RED WING &045; It was cold and windy and the conditions were not conducive to season-best performances.

Somebody forgot to tell the Albert Lea girls’ track and field team.

The Tigers had several season bests Tuesday while taking fourth among nine squads in the True Team Section 1AA meet at Red Wing.

&uot;The girls performed incredibly well,&uot; said coach Margo Wayne. &uot;Despite the weather and long bus trip, we were dropping times right and left. We showed a lot of composure in a big-meet situation. I’m very proud of the girls. They really put together a good meet.&uot;

New Prague won with 437.5 points, followed in the top five by Red Wing at 387, Northfield 363.5, Albert Lea 362.5 and Farmington 345.

Emily Bartusek had another big meet for the Tigers, winning the 200 and 400 meters and the triple jump. She joined Amy Ravenhorst, Jasey Porter and Beth Kolling on the first-place 4×400 relay.

Kolling had the Tigers’ other individual first, winning the 100. She was third in the 200 and eighth in the high jump.

Other Albert Lea places: Becky Birkhofer, 16th, 100; Amy Ravenhorst, fourth, 400 and ninth, high jump; Angie Schuhmacher, third, 800; Katie Stenseth, 13th, 800 and fifth, 1600; Kelly Cook, 16th, 1600; Tiffany Truesdell, ninth, 3200; Ellen Vandersyde, 14th, 3200; Steph Overgaard, fourth, 100 hurdles, seventh, 300 hurdles and second, long jump; Ashley Olson, seventh, 100 hurdles; Krista Horejsi, 14th, 300 hurdles; 4×100 relay, eighth (Olson, Porter, Kelley Schreiber, Shawna Griffith); 4×200 relay, third (Ravenhorst, Overgaard, Porter, Sasha Flores); 4×800 relay, eighth (Schuhmacher, Amy Leach, Vandersyde, Truesdell); Jodi Hestness, 17th, long jump; Olson, ninth, triple jump; Stacy Busch, 10th, shot put and 15th, discus; Chelsea Olchefske, 11th, shot put and 14th, discus; Stephanie Thisius, 10th, pole vault; April Hanson, 15th, pole vault.

The Tigers travel to Faribault on Tuesday, where they’ll face the host team and Rochester Century.