Dickinson boys take 2nd behind Bismarck at state cross country meet

• Jackson Binstock

Photo by Dave Samson/ Forum Communications Co. Dickinson High freshman Jackson Binstock, right, races against West Fargo junior Austin Albrecht on Saturday at Rose Creek Golf Course during the Class A state boys cross country meet.

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By The Press Staff

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FARGO — Dickinson High knew the Class A state boys cross country meet was a race for second place.

So, the Midgets went out and won that runner-up trophy.

Nationally ranked Bismarck High, considered one of the nation’s top teams, won its seventh consecutive state championship with its top five runners placing in the top six. The Demons had 17 team points.

Bismarck’s Jake Leingang won his second straight individual title in 14 minutes, 59.80 seconds. He beat runner-up Lane Kashur, his teammate, by more than 45 seconds.

Vlad Kutka and Jackson Binstock had all-state finishes for the Midgets, as each finished in the top 20.

Kukta had a ninth-place finish in a time of 16:21.43 to lead the Midgets, who had 125 team points. Binstock was 18th in 16:39.63.

“Vlad stepped up and acted like a senior leader,” Dickinson head coach Shawn Leiss said. He went out and got the job done, ran with confidence. He really helped set the tone for Dickinson High School cross country.”

Leiss said a fifth-place finish at the West Region meet was a wake-up call to the boys.

“That helped our guys develop a sense of urgency,” Leiss said. “They knew they had a job to do, and they came to compete this time.”

Michael Porter (21st, 16:50.58), Joseph Sickler (29th, 17:05.42) and Collin Bren (48th, 17:29.67) rounded out Dickinson’s team scoring. Porter missed all-state honors by 2.2 seconds.

Still, eight of Dickinson’s 10 runners set personal-best times.

“That’s kind of what we were looking for,” Leiss said.

Dickinson’s girls didn’t fair so well.

The Midgets finished 11th with Meleah Leiss leading the way with a time of 15:49.70.

Emily Tyrell (39th, 16:01.38), Kelli Pavlicek (66th, 16:27.67), Shannon Stockert (83rd, 16:43.12) and Morgan Kuntz (85th, 16:44.34) made up the rest of Dickinson’s team scoring.

“We don’t feel awfully bad about it. We’re a little bit disappointed, obviously,” Shawn Leiss said. “I think we could have finished better. I still think if our girls had another attempt, we could finish better.”

Tarin Lachowitzer led Fargo Davies to its second consecutive state championship with a winning time of 14:16.62. She edged Jamestown’s Allison Allmer by less than 3 seconds.

Palczewski leads Bulldogs

Bowman County junior Michael Palczewski finished 11th with a time of 17:55.9 to help his team to an eighth-place finish in the Class B boys race.

Beulah-Hazen finished sixth as a team. Beach’s Danny Skoglund finished 38th in 18:49.8.

Killdeer finished 10th in the Class B girls race. The Cowboys were led by senior Skye Schaper’s 38th-place finish of 16:53.4.

Class A Boys

Team results: 1. Bismarck 17. 2. Dickinson 125. 3. Grand Forks Central 141. 4. Fargo Davies 174. 5. Williston 184. 6. West Fargo 187. 7. Grand Forks Red River 198. 8. Bismarck Century 199. 9. Minot 201. 10. Fargo North 204. 11. Shanley/Oak Grove 206. 12. Mandan 299. 13. Jamestown 456. 14. Fargo South 547. 15. Turtle Mountain 550. 16. Devils Lake 576. 17. Valley City 641. 18. Wahpeton 649.

Top 40 individual results: 1, Jake Leingang, Bismarck, 14:59.8; 2, Lane Kashur, Bismarck, 15:45.5; 3, Preston Lerew, Bismarck, 15:55.1; 4, Chris Chamberlain, Williston, 15:56.8; 5, Austin Todd, Bismarck, 15:55.0; 6, Brandon Berg, Bismarck, 15:58.0; 7, Bryce Rohrich, Bismarck, 16:14.3; 8, Branden Scheel, Fargo Davies, 16:18.1; 9, Vlad Kutka, Dickinson, 16:21.5; 10, Cataldo DiDonna, Bismarck Century, 16:22.4; 11, Brennan Goldade, Williston, 16:24.8; 12, Matt Gotta, Bismarck, 16:25.1; 13, Tanner Bjorlie, Fargo North, 16:25.5; 14, Seb Startz, Shanley/Oak Grove, 16:26.1; 15, Darin Baltezore, West Fargo, 16:29.1; 16, Paul Shafer, Grand Forks Central, 16:39.2; 17, Andrew Weist, Fargo North, 16:39.4; 18, Jackson Binstock, Dickinson, 16:39.7; 19, Tom Fisher, Grand Forks Central, 16:45.9; 20, Austin Albrecht, West Fargo, 16:48.4.

21, Michael Porter, Dickinson, 16:50.6; 22, Logan Fischer, Bismarck, 16:52.4; 23, Matt Tingum, Grand Forks Red River, 16:53.3; 24, Tom Startz, Shanley/Oak Grove, 16:53.5; 25, Camron Roehl, Grand Forks Central, 16:54.0; 26, Ben Bitter, Fargo Davies, 16:56.4; 27, Chad Zachmeier, Mandan, 17:01.3; 28, Cody Humann, Bismarck, 17:05.4; 29, Joseph Sickler, Dickinson, 17:05.5; 30, Dylan Weber, Minot, 17:07.5; 31, Nathan Aswege, West Fargo, 17:08.3; 32, Sage Walz, Bismarck Century, 17:11.2; 33, Ethan Norstog, Fargo Davies, 17:15.0; 34, Derek Petty, Grand Forks Central, 17:16.2; 35, Jon Fishbeck, Mandan, 17:19.7; 36, Billy Sartwell, Minot, 17:19.9; 37, Byley Bercier, Turtle Mountain, 17:21.7; 38, Adam Leach, Grand Forks Red River, 17:23.7; 39, Brad Conant, Shanley/Oak Grove, 17:24.0; 40, Dylan Sether, Bismarck Century, 17:25.1.

Other Dickinson finishers: 48, Collin Bren 17:29.67. 57, Gabe Dschaak 17:33.80. 94, Jacob Kuntz 18:11.86. 106, Zachary Obrigewitch 18:21.07. 109, Paul Gardner 18:26.60. 118, Austin Mack 18:40.38.

Senior athlete of the year: Austin Todd, Bismarck

Coach of the year: Darrell Anderson and Dave Zittleman, Bismarck

Class A Girls

Team results: 1. Fargo Davies 47. 2. Bismarck 75. 3. Bismarck Century 93. 4. Minot 148. 5. Fargo South 151. 6. Fargo North 156. 7. West Fargo 193. 8. Williston 209. 9. Mandan 279. 10. Shanley/Oak Grove 280. 11. Dickinson 303. 12. Valley City 313. 13. Grand Forks Red River 406. 14. Grand Forks Central 417. 15. Jamestown 424. 16. Devils Lake 564. 17. Wahpeton 682. 18. Turtle Mountain 795.

Top 40 individual results: 1, Tarin Lachowitzer, Fargo Davies, 14:16.7; 2, Alison Allmer, Jamestown, 14:19.4; 3, Jordan Jacob, Bismarck Century, 14:28.0; 4, Katie Bye, Fargo Davies, 14:32.1; 5, Carly Bertsch, Fargo Davies, 14:38.8; 6, Madeline Strandemo, Fargo South, 14:46.2; 7, Morgan Pierce, Bismarck, 14:47.8; 8, Samantha Huether, Minot 14:48.2; 9, Lexi Zeis, Bismarck, 14:53.8; 10, Paige Melin, Bismarck Century, 14:56.7; 11, Kate Bostrom, Fargo South, 14:58.3; 12, Grace Gannon, Bismarck, 15:05.3; 13, Elizabeth Rohrer, Minot, 15:07.1; 14, Taryn Ceglowski, Williston, 15:09.8; 15, Alex Backlund, Shanley/Oak Grove, 15:10.9; 16, Whitney Breuer, Mandan, 15:11.8; 17, Erica Johhnson, Fargo Davies, 15:12.3; 18, April Berntson, Valley City, 15:14.7; 19, Brittany Brownotter, Bismarck, 15:15.0; 20, Kelsey Zastoupil, Fargo Davies, 15:22.0.

21, McKenna Vetter, Fargo Davies, 15:25.0; 22, Jackie Harmon, Fargo North, 15:27.9; 23, Christine Baltezore, West Fargo, 15:32.6; 24, Alicia Fettig, Bismarck Century, 15:33.7; 25, Jaiden Schuette, Bismarck Century, 15:34.8; 26, Sydney Pladson, Fargo North, 15:36.1; 27, Olivia Larsen, Williston, 15:37.8; 28, Tessa Haussler, Bismarck, 15:42.7; 29, Stephanie Huether, Minot, 15:47.0; 30, Meleah Leiss, Dickinson, 15:49.7; 31, Taryn Neameyer, Bismarck Century, 15:49.9; 32, Molly Sarafolean, Fargo North, 15:50.9; 33, Alicia Swenson, Fargo North, 15:51.7; 34, Emily Bitz, Fargo South, 15:54.4; 35, Jen Benz, Bismarck Century, 15:55.1; 36, Maddie Bessler, Fargo South, 15:55.1; 37, Andrea Milbrath, West Fargo, 15:55.8; 38, Leah Hermanson, West Fargo, 15:56.1; 39, Emily Tyrell, Dickinson, 16:01.9; 40, Kiyana Miller, Mandan, 16:02.2.

Other Dickinson finishers: 66, Kelli Pavlicek 16:27.67. 83, Shannon Stockert 16:43.12. 85, Morgan Kuntz 16:44.34. 97, Cienna Levorson 16:56.57. 102, Katie Pavlicek 17:00.22. 114, Shelby Stoltz 17:08.81. 116, Taylor Ihmels 17:10.79. 121, Kelsey Gillen 17:18.61.

Senior athlete of the year: Tarin Lachowitzer, Fargo Davies

Coach of the year: Lisa Svaleson, Fargo Davies

Class B Boys

Team results: 1. Rugby 114. 2. New Town 129. 3. Lisbon 175. 4. Grafton 177. 5. Central Cass 186. 6. Beulah/Hazen 229. 7. Griggs County Central 260. 8. Bowman County 262. 9. Watford City 314. 10. Sargent Central 352. 11. Parshall 405. 12. North Star 413. 13. Shiloh Christian 430. 14. Tioga/Trinity Christian/Ray 457. 15. Four Winds/Warwick 468. 16. Langdon Area 494. 17. Stanley 505. 18. Cavalier 522. 19. Dunseith 564. 20. Velva 567. 21. Hatton/Northwood/Thompson 578. 22. Medina 598. 23. Mandaree 601. 24. Richland 608. 25. Garrison 644. 26. Larimore 665. 27. White Shield 715. 28. Beach 732. 29. Solen-Cannonball 756. 30. Minot Bishop Ryan 772. 31. Hillsboro 790. 32. Standing Rock 806. 33. Hebron 826. 34. Barnes County North 828. 35. Carrington 830. 36. Killdeer 838.

Top 40 individual results: 1, Ken Wells, Parshall, 16:12.7; 2, Donovan Lambert, Shiloh Christian, 16:47.4; 3, Lincoln Larson, North Star, 16:58.7; 4, Thomas Horgeshimer, Lisbon, 17:06.6; 5, Clyde Baker, New Town, 17:15.2; 6, Jacob Gallagher, Lisbon, 17:18.8; 7, DeVan Helmoski, Grafton, 17:33.0; 8, Erik Wangler, Rugby, 17:37.2; 9, Kyle Halverson, Rugby, 17:39.6; 10, Luke Ressler, Griggs County Central, 17:49.5; 11, Michael Palczewski, Bowman County, 17:55.9; 12, Elliott Stone, Shiloh Christian, 17:56.9; 13, Jacob Garza, Grafton, 17:57.0; 14, Ryan Gapp, Langdon Area, 17:57.2; 15, Joshua Mangin, Central Cass, 18:02.5; 16, Alex Askerooth, Sargent Central, 18:02.9; 17, Lucas Nadeau, Dunseith, 18:05.0; 18, Tanner Bernhardt, Rugby, 18:05.4; 19, Daniel Kuntz, Velva, 18:07.6; 20, Tim Clifton, Griggs County Central, 18:09.0.

21, Josh Olson, Tioga/Trinity Christian/Ray, 18:15.5; 22, Kyle Schultz, Central Cass, 18:21.0; 23, Ryan Wheeling, New Town, 18:21.2; 24, Nick Pedersen, Hatton/Northwood/Thompson, 18:22.7; 25, Dailray Connor, Parshall, 18:24.6; 26, Bridger Belzer, North Star, 18:26.0; 27, Donovan Williams, Lisbon, 18:26.3; 28, Ryan Faber, Stanley, 18:26.9; 29, Robert Finneseth, Velva, 18:29.1; 30, Taylor DeMers, Rugby, 18:3.0; 31, Joe Baker, New Town, 18:38.7; 32, Kieran Hall, Lisbon, 18:41.7; 33, Joe Chase, New Town, 18:42.3; 34, Chace Hale, Parshall, 18:42.8; 35, Nic Lundquist, Grafton, 18:44.5; 36, Calvin Aichele, Beulah/Hazen, 18:45.3; 37, Dylan Bear, New Town, 18:47.6; 38, Danny Skoglund, Beach, 18:49.8; 39, Austin Rust, Central Cass, 18:56.2; 40, Matthew Gapp, Langdon Area, 18:57.0.

Other area finishers: 41, Noah Iverson, Beulah-Hazen, 18:57.4. 43, Justin Germann, Bowman County, 19:00.7. 45, Jett Hettich, Beulah-Hazen, 19:04.6. 48, Connor Candrian, Beulah-Hazen, 19:09.2. 51, Conner Swanson, Bowman County, 19:17.0. 59, Cole Messerschmidt, Beulah-Hazen, 19:25.0. 64, Collin Maas, Beulah-Hazen, 19:36.1. 78, Brayden Miller, Bowman County, 20:00.4. 79, Harrison Homelvig, Bowman County, 20:01.8. 81, Tim Fischer, Bowman County, 20:09.0. 82, Brian Sitz, Beulah-Hazen, 20:10.7. 83, Tanner Fischer, Bowman County, 20:12.4. 84, Adam Becker, Beulah-Hazen, 20:13.9. 93, Colter Braaten, Bowman County, Bowman County, 20:45.2. 94, Kyle Germann, Bowman County, 20:45.6. 99, Randi Julson, Beulah-Hazen, 20:53.9. 123, Brandon Orcutt, Bowman County, 22:06.6. 156, Colby Dukart, Killdeer, 24:53.0. 160, Joel DeLacruz, Beulah-Hazen, 25:18.6. 163, Cameron Newbold, Killdeer, 26:01.8. 166, Cassidy Stern, Hebron, 26:57.3.

Senior athlete of the year: Ken Wells, Parshall

Coach of the year: Brian Anderson, New Town

Class B Girls

Team results: 1. Hillsboro 125. 2. Watford City 148. 3. Rugby 177. 4. Surrey 198. 5. Velva 211. 6. Carrington 221. 7. Grafton 223. 8. Parshall 237. 9. New Town 274. 10. Killdeer 315. 11. Stanley 348. 12. Griggs County Central 368. 13. Southern McLean 375. 14. Hatton/Northwood/Thompson 382. 15. Langdon Area 435. 16. Minot Ryan 435. 17. Shiloh Christian 487. 18. Bowman County 495. 19. Barnes County North 558. 20. North Star 593. 21. Dunseith 597. 22. Beulah/Hazen 610. 23. Cavalier 641. 24. May-Port-C-G 664. 25. Central Cass 690. 26. Larimore 716. 27, Four Winds/Warwick 733. 28. Garrison 777. 29. Richland 780. 30. Hebron 811. 31. Tioga/Trinity Christian/Ray 832. 32. Sargent Central 843. 33. LaMoure 875. 34. Madaree 887. 35. Lisbon 912. 36. Medina 918. 37. Standing Rock 943. 38. Solen-Cannonball 982.

Top 40 individual results: 1, Robyn Essler, Garrison, 14:52.6; 2, Asha Smith, Watford City, 14:54.3; 3, Abi Waloch, Southern McLean, 15:27.0; 4, Shayla Fossum, Hillsboro, 15:27.0; 5, Averi Olson, Hatton/Northwood/Thompson, 15:31.4; 6, Alexis Woods, Parshall, 15:33.0; 7, Tasha Heisler, Velva, 15:33.8; 8, Kade Ross, Watford City, 15:34.6; 9, Chandra Yankton, Dunseith, 15:40.0; 10, Leah Oien, Griggs County Central, 15:45.7; 11, Sydney Kraft, Rugby, 15:52.6; 12, Mackenzie Holkesvig, Hatton/Nortwood/Thompson, 15:55.1; 13, Miriah Forness, Shiloh Christian, 15:57.4; 14, Lauren Christenson, Rugby, 16:01.3; 15, Mariah Fossum, Hillsboro, 16:07.0; 16, Patience Albertson, Surrey, 16:07.0; 17, Kennedy Rude, Langdon Area, 16:07.1; 18, Tess Hoherz, Stanley, 16:07.4; 19, Symbria Bell, New Town, 16:08.2; 20, Brooklyn Zink, Hillsboro, 16:08.5.

21, Allison Klein, Surrey, 16:09.5; 22, Peyton Halverson, North Star, 16:29.3; 23, Breanne Sherlock, Velva, 16:37.5; 24, Ann Endres, Carrington, 16:38.0; 25, Tess Scott, Barnes County North, 16:38.4; 26, Kiara Packineau, Parshall, 16:38.5; 27, Ashley Brodehl, Surrey, 16:40.6; 28, Regan Watson, Shiloh Christian, 16:41.4; 29, Ashley Neumiller, Carrington, 16:44.0; 30, Madison Gapp, Langdon Area, 16:44.5; 31, Addison Sundeen, Watford City, 16:45.7; 32, Allison Foster, Rugby, 16:46.5; 33, Devanee Hale, Parshall, 16:48.1; 34, Lexi Woinarowicz, Grafton, 16:49.3; 35, Annika Rotvold, Hillsboro, 16:51.3; 36, Nessa Iverson, Beulah-Hazen, 16:53.1; 37, Lea Arndt, Watford City, 16:53.4; 38, Skye Schaper, Killdeer, 16:53.4; 39, McKenna Weisenburger, Southern McLean, 16:54.7; 40, Amanda Indergaard, Carrington, 16:55.8.

Other area finishers: 43, Morgan LeMieux, Killdeer, 16:57.8. 67, Ivy Burbidge, Hebron, 17:30.1. 75, Anna Voigt, Killdeer, 17:41.6. 79, Amber Kukla, Killdeer, 17:53.6. 80, Jurnee Murray, Killdeer, 17:55.1. 85, Lizzy Strommen, Killdeer, 18:00.3. 95, Mikayla Bartholomay, Bowman County, 18:15.0. 96, Summer Miller, Bowman County, 18:20.0. 97, Cianna Carlson, Bowman County, 18:23.4. 101, Heather Harder, Bowman County, 18:32.3. 103, Ally Berger, Beulah-Hazen, 18:33.2. 119, Brooke Fettig, Killdeer, 18:54.1. 122, Calla Price, Beulah-Hazen, 18:57.1. 129, Stephanie Woodley, Bowman County, 19:07.0. 139, Shannea Schaper, Killdeer, 19:25.7. 144, Allyssa Wehri, Hebron, 19:31.9. 153, Lindsey Narum, Bowman County, 19:55.8. 154, Morgan Hutzenbiler, Bowman County, 19:55.8. 168, Kelli Knutson, Beulah-Hazen, 20:59.5. 175, Alexis Binstock, Killdeer, 21:16.8. 181, Morgan Karges, Beulah-Hazen, 21:48.6. 189, Megan Buchmann, Bowman County, 23:03.6. 193, Shayla Murschel, Beulah-Hazen, 23:45.8. 197, Cate Fredericks, Killdeer, 25:42.3.

Senior athlete of the year: Sydney Kraft, Rugby

Coach of the year: Greg Brown, Watford City

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