That concludes today's "live" coverage of the Class AA preliminary session of the MSHSL State Meet. We'll be back tomorrow morning with more "live" coverage of the Class AA action ... starting at 9:00 a.m.Find complete Class AA session results HERE (boys) and HERE (girls).
Class A preliminary session results are HERE (boys) and HERE (girls).
Until tomorrow, so long from Klas Field at Hamline University!
Boys' 4 x 400m Relays Results ... Heat 1: 1. Austin 3:20.17 ... 2. White Bear Lake 3:20.55 ... Eden Prairie 3:22.52
Heat 2: 1. Stillwater 3:20.17 ... 2. Armstrong 3:20.75 ... 3. Maple Grove 3:20.96
Girls' 4 x 400m Relay Results ... Heat 1: 1. Prior Lake 3:54.62 ... 2. Hopkins 3:55.94 ... 3. Rosemount 3:56.88
Heat 2: 1. Mounds View 3:55.42 ... 2. Stillwater 3:55.73 ... 3. Roseville 3:57.60
Boys' 200m Results ... Heat 1: 1. Gustafson (Faribault) 22.40 ... 2. Holewa (Maple Grove) 22.41 ... 3. Hester (Tartan) 22.52
Heat 2: 1. Crawford-Tufts (Edina) 21.51 ... 2. Oseko (Hopkins) 21.89 ... Gearman (Burnsville) 22.33
Heat 3: 1. Lewis (St. Paul Central) 21.84 ... 2. Vickstrom (Alexandria) 22.27 ... 3. Mendin (Blaine) 22.41
Heat 4: 1. Wihite (Cooper) 22.20 ... 2. Riegel (Lakeville South) 22.23 ... 3. Schroeder (Totino Grace) 22.53
Girls' 200m Results ... Heat 1: 1. Anderson (Hopkins) 24.91 ... 2. Browning (Apple Valley) 25.02 ... 3. Erickson (Alexandria) 25.34
Heat 2: 1. Davis (Park Center) 24.44 ... 2t. Thompson (Armstrong) 25.75 ... 2t. Taylor (Mayo) 25.75
Heat 3: 1. Okonkwo (Osseo) 25.18 ... 2. Omeogo (Irondale) 25.55 ... 3. Dombro (Highland Park) 25.60
Boys 800m Results ... Heat 1: 1. Miner (Winona) 1:54.13 ... 2. Gilkerson (Park Center) 1:54.48 ... 3. Gooley (Osseo) 1:54.84
Heat 2: 1. Fenstermacher (Hibbing) 1:56.06 ... 2. Platner (Eden Prairie) 1:56.36 ... 3. Gebeke (WBL) 1:56.73
Girls' 800m Results ... Heat 1: 1. Carruth (Minnetonka) 2:12.73 ... 2. Krause (Wayzata) 2;13.86 ... 3. McSherry (Totino Grace) 2:15.31
Heat 2: 1. Zenner (Fergus Falls) 2;14.06 .... 2. Lucken (Roseville) 2:14.38 .. 3. Garrity (Hibbing) 2;15.79
Boys' Shot Put Results ... 1. Dijon Starr (Blaine) 58-5 1/2 on his final throw ... 2. Hussung (Farmington) 58-4 1/2 ... 3. Anderson (Andover) 57-7 1/4
Boys Pole Vault Results ... 1. Macauley Spandl (Moorhead) 15-0 ... 2. VanBenschoten (Wayzata) 14-6 ... 3. Weis (Sauk Rapids-Rice) 14-3
Boys' Triple Jump Results ... 1. Michael Sandle (Eden Priarie) 49-5 1/3 a new All-Time State Meet Record ... 2. Veldman (Eastview) 45-9 1/2 ... 3. Pearcill (Eastview) 45-2 3/4
Girls' High Jump Results ... 1. Whitney (Sartell-St. Stephen) 5-6 ... 2. Pieri (Lakeville South) 5-5 ... 3. Klemetson (Moorhead) 5-5
Girls Long Jump Results ... 1. Erickson (Alexandria) 18-7 1/2 ... 2. Murphey (Blaine) 18-1 3/4 ... 3. January (Richfield) 17-9 1/4
Girls' Discus Results ... 1. Ewen (St.Francis) 159-4 ... 2. Hovey (Red Wing) 152-1 ... 3. Guenther (White Bear Lake) 126-7
Girls' High Jump Update ... Andrea Whitney of Sartell-St. Stephen wins with 5-6!
Boys' Triple Jump Update ... Eden Prairie's Michael Sandle wins in new All-Time State Meet Record of 49-5 1/2!
Girls' 300m Hurdles ... Heat 1: 1. Gillson (Grand Rapids) 44.92 ... 2. Witt (Hopkins) 45.64 ... 3. Townley (WBL) 46.05
Heat 2: 1. January (Richfield) 44.64 ... 2. Jones (Spring Lake Park) 45.23 ... 3. Parco (Farmington) 45.30
Heat 3: 1. Brainerd 44.70 ... 2. Miller (Apple Valley) ... Salmanpour (Roseville) 47.48
Boys' 400m Results ... Heat 1: 1. Gearman (Burnsville) 49.29 ... 2. DeSalvo (Armstrong) 49.72 ... 3. Gorghuber (Alexandria) 49.94
Heat 2: 1. Guelle (Hastings) 48.76 ... 2. Falzone (Stillwater) 49.37 ... 3. Nielson (Forest Lake) 49.57
Boys' 4 x 100m Relay Results ... Heat 1: 1. Edina 42.44 ... 2. St. Paul Central 42.89 ... 3. Hopkins 43.29
Heat 2: 1. Eden Prairie 42.45 ... 2. Lakeville south 42.72 ... 3. North St. Paul 42.99
Girls' 400m Results ... Heat 1: 1. Shade Pratt (Rosemount) 56.06 ... 2. Paige Stratioti (Duluth Denfeld) 56.79 ... 3. Erica Dombro (Highland Park) 57.26
Heat 2: 1. Mattson (Grand Rapids) 55.42 ... 2. Sweeney (Hopkins) 56.13 ... 3. Davis (Park Center) 57.15
Girls' Long Jump Update ... Rosy Erickson wins!
Boys' Pole Vault Update ... Macauley Spandl of Moorhead has won the competition and is now jumping at 15-0.
Girls' Shot Update ... Maggie Ewen of St. Francis wins with 159-4!
Girls' 4 x 100m Relay Results ... Heat 1: 1. Osseo 47.98 (.03 off All-Time State Meet Record) ... 2. Hopkins 48.09 ... 3. Lakeville North 48.34
Heat 2: 1. Eastview 48.05 ... 2. Apple Valley 48.06 .. 3. Roseville 49.12
Boys' 4 x 200m Relay Finalists ... White Bear Lake (fastest qualifiers at 1:27.63 a new All-Time State Meet Record!), Hopkins, Eden Prairie, Park Cottage Grove, Forest Lake, Austin, Brainerd, Stillwater, Roseville.
Boys Pole Vault Update ... Four vaulters remain at 14-3 ... Hayden, VanBoenschoten, Weis, and Spandl. (Event taking place indoors.)
Girls' 4 x 200m Relay Finalists ... Armtrong (fastest qualifier with 1:41.47), Grand Rapids, Roseville, Prior Lake, Eastview, Mounds View, Hopkins, Farmington, Woodbury.
Boys' Shot Update ... Dion Starr of Blaine wins!
Boys 100 Results ... Heat 1: 1. Maung (Highland Park) 11.38 ... 2. Wilhite (Cooper) 11.54 ... 3. Lane (Winona) 11.60
Heat 2: 1. Coleman (Duluth East) 11.27 ... 2. Williams (Washburn) 11.32 ... 3. Kendrick (Hopkins) 11.40
Heat 3: 1. Crawford-Tufts (Edina) 10.89 ... 2. Lewis (St. Paul Central) 11.11 ... Griffin (Forest Lake) 11.44
Girls 100m Results ... Heat 1: 1. Davis ((Park Center) 12.19 ... 2. Browning (Apple Valley) 12.24 ... 3. Erickson (Alexandria) 12.51
Heat 2: 1. Floyd (Amstrong) 12.55 ... 2. Tanoe (Hopkins) 12.64 ... 3. Thompson (Armstrong) 12.65
Heat 3: 1. Anderson (Hopkins) 12.39 ... 2. Beckman (Eastview) 12.44 ... 3. Anderson (Hopkins) 12.60
Boys' 110m Hurdle Results ... Heat 1: 1. Begin (Buffalo) 14.94 ... 2. Grand (North Branch) 15.06 ... 3. Mora (Eagan) 15.88 ....
Heat 2: 1. Alowonle (Park Cottage Grove) 14.64 ... 2. Britten (Grand Rapids) 15.02 ... 3. Rice (Maple Grove) ....
Heat 3: 1. Vraa (Rosemount) 14.65 ... 2. Gorghuber (Alexandria) 15.44 ... 3. Davis (Stillwater) 15.49
Girls' 100m Hurdle Results ... Heat 1: 1. Bair (Blaine) 15.09 ... 2. Miller (Apple Valley) 15.15 ... 3. Smith (Brainerd) 15.26 ....
Heat 2: 1. January (Richfield) 14.66 ... 2. Ring (Brainerd) 15.12 ... 3. Kristi Townley (WBL) 15.44
Boys' Triple Jump Update ... A report from the field says that Eden Prairie's Mike Sandle has broken the All-Time State Meet record with a leap of 49-0 3/4.
Boys' 3200m Results ... 1. Autio (St. Michael-Albertville) 9:16.21 ... 2. Sandry (Bloomington Jefferson) 9:17.32 ... 3. Haugland (Wayzata) 9:18.48
Boys' Shot Update ... Our source at the throwing circle tell us that, heading into finals, Farmington's Logan Hussung leads with a 58+ throw ... Andover sophomore Tom Anderson is in 2nd at 57+.
Girls' 3200m Results ... 1. Hauger (Shakopee) 10:41.87 ... 2. Piepenburg (Alexandria) 10:48.17 ... 3. Monson (Albert Lea) 10:49.44
Girls' 100m Hurdles ... Richfield freshman Jessica January is the fastest qualifier with 14.66 ... joined by Coleman of Cooper, Sawtell of Mounds View, Miller of Apple Valley, Bair of Blaine, Ring and Smith of Brainerd, Townley of White Bear Lake, and Gerring of Hopkins in tomorrow's final.
Boys' 3200m ... Jake Autio of St. Michael Albertville wins in 9:16. unofficially. Jacob Sandry of Bloomington Jefferson 2nd also in 9:16.
Girls' 3200m ... Maria Hauger of Shakopee out-runs Jamie Piepenburg of Alexandria in the final lap to win ... in 10:41, unofficially. Piepenburg is runner-up in 10:48.
The rains have stopped in St. Paul ... and meet officials expect the meet to get underway on time at 9:00 a.m. First up, the girls' 3200m run!
Today's meet schedule can be found HERE. Heat and lane assignments can be found HERE.
NOTE: Due to a last minute policy change by the Minnesota State High School League, Down the Backstretch will not be able to provide up-to-the-second live coverage of the MSHSL State Meet today.
Instead, we'll try our best to update you on day's action during this morning's Class AA session. We apologize for the late change in plans ... it was completely beyond our control.
What a bummer. In a sport where limited press coverage is already an issue it's too bad a policy has to be implemented to further discourage interested parties access to live results.
ReplyDeleteTypical HS League! And of course they aren't providing live results either. Try to keep everyone in the dark for as long as possible. Something they've always been good at.
ReplyDeleteWhat's the harm in getting this information out ASAP????
ReplyDeleteLost ticket sales??
What a joke.
Readers,
ReplyDeleteHere are the basics of what happened with DtB at the State Meet today ...
I was told when I arrived this morning that the area in the press box from which I've covered the meet the last three years was no longer open to me. A decision was made that only meet officials could be in the press box area.
Last week, when I paid the $200 rights fee to cover the Class AA sessions live -- yes, one has to pay the MSHSL to cover the meet "live" -- I noted that I was doing so with the understanding that everything would be as before ... and I wasn't told differently until I arrived this morning.
Barred from my usual spot in a small room off the main press box, I covered the meet from the media work room ... which has no view of the last turn/homestretch, has spectators obstructing the view of the finish, and where there's a delay in getting printed results.
It's not exactly the vantage point you'd choose to cover a track meet from ... or be eager to pay $200 for!
So, due to the late change, I had to scrap lap-by-lap updates of the longer races and relays and descriptions of races.
On the other hand, especially for readers not closely following the meet time-table, we got results and updates up in a fairly timely -- if not exactly "live," fashion.
In all, things went a bit better than I would have guessed when the minutes were ticking down to 9:00 a.m. and the start of the meet this morning.
I should add that, aside from the abrupt policy change toward DtB’s coverage, the media folks at the MSHSL were, in the end, very helpful in setting me up in the next-best location and being sympathetic to my concerns about paying for one thing and getting another.
Anyway ... that's probably more detail than most DtB readers will need, but that’s the story from my point of view.
We hope you can join us again tomorrow … We'll be offering the same sort of coverage of the Class AA finals tomorrow morning. DtB will still offer the quickest access to results, since the MSHSL doesn't post them live.
Yours in the sport …
-- Charlie