Live Coverage of the Hamline Elite Meet

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Girls' Pole Vault Results ... 1. Carolyn Nye, Blake 11-4  2. Kelsey Harms, Apple Valley 11-4  3. Allison Funk, Eastview 10-10

Girls' 4 x 400m Relay Results ... 1. Lakeville South 4:00.08  2. Hopkins 4:01.04  3. Prior Lake 4;01.43

Boys' 4 x 400m Relay Results ... 1. Minnetonka 3:22.07  2. Roseville 3:26.00  3. Rochester 3:26.23

Girls' 4 x 400m Relay ...  Osseo leads after the break ...Hopkins leads after the second exchange ...four teams in the mix ...Osseo, Hopkins, PL, Lakeville South ... Lakeville South at the exchange  ...four teams battling on the final backstretch ... Lakeville South wins! ... there's a yellow flag up ...


Girls' 3200m Results ... 1. Jamie Piepenburg, Alexandria 10:28.46  (New Meet Record) 2. Clare Flanagan, Blake 10:31.92  3. Maria Hauger, Shakopee 10:33.78  4. Danielle Anderson, Eagan 10:39.99

Boys' 3200m Results ... 1. Josh Thorson, Wayzata 9:00.80  2,. Brandon Clark, Blake 9:09.50  3. Riley macon, Mayo 9:13.50

Boys' 4 x 400m Relay ... Minnetonka with a big lead at the 500m break ...still 'tonka the second pass ...Minnetonka still running 30m ahead at the final pass ...Minnetonka unstoppable!  3:22.06, unofficially.

Girls' 3200m ... 34+ at 200m ...Hauger of Shakopee leads at 400m in 73+ ...Piepenburg of Alexandria tucked in in second place ...2:32 at 800m, Hauger, Piepenburg, Anderson of Eagan, and Gross of Armstrong ...Hauger and Piepenburg and Anderson at 1200m ...meet record is Piepenburg's 10:45 last year ...5:11 at 1600m, still Hauger and P'burg with Anderson 10m behind ...6:32 at 2K, Hauger and P'burg with Anderson 20m back ...7:54, guess who?   Yep, Hauger and Piepenburg ... Piepenburg looks like she might just be waiting for the right moment ... 9:17 ... Clare Flanagan is in 3rd just 15m back ... Piepenburg makes a big move, Flanagn may catch Hauger ... Piepenburg! 10:28!  New Record!  5th-fastest Minnesota 3200m runner all time!  Wetsch ...  Yetzer ...  Bergstedt ...  Dyer ... Piepenburg!

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Girls' 3200m ... they're lining up ... How fast will Piepenburg and Hauger run ... and who will win?

Boys' 3200m ...Brandon Clark leads at 67 for 400m ...still Clark leading at 2:16 for 800m ...Thorson of Wayzata and Macon of Mayo are in lead group ...Thorson leads at 1200m in 3:24 ... a group of seven still in contention ...at the 1600m Thorson is stringing out the group at 4:33 ... Thorson, Clark, and Macon in lead pack at 5:42 at 2000m ...it looks like it has winnowed down to Thorson and Clack of Blake ... Thorson is the 2010 Elite Meet 3200m champ ...6:51 at 2400m, Thorson, then Clark ...Thorson pulling away ahead of the bell lap ... 7:57 at the bell ... he'll need a 60 to break Torchia's record ...he's hauling right now ...Thorson just misses the record!  Looked like 9-flat and change ... 9:00.79, unofficially.

Girls' 800m Results ... 1. Samantha Nielsen, Roseville 2:11.11 (New Meet Record)  2. Haylie Zenner, Fergus Falls 2:11.35  3. Erica Bestule, Orono 2:18.06

Boys; 3200m ... is on the track!

Boys' 200m results ... 1. Elvis Barclay, Roseville 22.38  2. Travion Clark, Winona 22.53  3. Jeffery Borchardt, Wayzata 22.85

Boys' High Jump ... 1. Jamie Crum, Minnetonka 6-7  2. DeAntra Smith, Roseville 6-7  3. Josh Lieberg, Sartell St. Stephen 6-4

Girls' 200m ... Rachel Schow of Rosemount wins in 26.41, unofficially.

Boys' 800m Results ... 1. Austin Salargo, Hopkins 1:57.00  2. Zach Haus, Fergus Falls 1:57.24  3. Matt Rosen, Jefferson 1:57.81 ... Salargo was the 400m Elite Meet champ in 2011.

Boys' 200m ... Elvis Barclay of Roseville wins!

Girls' Discus Results ... 1. Maggie Ewen, St. Francis 154-7  2. Ashley Thooft, St. Clair 140-5  3. Kasie Vollmer, Prior Lake 138-9 ... Ewen repeats as a double throws winner, an Elite Meet first!

Girls' 800m ... Haylie Zenner of Fergus Falls seeks her 4th-straight Elite Meet title! ...her meet record is 2:13.89 ...31.0 at 200m ...Zenner leads Nielsen at 400m in 64+ ... 1:38 at 600m .. Zenner with a gap! ... Samantha Nielsen of Roseville wins in 2:11+ ... no doubt a new meet record ... Nielsen ran down Zenner in the homestretch, catching her just before the finish line!

Boys' Long Jump Results ... 1. Max Gardner, Cretin-Derham Hall 21-11  2. Ethan Zeidler, Wayzata 20-11 1/2  3. Jamison Whiting, Mpls Washburn 20-11 1/2

Girls' Triple Jump Results ... 1. Julie Stedman, No. St. Paul 36-6  2. Nadia Lorencz, Farmington 36-4 1/2  3. Taylor Johnson, Eden Prairie 35-6

Boys 800m ... 58.,5 at 400m ... McKenzie of Chis. Lakes leads ...Austin Salargo of Hopkins wins in 1:57.0

Girls' 300m Hurdles ... 1. Shaina Burns, Lakeville North 45.59  2. Alex Wittinger, Delano 45.92  3.Lauren Bruha, Prior Lake 46.54

Boys' 300m Hurdles ... 1. Angus Stoudt, Minnetonka  38.54 (New Meet Record)  2. Emeche Wells, Roseville 39.37  3. DeShawn Crutch, Andover 39.55

Boys' Wheelchair 800m ... Mark Braun of Irondale, the lone competitor, wins in 2:01.96.

Girls' 300m Hurdles ... Shaina Burns of Lakeville South wins in 45.58, unofficially.

Boys' Shot Put Results ... 1. Tom Anderson, Andover 61-2 3/4 (New Meet Record)  2. Anthony Moss, Big Lake 56-2  3. Zach Olson, Owatonna 54-8 1/3 ... Anderons breaks his own meet record by 1 3/4 of an inch.

Boys' 300m Hurdles ... Angus Stoudt of Minnetonka wins in 38.53 ... unofficially a new meet record!

Girls' 4 x 100m Relay Results ... 1. Andover 49.42 ... 2. Osseo 49.62  3. Mpls Washburn 49.91 ... DQ Lakeville North

Girls' 400m Results ...1. Rozlynn Lund, Coon Rapids 57.47  2. Kianna Carter, Irondale  3. Elizabeth Endy, Minnetonka 58.40

Boys' 400m Results ... 1. Nate Roese, East Ridge 48.72 (New Meet Record)  2. Tyler Olson, Buffalo 49.58  3. Stephan Bruha, Prior Lake 49.81 ... Roese takes down the Elite Meet record of Quinn Evans, Minnesota's fastest HS quartermiler of all time at 47.18

Girls' 400m ... Rozlynn Lund of Coon Rapids wins in 57.46, unofficially.

Boys' 400m ... Nate Roese, of East Ridge wins in 48.71! ... a new record, unofficially.

We're still rain-free at Klas Field!

Girls' 4 x 100m Relay ... Andover wins!  (but an umpire's flag is up)

Girls' Long Jump Results  1. Gabrielle Murphy, North St. Paul 17-5 1/2  2. Nadia Lorencz, Farmington 17-4  3. Lizzie Mattson, Holy Angels 17-3 1/2

Boys' 4  x 100m Relay Results ... 1. Forest Lake 43.75  2. Wayzata 43.76  3. Winona 43.93  ... DQ Mpls Washburn and Hopkins.

The winners in the inaugural junior high 4x 100m relays ... Wayzata (boys) and Osakis (girls).

Boys' 4 x 100m Relay ... Forest Lake wins from lane eight in a blanket finish!

Boys' 1600m Results ...  1.  Alec Olson, Chanhassen 4:19.25  2. Zach Roozen, Mounds View 4:19.74  3. John Klecker, Hopkins 4:20.04

Girls' 1600m Results ... 1. Taylor Scholl, Prior Lake 4:59.83  2. Jenna Truedson, Bemidji 5:00.45  3. Rachel King, St. Michael-Albertville 5:07.14

Boys' Pole Vault Results ... 1. Jagger Gran, Mounds View 15-7 (New Meet Record)  2. Grant Krieger, Blake 15-1  3. Joe Ikier, Fridley 13-10

Boys' 4 x 200m Relay Results ... 1. Wayzata 1:29.97  2. Hopkins 1:30.16  3. Brainerd 1:31.45 ... DQ Andover and Mpls South

Girls' 4 x 200m Relay Results .. 1. Prior Lake 1:45.37  2. Chanhassen 1:47.37  3. Grand Rapids 1:47.66 ... DQ Osseo.

Girls' 1600m ... Lakeville South's Kayt Larson leads at the 400 ... Larson leads a large pack through the 800 at 2:34 ...Klecker of Hopkins leads at 3:49 at the 1200m ... Taylor Scholl of Prior Lake kicks to a win in 5:20.3.

Girls' High Jump Results ... 1. Tatyana Pashibin, Southwest 5-4, 2. Morgan Pieri, Lakeville South 5-4, 3. Taylor Johnson, Eden Prairie 5-2

Boys' Triple Jump Results ... 1. Kevin Poster, Irondale 46-1 1/4  2. Ky'Eric Baynes, Anoka 44-6 3/4  3. Ethan Zeidler, Wayzata 44-4 3/4

Boys' Discus Results ... 1. Bryson Johnson, Champlin Park 172-9  2. Tom Anderson, Andover 167-8  3. Anthony Moss, Big Lake 158-11

Boys' 1600m ...Hopkins' Klecker and Jacobwith lead in 66.3 ... still hte Hopkins boys at 2;10 at the 800m ...  Hopkins x 2 at the front at 1200m in 3:15 ... Alec Olson of Chanhassen wins in 4:19.24, unofficially.

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Girls' 4 x 200m Relay ... Osseo holds off Prior Lake for the win! ... but, again, there are umpires' flags in the air.

Boys' 4 x 200m Relay ...Wayzata wins, but there is an umpire's flag up.

Reports of new records in the boys' pole vault (Jagger Gran) and girls' shot put (Maggie Ewen) ... details to come.

Girls' 100m Results ... 1. Taylor Morgan, Blaine 12.76 ... 2. Carolina Bowe, Minnetonka 12.81 ... 3. Sammi Argir, Hibbing 12.89

Boys' 100m Results ... 1. Jason Williams, Washburn 11.17, 2. Shaheed Hickman, Hopkins 11.39, 3. Odell Howard, Fridley 11.42

Girls' 100m ... Morgan Taylor of Blaine wins!

Boys' 100m ... Foley's Beehler is a false start DQ ... Jason Williams of Washburn wins 11.17!

Girls's 100m Hurdle Results ... 1. Jessica Janaury, Richfield 15.23, 2. Alex Wittinger, Delano 15.61, 3. Hannah Neiwald, Fridley 15.68

Boys' 100m Hurdle Results ... 1. Jackson Walter, Brainerd 14.74, 2. Emeche Wells, Roseville, 3. Rashad Cohen, Minnetonka 15.09

Girls' 4 x 800m Reley Results ... 1. Minnetonka 9:24.00 (Meet Record!) ... 2. Prior Lake 9:34.46 ... 3. Lakeville South 9:35.23

That's three straight Elite Meet 100m hurdle wins for Jessica January!

Girls' 100m Hurdles ... Jessica January of Richfield wins in 15.23 unofficially!

Girls' 100m Hurdles ... is next.  If Nadia Lorencz of Farmington is going to win three events tonight --she's a #1 seed in the HH, TJ, and LJ -- she'll need to start with this event ... and beat 2x Class AA State champ Jessica January of Richfield!

Boys' 110m Hurdles ... Jackson Walters of Brainerd wins in 14.73, unofficially.

If you're at the Elite Meet -- and you didn't bring an umbrella -- don't look at THIS.

Boys' 4 x 800m Results:  Chanhassen wins with 8:02.69 ... 2. Mayo 8:02.72 ... 3. Elk River 8:05.04

Girls' 4 x 800m ...Prior Lake leads at the first exchange ...Minnetonka takes the lead ahed of the second exchange ... Minnetonka with a huuuuuuge lead at the final exchange ... followed by Eagan, Edina, and Moorhead ... Minnetonka wins and breaks the meet record!

Boys 4 x 800m ... Mayo and Hopkins lead after the first exchange ... Mayo and Wayzata battle after the second exchange ... with three laps to go its a pack of six teams! ... Mayo has broken away heading into the anchor lap! ... Chanhassen wins!  ... holding off a comeback by Mayo.

Girls' 100m dash finalists ... Morgan, Blaine; Lane, Pequot Lakes; Argir, Hibbing; Bowe, Minnetonka; Anyaogu, Lakeville North; Nivala, Andover; Uran, Alexandria; Brazerol, Grand Rapids; and Detloff, Elk River. 

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Girls' 100m Heat 3 .. Hibbings' Sammi Argir wins.

Boys’ 100m dash finalists … Williams, Washburn; Hickman, Hopkins,; Carr, Forest Lake; Howard, Fridley; Beehler, Foley; Berry, Wayzata; Sando, Champlin Park; Akintade, Highland Park; and Remker, Owatonna.

Girls' 100m Heat 2 ... Blaine's Taylor Morgan wins.

Girls' 100m Heat 1 ... Pequot Lakes Vanessa Lane wins in 12.89.

Three heats of the girls' 100m is coming up next ... we'll list boys' 100m finalists as soon as we have them.

Boys' 100m Heat 3 ...Forest Lake's Rich Carr wins in 11.54.

Boys' 100m Heat 2 ... Hopkins Shaheed Hickman wins.

Boys' 100m Heat 1 ... Washburn's Jason Williams wins.

Sweats are off for heat #1 of the boys' 100m ... the first of three heats.

Boys' 100m dashers are practicing their starts ...

Announcers Zach Edmonson and Toby Hatlevig are announcing field event flights.

Less than 15 minutes until the start of the meet ... winds are still light and the sun is filtering through the clouds.

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