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Trojans and Knights chalk up top finishes at Rapid River track meet

(Courtesy photo) Norway relay team members from left, Mason Trudeau, Cole Davy, Andrew Hautamaki and Kaleb Lapine, look forward to warmer and drier days after two first-place finishes at Thursday’s Rapid River Invitational.

RAPID RIVER — Four Forest Park athletes won individual events and the Norway boys captured the 400- and 800-meter relays to lead local competitors at the rainy Rapid River Invitational on Thursday.

Norway’s Andrew Hautamaki, Kaleb Lapine, Cole Davy and Mason Trudeau won both the 400 relay (49.87) and the 800 relay (1:42.27) to pace local finishers.

The Trojan boys posted three wins and the Lady Trojans added another. For the FP boys, senior Kevin Giuliani won the discus (124 feet, 7 inches), sophomore Vic Giuliani won the high jump (6 feet) and sophomore Dietrich Rasner captured the 300-meter hurdles (48.15).

Rasner added a second in the 110 hurdles (18.47), while Kevin Giuliani finished runner-up in the shot put (39-3) and Izaiah Tarter placed second in the 3,200 (11:49.65). The Trojans also received second-place points from their 1,600 relay team of Rasner, William Hoffman, Joey Mainville and Max Mainville (3:56.83).

For Norway, Anthony Pineda brought home thirds in the 200 (25.21) and the 400 (58.8), while Trudeau added a third in the long jump (17-2).

Miles Lindholm (19.39 in the 110 hurdles) led the North Dickinson boys with a fourth-place finish.

North Central senior Lane Gorzinski paced the Jets with a fourth in the 100 (12.52).

Newberry won the team boys title with 89 points. The host Rockets finished second with 79 and Forest Park took third with 75. Norway placed sixth with 46, North Dickinson tied for ninth with seven and North Central finished 11th with six points.

In the girls event, Forest Park junior Elsie Williams captured the long jump in 13-10 to lead local girls. Forest Park’s Ava Fischer finished second in the 100 hurdles (18.27), while North Dickinson’s Aubrey Applekamp placed second in the high jump (4-10)

The Nordics recorded four third-place results — Aunika Lindholm in the 1,600 (6:14.58) and the 3,200 (14:24.74); Aly Steinbrecher (2:48.38) in the 800; and the 3,200 relay team of Steinbrecher, Lindholm, Taylor Dennocenzo and Raina Ledzian (11:49.22).

Norway registered individual third-place finishes by Abby Richter in the 200 and Lauren Adams (1:06.99) in the 400.

Norway’s 400 relay squad of Richter, Adams, Mary Cavagnetto and Jessa Rossler also placed third (58.64).

Forest Park’s Lily Sarder finished third with a 13-5 in the long jump.

Natalie Willa led North Central with a fifth-place finish with a 22-5 in the shot put.

Newberry also won the girls team title, posting 82 points, in front of Stephenson with 72 and Munising with 52. The Lady Trojans took seventh with 41, the Nordics placed eighth with 40, the Knights wound up ninth with 24 and the Jets placed 13th with two points.

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