NEW RICHLAND &045; All things considered, Albert Lea High School girls’ track and field coach Margo Wayne was satisfied.

The Tigers, who missed about half their squad last week for Easter vacation, returned to action Tuesday with a second-place finish in the NRHEG Invitational at New Richland.

&uot;I think the girls competed very well considering almost half the team was coming off a week’s vacation from somewhere,&uot; said Wayne. &uot;We had some pretty good performances. A lot of our young kids showed a lot of poise and promise tonight.&uot;

Medford won with 107 points, followed by the Tigers with 97, Maple River 95, St. Clair 94, NRHEG 90, JWP 59 and Minnesota Academy for the Deaf 13.

The Tigers had two firsts, by Emily Bartusek in the 400 meters and Andrea Irvine in the discus. Bartusek was second in the 100 and 200. Also taking second were Alicia Reyerson in the discus, Amber Edwards in the 3200, and the 4×800 relay team of Amy Leach, Edwards, Mallory King and Whitney Wilson.

&uot;I was real proud of Irvine and Reyerson in the throws,&uot; said Wayne.

Other ALHS places: Cara Thorn, third, 400; 4×100 relay, third (Becky Birkhofer, Annie Berger, Krista Horejsi, Jenny Larson); Leach, fourth, 800; Horejsi, fourth, 300 hurdles; 4×200, fourth (Becky Birkhofer, Berger, Stacie Armstrong, Thorn); Reyerson, fifth, shot put; Jenny Birkhofer, fifth, long jump and triple jump; King, fifth, 1600; Anna Keesling, fifth, 3200; 4×400, fifth (Wilson, Armstrong, Elyce Rehmke, Thorn); Kelley Schreiber, sixth, 300 hurdles; and Kendra Olchefske, sixth, high jump.

The Tigers are off until Tuesday, April 27, when they host their first home meet of the season.