Park High senior Bri Hensel, who has carved her name into several spots in the Park High running record books, is finally going to state.

Hensel raced to a time of 11:25.06 to finish second in the girls 3,200-meter run and qualify for the Minnesota state meet Wednesday in the Section 3AA championships at Prior Lake. The first half of the section meet was held at Prior Lake Wednesday. The second half was at Eagan Friday.

Hensel ran a 2:26.84 to qualify for the 800-meter finals, then ran a personal and school record of 2:20.95 to finish third in the 800 section finals. The top two runners in each event automatically advance

Hensel was the only Park athlete to qualify for state, held this season at St. Michael- Albertville High School June 17-19. She broke Marie Borner’s school record in the 800 of 2:21.29 set in 2004. Hensel now holds the school’s fastest 800, and third fastest times in both the 1,600 and the 3,200.

Hensel was joined in the 800 finals by teammate Lydia Best who ran a 2:30.19 to qualify, then ran a 2:35.25 in the finals, finishing eighth. Best also ran a personal best of 5:40.35 to finish 12th in the girls 1,600.

“Lydia improved a lot this season and had a great spring,” said Park coach Brad Narveson.

In the team races, the Park girls were 11th in the 16-team race with 28 points. Prior Lake was the girl team champion with 197.5 points. Eagan was second with 166 and Eastview third with 102.

The Park boys were 14th of 16 teams with 15 points. Prior Lake won the boys team title with 240 points, followed by Burnsville, 108, and Woodbury, 77. Matt Boche led Park with a third-place finish in the 400-meter dash in a time of 52.16, just missing qualifying for state. John Ohmann of the Wolfpack was seventh in the same race in a personal record of 53.60.

Parker Hahn finished 12th in the 1,600-meter run in 4:51.96. Lucas Reckinger was 18th in the same race in 4:54.46.

Treyton Bammert-Mueller placed eighth in the discus throw at 119-04. Joseph Dale was 12th at 108-09.

Andrew Drager was eighth in the high jump, clearing 5-8. Casey Steinmetz was 10th (56). Steinmetz was also 11th in the long jump in a PR of 18-03.75. Boche was 17th in another PR of 17-08.25 and Justin Stachowiak 19th at 1705.25.

Samuel Lankow was 15th in the pole vault, clearing nine feet even.

Evan Jensen finished 20th (38-11) in a PR to lead the Park shot putters. Austin Hakanson threw a PR of 335.25. Erik Dale was 28th in the triple jump (30-5.75).

On the girls’ side Friday, Park’s Kylie Dahm cleared eight feet in the pole vault in a personal record and finished sixth in the finals.

“That was a great finish to her season,” said Narveson.

Avery Dragt was 19th in the discus with a PR of 7609. Gabrielle Turvold was 21st at 75-02. Danae Morgan was 32nd in the long jump at 13-03.75. Anna-Marie Larsen was 21st (25-09.75) in the shot put and Turvold 24th (25-02.50).

The Park 4×200-meter relay team of Savannah Brown, Susan Mbu, Kylie Dahm and Emma Taschner had the best finish of any of the Park relay teams with a sixth-place Friday in a time of 1:51.29. The 4×200 team was seeded 13th and ran five seconds faster in the finals.

“So proud of how hard they worked this year and how hard they competed this week,” said Narveson. “Lots of things to be excited about heading into the future.”

Park boys Wednesday Boche qualified for the 400 finals with the third fastest time in the prelims with a personal record of 51.83 Wednesday at Prior Lake in the meet semifinals. Teammate John Ohmann was seventh in the race, also with a PR of 53.65.

Boche was 15th in the 100 (11.89), and 23rd in the 200 (25.43). Andrew Drager was 23rd with a PR in the 100 prelims (12.03). Bronson Stachowiak was 18th in the 400 (55.69). Lucas Reckinger was 27nd in the 800 (2:16.37) and Jacob Paulsen 28thin 2:16.53.

Parker Hahn was 24th in the 3,200 (11.25.85) and Nicholas McDonald 29th (11:47.44). Samuel Lankow was 15th in the pole vault (9-00.00). Evan Jensen was 20th in the shot put with a personal best of 3611. Erik Dale was 29th in the triple jump (30-05.75).

Park girls Wednesday Danae Morgan was 29th in the 100 hurdles (20.61), 24th in the 300-hurdles (57.21) and 32nd in the long jump (133.75).

Susan Mbu was 25th in the 100 with a PR of 13.78. Emma Taschner finished 15th in the 200 prelims (27.89). Avery Dragt was 19th in the girls discus throw with a PR of 76-09. Gabrielle Turvold was 21st at 75-02.