Hibbing, Rock Ridge compete at St. Francis Invite

ST. FRANCIS—The Hibbing and Rock Ridge High School boys and girls track teams combined to get 11 first-place finishers at the St. Francis Invite held Saturday.

The Bluejacket boys got one first, the Wolverine boys three firsts, the Bluejacket girls four firsts and the Wolverine girls three firsts.

On the boys side, St. Francis won the meet with 142 points, followed by Rock Ridge with 136. Concordia Academy-Roseville was third with 129, followed by Duluth East 116, Hibbing 95, Carlton/Wrenshall 34, Avail Academy 25 and St. Francis JV 10.

Rock Ridge’s Jack Kendall was first in the 3200 with a time of 10:03.48, and Luke Hecimovich placed first in the 300 hurdles in 44.87.

Nolin Cope-Robinson, Leo Johnson, Andrew Wilson and Max Williams combined to place first in the 4x200 in 1:33.72.

For Hibbing, Brady Janezich, Justin Walker, Jake Walli and Jack Bottoms were first in the 4x800 in 9:08.23.

Other top-eight finishers for the Wolverines were as follows:

100—2. Andrew Wilson 11.51; 3. Leo Johnson 11.61.

110 hurdles—3. Luke Hecimovich 16.22.

200—2. Nolin Cope-Robinson 23.06; 7. Chance Sandnas 24.85.

300 hurdles—2. Ryan Herberg 46.08; 5. Cope-Robinson 47.13.

400—3. Luca Pellini 55.39; 4. Tristan Peterson 56.24.

800—3. Casey Aune 2:09.88.

1600—3. Jackson Kendall 4 38.34.

4x100—2. Zane Lokken, Carson Mast, Jake Neari, Austin Schackman 48.25.

4x400—6. Jesse Brunner, Tyler Vidmar, Sandnas, Pellini 4:12.60.

4x800—2. Tyler Wudinich, Kaden Amundson, Pellini, Aune 9:17.90.

High jump—8. Herberg 5-0.

Long jump—4. Sawyer Williams 18-3.

Pole vault—5. Williams 9-0.

Shot put—6. Ethan Boe 40-6.5.

Triple jump—4. Williams 36-7.5; 5. Pier Povoledo 35-2.

Top-eight finishers for Hibbing were as follows:

100—4. Finn Eskeli 11.69.

110 hurdles—8. Adin Nelson 20.04.

200—4. Eskeli 23.77; 8. Mason McDonald 25.18.

400—2. Eskeli 54.94.

800—7. Justin Walker 2:17.09; 8. Taite Murden 2:19.03.

1600—8, Jack Bottoms 5:05.74.

3200—5. Brady Janezich 10:50.33; 7. Jake Walli 11:06.54.

4x100—4. Tyler Fosso, Wylie Stenson, Jayden Sulzbach, Jason Rock 51.85.

4x200—3. McDonald, Rock, Christian Massich, Isaac Hendrickson 1:48.07.

4x400—5. Bottoms, Walker, Massich, Murden 4:04.15.

Discus—4. Aiden Shepherd 126-3; 4. Vincent Marchetti 119.10; 8. Alexander Henderson 114-8.

High jump—7. Evan Bolden 5-2.

Pole vault—2. Austin Valento 11-0; 4. Stenson 9-6.

Shot put—3 Shepherd 44-6.5; 4. Marchetti 42-4; 5. Henderson 41-11.5.

On the girls side, Concordia Academy-Roseville won with 160 points, followed by St. Francis with 139.5, then the Bluejackets at 123,.5., Duluth East had 120, Rock Ridge 83, Carlton/Wrenshall 37, St. Francis JV 16 and Avail Academy five.

Lizzy Fultz was first in the 100 for Rock Ridge with a time of 13.14.

Kayden Maturi, Addison Youngren, Allison Fink and Fultz were first in the 4x200 in 1:56.12.

Fink placed first in the long jump with a leap of 14-feet-10-inches.

Tara Hertling was first for the Bluejackets in the 800 with a time of 2:26.26. Jocelyn Strukel won the 1600 in 5:23.95.

Brynn Babich, Strukel, Gianna Figueroa and Jorie Anderson won the 4x400 in 4:20.80, and Hertling, Strukel, Mileena Sullivan and Anderson won the 4x800 in 9:59.68.

Other Wolverines scoring in the top eight were as follows:

100—5. Allison Fink 13.84.

200—8. Gianina Paulsen 29.37.

300 hurdles—7. Savanna Bergman 59.09.

400—5. Miia Johnson 1:09.25.

800—4. Nora Stark 2:39.08.

1600—5. Stark 5:51.79; 8. Brynley Heisel 6:25.69.

3200—7. Makayla Waldron 13:44.49; 8. Addy Papin 14:28.02.

4x100—3. Lennon Hilde, Johnson, Lahna Gelo, Gianina Paulsen 56.81.

4x400—5. Stark, Heisel, Andrey Harley, Stark 5:04.65.

4x800—5. Waldron, Madelyn Klima, Harley, Heisel 12:22,.06.

Discus—4. Alex Gunderson 88-3.

Long jump—6. Jacinda Wilcox 13-7.

Triple jump—4. Maturi 30-8.5; 8. Wilcox 27-2.

Other Hibbing top-eight placers were as follows:

100—4. Hattie Eskeli 13.57.

400—8. Abigail Theien 1:12.14.

800—2. Jorie Anderson 2 27.07; 7. Avery Kukowski 2:42.19.

1600—4. Kukowski 5:51.29.

3200—2. Mileena Sullvian 11:31.52; 6. Emma Reini 13:19.74.

4x100—2. Andrea Petroske, Rylee Moellering, Eskeli, Brynn Babich 54.77.

4x200—2. Eskeli, Haley Mount, Gianna Figueroa, Babich 1:57,34.

Discus—6. Isabelle Walto 80-5,.

High jump—2. Gianna Manning 4-8; 3. (tie) Esekli 4-6.

Long jump—2. Moellering 14-5.

Pole vault—5. Alizah Langner 7-6; 8. Isabella Zika 6-6.

Shot put—6. Walto 27-0.

Triple jump—7. Manning 27-5.