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By Steve Morris
 The North Branch boys and girls track team each defeated the Chisago Lakes Wildcats at a duo meet at home April 15.
Right: North Branch discuss throwers (l to r ) Trevor Winger, AJ Besch, John Morrison and Charles Immel wait their turn during the duo meet with Chisago Lakes April 15 in North Branch. Morrison, a sophomore, won the discuss and the shot put. The boys defeated Chisago Lakes 98-48. To view and order pictures from the meet, visit our Web site at www.ecmpostreview.com.
"It was nice to finally get an outdoor meet in. The weather conditions were less than ideal because of the wind. The kids really did an excellent job competing and it was a nice start to our outdoor season," head coach Brian Hasleiet said.
The girls won by a final score of 91-54 while the boys won 98-48.
Many boys claimed first place finishes at the meet. Senior Jared Grams, claimed first place in the 100 with a time of 12.20 and first in the 200 with a time of 24.96.
Junior Ryan Norman won the 800 in 2:14 while Mike Heidelberger won the mile in 5:28.
Sophomore Brian Grand took first in 300 and 110 hurdles.
Sophomore Sara Swanson, claimed first in the 200 in a time of 29.93.
In the 800, Miranda Charley took first in 2:33 and in the mile, Shayna Gray took first in 5:55.
Kristen Robatcek took first in the high jump with a jump of four feet eight inches.
St. Francis
On April 17, the girls ran in the St. Francis Invitational and took third out of seven teams with 77 points.
The girls competed against Andover, Chisago Lakes, Cooper, Rogers, St. Francis and Spring Lake Park .
“Our distance runners really ran well and had some excellent times for this time of the year,” Hasleiet said. “Our field events need to get better and we need to work on our handoffs but those will get better because we have so many young girls on this team. We just want to keep improving each meet.”
The boys team also competed at the St. Francis Invitational on April 19. They finished third out of 10 teams with 90 points.
TJ Leason won the high jump, finished third in the 400 and was on the winning 4x200 relay team.
Grams finished second in the 100, third in the 200 and anchored the winning 4x200 relay team.
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