Strong depth continues to be the best friend of the Prior Lake girls track team.
But the Lakers are not void of top-end talent either. Both were on display at the South Suburban Conference Relays May 3 with Prior Lake winning handily with 212 points.
Rosemount was a distant second (177), followed by Lakeville South (134), Shakopee (133), Eastview (130), Lakeville North (109), Burnsville (89), Apple Valley (75) and Farmington (59).
The Lakers will compete in the Wayzata Relays May 6, before setting their sights on the Section 3AAA True Team May 10 in Apple Valley, which starts at 4 p.m. Last year, Prior Lake had its strong of six straight berths into the state true team meet snapped.
Meanwhile, at the SSC Relays, Prior Lake claimed the top spot in two relays. The 4x800 team of sophomore Serena Pfeiffer, junior Grace Jondal, senior Olivia Thielen and eighth-grader Mallory Stach was first (9:44.25), as was the 1,600 sprint medley team of seniors Aylssa Altendorf and Olivia Schroeder, ninth-grader Lexi Wiskow and sophomore Kristyn Arends (4:21.79).
The 800 sprint medley team of Wiskow, Altendorf, junior Lauren Benedict and sophomore Hannah Caldwell was second (1:54.74), as was the distance medley team of Stach, Pfeiffer, Thielen and junior Gabi Brinkley (13:06.83).
The 4x200 team of Arends, Schroeder, sophomore Claire Houle and senior Nicole Hoeper was third (1:49.98), as was the 4x400 team of Caldwell, Hoepner, Arends and junior Madi Scholl (4:09.79). The 4x100 team of Caldwell, Hoepner, Schroeder and eighth-grader Taynian Walgrave ended up fourth (51.84).
Senior Ella Francis was second in triple jump (34-6) for the Lakers and tied for second in the pole vault (9-6). Scholl and sophomore Maddy Bremmer both tied for second in the high jump (5-2). Scholl was also fourth in the 300 hurdles (49.24), while Bremer was seventh in the triple jump (33-10 1/4).
Walgrave was fourth in the 100 hurdles (16.05) and fifth in the 300 hurdles (49.33).
Other Laker finishes: Brinkley in the 1,600 (5th, 5:23.34), junior Christina Hanson in the 100 hurdles (10th, 17.14) and the long jump (6th, 15-7 3/4), junior Lauren Stach in the 3,200 (6th, 12:28.75), sophomore Gwen Anderson in the 3,200 (7th, 12:30.74), senior Sarah Ring in the high jump (7th, 5-0), Jondal in the pole vault (9th, 8-6), junior Sophie Zak in the long jump (9th, 15-4 3/4) and junior Ashlyn Pepper in the shot put (10th, 35-2 1/2).
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