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2025 Blake Spring Sports Summary

 

 

TRACK AND FIELD



IMAC Conference:  At the IMAC Conference Championships on Saturday, May 17th the Boys finished 3rd and the Girls finished 4th overall. 

 

Section Race:  Wednesday May 28th and Friday, May 30th at Macalester College

 

 

Sections Results:

 

The following athletes have advanced to the State Tournament:

 

  • Callie Arthur 800m run

  • Davandre Campbell

    • Long Jump

    • High Jump

    • 110m Hurdles

    • 300m Hurdles

  • Boys 4×400

    • Otis Friesen

    • Shamore Brinda

    • Anders Eckstrom

    • Ben Bredesen

  • Boys 4×800

    • Shamore Brinda

    • Saul Templeton

    • Leo Mithun

    • Will Schwemm

  • Otis Friesen 300m Hurdles

  • Ben Bredesen 300m Hurdles

  • Will Schwemm 3200m run

 

Women – Team Rankings – 18 Events Scored

1) Simley 147

2) Minnehaha Academy 110

3) St. Paul Highland Park 109

4) Academy Of Holy Angels 106

5) South St. Paul 87.5

6) Blake 86.75

7) Richfield 80.75

8) Visitation 77

9) Minneapolis Roosevelt 49

10) Minneapolis South 44

11) St. Paul Humboldt/Open World 17


Girls 3200 Meter Run

Finals

4 11:31.41 6 Zoe Goodman 12 Blake

7 12:14.94 3 Georgia Shaw 9 Blake

9 12:20.97 1 Evie Hjelm 9 Blake


Girls High Jump

Finals

4 4-10.00 6 Emily Winkler 9 Blake

15 4-04.00 Rosalyn Hjelm 7 Blake


Girls Long Jump

Finals

13 15-04.75 0.4 Alexandra Mithun 10 Blake

18 14-06.00 -0.8 Saleya Scott 12 Blake


Girls 200 Meter Dash

Finals

8 27.19 2 Anna Breyer 8 Blake


Girls 400 Meter Dash

Finals

8 1:02.32 2 Lauren Breyer 8 Blake


Girls 800 Meter Run

Finals

2 2:25.47 10 Callie Arthur 10 Blake

3 2:27.17 8 Maggie Souvignier 11 Blake


Girls 1600 Meter Run

Finals

4 5:32.50 6 Zoe Goodman 12 Blake

5 5:41.23 5 Maggie Souvignier 11 Blake

11 5:48.57 Maddie Watts 8 Blake


Girls 100 Meter Hurdles

Finals

3 16.58 8 Sofia Wyatt 12 Blake



Girls 300 Meter Hurdles

Finals

6 51.05 4 Sofia Wyatt 12 Blake



Girls 4×200 Meter Relay

Finals

6 1:53.28 4 Blake

1) Sosie Simon 11 2) Lauren Breyer 8

3) Mariah Pierre 8 4) Savannah Sincheff 7



Girls Pole Vault

Finals

3 8-09.00 8 Kate Austrian 12 Blake

8 7-00.00 0.8 Catherine Rudolph 8 Blake


Girls Long Jump

Finals

13 15-04.75 0.4 Alexandra Mithun 10 Blake



Girls Triple Jump

Finals

5 34-09.50 5 Saleya Scott 12 Blake

8 32-07.00 2 Sofia Wyatt 12 Blake



Men – Team Rankings – 18 Events Scored

1) St. Thomas Academy 190.5

2) Minnehaha Academy 168.5

3) Blake 109

4) Simley 105

5) Richfield 90

6) St. Paul Highland Park 67


Boys 3200 Meter Run

Finals

1 9:36.51@ 12 William Schwemm 10 Blake

12 10:34.73 Zach Barkwell 9 Blake

18 11:01.85 Ethan Barkwell 9 Blake


Boys Triple Jump

Finals

7 40-02.75 3 Azlan Syed 9 Blake

13 37-11.25 0.7 Dash Unglaub 9 Blake


Boys 100 Meter Dash

Finals

3 11.54 8 Sulayman Syed 11 Blake


Boys 400 Meter Dash

Finals

9 56.29 1 Anders Ekstrom 11 Blake


Boys 1600 Meter Run

Finals

5 4:35.70 5 Leo Mithun 9 Blake

18 4:58.98 Riley Canfield 12 Blake

22 5:06.36 Zach Barkwell 9 Blake


Boys 110 Meter Hurdles

Finals

2 14.58S 10 Davandre Campbell 12 Blake

7 16.12 3 Otis Friesen 11 Blake



Boys 300 Meter Hurdles

Finals

2 39.74S 10 Otis Friesen 11 Blake

3 39.98S 8 Davandre Campbell 12 Blake

4 40.65@ 6 Ben Bredesen 11 Blake


Boys 4×100 Meter Relay

Team Finals Relay

Finals

5 Blake

1) Drew Cheng 10 2) Sulayman Syed 11

3) Dash Unglaub 9 4) Anders Ekstrom 11


Boys 4×400 Meter Relay

Team Finals Relay

Finals

2 3:30.09 10 Blake

1) Otis Friesen 11 2) Shamore Brinda 10

3) Anders Ekstrom 11 4) Ben Bredesen 11


Boys 4×800 Meter Relay

Team Finals Relay

Finals

10 Blake

1) Shamore Brinda 10 2) Saul Templeton 11

3) Leo Mithun 9 4) William Schwemm 10


Boys High Jump

Finals

3 6-01.00@ 7 Davandre Campbell 12 Blake

14 5-02.00 Anders Ekstrom 11 Blake

16 5-02.00 Reed Jones 8 Blake


Boys Long Jump

Finals

2 21-07.75@ 10 Davandre Campbell 12 Blake

9 20-01.25 1 Sulayman Syed 11 Blake

17 17-09.75 -0.6 Azlan Syed 9 Blake


Boys Triple Jump

Finals

7 40-02.75 3 Azlan Syed 9 Blake

13 37-11.25 0.7 Dash Unglaub 9 Blake








GIRLS GOLF

 

Regular Season:  Strong regular season

IMAC Conference:  Championship meet is Monday, May 19th at Goodrich 

Sections:  Next week at Highland Park

 



 

Faith Zhao qualified for the State Tournament.  




BOYS GOLF

 

Regular Season:  Highly ranked team this season

IMAC Conference:  Conference Championship is Thursday at River Oaks

  • UPDATE:  Won the Conference Championship.  This IMAC Championship is #100 all time for Blake in the IMAC.  

 

 



Sections:  May 28th and 29th at Gross National Golf Course.  CHAMPIONS

 

 

STATE TOURNAMENT:  Ridges of Sand Creek, Jordan MN.  June 10 and 11




CLAY TARGET



Regular Season: Sawyer Guider and Liam Coley guide this team, leading a young group of Clay Target athletes.  This team practices at the Sportsman Gun Club in Orono.  They submit their scores online throughout the season to reach the State Tournament.  

 

State Tournament:  Monday June 9 – June 17.  Alexandria.   






 


 

 

SEASONS COMPLETE:



SOFTBALL

 

Regular Season:  8-9 overall

IMAC Conference:  1-6 overall – Beat Minnehaha for the first time in 5 years

Section Playoffs:  Blake received the #6 seed overall. Bears traveled to Mound Westonka, lost first round. Hosted Minneapolis Edison and won. Then lost in their third section game at Mound Westonka again. 

 

All Conference: Rain Fricke (ERA), Lilah Mairose 

All Conference Honorable Mention: Amelia Nannen, Tessa Cohen 

 




SYNCHRONIZED SWIMMING

 

Regular Season:  Young, fast-growing team with a bright future.  6 meets this year.  

 

State Tournament:  

  • Finished 5th overall at State

  • Short Figures: 1st place and 7th place

  • Long Figures: 1st place 

  • Extended Figures: 2nd place

  • Short Solo: 1st place and 6th place

  • Long Solo: 1st place

  • Long Duet: 6th place 

  • Extended Duet: 2nd place 

  • Long Trio: 5th place 

  • Short Team: 5th place 

  • Extended Team: 7th place 

  • Two All-State members

 





BOYS LACROSSE

 

Regular Season:  4-9 overall in the regular season

IMAC Conference:   2-1 in the IMAC Conference, currently tied for 1st place

IMAC All-Conference: Jack Ulland, Hayden Del Castillo, Theo Farazi, Theo Liddicoat

IMAC All-Conference Honorable Mention:Christian Hovard & Soren Reyes

Section Playoffs: #8 seed in section tourney. Won play in game at home vs Osseo/Park Center but then lost quarterfinal to #1 seed Wayzata Trojans. 

 

 

 

 

GIRLS LACROSSE

 

Regular Season:  6-7 overall in the regular season

IMAC Conference:  2-0.  Conference Champions

IMAC All-Conference: Charlotte Palmby, Vivien Pihlstrom, Jocelyn Jim, Janie McGawn, Jada Chenitz, Izzy Krejci

IMAC All-Conference Honorable Mention:Kate Bizily & Sarah Hsia

Section Playoffs: Earned the #5 seed in section postseason play and lost their quarterfinal game to #4 Benilde St. Margarets.

 



Section Playoffs:  #5 Seed. Play at #4 Benilde.  Wednesday 7:30pm.  

 

 




ULTIMATE

 

Regular Season:  Ultimate has two teams.  Open and Varsity Girls.  

 

Open team has a less than winning record….but it’s been a gritty season and they are excited for a rematch against Benilde-St, who they beat in the early parts of the season. 

 

Both will play Tuesday night at Aamoth Stadium for Senior Night.  5:30pm and 7:00pm.  This will also be their picture day, so no team photo yet.  

 

State Tournament:  In Blaine on Friday May 30th, Saturday May 31st and Sunday June 1st

 








SAILING



The Blake Sailing Team wrapped up a strong spring season at the MN State Championship Regatta on May 24, 2025. This spring, Blake captain Teddy Bower led the team through three conference regattas and a team regatta. Spring 2025 Bears sailors were: Teddy Bower, Olly Bower, River Dopp, Katie Gammack and Cy Skibell.  The team is looking forward to the start of the fall season in August 2025. 

 





BOYS TENNIS

 

Regular Season:  13-6 overall

IMAC Champions: 1st place, Conference Champions!

 

 

All Conference:  Tarun Gopalakrishnan (11), Steven Cao (11), Graham Everett (11), Sai Buddi (12), Raiden Chen (11)

Honorable Mention:  Zach Dresner (10), Nico Mithun (9)

IMAC Boys Tennis Player of the Year:  Tarun Gopalakrishnan




Sections: 

  • Team Sections

    • Blake received the #2 seed overall

    • Defeated Minneapolis Southwest 6-1

    • Defeated St Louis Park 6-1

    • Play Edina in the Section Finals.  Monday.  4pm.  Creek Valley Courts.  Weather pending

    • UPDATE:  Blake lost 3-4 in the Section Finals

  • Individual Sections

    • Will be played at Blake on Wed, Thurs and Fri 

    • Singles:  Tarun Gopalakrishan and Everett Graham

    • Doubles:  Zach Dresner and Steven Cao.  Sai Buddi and Raiden Chen 

    • UPDATE:  Tarun Gopalakrishnan won 2nd place and advances to State June 5-6

 

State Tournament:





BASEBALL

 

Regular Season:  Finished 9-9 overall

IMAC Conference:  5-5 overall, 3rd place

IMAC All-Conference: Eli Charney, Drew Dillon, Charlie Wright, Benji Dillon

IMAC All-Conference Honorable Mention: Jesse Posada & Nick Russeth

Section Playoffs: Earned the #1 seed in the 4AA Section playoffs. Went 3-2 in playoffs beating St. Croix Prep twice and Mounds Park academy once. Lost twice to Minnehaha including the game to advance to the section finals. 

 

 

Section Playoffs:  Earned the #1 seed overall.  Will play 5/22 at 4:30pm at Blake.  

Playoff Bracket:  https://www.mshsl.org/tournaments/2025-section-4aa-baseball-tournament

 

  • Defeated St Croix Prep

  • Lost to Minnehaha

  • Defeated Mounds Park Academy

  • Defeated St Croix Prep

  • Lost to Minnehaha.  Season over.

 




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