May 2023

Sophia Blanck was invited to race in the Hamline Elite meet last Friday on the campus of Hamline University in St. Paul. The Hamline Elite meet is an 'invite only' meet based solely on athletes performances at the beginning of each season. Races 400m and under only invite the top 9 athletes in the state due to Hamlin track having 9 lanes. 800-3200m races can invite up to 12 racers, depending on where the natural time break falls. Sophia went into Friday's race as the 10th fastest 800m runner in the state, regardless of school size, with her scorching time of 2:19 that she ran at her first meet down in Rosemount. Only a small handful of other Section 7 athletes qualified this year, including Esko, Rock Ridge, GNK, and Cloquet.

Both Two Harbors and Silver Bay were on hand Tuesday at Moose Lake for a meet that was originally scheduled for Two Harbors. Because Athletic Director Scott Ross, in the week before the meet, could not guarantee the state of the home track on the 2nd (the infield is often wet at this time of year) participants in that meet moved to the Moose Lake Meet. It was a sunny afternoon with winds that were significant enough to affect the racers' speeds. The Two Harbors Girls team took first place and the Silver Bay Girls Team took 7th place. The Two Harbors Boys team took 9th place and the Silver Bay Boys' team took 10th place, out of thirteen teams total.

Teams from the Two Harbors High School Enviro Club are advancing to state competition after last weeks regional Envirothon. Out of thirty-three competing teams Two Harbors teams placed 2nd and 3rd.