JHS places 5th, 6th in VC

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The Jamestown High School boys and girls cross country teams took fifth and sixth, respectively, at the Bill Jansen Blue-White Invite Saturday in Valley City.

Jamestown’s Kyle Schumacher finished 22nd with a time of 18 minutes, 24 seconds to lead the Blue Jays to a team score of 175. Grand Forks Red River posted a 41 to win the meet, while Bismarck Century’s Cataldo DiDonna won the race with a time of 16:41.

Jamestown’s Michael Sorensen took 30th in a time of 18:40, and Aaron Ford and Phil Manley were 38th and 40th, respectively. Kyle Gee, at 45th, rounded out the Blue Jays’ scoring.

“Top to bottom, I was real pleased with the way the runners performed,” JHS coach Ken Gardner said. “One thing that really helped us ... our top five were all really packed in there within a minute of each other.”

Lisbon’s Jacob Gallagher fared well in the mixed field of Class A and B teams, taking ninth in 17:32. His teammate, Justin Warling, was 33rd.

The Jamestown girls, who are still without standout Alison Allmer because of personal issues, ended with a 245, led by Maya Moltzen’s 24th-place finish. She ran a 17:12. Rachel Morin was 36th and Ligia Schultz took 41st. Grand Forks Central had the meet-winning score with a 53. Langdon’s Kennedy Rude was the fastest on the day, finishing in 16:03.

“Our top three runners (Moltzen, Morin, Schultz) are running times faster than the times they ran at the state meet last year,” Gardner said. “They seem to be performing well at this point.”

Tess Scott of Barnes County North was 15 seconds behind the leader, placing fifth. Leah Oien of Griggs County was eighth with a 16:38, while Carrington’s Ann Endres tied for 10th with a 16:44.

The Blue Jays are back in action Saturday when they go to the Bismarck Invite, which will take place at McDowell Dam outside of Bismarck.

Bill Jansen Blue-White Invite

at Valley City

Boys

Team results

1. Grand Forks Red River 41. 2. Century 53. 3. Grand Forks Central 71. 4. Fargo Shanley 86. 5. Jamestown 175. 6. Central Cass 221. 7. Lisbon 226. 8. Grafton 256. 9. Devils Lake 275. 10. Griggs County Central 293. 11. Wahpeton 339. 12. Carrington 374. 13. Central Prairie 403. 14. Valley City 415. 15. Cavalier 422. 16. Langdon Area 429. 17. Hatton-Northwood-Thompson 437. 18. Larimore 446. 19. Sargent Central 457. 20. Mayville-Portland 470.

Individual results (top 10 and area)

1, Cataldo DiDonna, BC, 16:41. 2, Matt Tingum, GFRR, 16:55. 3, Adam Leach, GFRR, 17:03. 4, Thomas Startz, Shanley, 17:05. 5, Sebastian Startz, Shanley, 17:05. 6, Andrew Torrey, GFC, 17:07. 7, Camron Roehl, GFC, 17:18. 8, Ryan Fetch, BC, 17:29. 9, Jacob Gallagher, Lisbon, 17:32. 10, Tanner Piper, GFRR, 17:32.

22, Kyle Schumacher, Jamestown, 18:24. 30, Michael Sorenson, Jamestown, 18:40. 33, Justin Warling, Lisbon, 18:49. 35, Nick Pederson, Hatton-Northwood, 18:59. 36, Tim Clifton, Griggs County, 19:02. 37, Kieran Hall, Lisbon, 19:04. 38, Aaron Ford, Jamestown, 19:04. 40, Phil Manley, Jamestown, 19:07. 43, Donavan Moser, Central Prairie, 19:18. 45, Kyle Gee, Jamestown, 19:30. 48, Dallas Patton, Griggs, 19:36. 51, Jacob Eberle, Carrington, 19:38. 54, Luke Ressler, Griggs, 20:01. 55, Ceph Dockter, Central Prairie, 20:02. 56, Jake Lorig, Jamestown, 20:08. 58, Zach Hansen, Lisbon, 20:22. 59, Austin Konschak, Carrington, 20:24. 65, Josh Briss, Griggs, 20:43. 71, Jon Aljets, Carrington, 21:04. 75, Jack Goodman, HN, 21:15. 85, Billy Holtan, Carrington, 22:42. 88, Brendan Wick, CP, 23:02. 89, Kellen Shelton, Lisbon, 23:05. 90, Mike Cameron, Griggs, 23:13. 92, Kyle Mark, Lisbon, 23:17. 105, Chance Coleman, Lisbon, 25:22.

Girls

Team results

1, Grand Forks Central 53. 2, Fargo Shanley 152. 3, Rugby 152. 4, Valley City 208. 5, Grand Forks Red River 232. 6, Jamestown 245. 7, Langdon 254. 8, Wahpeton 264. 9, Grafton 265. 10, Devils Lake 296. 11, Barnes County North 299. 12, Griggs County 309. 13, Carrington 350. 14, North Star 411. 15, Lisbon 423. 16, May-Port-CG 431. 17, Larimore 433. 18, Dakota Prairie 437. 19, Central Cass 446. 20, Rolla 448. 21, Central Prairie 453. 22, Hillsboro 455. 23, Hatton-Northwood 464. 24, Cavalier 475. 25, Sargent Central 496. 26, Richland 510.

Individual results (top 10 and area)

1, Kennedy Rude, Langdon, 16:03. 2, Heidi Lageson, Shanley, 16:05. 3, Ashley Perez, Dakota Prairie, 16:07. 4, Karly Ackley, GFC, 16:07. 5, Tess Scott, Barnes County North, 16:18. 6, Madison Gapp, Langdon, 16:23. 7, Jessica Johnson, Grafton, 16:31. 8, Leah Oien, Griggs, 16:38. 9, Jordyn Thomas, GFC, 16:43. 10T, Ann Endres, Carrington and Grace Roehl, GFC, 16:44.

16, Ashley Neumiller, Carrington, 17:01. 19, Courtney Heupel, CP, 17:07. 24, Maya Moltzen, Jamestown, 17:12. 30, Samantha Wieland, Barnes County North, 17:30. 32, Sasha Hovind, Lisbon, 17:35. 36, Rachel Morin, Jamestown, 17:44. 41, Ligia Schultz, Jamestown, 18:07. 49, Audra Revier, BCN, 18:35. 52, Britta Liljenquist, Griggs, 18:39. 60, Dannielle Surerus, Griggs, 18:50. 67, Shelbie Bratlie, H-N, 19:02. 68, Emma Bennett, Jamestown, 19:07. 76, Anna Larson, Jamestown, 19:28. 78, Elena Lee, Lisbon, 19:32. 80, Mia Pederson, HN, 19:33. 93, Megan Motter, Griggs, 20:50. 96, Megan Johnson, Griggs, 21:10. 98, Lindsay Dow, Lisbon, 21:50. 102, Mikayla Johnson, HN, 22:32.

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