WINONA &045; Maybe it was the long bus ride or the fact Big Nine power Rochester Century was competing.

Whatever the reason, coach Margo Wayne felt the Albert Lea High School girls’ track and field team was not at its best in a four-team Big Nine meet at Winona Tuesday.

&uot;To be real honest, I thought we competed real well but I thought we were a little flat,&uot; said Wayne. &uot;I don’t know what to attribute it to. We had some real good performances, but we didn’t get the places I expected.&uot;

As expected, Century rolled to victory with 101 points. Winona had 61.67, Albert Lea 57, Austin 52.33.

The Tigers captured two first places, by Emily Bartusek in the 200 meters and Steph Overgaard in the long jump. Bartusek was also fourth in the triple jump. Overgaard took second in the 100 hurdles, fifth in the 300 hurdles.

Beth Kolling was second in two events, the 100 and high jump.

Overgaard, Jasey Porter, Kolling and Bartusek took second in the 4×200 relay. Amy Ravenhorst, Porter, Kolling and Bartusek were second in the 4×400. The 4×800 relay team of Angie Schuhmacher, Amy Leach, Ellen Vandersyde and Tiffany Truesdell was third, as was the 4×100 team of Ashley Olson, Becky Birkhofer, Kelley Schreiber and Shawna Griffith.

Other Albert Lea places: Katie Stenseth, third, 1600; Ravenhorst, third, 400 and 200 and fourth, high jump; Steph Thisius, fourth, pole vault; Olson, fifth, 100 hurdles; Stacy Busch, fifth, shot put; Chelsea Olchefske, fifth, discus.

The Tigers travel to Red Wing for the True Team section meet next Tuesday.