AURORA—The Mesabi East boys and Greenway/Nashwauk-Keewatin girls took home Section 7A North Sub-section trophies on Thursday as area athletes looked to advance to next week’s Section 7A Championships.
The top seven individuals and top four relays in each event moved on to next Thursday’s 7A finals at UMD.
For the boys, Mesabi East won the sub-section with 128 points. GNK was second with 108, Chisholm third (77), Ely fifth (58) and Mountain Iron-Buhl eighth (44) out of 11 teams.
The Titan girls came out on top with 141 points while Mesabi East was third (89.5), Chisholm fourth (80), Ely fifth (79) and Mountain Iron-Buhl eighth (36).
Taking individual wins for the GNK girls were Lola Champlin in the 1600 meter run (5:33.91), Kaylaa Kangas in the 100 meter hurdles (17.86) and Claire Clusiau in the long jump (16-03.25).
Mesabi East’s lone win for the girls came in the high jump, with Marta Forsline winning the event at four feet, 10 inches.
Chisholm had a big day in the sprints with Zoe Plombon winning the 100 meter dash with a time of 12.87 and teammate Hailey Johnson capturing a win in the 200 with a time of 27.64. Olivia Pascuzzi was tops in the 800 meter run (1:15.03). In the 4x100 relay, Plombon and Johnson teamed up with Mya Stainiger-David and Jezirae Flack to win the event with a time of 52.37.
The Ely girls saw wins from Violet Udovich in the 400 (1:01.93) and Kaylin Visser in the discus (101-03).
While the Rangers went without any wins, they did get a number of third place finishes, including Anna Neyens in the 400 (1:05.13), Addison Lobe in the 300 hurdles (52.09) and Sami Warwas in the pole vault (7-06).
For the Mesabi East boys, junior Evan James cruised to wins in two of the sprints, taking both the 100 (11.10) and the 200 (23.47). Carson Slattery took home first in the 800 (2:10.02) while Connor Feldt won the mile with a time of 4:52.66. Cooper Wippler was tops in the high jump (5-10).
In a dominant display, the Giants swept all four relays. Ethan Jacobson, James, Lincoln LaValley and Ethan Murray took the 4x100 (44.72); Jacobson, Sean Moehlenbrock, Carter Steele and Murray the 4x200 (1:35.92); Jacobson, Cole Layman, Murray and Steele the 4x400 (3:40.92) and Slattery, Riley Ronning, Layman and Feldt the 4x800 (8:45.02).
For the Titan boys, Gage Roberts won the 300 hurdles (43.51) and John Duffy took the long jump (19-08).
For the Bluestreaks, Gavin Thompson was a winner in the 110 hurdles (17.35).
Ely’s top performance for the boys came from Silas Solum taking second in the 800 (2:13.05) and Leo Stalmer finishing third in the 110 hurdles (17.81).
The Rangers grabbed a pair of third place finishes from Michael French in the 800 (2:17.24) and the pole vault (9-00). In the relays, MI-B finished second in the 4x100 with the team of Finley Ratliff, Caleb Bianci-Rossi, Landon Kniefel and Jeffrey Tanksley putting up a time of 47.24.
All section qualifiers can be found listed below. Section finals are set for next Thursday at UMD.
2024 Section 7A North Sub-Section Meet
Girls team scores: 1, Greenway/Nashwauk-Keewatin, 141; 2, International Falls, 105; 3, Mesabi East, 89.5; 4, Chisholm, 80; 5, Ely, 79; 6, Silver Bay, 46; 7, South Ridge/Cherry/North Woods, 44; 8, Mountain Iron-Buhl, 36; 9, Deer River/Northland/Hill City, 34.5; 10, Cook County, 24; 11, Bigfork, 22.
Boys team scores: 1, Mesabi East, 128; 2, Greenway/Nashwauk-Keewatin, 108; 3, Chisholm, 77; 4, Cook County, 68; 5T, Ely, 58; 5T, International Falls, 58; 7, South Ridge/Cherry/North Woods, 50; 8, Silver Bay, 45; 9, Mountain Iron-Buhl, 44; 10, Deer River/Northland/Hill City, 33; 11, Bigfork, 30.
Girls Section qualifiers
100 meter dash: 1, Zoe Plombon, Chis, 12.87; 2, Macy Versteeg, IF, 13.07; 3, Jezirae Flack, Chis, 13.15; 4, Jaci Rebrovich, GNK, 13.35; 4, Ivy Aldinger, SB, 13.55; 6, Tanja Thomas, SB, 13.70; 7, Finley Asuma, ME, 13.72.
200 meter dash: 1, Hailey Johnson, Chis, 27.64; 2, Claire Clusiau, GNK, 28.33; 3, Aubrie Takenen, ME, 28.45; 4, Mia Domiano, ME, 28.53; 5, Izzy Pascuzzi, SCN, 28.75; 6, Aldinger, SB, 28.81; 7, Miriam Messerschmidt, Ely, 28.89.
400 meter dash: 1, Violet Udovich, Ely, 1:01.93; 2, Tatum Morrison, DNH, 1:03.42; 3, Anna Neyens, MIB, 1:05.13; 4, Paige Vandervort, ME, 1:05.31; 5, Nora Wake, DNH, 1:05.41; 6, Alli Wiita, MIB, 1:05.43; 7, Olivia Pascuzzi, Chis, 1:05.98.
800 meter run: 1, Pascuzzi, Chis, 2:30.18; 2, Valerie Melander, SB, 2:30.43; 3, Aubree Skelton, ME, 2:33.09; 4, Taylor Covier, GNK, 2:36.34; 5, Violet Vanderscheuren, SCN, 2:41.22; 6, Destiny Schmitz, Chis, 2:45.60; 7, Regan Klemetsen, SCN, 2:46.78.
1600 meter run: 1, Lola Champlin, GNK, 5:33.91; 2, Covier, GNK, 5:37.93; 3, Molly Brophy, Ely, 5:46.52; 4, Schmitz, Chis, 5:53.52; 5, Mattie Lindsay, Ely, 5:54.65; 6, Klemetsen, SCN, 5:58.77; 7, Sophia Schut, SB, 6:01.55.
3200 meter run: 1, Sierra Greatz, SB, 12:14.35; 2, Champlin, GNK, 12:23.72; 3, Kota Powers, GNK, 13:07.55; 4, Lola Hall, IF, 13:13.15; 5, Chloe Green, ME, 13:20.16; 6, Kaitlin Olson, GNK, 13:29.24; 7, Elizabeth Swartz, SB, 13:38.34.
100 meter hurdles: 1, Kaylee Kangas, GNK, 17.86; 2, Madison Brown, GNK, 18.18; 3, Shea Hennessy, Big, 18.51; 4, Piper Goggleye, Big, 18.76; 5, Caitlynn Hemphill, DNH, 19.01; 6, Keira Hesseldahl, IF, 19.91; 7, Faith Maunu, ME, 20.04.
300 meter hurdles: 1, Abbigail Hutchinson, IF, 50.06; 2, Kangas, GNK, 50.67; 3, Addison Lobe, MIB, 52.09; 4, Lindsay, Ely, 54.49; 5, Hemphill, DNH, 55.03; 6, Tanha Thomas, SB, 55.27; 7, Anna Holmstrom, MIB, 55.30.
4x100 meter relay: 1, Chisholm (Mya Stainiger-David, Flack, Plombon, Hailey Johnson), 52.37; 2, Mesabi East (Domiano, Takenen, Asuma, Olivia Forsline), 52.61; 3, Greenway/Nashwauk-Keewatin (Frankie Cuellar, Clusiau, Layla Miskovich, Rebrovich), 52.93; 4, International Falls, 52.98.
4x200 meter relay: 1, International Falls, 1:50.91; 2, Chisholm (Stainiger-David, Flack, Plombon, Johnson), 1:51.99; 3, Ely (Grace LaTourell, Anna Larson, Lydia Schultz, Udovich), 1:52.93; 4, Mesabi East (Domiano, Micha Layman, Skelton, Takenen), 1:53.11.
4x400 meter relay: 1, Ely (Shultz, Sarah Visser, LaTourell, Udovich), 4:15.00; 2, International Falls, 4:21.86; 3, Mesabi East (Skelton, Vandervort, Asuma, Forsline), 4:26.16; 4, Mountain Iron-Buhl (Neyens, Izzy Wiita, Lobe, A. Wiita), 4:29.82.
4x800 meter relay: 1, Silver Bay, 10:24.11; 2, South Ridge/Cherry/North Woods, 1:058.40; 3, Mesabi East (Jaezreel Johnson, Green, Marta Forsline, Lilian Larson), 11:12.76; 4, Greenway/Nashwauk-Keewatin (Powers, Carly Adams, Karly Mann, Olson), 11:19.10.
High jump: 1, M. Forsline, ME, 4-10; 2, Shultz, Ely, 4-10; 3, Flack, Chis, 4-08; 4, Hutchinson, IF, 4-08; 5, Sarah Moe, MIB, 4-08; 6, Pascuzzi, SCN, 4—06; 7, Hesseldahl, IF, 4-06.
Pole vault: 1, Quianna Ford, IF, 8-06; 2, Hesseldahl, IF, 8-00; 3, Sami Warwas, 7-06; 4, Johnson, ME, 6-06; 5, Faith Hawkins, DNH, 6-0; 6, Hall, IF, 6-0; 7, Jackie Dahle, Chis, 5-0.
Long jump: 1, Clusiau, GNK, 16-03.25; 2, Domiano, ME, 15-10.75; 3, Pascuzzi, SCN, 15-01.50; 4, Miskovich, GNK, 14-0.50; 5, Julia Dykstra, IF, 14-07.00; 6, Addison Forsman, Ely, 14-03.25; 7, Neyens, MIB, 13-11.00.
Triple jump: 1, Jillian Bilben, IF, 32-05.00; 2, Miskovich, GNK, 31-10.75; 3, Hennessy, Big, 31-06.50; 4, Green, ME, 31-05.50; 5, Rianna Nugent, GNK, 30-02.00; 6, Visser, Ely, 30-00.50; 7, Josephine Kinn, Big, 29-05.75.
Shot put: 1, Lauren Basaraba, IF, 29-11.00; 2, Josie Baumgard, Chis, 28-07.50; 3, Zoe Kacures, CC, 27-11.50; 4, Cuellar, GNK, 27-07.00; 5, Sage Hennen, SCN, 27-01.50; 6, Willow Horack, GNK, 27-00.00; 7, Rachel Carter, Ely, 26-06.50.
Discus: 1, Kaylin Visser, Ely, 101-03; 2, Sydney Goss, GNK, 1-1.01; 3, Kalina Dimitrova, CC, 91-02; 4, Carter, Ely, 84-02; 5, Hennen, SCN, 83-01; 6, Grace Maunu, ME, 81-03; 7, Ariahana Schjenken, DNH, 79-09.
Boys section qualifiers
100 meter dash: 1, Evan James, ME, 11.10; 2, Greyson Chance, GNK, 11.40; 3, Jacob Carpenter, SB, 11.63; 4, Finley Ratliff, MIB, 11.74; 5, Cash Williams, SB, 11.81; 6, MaCoy Fairbanks, CC, 11.90; 7, Aidan Hartway, SCN, 12.07.
200 meter dash: 1, James, ME, 23.47; 2, Dylan Schwarz, DNH, 23.98; 3, Kaleb Berka, CC, 24.11; 4, Ratliff, MIB, 24.19; 5, Dylan Durkin, Ely, 24.28; 6, Jeremy Huff-Metso, GNK, 24.50; 7, Sean Moehlenbrock, ME, 24.70.
400 meter dash: 1, Schwarz, DNH, 52.43; 2, Berka, CC, 53.18; 3, Huff-Metso, GNK, 54.24; 4, Braden Thronson, Chis, 54.97; 5, John Duffy, GNK, 55.26; 6, Ayden Althaus, SB, 55.94; 7, Cole Layman, ME, 55.96.
800 meter run: 1, Carson Slattery, ME, 2:10.02; 2, Silas Solum, Ely, 2:13.05; 3, Michael French, MIB, 2:17.24; 4, Hunter Applebee, DNH, 2:17.82; 5, Riley Ronning, ME, 2:18.52; 6, Quinn Fierkelepp, SCN, 2:19.00; 7, Caleb Peters, IF, 2:19.72.
1600 meter run: 1, Connor Feldt, ME, 4:52.66; 2, Sawyer FierkeLepp, SCN, 4:52.67; 3, Tyler Morse, SCN, 4:56.84; 4, Hunter Milstead, GNK, 5:03.25; 5, Brayden Schmidt, CC, 5:12.84; 6, Oliver Hohenstein, Ely, 5:12.94; 7, Leighton Helander MIB, 5:12.99.
3200 meter run: 1, Alex Burckhardt, SCN, 10:33.60; 2, Nick Swartz, SB, 10:58.83; 3, Leif Lindstrom, CC, 11:09.03; 4, Alex Leete, ME, 11:18.62; 5, Brendan Hendricks, GNK, 11:21.58; 6, Kahlil Lightfeather-Spears, SCN, 11:25.86; 7, Lincoln Antikainen, SCN, 11:34.54.
110 meter hurdles: 1, Gavin Thompson, Chis,17.35; 2, Wyatt Jantzen, IF, 17.49; 3, Leo Stalmer, Ely, 17.81; 4, Gage Roberts, GNK, 18.34; 5, Charlie Pearson, Chis, 20.22; 6, Zade Baker, ME, 20.24; 7, Scott Storlie, Big, 21.42.
300 meter hurdles: 1, Roberts, GNK, 43.51; 2, Andrew Wehrman, SB, 43.63; 3, Jantzen, IF, 43.90; 4, Stalmer, Ely, 44.51; 5, Fairbanks, CC, 44.76; 6, Pearson, Chis, 47.60; 7, Thompson, Chis, 47.75.
4x100 meter relay: 1, Mesabi East (Ethan Jacobson, James, Lincoln LaValley, Ethan Murray), 44.72; 2, Mountain Iron-Buhl (Ratliff, Caleb Bianci-Rossi, Landon Kniefel, Jeffre Tanksley), 47.24; 3, Greenway/Nashwauk-Keewatin (Geno Genise, Julian Heiss, Hessin Neman, Chance), 47.75; 4, Ely (Durkin, Tory Hughley, Wyatt Mattson, Milo McClelland), 48.13.
4x200 meter relay: 1, Mesabi East (Jacobson, Moehlenbrock, Carter Steele, Murray), 1:35.92; 2, Silver Bay, 1:38.25; 3, Cook County, 1:38.52; 4, Ely (Durkin, Hughley, Mattson, McClelland), 1:40.60.
4x400 meter relay: 1, Mesabi East (Jacobson, Layman, Murray, Steele), 3:40.92; 2, Greenway/Nashwauk-Keewatin (Gage Roberts, Preston Smith, Duffy, Huff-Metso), 3:43.56; 3, Ely (Eli Olson, Caleb Larson, Solum, Stalmer), 3:47.40; 4, South Ridge/Cherry/North Woods, 3:53.21.
4x800 meter relay: 1, Mesabi East (Slattery, Ronning, Layman, Feldt), 8:45.02; 2, South Ridge/Cherry/North Woods, 8:58.55; 3, Ely (Brooks Brenny, Hohenstein, Wyatt Devine, McClelland), 9:14.43; 4, Greenway/Nashwauk-Keewatin (Maxwell Gangl, Aiden Williamson, Milstead, Hendricks), 9:14.84.
High jump: 1, Cooper Wippler, ME, 5-10; 2, Ethan Lauzen, Chis, 5-08; 3, Braydon Johnson, DNH, 5-06; 4, Thronson, Chis, 5-06; 5, Heiss, GNK, 5-04; 6T, Jonah Burnett, SCN, 5-04; 6T, Pearson, Chis, 5-04; 6T, Durkin, Ely, 5-04.
Pole vault: 1, Lachlan Reiners, IF, 11-00; 2, Milstead, GNK, 10-06; 3, Grinch, MIB, 9-00; 4, Timmy Green, ME, 8-06; 5, Kasen Hill, ME, 8-00; 6, Ayden Marks, MIB, 8-00; 7, Nathan Splinter, Chis, 8-00.
Long jump: 1, Duffy, GNK, 19-08; 2, Lawrence Oberg, Chis, 18-09.50; 3, Huff-Metso, GNK, 18-07.25; 4, Thronson, Chis, 18-06.25; 5, Olson, Ely, 18-03; 6, KAden Baribeau, ME, 18-01.50; 7, Moehlenbrock, ME, 17-10.
Triple jump: 1, Berka, CC, 40-01.75; 2, Lauzen, Chis, 38-05.25; Heiss, GNK, 38-01.50; 4, Baribeau, ME, 37-10; 5, Olson, Ely, 37-04; 6, Pearson, Chis, 37-01.50; 7, Jordan Backstrom, CC, 36-09.
Shot put: 1, Chase Jacobson, Big, 49-04.50; 2, Lucas Hollis, IF, 39-02; 3, Storlie, Big, 38-08; 4, Arlo Christensen, CC, 37.07.50; 5, Cole Hart, GNK, 37-06.50; 6, Ethan Meeks, SB, 37-06; 7, Sam Zancauske, Chis, 37-01.50.
Discus throw: 1, Jacobson, Big, 118-06; 2, Andy Davenport, IF, 113-07; 3, Hollis, IF, 103-10; 4, Graddy Knapper, MIB, 97-10; 5, Hayden Roche, Chis, 97-04; 6, Zancauske, Chis, 97-02; 7, Jarron Alto, MIB, 94-00.
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