Union's Jailyn Petersen competes as the third leg of the girls shuttle hurdle relay team at the Iowa Co-Ed State Track and Field Championships last week. Petersen and her teammates finished 13th in the event. Petersen lead the Knights' charge at the state meet this year, finishing 10th in the girls 100 meter hurdles in 15.85 seconds. PHOTO BY JAKE RYDER

DES MOINES – Junior hurdler Jailyn Petersen took 10th place in Class 2A girls 100 meter hurdles at the Iowa Co-Ed State Track and Field Championships in Des Moines last Friday morning – just missing out on the finals while leading the Union Knights collective charge at state this season.

Between the girls and boys teams, Union qualified in 18 separate events this year for the state meet including twice (Lauren Youngblut and Amilia Condon) in the girls 3,000 meter run.

Knights girls head coach Justin Parson told the newspaper in an email he was impressed with his team’s results but hopes next season the weather won’t disrupt the regular season as much as it did this year, particularly the stormy weather that forced the rescheduling of the NICL Mega Meet to just three days prior to Districts.

“I am super proud of the number of events we did make it in (10 and doubled up on the 3k). We missed four others by small amounts. We had a great district meet and we were well represented at state. We ran about what we’ve done all season, but I felt like we left a bit on the table in the state meet. Our efforts were great, but I think the moving of the NICL meet to the week of the district meet hurt us a bit in terms of our tapering for the state meet.”

Petersen – fresh off her appearance in the Drake Relays – placed the highest at state this year among Union athletes/teams. She smoked through the finish in the 100 meter hurdles preliminaries with a time of 15.85 seconds just behind ninth place Kate Green of Cascade with 15.80 and eighth place Leah Bolluyt of Spirit Lake who crossed in 15.78. Only the top-8 qualified for the finals.

Union sophomore Brynn Albertsen, left, pictured during the girls 800 meter run at the state track meet held at Drake Stadium's famed Blue Oval in Des Moines. Albertsen took 20th in the event with a time of 2:30.86. PHOTO BY JAKE RYDER

Union’s state meet results are as follows:

Results can also be viewed here via Wayzata Results.

10 – JAILYN PETERSEN, junior, girls 100 meter hurdles: 15.85 seconds

11 – BOYS 4X800 RELAY/SAWYER SPENCE, CAMERON MULLEN, BLAKE BOHNSACK, BROCK RUZICKA: 8:15.82

12 – BOYS SHUTTLE HURDLE/BRIAR MAST, JUSTICE LUKE, ANDREW SADLER, LOGAN ROSAUER: 1:02.77 (PR)

Union junior Kate Carlson, center, takes off from the handoff as the second leg in the 4x800-meter relay during the first day of the state track meet on May 16 at Drake Stadium in Des Moines. Carlson, Brynn Albertsen, Lily Lorenzen and Lauren Youngblut combined for a time of 10 minutes, 10.84 seconds to place 18th in the event. PHOTO BY JAKE RYDER

13 – GIRLS SHUTTLE HURDLE/AVA MILLS, REAGAN SORENSEN, JAILYN PETERSEN, HINLEY MAST: 1:10.55

14 – BRIGITTE ROHRER, senior, girls discus: 33.96 meters

14 – BRIGITTE ROHRER, senior, girls shot put: 35 feet, 10.75 inches

14 – LAUREN YOUNGBLUT, senior, girls 3,000 meter run: 10:59.21

16 – JUSTICE LUKE, junior, boys 110 meter hurdles: 15.89 seconds

Cameron Mullen anchors the boys sprint medley. PHOTO BY JAKE RYDER

16 – AVA MILLS, senior, girls long jump: 16-feet, 1.5 inches

16 – LOGAN ROSAUER, boys long jump: 19 feet, 9.75 inches

17 – AVA MILLS, senior, girls high jump: 4 feet, 10 inches

18 – AMILIA CONDON, junior, girls 3,000 meter run: 11:18.55

18 – GIRLS 4X800 RELAY/BRYNN ALBERTSEN, KATE CARLSON, LILY LORENZEN, LAUREN YOUNGBLUT: 10:10.84

Logan Rosauer anchors Union's shuttle hurdle relay team which placed 12th in the event and set a personal record in 1:02.77 seconds. PHOTO BY JAKE RYDER

18 – BOYS 4X200 RELAY/EVAN HANUS, TREVOR CLARK, MASON MULLEN, LEVI HADACHEK: 1:32.54

18 – ERIC NEIPERT, junior, boys discus: 42.39 meters

20 – BRYNN ALBERTSEN, sophomore, girls 800 meter run: 2:30.86

20 – AMILIA CONDON, junior, girls 1,500 meter run: 5:07.99

22 – BOYS 800 SPRINT MEDLEY/EVAN HANUS, TREVOR CLARK, MASON MULLEN, CAMERON MULLEN : 1:38.14

Union senior Lauren Youngblut pictured during the girls 3,000 meter run at the state meet. Youngblut placed 14th in the event with a time of 10:59.21. PHOTO BY JAKE RYDER

23 – BOYS 4X100 RELAY/EVAN HANUS, TREVOR CLARK, KAALBERG, LEVI HADACHEK: 44.73 seconds

PHOTO BY JAKE RYDER

PHOTO BY JAKE RYDER