The only blemish at the Section 3AA meet May 30 at the University of  St. Thomas is the Lakers fell just short of defending their team crown. Eagan took it from Prior Lake by three points finishing with 132.5 points.

Eastview was third (85), followed by Rosemount (61), Apple Valley (51), Burnsville and South St. Paul (44), Park (36.5), Bloomington Jefferson (28), Holy Angels (25), Visitation (18), Bloomington Kennedy (15), Richfield (13), Simley (9), Henry Sibley (8) and Hastings (2.5).

Representing the Lakers at state will be seniors Milana Walerius, Sami Syonesa, Elisa Bertoldi and Megan Andre, juniors Kasie Vollmer, Leah Amundson, Bolade Jinadu, Macy Violett, Sabrina Hille, Alex Collins and Megan Lesmeister, ninth-grader Ella Francis and eighth-grader Madi Scholl.

Collins will compete in three events at state, the 4x200, 4x400 and the high jump, while Vollmer will compete in two (discus and shot pot), as will Jinadu (4x100 and 4x200) and Amundson (4x200 and 4x400).

Vollmer won section titles in the shot put and the discus. She broke her own school in the discus May 28 with a toss of 144-10. She'll be competing in the state for a third straight year. She won the shot put May 30 with a mark of 40-2 to earn her second berth in that event.

The Lakers' 4x100 relay of Synoesa, Walerius, Bertoldi and Jinadu set a new school record in taking second with a time of 49.49. The old mark was 49.98 set in 2009. It's the first state berths for all four athletes.

The 4x200 relay of Jinadu, Collins, Amundson and Hille had a winning time of 1:43.42, while the 4x400 team Amundson, Collins, Violett and Lesmeister was also first with a time of 4:01.82.

The Lakers just missed qualifying in the 4x800 relay. The team of Violett, Scholl and juniors Krestyn Thomas and Megan Hovick took third (9:41.69).

Meanwhile, Francis led three Lakers in the top nine in the pole vault, taking second to earn a state spot with a height of 9-8.

In the prelims May 28, Scholl and Collins went one-two, respectively in the high jump with heights of 5-4 and 5-2. It's Collins' second state berth in that event and Scholl's first.

Andre set a new school record in the long jump by nine inches in the prelims, winning with a leap of 18-4 3/4. The old mark was 17-7 3/4 set in 1990. It's Andre's first state trip.

In the triple jump, sophomore Sarah Schrader ended up fourth with a leap of 35-10 1/2. The state standard is 36-4, so she was close. Andre ended up seventh (33-10 1/2).

The Lakers had at least one athlete in the finals (top eight) in six running/hurdling events. Collins was fourth in the 100 hurdles with a time of 15.70 (state cut is 15.14).

In the 300 hurdles, Lesmeister was seventh (48.36), while junior Lydia Houle was eighth (49.91).

In the 800, junior Mackenzie Schell took third (2:21.91), while Violett was fifth (2:24.46). Amundson was sixth in the 400 (1:01.58) and Jinadu was seventh in the 200 (26.51).

Also earning top-eight finishes: Bertoldi in the long jump (5th, 17-0), junior Gretchen Feilen in the high jump (6th, 5-0), junior Marianna Kramer in the pole vault (T7th, 8-6) and junior Tessa Rykken was 3,200 (8th, 11:45.22).

Top-10 finishes: Schell in the 1,600 (9th, 5:25.57), junior Sarah Cox in the 100 hurdles (9th, 17.45), junior Bailey Sernett in the 300 hurdles (9th, 49.58), junior Courtney Spang in the pole vault (9th, 8-6), junior Grace Kooistra in the triple jump (9th, 33-1) and senior Marissa Mattison in the discus (10th, 94-10).

Others in the top 16: Syonesa in the 100 (11th, 13.70), Hille in the 200 (11th, 27.12), sophomore Alexa Hepner in the 200 (14th, 27.24), ninth-grader Olivia Schroeder in the 400 (14th, 1:03.47), Scholl in the 800 (13th, 2:26.82), Schrader in the long jump (11th, 15-10 1/2), senior Anika Angerlie in the discus (15th, 89-9) and Rykken in the 1,600 (15th, 5:32.95).

For complete Section 3AA results, go to: http://www.stthomastrack.com/3AA.