April Wahlstrom
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JV boys place first at Hibbing meet
April Wahlstrom | October 04, 2014
As a demonstration of our amazing depth, our Cook County-Two Harbors cross country boys won the junior varsity division at Hibbing on Thursday, September 25. The varsity boys Kiviok Hight (6th in 17:36), Jake Paron (7th in 17:37), Noah Smith (19th in 19:25), Sean MacDonell (34th in 19:36), Finn Garry (51st in 20:25), Brenden Seipke (55th in 20:32) and Will... READ MORE >
7th grade boys place 6th at the Milaca Mega Meet
April Wahlstrom | September 27, 2014
September 20, 2014 marked the Milaca Mega Meet in Milaca, Minnesota. Over 6,000 runners participated and over 148 teams were there. The 7th grade boys from Cook County/ Two Harbors represented us well by finishing in 6th place beating out large school districts such as Maple Grove, Osseo, Hutchinson, White Bear Lake and many others. In front of our team... READ MORE >
Vikings getting up to speed at Eveleth meet
April Wahlstrom | September 20, 2014
On September 11, 2014 the Viking runners headed over to Eveleth Municipal Golf Course for the second meet of the season. The conditions were perfect for a running race, nice and cool. Our runners have been working hard and some of our youngsters proved to the team that this was going to be an exciting season. Eveleth-Gilbert won the boys’... READ MORE >
Three Vikings advance to sections
April Wahlstrom | May 31, 2014
At the Sub-Section Track meet on Wednesday, May 21 many of our Cook County Vikings track and field athletes were ready to give their all. The goal was to try and get as many as possible in to the section meet. We had three individuals advance— 8th grader Maya McHugh in the 3200m run with a time of 13:35; 9th... READ MORE >
Vikings compete at Denfeld
April Wahlstrom | May 17, 2014
On Friday, May 9, the Viking track and field team headed down to Duluth to put forth their best effort at the Matt Kero Memorial Invitational at Denfeld High School. This was a new meet for us and it was fun to race against some different teams such as Duluth East, Hastings, Denfeld, Ashland, and then there were some teams... READ MORE >
Track and Field off and running
April Wahlstrom | April 12, 2014
Seventy degrees and sunny sure feels nice on a day right after another snow storm. This is how the Viking Track and Field team opened up its season. I should mention that the meet was indoors. We brought 35 athletes down to University of Wisconsin, Superior. Teams in attendance included Virginia, Duluth East, Hermantown, Cloquet, International Falls, Esko, Mesabi East,... READ MORE >
Chmelik runs in the State cross country meet
April Wahlstrom | November 16, 2013
We had a beautiful day for running at the lovely St. Olaf College campus on Saturday, November 2, 2013. The race started at 2 p.m. with 175 runners lined up at the start. The race goes out fast and some struggle to even cross the finish line as they have put everything they have out on the course. Viking runner,... READ MORE >
Viking Cross Country sends one to State
April Wahlstrom | November 02, 2013
On Thursday, October 24, Viking Cross Country raced at the Section 7A Cross Country meet in Cloquet. Going into the day we knew that Audrey Summers and Joey Chmelik, both Cook County seniors, were in the hunt to qualify for state. We estimated that Audrey would have to be in 11th place or better to make it to State as... READ MORE >
Wet, windy and cold run at Proctor Invitational
April Wahlstrom | October 26, 2013
The Cook County/Two Harbors cross country team headed to Proctor for the final Forty degrees, Johnsonmeet of the regular season. Jacob a and a windy and rain are pretty common for this late-season meet, and this year was no exception. All the teams from Section 7A were at the meet, except the Iron Range Conference teams that were having their... READ MORE >
Vikings take 3rd at the Polar League Conference Race
April Wahlstrom | October 19, 2013
On Wednesday, October 9, 2013 the teams in the Polar League had the opportunity to run true cross country. Our course at Pincushion Mountain is tough with varying terrain, hills, dry and wet areas, and longer grass. In other words this isn’t a golf course, which is where most of our races are run. Going into this race we knew... READ MORE >