WDTB -- Live Coverage of the MSHSL Class AA Finals

That concludes Down the Backstretch's live coverage of Class AA action. Special thanks go to Run N Fun for making it financially possible ... and THANK YOU for joining us on-line.

Tune back in in an hour or so -- 2:30 p.m. CDT -- to view our exclusive video of all of today's Class AA track races in full.

And ... check back in tonight at 7:00 when we post our reports on the Class A finals.

For my partner Chris Marshall, I'm Charlie Mahler ... thanks for joining us on Down the Backstretch!

Full Class AA final results are available HERE, on the MSHSL web-site.

Boys Team Scores: FINAL

Mounds View defends title with 97 points! ... Hopkins 44 ... Burnsville 43 ... Buffalo 36 ... Spring Lake Park/St. Anthony Village 35

Girls Team Scores: FINAL

Wayzata edges Hopkins 56-55! ... Lakeville North 46 ... Eastview 40 ... Edina 38

Boys 4 x 400m Relay:
1st Leg -- Mounds View leads at ... ~50
2nd Leg -- Mounds View ... 1:39.0
3rd Leg -- Mounds View ... 2:30.8
Anchor -- Evans is screaming down the back straight ...

Mounds View wins in 3:18.04 ... Hopkins 3:21.54 ... Minnetonka 3:24.51

Girls 4 x 400m Relay:
1st Leg -- Mounds View ... ~57
2nd Leg -- Mounds View ... 1:55
3rd Leg -- Mounds View ... 2:55
Anchor -- Hopkins chasing Mounds View ...

Mounds View (3:52.78) beats ... Hopkins 3:53.53 ... Lakeville North 3:54.90

Boys Discus:
Mike Shaver (Owatonna) wins in 183-1 ... Matt Schwartz (Forest Lake) 175-11 ... Brian Leonhardt (Spring Lake Park/St. Anthony Village) 164-11

Boys Long Jump:
B.J. Otto (Hill-Murray) 23-1 1/4 ... Tony Johnson (New Prague) 22-09 1/2 ... Tommy McNamara (Mounds View) 22-8 1/4

Boys 200m:
Jerrell Hancock (Anoka) wins in 21.98 ... B. J. Otto (Hill-Murray) 22.14 ... Tyler Key (Apple Valley) 22.22

Girls Pole Vault:
Lauren Stelten wins with 12-3 ... Johanna Sprang (Irondale) 11-6 ... Kayla Deters (Sauk Rapids-rice) 11-3

Girls 200m:
Sade Pollard (Harding) wins 2nd title in 25.36 ... Antionnette Goodman (Burnsville) 25.40 .... Jada Narveson (Lakeville South) 25.63

Girls Triple Jump:
Jordan Helgren (Wayzata) wins in all-time State Meet record of 38-10 1/4 ... Kelsey Joson (Park) 38-4 ... Elizabeth Wilson (Armstrong) 37-3

Boys 800m:
@200 -- Richardson ... 27
@400 -- Richardson ... 56
@600 -- Still Richardson, with Mellon coming to his shoulder ... 1:25.9

Zach Mellon (Buffalo) wins in 1:52.66 ... Andy Richardson (Irondale) 1:53.13 ... Isaac Veldkamp (Eden Prairie) 1:53.62

Girls 800m:
@200 -- Senf ... 30.8
@400 -- Senf ... 66.2
@600 -- Smith leads big ... 1:39

Megan Smith (Eden Prairie) wins in 2:11 .87 ... Sarah Schellinger (Sartell-St. Stephen) 2:15.04 ...

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Boys 30m Hurdles:
Matthew Griswold (Totino Grace) wins in 38.25 ... Mosic Greenprice (Buffalo) 38.36 ... Sean Duling (Mounds View) 38.73

Girls 300m Hurdles:
Jenna Severson (Spring Lake Park) wins in 44.79 ... Taryn Simmons (Bloomington Kennedy) 45.07 ... Kimberly Leider (Eastview) 45.74

Boys Team Scores: Through 12 events ...
Mounds View 65 ... Burnsville 40 ... Hopkins 28 ... Anoka 22 ... Spring Lake Park/St. Anthony Village 21

Girls Team Scores: Through 12 events ...
Wayzata 42 ... Hokins 39 ... Lakeville North 36 ... Eastview 29 ... Edina 27

Boys High Jump:
Derek Jerde (Chaska) wins at 6-8 ... Matt Clauer (Elk River) 6-7 ... Ryan Boedddeker (Owatonna) 6-6

Girls Shot Put:
Kylene Ramsey (Moorhead) wins with a 41-05 1/4 put ... LaiShema Hapton (St. Louis Park) 41-03 3/4 ... Neisha Monroe (Cambridge-Isanti) 39-10 1/4

MSHSL computer problems are slowing down our field event coverage ... we do know that, in competition that is still on-going, Wayzata's Jordan Helgren has set a new all-time State Meet record in the triple jump with 38-10 1/4

Boys 400m:
Quinn Evans (Mounds View) wins in 47.85 -- missing Randy Melbourne's all-time Sate Meet record of 47.59 ... Jerrell Hancock (Anoka) 48.99 ... Kevin Bradley (Mounds View) 49.18

Evans ran the fastest HS 400m all-time for Minnesotans in the event earlier this season -- 47.18

Girls 400m:
Sade Pollard (Harding) gets her first win of the meet in 56.99 ... Kristi Buerkle (Forest Lake) 57.14 ... Cassie Toepfer (Eagan) 57.32

Costs for the rights to broadcast the MSHSL Class AA Track & Field finals live on Down the Backstretch -- with same-day video coverage -- were underwritten by the generous support of Run N Fun.

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Boys 4 x 100m:
Cretin-Derham Hall (42.80) edges Hopkins (42.84) ... Mounds View 43.24

Girls 4 x 100m:
Mounds View wins large ... in 48.09 ... St. Cloud Tech 48.90 ... Hopkins 49.15

Boys 1600m:
@200 -- Richardson at 27 (of course!)
@400 -- Richardson at 59.5 ... Heath, Yak chasing 10m back
@800 -- Blankenship to the fore but Finnerty leads at 2:05.8
@1200 -- Finnerty pressing the third lap ... Finnerty and Blankenship at 3:08.1

Big bell lap move by Blankenship ...

Ben Blankenship (Stillwater) wins in 4:09.10 ... Rob Finnerty (Burnsville) 4:10.39 ... Andy richardson (Irondale) 4:10.78 ... Heath 4:10.88

Girls 1600m:
@200 -- Senf 31
@400 -- Senf by 15m in 69.8
@800 -- Senf by by 2m in 2:32
@1200 -- Volz, Melander ... 3:50 ... then Senf, Berndt, Hughes

Volz and Melander battling on backstretch ...

Volz wins in 4:58.68 ... Melander 4:59.72 ... Hughes 5:02.72

Weather Update: 72 degrees, winds SSW 10 mph

Boys 4 x 200m Relay:
Mounds View misses all-time State Meet record by .04 with 1:27.77 ... Hopkins 1:28.42 ... Armstrong 1:29.33

Girls 4 x 200m Relay:
Hopkins wins in 1:41.87 ... Armstrong 1:43.00 ... Lakeville North 1:44.12

Costs for the rights to broadcast the MSHSL Class AA Track & Field finals live on Down the Backstretch -- with same-day video coverage -- were underwritten by the generous support of Run N Fun.

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Boys 100m:
Jerrell Hancock (Anoka) wins in 10.67 (wind-legal) ... Clarence Suttle (Johnson) 10.89 ... Sean King (Cretin-Derham Hall) 10.92 ... Garrett Cora (Duluth East) 5th in 10.89

Girls 100m:
Kylie Peterson (Apple Valley) upsets Pollard in 12.11 (wind-legal) ... Sade Pollard (Harding) 12.21 ... Shai Nichols (Owatonna) 12.21

Boys 110m Hurdles:
Sean Duling (Mounds View) defends title in 14.43w ... Kevin Wolf (Spring Lake Park) 14.48 ... Kedrick White (Roseville) 14.81

Girls 100m Hurdles:
Kelly Stalpes (Wayzata) wins in 14.70w ...Jessica Butler (Grand Rapids) 14.93 ... Emily Stalpes (Wayzata) 15.09

Boys 4 x 800m Relay:
1st Leg -- Eastview leads Willmar ... 1:55.3
2nd Leg -- Willmar lead Eastview by 30m ... 3:53.0
3rd Leg -- Willmar leads Apple Valley by 50m ... 5:50.1
Anchor -- Willmar up by 80m on the backstretch ...

Willmar (Yusuf, Awale, Adeys, Coquyt) breaks the all-time State Meet record in 7:47.33 ... Apple Valley 7:54.52 ... Buffalo 7:57.51

The all-time Minnesota record -- run anywhere, not just at State???
Stillwater 7:41.94 in 1998.

Girls 4 x 800m Relay:
1st Leg -- Woodbury and Eden Prairie lead ... 2:18.0
2nd Leg -- Eden Prairie leads Woodbury and Mound West Tonka .... 2:37.9
3rd Leg -- Eden Prairie with a 35m lead over Wayzata ... 6:55.6
Anchor -- On the final backstretch, Eden prairie still leads big ...

Eden Prairie wins in 9:09.31 ... then Wayzata in 9:19.02 and Woodbury 9:20.72

Welcome to Down the Backstretch's coverage of the MSHSL Class AA Finals. We're reporting live from Klas Field at Hamline University in St. Paul. If you enjoyed our coverage of the Hamline Elite-Meet, you should love this!

Just pull up a supportive chair and a bag of snacks -- I've just had my press room donuts and coffee! All you need to do is refresh your browser window regularly for event-by-event coverage of the meet. The latest news and results will appear at the top of this page, older data will be collected beneath.

In addition, we plan to post video of EVERY running event shortly after the Class AA session ends.

Weather conditions minutes before the start of the session: 62 degrees, 46 degree dew point, winds fairly calm ... the backstretch flag that was stiff yesterday is lazily blowing this morning.


Costs for the rights to broadcast the MSHSL Class AA Track & Field finals live on Down the Backstretch -- with same-day video coverage -- were underwritten by the generous support of Run N Fun.

Run N Fun ... Running Specialists.