OAKES, N.D. (NewDakota.com) – The Oakes Girls Track team are your Class B 2021 State Champions! Over two days of grueling competition the girls track team ended the meet with a thriller of a race in the 4×400 relay to secure the championship.
Individual placers for the Tornadoes were Sadie Hansen, State Champion in shot put and 3rd place in discus, which are both school records. Lanie Awender 2nd place in the 100 and 200 meter dash, 3rd place in the 400 meter dash, which are all school records. Laikyn Roney finished in 2nd place in shot put. Abby Cox finished in 5th in a long jump school record. Emma Muggli took 3rd place in 300 hurdles, and that was a school record as well. Emma also finished in 5th place in 100 hurdles, and broke the school record in the triple jump.
Relay members taking 3rd place in the 4×400 were Abby Cox, Emma Muggli, Kassidy Jackson, and Lanie Awender.
Lanie Awender was named the ND High School Coaches Association and Powerade Outstanding Senior Athlete of the Year for her outstanding high school career in the sport of Track and Field.
Their achievement will be forever enshrined on the Oakes High School Championship sign located at Cummings Field in Oakes. The sign was put in place back in 2011 and was the idea of two lifelong members of Oakes. Chet and Jean Setterlund are two proud supporters of Oakes athletics. Chet always wanted to show off the accomplishments of all the Oakes athletic teams in a unique way so the public can appreciate them as well. So about ten years go Chet’s family had the sign commissioned in his and his wife Jean’s memory and hung at Cummings Field.