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(Gallery) Hopkins Athletes Compete at Hamline Elite Meet
The Royals collected six first place finishes.
Members of the Hopkins boys and girls 4x400 meter relay teams grinned from ear to ear Friday night following the Hamline Elite track and field meet in St. Paul, posing with their arms around one another as proud coaches and parents took photos of the special occasion.
The two relay squads finished off Hamline University’s annual meet with first place finishes, and the Royals couldn’t help but enjoy the moment.
“The boys and girls are separate, but we still have that camaraderie with each other,” senior Bridget Sweeney said. “We definitely cheer for each other, and it’s always nice winning both of them.”
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Hopkins did plenty of cheering Friday in St. Paul. The Royals collected six first place finishes throughout the night, culminating in the pair of 4x400 meter relay wins.
Sweeney produced one of Hopkins more memorable moments when she won the 400 meter dash with a meet record 56.48—breaking St.Paul High’s Erica Dombro’s record of 56.71 in 2010.
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“I was really surprised by it,” Sweeney said. “Things just kind of came together.”
The girls 4x100 meter relay team also broke a meet record. Julia Wiemer, Elise Anderson, Mary Tanoe and Taylor Anderson finished in 48.34 seconds, besting Mounds View’s 2007 record of 48.72.
Austin Salargo finished first in the boys 400 meter dash at 49.53, and Mariah Witt took first at 44.89 in the girls 300 meter hurdles.
The girls 4x800 meter relay team comprised of Kayla Goeman, Steph Rouse, Mary Klecker and Hannah Borowsky took second, and Witt took second in the girls 100 meter hurdles with a 15.68 showing.
Mary Tanoe took third at 12.85 in the girls 100 meter dash, while Borowsky took fourth in the girls 800 meter run at 2:17.50.
The boys 4x200 meter relay team took fourth with a time of 1:31.56, the boys 4x800 mter relay team took sixth at 8:11.11 and the boys 4x100 meter relay team took seventh at 43.91.
Michael Swanson took seventh in the boys 300 meter hurdles with a 41.56 time, and Courtney Branch finished 15th in the girls 1600 meter run.
