The Rush City boys placed first and the girls second in each of their first two meets of the spring Apr. 4 and 7, giving Coach Mike Vaughn a pleasant surprise as the season gets underway.

The boys tied Aitkin for first place at the Great River Conference Indoor Meet on Apr. 4 and placed first overall at the Ogilvie meet on Apr. 7. The girls finished a distant second to Mille Lacs at both meets.

"Our team is looking stronger than I thought this early in the season," said Coach Mike Vaughn. Vaughn attributed the team's success in part to numbers; the Tigers have at least two athletes in every event.

Boys' relay teams shine
At the GRC meet the boys' 4x200 relay team of Justin Carmichael, Chad Karlsson, Joe Hophan and Terron Novak took top honors with a time of 1:47.9, besting Hinckley-Finlayson's 1:49.6. The 4x400 team of Novak, Hophan, Jeff Jennings and Josh Dahl placed second behind Hinckley-Finlayson with a time of 3:54.92.

In addition to Rush City and Aitkin, teams at the GRC meet were Braham, East Central, Hinckley-Finlayson, and Ogilvie.

Other finishers at the GRC were:
Josh Dahl, 1st, 1600m and 2nd, 800m; Jeff Jennings, 1st, high jump; Joe Hophan, 1st, 300m hurdles, 2nd 110 hurdles, 5th triple jump; Matt Wuorinen, 1st, 3200m; J. Marty, 2nd, 300 hurdles, 5th 110 hurdles; Jerred Nelson, 2nd, discus, 4th, shot put; Terron Novak, 2nd, pole vault; C. Karnick, 3rd, discus; N. Kjelland, 3rd, triple jump, 5th 200 dash; Zack Johnson, 4th, triple jump; B. Rustad, 4th, 200 dash; Ben Cook, 5th, discus.

Results of the Ogilvie meet were:
Dahl, 2nd, 1600m, 3rd 400m; Rustad 2nd, long jump; Marty 3rd, 55 hurdles; Wuorinen 3rd, 1600m, 4th 800m; Jennings 4th, high jump; Kjelland 4th, triple jump; Novak 4th, pole vault, 6th 55 dash; Nelson 5th, shot put; Jacobson 5th, 800m; Johnson 6th, 1600m; Hophan 6th, triple jump.

Frandsen, Hoffman and relay get top finishes
The girls 4x200 relay team placed first at both the GRC and at Ogilvie. Running on the team at the GRC were Amber Hoffman, Emily Piel, Becca Rogers and Shannon Grimes. At Ogilvie the team was Katie Turner, Derra Gullickson, Rogers and Grimes.
Christine Frandsen won three top honors: the 3200m at the GRC and the 1600m and 800m at Ogilvie, while Amber Hoffman took first in the 400m at GRC.

Other finishers at the GRC were:
4x400 relay, 1st; 4x800, 2nd; Hoffman, 2nd, long jump; 4x100 relay, 2nd; Liz Melin, 2nd, triple jump and 3rd, 100 hurdles; K. Turner, 3rd 100m; M. Peterson, 3rd, 1600m, 5th 800m; S. Grimes, 3rd, 300 hurdles and 6th, high jump; K. Moore, 3rd, 800m; Tiffani Hoffman, 4th, 800m; M. Steger, 4th, 3200m; A. Saxton, 5th, 100m, 5th, pole vault; L. Hestbeck, 5th, 1600m; B. Rogers 6th, 200m.

Tiger finishers at Ogilvie were:
4x100 relay, 2nd; 4x400 relay, 2nd; Hoffman, 3rd, 400m, 3rd long jump; Saxton 3rd, 200m, 6th 55 dash; Melin 4th triple jump, 6th 55 hurdles; S. Grimes 5th 55 hurdles; Piel 6th 400m dash; Rogers 6th 200m dash.
Up next: GRC relays, Hinckley, Apr. 14, 3:45 p.m.

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