All smiles and showing off her medal, Molly Thomas nearly qualified for the state track meet with her 4th place finish at Sections. Molly, a 9th grader, ran 63 seconds and change for the quarter mile, less than 2 seconds back of the second place finisher.
Cook County High School freshman Molly Thomas ended a great season on the track with a 4th place finish in the 400 meter run at the Section 7A track meet held at University of Minnesota’s Duluth Malosky track Thursday, May 29.
Thomas ran a season best time of 63.42 seconds. She was less than 2 seconds away from qualifying for the state track meet. The top two runners at Sections advance to the state meet.
Seventh-grade speedster Sophie Eliasen finished 7th in the 200 meter run with a great time of 28.45 seconds.
Eighth-grade distance runner Maya McHugh placed 11th in the 3200 meter (2 mile) run with a fine time of 13:37.
Head Coach April Wahlstrom said she was proud of her three young runners’ performance at Sections.
With a young team coming back next year, and led by this very talented threesome, Cook County High School should be right on track to do well next spring.
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