DULUTH - Eighth-grader Kaylin Visser continued to dominate the discus with yet another personal record throw to take first at the Section 7A track sectional meet on June 1.
Her throw, of 105’ 5” topped her personal best set two weeks earlier and it qualified her for the state tournament, set to be held at St. Michaels-Albertville on Thursday, June 8, after the Timberjay’s Wednesday press time.
Visser was the only member of the Ely track team to qualify for the state competition.
Other top Ely finishers at the section meet included, on the boy’s side, junior Leo Stalmer with a seventh place finish in the 300m hurdles, Oliver Hohenstein, Brooks Brenny, Tory Hughley, and Silas Solum who took sixth in the mens 4x800m relay, senior Clay Forsman captured ninth in discus, sophomore Eli Olson claimed eighth in the triple jump.
For the girls, junor Grace LaTourell finished ninth in the 400m. Ely eighth-grader Molly Brophy’s personal record time was good for third place in the 1600m. Tatum Barto, who competes with the St. Louis County schools team, known as the Panthers, also set a PR, grabbing tenth.
Ely had three top ten finishers in the 3,200m, with Brophy taking third, junior Claire Blauch in eighth and sophomore Anna Dunn grabbing 10th.
Fifth place in the 4x200m relay went to Ely runners Lydia Shultz, Audrey Thomas, Audrey Kallberg, and Violet Udovich.
Seventh place finishers in the 4x400m relay were Ely’s Lillian Tedrick, Audrey Thomas, Madeline Perry and Grace LaTourell. The Panther’s came in next with Isabelle Baasi, Madison Ellefson, Tatum Barto and Scarlett Vanderschuren grabbing eighth place.
The 4x800m relay saw the Panther’s senior Izzy Baasi, Tatum Barto, Madison Ellefson and Scarlett Vanderscheuren claim fifth while Ely’s senior Phoebe Helms, Claire Blauch, Mattie Lindsay, and senior Madeline Perry followed with sixth.
In the discus, Ely senior Natasha Fulkrod joined Visser in the top 10 with a seventh place throw.