Local grads win at track meet

The St. Scholastica men’s track and field team won four event titles the March 13 Upper Midwest Athletic Conference Men’s Indoor Championship, with two Carlton County grads playing a role in the fourth win of the day.

Esko High School grad Lucas Bourgeault and Cloquet grad Isaac Boedigheimer were part of a distance medley team which finished first in a race composed of four relay legs of varying distance, starting off with a 1,200-meter leg and followed by 400-, 800- and 1,600-meter legs. Boedigheimer ran the 1,600-meter leg and Bourgeault ran the 400-meter portion. The relay team also included Devon Byers of Ironwood, Michigan and Nathan Smoller of Montpelier, Vermont; they finished in a time of 11:14.01.