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Two local girls top the field at sectionals

Two Ely girls headed to state; brother and sister from Orr area head to state as well

Marshall Helmberger
Posted 11/4/21

CLOQUET— Five area girls and one boy are headed to the state cross-country tournament after impressive finishes in the Section 7A sectional competition held here on Oct. 28. On the girls side, …

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Two local girls top the field at sectionals

Two Ely girls headed to state; brother and sister from Orr area head to state as well

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CLOQUET— Four area girls and one boy are headed to the state cross-country tournament after impressive top-ten finishes in the Section 7A sectional competition held here on Oct. 28.
On the girls side, freshman Addison Burckhardt, of Orr, topped an 88-runner field, with a time of 19.54.8. She was just 2.9 seconds ahead of Ely’s astonishing seventh-grade runner, Molly Brophy, who finished in second place with a time of 19.57.7.
Ely junior Zoe Devine will also join the state competition after finishing sixth, with a time of 20:19.4. Other Top 40 Ely finishers included Phoebe Helms, who finished 28th with a time of 22:03.5.
Burckhardt, who runs with a combined South Ridge team, helped the Panthers finish in second place in the team competition, qualifying the girls team for the state tourney. She had help from Evelyn Brodeen, also of Orr, who finished in seventh, with personal best time of 20:21.7, as well as Tatum Barto, also from the North Woods attendance area, who finished 21st with a time of 21:46.8.
Ely girls finished third in the team competition out of 12 teams from around the region, narrowly missing their own trip to state. Just the top two teams qualify for the state cross-country meet, set for Saturday, Nov. 6, at St. Olaf College in Northfield.
On the boys side, South Ridge’s Alex Burckhardt, also of Orr, finished in tenth place in a field of 101 runners, with a time of 17:42.2. The top six runners not affiliated with one of the top two teams also go to state as individuals, and with four of the runners ahead of Burckhardt affiliated with the team winners GNK and Esko, he just made the cut for the state competition.
Ely freshman Jake Cochran was the top boys finisher for the Timberwolves, coming in 15th with a time of 18:02.9. Freshman Caid Chittum finished 21st, with a time of 18:22.0. Other Top 40 Ely finishers included junior Ben Cavalier (28th-18:45.8), senior Gabe Pointer (36th-19:01.6), and freshman Silas Solumn (37th-19:03.9).