It was a good day for running and Annie Nabwe took full advantage.
The Jamestown High School junior broke her own school record in the 100-meter dash at the Karlgaard Invite Thursday night at the Bismarck Community Bowl. Nabwe crossed the line at 12.33 seconds -- 0.19 seconds faster than her previous best.
Nabwe's first-place finish helped the Blue Jay girls track and field team to a 109-point, third-place finish while the boys team ended up fourth with 94 points.
"I think it was a great move by Bismarck to move the meet up from (Friday) to (Thursday)," JHS co-head track and field coach Ken Gardner said. "I think the high for Friday is 39 degrees but (Thursday) it was in the low 60s. It was a little breezy but not bad. I think that shows in the results."
Nabwe didn't compete in her signature race last week at the Jays' meet in West Fargo Sheyenne due to cold weather and coaches pulling sprinters from events in efforts to avoid injuries. While most of the Blue Jay distance runners got their races in last week, an uptick in temperature was a welcome break from temps in the 30s and snow flurries.
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Ben Anteau set a PR on the track cruising to a time of 4 minutes, 24 seconds in the 1,600-meter run. The time, 32 seconds faster than Dalton Fleckenstein’s second-place finish, qualified Anteau to the 2021 North Dakota Class A State Track and Field meet.
The boys 4x800 meter relay team is about one second away from that state qualifying time.
Gavin Haut, Chandlar Rott, Kade Schumacher and Micah Hoke all pulled together to earn a first-place finish in the 4x8 crossing the line at 8:25.25 -- three seconds ahead of the second-place Dickinson team and 21 seconds ahead of their finish last week in West Fargo Sheyenne.
"They were a little disheartened after their performance last week, but boy did they step it up today," Gardner said.
In field events, Daniel Ulrich tied Kyler Scott of Bismarck High for the top finish in the high jump. Both Ulrich and Scott cleared the bar at 5 feet, 8 inches. Devin Beach also cleared the beam at 5-8. In long jump, Brode Hillstrom placed third recording a jump of 20 feet, 10 inches -- qualifying to State by one inch.
Thomas Allmer, has been the Jays' main man in the throws and Thursday was no exception. Allmer finished fourth in the shot put (46-09) and third in the discus (139-08). Allmer qualified to the state meet in discus last week at the Jays' meet in West Fargo Sheyenne.
The Blue Jays are expected to have a stacked week next week, starting with the Mar Club Invitational in Mandan on Thursday.
Team results
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Boys: 1. Bismarck Legacy 226, 2. Bismarck High 191, 3. Dickinson 95, 4. Jamestown 94, 5. St. Mary's 59, 6. Watford City 10. Girls: 1. Bismarck Legacy 170.5, 2. Bismarck High 163.5, 3. Jamestown 109, 4. Dickinson 77, 5. Watford City 68, 6. St. Mary's 50.
Top finishers / Blue Jay results
4x800 meter relay: Boys: 1. Jamestown (Gavin Haut, Chandlar Rott, Kade Schumacher, Micah Hoke), 8:25.52. Girls: 1. Bismarck (Julee Golus, Gabrielle Gannon, Daliala Sharp, Darielle Ceyner), 10:17.54; 2. Jamestown (Brooklyn Nygaard, Jera Truax, Alexis Kirkeby, Maddy Orr), 10:52.48.
High jump: Boys: 1. Kyler Scott, BHS, 5-08; 2. Daniel Ulrich 5-08; 4. Devin Beach 5-08. Girls: 1. Lexi Hagen, BHS, 4-11; 8. Hibpshman 4-07.
Long jump: Boys: 1. Nick Kupfer, LEG, 21-06.50; 3. Brode Hillstrom 20-10; 13. Hunter Nelson 18-09; Devin Beach 17-09; 19. Daniel Ulrich 17-04. Girls: 1. Paige Davis, LEG, 17-03; 7. Yolanda Nabwe 16-02.50; 11. Lexi Hibpshman 15-04.50.
100: Boys: 1. Calob Larson, LEG, 10.45; 12. Levi Korum 11.74; 16. Hunter Nelson 12.3. Girls: 1. Annie Nabwe, JHS, 12.33.
300 hurdles: Boys: 1. Cullen Curl, SM, 38.74; 5. Preston Kroeber 43.25. Girls: 1. Julia Skari, JHS, 48.79; 4. Bernadette Belzer 50.15; 6. Yolanda Nabwe 51.41; 7. Kaelyn Nygaard 51.53.
110 hurdles: Boys: 1. Morningstar Williams, BHS, 15.79.
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100 hurdles Girls: 1. Annie Dennis, WC, 16.29; 4. Yolanda Nabwe 17.64; 5. Kaelyn Nygaard 17.69; 6. Bernadette Belzer 18.48.
200: Boys: 1. Larson, LEG, 21.12; 10. Brode Hillstrom 23.95; 13. Korum 24.66; 19. Carter Burchill 25.90. Girls: 1. Jazmin Barry, DHS, 26.54; 3. Yolanda Nabwe 26.89; 9. Julia Skari 28.45; 12. Kaelyn Nygaard 29.15; 13. Lexi Hibpshman 29.36;
400: Boys: 1. Cullen Curl, SM, 50.4; 9. Carter Burchill 59.54. Girls: 1. Claire Kreidt, DHS, 1:03.04.
800: Boys: 1. Brady Yoder, DHS, 2:00.24; 4. Kade Schumacher 2:07.19; 6. Micah Hoke 2:09.63. Girls: 1. Hayley Ogle, WC, 2:19.92.
1600: Boys: 1. Ben Anteau, JHS, 4:24.37; 3. Cullen Flieth 4:57.85. Girls: 1. Jadyn Guidinger, LEG, 5:22.07.
3200: Boys: 1. Sean Korsmo, BHS, 9:27.02; 4. Gavin Haut 10:03.21; 8. Chandlar Rott 10:23.44; Girls: 1. Meghan Ford, JHS, 10:42.52; 2. Brooklyn Nygaard 12:13.74.
4x100 relay: Boys: 1. Legacy (Matthew Alexis, Calob Larson, Nathan Mathern, TJ Seidel), 42:42; 3. Jamestown (Levi Korum, Brode Hillstrom, Paris Ndikum, C'Aundre Douglas), 46.92; Girls: 1. Legacy (Emily Weatherly, Olivia Weiler, Adison Sagaser, Jaiden Baker), 51.80.
4x200 relay: Boys: 1. Bismarck High (Lucas Miller, Dawson Hawkinson, Ty Allen, Morningstar Williams), 1:31.62. Girls: 1. Legacy (Adison Sagaser, Olivia Weiler, Alyssa Eckroth, Jaiden Baker), 1:48.39.
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4x400 relay: Boys: 1. Legacy (Aanders Weltz, Aidan Hasby, Chase Knoll, Calob Larson), 3:28.05; 4. Jamestown (Ben Anteau, Devin Beach, Preston Kroeber, Hunter Nelson), 3:44.81. Girls: 1. Watford City (Madison Spacher, Jaelyn Ogle, Annie Dennis, Hayley Ogle) 4:13.19; 4. Jamestown (Kaelyn Nygaard, Bernadette Belzer, Maddy Orr, Julia Skari), 4:34.46.
Shot Put: Boys: 1. Trey Haugen, DHS, 52-11; 4. Thomas Allmer 46-09; Girls: 1. Annie Nabwe, JHS, 45-06.
Discus: Boys: 1. Aanders Weltz, LEG, 149-07; 3. Thomas Allmer 139-08; Girls: 1. Annie Nabwe, JHS, 137-10.
Javelin: Boys: 1. Remington Schatz, DHS, 159-10; 18. Thomas Allmer 86-07; Girls: 1. Kiera Oukrop, SM, 108-04; 6. Annie Nabwe 93-04; 11. Chea Baugh 80-02.
Pole vault: Boys: 1. Jakob German, BHS, 12-06. Girls: 1. Paige Davis, LEG, 10-06.
Triple jump: Boys: 1. Dylan McGlothlin, LEG, 42-07; 4. Devin Beach 40-09.50; 5. Brode Hillstrom 39-03.00; 10. Daniel Ulrich 35-10.50; Girls: 1. Paige Davis, LEG, 36-06; 5. Julia Skari 33-01; 11. Lexi Hibpshman 30-00.50; 14. Bernadette Belzer 27-10.50.
