By John RittenhouseA member of the Hills-Beaver Creek-Ellsworth-Edgerton track program qualified for the state track meet during the Section 3A Track and Field Championships staged in Pipestone Thursday.Mya Mann, an Ellsworth High School junior, placed second in the 400-meter dash to earn an individual berth into the state field.The top two finishers in individual events advance to state during section competition.Mann, who placed seventh in the 800-meter run with a time of 2:30.09, moves on with her second-place time of 2:30.09 in the 400.The Patriot will run 400 preliminaries at the Minnesota State Class A Track and Field Championships at Hamlin University in Roseville Friday evening. If she places ninth or better in the preliminaries, Mann will advance to the 400 finals set for 5:06 p.m. on Saturday.Along with placing in the 400 and 800, Mann ran a leg with H-BC-E-E’s place-earning 1,600-meter relay team in Pipestone.Mann, Amanda Connors and Jocelyn and Ashley Bucher finished eighth in the event with a time of 4:19.61.The H-BC-E-E girls, who scored 12 points and placed 19th in team competition at the section meet, also received an eighth-place effort from Rosie Lewis in the shot put. Lewis tossed the shot 35-0.No H-BC-E-E boys advanced to the state meet during section competition, but the Patriots did receive some strong efforts in individual and relay competition.The top effort came from the 400-meter relay team consisting of Kevin Vander Schaff, Cody Rozeboom, Pavel Matejski and Kerry Fink. The foursome placed second with a time of 45.36.Vander Schaff and Fink turned in fifth-place performances in the 100- and 400-meter dashes with respective 11.63 and 52.12 times.The 800-meter relay team consisting of Matejski, Rozeboom, Adam Finke and John Sandbulte finished fifth with a time of 1:37.05.Casey Van Midden Dorp and Dustin Verhey also placed in individual competition.Van Midden Dorp covered 19-4 1/2 to finish seventh in the long jump. Verhey ran 3,200 meters in 10:48.78 to finish eighth.The H-BC-E-E boys scored 23 points to tie for 13th place in the team standings.