The Redwood Valley boys and girls track teams both faired well at their own home Invitational held recently at the Inglis Track & Field Complex.Despite windy, cool conditions the Cardinal girls held off MACCRAY/RCW 127-109 to earn the team title in the 10-team event.The Cardinal boys would finish second in a close race with rival Montevideo (118.5-114.5).The Cardinal girls led off the event with a first place finish from its 4x800 relay team of Lola Luze, Madi Munsell, Addie Thomes and Ellie Nelson (10:24).Senior McKenna Flinn broke her own school record in the pole vault (previously 9’2” set in last years Sub-Section Meet) by clearing 9’6” which would be good for second place.Kendall Huhnerkoch had another big meet as she was first in the triple jump (36’10”) and long jump (17’4”) and also helped the 4x100 team of Kenzie Lundeen, Caitlin Flinn and Cali Johnson finish in first with a time of 52.57.Luze captured the 3,200 meter run in an impressive time of 11:56.Thomes was second in the 1,600 (5:31), Johnson added a second in the 100 meter dash (13.2) and Michelle Smith was second in the 400 (1:03.66).Third place finishes went to Nelson in the 800 (2:38.65), Lundeen in the 200 (27.96), Munsell in the 3200 (12:46), Ava Dillon in the high jump (4’10”) and Johnson in the long jump (16’3”).Caitlin Flinn was fourth in the 100 (13.36) and the 4x800 relay team of Reese Prescott, Aubrielle Dixon, Chantikya Wabasha and Lily Dixon was fourth (11:43).The Cardinal boys were led by first place finishes from Will Ahrens in the 800 (1:59.58), Kilen Cilek in the 3,200 (9:56), Tucker Amberg in the long jump (20’3”), Easton Sandgren in the high jump (5’8”), Lucas Fuhr in the 100 (11.39) and the 4x800 relay team of Mason Anderson, Ahrens, Cilek and Landyn Nordby (8:24).Blake Stephens was second in the 100 meter hurdles (16.00), Nordby added a second in the 800 (2:06), Clayton Salmon was second in the 3,200 (10:37) and thirds went to Sandgren in the 300 hurdles (44.64) and the 4x200 relay team of Lane Cooper, Amberg, Duran Kramer and Zach Willemssen.The Cards then took part in the Sibley East Meet with the girls placing second to host Sibley East (156-124) and the boys finishing fourth out of eight teams.McKenna Flinn captured first in the pole vault as she reset her own school record in the pole vault by clearing a personal best 9’9”.Other first place finishes went to the sprint medley relay team of Huhnerkoch, Lundeen, Smith and Luze (4:35), Thomes in the 1,600 (5:32), the Co-Ed Relay team of Thomes, Cilek, Nelson and Nordby (9:19), the 4x400 team of Nelson, Johnson, Wabasha and Smith (4:19) and Johnson in the 200 (26.83).Second place finishes were earned by the MD Medley team of Kharma Mathiowetz, Caitlin Flinn, Nelson and Munsell (7:31), Caitlin Flinn in the 100 meter dash (13.32), Luze in the 3200 (12:14) and Johnson in the long jump (15’5 1/2”).Third place finishes went to the 4x100 team of Tristyn Wolner, Tila Gregg, Sonora Bauer and Lily Dixon (58.56), Munsell in the 1,600 (5:52) and Prescott in the 3,200 (13:07).On the boys side, first place finishes went to Cilek in the 3,200 (10:35), the 4x400 relay team of Fuhr, Amberg, Anderson and Salmon (53.76) and Amberg in the long jump (20’ 1/2”).The 4x100 relay team of Stephens, Tevin Sivixiay, Kramer and Fuhr was second (45.16) and thirds went to Salmon in the 1,600 (5:00) and 3,200 (10:49) and Isaiah Nelson in the pole vault (8’6”).A pair of Cardinal standouts also took part in the Hamline Elite Meet held Friday at Hamline University.Huhnerkoch had an outstanding night, winning the triple jump with a leap of 36’9 1/2” and finishing fifth in the long jump (16’6”).Ahrens raced in the 1,600 meter run and would record a season best time of 4:22.85 to place eighth.