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Published August 19, 2011, 10:45 PM

Dickinson opens season strong

JAMESTOWN — The Dickinson cross country team got its season off to a good start Friday at the Orriginals Invitational at McElroy Park.

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    Dickinson High boys runners, left to right, Vlad Kutka, Austin Mack, Jackson Binstock and Joseph Sickler run during the Orriginals Invitational on Friday at Jamestown’s McElroy Park.
  • Skye Schaper and Morgan Kuntz

JAMESTOWN — The Dickinson cross country team got its season off to a good start Friday at the Orriginals Invitational at McElroy Park.

Dickinson’s top five girls ran in a pack separated by just 23 seconds en route to a fourth-place finish.

The Midget boys, paced by seniors Vlad Kutka and Joseph Sickler, finished fifth.

“We were pleased with our finish. We have work to do, but we’re really proud of the seniors,” Dickinson coach Shawn Leiss said.

Kutka took fourth in the boys race with a time of 17 minutes, 13 seconds. Sickler ran a 17:36. Fargo Davies’ Brandon Scheel won the race in 16:52.

Jackson Binstock had a 12th-place finish with a time of 17:47.1. Zachary Obrigewitch (48th, 19:03) and Austin Mack (52nd, 19:07) rounded out Dickinson’s top five.

“The boys came off the line and ran really hard,” Leiss said. “Maybe started a little too quick even, but at least they went out and got after it.”

Meleah Leiss finished 23rd to pace Dickinson’s girls. She had a time of 17:23 and passed Emily Tyrrell (24th, 17:26) and Whitney Schatz (26th, 17:29) in the final 100 meters to capture the top time on the team.

“We finished in a real nice pack,” Leiss said. “At different times, different girls were leading it for us.”

Twins Kelli and Katie Pavlicek rounded out Dickinson’s top five with times of 17:35 and 17:46, respectively.

“The good thing about that, really, is we were fairly close to each other as a pack,” Leiss said. “We’ve just got to get our whole pack to move up.”

Grand Forks Red River won the boys team race and Tarin Lachowitzer led the Fargo Davies girls to win with a winning time of 15:52.

Killdeer’s girls also competed at the meet, finishing 10th. Brooke Fettig’s 50th-place finish and time of 18:16 led the Cowboys.

Orriginals Invitational

At McElroy Park, Jamestown

Boys

Team scores: 1, Grand Forks Red River, 81. 2, Grand Forks Central, 94. 3, West Fargo, 115. 4, Davies, 121. 5, Dickinson, 125. 6, Bismarck Century, 136. 7, Fargo Shanley/Oak Grove, 158. 8, Fargo North, 205. 9, Mandan, 215. 10, Lisbon, 229. 11, Jamestown, 293. 12, Devils Lake, 364. 13, Valley City, 389. 14, Wahpeton, 459. 15, Shiloh, 460. 16, Carrington, 499.

Individual top 10: 1, Brandon Scheel, FD, 16:52. 2, Tanner Piper, GFRR, 17:09. 3, Matt Tingum, GFRR, 17:10. 4, Vlad Kutka, D, 17:13. 5, Darin Baltezore, WF, 17:18. 6, Cataldo DiDonna, BC, 17:24. 7, Ben Bitter, FD, 17:27. 8, Jacob Gallagher, L, 17:33. 9, Joseph Sickler, D, 17:36. 10, Tom Fischer, GFC, 17:39.

Dickinson finishers: 12, Jackson Binstock, 17:47.1. 48, Zachary Obrigewitch, D, 19:03.1. 52, Austin Mack, 19:07. 59, Paul Gardner, 19:21. 68, Dallas Zastoupil, 19:40. 83, Brad Messer, 20:28.

Girls

Team scores: 1, Fargo Davies 24. 2, West Fargo 91. 3, Fargo North 96. 4, Dickinson 134. 5, Mandan 176. 6, Grand Forks Central 248. 7, Valley City 267. 8, Devils Lake 302. 9, Fargo Shanley/Oak Grove 308. 10, Killdeer 310. 11, Jamestown 329. 12, Wahpeton 344. 13, Shiloh Christian 363. 14, Grand Forks Red River 375. 15, Lisbon 414. 16, Garrison 433. 17, Carrington 471. 18, Southern McLean 477.

Individual top 10: 1, Tarin Lachowitzer, FD, 15:52. 2, Katie Bye, FD, 16:05. 3, Carly Bertsch, FD, 16:07. 4, Alison Allmer, J, 16:19. 5, Alex Backlund, FS-OG, 16:26. 6, Kelsey Zastoupil, FD, 16:38. 7, Robyn Essler, G, 16:43. 8, Brooke Grooters, WF, 16:45. 9, Alissa Mears, WF, 16:48. 10, Christine Baltezore, WF, 16:49.

Dickinson finishers: 23, Meleah Leiss, 17:23. 24, Emily Tyrrell, 17:26. 26, Whitney Schatz, 17:29. 27, Kelli Pavlicek, 17:35. 34, Katie Pavlicek, 17:46.77. 38, Shannon Stockert, 17:56.11. Lynae Messer, 18:18. 52, Shelby Stoltz, 18:19.44. 63, Morgan Kuntz, 18:35.96.

Killdeer finishers: 50, Brooke Fettig, 18:16. 57, Morgan LeMieux, 18:26. 58, Skye Schaper, 18:27. 71, Anna Voigt, 19:04. 74, Jurnee Murray, 19:04. 96, Lizzy Strommen, 21:21. 98, Shannea Schaper, 21:36.

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