Senior Amy Knutson qualifies for Class A state golf tournament - Jaguars track and field compete at Section 5A

Senior Grant Bell ran to a sixth place finish with a personal (career) best time of 10:24 in the two-mile run today at St. John's University...

None of the Jaguars track and field team members advanced to state, but Kinlee Swanson and Grant Bell both earned medals by finishing in the top six in the Long Jump (5th-Swanson) and 3200 run (6th-Bell).

Grant Bell, in the final race of his prep sports career at B-B-E, demolished his one-week old personal record in the 3200 meter run with a new best time of 10:24. His old record, set at last week's District 20 meet, was 10:36.

Kinlee Swanson, only an eighth grader, competed in four events for the Jaguars at Section 5A. She ran in the 100 and 200 open races, the 4x200 relay race and also competed in the long jump. The relay team (which also included Katelyn Heinze, Mackenzie Winter and Kelsey Heinsius) broke their season record by a few hundredths of a second, and although they ran to an 8th place finish they can go into the off-season quite satisfied with their accomplishments this year. All four are 8th through 10th graders.
Below, Kinlee's flight in the 200 open prelimaries...


Senior Amy Knutson shot a 93 to tie for third place overall at the Section 5A girls' golf meet in Benson today. Knutson advances to the Class A state golf tournament for the second year in a row.

Four other Jaguars golfers also competed at sections but did not advance.

Area baseball playoff results on June 1:
Albany 7, Rocori 1 (Huskies dethrone the defending state champion Spartans)
Melrose Area 12, Paynesville Area 1 (talk about a discrepancy in baseball talent between the West Central North and West Central South Conferences!
Maple Lake 8, Zimmerman 5 (sub-section semifinal in Section 5AA)

Hats off to the Holdingford Huskers track and field program, as their boys' team won the Section 5A title on Wednesday. The Huskers piled up 58.5 team points, beating Dassel-Cokato (a much larger school) who had 57.5 points.

More coming on Thursday night...

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