BISMARCK -- The Dickinson High boys track and field team is in the right position.
The Midgets sent a handful of runners to the finals in open and relay events after the first day of the Class A state track and field meet on Friday at the Bismarck Community Bowl.
"Anytime you can get through the prelims in anything is huge," Dickinson co-head coach Dave Michaelson said. "You don't want to false start. You don't want to do anything silly like that. ... We like where we are sitting and all we have to do is perform well in the finals."
Dickinson had two placers on the day and the big one came during the 3,200-meter relay.
The Midgets came into the state meet with the fastest time during the regular season at 8 minutes, 10.5 seconds. If Dickinson only knew what was in store for them.
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"We knew Bismarck High was going to put a good team together," Dickinson junior Austin Mack said. "We didn't let that count us out. We didn't let it get us down. We just said we could run with them and went after them."
Bismarck High dropped the hammer, running Bryce Rohrich, Dylan Werner, Josh Seibel and Jake Leingang to the win in 7:55.15.
The Demons finished the 1,600 open earlier in the day and three of the four runners placed in the top 10. In fact, Bismarck took nine of the top 10 spots, including Leingang whose win in 4:13.62 nearly broke a state record.
So Mack, Michael Porter, Dallas Zastoupil and Joseph Sickler weren't disappointed with a runner-up time of 8:07.17.
"We really are happy," Mack said. "That state championship would have been nice, but this is great and we put it all into this race today."
The Midgets had Brett Braunagel qualify for the finals in the 100 and 200. He ran the fastest time in the preliminaries of the 100 (11.25 seconds). Braunagel edged Fargo North's DeSean Thompson by one one-hundredth of a second and West Fargo's Shane Siverson by two one-hundredths of a second.
"I'm just focusing on warming up well," Braunagel said. "I know it's going to be cold out, so I'm just banking on warming up better than everybody else and outworking them."
Braunagel has already had a busy weekend, going to Williston on Thursday to play for the Midgets in the West Region baseball tournament.
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The senior outfielder went 1-for-2 in the opener against Bismarck St. Mary's and helped his team take a 3-1 win. He then traveled back to Dickinson and over to Bismarck on Thursday night.
Dickinson qualified three runners for the finals of the 400. Zastoupil, Jace Dukart and Mack all qualified with hopes of nabbing some points for a Midgets team that sits seventh with 11 points.
The other placer was junior Collin Theilen in the pole vault. He jumped 12 feet, 6 inches for sixth.
"We're really excited for that," Mack said. "It's really good experience for him (Thielen)."
On the girls side, Dickinson didn't place in any events nor did it run a finals qualifying time in the preliminaries. Michaelson knew points were going to be hard to come by, but said the team never once felt defeated.
"The seniors understood they weren't going to be a top-five team or even a top-10 team," Michaelson said. "That's the nice thing about track and field. You can still perform as an individual."
The Dickinson girls have three events left: the 1,600 relay, triple jump and the Midgets have two competitors in the high jump.
"I think they are competing hard," Michaelson said. "I think our best chances are with those jumpers and with the mile relay. They have a shot to score some points."
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CLASS A BOYS
Team scores: 1, Bismarck High 78. 2. Grand Forks Red River 35. 3, Bismarck Century 29. 4, Grand Forks Central 23. 5, West Fargo 22. 6, Fargo North 12. 7, Dickinson 11. 8, Fargo Davies 9. 9 (tie), Jamestown and Valley City 5. 11 (tie), Minot and Fargo South 2. 13, Fargo Shanley 1.
Individual Results
Finals
1,600: 1. Jake Leingang, Bis, 4:13.62. 2. Josh Seibel, Bis, 4:23.25. 3. Preston Lerew, Bis, 4:25.41. 4. Bryce Rohrich, Bis, 4:25.83. 5. Cataldo DiDonna, Cen, 4:26.02. 6. Austin Todd, Bis, 4:26.69. 7. Logan Fischer, Bis, 4:28.10. 8. Lane Kashur, Bis, 4:28.51.
3,200 relay: 1. Bismarck (Bryce Rohrich, Dylan Werner, Jake Leingang, Josh Seibel), 7:55.15. 2. Dickinson 8:07:17. 3. Century 8:13.05. 4. Fargo Davies 8:13.93. 5. West Fargo 8:14.15. 6. G.F. Red River 8:18.39. 7. Fargo North 8:22.36. 8. Fargo Shanley 8:22.37. 9. G.F. Central 8:27.91.
Pole vault: 1. Grant Mjelstad, FN, 14-0. 2. Alex Torrey, GFC, 14-0. 3. Tom Fisher, GFC, 13-3. 4. Paul Viland, VC, 13-0. 5. Jack Abfalter, Cen, 13-0. 6. Collin Theilen, Dic, 12-6. 7. Bradyn Erickson, Bis, 12-6. 8. Alec Ouradnik, Cen, 12-6.
Long jump: 1. Jaime Heinen, WF, 23-0¼. 2. Alex Neumiller, Bis, 22-3. 3. Mack Arvidson, GFRR, 21-11½. 4. Devin Schirado, Bis, 21-11½. 5. Taylor Daniel, Cen, 21-7¼. 6. Calvin Burkholder, GFRR, 21-4¼. 7. Chaz Gunderson, WF, 21-2½. 8. Alex Yanosko, Min, 21-2¼.
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Shot put: 1. Conrad Schwarzkopf, Cen, 56-9. 2. Bryan Bjerk, GFRR, 53-6. 3. Dexter Werner, Bis, 51-4. 4. Jordan Thoreson, Jam, 51-1½. 5. Jeff Simpson, GFC, 50-0. 6. Dyllon Schnaible, Bis, 49-4. 7. Keith Fugleberg, FS, 49-3. 8. Brett Gehring, Bis, 49-0.
Javelin: 1. John Hoplin, GFRR, 191-10. 2. Dexter Werner, Bis, 188-3. 3. Caleb Mattila, WF, 185-0. 4. Quinn Baumann, GFRR, 181-2. 5. Brady Jordahl, FD, 177-5. 6. Jeff Simpson, GFC, 176-0. 7. Chad Goering, GFC, 173-0. 8. Justice Osborne, Min, 169-3.
Preliminaries
100: 1. Brett Braunagel, Dic, 11.25. 2. DeSean Thompson, FN, 11.26. 3. Shane Siverson, WF, 11.28. 4. Randy Tardif, Bis, 11.40. 5. Tyler Unruh, Bis, 11.40. 6. Alex Spacek, WF, 11.64. 7. Chaz Gunderson, WF, 11.51. 8. Wes Austin, GFC, 11.68. 9. Karter Gorney, Min, 11.69.
200: 1. Drew Wiseman, Cen, 22.13. 2. DeSean Thompson, FN, 22.33. 3. Tyler Unruh, Bis, 22.52. 4. (tie) Shane Siverson, WF, and Randy Tardif, Bis, 22.57. 6. Legonne Oriental, FD, 22.58. 7. Loren Bothun, GFRR, 22.76. 8. Alex Spacek, WF, 22.82. 9. Brett Braunagel, Dic, 22.87.
400: 1. Drew Wiseman, Cen, 48.50. 2. Waha Sem, FN, 49.49. 3. Legonne Oriental, FD, 49.92. 4. Alex Neumiller, Bis, 49.73. 5. Isaac Walth, Bis, 49.86. 6. Cody Humann, Bis, 50.23. 7. Jace Dukart, Dic, 50.23. 8. Austin Mack, Dic, 50.75. 9. Dallas Zastoupil, Dic, 51.14.
400 relay: 1. West Fargo (Alex Spacek, Chaz Gunderson, Jaime Heinen, Shane Siverson), 42.54. 2. Bismarck 42.78. 3. Fargo North 43.48. 4. Dickinson 43.63. 5. G.F. Red River 43.87. 6. Century 44.11. 7. Minot 44.01. 8. Fargo Davies 44.27. 9. Fargo South 44.34.
800 relay: 1. Bismarck (Cody Humann, Isaac Walth, Jesse McCormick, Randy Tardif), 1:29.62. 2. Fargo North 1:29.63. 3. West Fargo 1:29.97. 4. Fargo Davies 1:30.70. 5. Century 1:30.71. 6. Dickinson 1:31.00. 7. Wahpeton 1:32.02. 8. Minot 1:32.17. 9. Fargo South 1:32.76.
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110 hurdles: 1. Jimmy Evers, GFRR, 14.93. 2. 2. Loren Bothun, GFRR, 14.94. 3. Dylan Leutz, Cen, 15.14. 4. Jordan Bischoff, WF, 15.83. 5. Brandon Schmid, Bis, 15.76. 6. Brady Huffman, FN, 16.08. 7. Daniel Asa, WF, 16.26. 8. Dan Perez, Cen, 16.43. 9. Grant Mjelstad, FN, 16.53.
300 hurdles: 1. Drew Wiseman, Cen, 38.36. 2. Alex Neumiller, Bis, 39.26. 3. Jimmy Evers, GFRR, 40.01. 4. Brady Huffman, FN, 40.35. 5. Brandon Schmid, Bis, 41.16. 6. Daniel Asa, WF, 41.19. 7. Killan Gause, GFC, 42.18. 8. Dan Perez, Cen, 42.55. 9. Michael Brooks, GFC, 43.00.
CLASS A GIRLS
Team scores: 1, Bismarck Century 53. 2, Bismarck High 42½. 3, Fargo Davies 25. 4, Grand Forks Red River 18. 5 (tie), Fargo Shanley and West Fargo 17. 7, Williston 15. 8, Mandan 12½. 9 (tie), Fargo South and Jamestown 10. 11, Minot 6. 12, Valley City 5. 13, Devils Lake 3.
Individual Results
Finals
1,600: 1. Allison Allmer, Jam, 5:05.83. 2. Tarin Lachowitzer, FD, 5:09.26. 3. Sarah Jacobson, Shan, 5:09.46. 4. Brittany Brownotter, Bis, 5:10.15. 5. Madeline Strandemo, FS, 5:13.69. 6. Lexi Zeis, Bis, 5:13.76. 7. Taryn Ceglowski, Wil, 5:19.02. 8. Paige Melin, Cen, 5:21.56.
3,200 relay: 1. West Fargo (Allie Grooters, Christine Baltezore, Keana Karnopp, Alissa Mears), 9:35.42. 2. Bismarck 9:38.18. 3. Fargo Shanley 9:40.79. 4. Century 9:46.66. 5. Fargo Davies 9:55.08. 6. Mandan 9:59.25. 7. Williston 9:59.72. 8. G.F. Red River 9:59.89.
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Pole vault: 1. Lauren Gietzen, Cen, 11-0. 2. (tie) Sierra Kreft, Cen, and Ann Govig, Cen, 10-9. 4. Paris Ekman, Shan, 10-6. 5. Haley Moch, Cen, 10-0. 6. Kaley Stotz, WF, 10-0. 7. (tie) Marissa Koppy, Man, and Kathryn Pomeroy, Bis, 9-9.
Long jump: 1. Bailey Reiner, Bis, 18-4¾. 2. Hadley Steffen, GFRR, 18-0¼. 3. Lexi Ely, Cen, 17-6¾. 4. Emma Schalow, FS, 17-6. 5. Christina Bruenjes, WF, 17-4¾. 6. Colie Sabol, GFRR, 17-1¼. 7. Vanessa Bakken, GFRR, 16-11½. 8. Natalee Todd, Bis, 16-4½.
Shot put: 1. Naomi Rust, Bis, 40-6. 2. Alexis Bolstad, FD, 39-10. 3. Kelsie Hall, Cen, 39-4½. 4. Maggie Schwarzkopf, Cen, 38-7. 5. Brianna Bergrud, Bis, 38-2. 6. Jennifer Brandt, DL, 36-9½. 7. Katie Chase, Cen, 36-7. 8. Lydia Kingsley, FS, 35-11.
Javelin: 1. Danielle Clarke, Wil, 120-7. 2. Elizabeth Meyer, Man, 120-5. 3. Jayd Eggert, Min, 117-11. 4. Jenna Coghlan, VC, 112-11. 5. Hannah Aarason, GFRR, 112-11. 6. Jasmine Moffett, FD, 110-0. 7. Alexis Klabo, FD, 108-8. 8. Amanda Nelson, Wil, 108-1.
Preliminaries
100: 1. Morgan Milbrath, Min, 12.38. 2. Amanda Levin, WF, 12.68. 3. Bailey Reiner, Bis, 12.97. 4. Vera Gaylah, FD, 13.15. 5. SaMonica Davis, GFC, 13.19. 6. Jenna Jacob, VC, 13.22. 7. Hadley Steffen, GFRR, 13.26. 8. Katelyn Carlson, FD, 13.28. 9. Courtney Suppa, WF, 13.33.
200: 1. Morgan Milbrath, Min, 25.46. 2. Amanda Levin, WF, 25.71. 3. Afure Adah, Shan, 26.84. 4. Chelsea Peterson, Man, 26.96. 5. Andrea Kelsch, Cen, 27.17. 6. Bailey Reiner, Bis, 27.18. 7. Katelyn Carlson, FD, 27.25. 8. Bryce Langerud, WF, 27.34. 9. Carolyn Pifer, FS, 27.36.
400: 1. Morgan Milbrath, Min, 54.30. 2. Amanda Levin, WF, 57.72. 3. Regina Nyanfor, FN, 58.27. 4. Andrea Kelsch, Cen, 59.24. 5. Lexi Brown, Cen, 59.22. 6. Ashley Rone, GFRR, 59.32. 7. Jamie VanderVorste, Min, 59.46. 8. Morgan Miller, Bis, 59.67. 9. Katie Bostrom, FS, 1:00.09.
400 relay: 1. Fargo North (Regina Nyanfor, Shaina Pfau, Toni Rodriguez, Kira Larson), 49.87. 2. Bismarck 50.38. 3. Century 50.44. 4. Fargo Davies 50.67. 5. West Fargo 50.92. 6. Fargo Shanley 51.16. 7. G.F. Red River 50.94. 8. Mandan 51.32. 9. Fargo South 51.46.
800 relay: 1. Fargo North (Regina Nyanfor, Shaina Pfau, Sophi Simonson, Kira Larson), 1:44.02. 2. West Fargo 1:45.41. 3. Mandan 1:46.63. 4. Fargo Shanley 1:47.25. 5. Fargo South 1:47.27. 6. Century 1:47.37. 7. G.F. Red River 1:48.36. 8. Minot 1:48.66. 9. Bismarck 1:49.44.
100 hurdles: 1. Lindsay Klug, FS, 15.56. 2. Chelsea Peterson, Man, 15.87. 3. Hadley Rosales, Cen, 16.14. 4. McKayla Orr, Jam, 16.27. 5. Sophie Bengson, Min, 16.39. 6. DelRay Audet, Min, 16.52. 7. Tessa Delzer, Cen, 16.44. 8. Sydney Bork, FD, 16.56. 9. Kaytlyn Bowers, Man, 16.63.
300 hurdles: 1. Morgan Milbrath, Min, 44.85. 2. McKayla Orr, Jam, 46.12. 3. Chelsea Peterson, Man, 46.32. 4. Sophi Simonson, FN, 46.22. 5. Shaina Pfau, FN, 46.39. 6. Sydney Bork, FD, 47.21. 7. Sophie Bengson, Min, 46.74. 8. Rachel Todhunter, GFRR, 46.87. 9. Sam Huether, Min, 47.02.
