The Crookston Pirate Boys and Girls Track teams opened up the season at the Heart O’Lakes Invite at Concordia on Tuesday. The meet wrapped up just before 11 PM.
The Crookston Pirate Girls team finished eighth out of 15 teams and the pirate Boys team finished 12th out of 15 teams. Perham won the girls division while edging Barnesville by 6.5 points. Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton won the boys division narrowly beating United Clay-Becker by 1.5 points.
| GIRLS | BOYS | |
| 1. Perham 113 | 1. Dilworth-G-F 97.5 | |
| 2. Barnesville 106.5 | 2. United Clay-Becker 96 | |
| 3. Park Christian 71.5 | 3. Perham 87 | |
| 4. Pelican Rapids 51.5 | 4. Staples-Motley 79 | |
| 5. East Grand Forks 43 | 5. East Grand Forks 53 | |
| 6. Staples-Motley 37 | 6. Park Christian 49 | |
| 7. United Clay-Becker 35.5 | 7. Pelican Rapids 40 | |
| 8. Crookston 35 | 8. Barnesville 33 | |
| 9. Dilworth-G-F 29 | 9. West Central Area 14.5 | |
| 10. Brandon-Evansville 27 | 10. Rothsay 12 | |
| 11. United North Central 17.5 | 10. Norman Co. East/UH 12 | |
| 11. West Central Area 17.5 | 12. Crookston 7 | |
| 13. United North Central 2 | ||
| 13. Brandon-Evansville 2 |
GIRLS –
The Pirate Girls had a solid showing in the talent rich meet. Cassie Solheim had a fantastic meet with a first place finish in the long jump, she was on the fourth place 4×200 relay team, and she also finished fourth in the 200 meters.
Isabelle Smith had a fourth place finish in the 55 hurdles and Ashlyn Bailey finished fifth place in the 200 meters.
BOYS –
The Pirate Boys were led by senior distance runner Thor Harbott. He finished sixth place in the 1600 meters and eighth place in the 3200 meters for a solid and challenging performance in the two longest races of the meet.
Makot Weber had a great start to the season in the pole vault as he clear eight feet and nine inches for an eighth place finish.
The top 10 Pirate finishes are listed below.
| Pirate (Top 10 finishes) | Event | Result | Place |
| Cassie Solheim | Long Jump | 15-05 | 1st |
| Ashlyn Bailey, Halle Winjum, Carly Thode, Cassie Solheim |
4×200 Relay | 1:55.97 | 4th |
| Isabelle Smith | 55 hurdles | 10.04 | 4th |
| Cassie Solheim | 200 meters | 28.99 | 4th |
| Ashlyn Bailey | 200 meters | 30.05 | 5th |
| Thor Harbott | 1600 Meters | 5:03.97 | 6th |
| Makoti Weber | Pole Vault | 8-09 | 8th |
| Halle Winjum | Pole Vault | 7-03 | 8th |
| Thor Harbott | 3200 meters | 12:25.04 | 8th |
| Halle Winjum,Isabelle Smith Chloe Boll, Emma Gunderson |
4×400 relay | 5:00.06 | 8th |
| Maddie Harbott | 3200 meters | 14:27.01 | 10th |
