The Cougars scored 852 points, which was 31 better than the Lakers. Mounds View was third (808.5), followed by Minnetonka (705), Eden Prairie (762), Eden Prairie (762), St. Michael-Albertville (611.5), East Ridge (603), Forest Lake (468.5) and Anoka (456.5).

The Lakers were making their sixth straight state appearance and it was their fourth runner-up finish, including 2009. Prior Lake was third in 2010 and 2011.

"It was a strange meet," said Lakers coach Scot Jaenicke. "We knew going in that it would be a four-team meet and then Minnetonka didn't compete a lot of their kids. Mounds View had two relay teams disqualify.

"And though we had a lot of kids step up and have a career-type day, we did leave a lot of points out there," added Jaenicke. "Lakeville South just didn't make any mistakes and their kids did what they had to go. Congrats to them again."

Junior Sarah Schrader had two of the Lakers' four individual wins, claiming both the long and triple jumps. Senior Kasie Vollmer won the discus and was runner-up in the shot put, while sophomore Ella Francis was tops in the pole vault.

The Lakers' 4x200 relay team of seniors Lydia Houle and Sabrina Hille, sophomore Nicole Hoepner and eighth-grader Kristyn Arends was also a winner coming in with a time of 1:45.92.

Schrader went 17-5 to win the long jump and had a leap of 36-11 1/4 in the triple jump. Vollmer's winning toss in the discus was 137-01, while she broke her own school record in the shot put with a toss of 43-2 1/2.

Francis went 10-6 in the pole vault to win, while senior Marianna Kramer was third with the same height. Ninth-grader Madi Scholl was runner-up in the high jump with a height of 5-4.

Senior Bolade Jinadu had three top-four finishes. She was third in the 200 (26.09) and fourth in both the 100 (12.77) and 400 (59.34).

Prior Lake's 4x400 team of seniors Macy Violett and Megan Lesmeister and sophomores Olivia Schroeder and Oliva Theilen was third (4:05.03), as was the 4x800 team of Lesmeister, Scholl, Violett and Theilen (9:47.91). The 4x100 team of Hoepner, Schrader, sophomore Eva Passek and eighth-grader Alisa Robbins was fifth (51.30).

Houle had three top-seven individual finishes. She was sixth in both the 200 (26.65) and the 300 hurdles (47.04) and seventh in the 100 hurdles (16:05).

Francis was also 10th in the 100 hurdles (16:51) and sixth in the triple jump (35-1 1/2).

Other top-12 individual finishes for the Lakers: senior Tessa Rykken in the 3,200 (10th, 11:38.33), senior Mackenzie Schell in the 1,600 (12th, 5:28.76), sophomore Sarah Ring in the high jump (7th, 5-0), Hille in the 400 (6th, 60.44), Scholl in the 800 (9th, 2:26.24) and senior Alex Collins in the 100 hurdles (12th, 17:02) and the high jump (12th, 4-10).

The Lakers are back on the track May 20-21 in the SSC Championships in Eagan.

For complete state true team results, go here: http://www.mshsca.org/track/14ttresults/AAA_2014_final.pdf.