Midgets’ Binstock takes 4th in cross country opener

• Meleah Leiss and Emily Tyrell

Photo by John M. Steiner / Forum Communications Dickinson senior Meleah Leiss, left, and sophomore Emily Tyrell, right, race against runners from Lisbon and Fargo Davies during the girls 4K cross country race on Friday afternoon during the “Orr”iginals Invitational at Hillcrest Golf Course in Jamestown.

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JAMESTOWN — Jackson Binstock didn’t waste much time making his presence known.

The Dickinson sophomore finished fourth individually with a time of 17 minutes, 23 seconds and helped his team finish eighth at the “Orr”iginals Invitational season-opening cross country meet Friday at Hillcrest Golf Course.

“We didn’t really have a race plan going in,” Dickinson head coach James Mousseau said. “We just wanted to see where we were at. After about the first mile he took the lead. He lead for about a mile and half and was overtaken by some of the other guys.”

Binstock was two seconds behind Fargo Shanley’s Seb Startz, who was third at 17:21. Bismarck Century’s Cataldo DiDonna won the 5,000-meter race (16:51) and Fargo Davies’ Branden Scheel was runner-up (17:19).

Fargo Davies used 61 points to win the meet, while West Fargo came in runner-up with 98 points.

Dickinson senior Dylan Gress (19:21) placed 44th, Collin Bren (19:28) in 47th, Zach Obrigewitch (19:43.8) in 52nd, Jacob Kuntz (20:07) and Jamison Gray (20:08) followed in 59th and in 60th, respectively.

“We have this all this potential, it’s just molding it,” Mousseau said. “I think we are definitely headed in the right direction.”

On the girls side, senior Meleah Leiss was the top Dickinson finisher in 19th at 17:17. Sophomore Emily Tyrrell was five seconds behind her, finishing 23rd at 17:22.

“I think that’s a great 1-2 punch,” Mousseau said. “I think having Emily, who is only a sophomore and having Meleah, who is senior, I think it’s good for the younger girls and good for the older girls to have that mix.”

The Midgets placed fifth as a team, while West Fargo had 71 points and Davies 78 to take first and second, respectively.

Jamestown’s Alison Allmer ran strong at her home course for a 23-second win the 4K race over runner-up Katie Bye (16:02) of Davies.

The Midgets also had Kelli Pavlicek and Shelby Stoltz placed 49th (18:30) and 50th (18:31), respectively, while Katie Pavlicek was 56th (18:44).

Dickinson’s next cross country meet will be its lone home meet of the regular season with the Becki Wells Invitational on Sept. 8 at the Heart River Golf Course. Heart River Golf Course is also the site of the Class A and B state cross country meets.

“It’s a lot more comfortable for us,” Mousseau said. “The kids know that course and they are familiar with the surroundings.”

“Orr”iginals Invitation

At Hillcrest Golf Course, Jamestown.

Girls Team scores: 1, West Fargo 71. 2, Fargo Davies 78. 3, Apple Valley, Minn., 106. 4, Fargo North 114. 5, Dickinson 197. 6, Jamestown 228. 7, Fargo Shanley 232. 8, Mandan 247. 9, Rugby 258. 10, Shiloh Christian 277. 11, Southern McLean 332. 12, Devils Lake 339. 13, Killdeer 349. 14, New Town 351. 15, Rolla 352. 16, Carrington 353. 17, Lisbon 364. 18, Central Prairie 372. 19, Sargent Central 416.

Individual top 20: 1, Alison Allmer, Jamestown, 15:39. 2, Katie Bye, Davies, 16:02. 3, Abi Waloch, So. McLean, 16:13. 4, Meredith Jones, Apple Valley, 16:20. 5, Cami Sjoquist, Apple Valley, 16:22. 6, Alex Backlund, Shanley, 16:28. 7, Molly Sarafolean, North, 16:38. 8, Carly Bertsch, Davies, 16:46. 9, Christine Baltezore, West Fargo, 16:48. 10, Jen Dufner, West Fargo, 16:49. 11, Leah Hermanson, West Fargo, 16:55. 12, Kayla Dostal, Davies, 16:57. 13, Christa Lysne, Devils Lake, 16:58. 14, Claire Brien, Rolla, 16:59. 15, Ann Endres, Carrington, 17:00. 16, Alicia Swenson, North, 17:01. 17, Suzy Dullum, West Fargo, 17:02. 18, Heidi Lageson, Shanley, 17:10. 19, Meleah Leiss, Dickinson, 17:17. 20, Sydney Pladson, North, 17:18.

Other Dickinson finishers: 23, Emily Tyrrell, 17:22. 49, Kelli Pavlicek, 18:30. 50, Shelby Stoltz, 18:31. 56, Katie Pavlicek, 18:44. 69, Taylor Ihmels, 19:11.4. 73, Shannon Stockert, 19:23.

Boys Team scores: 1, Davies 61. 2, West Fargo 98. 3, Bismarck Century 102. 4, Fargo North 117. 5, Apple Valley, Minn., 138. 6, Fargo Shanley 144. 7, Mandan 166. 8, Dickinson 202. 9, Lisbon 281. 10, Jamestown 329. 11, New Town 366. 12, Shiloh Christian 395. 13, Sargent Central 404. 14, Central Prairie 427. 15, Devils Lake 428. 16, Rugby 460. 17, Carrington 480.

Individual top 20: 1, Cataldo DiDonna, Bismarck Century, 16:51. 2, Branden Scheel, Davies, 17:19. 3, Seb Startz, Shanley, 17:21. 4, Jackson Binstock, Dickinson, 17:23. 5, Tanner Bjorlie, North, 17:28. 6, Tom Startz, Shanley, 17:31. 7, Darin Baltezore, West Fargo, 17:34. 8, Ben Bitter, Davies, 17:48. 9, Evan Kottsick, Davies, 17:53. 10, Elliott Stone, Shiloh, 17:56. 11, Lucas Bussman, Mandan, 18:02. 12, Luke Tansey, Apple Valley, 18:03. 13, Drew Weist, North, 18:04.3. 14, Austin Albrecht, West Fargo, 18:04.9. 15, Chad Zachmeier, Mandan, 18:05. 16, Jace Duffield, Davies, 18:06. 17, Nathan Aswege, Aswege, 18:10. 18, Jacob Gallagher, Lisbon, 18:12. 19, Thomas Horgeshimer, Lisbon. 18:13.2. 20, Parker Rosenau, West Fargo, 18:13.8.

Other Dickinson finishers: 44, Dylan Gress, 19:21. 47, Collin Bren, 19:28. 52, Zach Obrigewitch, 19:43.8. 55, Gabe Dschaak, 19:47. 59, Jacob Kuntz, 20:07. 60, Jamison Gray, 20:08. 68, Kyle Wegner, 20:19. 85, Sean Nash, 21:27. Bronson Bronson, 21:37.

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