Saturday’s Kerzie Invitational served as a final tuneup for Ely’s high school boys track team.
The meet came four days before the Section 7A North Subsection event and the Timberwolves were fourth among seven teams.
Once again, the boys showed strength in relays in advance of the postseason.
The Wolves’ four-by-800 quartet of brothers Otto and Wyatt Devine, along with Oliver Hohenstein and Blake Houde, finished first in 8:37.23.
The Devines and Hohenstein also teamed up with Brooks Brenny to form a third-place four-by-400 relay (3:49.33).
Hohenstein was Ely’s highest individual finisher at an event dominated by larger schools.
The junior took fourth in the 800 in personal-best time of 2:10.90 and teammate Summit Smith was fourth in the 3,200 (13:22.64).
The Wolves were gearing up for the subsection competition, which took place Thursday after deadline.
Ely hopes to move both individuals and relays on to the Section 7A meet, slated for Wednesday, May 27, at Duluth.
The Wolves collected 56 points at the Kerzie, well behind Hermantown, Hibbing and host Rock Ridge but ahead of Greenway/Nashwauk- Keewatin, Chisholm and Duluth Marshall.
Ely also placed as follows:
• 100 dash - 30. Jack Rintala, 13.86; 31. Brady Strange, 14.1; 33. Frank Udovich, 14.29;
• 200 dash - 24. Strange, 28.8; 25. Avery Ellerbroek, 29.29; 27. Chase Kvistad, 29.99; 30. Jackson Ridings, 31.26;
• 400 dash - 6. Brenny, 57.2; 19. John Schiltz, 1:04.99; 20. Ridings, 1:09.88;
• 800 run - 11. Alden Harding, 2:35.15; 14. Liam Kurnava, 2:39.48;
•1,600 run - 5. Houde, 4:58.2; 8. Grady Anderson, 5:20.3;
• 110 hurdles - 6. Toivo Forsman, 19.44; 10. Elliot Eastham, 20.64;
• 300 hurdles - 9. Forsman, 50.51; 14. Eastham, 56.66;
• Four-by-100 relay - 8. Rintala, Emory Hohenstein, Smith, Strange, 54.13;
• Four-by-200 relay - 7. Smith, Ellerbroek, Schiltz, Kvistad, 1:49.42;
• Four-by-400 relay - 6. Anderson, Houde, Schiltz, Harding, 4:17.82;
• Four-by-800 relay - 2. Anderson, Harding, Kurnava, Brenny, 9:36.78;
• Shot Put - 15. Emmett Boes, 29-8.5; 16. Emory Hohenstein, 29-1; 17. Jackson Johnes, 28-4; 20. Trynn Weisinger, 26-8;
• Discus - 15. Boes, 93-6; 16. Emory Hohenstein, 89-4; 19. Oscar Shock, 85-10; 20. Weisinger, 85-7
• Long Jump - 18. Udovich, 16-2; 21. Ellerbroek, 14-7; 25. Ridings, 13-0; 26. Kvistad, 10-8;
• Triple Jump - 13. Eastham, 33-3.5; 18. Forsman, 31-11.5.
