AURORA — The Ely girls claimed the Iron Range Conference championship and the boys placed fourth Tuesday at the Arrowhead Conference meet at Mesabi East. The teams battled through blustery winds, cool temperatures, and intermittent rain during the dual-scored competition.
Six schools, including Ely, competed for the IRC title within the larger 10-team Arrowhead Conference field. No overall team standings were provided for the full meet.
The Timberwolves girls leaned on a balanced effort that included victories on the track, in the field, and in relay competition.
Sophomore Violet Udovich sprinted to a pair of wins, taking the 100-meter dash in 11.93 and the 200 in 24.87.
Ely also dominated the relays.
The girls 4x400 team of Lydia Shultz, Addison Forsman, Mattie Lindsay, and Molly Brophy finished first in 4:26.09, while the 4x800 squad of Lindsay, Elsa Ellerbroek, Isabella Macho, and Brophy won in 10:45.03.
Macho added an individual victory in the 300-meter hurdles with a time of 51.05, while Lindsay placed third in the same event in 53.64.
In the field events, Kaylin Visser won the discus with a throw of 106-8. Forsman added a third-place finish in discus at 87-0.
Shultz cleared 5-0 to win the high jump and added a runner-up finish in the long jump at 15-4. Macho finished third in the high jump at 4-6.
On the boys side, Ely’s top finish came in the 4x800 relay, where Brooks Brenny, Wyatt Devine, Oliver Hohenstein, and Blake Houde combined for a winning time of 9:05.28.
The Wolves also picked up a second-place finish in the 4x400 relay as Hohenstein, Brenny, Devine, and Otto Devine clocked a 3:54.57.
Individually, Brenny placed second in the 400 meters in 59.20, while Hohenstein and Devine finished second and third, respectively, in the 800. Hohenstein crossed in 2:11.32, just ahead of Devine at 2:11.44.
Houde added a runner-up finish in the 1600 meters in 4:50.20.

Girls Top 10 results
100 meters: Violet Udovich, 1st, 11.93; Miriam Messerschmidt, 7th, 13.85
200 meters: Udovich, 1st, 24.87
800 meters: Payson Kundinger, 4th, 2:49.36; Ivy Ohlhauser, 6th, 2:55.48; Addison Kannas, 7th, 2:57.20
1600 meters: Katy Brophy, 4th, 6:10.71; Elsa Ellerbroek, 5th, 6:15.66
3200 meters: Kundinger, 4th, 14:16.61; Lucy Dunn, 7th, 15:15.29
300-meter hurdles: Isabella Macho, 1st, 51.05; Mattie Lindsay, 3rd, 53.64
4x200 relay: 5th, 2:07.88, Kaija Shultz, Stella Koivisto, Chantel Ridings, Lizzy Merriman
4x400 relay: 1st, 4:26.09, Lydia Shultz, Addison Forsman, Lindsay, Molly Brophy
4x800 relay: 1st, 10:45.03, Lindsay, Ellerbroek, Macho, M. Brophy
Shot put: Kylie Mosher, 7th, 27-1; Maddie Tome, 9th, 24-3.5; Kira Boes, 10th, 24-0
Discus: Kaylin Visser, 1st, 106-8; Forsman, 3rd, 87-0; Alyssa Ice, 9th, 74-8
High jump: Shultz, 1st, 5-0; Macho, 3rd, 4-6; Sydney Cooley, 9th, 4-4
Long jump: Shultz, 2nd, 15-4; Forsman, 7th, 14-1.5
Triple jump: Forsman, 7th, 30-5

Boys Top 10 results
200 meters: Summit Smith, 7th, 26.17
400 meters: Brooks Brenny, 2nd, 59.20; Noah Axlesson, 8th, 1:03.73
800 meters: Oliver Hohenstein, 2nd, 2:11.32; Wyatt Devine, 3rd, 2:11.44; Liam Kurnava, 9th, 2:38.50
1600 meters: Blake Houde, 2nd, 4:50.20; Oren Solum, 5th, 5:07.40; Grady Anderson, 6th, 5:09.20
3200 meters: Houde, 4th, 11:00.18
110-meter hurdles: Toivo Forsman, 4th, 19.65; Elliot Eastham, 6th, 19.88
300-meter hurdles: Forsman, 5th, 50.85
4x400 relay: 2nd, 3:54.57, Hohenstein, Brenny, W. Devine, Otto Devine
4x800 relay: 1st, 9:05.28, Brenny, W. Devine, Hohenstein, Houde
High jump: Aksel Skustad, 9th, 4-8
Triple jump: Forsman, 8th, 32-1.25