Battling weather conditions

With wind gusts up to 37 mph, it wasn't the most pleasant day for a track and field meet.

However, for the Dickinson High and Dickinson Trinity track and field teams, it meant the first home meet of the season.

After spending a majority of the season inside due to weather conditions, the Midgets and the Titans managed to hold their first home meet of the season, the Coca-Cola Invitational, on Tuesday at the Biesiot Activities Center.

"It was chance to get all of our kids on the track at home," Dickinson co-head coach Jay Schobinger said. "I thought for most part, considering the weather, the kids handled things well. You just never know, you could get a day like today, for the West Region meet (which Dickinson will host on May 18)."

With the cold and windy conditions, the chance of getting a state-qualifying time or mark in most events proved difficult.

Nonetheless, the Midgets were able to nab one new qualifier; its first on the girls side. Ali Moody qualified in the triple jump at 34 feet, 2 inches. She placed second in the event.

Jace Dukart has already qualified in the 100- and 200-meter dashes. However, he was able to improve his time in the 100 to 11.15 to take runner-up.

Trinity javelin thrower Ben Gordon didn't let the pain set him back.

Despite a fractured scaphoid bone in his right wrist that will require surgery to take a piece of bone from his hip and place it in his hand at the end of the school year, the senior made a toss of 172-5 to increase his previous state-qualifying distance by nearly six feet.

"I thought what I did today against the weather was pretty good," Gordon said. "It was better than what I expected."

Though the unpleasant conditions made for a tough day, Trinity co-head coach Andrew DesRosier felt the team battled throughout the entire day.

"I'm still cold," DesRosier said a couple hours after the track and field meet ended. "But we had kids that battled through it and competed hard. It's not the type of weather where everybody is going to run personal bests. Everyone worked hard and everyone fought for everything."

Minot won the boys and girls divisions with 218.5 and 215 points, respectively, while Dickinson placed runner-up in both division. Trinity, which was the only Class B team at the meet, topped Class A Williston in both the boys and girls divisions.

"We went up against some tough competition," DesRosier said. "The kids fought through the elements and came away with victories. Hopefully that sets them up with some confidence."

The Midgets host a girls-only meet at noon Thursday at BAC. Since the Badlands Conference meet in Beach was postponed from Tuesday to Thursday, Trinity will travel to Beach at 1:30 p.m.

"The girls get to do it again on Thursday," Schobinger said. "The more we can compete here, the better it will be."

"We want to go in there with our eyes on the prize," DesRosier said. "We know the weather is going to be better. It's going to be easier to run personal-best times or hit qualifying marks. We want to go and chase after them."

Boys

Team scores: Minot 215, Dickinson 164, Trinity 66, Williston 54.50.

100: 1, Karter Gorney, M, 10.9 (SQ). 2, Jace Dukart, D, 11.15 (SQ). 3, Dylan Jechort, M, 11.33 (SQ). 4, Josh Pizzo, M, 11.51. 5, Colbie Wanner, D, 11.52. 6, Josh Drew W, 11.67. 7, Mason Heth, T, 11.67. 8, Michael Cherwinski, D, 11.7.

200: 1, Kimani Benjamin, M, 23.58. 2, Alex Yanosko, M, 23.84. 3, RJ Barker, M, 23.92. 4, Wanner, D, 24.64. 5, Taren Staudinger, D, 24.81. 6, Drew, W, 24.90. 7, Robert White, T, 25.99. 8, Gorney, M, 26.09.

400: 1, Austin Mack, D, 54.17. 2, Benjamin, M, 54.42. 3, Dukart, D, 56.32. 4, Caleb Albertson, M, 58.90. 5, Dylan Harvey, M, 1:01.13. 6, Barker, M, 1:02.81. 7, Josh Davis, W, 1:03.46.

800: 1, Brennan Goldade, W, 2:08.31. 2, Jacob Oleksik, W, 2:08.35. 3, Andrew Beach, M, 2:08.58. 4, Teegan Olson, M, 2:09.94. 5, Jackson Binstock, D, 2:09.98. 6, Chris Chamberlin, W, 2:17.59. 7, Dylan Gress, T, 2:18.70. 8, Alex Binstock, T, 2:19.06.

1,600: 1, Chris Chamberlin, W, 4:58.58. 2, Dylan Ellis, M, 5:12.11. 3, Dylan Weber, M, 5:17.23. 4, Devan Shumway, W, 5:20.74. 5, Chris Stock, M, 5:29.39. 6, Jamison Gray, D, 5:30.12. 7, Gabe Dschaak, D, 5:31.93. 8, Sam Metz, D, 5:35.8.

110 hurdles: 1, Ben Love, M, 15.75 (SQ). 2, Christian Steffan, M, 17.04. 3, Coltyn Nelson, T, 19.66. 4, Nick Klug, T, 19.83

300 hurdles: 1, Austin Mack, D, 43.97. 2, Dylan Harvey, M, 46.4. 3, Christian Steffan, M, 46.53.

400 relay: 1, Minot (Karter Gorney, Alex Yansoko, Josh Pizzo, Dylan Jechort), (SQ) 45.15.

800 relay: 1, T (Robert White, Cole Beck, Brendin Steiner, Mason Heth), 1:43.46. 2, D, 1:47.22.

1,600 relay: 1, Minot (Caleb Albertson, RJ Barker, Dylan Jechor, Kimani Benjamin) 3:49.64. 2, Dickinson 3:53.25. 3, Williston 3:53.86. 4, Trinity 3:55.73.

3,200 relay: 1, Dickinson (Jackson Binstock, Kyle Wegner, Tanner Davidson, Collin Schock), 9:17.37. 2, Trinity, 9:24.16.

High jump: 1, Nick Klug, T, 5-8. 2, Jace Kruger, T, 5-6.

Pole vault: 1, Ben Love, M, 12-9 (SQ). 2, Preston Theurer, D, 11-0. 3, Sam Paszek, M, 10-6. 4, Bronson Lewis, D, 10-0.

Long jump: 1, Dylan Jechort, M, 21-0 (SQ). 2, Alex Yanosko, M, 20-9 (SQ). 3, Caleb Albertson, M, 20-0.5. 4, Jace Kruger, T, 20-0. 5, Levi Jordheim, D, 19-7.5. 6, Wyatt Kainz, D, 19-1.5. 7, Nick Klug, T, 18-6.5. 8, Hyrum Gentry, W, 18-5.

Triple jump: 1, Alex Yanosko, M, 44-0 (SQ). 2, Taren Staudinger, D, 39-7. 3, Wyatt Kainz, D, 37-1.

Shot put: 1, Nicholas Nesdahl, M, 43-8. 2, Ian Hyde, M, 41-0. 3, 3, Jordan Wanner, D, 40-0. 4, Nathan Smith, D, 39-2. 5, Jaymin Dolechek, D, 39-2.

Discus: 1, Jordan Wanner, D, 132-0. 2, Chris Barrett, W, 123-5. 3, Colton Brown, W, 121-11. 4, Nicholas Nesdahl, M, 116-0. 5, Braden Linquist, M, 112-6. 6, Nathaniel Fulton, D, 110-4. 7, Jaymin Dolechek, D, 110-0. 8, Austin Feist, M, 109-4.

Javelin: 1, Ben Gordon, T, 172-5 (SQ). 2, Brendan Nelson, M, 140-4. 3, Kale McHenry, M, 124-5. 4, Brady Nelson, M, 120-9. 5, Grayson Bahl, M, 108-6. 6, Jaymin Dolechek, D, 102-8. 7, Austin Feist, M, 97-7. 8, Nathan Smith, D, 93-1.

Girls

Team scores: Minot 218.50, Dickinson 145, Trinity 117.5, Williston 84.

100: 1, Kelly Wu, M, 13.05. 2, Kennedy Keator, T, 13.09. 3, Maddy Hanson, T, 13.42. 4, Macy Mack, D, 13.44. 5, Loni Bryantt, M, 13.51. 6, Mckenzie Kostelecky, T, 13.52. 7, De'chelle Roby, M, 13.67. 8, Maddie Maddocks, W, 13.93.

200: 1, Wu, M, 27.95. 2, Kayla Bloomquist, W, 28.17. 3, Keator, T, 28.20. 4, Kylie Alexander, M, 28.49. 5, Mack, D, 28.58. 6, Hanson, T, 28.71. 7, Maddocks, W, 29.18. 8, Annika Arnold, W, 29.54.

400: 1, Bloomquist, W, 1:09.45. 2, Justice Dolajak, D, 1:12.84. 3, Olivia Larsen, W, 1:13.24. 4, Arnold, M, 1:13.95. 5, Jensen Clarke, W, 1:14.63. 6, Bryn Evenson, W, 1:17.36.

800: 1, Kaitlyn Grinsteinner, T, 2:39.73. 2, Samantha Huether, M, 2:42.60. 3, Meleah Leiss, D, 2:43.18. 4, Jayden Moum, M, 2:49.69. 5, Kelli Pavlicek, T, 2:51.62. 6, Katie Pavlicek, T, 2:53.15. 7, Hannah Juhl, W, 2:56.78. 8, Madison Milbrath, M, 2:56.80.

1,600: 1, Elizabeth Rohrer, M, 6:14.59. 2, Shannon Stockert, T, 6:15.9. 3, Meg Super, M, 6:28.94. 4, Kelsey Ziegler, M, 6:47.35. 5, Delaney Huss, M, 7:05.96.

100 hurdles: 1, Sophie Bengson, M, 17.14. 2, Kylie Alexander, M, 17.58. 3, Katie Sherlock, W, 17.94. 4, Cheyenne Brock, W, 18.94. 5, Sydney Gangl, D, 19.68.

300 hurdles: 1, Morgan Milbrath, M, 49.57. 2, Sophie Bengson, M, 52.79. 3, Kylie Alexander, M, 56.01. 4, Alanna Sickler, T, 56.59. 5, Selina Kudrna, T, 59.31. 6, Sydney Gangl, D, 1:01.31.

400 relay: 1, Minot (Emma Sandy, Kelly Wu, Briana Rogers, De'chelle Roby), 55.79. 2, Williston 56.47. 3, Dickinson 59.08.

800 relay: 1, M (De'chelle Roby, Loni Bryantt, Annika Arnold, Kylie Alexander), 2:04.43. 2, D, 2:06.94.

1,600 relay: 1, Trinity (Maddy Hanson, Morgan Kuntz, Alana Sickler, Kennedy Keator), 4:43.19. 2, Dickinson 4:51.85.

3,200 relay: 1, Williston (Kayla Bloomquist, Olivia Larsen, Jensen Clarke, Hannah Juhl), 11:14.54. 2, Trinity, 11:21.35. 3, Minot, 11:33.24.

High jump: 1, Ali Moody, D, 4-9. 1, Allison Steffan, T, 4-9.

Pole vault: 1, Elizabeth Adsero, D, 8-0. 2, Chandra Selinger, D, 7-0.

Long jump: 1, Sophie Bengson, M, 17-1.50 (SQ). 2, Angelica Urbi, W, 16-0. 3, Molly Schweitzer, T, 15-9.5. 4, Kelly Wu, M, 15-9. 5, Moody, D, 15-7.5. 6, Maddie Maddocks, W, 15-6. 7, Steffan, T, 15-4. 8, Justice Dolajak, D, 15-0.

Triple jump: 1, Sophie Bengson, M, 34-4 (SQ). 2, Ali Moody, D, 34-2 (SQ). 3, Allison Steffan, T, 33-10. 4, Emma Sandy, M, 32-8. 5, Justice Dolajak, D, 30-2. 6, Lydia Brooke, T, 30-0. 7, Molly Schweitzer, T, 28-11.

Shot put: 1, MacKenzie Gleason, M, 33-10. 2, Leah Grove, D, 32-0. 3, Kelsey Calhoun, D, 30-7. 4, Alyson Schieno, T, 27-1. 5 (tie), Talyor Hewson, T, 25-3; Melor Haagenson, M, 25-3.

Discus: 1, Melora Haagenson, M, 108-4. 2, MacKenzie Gleason, M, 103-7. 3, Abby Grove, D, 90-2. 4, Kelsey Calhoun, D, 80-7. 5, Jessica Drady, M, 80-2. 6, Taylor Hewson, T, 74-4. 7, Leah Grove, D, 73-0.

Javelin: 1, Calhoun, D, 102-4. 2, Amanda Nelson, W, 101-2. 3, Rachel Schroeder, D, 98-4. 4, Gleason, M, 98-1. 5, Drady, M, 88-2. 6, Courtney Haugen,D, 85-5. 7, Abby Grove, D, 84-6. 8, Emily Maher, D, 80-8.