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After making the state meet as an eighth-grader, Ely’s Violet Udovich is showing no signs of slowing down in her ninth-grade campaign.
Last weekend, Udovich set a new Ely girls track school record in the 400 meter dash, and she picked up a victory in the 200 Tuesday as the Timberwolves placed second at the Mesabi East Invitational at Aurora.
After losing a couple of events to weather, sunny skies greeted the Wolves and they made up for lost time.
Despite several prom-related absences, the Wolves more than held their own at the 69th Doc Savage Invitational, held Saturday at Hibbing.
Ely placed seventh, but Udovich sprinted away from the field in the 400, winning in 58.57 seconds to shatter a school standard set in 2006 by Jenn Zupancich.
The margin of victory for Udovich was more than impressive - as she beat her nearest foe by almost five seconds.
Udovich was third in the 100 dash in the same meet, while Mattie Lindsay teamed with Elsa Ellerbroek, Anna Ziegenmeyer and Molly Brophy to take fourth in the fourby- 800 relay.
Ely also showed off its prowess in field events with sophomore Kalyin Visser winning the discus with a throw of 109 feet, 10 inches.
• The Wolves were closer to full strength Tuesday, where they piled up 100 points and were second only to first-place Rock Ridge (175.5) in the 12-team Mesabi East Invitational. Ely had a comfortable double-digit lead over both the third (Mesabi East) and fourth (Two Harbors) place teams.
Udovich focused on the 200 in this race and won in 25.82 seconds while her cousin - sophomore Lydia Shultz - was first in the high jump in 4-10.
Visser continued her dominance in the discus, throwing 107-5 to tack on first-place points for the Wolves.
Ely’s other first came in the four-by-800 relay as Lindsay joined Ellerbroek, Isabella Macho and Molly Brophy, winning in 10:40.2.
Ely finishers were as follows: • 100 dash - 2. Udovich, 12.66; 6. Shultz, 13.43 15. Miriam Messerschmidt, 13.77; 36. June Nelson, 15.73;
• 200 dash - 1. Udovich, 25.82; 24. Payson Kundinger, 34.35; 27. Chantel Ridings, 35.58;
• 400 dash - 5. Macho, 1:10.99; 11. Alyssa Ice, 1:16.99;
• 800 run - 5. Lindsay, 2:37;
• 1,600 run - 4. Brophy, 6:05.32; 5. Ellerbroek, 6:23.09; 13. Ziegenmeyer, 6:42.25;
• 3,200 run - 4. Anna Dunn, 14:42.28; 6. Lucy Dunn, 15:59.78;
• 100 hurdles - 5. Lillie O’Neill, 20.04;
• 300 hurdles - 9. O’Neill, 59.94; 11. Ziegenmeyer, 1:03.63; 13. Beck Sponholz, 1:04.84; • Four-by-100 relay - 6. Nelson, Sydney Cooley, Ridings, Lizzy Merriman,
Kaylin Visser releases the discus for the top throw of the meet.
Anchor Wyatt Devine makes a final stride over the finish line in the 4x400 meter relay.
Coming in for a landing, Addison Forsman sticks the landing of the long jump.
Brooks Brenny takes the second leg of the 4x400 meter relay.
Miriam Messerschmidt makes a final kick over the finish line in the 100 meter dash.
Mason Krnava sticks the long jump landing.
Elsa Ellerbroek winding up for a throw in discus.
1:02.9; 8. Lucy Luthens, Sailor Marzella, Marleau Lemmon, Evelyn Moran,
1:04.75;
• Four-by-200 relay - 9. Maddie Johnson, Cooley, Siiri Nelson, Merriman,
2:11.82; 11. Sponholz, Jessi Zobitz, Dunn, Amiah Brandau, 2:18.3;
• Four-by-400 relay - 2. Shultz, Addison Forsman, Messerschmidt, Lindsay,
4:28.34; 5. Anna Dunn, Sally Dunn, Lucy Dunn, Ziegenmeyer, 5:29.06;
• Four-by-800 relay - 1. Lindsay, Ellerbroek, Macho, Brophy, 10:40.2; 3. Addison Kannas, Moxie Lindsay, Ivy Ohlhauser, Katy Brophy,
11:27.58;
• Shot put - 13. Visser,
24-3; 14. Molly Vetos-Keen,
23-9; 19. Ivy Wickoren, 21-9;
27. Maddie Tome, 18-9.5;
• Discus - 1. Visser, 107-5;
7. Ice, 71-3; 9. Forsman, 70--
2; 17. Ellerbroek, 61-2
• High jump - 1. Shultz,
4-10; 8. Udovich, 4-4; 9. Ice, 4-4;
• Long jump - 8. Forsman, 13-11; 16. Anna Dunn,
12-4; 20. Lillie O’Neill, 11-8;
• Triple jump - 8. Forsman, 29-1 11. Ice, 27-2.5; 13. Anna Dunn, 26-2.
German foreign exchange student Anna Ziegenmeyer clears the hurdle in the 300 meter hurdles.
Madelyn Tome competes in shot put for Ely.
