DULUTH- North Woods tracksters competing with the South Ridge Panthers participated on Friday in the 15-team Matt Kero Memorial Invitational at Duluth Denfield High School.
The Panthers finished well down the team standings, with the boys tying for 11th and the girls tying for 14th.
Stacked up against a packed powerhouse field, a few Grizzlies athletes managed to crack the ranks of top-20 finishers.
For the boys, Aidan Hartway placed 17th in the 100-meters with a time of 12.5 seconds. Jonah Burnett finished sixth in the 800 in 2:12.11. The 4x100 relay team with Evan Kajala, Aidan Hartway, Jeffrey Moyle, and Trajen Barto sprinted to a ninth-place finish in 49.85. Hartway, Kajala, Barto, and Marcus Israelson ran on the 11th-place 4x200 relay, clocking a time of 1:42.12. Burnett took third place in high jump, clearing a height of 5’6”.
Izzy Pascuzzi turned in the best individual effort for the girls, placing seventh in high jump with a height of 4’8” and 11th in long jump with a leap of 13’4”. Pascuzzi was also a member of the 12th-place 4x100 relay along with Lauren Burnett, Addy Hartway, and Harmony Aikey, clocking a time of 58.23. Hartway came in 18th in the 400 at 1:10.75. The 4x800 relay of Brynn Chosa, Mya Kinsey, Tegan Fordahl and Aolani Hammack finished ninth in 13:22.63.