Live Coverage: MSHSL State Class AA Finals

That concludes our live coverage of the Class AA session of the MSHSL State Meet.

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We'll post top results of this afternoon's Class A session as soon as the competition ends -- likely around 6:45 p.m.

Complete results of the Class AA finals for boys can be found HERE.

Complete results of the Class AA finals for girls are HERE.

Boys' Team Scores: Buffalo 60 ... Wayzata 52 ... Rosemount 49 ... Andover 39.

Girls' Team Scores: Mounds View 48 ... Hopkins 44 ... Armstrong 41 ... Eden Prairie 40.

Girls' Class AA Team Champions: Mounds View!

Boys' 4 x 400m Relay:

Buffalo wins the race ... and the team title!

Mellon split 49.8 on the anchor!

1. Buffalo 3:21.76 ... Rosemount ... 3:21.92 ... White Bear Lake 3:22.46

Boys' Discus Throw:

1. Casey Dehn, Owatonna 165-4 ... 2. Jon Lehman, Coon Rapids 156-10 ... 3. Logan Hussung, Farmington 154-2

NOTE: By our unofficial tally, the boys team scores heading into the 4 x 400m Relay are: Wayzata 52 ... Buffalo 48 ... Rosemount 39 .... Andover 39

Buffalo and Rosemount have 4 x 400 squads, Wayzata and Andover do not.

If our tally is correct ... we stress IF ... Rosemount cannot catch Wayzata ... Buffalo can surpass Wayzata with a 5th-place (or better) finish in the relay or tie with a 6th place finish.

Girls' 4 x 400m Relay:

1. Mounds View wins with 3:55.40 ... 2. Hopkins 3:57.88 ... 3. Prior Lake 3:59.72

Boys' Long Jump:

1. Rashad Steele, Columbia Heights 22-10 ... 2. Lee Dhein, St. Cloud Tech ... 22-4 1/2 ... 3. Franky Veldman, Eastview 22-1 1/2

Boys' 200m:

1. Jacob Capek of Rocherster JM wins in 22.19 ... 2. Chichi Ojika, Irondale 22.34 ... 3. Emmanuel Matadi, SP Johnson 22.39 .... 7. Austin Eliason, Rosemount 22.76

Girls 200m:

1. Paige Kuplic of Prior Lake wins in 25.45 ... 2. Akuoma Omeoga, Irondale 25.77 ... 3. Rosey Erickson, Alexandria 25.98

Girls' Triple Jump:

1. Michelle Maciej, Elk River 37-4 3/4 ... 2. Elizabeth Wilson, Armstrong 37-3 1/4 ... 3. Alex Beckman, Eastview 36-6 3/4

NOTE: Unofficial boys' team scores after the 800m: Wayzata 52, Buffalo 48, Rosemount 36 ...

Boys 800m:

@200 -- 26.4 ... Abda with Mellon on his shoulder

@400 -- 56 ... Abda on the rail Mellon on his shoulder

@600 -- 1:23 ... still in the same positions ...

Abda defeats Mellon!

1. Harun Abda, Fridley 1:52.23 ... 2. Zach Mellon, Buffalo 1:52.63 ... 3. Sam Miner, Winona 1:53.90

Girls' 800m:

@200 -- 33 seconds ... krause leads

@400 -- 69 ... Krause ahead of a tight pack

@600 -- 1:42 ... Zenner leading ...

Haylie Zenner of Fergus Falls defends her title in 2:15.33 ... 2. Erin Krause, Wayzata 2:15.98 ... 3. Victoria Paulson, Owatonna 2:17.00

Boys' 300m Hurdles:

1. James Butler of Tartan wins in 38.90 ... 2. Jerome Begin, Buffalo 39.03 ... 3. Greg Kufahl, Hopkins 39.57

Girls' Pole Vault:

1. Bryanna Sudman, Eden Prairie 11-3 ... 2. Allison Martin, Winona 10-9 ... 3. Sam Smith , Brainerd 10-9

NOTE: Official to-the-moment boys' team scores: Wayzata 52, Rosemount 36, Andover 35, Highland Park 32, Buffalo 28

Girls' 300m Hurdles:

1. Jessica Keesling of WBL wins in 45.69 ... 2. Rena Kneeland, New Prague 45.97 ... 3. Kristie Townley 46.18

NOTE: Official to-the-moment girls' team scores: Grand Rapids 33, Mounds View 31, Armstrong 31, Alexandria 30, Hopkins 27, Burnsville 24

Boys' High Jump:

1 Derek Jerde of Chaska wins his 3rd-straight title at 6-9 ... 2. Eyo Ekpo, Andover 6-8 ... 3. Gus Gehlen 6-5 ... Note: the event was held indoors.

NOTE: Unofficial boys' team scores after the 400m: Wayzata 52, Rosemount 36, Buffalo 28 ...

Boys' 400m:

1. Troy Pollard of Highland Park wins in 48.71 ... 2. Frank Falzone, Stillwater 49.51 ... 3. Patrick Marx, Grand Rapids 49.29 ... 4. Christian Willman, Rosemount 49.55

Girls' 400m:

1. Erica Dombro of Highland Park wins in 56.44 ... 2. Lindsy Mattson, Grand Rapids 56.66 ... 3. Sophie Charlton, Mayo 56.90

Girls' Shot Put:

1. Kim Hovey of Red Wing wins with 42-8 1/4 ... 2. Janae Burich, Roseville 40-9 1/2 ... 3. Jessica Cagle, Grand Rapids 40-6

Boys' 4 x 100m Relay:

1. Andover wins with 42.89 ... 2. North 43.09 ... 3. Hopkins 43.21

Girls' 4 x 100m Relay:

1. Eastview wins in 48.49 ... 2. Hopkins 48.52 ... 3.Burnsville 48.70

Boys' 1600m:

@200 --31 seconds ... Sandry leads

@400 -- 64 ... Sandry and Dulian

@800 -- 2:12 ... Holt leads at the half ...with the Wayzata guys in tow

@1200 --3:15 ... Ducharme takes the lead at the bell ...

1. Blayne Dulian of Coon Rapids wins in 4:16.56 ... 2. John Holt, Roseville 4:17.79 ... 3. Danny Ducharme, Wayzata 4;19.90 .... then: Sandry, Dick, Paradis, Drenkhahn, Joyce, and Marquardt.

NOTE: In the boys' high jump, with the bar moving to 6-9, only two-time champion Derek Jerde of Chaska and Eyo Ekpo of Andover remain in the competition.

Girls' 1600m:
@200 --32 seconds ...Hauger with a 10m lead
@400 -- 70 ... Hauger with 15m on the field
@800 -- 2:27 ... Hauger with 25m over Piepenburg.
@1200 -- 3:47 ... Opitz takes the lead at the bell ...

1. Cassy Opitz of Eden Prairie wins in 4:59.53 ... 2. Chelsea Pettit, Holy Angels 5:01.45 ... 3. Mara Olson, St. Louis Park 5:02.30 ... 7. Hauger .... 8. Piepenburg

NOTE: Unofficial boys' team score after the 4 x 200: Wayzata 37, Rosemount 30, Buffalo 28 ...

Boys' 4 x 200m Relay:

1. White Bear Lake 1:28.79 ... 2. Rosemount 1:28.91 ... 3. Brainerd 1:29.51 .... Buffalo 1:29.77

NOTE: Stormy Nesbit of Roseville did not compete in the 100m final and has withdrawn from the meet.

Girls' 4 x 200m Relay:

1. Mounds View wins in 1:41.76 ... 2. Osseo 1:42.39 ... 3. Armstrong 1:42.66

Boys 100m:

1. Emmanuel Matadi of St. Paul Johnson wins in 11.03 ... 2. Chichi Ojika, Irondale 11.08 ... 3. Myint Maung, St. Paul Highland Park 11.18

Girls' 100m:

1. Sid'Reshia Floyd of Armstrong wins in 12.31 ... 2. Sasha Davis, Park Center 12.47 ... 3. Akuoma Omeoga, Irondale 12.63

NOTE: Unofficial Boys' team scores after the 110 Hurdles ... Wayzata 37, Buffalo 22, Owatonna 22, Rosemount 20.

Boys 110m Hudles:

1. Keenan Stangl of Buffalo wins in 14.73 ... 2. Zach Vraa, Rosemount 14.85 ... Adam Bolton, Mahtomedi 15.32

Girls' 100m Hurdles:

1 Colleena Coleman of Cooper wins in 14.98 ... 2. Jessica January, Richfield 15.09 ... 3. Kayla Sawtell, Mounds View 15.13 .... 9. Okonkwo, Osseo 15.90

NOTE: It's now raining steadily here ...

Boys' 4 x 800m Relay:

@200 -- 27 seconds ... Buffalo leads ...

@400 -- 57 ... Buffalo ahead of Forest Lake

@800 -- 1:57 ... Forest Lake leads at the exchange

@1200 -- 2:54 ... Forest Lake lead by 10m over Buffalo

@1600 -- 3:58 ... Forest Lake ahead of Minnetonka at the pass

@2000 --4:55 ... Forest Lake and Richfield now ... Buffalo in 7th

@2400 -- 5:59 ... Wayzata leads ...

@2800 --6:54 ... Wayzata and Forest Lake

1. Wayzata wins in 7:56.19 ... 2. Buffalo 7:58.54 (Mellon splits 1:52.6 to move Buffalo into 2nd place at the finish) ... 3. Forest Lake 7:59.18

Girls' 4 x 800m Relay:

@200 -- 32 seconds ... Sartell leads a tight pack.

@400 -- 70 ... Prior Lake leading ...

@800 -- 2:19 ... Prior Lake leads at the 1st exchange

@1200 -- 3:27 ... Prior Lake leads Minntonka, Mounds View, and Sartell

@1600 -- 4:42 ... Prior Lake leads at the exchange

@2000 -- 5:46 ... Prior Lake leads Minnetonka and Mounds View

@2400 -- 7:00 ... Mounds View leads at the final exchange

@2800 -- 8:08 ... Minnetonka lead Mounds View and Prior Lake at the bell ...

1. Minnetonka wins in 9:22.56 ... 2. Mounds View 9:26.65 ... Farmington 9:27.49 ... DQ: Prior Lake, uniform rule.

NOTE: The Boys' High Jump and Girls' Pole Vault have been moved indoors, due to the threat of bad weather.

Welcome to Down the Backstretch's live coverage of the MSHSL Class AA Saturday session. We're reporting from Klas Field at Hamline University in St. Paul. Pull up a chair and enjoy the meet with us!

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Weather conditions at 8:30 a.m., 30 minutes before the start of the today's competition, are cloudy skies, a temperature of 48 degrees, a relative humidity of 59%, and light winds from the NE. Forecasts call for showers and isolated thunderstorms during the day, with a high temperature of 55 degrees.

Until action begins, we invite you to entertain yourself with the Star-Tribune's coverage of Friday's action, HERE.