Junior Nick Ramberg had continued success at the section meet on May 31. Ramberg broke the school record in the 800 which set earlier in the season. He qualified for the state meet in the 800 with a time of 1:56 and the mile with a time of 4:29.

The 4x800 relay also qualified for the state meet. The relay team finished first with a time of 8:14. Members of the relay team are Aaron Cedergren, Ryan Norman, J.J. Koerber and Cody Good.

The state meet is June 9 and 10 at Hamline University in St. Paul.

ìOur kids gave it everything they had in every event,î head coach Brian Hasleiet said.

The section meet marked the end of the season for North Branch track. Reflecting on the season, Hasleiet said, ìI am really proud of everyone who competed for us this year. Weíve really had a very good year.î

?Individual results

4x800 Aaron Cedergren, Ryan Norman, JJ Koeber, Cody Good first 8:14; 100 meter dash Mike Carlson 11.81 seventh; 4x200 relay Brian Moore, Matt Carlson, Terrence Salminen, Mike Carlson 1:37 sixth; 1600 run Nick Ramberg 4:29 first; 4x100 relay Brian Moore, Matt Carlson, Terrence Salminen, Mike Carlson 46.29 sixth; 800 run Nick Ramberg 1:56 firstí J.J Koeber 2:04 fourth; 4x400 Aaron Cedergren, Terrence Salminen, Cody Good, Nick Ramberg 3:33 fourth.

Team scores

Forest Lake 124.50, Elk River 102, Duluth East 93, Duluth Central 53, North Branch 49, St. Francis 48.50, Chisago Lakes Area 48, Hibbing 32, Hermantown 32, Grand Rapids 29, Duluth Denfeld 26, Cambridge-Isanti 23, Virginia/Mountain Iron-Buh 21, Princeton 15, Cloquet 6.

Girls track

The girls failed to have anyone qualify for the state meet this season. The girls did have several girls place in the top five.

Individual results

1600 run Ali Zimmerman 5:27 seventh; 4x100 Allyssa Houle, Heather Schwab, Jill VandenHeuvel, Sara Swanson 50.75 second; 800 run Miranda Charley 2:26 fourthí 200 dash Jill VandenHeuvel 26.78 fourth; 4x400 relay Miranda Charley, Amanda Johnson, Kacie Ramberg, Tess Prouty-Kunshier 4:20 third; shot put Hannah Forstrom 34-10 fifth; girls discus Shelly Oehlers 108 fifth; pole vault Trissica Bye 9-02.00 fifth.

Team scores

Grand Rapids 129, Elk River 107, Cambridge-Isanti 92, Forest Lake 82, Hermantown 66.50, Cloquet 52, North Branch 36, Princeton 25.5, St. Francis 25, Duluth East 25, Hibbing 19, Chisago Lakes Area 16, Duluth Central 12, Duluth Denfeld 8, Virginia/Mountain Iron-Buh 7.