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Wolves first and second at Arrowhead cross country

Keith Vandervort
Posted 9/30/20

EVELETH – The Ely boys cross country team, with three of the top four finishers, ran away with a win in the first annual Arrowhead Conference meet last Friday at Fayal Pond. Zoe Devine finished …

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Wolves first and second at Arrowhead cross country

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EVELETH – The Ely boys cross country team, with three of the top four finishers, ran away with a win in the first annual Arrowhead Conference meet last Friday at Fayal Pond. Zoe Devine finished in the top five to give the Ely girls team a second-place finish.
Seniors Emmett Faltesek (17:31) and Jasper Johnston (17:33) led the five-school field with a one-two finish. The Timberwolves scored 26 points, out-distancing Mesabi East with 49, Eveleth-Gilbert with 72, and Mountain Iron-Buhl with 75. International Falls also competed.
Other Ely boys team finishers, including place and time, were Gabriel Pointer, 4th, 18:27, Jake Cochran, 7th, 18:47,Joey Bianco, 14th, 19:50, Leo Stalmer, 22nd, 21:10, Jon Hakala, 23rd, 21:13, Ben Cavalier, 26th, 21:49, and Riley Bishop, 36th, 32:47.
Varsity races were pushed back 90 minutes because of inclement weather. “Emmett and Jasper had a great race against each other,” said Ely Head Coach Jayne Dusich. “Along with Leo and Jon, Jake, Gabriel and Joey had decent races. Ben and Riley had their best times ever as they keep dropping time in each race.”
International Falls won the varsity girls race with 42 points, followed by the Timberwolves with 56. Mesabi East finished third with 63, and Mountain Iron-Buhl had 70.
Devine finished in fifth place with a time of 20:40.
“Zoe had competition from Ryan Ford of International Falls (4th place, 20:37),” Dusich said. Mesabi East runner Lydia Skelton won the girls varsity race with a time of 19:50, followed by Mountain Iron-Buhl runners Liz Nelson, 20:03 and Kate Nelson, 20:11.
Other Ely girls racers, with place and times, included Phoebe Helms, 9th, 21:57, Laura Holmstrom, 13th, 23:34, Brynn Vollem, 14th, 23:35, Julia Schwinghamer, 15th, 23:57, Gracie Pointer, 16th, 24:05, Sydney Durkin, 20th, 24:50, Elsie Vollem, 29th, 27:07, Abigail Thompson, 30th, 27:17, and Amelia Pluth, 31st, 27:40.
“Phoebe, Sydney and Elsie ran hard,” Dusich said. “We saw great races against each other and times continue to drop for Laura, Brynn, Julia and Gracie. We also had the best times yet from Abigail and Amelia.”
Virginia meet
The Ely boys and girls cross country teams posted a pair of second-place finishes on Sept. 17 at the Virginia Double Dual at Olcott Park in Virginia.
The girls team was paced by Devine who finished first overall with a time of 20:37. The Timberwolves finished with 42 points, behind Virginia with 32 and ahead of Greenway-Nashwauk-Keewatin with 52.
Helms also placed in the top ten, finishing fourth with a time of 21:20.
The Ely boys team scored 47.5 points to finish behind GNK with 28.5 points. Virginia had 48 and LCA had 112.
The Timberwolves were paced by Emmett Faltesek who finished tied for third place with GNK runner Daniel Olson with a time of 17:04. Other top ten placers for Ely were
Johnston, 6th, 17:12, and Gabriel Pointer, 9th, 18:25.
The Timberwolves were scheduled to host a home meet at Ely Golf Course on Friday, Oct. 2. The shortened season is set to wrap up on Saturday, Oct. 10 with the IRC Quadruple Tri at Hoyt Lakes.