Live Coverage: MSHSL Class AA Finals

Final, Official Boys' Team Scores:
1 Rosemount 65
2 Irondale 60
3 Woodbury 42
4 Owatonna 35
5 Burnsville 34

Final, Official Girls' Team Scores:
1 Eastview 74
2 Mounds View 60
3 Apple Valley 50
4 Roseville 44
5 Hopkins 40

Boys 4 x 400 Relay:
1st Leg -- Mankato West leads ...Rosemount in 7th
2nd Leg -- Rosemount leads after Hussein's leg.
3rd Leg -- Woodbury leads Rosemount second.

Woodbury wins in 3:18.77 ... Buffalo 2nd on Mellon's huge anchor in 3:19.22 ... Rosemount 3rd with 3:19.47.

FLASH: After all boys events but the 4 x 400, Rosemount trails Irondale by 3 points for the team title. If Rosemount finishes in 7th place, they'll tie the Knights for the 2008 Class AA Boys title. If they finish 6th of better, they finish 6th or better, they'll win.

Girls' 4 x 400m:
1st Leg -- Apple Valley leads.
2nd Leg -- Rosemount leads .... Munds View and a big pack.
3rd Leg -- Monds View leads Hopkins ...

Hopkins wins in 3:54.81 ... Mounds View 2nd in 3:55.16 ... Minnetonak 3rd in 3:56.41.

Boys' Discus:
Casey Dehn (Owatonna) wins with 173-9 ... Nik Hawley (Park) 2nd with 159-4 ... Jordan Waiwaiole (Spring Lake Park) 3rd with 157-10

Boys' High Jump:
Derek Jerde (Chaska) defends his title at 6-10 ... Derek Alderks (Northfield) 2nd with 6-7 ... Michael Harley (Stillwater) 3rd at 6-6.

Girls' Triple Jump:
Jordan Helgren (Wayzata) defends her 2007 title with a mark of 40-8 1/2w -- she established a new all-time State Meet record with her wind-legal 39-3 mark elsewhere in the competition ... Kelsey Joson (Park) 2nd in 38-2 3/4 ... Hanna Muegge (Hopkins) 3rd at 37-8.

Boys 200m:
Chichi Ojika wins, in 21.95, and puts Irondale ahead the team title race ... Sean King (Cretin-Derham Hall) 2nd in 22.16 ... Emmanual Matadi (Spring Lake Park) 3rd in 22.38.

Girls' Pole Vault:
Kristen Dare (Apple Valley) wins with 11-0 ... Megan Olson (Stillwater) 2nd at 11-0 ... Caitlin Weber (Lakeville North) 3rd at 10-9.

Girls' 200m:
Kylie Peterson (Apple Valley) wins in 24.70 ... Rosey Erickson (Alexandria) 2nd in 24.99 ... Antoinette Godman (Burnsville) 3rd in 25.02.

Boys' 800m: (Mellon, Richardson, Hussein fight for individual glory and team points.)
@200 -- 26 ... Richardson leads.
@400 -- 54+ .. Richardson with Mellon on his shoulder.

... Mellon with a big move on the backstretch ...

Zach Mellon (Buffalo) wins in 1:49.69, a new All-Time State Meet Record ... Harun Abda (Fridley) 2nd in1:50.74, the 5th fastest time in Minn. prep history ... Andy Richardson (Irondale) 3rd in 1:51.06 the #6 mark all-time ... Obai Hussein 4th in 1:52.09

Updated Minnesota 800m Boys all-time, all venues top performers list ...
1:49.13 Jason Owen, Stewartville 1996
1:49.30 Trent Riter, Mounds View 2001
1:49.69 Zach Mellon, Buffalo 2008
1:50.56 Steve Holman, Richfield 1988
1:50.74 Hzarun Abda, Fridley 2008
1:51.06 Andy Richardson, Irondale 2008

Girls' 800m:
Haylie Zenner (Fergus Falls) wins in 2:15.00.

Boys’ 300m Hurdles: (An important event if Irondale, with Uche Ugbonnaya, is going to catch Rosemount in the team title chase.)
Uche Ogbonnaya wins in 38.51 ... Mathews Weeks (Moorhead 2nd in 38.58 ... Snosio Boye-Weah (Park Center) 3rd in 38.86

FLASH: Sade Pollard (Harding) , the seven-time Class AA champion, and Joe Rancourt (Faribault) have been scratched from the 200m.

Girls' 300 Hurdles:
Severson defends title in 43.56 ... Kayla Sawtell (Mounds View) 2nd in 45.69 ... Carrie Edmunds (Lakeville North) 3rd in 45.64

Boys' Long Jump:
Zach Bork (Rocori) wins with 22-8 1/4 ... Diahn Zeon (Richfield) 2nd in 22-6 ... Tony Johnson (New Prague) 21-11

Boys' 400m: (A big event Rosemount's team title hopes -- Hussein.)
Obai Hussein (Rosemount), running in green, wins in 48.62 ... Leon Cheneyon (Cooper) 2nd in 48.81 ... Ernest Dorsett III 3rd in 49.11.

FLASH: Derke Jerde (Chaska) defends high jump title ... has made 6-10, jumping at 6-11.

Girls' 400m:
Alexis Brown (Eastview) wins in 56.17 ... Sashanavian Davis (park Center) 2nd in 56.54 ... Sophie Charlton (Mayo) 3rd in 56.73


Girls' Shot Put:
Amy Kubat (Owatonna) wins with 43-1 ... LaiShema Hampton (St. Louis Park) 2nd at 42-10 1/2 ... Janae Burich (Roseville) 3rd with 40-8 1/2.

Boys'100m: (An important team title event for Irondale.)
Osseo wins in 42.40 ... Wayzata 2nd in 42.75 ... Farmington 3rd in 42.85 ... Irondale 4th in 43.08

Girls' 4 x 100m:
Apple Valley wins in 48.08 ... Mounds View 2nd in 48.19 ... Roseville 3rd in 48.33.

Boys' 1600m: (Finnerty vs. Carlson & Richardson. Irondale and Rosemount with team title points at stake.)
@200 -- 32 ... Finnerty leads.
@400 -- 63 ... Finnerty & Carlson ... then Richardson.
@800 -- 2:06 ... Finnerty & Carlson ... Richardson 10m back.
@1200 -- 3:11 ... Finnerty & Carlson ... Richardson 30m back.

Finnerty (Burnsville) wins in 4:10.43 ... Jordan Carlson 2nd in 4:10.72 ... Andy Richardson 3rd in 4:13.27 ... Carlson came even with Finnerty a the top of the homstretch, but couldn't out-run him to the finish.

Girls' 1600m:
@200 -- 34 ... Rivard of St. Francis.
@400 -- 73 ... Rivard 10m ahead of the pack.
@800 -- 2:32 ... Hughes of Mankato West stringing the pack.
@1200 -- 3:51 ... Hughes leads with Opitz right behind.

Mara Olson (St. Louis Park) win in 5:02.41 ... Caitlin Hughes (Stillwater) 2nd in 5:02.54 ... Chelsea Petit 3rd in 5:03.22

Boys' 4 x 200m Relay: (Rosemount is looking for team points here in their title quest.)
Champlin Park wins with 1:29.55... Rosemount 2nd in 1:29.69... Anoka 3rd with 1:29.90.

Girls' 4 x 200m Relay:
Mounds View wins with 1:41.41 ... Eastview 2nd with 1:42.25 ... Roseville 3rd with 1:42.61.

FLASH: Jordan Helgren breaks her own all-time State Meet triple jump record with a 39-3 jump, in on-going competition.

Boys' 100m: (An important team event for Irondale with top-qualifying finalist Chichi Ojika.)
Kassim Lakis (Armstrong) wins in 10.68 ... Sean King (Cretin-Derham Hall) 2nd in 10.75 ... Chichi Ojika (Irondale) 3rd in 10.76.

Girls' 100m: (Featuring Kylie Peterson ... the new all-time State Meet record-setter yesterday with 11.88.)
Kylie Peterson (Apple Valley) wins in 11.79, faster than her All-time State Meet record, but with a stronger-than-allowable wind ... Caitlin Dhein (Tech) 2nd in 12.15 ... Stormy Nesbit (Roseville) 3rd in 12.38


Boys' 110m Hurdles: (Another important event for Buffalo with finalist Keenan Stangl.)
Drew Feuk (New Prague) wins in 14.71 ... Matthews Weeks (Moorhead) 2nd in 14.86 ... Marvin Mathews (Roseville) 3rd in 14.97 ... Buffalo's Keenan Stangl 8th in 15.20.

Girls' 100m Hurdles:
Kayla Sawtell (Mounds View) wins in 14.57, faster than the Class AA record, but run with an above-the-allowable 2.8 mps wind ... Kim Lieder (Eastview) 2nd in 15.74 ... Emily Stalpes (Wayzata) 3rd in 14.75.

Boys' 4 x 800m: (An important event for Buffalo's team title hopes ... )
@400 -- 56+ ... Winona leads a tight pack ...
1st Leg -- 1:57 ... Brainerd and Apple Valley.
@400 -- Brainerd by 20m ...
2nd Leg -- 3:57 ... Apple Valley and Brainerd ... Buffalo a distant 4th.
@400 -- Brainerd with a 5m lead on Apple Valley.
3rd Leg -- 5:49 ... Apple Valley leads Brainerd by 25m
w/ 400 to go -- Apple Valley up by 15m on Brainerd.

Apple Valley wins in 7:45.31, a new Class AA and all-time State Meet Record! ... Brainerd 2nd in 7:49.97 ... Buffalo 3rd in 7:56.42.

The updated all-time, all venues, Minnesota high school best performers:
7:41.94 Stillwater Area 1998
7:42.24 Willmar 2007
7:45.31 Apple Valley 2008
7:45.95 Mounds View 2007
7:47.58 Lakeville North 2006

Girls' 4 x 800m:
@400 -- 63 ... Woodbury leads.
1st Leg -- 2:19 ... Fridley Grace leads.
@400 -- Minnetonka leads ... Eden Prairie
2nd Leg -- 4:38 ... Eden Prairie leads by 30m
@400 -- Eden Prairie with Minnetonka closing fast.
3rd Leg -- 6:56 ... Eden Prairie back up by 30m on 'Tonka
w/ 400 to go -- Minnetonka surges to the lead ...

Eden Prairie wins pulling away in 9:16.50 ... Minnetonka 2nd in 9:20.57 ... Eastview 3rd with 9:26.20.


Good morning from Klas Field at Hamline University!

Down the Backstretch is pleased to present today's Class AA Finals live. Weather conditions in St. Paul are pleasant, but humid. The temperature at 8:40 a.m. is 66 degrees with 78% relative humidity. Winds are lights from the SE at 7 m.p.h. The forecast calls for scattered showers and thunderstorms.

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As you wait for today's action to begin at 9:00 a.m., we suggest you enjoy the Star-Tribune's coverage of yesterday's action ... HERE, HERE, and HERE. And the Pioneer Press's story HERE.

Complete Class AA boys' results from yesterday are available HERE, Class AA girls' results are HERE

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