Friday, June 06, 2008

Friday Class A State Meet Review

Here's our wrap-up of Friday's Class A action. Join us tomorrow morning at 8:45 a. m. for live coverage of the Class AA finals.

We'll be back at the end of the day tomorrow, too, for another Class A wrap-up.

Thanks for joining us!

Girls' 100m Hurdle Prelims:
Heat 1 -- Leslie Thomas (DeLaSalle) wins in 15.23w.
Heat 2 -- Bree Woelber (Pipestone) wins in 15.25w.

Finalists: Thomas, Woelber, Lundell, Sowada, Noreen, Grandgenett, Nerenhausen, Larva, Mifflin.

Boys' 110m Hurdle Prelims:
Heat 1 -- Laquone Robinson (Brooklyn Center) wins in 14.28w. ***
Heat 2 -- Paul Mallory (Fairmont) wins in 14.53w.

Finalists: Robinson, Mallory, Spaeth, Boyda, Jimenez, Fabian, Spangler, Justin Hanson, Blaine Hanson.

*** Robinson's time, while faster than the Class A record of 14.48, was aided by an 8.4 meters/second wind, higher than the record-allowable 2.0 m/s.

Girls' 100m Prelims:
Heat 1 --Samantha Zopfi (Providence Academy) wins in 12.40w.
Heat 2 -- Ashley Tingelstad (Lake Park-Audubon) wins in 12.11w. ***

Finalists: Tingelstad, Zopfi, Barrett, Femrite, Lisson, Wubben, Schmit, Heide, Moser.

*** Tingelstad's time, while faster than the Class A record of 12.14, was aided by an 3.6 meters/second wind, higher than the record-allowable 2.0 m/s.

Boys'100m Prelims:
Heat 1 -- Caleb Rissman (Triton) wins in 10.79w.
Heat 2 -- Skyler Jackson (Frazee) wins in 10.86w>

Finalists: Rissman, Jackson, Hrdlicka, Dvorak, Prax, Mattson, Spronk, Adams, Stoks.

*** The top four qualifiers ran faster than the Class A record of 10.94, but for the aiding wind.

Boys' 4 x 200m Relay Prelims:
Heat 1 -- Worthington wins in 1:31.50.
Heat 2 -- Lanesboro/Fillmore wins with 1:31:33.

Finalists: Lanesboro/Fillmore, Worthington, Albany, Glencoe-Silver Lake,
Calrdonia/Spring Grove, Providence Academy, New Life Academy, Morris Area, Pine Island.


Girls' 4 x 100m Relay Prelims:
Heat 1 -- Chatfield wins with 50.18.
Heat 2 -- Providence Academy wins with 49.65.

Finalists: Providence Academy, Chatfield, Holy Family Catholic, Zimmerman, Triton, Esko, La Crescent, Belle Plaine/Holy Family Academy, Clinton-Graceville.

Boys' 4 x 100m Relay Prelims:
Heat 1 -- St. Croix Lutheran wins in 43.79.
Heat 2 -- Caledonia/Spring Grove wins in 44.47.

Finalists: St. Croix Lutheran, Caledonia/Spring Grove, MACCRAY, Chatfield, Holy Family Catholic, Providence Academy, Folley, Stewartville, Hawley/Ulen-Hitterdal.

Girls' 400m Prelims:
Heat 1 -- Leighton Lerum (Providence Academy) wins in 1:00.42
Heat 2 -- Ashley Tingelstad wins in 56.41.

Finalists: Tingelstad, Lerum, Everson, Strobel, Hellickson, Fogarty, Kerkhoff, Beukelman, Noska.

Boys' 400m Prelims:
Heat 1 -- Lance Arneson (Kinsland) wins in 50.30.
Heat 2 --Nicholas Pfeifle (SW Minnesota Christian) wins in 49.70.

Finalists: Pfeifle, Arneson, Stoks, Muenchow, Blackmore, Kerkoff, Kujava, Fritz, Holwerda.

Boys' Shot Put Final:
Micah Hegerle (Kasson-Mantorville) wins with 56-11 1/4 ... Michael Spampinato (Eveleth-Gilbert) 2nd with 55-11 ... JOse Alba (Staples-Motley) 3rd with 53-6

Girls' 300m Hurdle Prelims:
Heat 1 -- Carmen Lundell (Breck) wins in 45.60
Heat 2 --Kendra Mooberry (Benson/KMS) wins in 45.72

Finalists: Lundell, Mooberry, Plaetz, Sawtelle, Dietz, Woelber, Christenson, Voorhees, Grandgenett.

Boys' 300m Hurdle Prelims:
Heat 1 --Laquone Robinson (Brooklyn Park) wins in 39.97
Heat 2 -- Paul Mallory (Fairmont) wins in 40.17

Finalists: Robinson, Mallory, Spaeth, Greiner, Jimenez, Fabian, Postier, Hanninen, Cook.

Girls' 800m Prelims:
Heat 1 -- Melissa Varpness (Montevideo) wins in 2:19.67
Heat 1 -- Lexi Jo Heitkamp(Luverne) wins in 2:20.80

Finalists: Varpness, Heitkamp, Weller, Flores, Kruchowski, Peyton, Case, Ostrem, Shelrud.

Boys' 800m Prelims:
Heat 1 -- Ned Brady (DeLaSalle) wins in 1:56.74
Heat 2 -- Clayton Foster (Pequot Lakes) wins in 1:58.21

Finalists: Brady, Foster, Heppner, Swenson, Janssen, Liljevall, Carpenter, Omot, Hughes.

Girls High Jump Finals:
Toni Tollefson (Lake Park-Audubon) wins at 5-7 ... then a four-way tie for 2nd between Briana Wubben (Central Minnesota Christian), Analisa Huschle (Bagley/Fosston), Kayla Kapsner (Pierz), and Maanda Dohrn (Lake City) all at 5-5.

Girls' 200m Prelims:
Heat 1 -- Ashley Tingelstad (Lake Park Audubon) wins in 24.99
Heat 2 -- Analisa Huschle (Bagley/Fosston) wins in 25.50.

Finalists: Tingelstad, Huschle, Everson, Jensen, Mooberry, Heide, Ritter, Kemmerer, Barrett.

Girls' Discus Final:
Christy Nepp (Windom) wins with 146-4 ... Liberty Slinden (Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City) 2nd at 136-3 ... Elisa Moenkedick (Perham) 3rd with 131-3

Girls' Long Jump Finals:
Briana Wubben (Central Minn. Christian) wins with 17-3 1/2 ... Laure Olson (Hawley/Ulen-Hitterdal) 2nd with 17-0 1/4 ... Heidi Hilgers (Mayer Lutheran) 3rd at 16-11 1/2.

Boys' 20m Prelims:
Heat 1 -- Cameron Boy (Jordan) wins in 22.04.
Heat 2 -- Chris Stoks (Virginia) wins in 22.38.
Heat 3 -- Caleb Rissman (Triton) wins in 22.13

Finalists: Boy, Rissman, Stoks, Thompson, Adams, Dvorak, Pfeifle, Jackson, Enderlein.
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Girls' 3200m Finals:
@200 -- 34 seconds ... Mikkalson (Kason-Mantorville) leads
@400 -- 76 ... Mikkalson.
@800 -- 2:41 ... Mikkalson ahead of a large pack ...
@1200 -- still Mikkalson ahead of the pack.
@1600 -- 5:31 ... Landecker (Staples-Motley) Stack (Loyola) and Rice (Holy Family) leading a pack of six
@2000 -- 6:57 ... Stack to the front of the pack ...
@2400 -- 8:22 ... Stack, Rice, and Keller (Paynesville) ...
@2800 -- 9:46 .., still the same three at the fore ...

Keller makes a big move on the backstretch to top Rice and Stack ...

1st Keller (Paynesville) 11:03.29
2nd Rice (Holy Family) 11:04.32
3rd Stack (Loyola) 11:09.96

Boys' 3200m Finals:
@200 -- 33 seconds ... Beniak (Zumbrota-Mazeppa) leads.
@400 -- 68 ... Beniak, Lachowitzer (Perham), Wasinger (Winona Cotter).
@800 -- 2:22 ... Lachowitzer, Wasinger, Beniak ... and a looong string behind them.
@1200 -- 3:30 ... Lachowitzer and Wasinger ahead of chasers by 20m.
@1600 -- 4:39 ... Lachowitzer & Wasinger ... and 50m of track.
@2000 -- 5:51 ... same two, same order, 70m gap.
@2400 -- 7:04 ... Wasinger seems to be waiting for his moment.
@2800 -- 8:16 ... Wasinger to the lead with 500m to go ...

Wasinger builds a big gap on the backstretch ... and wins comfortably.

1st Donny Wasinger (Winona Cotter) 9:22.42
2nd Kevin Lachowitzer (Perham) 9:28.81
Travis Beniak (Zumbrota-Mazeppa) 9:40.31

Boys Pole Vault Finals:
Erik Romsdahl (St. James) wins at 15-0 ... Raphy Gelo (International Falls) 2nd at 14-6, William Brenny (Foley) 3rd at 13-6.

Boys Triple Jump Finals:
Derek Bredy (West Central) wins with 46-1 ... Kenny Schofield (Cotton/Cherry/Cook/Orr) 2nd with 45-11 1/4 ... Caleb Rissman (Triton) 3rd at 44-7 3/4.

Boys' 4 x 400m Relay Prelims:
Heat 1 -- Lanesboro/Fillmore Central wins in 3:28.57 ... Worthington DQ-ed.
Heat 2 -- Fairmont wins in 3:26.93

Finalists: Fairmont, Lanesboro, United South Central, Breckenridge, DeLaSalle, Foley, New Life Academy, Esko, Roseau.

Complete Friday Class A boys' results are available HERE, Class A girls' results are HERE.

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