The Superior Express -

"Records are made to be broken!"

Correct ?

That old phrase is used often but often comes up at unexpected times. At least maybe to some sports reporters.

L-N Raider, Cole Troudt, has been having a good year for the Raider Track Team. He earned three gold medals so far this spring, most of his winning times were all around the 11 minute or 11 plus times.

So, this reporter isn't sure of his frame of mind, but the trip last week to the Superior Invitational Track Meet didn't seem to have any special significant meaning to this reporter.

And, you know what? Cole came in second at this meet . . .

But . . . a check with the record book confirmed that his time of 10:38.20 was actually a minute faster than his first gold medal of the season, but was also a new school record for Lawrence-Nelson.

The previous record holder of the 3200 Meter Run for L-N was Emet Fanning who set the record in 2013 with a time of 10:44.3.

Records are made to be broken.

There were seven teams at the Superior Invitational Meet and both the boys and the girls' teams had a little trouble earning first place medals against the larger teams, but both had good results. A lot of personal records were put up on individual events. The team results:

BOYS: Team results were: 1st, Superior 146; 2nd,Thayer Central 115; 3rd, Sandy Creek 72; 4th, L-N 68; 5th, Hastings St. Cecilia 60; 6th, Deshler 46; 7th, Beatrice JV 2.

As a team, one gold medal and four silver medals came home with the Raiders, but individuals recorded personal best in eleven events. As a team they are beginning to record points in the dashes and the relay teams have been scoring all season, but in the last several meets are placing higher than when the season started.

Individual results:

100 M. Dash: Devyn Zikmund 11.88, 6th, PR.

200 M. Dash: Erik Wheeland PR.

400 M. Dash: Gabe Zikmund PR.

800 M. Run: Logan Menke 2nd, 2:13.67, PR; Nolan Ostdiek 4th, 2:17.40, PR; Evan Jacobitz 6th, 2:24.90, PR. A first in having three Raiders in the scoring column.

1600 M. Run: Cole Troudt 2nd, 5:07.60, PR; Logan Menke 3rd, 5:08.80.

3200 M. Run: Cole Troudt 2nd, 10:38.2, PR and School Record.

400 M. Relay: L-N 4th, 49.32, PR: Erik Wheeland, Logan Menke, Tyson Kotinek, Devyn Zikmund.

1600 M. Relay: L-N 2nd, 3:59.12: Tyson Kotinek, AJ Koehler, Gabe Zikmund, Devyn Zikmund; 2nd time to break four minutes this season.

3200 M. Relay: L-N 1st, 9:03.28, PR: Logan Menke, Tyson Kotinek, Nolan Ostdiek, Cole Troudt. Second gold medal of year.

High Jump: Trevor Biltoft 5th, 5'2". Trevor has cleared this height in five Meets this season.

Long Jump: Devyn Zikmund 4th, 18'2", PR; Trevor Biltoft PR.

Triple Jump: Tyson Kotinek 4th, 37'1", PR, first time over 37 feet this season.

GIRLS: Team results: 1st Superior 108, 2nd St. Cecilia 103, 3rd L-N 91, 4th Thayer Central 90, 5th Sandy Creek 80, 6th Deshler 34, 7th Beatrice JV 7.

First place finishes were rare at this meet for the Lady Raiders as Emma Epley earned one in the hurdles. Second places finishes were almost as rare as the team earned two. However, that 3rd place bronze medal finish was popular as it helped the girls rack up the points with eight such medals.

Of the 16 events, L-N had competitors in 15, and they scored points in 14 of the 15 events. Individual results:

100 M. Dash: Elsa Jorgensen 4th 13.84; Katelyn Mazour PR.

200 M. Dash: Katelyn Mazour, PR.

400 M. Dash: Aleah Heikkinen 6th, 1:10.88.

800 M. Run: Aleah Heikkinen 5th, 2:42.32, PR.

1600 M. Run: Emily Troudt 3rd, 7:16.60: first time to run in this event for Emily.

3200 M. Run: Jessica Sole 4th, 17:02.0; McKenzie Ostdiek 6th, 19:14.0: first time either girl ran this event this season.

100 M. Hurdles: Emma Epley 1st, 16.79; Sydney Biltoft 3rd, 17.96: third gold of the season for Emma.

Cole Troudt works towards a new L-N School record in the 3200 Meter Run at the Superior Invitational Meet. The previous record was set eight years ago and Troudt's time was six seconds faster.

300 M. Hurdles: Sydney Biltoft 2nd, 51.80; exact time as last meet.

400 M. Relay: L-N 3rd, 55.90, PR: Claire Himmelberg, Emma Epley, Elsa Jorgensen, Katelyn Mazour.

1600 M. Relay: L-N 3rd, 4:56.07: Aleah Heikkinen, Claire Himmelberg, Emma Epley, Elsa Jorgensen.

3200 M. Relay: L-N 2nd, 12:16.07: Claire Himmelberg, Jessica Sole, Tori Miller, Emily Troudt.

High Jump: Sydney Biltoft 3rd, 4'4".

Long Jump: Elsa Jorgensen 3rd, 15'11.5", PR; Emma Epley 4th, 15'6", T-PR; Tri Miller PR.

Shot Put: Kylie Beard 3rd, 31'4.75".

Discus: Kylie Beard 3rd, 100'3", PR; Aleah Heikkinen 6th, 84'2": Kylie broke 100 feet for the first time this season and Aleah is back up to where she was earlier this season.

This Saturday the Raiders will travel to Red Cloud for the annual Twin Valley Conference Track Meet.