By: Ellie Moore

Highland Park had an eventful section meet last week.

Wednesday was the first day of the meet when all the prelims would occur. Friday was finals where only the top 9 from prelims in each event raced. In the finals, the top 2 would advance to the state meet.

Wednesday had only 1 final race, the 3200. The boys and girls both raced the 3200, and they were both exciting races.

The girls raced first. Grace Lewis-Mosher, Chloe Koch, and Alice Rapacz were the Highland Park girls in the race. Lewis-Mosher got 4th, Koch got 5th, and Rapacz got 9th, all running strong and fast races.

The boys 3200 was the next race. Gavin Roberts, Ben Martin, and Tim Tzeutschler were the Highland Park boys in the race. Roberts ran a strong race, getting 2nd and qualifying for state. Martin close behind taking 3rd, and Tzeutschler got 11th.

The next race was the girls 100m hurdles prelim race. Yao Buchl got 10th, Austin Bailey-Zimmerman got 15th, and Nuria Rodriguez-Foster got 16th.

The boys 110m hurdles was next. Wesley Norquist and Emmett Riemenschneider got 7th and 8th, qualifying for finals. Johnny Xiong got 13th.

8th graders Harper Frank and Norah Hoglund did the 100m dash, getting 29th and 33rd.

For the boys, Brouke Brookins got 2nd, qualifying for finals. Terez McDaniel-Vaughn and Jvion Giles were the other boys in the 100 for Highland Park, getting 14th and 18th.

The girls in the 400m dash were Ellie Moore, Ellie Pundsack, and Evelyn Beaumaster. Moore made it to finals, and Pundsack and Beaumaster got 15th and 20th.

In the boys 400m dash there were only 2 boys. Sam Cocchiarella and Monaire Vaughn, placing 13th and 16th.

Austin Bailey-Zimmerman and Yao Buchl did the 300 hurdles, placing 10th and 12th just barely missing finals.

For the boys, Emmett Riemenschneider got 4th making it to finals. Wesley Norquist and Johnny Xiong got 19th and 24th.

Delia Johnson and Madeline Klevay ran the 800 and qualified for finals. Eleanor Osmond got 16th.

Jack Douglas, Lance Georgeson, and Pierce Baum ran the 800 for the boys. They placed 11th, 13th, and 16th.

The last event on Wednesday was the 200m dash. Ellery Merrimack and Alexa Ramirez ran it for the girls, placing 15th and 22nd.

Jvion Giles, Sam Schlukebier, and Shawon Easley ran the 200 for the boys and got 12th, 18th, and 22nd.

Friday started with the 4×800 relay. Where the Highland Park girls placed 3rd barely missing making it to state. The boys got 4th in a fast race.

The next race with Highland Park athletes was the 110 high hurdle race. Emmett Riemenschneider and Wesley Norquist got 7th and 9th in the final.

Next was the boys 100m dash where Brouke Brookins ran a 10.95 To get second and qualify for state.

In the 400 finals, Ellie Moore got 2nd to qualify for state.
In the 300m hurdles finals, Emmett Riemenschneider got 9th place, with a PR. Delia Johnson won the 800 and qualified for state.

The last race was the 4×400 meter relay. Both the boys and girls team made it to state. The girls getting 1st and the boys getting 2nd.

By: Ellie Moore

Prelims for the St .Paul City Conference Meet took place on Tuesday, May 23, and finals were held on Thursday, May 25.

In order to make it to finals and score points for your team you need to place in the top 8 at prelims. There are 3 heats of 6-8 people in prelims and the top 2 from every heat, and the next 2 times, will make it to the finals.

Tuesday also had a few finals. With these events, the girl’s Highland team was in the lead with 59 points, Central close behind with 50 points. For the boys, Central was winning with 38 points and Highland was in second place with 32.

The events that scored on Tuesday were boys and girls 3200 meter, boys shot put, boys long jump, girls discus, and girls triple jump.

Highland Park had 2 conference champs on May 23: Benjamin Ward in the shot put and Nuria Rodriguez-Foster in triple jump. Grace Lewis-Mosher, Chloe Koch, and Ziva Westreich scored points for the team getting second, third, and fifth. Ben Martin, Max Reemtsma, and Gavin Roberts scored for the boys getting fourth, fifth, and sixth.

In the 100 Highland Park will have 3 boys and 2 girls in the final, with Brouke Brookins and Ellie Moore with first seed going into it. Demarcus Simmons and Tenzing Walker got seventh and eighth seed and Austin Bailey-Zimmerman got eighth seed.

In the 200 Highland Park will have 2 boys, Brouke Brookins and Terez McDaniel-Vaughn, and 3 girls, Ellie Moore, Ellery Merrimack, and Alexa Ramirez, in the final.

The 400 will have 2 boys and 2 girls. Ellie Moore and Delia Johnson having first and second seed. Brouke Brookins having third seed and Tobias Hennum with sixth seed.

The boys ran a prelim 800 on Tuesday, but the girls did not due to a low number of girls. Davis Isom and Charlie Service made it to finals, and Delia Johnson, Maddie Klevay, and Grace Lewis-Mosher will run their finals on Thursday.

The 1600 doesn’t have a prelim either so Sam Palm, Ingrid Haaland, and Alice Rapacz will run it for the first time on Thursday for the girls, and Mason Deegan, Gavin Roberts, and Ben Martin will run it for the boys.

Yao Buchl, Austin Bailey-Zimmerman, and Nuria Rodriguez-Foster made it to finals in the 100 hurdles for the girls and Wesley Norquist, Emmett Riemenschneider, and Johnny Xiong made it to finals for the boys 110 hurdles.

Emmett Riemenschneider, Wesley Norquist, Austin Bailey-Zimmerman, Yao Buchl, and Hazel Thrasher also made it to finals in the 300 hurdles.

Finals will take place Thursday, May 25 at Harding High School.