REGIONAL- Violet Udovich set the track on fire at the Section 7A girls track and field meet last Wednesday, May 28, in Duluth, turning in two electrifying sprint performances that etched her name into the record books and secured her spot at state.
The Ely speedster blazed to victories in both the 200- and 400-meter dashes at Griggs Field at James S. Malosky Stadium at UMD, breaking the Section 7A records in both events in the process. Her winning time of 25.00 seconds in the 200 and 56.25 seconds in the 400 made her untouchable, even in a high-profile showdown with Two Harbors standout Trinity Giddings, who qualified for state in four events.
Udovich wasn’t the only Timberwolf punching a ticket to the state meet, set for June 10-11 at St. Michael-Albertville. Lydia Shultz claimed the high jump title with a leap of 5 feet, 2 inches, and Kaylin Visser earned a second-place finish in the discus with a personal-best throw of 114 feet. All three will represent Ely on Minnesota’s biggest high school track stage.
State berths eluded the boys, who finished well down in the pack in the 24-team field. The 4x800 relay team of Eli Olson, Otto Devine, Wyatt Devine, and Oliver Hohenstein that took first at the subsectional in Aurora was without the services of Otto Devine at the sectional, subbing in Brooks Brenny as they placed fourth in a time of 8:43.49. Dylan Durkin had the top individual finish for the Ely boys, placing sixth in the 200 with a time of 23.85. Wyatt Devine ran a 2:10.78 in the 800 to place seventh, and Blake Houde also nabbed a seventh-place finish in the 1600 with a time of 4:58.99.
Girls results
100 meters- Lydia Shultz, 6th, 13.34
200m- Violet Udovich, 1st, 25.0; Miriam Messerschmidt, 10th, 28.38
400m- Violet Udovich, 1st, 56.25
800m- Isabella Macho, 11th, 2:41.39
1600m- Katy Brophy, 10th, 6:04:02; Elsa Ellerbroek, 14th, 6:24.76
Discus- Kaylin Visser, 2nd, 114’; Addison Forsman, 14th, 75’3”
High Jump- Lydia Shultz, 1st, 5’2”; Isabella Macho, 4’8”
Triple Jump- Addison Forsman, 12th, 28’10.5”
4x400 relay- Lydia Shultz, Mattie Lindsay, Molly Brophy, Violet Udovich, 4th, 4:19.57
4x800 relay- Mattie Lindsay, Elsa Ellerbroek, Isabella Macho, Molly Brophy, 4th, 10:28.78

Boys results
200- Dylan Durkin, 6th, 23.85
800- Wyatt Devine, 7th, 2:10.78
1600- Blake Haude, 7th, 4:58.99; Oliver Hohenstein, 8th, 4:59.44
Discus- Wyatt Mattson, 12th, 106’1”
High Jump- Dylan Durkin, 5’6”
Long Jump- Eli Olson, 17’9”
Shot Put- Wyatt Mattson, 9th, 38’11”
Triple Jump- Eli Olson, 37’2.5”
4x400 relay- Eli Olson, Oliver Hohenstein, Milo McClelland, Dylan Durkin, 3:49.83
4x800 relay- Eli Olson, Brooks Brenny, Wyatt Devine, Oliver Hohenstein, 4th, 8:43.49