Park freshman Rainna Jameson and junior OT Omot continued their skyhigh jumping Wednesday and Friday in the Section 3AAA meet at Two Rivers High School, both qualifying for the state meet.

Jameson won the girls high jump at 5-2, while Omot led a 1-2-3 Park finish in the boys’ high jump.

Both Jameson and Omot -along with Park sophomore Evan Brummond who finished second in the high jump – qualified for the Minnesota state high school Class AAA track and field tournament, held again this season at St. Michael-Albertville High School on Thursday, June 9 through Saturday, June 11.

Omot qualified in two events as he also finished second in the triple jump (43-02.5).

Omot (6-0), Brummond (6-0) and Andrew Drager (5-10) swept the top three places in the high jump. Omot had a fewer miss at 5-10 than Brummond to earn the section crown.

“It’s really big to have that at the section final,” said Omot. Now it’s on to state.

“It’s really good,” said Omot. “As a first-year guy I’m definitely going to come back next year, and it was a great experience to have. I went to state in the triple jump as well, got second, and hopefully I can place well (at state).”

The Class AAA girls high jump and boys triple jump will be held Thursday starting at 9 a.m. The boys high jump will start at 9 a.m. on Saturday.

Rosemount won the Section 3AAA boys team race with 279. 5 points, followed by: Hastings, 104; East Ridge, 103.5; Eagan, 103; Apple Valley, 94; Park. 75; Burnsville, 73.5 and Eastview, 58.5. The Irish also finished first in the girls’ team race with 262 points, followed by: Eagan, 221; Eastview, 127; East Ridge, 110; Hastings. 54; Park, 49; Burnsville, 42 and Apple Valley, 38.

Friday’s results — Girls

Jameson cleared the bar at 5-2 to win the girls Section 3AAA high jump.

“I’m really excited,” said Jameson. “I was trying to be a little light and not put a lot of energy into it, but I think I could have jumped a little better.

The competition in the girls’ high jump was keen as six jumpers cleared 5-feet and three cleared 5-1. Jameson was the only jumper to make it over 5-2.

Jameson’s goals for the state meet are clear cut and lofty, especially considering she never high jumped prior to the beginning of the season.

“Definitely to jump 5-6 again and try to make 5-8,” she said.

Jameson finished sixth in the triple jump with a best of 34-02.75. She passed on the long jump despite going 16-6.5 in the SEC meet a week ago.

Savannah Brown was fifth (8-09) and Kylie Dahm sixth (8-6) in the pole vault.

Park’s foursome of Tori Stepka, Ellen Jensen, Lydia Best and Hailey Kieffer finished fourth in the 4×8000 relay in a time of 10:57.50. Park’s 4xx200 team of Savannah Brown, Susan Mbu, Kylie Dahm and Emma Taschner finished sixth in 1:55.28.

Taschner placed sixth in the 200-meter dash in 27.57. Stepka took seventh in the 800 (2:32.04). Zoey Bammert- Mueller finished ninth in the shot put (31-04.75). Mbu was 11th in the 100 (13.31). Justine Jameson was 14th in the triple jump (30-06.00). Alliya Tannahill was 14th in the long jump (13-10). Karis Waindim was (76-07) 13th and Anna-Marie Larsen (71-10) 14th in the discus. Elizabeth Ayala was 13th in the 100-meter hurdles (19.02).

Friday’s results – Boys

Omot finished second in the boys’ triple jump, going 43-02.5 and qualifying for state in the event as well as in the high jump. Teammate Brady Perryman finished seventh in the triple jump with a best of 40-03.75.

Perryman was fourth in the section long jump, going 20-03 and Omot fifth at 20-02.

Senior Jacob Karp finished fourth in the discus with a throw of 129-06. Treyton Bammert-Mueller was eighth in the event at 123-07. Parker Hahn finished 10th in the 1,600-meter run in 4:52.78. Gavin Stauffer was 10th in the 3,200-meter run in 10:28.04.

Wednesday’s results

In Wednesday’s section preliminaries: Susan Mbu was 11th in the 100 (13.31), Emma Taschner was sixth in the 200 (27.24) and advanced to Friday’s finals. Tori Stepka was eighth in the 800 meters (2:31.61) and also qualified for the finals. Elizabeth Ayala was 13th in the 100-meter hurdles (19.02) and Hailey Kieffer 15th in the 300-meter hurdles (53.13).

Alliya Tannahill was 12th in the high jump, clearing 4-6 and 14th in the long jump (13-10). Karis Waindim was 13th (76-07) and Anna-Marie Larsen 14th (71-10) in the discus throw finals.

In the boys’ preliminaries: Paul Giadyu was 15th in the 100 (12.01), Jacob Paulsen was 14th in the 800 (2:11.03), In Wednesday’s finals, Brady Perryman finished seventh in the triple jump with a best of 40-03.75. Treyton Bammert-Mueller placed seventh in the shot put with a throw of 41-00.25.

Park senior Brady Perryman gives it his all in the triple jump. Photo by John Molene

Park’s Savannah Brown makes an attempt at clearing the bar at nine feet in the girls’ section pole vault Friday at Two Rivers High School. Photo by John Molene