Wayzata Relay Team Sets State Record

The Wayzata boys’ 4x200 meter relay team set a state record at the Class AA state track and Field championships Friday and Saturday at Hamline University.

Junior Michael Smith, senior Jeff Borchardt, junior James Smith and senior Chris Pierson ran a time of 1:26.92—beating the previous record of 1:27.23 set in 2012 by a bit more than three-tenths of a second.

The win helped Wayzata finish third overall. The Trojans’ 57 points was just 2.5 points from the runner-up and just six points behind champion Stillwater.

Wayzata also won the 4x400 meter relay. The 3:17.06 time that Pierson, James Smith, junior Obinnaya Wamuo and Michael Smith ran was more than a second better than the Trojans’ championship time from 2012.

Wayzata’s 4x100 meter relay team put in a strong second-place finish. Junior Keante’ Johnson, junior Steele Berg, senior Chris Pierson and senior Jeff Borchardt ran a time of 42.47 that was just five-hundredths of a second behind Forest Lake.

Michael Smith also placed second in the 400-meter dash with a time of 47.89, while James Smith finished fifth in the same race.

In the girls’ competition, Wayzata’s 4x800 meter relay team finished second. Eighth grader Annika Lerdall, junior Alayna Sonnesyn, senior Summer Johnson and junior McKenna Evans ran a time of 9:15.20.

Overall, the Wayzata girls tied for 12th with 24 points.

For Robbinsdale Armstrong athletes, senior Emily Delaney finished 13th in pole vault and senior Jesse Kuusisto finished 13th in discus.

For Robbinsdale Cooper, senior Pilgrim Brooks tied for 11th in triple jump.