.05; 5-Avery Anderson (TMB), 1:12.89. 800m: 1-Taleigha Bigler (MAR), 2:26.45; 9-Lauren Knakmuhs (TMB), 3:03.67. 1600m: 4-Marin Knott (TMB), 6:21.96. 100m hurdles: 1-Teagan Viessman (TMB), 18.29; 2-Ju Eh (MAR), 18.88; 10-Jenna Sanders (MAR), 22.33. 300m hurdles: 2-Raelynn Schreier (TMB), 55.70; 4-Starlett Dempewolf (MAR), 57.87; 8-Linaye Odom (TMB), 1:00.16. 4x100m relay: 6-Marshall B (Madelyn Hoefer, Adaugo Nwachukwu, Finley Pelz, Kaliyah Knox), 58.80; 7-TMB (Teagan Viessman, Emma Carter, Virginia Munson, Kyli Carter), 59-55; 8-Marshall E (Aysia Miles, Chioma Onyeaghala, Makayli Burrell, Paige Gillingham), 1:05.56; 9-Marshall A (Oakleigh McCoy, Dakota DeCamp, Emery Podratz, Peyton Erickson), 1:05.56. 4x200m: 4-TMB (Raelynn Schreier, Virginia Munson, Avery Anderson, Linaye Odom), 2:03.60; 5-Marshall B (Elizabeth Garvey, Alexandra Brown, Finley Pelz, Kaliyah Knox), 2:11.12. 4x400m relay: 1-Marshall A (Peyton Boeck, Jasmine Murphy, Katelyn Leibfried, taleigha Bigler), 4:21.10; 4-Marshall B (Oakleigh McCoy, Joleigh Kesteloot, McKenna Runia, Dakota DeCamp), 4:42.13; 6-Marshall C (Brooklyn Purrington, Elsie Deutz, Ayanna Flowers, Amelia Mertz), 5:02.31; 7-Marshall D (Shyann Murphy, Hailey Larsen, Kaitlyn Soupir, Makayla Hasert), 5:54.35. 4x800m relay: 1-Marshall A (Jasmine Murphy, Katelyn Leibfried, Oakley Schneekloth, Taleigha Bigler), 10:14.65; 4-Marshall C (Shyann Murphy, Hailey Larsen, Madysson Hasert, Madysson Hasert), 11:08.69; 5-Marshall B (Ayanna Flowers, Landrey Graven, Kaitlyn Soupir, Amelia Mertz), 12:09.84. Shot put: 3-Paige Gillingham (MAR), 32-11.5; 10-Brooke Gillingham (MAR), 26-00. Discus: 1-Paige Gillingham (MAR), 93-02; 2-Brooke Gillingham (MAR), 92-11; 7-Olivia DeGroot (MAR), 78-08. High jump: 1-Brooklyn Purrington (MAR), 5-00; 5-Raelynn Schreier (TMB), 4-04; 6-Elsie Knott (TMB), 4-02. Long jump: 2-Autumn Deutz (MAR), 14-07; 3-Linaye Odom (TMB), 13-8.5; 5-Avery Anderson (TMB), 12-04; 6-Emry Jans (MAR), 12-3.5; 8-Joleigh Kesteloot (MAR), 11-1.5; 9-Calie Johns (TMB), 10-10. Pole vault: 1-Autumn Deutz (MAR), 10-06; 5-Olivia Mertz (MAR), 8-00; t9-Elizabeth Garvey (MAR), 7-00; t9-Alexandra Brown (MAR), 7-00. Triple jump: 2-Peyton Boeck (MAR), 31-10.