CHISHOLM- The track and field season is underway, with 37 North Woods students, seventh grade through senior, competing with the South Ridge Panthers combined squad, under the guidance of first-year assistant coach Brett Brodeen and head coach Jeremy Polson.
The Panthers competed on Thursday, April 11 in the Chisholm Early Bird Invitational with 11 other schools. The boys team placed seventh, and the girls team finished ninth.
Grizzlies boys with top 20 finishes included:
• 800 meters – Jonah Burnett, 11th, 2:39.8.
• 1600m – Kahlil Lightfeather-Spears, seventh, 5:23.74; Lincoln Antikainen, eighth, 5:30.54.
• 4x100m relay – Aidan Hartway, Trajen Barto, Wyatt Ellefson, Marcus israelson, ninth, 52.3.
• High Jump – Jonah Burnett, third, 5’8”.
• Long Jump – Trajen Barto, 16th, 15’9.5”.
Top-20 finishes for the Grizzlies girls included:
• 400m – Corra Brodeen, 13th, 1:11.17.
• 4x100m relay – Harmony Aikey, Makayla Gibson, Addy Hartway, Grace Henneger, tenth, 1:02.6.
• Discus – Alice Sopoci, 14th, 47’9”.
• High jump- Lauren Burnett, seventh, 4’2”; Izzy Pascuzzi, seventh, 4’2”.
• Long jump- Lauren Burnett, 17th, 12’5”; Izzy Pascuzzi, 19th, 12’0.5”.