Hopkins' Bowers jumps past competition at state True Team track

One of the unfortunate side effects of the True Team state track and field meet, which was held on May 16, is that exceptional individual performances are often overlooked.

Such was the case for jumper Terrance Bowers.

The Hopkins senior won the triple jump (47 feet, 10 inches) and the long jump (22-6), finished second in the high jump and ran on the Royals' 4x100 relay team, which also finished second.

Both his triple jump and his long jump proved to be the best in the state this spring. He is also ranked among the top 10 in Minnesota in the high jump, having cleared 6-4.

Bowers, who won the Class 2A triple jump championship in 2013, will compete in Thursday's Section 6 meet at Wayzata, looking to get the chance to defend that title.

• Chanhassen junior David Zydowski broke his own school record when he cleared 6-7 in winning the Missota Conference high jump championship.

• Bloomington Kennedy freshman sprinter Honour Finley won the South Suburban Conference 400 meter championship, cruising to victory in 58 seconds. "She's been eyeing up our school records in the 200 and 400, which happen to be the state's faster ever, by Vanessa Clarida in 2001," coach Pete Svien said. Clarida posted a 23.93 in the 200 and 54.34 in the 400.

• Minneapolis Edison eighth-grader Jia Lewis won the 100 and 200 meters and anchored the winning 4x100 relay at the Minneapolis Conference meet. Lewis owns the top times in Class 1A in the state in the 100 (12.14 seconds) and 200 (25.74). The Tommies' 4x100 relay time of 50.73 is also the best in Class 1A.

• Holy Angels junior Sophia Anderson has come back strong from an early-season bout with mononucleosis. She won the 400 meters in the Missota Conference meet in a time of 58.75 and finished second in the 100 and 200 to Chanhassen's McKenna Krause. "She competes in the sprinting Triple Crown, which is almost unheard of in track and field," said her coach, Jim Gunderson.

Minnehaha Academy junior pitcher Megan Thurow suffered a calf injury late in the Redhawks' 3-1 Class 2A, Section 4 playoff victory over St. Paul Como Park on Tuesday.

No matter. Thurow came back three days later and pitched 15 consecutive scoreless innings, beating DeLaSalle 1-0 and holding St. Anthony scoreless until the Huskies scratched across two runs in the bottom of the seventh to defeat Minnehaha 2-1.