CHISHOLM- Ely girls discus thrower Kaylin Visser dominated the competition at the Chisholm Early Bird Invitational track and field meet on Thursday, April 11, claiming the school’s only gold medal on the day.
Visser’s winning throw of 97’6” was four inches short of being 23 feet farther than the runner-up. She also took fourth in the shot put with a toss of 27’1” in leading the girls to a fourth-place finish among the 12 schools competing.
Other notable performers included Lydia Shultz placing second In high jump with a leap of 4’8”, and Sarah Visser taking second in triple jump with a mark of 30’5”.
Top-20 performances by the girls included:
• 100 meters – Lydia Shultz, sixth, 13.91; Anna Larson, ninth, 14.33; Miriam Messerschmidt, 18th, 14.61.
• 400m – Grace Latourell, fourth, 1:06.75; Violet Udovich, 16th, 1:12.22.
• 1600m – Katy Brophy, fifth, 6:29.28; Elsa Ellerbrook, sixth, 6:33.72.
• 300m hurdles – Mattie Lindsay, fourth, 57.05.
• 4x100 relay – Ely A, Lydia Shultz, Carmen Nelson, Anna Larson, Miriam Messerschmidt, fifth, 57.46; Ely B, Lucy Dunn, Isabella Macho, Addison Kannas, Kaija Shultz, 12th, 1:04.03.
• 4x800m relay – Kiarstin Eaton, Elsa Ellerbrook, Katy Brophy, Mattie Lindsay, third, 11:37.65.
• Shot Put – Rachel Carter, 14th, 24’10”.
• Discus – Alyssa Ice, ninth, 55’6”; Addison Forsman, tenth, 55’5”.
• High Jump – Selam Houle, tenth, 4’0”.
• Long jump – Addison Forsman, fifth, 13’9.5”; Sarah Visser, 12th, 13’4”; Anna Dunn, 19th, 12’0.5”.
• Triple jump – Addison Forsman, sixth, 27’7”; Anna Dunn, 11th, 25’10.5”; Alyssa Ice, 13th, 24’3”.
Boys
The Ely boys place eighth at the meet. Top-20 finishers included:
• 400m – Tory Hughley, 18th, 1:03.62.
• 800m – Silas Solum, third, 2:12.8.
• 1600m- Brooks Brenny, 12th, 5:42.83.
• 300m hurdles – Leo Stalmer, fourth, 47.2; Mason Spate-Kurnava, 15th, 1:01.7.
• 4x100m relay – Caleb Larson, Wyatt Mattson, Tory Hughley, Jack Rintala, 10th, 52.79.
• 4x200 relay – Ely A, Milo McClelland, Wyatt Mattson, Tory Hughley, Dylan Durkin, seventh, 1:45.24;