Highland Park Athletics

𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗧𝗘 𝗕𝗢𝗨𝗡𝗗 🔴⚪️

21 athletes will represent Highland Park in 9 events at the Class AA State Track & Field Championships!!

The Scots captured 3 individual section titles while finishing runner-up in 6 events.

Section Champions
🥇 Giovanni Vellucci - 300m Hurdles
🥇 Amira Cogshell - 400m
🥇 Ingrid Haaland - Girls 4x800m Relay
🥇 Ruby Peterson - Girls 4x800m Relay
🥇 Zoe Moore - Girls 4x800m Relay
🥇 Bridget Kane - Girls 4x800m Relay

Runner-Up Finishers
🥈 Daylen Wells - 400m
🥈 Bridget Kane - 800m
🥈 Amira Cogshell - 200m
🥈 Ingrid Haaland - Girls 4x400m Relay
🥈 Lily Tickner - Girls 4x400m Relay
🥈 Zoe Moore - Girls 4x400m Relay
🥈 Adeline Lendway - Girls 4x400m Relay
🥈 London Rademacher - Boys 4x400m Relay
🥈 Alvin Bommarito - Boys 4x400m Relay
🥈 Daylen Wells - Boys 4x400m Relay
🥈 Toby Hennum - Boys 4x400m Relay
🥈 Ben Ebinger - Boys 4x800m Relay
🥈 Theo Hennum - Boys 4x800m Relay
🥈 Noah Waln - Boys 4x800m Relay
🥈 Toby Hennum - Boys 4x800m Relay

The 2026 Class AA State Track & Field Championships will take place June 5-6 at St. Michael-Albertville High School. Visit the link in our bio for more information and to purchase tickets for this weekend’s event.

Congratulations to our state qualifiers, and good luck at State!!

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𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗙𝗘𝗥𝗘𝗡𝗖𝗘 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗠𝗣𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗦 🏆🏆🏆🏆

Boys and Girls are your 2026 Saint Paul City Conference Champions, sweeping the varsity and JV team titles!!

Highland has now won a combined 37 varsity conference track and field championships (22 boys, 15 girls).

Nineteen Scots captured Individual Conference Titles in 14 varsity events, while 28 Scots earned Individual Conference Titles in 17 JV events.

🚨 Seventh-grader Amira Cogshell set a new school record in the 200m with a time of 25.27, breaking a mark that had stood since 2011. She also won three Individual Conference Championships in the 100m, 200m, 400m!!

Congratulations to all of our Scots on an incredible conference championship performance!!

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Earning All-State honors during her final bowling season, Highland Park Senior's McKenzie Green finished the regular adapted bowling season as the No. 1 ranked player in Minnesota and placed fifth at the state tournament in singles. Playing for the Humboldt High School Hawks, she also went to state with the adapted floor hockey team and played on the adapted softball and soccer teams as well. She will continue her education at Focus Beyond Transition Services next year.

“McKenzie has played on our adapted soccer, floor hockey, softball and bowling teams for four years,” said her coach Mary Bohland. “McKenzie is one of the most coachable players we have ever had. She works hard to improve herself and also at helping others reach their abilities. We may not have won every game, but we did learn something every game with sportsmanship being our No. 1.”

Congratulations to Ellie Pavlis and Miles Robinson for being selected as Highland Park’s recipients of the 2026 Winfield Award!!

Ellie and Miles were honored tonight during the 50th Annual Winfield Awards Presentation.

The Winfield Awards recognizes outstanding student-athletes of color for their achievements in academics, athletics, and community involvement during their four years of high school. All honorees received a financial grant to further their education.

📸 Wendy Robinson

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𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗙𝗘𝗥𝗘𝗡𝗖𝗘 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗠𝗣𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗦 🏆⛳️

wins the 2026 Saint Paul City Conference Championship capturing their 20th Conference Title!!

The Scots have won 13 of the last 14 Girls Golf Conference Championships.

Congratulations to Mackenzie Malek on winning the Individual Conference Championship shooting a 92!! Mackenzie is the sixth Highland girls golfer to win the Individual Conference crown.

Patty Osman: 1981
Blair Bonner: 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007
Maddy Krois: 2013
Gabby Ishaq: 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
Isis Faber: 2025
Mackenzie Malek: 2026

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𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗙𝗘𝗥𝗘𝗡𝗖𝗘 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗠𝗣𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗦 🏆⛳️

reclaims the Saint Paul City Conference Championship winning their 18th Conference Title in team history!!

Congratulations to Ben Thompson on capturing the Individual Conference Championship shooting a 78!! Ben is the ninth Highland boys golfer to win the Individual Conference crown.

Dave Domko: 1967
Mark Lowe: 1974
Rick Benepe: 1975
Sam Morse: 2005
Genki Hirayama: 2009
Lee Froelich: 2016
Billy Wengler: 2017
Gabe Mattick: 2018
Ben Thompson: 2026

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𝙎𝙞𝙜𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝘿𝙖𝙮 ✍️

Congratulations to Owen, Ingrid, Madeleine, and Toby on officially signing to continue their athletic and academic careers at the collegiate level!

Owen Blat
Cheerleading
North Dakota State University

Ingrid Haaland
Cross Country and Track
University of Puget Sound

Madeleine Klevay
Cross Country and Track
Oberlin College and Conservatory

Toby Hennum
Track and Field
St. Olaf College

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Congratulations to Violet Solem Valentine and Alice Verbrugge on their fourth-place finish at the Individual Badminton State Tournament!!

The duo finished the regular season ranked #4 in the state with a 14-3 record.

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𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗙𝗘𝗥𝗘𝗡𝗖𝗘 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗠𝗣𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗦 🏆🏆🏆🏆

are your 2026 Saint Paul City Conference Champions and will represent St. Paul in Saturday’s 37th Annual Twin Cities Game!!

Highland becomes the first Saint Paul or Minneapolis school to reach FOUR straight Twin Cities Softball Championship games!!

The Scots extended their conference win streak to 24 games capturing their fourth straight conference title!!

JV Softball completed the three-peat and finished undefeated in conference play!!

On deck for the Scots ⬇️

Twin Cities Game 🥎🏆
Saturday, May 16 @ Noon
vs. Washburn
at University of Northwestern

Section 3AAA Tournament
Monday, May 18 @ 4:30pm
vs. #7 Southwest
at Highland

*The Scots are hosting their first section game since 2021 earning the 2-SEED in the Section 3AAA Tournament!!

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Congratulations to Nica Johnson on her third-place finish at the 2026 Saint Paul City Conference Badminton Tournament!!

Nica enters postseason play as the #7 ranked singles player in Minnesota after posting a 14-8 regular season record!!

In the JV Doubles Tournament, Sage Thompson and Emily Schultz took home second place!!

hp qualified for the State Tournament earning the 5-seed. After a first round bye, the Scots defeated Washington Tech 5-2 advancing to the State Quarterfinals!!

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