Blue Jays add new qualifiers at region meet

• Ben Hanson

Eighth-grader Ben Hanson placed sixth in the 300 hurdles Saturday at Bowl, earning a trip to the state meet. (Ken Gardner / For The Sun)
• McKayla Orr

McKayla Orr placed in both hurdle races at the West Region meet Saturday. She was third in the 300 hurdles (above). (Ken Gardner / For The Sun)

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Alison Allmer is running into the state meet on a sweep.

The Jamestown High School junior won both the 800 and 1,600-meter runs as the West Region meet on Saturday at the Bismarck Community Bowl.

Allmer, the defending state champion in the mile, earned both of her wins on Saturday.

In the 800, she won a hotly contested battle with Minot’s Jamie Vander Vorste and Brittany Brownotter of Bismarck. Allmer’s winning time of 2:19.24 was less than a half second better than the runner-up.

“The 800 was a good race. It went right down to the wire,” JHS girls coach Arnie Falk said.

Allmer bested Bismarck High’s Kayla Wald by just over a second, 5:29.43 to 5:30.87, but controlled much of the race, Falk said.

“She had a really good day. She looked good,” Falk said.

Allmer’s two wins accounted for 20 of the Blue Jays’ fifth-place total of 56 points.

“We don’t have a lot of depth this year, so for us to place fifth we had to have a lot of great performances,” Falk said. “It was a very good day for the girls.”

McKayla Orr and Jenna Stilwell each placed in two events.

Orr was third in the low hurdles (46.63) and fifth in the high (16.31).

Stilwell’s leap of 35-0.50 in the triple jump was good for third. The freshman then added a fifth-place throw of 101-feet, 9-inches to come in fifth in the javelin to qualify for the first time.

In the relays, Kylee Voight, Siri Jystad, Allmer and Orr teamed for runner-up honors in the 4x4. The quartet finished behind only Minot with a time of 4:08.37.

All four relay teams posted season-best times. The 4x2 team included freshman Allie Smith, who qualified for the first time. Other members were Bre Carlson, Jystad and Voight. With Smith qualifying they now have 10 girls that will held back to Bismarck on Friday for the 2-day state meet at the Bowl.

Jordan Thoreson surpassed the 50-foot mark in the shot put to top the JHS boys.

The senior surpassed the mark handily with an impressive second-place finish and mark of 50-feet, 6-inches.

“That was a really nice effort by Jordan,” said JHS boys coach Ken Gardner. “Getting over 50 has been his goal and he got there.”

Fellow thrower Nathan Willer also had a PR, doing so in the discus, with a spin of 149-10, good for sixth. It topped his previous best throw by two feet.

The Blue Jays had two other placers individually, including an eye-opening sixth-place finish in the 300 hurdles (43.42) by eighth-grader Ben Hanson.

“You don’t see many eighth-grade boys qualify for state,” Gardner said. “It’s pretty rare. That’s a very nice accomplishment for him.”

Ashton Johnson was seventh in the high jump (5-10).

The Blue Jays also got two relays qualified for the first time.

Phil Manley, Colt Rasmussen, Luke Allen and John Nagel shaved more than 20 seconds off their previous top time in the 3,200, crossing in 8:36.98.

Nagel, who anchored all four JHS relays, brought the first-time qualifying 4x400 team home as well. Tanner Olson led it off, Layne Carlson was next, Hanson had the third leg and passed to Nagel who finished it in 3:34.07. It was the first time the foursome had ran together.

“Overall, it was a pretty good day,” Gardner said. “We had some disappointments. It’s always kind of a mixed bag, but there were a lot of positives we can take out of it.”

West Region Track and Field Meet

At Bismarck Community Bowl

Girls

Team totals

1. Century 224. 2. Bismarck 148½. 3. Minot 123. 4. Mandan 95½. 5. Jamestown 56. 6. Dickinson 38½. 7. Williston 37½. 8. St. Mary’s 13.

Individual results

100: 1. Morgan Milbrath, Min, 11.98 (meet record; old record Heather Zander, Man, 12.04, 2006). 2. Bailey Reiner, Bis, 12.39. 3. Lexi Ely, Cen, 12.80. 4. Kayla Helbling, Man, 12.87. 5. Lily Obrigewitch, Cen, 12.88. 6. Cara Haussler, Bis, 13.01. 7. Myranda Merkel, Cen, 13.01. 8. Alison Froelich, Man, 13.04. (6 qualifiers).

200: 1. Morgan Milbrath, Min, 24.35 (meet record; old record Tiffany Long, Minot, 24.84, 1994). 2. Bailey Reiner, Bis, 26.01. 3. Andrea Kelsch, Cen, 26.27. 4. Chelsea Peterson, Man, 26.50. 5. Lexi Ely, Cen, 26.69. 6. Lily Obrigewitch, Cen, 26.73. 7. Maria Hoff, Cen, 26.78. 8. Kayla Helbling, Man, 26.83. 9. Alison Froelich, Man, 26.85; 10. McKenzie Enderson, Bis, 26.92. (10 qualifiers).

400: 1. Morgan Milbrath, Min, 56.63. 2. Andrea Kelsch, Cen, 59.76 3. Lexi Brown, Cen, 59.87. 4. Jamie Vander Vorste, Min, 1:00.19. 5. Madison Milbrath, Min, 1:01.25. 6. Katie Scherr, Cen, 1:01.46. 7. Jaycee Walter, Bis, 1:02.10. 8. Leslie Beaudoin, Dic, 1:02.20. (6 qualifiers).

800: 1. Alison Allmer, Jam, 2:19.24. 2. Jamie Vander Vorste, Min, 2:19.84. 3. Brittany Brownotter, Bis, 2:20.03. 4. Sierra Link, Cen, 2:21.38. 5. Taryn Neimeyer, Cen, 2:21.38. 6. Libby Fontenot, Bis, 2:21.77. 7. Samantha Huether, Min, 2:28.02. 8. Olivia Larsen, Wil, 2:30.19. (6 qualifiers).

1,600: 1. Alison Allmer, Jam, 5:29.43. 2. Kayla Wald, Bis, 5:30.87. 3. Grace Gannon, Bis, 5:34.57. 4. Rachel Wingenbach, Man, 5:36.72. 5. Alicia Fettig, Cen, 5:38.92. 6. Adilene Benitez, , Man, 5:41.31. 7. Nicole Trenda, Man, 5:42.0. 8. Laura Laber, Cen, 5:45.27. (6 qualifiers).

3,200: 1. Lexi Zeis, Bis, 11:36.42. 2. Morgan Pierce, SM, 11:38.29. 3. Paige Melin, Cen, 12:02.63. 4. Taryn Ceglowski, Wil, 12:03.64. 5. Rachel Wingenbach, Man, 12:22.17. 6. Elizabeth Rohrer, Min, 12:22.26. 7. Brittany Humphrey, Cen, 12:31.01. 8. Hannah Tibke, Man, 13:08.96 (6 qualifiers).

100 hurdles: 1. Chelsea Peterson, Man, 15.62. 2. DelRay Audet, Min, 15.83. 3. Hadley Rosales, Cen, 15.85. 4. Sophie Bengson, Min, 16.20. 5. Natalee Todd, Bis, 16.27. 6. McKayla Orr, Jam, 16.31. 7. Kaytlyn Bowers, Man, 16.34. 8. Tessa Delzer, Cen, 16.47. (6 qualifiers).

300 hurdles: 1. Morgan Milbrath, Min, 44.70 (meet record; old record Twila Moser, Bis, 44.71, 2010). 2. Chelsea Peterson, Man, 45.83. 3. McKayla Orr, Jam, 46.63. 4. Hadley Rosales, Cen, 47.73. 5. Kaytlyn Bowers, Man, 48.06. 6. Morgan Grosulak, Dic, 48.44. 7. Hannah Weaver, Cen, 49.00. 8. Tessa Delzer, Cen, 49.01. (6 qualifiers).

400 relay: 1. Cen (Myranda Merkel, Lexi Ely, Maria Hoff, Kylie Yineman), 50.05. 2. Bis, 50.52. 3. Man, 51.00. 4. Min, 51.53. 5. Jam, 52.21. 6. Dic, 52.80. 7. Wil, 55.83. (6 qualifiers).

800 relay: 1. Man (Kayla Helbling, Alison Froelich, Carli Defoe, Chelsea Peterson), 1:46.23. 2. Cen, 1:47.40. 3. Bis, 1:48.76. 4. Min, 1:50.15. 5. Jam, 1:51.03. 6. Dic, 1:52.30 (6 qualifiers).

1,600 relay: 1. Min (Jamie Vander Vorste, Madison Milbrath, Sierra Duttenhefer, Sophie Bengson), 4:03.80. 2. Jam, 4:08.37. 3. Bis, 4:11.35. 4. Cen, 4:14.86. 5. Man, 4:18.94. 6. Dic, 4:24.88. 7. SM, 4:35.72. (6 qualifiers).

3,200 relay: 1. Bis (Libby Fontenot, Melissa Stewart, Angie Balliet, Brittany Brownotter), 9:52.84. 2. Cen, 9:59.02. 3. Wil, 10:04.29. 4. Man, 10:09.67. 5. Min, 10:38.82. 6. SM, 10:50.14. 7. Dic, 10:59.66. 8. Jam, 11:10.57. (6 qualifiers).

High jump: 1. Hannah Larson, Cen, 5-2. 2. Ann Govig, Cen, 5-1. 3. Nataliee Todd, Bis, 4-11. 4. Leslie Beaudoin, Dic, 4-11. 5. Madison Deibert, Dic, 4-11. 6. (tie) Alexis Goldade, Man, and Ali Moody, Dic, 4-11. 8. Amanda Nelson, Wil, and Rachel Schumacher, Bis, 4-9. (6 qualifiers).

Long jump: 1. Bailey Reiner, Bis, 17-4. 2. Lexi Ely, Cen, 17-3. 3. Natalee Todd, Bis, 16-4 ¼. 4. Macy Lynch, Cen, 16-4. 5. Hannah Jeske, Cen, 16-3 ¼. 6. Domenique Glover, Min, 16-3 ¼. 7. Katelyn Van Berkum, Bis, 15-11. 8. Ali Moody, Dic, 15-11. (6 qualifiers).

Triple jump: 1. Hannah Larson, Cen, 36-1 ½. 2. Natalee Todd, Bis, 35-6. 3. Jenna Stilwell, Jam, 35-0 ½. 4. Lauren Gietzen, Cen, 35-0 ½. 5. Madison Deibert, Dic, 34-5. 6. Hannah Jeske, Cen, 34-4 ½. 7. Ashley Bohrer, Cen, 33-11 ½. 8. Ashley Meyer, Bis, 33-10 ½.

Shot put: 1. Maggie Schwarzkopf, Cen, 39-7. 2. Brianna Bergrud, Bis, 38-6. 3. Kelsie Hall, Cen, 37-6. 4. Naomi Rust, Bis, 37-6. 5. Ali Hasche, Cen, 37-6. 6. Katie Chase, Cen, 37-0. 7. Else Nelson, Min, 34-8. 8. Jayd Eggert, Min, 34-10. (6 qualifiers).

Discus: 1. Danielle Clarke, Wil, 135-3. 2. Naomi Rust, Bis, 126-9. 3. Elizabeth Meyer, Man, 124-9. 4. Jayd Eggert, Min, 123-10. 5. A.J. Jacobs, Cen, 123-1. 6. Sierra Ourada, Wil, 117-0. 7. Kelsie Hall, Cen, 116-6. 8. Sassy Schettler, Bis, 115-5. (8 qualifiers).

Javelin: 1. Jayd Eggert, Min, 133-5. 2. Elizabeth Meyer, Man, 117-10. 3. Danielle Clarke, Wil, 111-2. 4. Jordyn Jossart, Cen, 104-11. 5. Jenna Stilwell, Jam, 101-9. 6. Naomi Rust, Bis, 101-3. 7. Jessica Drady, Min, 101-0. 8. Rachel Schroeder, Dic, 99-2.(6 qualifiers).

Pole vault: 1. Sierra Kreft, Cen, 11-1. 2. Ann Govig, Cen, 10-0. 3. Cienna Levorsen, Dic, 10-0. 4. Haley Moch, Cen, 9-6. 5. Hailey Horob, Wil, 9-6. 6. Marissa Koppy, Man, 9-0. 7. Clancy Carufel, Bis, 9-0. 8. Kaylee Keller, Bis, 9-0. (6 qualifiers)

Boys

Team results

1. Bismarck 309 ½. 2. Century 186.50. 3. Dickinson 93. 4. Minot 59. 5. Mandan 41. 6. Jamestown 28. 7. St. Mary’s 15. 8. Williston 6.

Individual results

100: 1. Brett Braunagel, Dic, 10.86. 2. Randy Tardif, Bis, 10.88. 3. Karter Gorney, Min, 11.12. 4. Mason Frank, Dic, 11.19. 5. Layne Johs, Bis, 11.23. 6. Ben Kraft, Cen, 11.45. 7. Noah Krebs, SM, 11.47. 8. Dylan Jechort, Min, 11.48 (6 qualifiers).

200: 1. Drew Wiseman, Cen, 21.64 (meet record and Community Bowl record; old records Jason Duchscherer, 21.69, 2008). 2. Randy Tardif, Bis, 22.13. 3. Brett Braunagel, Dic, 22.46. 4. Alex Neumiller, Bis, 22.74. 5. Jordan Sperle, Cen, 23.02. 6. RJ Barker, Min, 23.08. 7. Michael Long, Bis, 23.41. 8. Colbie Wanner, Dic, 23.49. (6 qualifiers).

400: 1. Alex Neumiller, Bis, 50.23. 2. Cody Humann, Bis, 50.44. 3. Isaac Walth, Bis, 50.45. 4. Austin Mack, Dic, 50.55. 5. Landon Jochim, Cen, 51.51. 6. Kimani Benjamin, Min, 51.68. 7. Dalton Weisz, Cen, 51.88. 8. Tanner Preskey, Cen, 51.88. (6 qualifiers).

800: 1. Josh Seibel, Bis, 1:58.84. 2. Dylan Werner, Bis, 2:00.38. 3. Joseph Sickler, Dic, 2:00.72. 4. Bryce Rohrich, Bis, 2:01.09. 5. Mike Porter, Dic, 2:01.13. 6. Dylan Sether, Cen, 2:01.86. 7. Sam Markle, Bis, 2:02.27. 8. Lane Kashur, Bis, 2:02.95. (6 qualifiers).

1,600: 1. Jake Leingang, Bis, 4:25.82. 2. Josh Seibel, Bis, 4:28.38. 3. Preston Lerew, Bis, 4:29.72. 4. Bryce Rohrich, Bis, 4:32.87. 5. Lane Kashur, Bis, 4:33.50. 6. Logan Fischer, Bis, 4:35.32. 7. Vlad Kutka, Dic, 4:36.70. 8. Jackson Binstock, Dic, 4:38.84. (6 qualifiers).

3,200: 1. Jake Leingang, BHS, 9:07.58 (meet record; old record Corey Ihmels, Wil, 9:13.34, 1992; Community Bowl record, old record Joash Osoro, SM, 9:12.49, 2009). 2. Preston Lerew, Bis, 9:47.76; 3. Cataldo DiDonna, Cen, 9:48.46. 4. Austin Todd, Bis, 10:01.05. 5. Matt Gotta, Bis, 10:04.24. 6. Jackson Binstock, Dic, 10:08.31. 7. Vlad Kutka, Dic, 10:11.09. 8. Andrew Beach, Min, 10:13.41. (6 qualifiers).

110 hurdles: 1. Dylan Leutz, Cen, 14.89. 2. Brandon Schmid, Bis, 15.63. 3. Ben Love, Min, 15.86. 4. Dan Perez, Cen, 16.03. 5. Chance Unterseher, Cen, 16.75. 6. Adam Maragos, Bis, 16.97. 7. Joel Crane, Cen, 17.02. 8. Nick Perrin, Cen, 17.06. (6 qualifiers).

300 hurdles: 1. Drew Wiseman, Cen, 39.16. 2. Alex Neumiller, Bis, 39.39. 3. Brandon Schmid, Bis, 41.10. 4. Dan Perez, Cen, 42.29. 5. Adam Maragos, Bis, 42.31. 6. Ben Hanson, Jam, 43.42. 7. Casey Schaff, Cen, 43.56. 8. Andrew Steinwand, Cen, 43.72. (6 qualifiers).

400 relay: 1. Cen (Jordan Sperle, Dylan Leutz, Taylor Daniel, Erik Morrell), 43.72. 2. Bis, 43.80. 3. Dic, 44.31. 4. Min, 44.33. 5. SM, 45.74. 6. Man, 45.83. 7. Jam, 45.91. (6 qualifiers).

800 relay: 1. Cen (Jordan Sperle, Dylan Leutz, Taylor Daniel, Dalton Weisz), 1:30.40. 2. Dic, 1:30.90. 3. Bis, 1:32.15. 4. Min, 1:32.95. 5. SM, 1:34.20. 6. Man, 1:35.45. 7. Jam, 1:43.41.

1,600 relay: 1. Cen (Dalton Weisz, Landon Jochim, Troy Dewey, Drew Wiseman), 3:23.25. 2. Dic, 3:26.62. 3. Min, 3:31.51. 4. Bis, 3:32.89. 5. Jam, 3:34.07. 6. Man, 3:37.49. 7. SM, 3:50.85. (6 qualifiers).

3,200 relay: 1. Dic (Austin Mack, Dallas Zastoupil, Joseph Sickler, Mike Porter), 8:15.12. 2. Bis, 8:24.16. 3. Wil, 8:32.77. 4. Cen, 8:35.07. 5. Jam, 8:36.98. 6. SM, 8:37.19. 7. Min, 8:41.89. 8. Man, 8:49.82. (6 qualifiers).

High jump: 1. Joe Berger, Man, 6-4. 2. Devin Schirado, Bis, 6-2. 3. Levi Jordheim, Dic, 6-2. 4. Ben Jolliffe, Bis, 6-0. 5. Erik Morrell, Cen, 5-10. 6. Dalton Dewald, Bis, 5-10. 7. Ashton Johnson, Jam, 5-10. 8. Bronte Liggins, Bis, 5-8. (6 qualifiers).

Long jump: 1. Devin Schirado, Bis, 21-8 ¾. 2. Taylor Daniel, Cen, 21-5. 3. Jacob Vigesaa, Bis, 20-11 ½. 4. Alex Neumiller, Bis, 20-10 ¾. 5. Taren Staudinger, Dic, 20-7. 6. Brett Adam, Bis, 20-6. 7. Dalton Dewald, Bis, 20-2 ½. 8. Brandon Morrison, Cen, 20-1 ¾. (6 qualifiers).

Triple jump: 1. Bronte Liggins, Bis, 42-9 ½. 2. Alex Yanosko, Min, 42-8. 3. Jacob Vigesaa, Bis, 41-10. 4. Ben Jolliffe, Bis, 41-4 ½. 5. Devin Schirado, Bis, 41-1. 6. Jay Liggins, Bis, 41-0 ¾. 7. Taren Staudinger, Dic, 40-1. 8. Deion Volk, Cen, 30-11. (6 qualifiers).

Shot put: 1. Conrad Schwarzkopf, Cen, 55-11. 2. Jordan Thoreson, Jam, 50-6. 3. Dyllon Schnaible, Bis, 50-1. 4. Dan Murphy, Cen, 48-6. 5. Brett Gehring, Bis, 48-2. 6. Porter Williams, Min, 47-6. 7. Brayden Soderholm, Min, 43-11. 8. Tanner Gust, Min, 43-10. (6 qualifiers).

Discus: 1. Conrad Schwarzkopf, Cen, 179-11. 2. Riley Riehl, Cen, 156-11. 3. Brett Gehring, Bis, 154-10. 4. Nathan Ennen, Cen, 153-0. 5. Dyllon Schnaible, Bis, 152-9. 6. Nathan Willer, , Jam, 149-10. 7. Corbin Wyatt, Bis, 149-4. 8. Porter Williams, Min, 142-2. (6 qualifiers).

Javelin: 1. Dexter Werner, Bis, 179-9. 2. Devin Coyle, Man, 174-10. 3. Jake Watson, Man, 159-0. 4. Justice Osborne, Min, 158-8. 5. Dustin Hermanson, Man, 148-4. 6. Chance Baesler, Man, 147-10. 7. Tyler Rudolph, Cen, 141-3. 8. Stanley Jones, Bis, 140-7. (6 qualifiers).

Pole vault: 1. Dylan Leutz, Cen, 13-0. 2. Jack Abfalter, Cen, 13-0. 3. (tie) Alec Ouradnik, Cen, and Bradyn Erickson, 12-6 ½. 5. Collin Theilen, Dic, 12-6. 6. Clay Carufel, Bis, 12-0. 7. Josh Erdmann, Cen, 12-0. 8. Justin Zinke, Bis, 11-6. (6 qualifiers).

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