WDTB: Live at the Hamline Elite Meet

That completes the action on the track here at the Hamline Elite-Meet. On behalf of my partner Chris Marshall, I'm Charlie Mahler signing off from Klas Field in St. Paul!

(Sorry, I was just dying to say that!)

Find complete results HERE

Boys High Jump: Clauer (Elk River) wins at 6-7 ... 2nd Murphy (Irondale) 6-5

Girls 4 x400:
1st Leg -- South St. Paul ... 60+
2nd Leg -- Mounds View ... 1:59+
3rd Leg -- Mounds View ... 2:58+
Anchor/Finish -- Mounds View wins in 3:57.52 ... 2nd Hopkins 4:01.21 ... Woodbury 4:04.23

Boys 4 x 400:
1st Leg -- Buffalo leads at 50.5
2nd Leg -- Mounds View ... 1:40
3rd Leg -- Mounds View ... 2:31 .. with Evans to anchor
Anchor/Finish -- Mounds View wins with 3:19.10 ... 2nd Concordia 3:26.22 ... 3rd Willmar 3:27.07

Video of the Boys 3200m is HERE

Girls 3200m:
@400 -- Berndt ... 77
@800 -- Berndt ... 2:42
@1200 -- Berndt, Richardson ... 4:08 ... then Stack, Peterson
@1600 -- Berndt, Richardson ... 5:35 ... then Stack, Peterson ... then pack of five
@2000 -- Berndt, Richardson ... 7:01 ... then Peterson
@2400 -- Berndt, Richardson ... 8:29 ... then Peterson
@2800 -- Berndt, Richardson ... 9:53

Finish -- Richardson (Blake) wins in 11:09.58 ... 2nd Berndt (Kennedy) 11:12.20 ... 3rd Peterson (Sartell) 11:29.31

Boys 3200m:
@400 -- Finnerty followed closely by Heath 64+
@800 -- Finnerty w/ Heath, Lumbar, Mead, Burke ... 2:14
@1200 -- Finnerty, Heath, Lumbar in line at line ... 3:23
@1600 -- Finnerty, Heath, Lumbar, Mead in line ... 4:31
@2000 -- Finnerty, Heath, Lumbar, Mead in line ...
@2400 -- Finnerty, Mead, Heath, Lumbar in line ... 6:51
@2800 -- Mead takes lead w/ 600 to run .... Lumbar right on him ... then Finnerty, then Heath ... 8:00

Finish: Finnerty (Burnsville) wins in 9:04.55 ... Mead 2nd in 9:06.07 ... Lumbar 3rd in 9:06.69

Conditions prior to the 3200m runs ... 73 degrees ... 31% humidity ... winds WNW 14 mph ... atmosphere: electric!

Girls 200m: Buerkle (Forest Lake) wins 24.96 ... 2nd Post (St. Cloud Tech) 25.64 ... 3rd Rozman (Edina) 25.77

Video of Girls 800m is HERE

Video of Boys 800m is HERE

Boys 200m: Hancock (Anoka) beats Otto (Hill-Murray) 21.54 to 21.72 ... 3rd Brunette (Mounds View) 21.95

Girls 800m: @ 400 in 65 ... Gigstead (Perham) wins with 2:15.81 ... Lundgren (Mankato East) 2:17.97 ... 3rd Schellinger (Sartell) 2:18.76

Girls Triple Jump: Post (St. Cloud Tech) wins with 36-7 1/2 ... 2nd Renner (Mounds View) 35-5 3/4 ... 3rd Udeh 35-4

Boys 800m: 56.9 @ 400 ... photo finish! 1:55 ... Mellon (Buffalo) wins in 1:55.26 ... 2nd Shelendich (Mounds View) 1:55.28 ... 3rd Campbell (Blooming Prairie) 1:57.26

Boys Long Jump: Otto (Hill-Murray) wins with 22-8 ... 2nd McNamara (Mounds View) 22-6 1/2 ... 3rd Williams (Lester Prairie) 20-6

Girls 300m Hurdles: Simmons (Kennedy) wins large in record 44.44 ... 2nd Smith (Woodbury) 46.49 ... 3rd Sawtell (Mounds View) 47.33

Since there's a long break in the action now between hurdle races, let me take the opportunity to thank DtB videographer (and loyal side-kick) Chris Marshall for his fine work in the press box tonight. We're counting the blog and video hits, sweating a technological glitch or two ... and having a great time!

Video of Boys & Girls 400m HERE

Boys 300m Hurdles: Duling crashes ... Griswold (Totino Grace) wins in 39.22 ... 2nd Greenprice (Buffalo) 39.63 .. 3rd Reeve 40.22

Girls 400m: Buerkle wins going away ... in 57.37, a meet record ... 2nd Lundgren (Mankato East) 58.91 ... 3rd Brunn (Rogers) 59.50

Boys Pole Vault: Atwood (Mankato East) wins with 14-6 ... 2nd Pllack (Irondale) 14-0 .... 3rd Hymer (Apple Valley) 14-0

Boys 400m: Evans (Mounds View) beats Hancock (Anoka) 48.79 to 49.55 ... 3rd Bradley (Mounds View) 50.42

Girls 4 x 100m Relay: Mounds View wins BIG! 48.72 ... 2nd St. Cloud Tech 49.98 ... 3rd Hopkins 50.17

Video of Boys 1600m is HERE

Girls High Jump: Wilson (Armstrong) wins in jump-off with 5-5 ... 2nd Lambertson (Litchfield) 5-3 ... 3rd Dohrn (Lake City) 5-3

Boys 4 x 100 Relay: Fridley wins in record 43.21 ... 2nd Forest Lake 43.50 ... 3rd Andover ... 43.54

Girls 1600m:
@200 -- Senf leads at :34
@400 -- Senf leads with 71.8
@800 -- Senf still leads in 2:35.7 with Volz right behind
@1200 -- Senf & Volz 3:57.0
Finish -- Volz (Lakeville North) wins with a big move at 200m-to-go, in 5:07.33 ... Senf (Woodbury) 2nd in 5:13.70 ... 3rd Bates (Elk River) 5:14.64

Boys 1600m:
@ 200 -- Richardson :28
@ 400m -- Richardson :57.1
@ 800m -- Richardson 2:05.1 ... Yak .. Stublaski
@1200m -- Richardson 3:15.3
Finish -- Richardson wins in record 4:17.10 .. opening and closing in ~27 seconds! ... 2nd Stublaski 4:20.02 ... 3rd King (Lakeville North) 4:21.50

Girls 4 x 200 Relay: Mounds View wins in record 1:44.67 ... 2nd Hopkins 1:44.97 ... 3rd Forest Lake 1:46.16

Boys Triple Jump: McNamara (Mounds View) wins record with 46-5 ... Johnson (Roseville) 2nd with 44-0 .. Doh (Andover) 3rd at 43-2 3/4

Boys 4 x 200 Relay: Anoka wins in 1:31.06 -- by .oo3! -- over a charging Mounds View also at 1:31.06 ... St. Louis Park 3rd at 1:32.22

Video of Boys & Girls 100m is HERE

Girls Shot Put: Hampton (St. Louis Park) wins with 40-4 ...2nd Rollins (Grand Rapids) 39-10 1/4 ... 3rd Kubat (Owatonna) 39-9

Girls 100m: Johnson (Armstrong) false start DQ ... Rozman (Edina) wins in record 12.38 (her prelim 12.28 is the new record) ... 2nd Tanoe (Hopkins) 12.61 ... 3rd Lauer (Brainerd) 12.63

Boys 100m: Hancock (Anoka) wins in meet record 10.79 ... Cora 2nd in 10.90 ... Brunnette (Mounds View) 11.07

Girls Long Jump: Gauthier-Culnane (St. Louis Park) wins in 16-9 3/4 ... Lundgren (Mankato East) 2nd in 16-6 3/4 ... Johnson (South St. Paul) 3rd in 16-5

Video of Boys 4 x 800 Relay is HERE

Girls 100m Hurdles: Kelly Stalpes (Wayzata) wins in record 14.74 ... Woods (Blaine) 15.06 2nd ... Sawtell (Mounds View) 3rd in 15.22

Boys 110m Hurdles: Duling (Mounds View) wins in record 14.89 ... Reeve (Fairmont) 2nd in 15:08 ... Speath (Montevideo) 3rd in 15.25

Girls 4 x 800 Relay:
Lead-off Leg -- Woodbury leads in 2:23
Leg #2 -- Woodbury leads in 4:59
Leg #3 -- Woodbury leads in 7:16
Anchor/Finish -- Woodbury wins in meet record 9:36.18 ... Brainerd 2nd in 9:43.19 ... Grand Rapids 3rd in 9:44.26

Boys' 4 x 800 Relay:
Lead-off Leg -- Fairmont leads in 1;59.8
Leg #2 -- Willmar leads in 3:59.5 ... Edina ... Brainerd
Leg #3 -- Willmar 40m up
Anchor/Finish -- Willmar wins in meet record 8:00.07 ... Brainerd 2nd in 8:04.61, Buffalo 3rd in 8:08.60.

Girls 100m Prelims: CORRECTION
Heat 1 -- Rozman(Edina) wins in 12.29
Heat 2 -- Johnson (Armstrong) wins in 12.52

Boys' 100m Prelims:
Heat 1 -- Hancock (Anoka) beats Cora in 10.63
Heat 2 -- Schmidt (Andover) wins in 11.09

Handy Meet Links: Order of Events ... Heat Sheets ... Ordered Startlists ..2006 Results ... Meet Records

Conditions: At 5:15, fifteen minutes before the start of the meet, the temperature is 73 degrees, humidity is a pleasant 25%, and winds are from the west at 9 miles per hours.

Welcome to Down the Backstretch's first-ever attempt at live, on-site coverage of track and field. We're reporting live from Klas Field at Hamline University in St. Paul for the Hamline Elite-Meet. If you liked the Goph-O-Meter -- our event-by-event coverage of the Gopher teams at the Big Ten Indoor Championships, you should love this!

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