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What to know for the Minnesota state high school track and field meet

zach dwyer, st. cloud times
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ST. CLOUD — With the addition of a third class to the Minnesota state track and field meet for 2022, things will look a bit different from recent years.

The meet returns to St. Michael-Albertville High School after successfully holding the two-class meet in 2021. Last year's meet was divided into timed finals for each class over two days.

After no state meet in 2020, the format returns to prelims and finals days this year, more similar to when Hamline University hosted the meet in 2019 and prior.

Select field events and the 3200m run will hold finals on different days in each class, but other events tend to follow this schedule. Doors open an hour before each session and tickets must be bought electronically.

Thursday: Class 3A prelims 9 a.m., Class A prelims 4 p.m.

Friday: Class 2A prelims 9 a.m., Class A finals 4 p.m.

Saturday: Class 2A finals 9 a.m., Class 3A finals 4 p.m.

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Cathedral's 4x800m relay team celebrates qualifying for state Wednesday, June 1, 2022, at the Section 5A track and field meet at St. John's.
Cathedral's 4x800m relay team celebrates qualifying for state Wednesday, June 1, 2022, at the Section 5A track and field meet at St. John's.

Class A

Cathedral will have six individuals and four relay teams at the Class A meet on Thursday and Friday. Individual entrants include Jacob Eickhoff (boys 400m), Emanuel Kutzera (boys 300m hurdles), Turner Schad (boys 3200m run), Clara Schad (girls 3200m run), Greta Peterson (high jump) and Hope Schueller (100m and 200m).

Schueller is ranked first in the 100m dash and fourth in the 200m dash. Cathedral previously hadn't had a female athlete qualify for state since 2015.

The Crusaders are also sending its girls 4x200m relay, girls 4x800m relay, boys 4x400m relay and boys 4x800m relay. The boys 4x800m relay is seeded second and the girls 4x200m relay is seeded third.

St. John's Prep sophomore Olivia Pauly also qualified for two long distance events at the Class A meet: the 1600m and 3200m.

Cathedral junior Henry Ebel leads the 4x800m relay Wednesday, June 1, 2022, at the Section 5A track and field meet at St. John's.
Cathedral junior Henry Ebel leads the 4x800m relay Wednesday, June 1, 2022, at the Section 5A track and field meet at St. John's.

Class 2A

Albany's Olivia Goebel is a key name to watch at state, beginning with the 3200m run on Friday morning. She's ranked first in the two-mile and fourth in the 1600m.

ROCORI's Cece Woods also has state title aspirations, seeded second in the 100m hurdles after breaking the school record multiple times this season. She's also ranked second in the 300m hurdles and eighth in the 200m.

Other ROCORI qualifiers are Jasmine Sieben in the girls 400m, Brianna Schneider in the girls shot put and Vincent Kaluza in the boys 1600m and 3200m.

Apollo has four athletes that will compete this weekend: Tyler Hansen (boys triple jump), Brooke Verkinnes (girls 800m), Libby Lommel (girls pole vault) and Noelle Hackenmueller.

Hackenmueller was top-two in all of her section events, including the 100m hurdles, 300m hurdles, long jump and triple jump. She'll participate in all four at state, with a highest seed of third in the long jump.

Tech boys are sending their first relay team to state in 26 years when their 4x400m relay team competes in prelims on Friday. The Tigers had their 4x400m relay team finish fifth at the 1996 state meet.

Tech will be well represented in the field events on Friday and Saturday. Seniors John Kaczor (shot put) and Garrison Murray (triple jump) both compete in finals on Friday, while Josh Russell (discus) and Murray (high jump) also have finals Saturday. Murray is seeded third in the high jump with a winning mark of 6'3 at sections.

Sauk Rapids-Rice also has three athletes who qualified in Class 2A: Carter Loesch in the 110m hurdles prelims Friday, Reid Johnson in the pole vault Friday and Hailee Cullen in the girls shot put Saturday.

Class 3A

Sartell's Logan Clark will be the Sabres lone representative in Class 3A. He'll run the 110m and 300m hurdles prelims on Thursday morning in an effort to advance to Saturday night's finals.

Here's a full schedule of when local athletes will be competing in prelims and finals of the state meet this week.

Sartell senior Logan Clark competes in the 110m hurdles Thursday, May 5, 2022, at Riverview Intermediate School in Sartell.
Sartell senior Logan Clark competes in the 110m hurdles Thursday, May 5, 2022, at Riverview Intermediate School in Sartell.

Thursday, June 9

Class 3A State Prelims  

Boys 110m hurdles: Sartell’s Logan Clark, 9:42 a.m.

Boys 300m hurdles: Sartell’s Logan Clark, 11:47 a.m.

Class A State Finals 

Girls high jump: Cathedral’s Greta Peterson, 4 p.m.

Girls 3200m run: Cathedral’s Clara Schad and St. John's Prep’s Olivia Pauly, 6:55 p.m.

Boys 3200m run: Cathedral’s Turner Schad, 7:10 p.m.

Class A State Prelims 

Girls 100m: Cathedral’s Hope Schueller, 4:23 p.m.

Girls 4x200 relay: Cathedral, 4:53 p.m.

Boys 400m: Cathedral’s Jacob Eickhoff, 5:48 p.m.

Boys 300m hurdles: Cathedral’s Emanuel Kutzera, 6:08 p.m.

Girls 200m: Cathedral's Hope Schueller, 6:38 p.m.

Boys 4x400m relay: Cathedral, 7:40 p.m.

St. John's Prep sophomore Olivia Pauly leads the 1600m run Wednesday, June 1, 2022, at the Section 5A track and field meet at St. John's.
St. John's Prep sophomore Olivia Pauly leads the 1600m run Wednesday, June 1, 2022, at the Section 5A track and field meet at St. John's.

Friday, June 10

Class A State Finals 

Girls 4x800m relay: Cathedral, 4:00 p.m.

Boys 4x800m relay: Cathedral, 4:30 p.m.

Girls 1600m run: St. John's Prep’s Olivia Pauly, 5:52 p.m.

Class 2A State Finals 

Girls long jump: Apollo’s Noelle Hackenmueller, 9 a.m.

Boys triple jump: Apollo’s Tyler Hansen and Tech’s Garrison Murray, 9 a.m.

Boys pole vault: Sauk Rapids-Rice's Reid Johnson, 9 a.m.

Boys shot put: Tech’s John Kaczor, 9 a.m.

Girls 3200m: Albany’s Olivia Goebel, 9 a.m.

Boys 3200m: ROCORI’s Vincent Kaluza, 9:14 a.m.

Class 2A State Prelims  

Girls 100m hurdles: ROCORI’s Cece Woods and Apollo’s Noelle Hackenmueller, 9:30 a.m.

Boys 110m hurdles: Sauk Rapids-Rice's Carter Loesch, 9:42 a.m.

Girls 400m: ROCORI’s Jasmine Sieben, 11:20 a.m.

Girls 300m hurdles: ROCORI’s Cece Woods and Apollo’s Noelle Hackenmueller, 11:37 a.m.

Girls 800m: Apollo’s Brooke Verkinnes, 11:57 a.m.

Girls 200m: ROCORI’s Cece Woods, 12:17 p.m.

Boys 4x400m relay: Tech, 1 p.m.

Tech's Josh Russell throws the shot put Tuesday, May 24, 2022, at the Central Lakes Conference Championship at Tech High School.
Tech's Josh Russell throws the shot put Tuesday, May 24, 2022, at the Central Lakes Conference Championship at Tech High School.

Saturday, June 11

Class 2A State Finals  

Girls triple jump: Apollo’s Noelle Hackenmueller, 9 a.m.

Girls pole vault: Apollo’s Libby Lommel, 9 a.m.

Boys high jump: Tech’s Garrison Murray, 9 a.m.

Girls shot put: ROCORI’s Brianna Schneider and Sauk Rapids-Rice's Hailee Cullen, 9 a.m.

Boys discus: Tech’s Josh Russell, 10:15 a.m.

Girls 1600m: Albany’s Olivia Goebel, 10:46 a.m.

Boys 1600m: ROCORI’s Vincent Kaluza, 10:56 a.m.

Zach Dwyer is a sports reporter and photographer for the St. Cloud Times. Reach him at 320-406-5660 or zdwyer@stcloudtimes.com. Follow him on Twitter @sctimeszach.

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