The high school prom may have been the Ely Timberwolves’ most difficult opponent last Saturday.
Because of the festivities associated with the annual spring dance, the high school boys track team’s lineup was decimated by absences for the 70th running of the annual Doc Savage Invitational at Hibbing’s Cheever Field.
Minus several key athletes, the Ely boys were sixth among 10 teams and finished with 29 points for the day.
The Wolves’ best finish came in a relay, as junior Oliver Hohenstein joined up with sophomores Blake Houde and Wyatt Devine and freshman Grady Anderson to take third in the four-by-800 relay (8:58.3).
Ely also had a trio of fourth-place finishes.
Those came in the 800 (Devine, 2:11.06), 1,600 (Oren Solum, 5:09.48) and 3,200 (Blake Houde, 10:54.38).
The Wolves also placed as follows:
• 100 dash - 30. Emory Hohenstein, 13.61; 34. Brady Strange, 13.9; 38. Frank Udovich, 14.44; 39. Avery Ellerbroek, 14.51;
• 200 dash - 32. Strange, 28.98; 34. Chase Kvistad, 29.99;
• 400 dash - 12. Oliver Hohenstein, 57.03; 29. Jackson Ridings, 1:12.37;
• 1,600 run - 5. Anderson, 5:11.64;
• 110 hurdles - 12. Toivo Forsman, 20.28; 16. Elliot Eastham, 20.82;
• 300 hurdles - 21. Eastham, 53.24;
• Four-by-200 relay - 9. Strange, Kvistad, Ellerbroek, Ridings, 1:56.39;
• Four-by-400 relay - 9. Solum, Anderson, Devine, Forsman, 4:14.59;
• Shot Put - 21. Emory Hohenstein, 30-11; 27. Trynn Weisinger, 29-2.5; 30. Oscar Shock, 28-4.5; 31 Jackson Jones, 28-1; 33. Emmett Boes, 25-6.5;
• Discus - 23. Boes, 853; 25. Weisinger, 80-1; 29. Hohenstein, 69-9; 31. Shock, 65-7; 33. Jones, 57-10;
•Long Jump - 14. Forsman, 15-2; 21. Ellerbroek, 13-10.5; 24. Udovich, 13-2; 28. Ridings, 11-5.5 29. Kvistad, 11-1;
• Triple Jump - 14. Forsman, 31-7; 15. Eastham, 31-5.
