MSHSL State Class AA Prelim Session Review

The Class AA prelim session -- plus selected field event finals and the finals of the 3200m runs --of the 2007 MSHSL State Championships is in the books. Scroll down to find event-by-event headlines, splits, and top results from all the day's action.

Field event results that were missing earlier and leading team scores have been added to this post.

Look for Friday Class A prelim results at 7:00 p.m.

Girls 3200m Finals: Gits wins wire-to-wire victory; Melander kicks to 2nd
@400 -- Gits … 75 then Wyfells and Hughes
@800 -- Gits … 2:31.8 … 25m back Berndt, Volz, Hughes
@1200 – Gits … 3:49.6 … 45m back Volz, Berndt, Hughes
@1600 – Gits … 5:10.0 … 115m back Berndt, Volz, Hughes
@2000 – Gits … 6:32.6 … 120m back Brase, Hughes, Volz stringing out.
@2400 – Gits … 7:56.4 … 110m back Brase, Hughes, Volz
@2800 – Gits … 9:20.1 … 110m back Hughes ahead of Melander
@3200 – Alex Gits, Edina wins in 10:44.01 … McKenzie Melander, Eastview 2nd 10:52.32 … Laura Hughes, Mankato West 3rd 10:53.41.


Boys 3200m Finals: Heath kicks to victory, Mead second, Finnerty 3rd.
@400 – Hutton … 69.4 ahead of large pack … Mead takes lead @ 600m
@800 – Mead … 2:20.2 … with Lumbar, Heath, Blankenship, Finnerty close behind.
@1200 – Mead … 3:30… Lumbar, Heath, Blankenship, Finnerty right behind.
@1600 – Mead … 4:41.2 … with Lumbar, Heath, Blankenship, Finnerty, Little … 11 in lead pack
@2000 – Mead … 5:48.4 … Mead pushing pace – 67 – Heath next, Finnerty, Lumbar
@2400 – Mead … 6:55.7 … another 67 … 6 in lead pack … Heath, Finnerty, Litle, Lumbar, Adeys … Blankenship off the back.
@2800 -- Mead …8:03.1 … by backstretch it’s down to three – Heath & Finnerty.
@3200 – Elliott Heath (Winona) kicks home in 59.4 to win in Class AA record 9:02.65, Hassan Mead (Mpls South) 2nd in 9:03.29 and Rob Finnerty (Burnsville) 3rd in 9:04.42.

Click HERE for our in-depth story about the Class AA Boys 3200 meter run.

Boys Triple Jump Finals: Otto upsets McNamara
1st – B.J. Otto, Hill Murray, 47-4 3/4
2nd – Tommy McNamara, Mounds View, 47-3 1/2
3rd – Michael Woodward, Burnsville, 45-5 1/4

Girls Long Jump Finals: Helgren wins big!
1st – Jordan Helgren, Wayzata, 18-10 1/4
2nd – Becky Theisenn, New Prague, 17-9
3rd – Kjirsten Jacobson, Eastview/Apple Valley, 17-8 1/4

Girls Discus Finals: Potter wins.
1st – Michelle Potter, Winona, 146-9
2nd – Jessica Cagle, Grand Rapids, 139-4
3rd – LaiShema Hampton, St. Louis Park, 135-0

Boys Pole Vault Finals: Kedrowski repeats
1st – Casey Kedrowski (Sauk-Rapids Rice) 14-9
2nd - Stephen Koecher (Blaine) 14-9
3rd – Bryan Atwood (Mankato East) and Zechariah Gowdy (Burnsville)14-6

Girls High Jump: Muegge wins
1st - Hanna Muegge (Hopkins) 5-5
2nd -- Lauren Young (Edina) 5-4
3rd - Katie Loberg (Princeton) 5-4

Boys Shot Put: Kleinhuizen beats defending champs Davis
1st Tyler Kleinhuizen (Forest Lake) 59-10 1/4
2nd - Trey Davis (Farmington) 59-5 3/4
3rd - Todd DeJong (Hopkins) 55-6 1/4

Girls 100m Hurdle Prelims: Kroshel leads qualifiers
Heat 1 – Skyler Kroshel (Stillwater) wins in 15.02 Emily Stalpes (Wayzata) 2nd in 15.14
Heat 2 – Kelly Stalpes (Wayzata) wins in 15.07, Woods (Blaine) 2nd in 15.24

Also qualifying …. Butler, Weber, Sawtell, Okonkwo, Fashant.


Boys 110m Hurdle Prelims: Duling the fastest qualifier in 14.69
Heat 1 – Kedrick White (Roseville) wins in 14.81
Heat 2 – Alex Bell (Rosemount) wins in 15.06
Heat 3 – Defending champ Sean Duling (Mounds View) wins in 14.69

Also qualifying … Wolf, Feuk, Stockhowe, Davis, Woitas, Wageman.


Girls 100m: Pollard second in qualifying heat.
Heat 1 – Caitlin Dhein (St. Cloud Tech) wins in 12.13
Heat 2 – Kylie Peterson (Apple Valley) wins in 12.28, defending champ Sade Pollard (Harding) 2nd in 12.37
Heat 3 –Shai Nichols (Owatonna) wins in 12.02

Also qualifying … Tanoe, Narveson, Rozman, Sschulz, Johonson.

Boys 100m: 4.1 m/p/s wind pushes Hancock t 10.67
Heat 1 – Jerrell Hancock (Anoka) wins in a windy 10.67 … defending champ Garrett Cora (Duluth East) third
Heat 2 – Sean King (Cretin) wins in 10.97

Also qualifying … Koglin, Suttle, Cora, Rancourt, Johnson, Anderson


Girls 4 x 200 Relay Prelims: Hopkins and Armstrong win heats.
Heat 1 – Hopkins wins large in 1:42.38
Heat 2 – Armstrong wins in 1:44.19

Also qualifying … Roseville, Eagan, Mankato East, Burnsville, Lakeville North, Elk River.


Boys 4 x 200 Relay Prelims: Royals and Mustangs to battle in finals.
Heat 1 – Hopkins wins in 1:29.19
Heat 2 – Mounds View wins in 1:30.82

Also qualifying … Armstrong, Burnsville, Tartan, Farmington, Burnsville, Irondale, Andover, Mankato East.


Girls 4 x 100 Relay Prelims: Mounds View and Tech lead the way.
Heat 1 – Mounds View wins in 48.82
Heat 2 – St. Cloud Tech wins in 48.80

Also qualifying … Owatonna, Maple Grove, Forrest Lake, Hopkins, Osseo, Eagan, Burnsville


Boys 4 x 100 Relay Prelims: Cretin-Derham Hall and Mounds View lead qualifiers.
Heat 1 – Cretin-Derham Hall pulls away on the anchor leg, winning in 42.96
Heat 2 – Mounds View edges Wayzata 43.56 to 43.76

Also qualifying … Hopkins, Spring Lake Park/St. Anthony, Faribault, Armstrong
Forest Lake, Andover


Girls 400m Prelims: Pollard only thrid fastest to finals.
Heat 1 – Alana Eason (Champlin Park) wins in 57.46
Heat 2 – Brooke Campbell (Lakeville North) wins in 57.43 … defending champ Sade Pollard (St. Paul Harding) a close 2nd in 57.65

Also qualifying … Dean, Buerkle, Philips, Toepfer, Ruane, Ferry


Boys 400m Prelims: Evans through to finals for title defense, Hancock fastest qualifier.
Heat 1 – Defending champ Quinn Evans (Mounds View) wins in 49.15
Heat 2 – Jarrell Hancock (Anoka) narrowly wins in 48.97
Heat 3 – Kevin Bradley (Mounds View) wins in 49.50

Also qualifying … Wiseman, Johnson, Stoks, Kessler, Shufelt, Matturi


Girls 300m Hurdles Prelims: King and Severson lead the way.
Heat 1 – Kelsey King (Burnsville) wins in 45.05
Heat 2 – Jenna Severson (Spring Lake Park/St. Anthony) wins in 44.84

Also qualifying … Butler, Simmons, Edmunds, Smith, Lieder, Kuebler, Thelen


Boys 300m Intermediate Hurdles Prelims:
Heat 1 – Nicholas Dalske (Coon Rapids) wins in 38.62
Heat 2 – Mosic Greenprice (Buffalo) wins in 38.63

Also qualifying … Duling, Wageman, Weeks, Griswold, Stockhowe, Rondeau, Washington


Girls 800m Prelims: Smith leads finalists at 2;12.47
Heat 1 –
@200 – DeGiro (Grand Rapids) in 31
@400 – DeGiro in 64.7

Megan Smith (Eden Prairie) wins in 2:12.47.

Heat 2 –
@200 – Senf (Woodbury) in 29.9
@400 – Ferguson (Eastview) in 62.7
@600 – Senf in 1:38.7

Sarah Schellinger (Sartell-St. Stephen) wins in 2:14.89.


Boys 800m Prelims: Richardson qualifies with #6 all-time 1:51.60
Heat 1 –
@200 – Schelendich … 28.9
@400 -- Schelendich … 55.9
@600 – Pachuta … 1:25.2

Zach Mellon (Bufalo) wins in 1:53.44, David Pachuta (Eastview) 2nd in 1:53.96

Heat 2 –
@200 – Vaith … 27.2
@400 – Vaith … 56.1
@600 – Yusuf … 1:26.1

Nicholas Hutton crosses the line first but is DQ for interference Obai Hussein (Rosemount) wins in 1:55.18. Defending champ Isaac Veldkamp (Eden Prairie) 2nd in 1:55.22.

Heat 3 –
@200 – Richarson … 27.1
@400 – Richardson … 53.9
@600 – Richardson …1:23.0

Andy Richardson wins in 1:51.60, the 5th fastest HS 800m all-time in Minnesota history, Carlson 2nd in 1:53.88, Stublaski struggles to 3rd in 1:55.18

Also qualifying … Schelendich and King.

Girls 200m Prelims: Pollard wins heat, leads qualifiers.
Heat 1 – Antionnette Goodman (Burnsville) wins in 25.03
Heat 2 – Defending champ Sade Pollard (St. Paul Harding) wins in 24.74
Heat 3 – Jada Narveson (Lakeville South) wins in 25.13

Also qualifying … Erickson, Buerkle, Johnson, Kuplic, Schulz, Rozman

Boys 200m Prelims: Otto and Hancock to duel in finals.
Heat 1 – Jarrell Hancock (Anoka) wins in 21.55
Heat 2 – B.J. Otto (Hill Murray) wins in 21.42

Also qualifying … King, Keaton, Suttle, Rancourt, Anderson, Henderson, Key

Girls 4 x 400 Relay Prelims: Hopkins qualifies fastest.
Heat 1 –
@400 – Hopkins … 60 … Champlin Park close 2nd
@800 – Lakeville North … 1:59
@1200 – Lkeville North … 2:58 … followed closely by Hopkins

Hopkins moves to the lead with 300 to go, winning in 3:56.47

Heat 2 –
@400 – St. Cloud Tech, Wayzata and Mounds View hand off simultaneously … 60
@800 – Mounds View … 1:59 … followed by Wayzata and St. Cloud Tech
@1200 – Wayzata … 2:59

St. Cloud Tech holds off Mounds View to win in 3:58.19

Also qualifying … Lakeville North, Mounds View, Eagan, Eden Prairie, Wayzata, New Prague, Grand Rapids

Boys 4 x 400m Relay:
Heat 1 --
@400 – Hopkins & Tartan ... 50
@800 – Hopkins ... 1:41 ... Tartan
@1200 – Hopkins ... 2:33 ... Tonka and Rosemount 15m back

Hopkins wins in 3;24.81

Heat 2 --
@400 – Buffalo ... 50
@800 – Cooper ... 1:40 ... Buffalo and Hastings 10m back
@1200 -- Cooper ... 2:33

Cooper wins 3:23.13

Also qualifying ... Buffalo, Elk River, Mounds View, Hastings, Rosemount, Minnetonka, Tartan.


Team Scoring: Through four events ...

Boys -- Burnsville 24, Forest Lake 16, Hill-Murray 12, Winona 12, Sauk Rapids-Rice 12

Girls -- Edina 22, Eastview 18, Hopkins 17, Grand Rapids 12, Winona 12, Wayzata 12


Complete Class AA Friday session results can be found HERE, on the MSHSL site.


Chris Marshall assisted with coverage.

All-time Minnesota ranking information courtesy of Bill Miles and Tim Miles, publishers of the Minnesota Boys Track and Field Annual.