Track Athletes Headed To State
Area track teams had two more opportunities for athletes to advance to the State Tournament last week.
On Monday, May 12, athletes were at the Mariya Tate Memorial meet in Rugby. The North West Region Meet was moved to Saturday, May 17 at Minot High School due to the weather.
The Blue Jays qualified their 4x100, 4x200 and 4x400 boys relay teams at the meet in Rugby. With the top three in each event advancing to state from the region meet, the Blue Jays qualified their boys’ 4x400 again as region champs, Drake Schlosser as the region champ in the 200m dash, Schlosser and Austin Kanenwisher in the 110m hurdles with Schlosser as the region champ. Schlosser again qualified in the 300m hurdles as the region champ, Logan Longmuir in the 400m dash, and the 4x800 relay as region champs. In the field events, Ben Hynek qualified again in the shot put adding to his discus qualification from earlier this year; Max Jackson, Landon Hunting and Landon Goettle all qualified in the pole vault. On the girls’ side, Jessa Longmuir claimed the region championship to advance in the 100m hurdles; the girls’ 4x800 relay qualified; and Payton Lystad qualified in the pole vault.
Because athletes are limited to just four events at State Track, Drake Schlosser will run the 110 and 300m hurdles, the 200 meter dash and the 4x400 relay. The 4x100 relay will be Oscar Garcia, Kayden Uran, Jevon Johnson and Kolton Longmuir with Austin Kanenwisher and Zeke Wienbar as the alternates. The 4x200 relay will be Oscar Garcia, Logan Longmuir, Zeke Wienbar and Kolton Longmuir with Jevon Johnson and Austin Kanenwisher as alternates. The 4x400 relay will be Logan Longmuir, Oscar Garcia, Zeke Wienbar and Drake Schlosser with Kolton Longmuir and Max Jackson as the alternates. The 4x800 relay will be Logan Longmuir, Max Jackson, Jacob Roses and Logan Neset with Kolton Longmuir and Landon Goettle as the alternates. The girls 4x800 relay will be Italia Rodriguez, Teigan Moe, Jessy Roise and Harley DeTienne with Annie Roise as the alternate.
New Town saw runners qualify on Saturday. In the 800 meters, Lukas Spotted Bear claimed the region title with Kade Lambert and Treyvionne Williams also qualifying. Xavier Bell had previously qualified for this race. In the 1600 meters, Xavier Bell claimed the region title, with Lukas Spotted Bear and Kade Lambert also qualifying. They continued their distance running dominance in the 3200 meters with Tekoah Hood claiming the region title, and Brycen Bell, Lukas Spotted Bear and Xavier Bell also qualifying. They had previously qualified their boys’ 4x400 relay and their 4x800 relay teams.
Parshall had Leah Newman qualify in the 100 meters, Haydyn Chase in the 1600 and 3200 meter runs, their 4x100 girls’ relay and their 4x200 girls’ relay.
Mariya Tate Memorial
On Monday, May 12, the track teams were at the Mariya Tate Memorial Meet in Rugby.
On the girls’ side, Rugby took home the team title with 215.66 points, followed by Velva-Drake/Anamoose with 81, Kenmare-Bowbells with 59.5, Bottineau with 55.5, and Max-South Prairie with 45 rounding out the top five. The Blue Jays finished in 7th with 33 team points.
On the boys’ side, Bottineau took home the team title with 96 points, followed by Rugby with 89, Harvey/Wells County with 85, Kenmare-Bowbells with 67, and Nedrose rounding out the top five with 50.5. The Blue Jays finished in sixth with 49 points.
Boys Events:
800 meters: Bud Wilkie of Bottineau was first with a time of 2:04.03. Stanley’s Max Jackson was fifth with 2:14.14; Jacob Roses, 6th with 2:14.19; Logan Neset, 10th with 2:18.32; and Kolton Longmuir, 17th with 2:30.97.
110m hurdles: Tallen Thorson of Harvey/Wells County was first with a time of 15.26. Stanley’s Drake Schlosser was 3rd with 16.53 and Austin Kanenwisher was 10th with 20.68.
300m hurdles: Tallen Thorson of Harvey/Wells County was first with a time of 41.63. Stanley’s Kayden Uran was 8th with 45.28 and Jevon Johnson was 11th with 48.01.
4x100 relay: Stanley was first with a time of 45.49 with team members Oscar Garcia, Kayden Uran, Jevon Johnson and Drake Schlosser.
4x200 relay: Stanley was first with a time of 1:34.81 with team members Oscar Garcia, Logan Longmuir, Zeke Wienbar and Drake Schlosser.
4x400 relay: Harvey/Wells County was first with a time of 3:30.54. Stanley was second with a time of 3:33.94 with team members Logan Longmuir, Oscar Garcia, Zeke Wienbar and Drake Schlosser.
High jump: Hunter Hagler of North Star was first with a height of 6-02.00. Stanley’s Austin Kanenwisher was 10th with 5-02.00.