CLASS B STATE TRACK: Trinity wins 3,200 boys relay title; Hettinger-Scranton's Kristy takes high jump
BISMARCK — Dickinson Trinity senior Brady Fettig had his reservations about joining the track and field team before the season started. It’s crazy how quickly doubts can fade.By: Royal McGregor, The Dickinson Press
- Paul Gardner
- Stephen Kristy
- Ben Gordon
- Lewis Keller
- Danny Skoglund
- Bowman County and Heart River boys 800 relay handoffs
- Andrea Jirges
- Abby Honeyman
BISMARCK — Dickinson Trinity senior Brady Fettig had his reservations about joining the track and field team before the season started.
It’s crazy how quickly doubts can fade.
Fettig and the Titans’ 3,200-meter boys relay ran away as state champions at the Class B state track and field meet Friday at the Bismarck Community Bowl.
“At the beginning of the season, I didn’t even think I was going to go out,” Fettig said. “These guys convinced me to and to get a state championship, that’s great.”
Fettig’s teammates were junior Dylan Gress, junior Alex Binstock and senior Paul Gardner. Trinity ran a season-best time of 8 minutes, 26.45 seconds, which was two seconds better than runner-up Rugby.
“I just wanted to stay within distance of the leader to make it easier for Alex and Brady to do work,” Gress said.
The quartet will be back to run the 1,600 relay during today’s competition. Binstock said winning the 3,200 relay should transfer into a solid performance in the 1,600 relay.
“This just gives us confidence boost,” Binstock said. “Knowing that we can run in the top of the pack, we can do well in the 1,600 relay.”
Gardner was breathing heavily after running the anchor leg of the relay. He said he couldn’t be more proud of his teammates.
“We knew that we hadn’t run our best times yet,” Gardner said. “We all knew that we had a little more to give and this was our last chance we had this year. We came out and everybody showed so much heart. It was incredible.”
The Titans ended the first day in second place with 18 points.
Trinity got points from junior Ben Gordon, who placed fourth in the javelin, and senior Mitchell Kovash, who placed sixth in the pole vault at 11 feet, 6 inches. Gordon threw 165-2, though his best throw of the season was almost seven feet longer.
“It could have been better, but you realize deep down that you took fourth at the state meet,” Gordon said. “There are a lot of people that don’t get that opportunity.”
Trinity head coach Craig Kovash is happy where the team sits after the first day.
“We were real proud with the boys and the way that they competed,” he said. “They competed hard and this was really not expected, but it’s a nice surprise.”
The other individual winner from the area was in the high jump. Hettinger-Scranton junior Stephen Kristy came into the state meet with the best jump and matched his 6-4 height to win a state title.
“I’m satisfied with 6-4,” Kristy said. “It was a little disappointing, because I wanted to go higher.”
The competition Kristy faced was much different than during the regular season. Kristy and Lisbon’s Nick Anderson each jumped 6-4, but missed on the ensuing 6-5 attempts. The difference between first and second place came down to misses.
“It was nerve-wracking, but it’s more fun to jump against competition” said Kristy, whose title comes five months after injuring his leg in the Hettinger-Scranton basketball team’s bus crash in January.
Bowman County’s Tanner Fischer was fourth in the pole vault (12-0) and Heart River’s 3,200 relay team finished fourth.
In the triple jump, New Salem-Almont’s Zach Cofer placed sixth (41-4) and Richardton-Talyor’s Cory Rebel took seventh (41-2½).
Beach’s Landon Lechler finished eighth in the shot put (45-9½), while Hazen teammates Austin Cieslak and Blaze Sommer placed fourth and seventh, respectively.
Hazen also had Tyler Parker win the javelin (176-5) while Beach’s Jake Hardy placed sixth (161-9).
On the girls side, Mott-Regent’s Abby Honeyman came into the meet with the best triple jump leap in Class B at 36-6½. However, it wasn’t the day the sophomore wanted. She placed fourth (34-4½).
Though Honeyman has higher aspirations, with two seasons of track and field remaining, she now has a new goal in mind.
“My goal is to get a 37 for sure,” Honeyman said. “Hopefully I’ll be able to get that in the next few years.”
Honeyman has the second-fastest time going into the 100 hurdle finals (15.84). She also qualified for the finals in the 300 hurdles (47.96). Since she has one less event to worry about tomorrow, she hopes to be fresher for the hurdles and 800 relay.
“I hope so,” Honeyman said. “I’ll have some good competition to run against and I’ll get to run against (Langdon’s McKenzie) Hart finally, so that should be fun.”
Trinity junior McKenzie Kostelecky finished fourth in the pole vault at 9-6, an event that stretched late into Friday evening. All classes got the pole vault out of the way on the first day because of inclement weather conditions expected today.
Trinity senior leader Andrea Jirges didn’t want her season to end and she proved it on the track.
Jirges picked to run in all four relays and hasn’t thought twice about her decision. The Titans placed sixth in the 3,200 relay (10:14.05).
“It’s very special,” Jirges said. “Other team sports are awesome too, but this is the hardest sport that I’ve probably ever been in. Sharing the pain and victory with three other people that are working just as hard as you do is the greatest feeling ever.”
The Titans had two surprises on the track, qualifying the 400 relay (51.92) and 800 relay (1:49.78) teams in the finals. Jirges couldn’t be happier to be able to have another run at a better time.
“It’s awesome how we finished today, but knowing we have tomorrow to get even better is the great opportunity,” Jirges said. “I’m glad doing all relays this meet. They are definitely more fun than opens.”
CLASS B BOYS
Team scores: 1, Lisbon 46. 2 (tie), Dickinson Trinity 18; Kindred 18. 4, Hazen 17. 5, Hettinger-Scranton 14; Rugby 14. 7, Milnor-Wyndmere-Lidgerwood 12. 8 (tie), Parshall 10; Bottineau 10. 10, Bowman County 9. 11 (tie), Standing Rock-Selfridge 8; Ellendale 8. 13 (Tie); North Star-Starkweather 6; Fargo Oak Grove 6; Stanley-Powers Lake 6; Carrington 6. 17 (tie), Drayton-St. Thomas-Valley-Edinburg 5; Heart River 5; Edgeley-Kulm 5; Shiloh Christian 5; Central Cass 5. 22 (tie), Beach 4; Sargent Central 4; Oakes 4, Beulah 4. 26 (tie), Divide County 3; Glenburn-Westhope-Newburg 3; Linton-HMB 3; New Salem-Almont 3; Nelson County 3. 31 (tie); Richardton-Taylor 2; Des Lacs-Burlington 2; Northern Lights 2; Langdon-Munich 2; Southern McLean 1.
Individual Results
Finals
1,600: 1. Ken Wells, Par, 4:27.74. 2. Elijah Strongheart, SR-S, 4:34.68. 3. Lincoln Larson, NStar, 4:35.51. 4. Donovan Lambert, Shi, 4:37.59. 5. Kyle Volk, Rug, 4:39.79. 6. Bennett Lystad, DC, 4:43.36. 7. Kyle Schultz, CC, 4:43.71. 8. Ryan Schneider, L-HMB, 4:45.36.
3,200 relay: 1. Dickinson Trinity (Dylan Gress, Brady Fettig, Alex Binstock, Paul Gardner), 8:26.45. 2. Rugby 8:28.01. 3. Kindred 8:29.68. 4. Heart River 8:35.02. 5. Lisbon 8:36.64. 6. Central Cass 8:39.67. 7. Linton-HMB 8:39.72. 8. Southern McLean 8:43.11.
High jump: 1. Stephen Kristy, H-S, 6-4. 2. Nick Anderson, Lis, 6-4. 3. Scott Burnham, Carr, 6-3. 4. Austin Contreras, DSTV, 6-2. 5. Brandon Fischer, Bow, 6-0. 6. Calder Solloway, G-W, 6-0. 7. Gabe Brien, NL, 6-0. 8. Lucas Dick, L-M, 6-0.
Pole vault: 1. Harrison Aide, Bot, 13-6. 2. Jace Berg, Lis, 12-6. 3. Hunter Gossett, FOG, 12-6. 4. Brandon Fischer, Bow, 12-0. 5. Brandon Hill, H-S, 12-0. 6. Mitchell Kovash, DT, 11-6. 7. Keenan Browne, DL-B, 11-6. 8. Wyatt Dick, L-M, 11-0.
Triple jump: 1. Nick Anderson, Lis, 44-10¾. 2. Kellemon Hinton, Ell, 43-9½. 3. Jeff Illies, MWL, 42-8¾. 4. Steven Giesler, E-K, 42-1½. 5. Casey Walcher, Beu, 41-7½. 6. Zach Cofer, NS-A, 41-4. 7. Cory Rebel, R-T, 41-2½. 8. Zach Miller, Rug, 40-5¾.
Shot put: 1. Jack Plankers, Kin, 55-11. 2. Tanner Doll, Lis, 50-1½. 3. Landon Smith, S-PL, 50-0. 4. Austin Cieslak, Haz, 49-1. 5. Zach Drevlow, Sarg, 46-8. 6. Bryce Messner, NC, 46-2. 7. Blaze Sommer, Haz, 46-1. 8. Landon Lechler, Beach, 45-9½.
Javelin: 1. Tyler Parker, Haz, 176-5. 2. Tyler Doll, Lis, 175-10. 3. Luis Vasquez, MWL, 172-8. 4. Ben Gordon, DT, 165-2. 5. Keaton Peterson, Oakes, 165-1. 6. Jake Hardy, Beach, 161-9. 7. Jack Plankers, Kin, 161-6. 8. Jarrett Lovcik, Rug, 160-11.
Preliminaries
100: 1. Nigel Hageness, Rug, 11.38. 2. Nathan Mangin, Lis, 11.60. 3. Michael McCrudden, Graf, 11.78. 4. Thad Bergh, Sarg, 11.58. 5. Seth Ewoniuk, HR, 11.63. 6. Lewis Keller, Kil, 11.79. 7. Isaac Black, T-WTC, 11.59. 8. Chris Arvin, Lar, 11.75. 9. Tyler Bates, Wat, 11.75.
200: 1. Nigel Hageness, Rug, 23.02. 2. Isaac Black, T-WTC, 23.26. 3. Tyler Swanke, Bow, 23.44. 4. Michael Palczewski, Bow, 23.31. 5. Thad Bergh, Sarg, 23.35. 6. Skyler Tangsrud, S-PL, 23.60. 7. Nathan Mangin, Lis, 23.39. 8. Tyrel Albers, Haz, 23.72. 9. Chris Arvin, Lar, 23.79.
400: 1. Michael Palczewski, Bow, 50.41. 2. Dalton Herding, H-F, 50.83. 3. Eric Bachmeier, Kin, 51.33. 4. Zach Six, KC-N, 51.12. 5. Tyler Bates, Wat, 51.59. 6. Elijah Strongheart, SR-S, 51.90. 7. Trevor Wettlaufer, Bott, 51.51. 8. Lewis Dobitz, Kil, 51.62. 9. Tyler Swanke, Bow, 52.34.
400 relay: 1. Rugby (Mackenzie Koenig, Chris Hamilton, Jayden Welk, Nigel Hageness), 44.39. 2. Lisbon 44.70. 3. Killdeer 44.97. 4. Sargent County 44.82. 5. Stanley-Powers Lake 44.84. 6. Southern McLean 45.37. 7. Heart River 45.05. 8. Bottineau 45.69. 9. Grafton 45.70.
800 relay: 1. Rugby (Mackenzie Koenig, Chris Hamilton, Jayden Welk, Nigel Hageness) 1:32.46. 2. Bowman County 1:33.35. 3. Killdeer 1:3.55. 4. Kindred 1:33.94. 5. Lisbon 1:34.98. 6. Sargent County 1:35.00. 7. Pembina County North 1:34.26. 8. Stanley-Powers Lake 1:35.21. 9. Carrington 1:35.22.
110 hurdles: 1. Evan Knutson, DL-B, 15.89. 2. Zach Baker, WilCo, 16.06. 3. Jeff Illies, MWL, 16.07. 4. Nathan Aufenkamp, DSTV, 16.28. 5. John LeClerc, Graf, 16.28. 6. Tanner Purintun, L-HMB, 16.60. 7. Jarrett Lovcik, Rug, 16.80. 8. T.J. Hochstettler, NC, 16.90. 9. Michael Waltz, Kin, 16.93.
300 hurdles: 1. Zach Baker, WilCo, 40.70. 2. Nathan Aufenkamp, DSTV, 41.52. 3. Chad Jelinek, PRFLAE, 41.87. 4. Danny Skoglund, Beach, 41.06. 5. Zachary Ulmer, Lis, 41.92. 6. Shawn Fulwider, Wat, 42.36. 7. Jeff Illies, MWL, 41.97. 8. Keenan Hodenfield, WilCo, 42.05. 9. Martin Stumpf, H-WC, 42.27.
CLASS B GIRLS
Team scores: 1, Watford City 36. 2, Rugby 31. 3, Carrington 30. 4 (tie), Kindred 14; Thompson 14. 6, Richland 13. 7, Langdon-Munich 11.5. 8, Oakes 10. 9, Central Cass 9. 10 (tie), Dickinson Trinity 8, Maple Valley-Enderlin 8; Northern Cass 8; Velva-Drake-Anamoose 8. 14, Nelson County 7. 15 (tie), Larimore 6; Rolette-Wolford 6; Southern McLean 6. 18, Bottineau 5.5. 19 (tie), Mott-Regent 5; Hillsboro-Central Valley 5; Surrey 5. 22 (tie) Shiloh Christian 4; New Salem-Almont 4. 24 (tie), LaMoure-Litchville-Marion 3; Hatton-Northwood 3; Lisbon 3; Griggs County Central-Midkota 3; Benson County 3. 29, Mohall-Lansford-Sherwood 2. 30 (tie), Beulah 1; Barnes County North 1.
Individual Results
Finals
1,600: 1. Sydney Kraft, Rug, 5:14.59. 2. Asha Smith, Wat, 5:18.37. 3. Abigail Waloch, SMc, 5:23.04. 4. Ashley Perez, NC, 5:24.73. 5. Averi Olson, Thom, 5:26.32. 6. Lauren Christenson, Rug, 5:27.06. 7. Katelynn Engh, Ben, 5:31.19. 8. Shayla Fossum, H-CV, 5:31.23.
3,200 relay: 1. Thompson (Brooke Shimek, Averi Olson, Megan Bohlman, Shaice Marx), 9:57.41. 2. Kindred 9:58.35. 3. Rugby 9:59.65. 4. Oakes 10:03.01. 5. Hillsboro-Central Valley 10:11.95. 6. Dickinson Trinity 10:14.05. 7. Watford City 10:14.71. 8. Benson County 10:18.68.
High jump: 1. Aubrey Hovland, Rug, 5-6. 2. Vanessa Johnson, NC, 5-6. 3. Lexy Wittmayer, R-W, 5-4. 4. Kayle Schiele, Surr, 5-3. 5. Faith Dooley, CC, 5-2. 6. Darian Hedland, H-N, 5-2. 7. Mary Haman, NC, 5-1. 8. Madison Wendel, Carr, 5-1.
Triple jump: 1. Ricki Lindley, Wat, 36-1¾. 2. Brittany Berndt, VDA, 34-6. 3. Tessa Heitkamp, Kin, 34-5. 4. Abby Honeyman, M-R, 34-4½. 5. Mikaela Forster, NS-A, 34-1. 6. Sadie Cochrane, LLM, 34-1. 7. Aubrey Hovland, Rug, 33-11¼. 8. SaraLi Petersen, BCN, 33-11.
Pole vault: 1. McKayla Haugeberg, WC, 10-9. 2. Julie Dinius, L-M, 10-6. 3. Thea Erickson, Larimore, 9-6. 4. McKenzie, Trinity, 9-6. 5. (tie) Jocelyn Dinius, L-M, 9-0. Maria Diepolder, Bottineau, 9-0. 7. Whitney Page, Bottineau, 9-0. 8. Nicole Schramm, Beulah, 9-0.
Shot put: 1. Olivia Johnson, Rich, 42-3. 2. Kelsey Laufenberg, MV-E, 40-10. 3. Kayla Hochhalter, Carr, 40-7. 4. Courtney Dixon, CC, 39-4. 5. Carly Copenhaver, Carr, 38-6. 6. Shaleen Helmer, GCC, 37-10½. 7. Ebony Berube, Lis, 37-9. 8. Sierra Rosenau, Carr, 36-4.
Javelin: 1. Sierra Rosenau, Carr, 137-7. 2. Kayla Hochhalter, Car, 135-5. 3. McKayla Haugeberg, Wat, 128-7. 4. Nicole Warren, Oakes, 126-6. 5. Mikayla Forness, Shi, 126-0. 6. Olivia Johnson, Rich, 122-3. 7. Hailee Depute, MLS, 117-7. 8. Kyann Thorfinson, Lis, 117-6.
Preliminaries
100: 1. Josey Page, Carr, 12.66. 2. Julie Dinius, L-M, 12.77. 3. Jocelyn Dinius, L-M, 13.12. 4. Paige Slemmons, CC, 12.87. 5. Brittany Berndt, VDA, 12.88. 6. Kelsie Silvernagel, Stras, 13.17. 7. Rachel Dryburgh, Graf, 12.89. 8. Jacey Engelhorn, Carr, 13.12. 9. Marah Friez, M-R, 13.19.
200: 1. Josey Page, Carr, 25.78. 2. Paige Slemmons, CC, 26.57. 3. Julie Dinius, L-M, 26.21. 4. Rachel Dryburgh, Graf, 26.67. 5. Kelsie Silvernagel, Stras, 26.32. 6. Brittany Berndt, VDA, 26.70. 7. Marah Friez, M-R, 26.58. 8. Stephanie Ziegler, Haz, 26.80. 9. Alexis Woods, Par, 26.88.
400: 1. Alexis Woods, Par, 57.26. 2. Courtney Heupel, CP, 59.21. 3. Ally Erickson, Kin, 59.37. 4. Sierra Martinez, Kin, 59.41. 5. Jocelyn Dinius, L-M, 59.88. 6. Rachel Drybrugh, Graf, 1:00.35. 7. Ashley Brodehl, Surrey, 1:00.22. 8. Shaice Marx, Thom, 1:00.26. 9. Ladora Schmidt, KC-N, 1:01.87.
400 relay: 1. Carrington (Jacey Engelhorn, Josey Page, Becca Scherr, Hannah Lipetzky), 50.63. 2. Central Cass 50.83. 3. Lisbon 51.06. 4. Bottineau 51.25. 5. Surrey 52.28. 6. New Salem-Almont 52.63. 7. Hazen 51.339. 8. Dickinson Trinity 51.92. 9. Rugby 52.41.
800 relay: 1. Carrington (Jacey Engelhorn, Hannah Lipetzky, Maartje VanBedaf, Josey Page), 1:45.45. 2. Hazen 1:45.90. 3. Bowman County 1:47.97. 4. Mott-Regent 1:48.12. 5. Central Cass 1:48.21. 6. Langdon-Munich 1:48.72. 7. Bottineau 1:48.39. 8. Lisbon 1:49.32. 9. 9. Dickinson Trinity 1:49.78.
100 hurdles: 1. McKenzie Hart, L-M, 15.66. 2. Abby Honeyman, M-R, 15.84. 3. Dakota Wood, Haz, 16.01. 4. Natallie Jones, Lis, 16.22. 5. Vanessa Johnson, NC, 16.48. 6. Kylie Engebretson, VDA, 16.68. 7. Cassidy Unterseher, H-WC, 16.43. 8. SaraLi Petersen, BCN, 16.83. 9. Aubrey Hovland, Rug, 16.99.
300 hurdles: 1. Dakota Wood, Haz, 46.23. 2. Natallie Jones, Lis, 46.86. 3. Julie Dinius, L-M, 47.90. 4. Sadie Rorich, KC-N, 47.20. 5. Abby Honeyman, M-R, 47.96. 6. Shaice Marx, Thom, 48.21. 7. Rachel Dryburgh, Graf, 47.27. 8. Megan Brodehl, Surr, 48.10. 9. Kara Fike, H-WC, 48.14.
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