Nagel leads Blue Jays at March Madness Invite

No team scores were kept, but just brushing off some of the rust was the main objective for the Jamestown boys’ track and field team during Thursday’s season opener.

The Blue Jays opened the season outdoors in Bismarck with a small team because of requirement issues with some of the athletes, but as for the athletes that did participate, JHS coach Ken Gardner was pleased with what he saw.

“We didn’t have that many competing at varsity because some of the athletes didn’t get their nine practices in before because of winter sports,” said Gardner. “But the ones that did compete did pretty well.”

John Nagel kicked off the season in style by tying for second place in the high jump with a leap of 5 feet, 4 inches.

“That was good to see,” Gardner said. “There wasn’t a high number of competitors, but it was still good to see.”

Nagel also helped the 4x800-meter relay to a third-place finish with a time of 9:10.11.

Matt Kopp took home two fifth-place finishes for the Blue Jays in the 55-meter hurdles and the 200 hurdles, while Ashton Johnson placed sixth in the shot put.

“It’s nice to get out and start competing,” said Gardner. “We were just thankful to get things rolling.”

The Blue Jay girls kick off their season today in Bismarck and then both squads head to Aberdeen, S.D. for the John Huth Invitational on Mar. 22.

March Madness Invitational

100m: 1, Randy Tardif, Bismarck, 11:24; 2, Karter Gorney, Minot, 11.59; 3, Dylan Leutz, Century, 11.69; 4, Tanner Preskey, Minot, 11.78; 5, Isaac Walth, Bismarck, 11.806; 6, Jesse McCormick, Bismarck, 11.808; 7, Layne Johs, Bismarck, 11.82; 8, Mason Frank, Dickinson, 11.85.

JHS results: 30, Michael Hust, 12.43.

200m: 1, Jace Dukart, Dickinson, 23.18; 2, Karter Gorney, Minot, 23.79; 3, Brandon Schmidt, Bismarck, 23.80; 4, Ben Kraft, Century, 23.81; 5, Benjamin Kimani, Minot, 23.84; 6, Isaac Walth, Bismarck, 23.98; 7, Cole Schmitz, St. Mary’s 24.10; 8, Mason Frank, Dickinson, 24.25.

Other JHS results: 21, Dylan Herr, 25.81.

400m: 1, Alex Neumiller, Bismarck, 51.43; 2, Drew Wiseman, Century, 51.87; 3, Cody Humann, Bismarck, 52.01; 4, Troy Dewey, Century, 53.26; 5, Dallas Zastipol, Dickinson, 53.42; 6, Carl Wahlin, Century, 55.49; 7, Isaiah Schwindt, St. Mary’s, 55.94; 8, Nolan Schwarz, Century, 56.67.

800m: 1, Lane Kashur, Bismarck, 2:05.10; 2, Bryce Roehrich, Bismarck, 2:05.15; 3, Chris Chamberlain, Williston, 2:11.06; 4, Brennon Goldade, Williston, 2:11.54; 5, Alex Willey, St. Mary’s 2:12.03; 6, Connor Bowley, Minot, 2:12.33; 7, Phil Manley, JHS, 2:13,28; 8, Lucas Bussman, Mandan, 2:14.31.

1600m: 1, Jake Leingang, Bismarck, 4:17.47; 2, Preston Lerew, Bismarck, 4:37.82; 3, Austin Todd, Bismarck, 4:40.16; 4, Chris Chamberlain, Williston, 4:41.98; 5, Forrest Allen, Century, 4:43.51; 6, Vlad Kutka, Dickinson, 4:5.37; 7, Joseph Strickler, Dickinson, 4:52.93; 8, Matt Gotta, Bismarck, 4:54.74.

55m: 1, Dylan Leutz, Century, 7.87; 2, Brandon Schmid, Bismarck, 7.96; 3, Ben Love, Minot, 8:44; 4, Dan Perez, Century, 8.80; 5, Matt Kopp, JHS, 8.81; 6, Chance Unterseher, Century, 8.82; 7, Nick Perrin, Century, 8.83; 8, Grant Ehli, Century, 9.00.

200m: 1, Drew Wiseman, Century, 24.49; 2, Alex Neumiller, Bismarck, 24.76; 3, Brandon Schmid, Bismarck, 26.39; 4, Dan Perez, Century, 27.45; 5, Matt Kopp, JHS, 27.70; 6, Dominic Neameyer, Century, 27.92; 7, Grant Ehli, Century, 28.182; 8, Nick Perrin, Century, 28.186.

4x400: 1, Century, 3:41.22; 2, Minot, 3:43.87; 3, Bismarck, 3:46.15; 4, Century, 3:50.30; 5, Dickinson, 3:50.48; 6, Mandan, 3:54.67; 7, JHS, 3:56.36; St. Mary’s, 4:03.85.

4x800: 1, Bismarck, 8:26.53; 2, Minot, 8:56.70; 3, JHS, 9:10.11; 4, Mandan, 9:33.31.

Javelin: 1, Justice Osborne, Minot, 140-9; 2, Stanley Jones, Bismarck, 133-2; 3, Aaron Sayler, Dickinson, 130-0; 4, Brady Nelson, Minot, 126-3; 5, John Rust, Minot, 121-4; 6, Derek VanderVorste, Minot, 120-5; 7, Austin Kraenze, St. Mary’s, 117-8; 8, Dustin Hermanson, Mandan, 114-9.

Shot put: 1, Conrad Schwarzkoph, Century, 53-0; 2, Dillion Schnaible, Bismarck, 45-6; 3, Porter Williams, Mandan, 43-10; 4, Dan Murphy, Century, 43-5.5; 5, Nathan Ennen, Century, 42-10.5; 6, Brett Gehring, Bismarck, 42-6.

Discus: 1, Conrad Schwarzkoph, Century, 151-11; 2, Brett Gehring, Bismarck, 149-4; 3, Jaden Friedt, Bismarck, 143-11; 4, Riley Riehl, Century, 141-6; 5, Porter Williams, Minot, 134-8; 6, Corbin Wyatt, Bismarck, 134-0.

Triple jump: 1, Levi Jordem, Dickinson, 39-8.75; 2, Alex Yonasko, Minot, 39-3.5; 3, Taven Standinger, Dickinson, 38-5; 4, Dalton Delange, Bismarck, 38-3.5; 5, Brandon Morrison, Century, 37-11; 6, Devon Volk, Century, 37-0.75; 7, Trevon Reno, Century, 36-11.25; 8, Wyatt Wetzstein, Bismarck, 35-11.25.

High jump: 1, Erik Morrell, Century, 5-8; 2, Aaron Doan, Century, 5-4; 3, John Nagel, JHS, 5-4.

Long jump: 1, Drew Wiscman, Century, 21-1; 2, Taylor Daniel, Century, 20-2; 3, Tarin Staudinger, Dickinson, 20-0.5; 4, Jake Railsback, Bismarck, 20-0.25; 5, Dominic Neameyer, Century, 19-8; 6, Ashton Johnson, JHS, 19-6; 7, Brennan Doan, Century, 19-1.5; 8, Brandon Morrison, Century, 19-1.5.

Pole vault: 1, Jack Abfalter, Century, 12-6; 2, Alec Ouradnik, Century, 12-6; 3, Ben Love, Minot, 12-0; 4, Dylan Leutz, Century, 12-0; 5, Josh Erdmann, Century, 11-6; 6, Justin Zinke, Bismarck, 11-0; 7, Clay Carufel, Bismarck, 11-0; 8, Bradyn Erickson, Bismarck, 11-0.

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