ST. PETER — The Marshall track and field team had a strong showing at the Big South Conference Championship on Thursday, with the boys team winning the conference and the girls finishing third. Several Tigers earned first place finishes to power the teams through. 

The boys team took first out of the eight teams with 152.5 points, and the girls finished with 107, behind Tri-City United’s 133.5 and St. Peter’s 165 for first place. 

Alex Franson, Josh Leibfried, Samuel Deutz and Aidan Scheurman all earned individual first place finishes, while Keagan Anderson, Leibfried, Aidan Scheurman and Franson had the fastest time in the team 4×400 relay race. 

On the girls side, Brooklyn Purrington and Autumn Deutz led with first place in the high jump and pole vault events respectively, along with the Tigers earning two first-place finishes in the 4×100 and 4×800 races. 

Marshall will next compete in the Section 2AA Tournament at Gustavus Adolphus College on Wednesday at 4 p.m.

Boys results

100m: 7-Lincoln DeGroot, 11.49. 400m: 1-Alex Franson, 50.83. 3-Keagen Anderson, 52.68. 800m: 1-Josh Leibried, 2:01.36. 2-Mykel Paulsen, 2:02.91. 3-Ethan Bly, 2:04.39. 1600m: 1-Samuel Deutz, 4:33.00. 2-Kohen Holcomb, 4:34.63. 6-Landon Marthaler, 4:45.63. 3200m: 2-Samuel Deutz, 9:59.21. 3-Kohen Holcomb, 10:16.47. 5-Landon Marthaler, 10:24.59. 110m hurdles: 3-Aidan Schuerman, 15.90. 300m hurdles: 1-Aidan Schuerman, 40.12. 4×100 relay: 8-Kannon Depyper, Malachi Carrasco-Storm, Kieler Rhea, Jack Meier, 47.94. 4×200 relay: 7-Kannon Depyper, Hawkin Hartman, Malachi Carrasco-Storm, Sam Meier, 3:25.13. 4×800 relay: 1-Ethan Bly, Josh Leibfried, Mykel Paulsen, Keagen Anderson, 8:12.71. Shot put: 10-Ty Schnaser, 39-07.50. High jump: 2-Jack Meier, 6-01. 10-Colton Lindquist, 5-07. Pole vault: 3-Brady Dubs, 11-01. 5-Mark Rabaey, 11-01. Long jump: 3-Alex Franson, 19-06. 9-Hamish Ahmed, 18-07.75. Triple jump: 3-Colton Lindquist, 41-02. 6-Hamish Ahmed, 39-09. 10-Abu Hassan, 38-03.

Girls results

100m: 9-Aysia Miles, 13.33. 200m: 8-Aysia Miles, 27.94. 400m: 3-Peyton Boeck, 1:01.05. 800m: 2-Taleigha Bigler, 2:17.39. 6-Oakley Schneekloth, 2:33.72. 8-Ayanna Flowers, 2:35.08. 1600m: 2-Taleigha Bigler, 5:19.35. 6-Ayanna Flowers, 5:53.03. 3200m: 2-Katelyn Leibfried, 11:44.61. 5-Jasmine Murphy, 12:04.46. 300m hurdles: 9-Jenna Sanders, 52.65. 10-Ju Eh, 54.04. 4×100 relay: 1-Aysia Miles, Chioma Onyeaghala, Autumn Deutz, Paige Gillingham, 51.28. 4×200 relay: 7-Elsie Deutz, Syann Murphy, Paige McLain, Ehlyday Moo, 2:01.43. 4×400 relay: 4-Peyton Boeck, Elsie Deutz, Kaitlyn Soupir, Taleigha Bigler, 4:10.53. 4×800 relay: 1-Kaitlyn Soupir, Oakley Schneekloth, Peyton Boeck, Katelyn Leibfried, 9:45.26. Shot put: 4-Paige Gillingham, 34-01. Discus: 4-Brooke Gillingham, 104-03. 9-Olivia DeGroot, 90-05. High jump: 1-Brooklyn Purrington, 5-03. Pole vault: 1-Autumn Deutz, 11-01. Long jump: 2-Chioma Onyeaghala, 16-04.75.