Nice handoff Rob Odden takes the baton from Josh Freese as Odden begins the second leg of the 4 by 800 meter relay race. The Cardinal team came in fourth with a time of 8 minutes, 46.7 seconds. (Staples World photo by Kelley Kossan) The Staples Motley boys ran into some stiff competition when the Class AA Section True Team Meet was hosted - for the first time ever - by the Card inals Thursday afternoon.

ON May 13, at the biggest meet of the season, the Cards finished in fifth place competing against schools such as Sartell, Pequot Lakes, Perham, Little Falls, Fergus Falls, East Grand Forks, Detroit Lakes, St. Cloud Cathedral and Thief River Falls.

The Sartell Sabres won the meet and will be compeing May 22 in the state True Team meet.

The tough competition set the boys back a little, but they still performed well, coach Ryan Beachy felt.

The only first place finish for the Cards came from senior Jason Johnson, who’s still going strong in discus, throwing 146 feet, 8 inches.

Brian Huber took second in the high jump and Brandon Larson was third in the triple jump, while Brandon Sterricker vaulted to third in the pole vault.

Other high places came from the 4x400 meter relay (Ryan Odden, Zach Borders, Leighton Griffith, Josh Freese) who finished third, and the 4x800m relay (Freese, Odden, Griffith, Brandon Sterricker) who finished fourth.

Sixth place finishes included Huber in the 200 meter dash and the long jump, and placing seventh were Huber in the 100 meter dash, Rob Odden (400 m dash), Zach Borders in the 110m hurdles, Jason Johnson (shot put) and Eli Beachy in the pole vault.

The boys had just one meet left on the 2010 schedule before the individual Sub Section track meet on May 28. They ran Tuesday, May 18 in the Mid-State Track Meet at Park Rapids.

Track results

1. Sartell, 531.5; 2. Pequot Lakes, 443.5; 3. Perham, 407; 4. Little Falls, 365.5; 5.Staples Motley, 342; 6. Fergus Falls, 341.5; 7. East Grand Forks, 328; 8. Detroit Lakes, 313; 9. St. Cloud Cathedral, 264; 10.Thief River Falls, 247

Individual results:

100m dash: 7. Brian Huber, 11.67; 17. Dylan Kylander, 23.9

200m dash: 6. Brian Huber, 23.9; 13. Dylan Hales, 24.9

400m dash: 7. Rob Odden, 54.18; 11. Leighton Griffith, 55.59

800m run: 10. Josh Freese, 2:12.91; 19. Brandon Sterricker, 2:30.67

1600m run: 14. Tyler Glines, 5:01.98; 15. Isaac Fuhrman, 5:02.98

3200m run: 15. Blake Miller, 11:28.0; 17. Justin Ziegler, 11:47.9

110m hurdles: 7. Zach Borders, 17.56; 18. Lee Parker, 19.97

300m hurdles: 14. Zach Borders, 48.05; 20. Lee Parker, 51.52

4x100m relay: 10. Kylander, Larson, Tietz, Hales, 49.96

4x200m relay: 9. Kylander, Larson, Tietz, Hales, 1:39.9

4x400m relay: 3. Odden, Borders, Griffith, Freese, 3:44.9

4x800m relay: 4. Freese, Odden, Griffith, Sterricker, 8:46.7

Shot put: 7. Jason Johnson, 42’9”; 12. Ryan Detloff, 39’8 ½ “

Discus: 1. Jason Johnson, 146’8”; 16. Mike Beach, 100’3”

High jump: 2. Brian Huber, 5’10”; 10. Lee Parker, 5’2”

Long jump: 5. Brandon Larson, 19’4 ¾”; 6. Brian Huber, 18’5 ½”

Triple jump: 3. Brandon Larson, 41’0”; 16. Zach Borders, 36’6 ¾”

Pole vault: 3. Brandon Sterricker, 11’0”; 7. Eli Beachy, 10’0”