Lydia Shultz played a pivotal role as the Ely Timberwolves placed second at Saturday’s Kerzie Invitational. The junior won the high jump, placed second in the 400-meter dash, third in the long jump, and was part of a first-place Ely relay team for good measure during the high school girls track meet near Virginia.
Ely placed second as a team, behind only host Rock Ridge, and the Wolves gathered more steam in advance of Thursday’s Section 7A North Subsection meet, held in Aurora after deadline.
It was a big day overall for the Wolves, who got first-place finishes from sophomore standout Violet Udovich in both the 100 and 200 dashes, and Kaylin Visser in the discus.
The standout performances were all over the board for the Wolves last weekend.
Shultz had a personal-best 5-4 on the way to winning the long jump, and she joined Isabella Macho, Mattie Lindsay and Molly Brophy to take first in the four-by-400 relay in 4:23.19.
She also had a personal best of 1:01.62 while taking second in the 400, and her leap of 14-11 in the long jump was good enough for third.
Udovich also continued her winning ways, taking the 100 (12.12) and 200 (24.88) and adding more first-place medals to her collection.
Visser had a season-best throw of 117-6 while winning the discus, and the Wolves got a win in the four-by-800, with Lindsay, Elsa Ellerbroek, Isabella Macho and Brophy forming the winning combination in 10:41.43.
Macho added a second- place finish in the 300 hurdles (50.88) and Annika Eastham placed third in the 100 hurdles (17.96).
Macho (high jump, 4-8) Lindsay (300 hurdles, 53.45) and Addison Forsman (discus, 98-9) all collected fourth-place finishes.
Ely finished with 134 points, behind the winning Wolverines and three-points ahead of third-place Hibbing.
The Wolves also outdistanced Hermantown, Chisholm, Greenway/Nashwauk- Keewatin and Duluth Marshall.
Ely also placed as follows:
• 100 dash - 25. Chantel Ridings, 16.81;
• 200 dash - 10. Miriam Messerschmidt, 28.94; 18, Kaija Shultz, 31.47; 20. Lizzy Merriman, 32.62;
• 800 run - 8. Katy Brophy, 6:15.56; 12. Maddie Johnson, 6:44.72;
• 100 hurdles - 10. Lillie O’Neill, 19.87;
• 300 hurdles - 8. O’Neill, 59.63; 11. Eastham, 1:02.93;
• Four-by-100 relay- 6. O’Neill, Chantel Ridings, Sydney Cooley, Stella Koivisto, 1:00.52;
• Four-by-200 relay - 4. Koivisto, Merriman, Kaija Shultz, Messerschmidt, 2:03.58;
• Four-by-800 relay - 2. Addison Kannas, Ivy Ohlhauser, Lucy Dunn, Katy Brophy, 11:56.34;
• Shot Put - 6. Kylie Mosher, 27-0; 11. Maddie Tome, 24-11; 17. Kira Boes, 22-6;
• Discus - 8. Alyssa Ice, 83-2; 21. Ellerbroek, 57-6;
• Long Jump - 9. Forsman, 14-2; 12 Mattie Linddsay;
• Triple Jump - 9. Forsman, 29-4.5; 10. Eastham, 28-4; 12. Ice, 26-6.5.
