As coaches, we’re really proud of how our team performed on both days.”

Park co-head coach Brad Narveson

Park junior O’Neal Attisso said he was going to take it relatively easy Friday and by doing so eased his way back to state in the high jump.

Attisso, who holds the school record in the high jump at 6-8, said he was aiming for 6-6 Friday. He cleared to 6-4 to win the high jump and lead the Park Wolfpack in the Section 3AAA championships which wrapped up Friday at Macalester College in St. Paul.

“O’Neal looked good in the high jump again and qualified for the state meet for the second year in a row,” said Park co-head coach Brad Narveson. “He’s really starting to put it together.”

Attisso also finished fourth in the long jump (20-04.25) and fifth in the triple jump (43-02).

The Wolfpack had a host of other top performances on both the boys and the girls side of the section competition.

Henry Joa finished third in the 1,600-meter run in a personal best of 4:19.42 and was ninth in the 800 finals (2:10.19) after finishing second in the 800 prelims with another personal best of 1:58.24. Joa's time in the 1,600 is the fastest in Park recorded history. He broke the record of 4:19.6 set by Jason Boon in 1992.

“Henry had a great meet,” said Narveson. “Breaking the school record in the 1600 was so much fun to watch. More importantly, he qualified for the state meet on the time standard. He finished third which doesn’t automatically get him there, so he had to run a fast enough time and he did just that. He broke a school record that was 34 years old. Really happy for him.”
Senior Pajyeeb Kong finished second in the discus (108-02) and was fourth in the shot put (36-04) to lead the Park girls.

“As coaches, we’re really proud of how our team performed on both days,” said Narveson. “Payjeeb got us started early on Wednesday with a second-place finish in the discus and qualified for state. Really happy for her. She’s worked so hard and that hard work has paid off. What a great way to go out as a senior.”

Rosemount won both the boys and girls team races.

The Irish boys finished first with 223 points followed by: 2, Eagan 115. 3, Hastings 110. 4, Apple Valley 107.5. 5, Burnsville 101.5. 6, Eastview 94. 7, Bloomington Kennedy 90 and 8, Park 64.

Rosemount girls won with 234.5 points followed by: 2, Apple Valley 158. 3, Eagan 151. 4, Hastings 136. 5, Eastview 102. 6, Burnsville 58.5. 7, Park 42 and 8, Bloomington Kennedy 27.

Girls results

Elizabeth Kamande finished fourth in the 200-meters in a personal best of 26.49 and was seventh in the 100-meter dash (13.03) also a personal best.

Hailey Garcia places in three events: 19th in the 100 (13.93), 15th in the 100-meter hurdles (19.78) and 11th in the 300 hurdles (54.33). Maleah McMorrow was 10th in the 200 (28.33) and Grace Sahli 18th (29.56). McMorrow was ninth in the 400 (1:03.82) and Esme Edlund 11th (1:06.05). Allison Devine finished 15th in the 800 (2:50.40) and 15th in the 1,600 (6:21.01), Jana Hafiz was fourth in the 1,600-meter run (5:46.44) and eighth in the 3,200 (12:38.73), both personal bests.

Park was seventh in the 4x100 relay, seventh in the 4x200 and eighth in the 4x200.

Marlina Patrick was 16th in the shot put (27-00.75) and 14th in the discus (79-11). Ellanor Boche 19th in the shot (24-02.50) and 18th in the discus (66-07).

Sahli was 17th in the high jump (4-4). Audrey Finley was 19th in the long jump (14-06.25). Esme Edlund finished 21st in he long jump (13-04) and 13th in the triple jump (32-00.50). Abigail Schmitzer was 22nd in the long jump (12-11.25) and 18th in the triple jump (29-11). Natalie Gobena was 20th in the triple jump (29-08).

Boys results

Kroix Pearson was ninth in the 100-yard dash in 12.96. Gabriel Przekurat 13th (11.51) and Torwon Dahn 20th (11.84). Przekurat finished seventh in the 200 (22.87), Pearson was 10th (23.25) and Joshua Ola-Kazeem 18th (24.05). Dylan Davis was 19th in the 400 (54.90) and Isaiah Diers 23rd (58.84).

Pearson ran a 49.94 and finished fifth in the 400 prelims but was a scratch in the finals.

“As for Friday. It was a tough start to the meet seeing Kroix pull up in the 100,” said Narveson. “I feel so bad for him. He was unable to run the 400 and we thought he had a great chance to go to state in that event. A really tough break for him.”

Eli Firchau was fifth in the 1,600 meters in 4:30.77 and seventh in the 3,200 (10:13.25). Liam Fleming was 16th in the 3,200 in 11:13.33 and 20th in the 1,600 (5:04.89).
Dominic Kamau was 11th in the110-meter hurdles (18.62) and 13th in the 300 hurdles (48.79). Adebare Goodness was 12th in the 300 hurdles (48.49) and Samuel Korth 20th (55.75).

Park was sixth in the 4x100 relay in 44.69, seventh in the 4x200 (1:38.94).

Aidan Boche finished eighth in the shot put (44-11) and fourth in the discus (136-04). Liam Hieserich was 17th in the shot put (36-01.75) and Van Kassabian 18th (35-06.75). Lucas Sardeson was 17th in the discus (106-01) and Michael Bennett 22nd (87-11).

Ola-Kazeem was 14th in the high jump (5-4). Jayveon Wade took ninth in the long jump (19-07) and 18th in the triple jump (36-09.5). Ricardo Santos Jr. was sixth in the triple jump (42-05) and 15th in the long jump (18-08.25).

“We had many kids make finals on the track and that’s awesome. Kroix, Gabe, Elizabeth, Maleah, Henry. They all made finals,” said Narveson. “Just really proud of the whole team. It was hot but nobody complained. They went out and did their job to the best of their ability. Looking forward to next week at the state meet.”