Beautiful weather leads to high marks at Dickinson State Open

• Hailey Schaper

Press Photo by Dustin Monke Dickinson State sophomore Hailey Schaper clears the high jump height of 5 feet, 5 inches en route to winning the event Saturday afternoon at the Dickinson State Open track and field meet at the Badlands Activities Center.
• Frederick Agbaje and Sean Pickstock

Press Photo by Dustin Monke Frederick Agbaje, left, of Nigeria and Sean Pickstock, right, of the Bahamas race each other in the 200 meters Saturday afternoon at the Dickinson State Open track and field meet at the Badlands Activities Center. Agbaje is a Dickinson State athlete who competed unattached due to eligibilty reasons and Pickstock is a former national champion for the Blue Hawks.

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Dickinson State track and field coach Pete Stanton is a firm believer that good weather conditions can warm an athlete’s spirit.

Spirits couldn’t have got much higher Saturday afternoon during the Dickinson State Open meet at the Badlands Activities Center.

“Our athletes were just excited to go out and have this type of atmosphere, this type of weather,” Stanton said. “As a result, we had some great performances.”

The Blue Hawks had four athletes qualify for the NAIA national championship meet. However, it’s best performance may have come from one of its athletes who couldn’t compete as a member of the team.

Competing unattached, DSU’s Frederick Agbaje easily won the 100- and 200-meter sprints.

“We can hopefully get his paperwork settled and get him running this year,” Stanton said. “He trains well. He’s a tremendous talent. He’s as talented as some of the other guys we’ve had in the past.”

Agbaje, who is from Nigeria, has not been cleared to participate by the NAIA. He finished the 100 in 10.59 seconds, defeating teammate Jon Dinius’ runner-up time of 11.19, and beat former DSU runner and Bahamas national team competitor Sean Pickstock in the 200.

Agbaje ran a 21.10, which he said was his fastest 200 time to start a season. Pickstock came in at 21.48.

Agbaje and Pickstock both expect to be in contention to represent their countries in the 2012 Summer Olympics that begin this July in London.

Both times would have qualified Agbaje for the NAIA national meet, had he been eligible to compete for the Blue Hawks.

“I’m pretty sad because I’m not running for the school,” Agbaje said. “That’s why I’m here. That’s why I came all the way from Nigeria here, to run for Dickinson State. It’s quite frustrating that I’m still not eligible to run for the school. But, at the same time, I take it as a challenge.”

Andrew Knebel won the high jump and qualified for the national meet with a leap of 6 feet, 7 inches and Brady Sundheim won the triple jump at 47-5¼.

DSU sophomore Nathan Magstadt battled illness but still managed to win the 110 hurdles in 15.02 seconds. However, he struggled down the stretch in his top event, the 400 hurdles. He took fourth in 57.42.

DSU won the 400 relay in 42.75 seconds and had a mixed team of its unattached runners and Pickstock take first in the 1,600 relay in 3:25.56, beating another group of Blue Hawks, who had a time of 3:28.24.

DSU’s Johnpaul Williams took a stab at a school-record height of 16 feet, 3 inches in the pole vault but couldn’t reach it. The sophomore ended up taking second place behind Kirk Capdeville, a Minot State jumper competing unattached.

They both maxed out at 15-11 with Capdeville winning on attempts.

Former DSU standout Jermaine Christie, competing unattached, won the long jump at 23-8¾.

Blue Hawks senior Tyler Schmidkuz finished second in all three of his throwing events, the shot put, discus and hammer throw. Tyler Lalim was second in the javelin.

On the women’s side, DSU sophomore Hailey Schaper edged senior teammate Jennifer Hartman in the high jump with a national-qualifying leap of 5 feet, 5 inches.

Hartman came in at 5-3 but won the triple jump at 35-9½.

Though Schaper, a Killdeer High School graduate, reached only the B-qualifying standard, she said the early start and warmer weather should help her reach that point.

“I still want to get A standard, but it’s a good feeling,” said Schaper, who added that the weather helped her today. “It helps a lot, to help keep your legs warm and not have to worry about constantly moving and keeping warm. It helps so much being nice out.”

Brianny Williams cruised to a win in the 100 hurdles in 15.48 seconds and won the long jump with national-qualifying leap of 17-9¾.

Stormie Sickler won the 800 with a time of 2:23.84. Mardee Clark won the 100 in 13.33. Kim Schulz won the javelin at 122-4.

The DSU women’s 400 and 1,600 relay teams won their races with times of 51.14 seconds and 4:06.83, respectively.

Minot State’s Sienna Dailey won three events — the 200 (26.12), 400 (58.8) and pole vault (10 feet).

Jamestown College’s Kayla Roemmich was a double winner, taking the shot put (37-11½) and discus (126-3).

Stanton said the Blue Hawks, as well as their competitors, took advantage of the conditions as he was expecting.

However, he added that it also showed the team just how much work remains.

“We may not get another day like this the rest of the year,” Stanton said. “It creates an atmosphere where we keep getting better. With that being said, we still have a lot of work to do.”

Dickinson State Open

At Badlands Activities Center

Men

100: 1, Fred Agbaje, unattached, 10.59. 2, Jon Dinius, DSU, 11.19. 3, Phillip Reuer, Valley City, 11.36. 4, Josh Neumiller, DSU, 11.43. 5, Jermaine Christie, unattached, 11.49. 6, Eric Kuntz, Minot, 11.72. 7, Johnpaul Williams, 11.74.

200: 1, Fred Agbaje, unattached, 21.10. 2, Sean Pickstock, unattached, 21.48. 3, Nicholas Campbell, unattached, 22.61. 4, Josh Neumiller, DSU, 23.06. 5, Phillip Reuer, Valley City, 23.10. 6, Andrew Knebel, DSU, 23.38. 10, Riley Moore, DSU, 23.69.

400: 1, Jarann Johnson, Jamestown, 50.29. 2, Chris Gill, Unattached, 50.66. 3, Nicholas Campbell, Unattached, 51.00. 4, Riley Moore, DSU, 53.46.

800: 1, Nat Christensen, Jamestown, 1:58.48. 2, Delano Lilly, Unattached, 1:58.85. 3, Kyle Heim, Jamestown, 2:06.40. 4, Clay Armstrong, Minot, 2:06.40. 5, Ryan Perry, Minot, 2:18.42.

1,500: 1, Nathan Stamstad, Mary, 4:10.43. 2, Chris Jessop, Mary, 4:12.09. 3, Roberto Quintero, DSU, 4:12.13. 4, Dustin Sandbak, DSU, 4:12.50. 5, Clay Armstrong, Minot, 4:20.19. 6, Ryan Perry, Minot, 4:28.01.

5,000: 1, Abdi Ismail, Unattached, 16:25.57. 2, Shaun Henderson, Mary, 16:41.74. 3, Eddie Meneses, DSU, 16:56.03. 4, Huizenga Alex, Mary, 17:11.03. 5, Bret Szafarski, Minot, 17:47.18. 6, Carlos Hernandez, Minot, 18:00.21.

110 hurdles: 1, Nathan Magstadt, DSU, 15.02. 2, Trent Roemmich, Jamestown, 15.47. 3, Andrew Knebel, DSU, 16.09. 4, Trevor Willis, DSU, 16.33. 5, JT Petsch, Jamestown, 16.56. 6, Scott Roemmich, Jamestown, 16.70.

400 hurdles: 1, Trent Roemmich, Jamestown, 54.12. 2, Scott Roemmich, Jamestown, 56.05. 3, Tayler Tanaka, Minot, 57.02. 4, Nathan Magstadt, DSU, 57.42. 5, Tyler Flatland, Minot, 57.63. 6, JT Petsch, Jamestown, 59.09. 8, Ariel Hurtado, DSU, 1:00.58.

400 relay: 1, DSU, 42.75. 2, Jamestown, 43.89.

1,600 relay: 1, Unattached, 3:25.56. 2, DSU, 3:28.24. 3, Jamestown, 3:29.02. 4, Minot State, 3:29.55.

High jump: 1, Andrew Knebel, DSU, 2.01. 2, Dustin Rueb, Mary, 1.91. 3, Trevor Willis, DSU, 1.86. 4, Brian Sinner, Jamestown, 1.86. 5, Brady Sundheim, DSU, 1.86. 6, Kendall Kautz, Mary, 1.81.

Long jump: 1, Jermaine Christie, Unattached, 7.23. 2, Cyrille Litche Zouogbo, Minot, 6.90. 3, Eric Kuntz, Minot, 6.67. 4, Dustin Rueb, Mary, 6.43. 5, Matt Johnson, Jamestown, 6.20. 6, Shaun Neuberger, Mary, 6.07.

Triple jump: 1, Brady Sundheim, DSU, 14.46. 2, Matt Johnson, Jamestown, 13.55. 3, Josh Sandy, Minot, 12.61. 4, Dustin Rueb, Mary, 12.41. 5, Shaun Neuberger, Mary, 12.09. 6, Jeremey Evensen, DSU, 12.06.

Pole vault: 1, Kirk Capdeville, Unattached, 4.85. 2, Johnpaul Williams, DSU, 4.85. 3, Tim Simonich, Mary, 4.70. 4, Zach Olivera, Unattached, 4.55. 5, Cody Goetz, Unattached, 4.40. 6, Eric Kuntz, Minot, 4.24.

Shot put: 1, Darien Moore, Valley City, 15.72. 2, Tyler Schmidkunz, DSU, 14.55. 3, Robert Nelson, Jamestown, 13.18. 4, Andrew Werk, Unattached, 12.72. 5, Justin Dvorak, Unattached, 12.55. 6, Sam Herauf, Unattached, 12.30.

Discus: 1, Robert Nelson, Jamestown, 44.33. 2, Tyler Schmidkunz, DSU, 42.51. 3, Garrett Tennery, Jamestown, 41.73. 4, Darien Moore, Valley City, 41.31. 5, Tyler Meyer, Valley City, 37.16. 6, Andrew Werk, Unattached, 33.94. 7, Trevor Willis, DSU, 32.87.

Hammer throw: 1, Darien Moore, Valley City, 53.79. 2, Tyler Schmidkunz, DSU, 48.74. 3, Sam Herauf, Unattached, 41.35. 4, Cody Clausen, Unattached, 40.44. 5, Garrett Tennery, Jamestown, 37.75. 6, Brandon Bodien, Jamestown, 36.80.

Javelin: 1, Eli Bachmeier, Unattached, 52.94. 2, Tyler Lalim, DSU, 52.77. 3, Cody Clausen, Unattached, 52.55. 4, Mac Collins, DSU, 51.47. 5, Jay Bachman, Jamestown, 49.52. 6, Phillip Streccius, Minot, 47.33.

Women

100: 1, Mardee Clark, DSU, 13.33. 2, Allie Helterbran, Minot, 13.49. 3, Chelsey Schwindt, DSU, 13.49.

200: 1, Sienna Dailey, Minot, 26.12. 2, Taylor Miller, Jamestown, 26.29. 3, Shelby Snare, DSU, 26.57. 4, Marissa Stanton, DSU, 27.16. 5, Mardee Clark, DSU, 27.71. 6, Chelsey Schwindt, DSU, 27.87.

400: 1, Sienna Dailey, Minot, 58.80. 2, Brittany Young, DSU, 58.92. 3, Shelby Snare, DSU, 59.93. 4, Marissa Stanton, DSU, 1:00.59. 5, Alyssa Sanders, Jamestown, 1:01.77. 6, Jessica Steinwand, Jamestown, 1:04.08.

800: 1, Stormie Sickler, DSU, 2:23.84. 2, Maila Lucht, Minot, 2:24.17. 3, Sarah Grimm, Mary, 2:28.99. 4, Mallory Souder, Jamestown, 2:32.83. 5, Tiffany Jaeger, Minot, 2:41.92.

1,500: 1, Sarah Grimm, Mary, 5:02.02. 2, Mallory Souder, Jamestown, 5:14.87. 3, Tiffany Jaeger, Minot, 5:18.56. 4, Kara Kuntz, Minot, 5:22.01. 5, Andrea Markwardt, Jamestown, 5:35.64. 6, Allison Windish, Minot, 6:00.53.

5,000: 1, Breyette Schall, Minot, 18:08.82. 2, Cassandra Sayler, Minot, 19:29.06. 3, Michelle Walling, Minot, 19:41.23. 4, Jessica Duenich, Mary, 19:52.91.

100 hurdles: 1, Brianny Williams, DSU, 15.48. 2, Kayla Schumacher, Jamestown, 17.67. 3, Ashley Farr, DSU, 17.76. 4, Jill Gustafson, Jamestown, 17.99. 5, Lisa Oliveras, Valley City, 19.69.

400 hurdles: 1, Kayla Byle, Jamestown, 1:07.95. 2, Kadie Savage, Jamestown, 1:08.43. 3, Kayla Schumacher, Jamestown, 1:11.74. 4, Ashley Mueller, Jamestown, 1:12.15. 5, Clara Escutia, DSU, 1:13.94.

400 relay: 1, DSU, 51.14. 2, Jamestown, 51.76.

1,600 relay: 1, DSU, 4:06. 83. 2, Jamestown 4:11.67.

High jump: 1, Hailey Schaper, DSU, 1.65. 2, Jennifer Hartman, DSU, 1.60. 2, Donnalee Kidd, unattached, 1.60. 4, Mallory Johannes, Jamestown, 1.55. 5, Summer Romine, Valley City, 1.50.

Long jump: 1, Brianny Williams, DSU, 5.43. 2, Jennifer Hartman, DSU, 5.37. 3, Hanna Johnsen, Minot, 5.23. 4, Allie Helterbran, Minot, 5.12. 5, Josie Bopp, Jamestown, 5.09. 6, Chelsea Lundgren, Mary, 4.92. 10, Emmalee Woodland, DSU, 4.07.

Triple jump: 1, Jennifer Hartman, DSU, 10.91. 2, Chelsea Lundgren, Mary, 10.76, 3, Hanna Johnsen, Minot, 10.67. 4, Morgan Klose, Minot, 10.57. 5, Hailey Schaper, DSU, 10.47. 6, Ashley Farr, DSU, 10.33. 11, Emmalee Woodland, 9.36.

Pole vault: 1, Sienna Dailey, Minot, 3.05. 2, Alicia Hendrickson, Mary, 3.05. 3, Courtney Oliver, Jamestown, 2.45. 4, Keiley Sampson, Jamestown, 2.30. 5, Kaia Bickford, Jamestown, 2.30. 6, Josie Bopp, Jamestown, 2.15.

Shot put: 1, Kayla Roemmich, Jamestown, 11.57. 2, Karlie Thompson, Valley City, 10.43. 3, Sam Engel, Minot, 10.30. 4, Alyssa Hummel, Valley City, 10.18. 5, Jessica Dolechek, DSU, 10.06. 6, Lisa Oliveras, Valley City, 8.30.

Discus: 1, Kayla Roemmich, Jamestown, 38.48. 2, Kamilaha Vanterpool, unattached, 36.45. 3, Camille Tallman, Minot, 31.54. 4, Kim Schulz, DSU, 30.32. 5, Sam Engel, Minot, 29.86. 6, Lora Rogers, DSU, 29.48. 10, Jessica Dolechek, DSU, 26.69.

Hammer throw: 1, Kamilaha Vanterpool, unattached, 43.46. 2, Lora Rogers, DSU, 40.08. 3, Camille Tallman, Minot, 39.86. 4, Amber Volanti, Valley City, 38.69. 5, Kayla Roemmich, Jamestown, 34.77. 6, Jessica Dolechek, DSU, 34.77.

Javelin: 1, Kim Schulz, DSU, 37.30. 2, Amber Volanti, Valley City, 35.91. 3, Beth Segerholm, Jamestown, 35.21. 4, Donnalee Kidd, unattached, 33.57. 5, Kelsey Jacobson, Minot, 31.63. 6, Lisa Oliveras, Valley City, 26.23.

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