New Balance Nationals Outdoor Day 2 - Friday, 6/14
Boys 110mH Emerging Elite Prelims - 10:35am CST, Finals - 2:35 CST
Hopkins Boys: Ty Bennett, Wyatt Lubarski, Sam Leervig, and Ben O'Black
1000 Sprint Medley Swedish Relay Championship - 12:20pm CST
The 1000 Sprint Medley Swedish Relay, a rarely run race, consists of legs 100, 200, 300, and 400 meters in length. Hopkins will be running with Ty Bennett, a mainstay on the Royals' 4x100, Lubarski and Leervig, members of the State Record holding 4x200 team, and O'Black, a 400m specialist.
Boys 1 Mile Freshman - 4:20pm CST
Shef West qualified for State in the 1600m out of a competitive Section 4A, making him the second youngest competitor in the entire Class A field. After running 4:31.86 at sections, West will look to break 4:30 for the first time in his career.
Olivia Beschorner, Mankato East
Girls 1 Mile Junior High - 4:35 CST
Beschorner will be doubling back from the 800m. Her personal best of 5:17.24 came at the Section 2AA True Team Meet.
Girls 1 mile Junior High - 4:35 CST
Isabel will be running the mile a day after the 2 mile. She's no slouch in this event, placing fourth in the Suburban East Conference in 5:16.17
Elliott McArthur, Mounds View
Boys 1 Mile Junior High - 4:50pm CST
The mile might be McArthur's best event. He qualified for State and dropped a 4:22.40 this season, though he won't be running fresh after the 2 mile on Thursday.
Girls 5000m Championship - 5:05pm CST
The Class A 1600m champion will elect for a longer distance at New Balance. Ping has had much success in the 5k, setting numerous age group world records. She ran 16:25 at the Portland Track Festival back in 2017, and torched the distance on the grass, running 17:10 at NXR Heartland. Ping has raced the 5000m twice at New Balance Nationals, taking second at Outdoors in 2016 and finishing fifth at Indoors in 2018.