The Bemidji High School boys and girls track teams both earned top-two finishes in the Paul Bunyan Classic Tuesday at the Gillett-Recreation Fitness Center.
The boys took first place with 89 points and the girls finished second behind Grand Rapids. The Thunderhawks won with 142 points to Bemidji's 88.
"It was a pleasant surprise," Bemidji boys coach Steve Sneide said. "We weren't necessarily going in trying to win the meet; we just tried to stack a few relays to see where we were at."
For the boys, Brady Schmidt won the 60-meter dash with a time of 7.36 seconds. Seth Wall and Dylan Dickinson finished sixth and seventh, respectively.
Seth Neubeck and Elias Hendrickson finished second and third, respectively, in the 800. Neubeck finished with a time of 2:10.66 and Hendrickson at 2:11.53.
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The boys relay teams finished first and eighth in the 4x200. The "A" team won with a time of 1:38.71.
Bemidji also won the 4x800 with a time of 8:49.50, beating the closest competitors by 25 seconds.
For the girls, Jenna Truedson set a school and fieldhouse record with a time of 5:09.16 in the 1,600-meter run.
"That was really nice to see," Bemidji girls coach Chris Lehman said. "Especially indoors and this early in the season."
Danielle Gronhovd won the 800 meter run for the girls. She finished with a time of 2:33.98.
Bemidji received third- and fourth-place finishes in the hurdles thanks to Nicole Hendrickson and Leanne Oakes.
Allie Heifort won the discus and finished third in the shot put.
Vanessa Lane of Pequot Lakes and Jesse Eastman of Roseau were named most valuable individuals of the meet.
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Bemidji returns to the track next Tuesday with another meet at BSU.
"We will play it by ear and see where the kids are at," Sneide said. "We're fighting some injuries right now and we don't want to hurt anyone too bad."
"Hopefully we can rest a few kids this week," Lehman said. "Indoor season is about trying kids out and seeing where we are at as a team."
Paul Bunyan Invitational
Girls Team Totals
1. Grand Rapids 142
2. Bemidji 88
3. International Falls 44
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4. Park Rapids Area 40.5
5. Pequot Lakes 37
6. Osakis 33
7. Crosby-Ironton 28
8. Crookston 26
8. United North Cental 26
10. Cromwell 25
10. Roseau 25
12. Fertile-Beltrami 24.5
13. Thompson ND High School 24
13. Walker-Hackensack-Akeley 24
15. Bagley/Fosston 11
16. Floodwood 6
17. Cloquet 4
17. Thief River Falls 4
17. Browerville/Eagle Valley 4
20. Bigfork 3
20. Wadena-Deer Creek 3
22. East Grand Forks 2
60 meter dash: 1. Lane (Peaquot Lakes) 8.09. Bemidji's results 7. (Maea) Wall 8.51.
200: 1. Lane (Pequot Lakes) 27.00. Bemidji's results 7. (Maea) Wall 28.16.
400: 1. Korvela (United North) 1:01.67. Bemidji's results 5. Serratore 1:04.48, 8. Peterson 1:05.18.
800: 1. Gronhovd (Bem.) 2:33.98
1,600: 1. Truedson (Bem.) 5:09.16.
3,200: 1. Lutz (Park Rapids) 11:38.51
60 hurdles: 1. Jagol (Fertile-Beltrami) 10.54. Bemidji's results 3. Hendrickson 11.07, 4. Oakes 11.24.
4x200 relay: 1. Osakis 'A' 1:52.20. Bagley/Fosston's results 4. 'A' 1:57,78.
4x400 relay: 1. Grand Rapids 'A' 4:16.77. Bemidji's results 3. 4:29.78.
4x800 relay: 1. Grand Rapids 'A' 10:30.43.
High jump: 1. Illikainen (Grand Rapids) 5-00.00. Bemidji's results 3. (Maea) Wall 4-08.00
Pole vault: 1. Peterson (Grand Rapids) 8-06.00 Bemidji's results 4. Peterson 8-00.00
Long jump: 1. Knight (WHA) 15-00.00 Bemidji's results Merschman 14-02.50
Triple jump: 1. Koss (Grand Rapids) 33-01.50
Shot put: 1. Solheim (Crookston) 37-01.00. Bemidji's results 3. Heifort 36-04.50
Discus: 1. Heifort (Bem.) 109-11.50
Boys Team Totals
1. Bemidji 89
2. Roseau 65
3. Thief River Falls 46
3. Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton 46
5. East Grand Forks 43
6. Pequot Lakes 42
7. Browerville/Eagle Valley 38
8. Crosby-Ironton 35
9. Grand Rapids 34
10. Cloquet 28
11. Park Rapids Area 23
12. Osakis 15
13. Wadena-Deer Creek 12
13. International Falls 12
15. Nevis 11
15. Cromwell 11
17. United North Central 9
18. Greenway Nashwauk Keewatin 8
19. Walker-Hackensack-Akeley 7
20. Fertile-Beltrami 4
20. Lake of the Woods/Rainy River
22. Floodwood 3
60: 1. Schmidt (Bem.) 7.36.
200: 1. Ryan (Thief River) 23.60 Bemidji's results 2. Wall 24.64
400: 1. Eastman (Roseau) 54.92
800: 1. Hennen (Dilworth) 2:10.42 Bemidji's results 2. Neubeck 2:10.66 3. Hendrickson 2:11.53.
1,600: 1. Cottingham (Grand Rapids) 4:46.15 Bemidji's results 4. Clemenson 4:58.40
3,200: 1. Overmeier (Park Rapids) 10:39.38
60 hurdles: 1. Ferrell (Cloquet) 9.24 Bem.'s results 2. Gubbels 9.38.
4x200 relay: 1. Bemidji 'A' 1:38.71.
4x400 relay: 1. Roseau 'A' 3:44.90 Bemidji's results 2. 'A' 3:44.94.
4x800 relay: 1. Bem. 'A' 8:49.50
High jump: 1. Eastman (Roseau) 6-00.00
Pole vault: 1. Tappe (Peaquot Lakes) 13-06.00
Long jump: 1. Michaelson (Peaquot Lakes) 19-11.50
Triple jump: 1. Eastman (Roseau) 41.01.00
Shot put: 1. Meyer (Wadena-Deer Creek) 51-05.50
