It was a record-breaking day for the North Branch boys and girls track at the True Team Section meet May 7 in Grand Rapids.

The 4x800 relay team finished in a time of 8:18. The team, made up of Aaron Cedergren, Zach Good, Cody Good and JJ Koerber took took first and were nearly three seconds faster than the Grand Rapids team.

Freshman Sara Swanson broke her own school record in the 400 meter run with a time of 100.57. Swanson took second in the 100 dash and third in the 200 dash.

Record breaking aside, the boys finished in second place overall out of seven teams at the meet. They finished with 353 points, which was 52 points away from Grand Rapids.

ãYou have to give a lot of credit to the Grand Rapids team for how well they competed at this meet,ä head track coach Brian Hasleiet said.

Jared Grams won the 100 and 200 while Nick Ramberg won the mile and 800.

BOYS Team Results

Grand Rapids 353

North Branch 321

Proctor 287

Chisago Lakes Area 228.5

Mora 209

Duluth Central 208

Hermantown 183.5

Like the boys, the girls placed second place behind the Grand Rapids Thunderhawks. The girls finished with 306 points.

Junior Amanda Johnson won the pole vault, clearing 8-6.

"We had very good meets for both our girls and boys teams. We couldn't have done too much better. Our kids really did a nice job competing to the best of their ability," Hasleiet said.

GIRLS TEAMS RESULTS

Grand Rapids 400

North Branch 306

Hermantown 299.5

Mora 232

Chisago Lakes Area 219

Duluth Central 188.5

Proctor 150