Hamline University has always been the proving ground for elite Minnesota track and field athletes. Whether it’s the Hamline Elite Meet early in the season, or the season-ending state tournament, the best of the best prove their mettle at the small Minneapolis college on Klas Field. Mikayla Johnson held her own with the state’s best in her debut in the state pole vault event. The freshman was seeded fourth going into the meet and finished on the podium, earning a seventh place finish with a jump of 11’. That was two inches shy of her section seed height. There is good and bad from Johnson’s results. Four of the six competitors in front of her are seniors and will be gone next year when she is only a sophomore. The bad news is that the state title was won by Andrianna Jacobs of Rochester Century, who is also only a freshman. Jacobs cleared a state record 13’. more
