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The season started with snow, the melt and a few more rainstorms, but the Carrington track teams are hitting their stride at the right time.
At the South Central Region Meet in Hazen May 21, the Cardinal girls took home another regional championship with 163 points, and the boys finished fourth, scoring 83.
The meet represented the last chance for athletes to earn their way to the state track meet, held this past weekend at the MDU Resources Community Bowl in Bismarck May 26-28.
Region champions included Madison Johnson (800, 1,600), Haley Wolsky (100 hurdles, pole vault with a school-record 9'7"), Mercedes Lura (300 hurdles) and the 4x800-meter relay of Johnson, Baylee Lura, Kacie Rexin and Kenadie Pazdernik on the girls' side, while winners for the boys were Logan Weninger (400), Jacob Rexin (800), Ryder Bickett (javelin), Kael Kovar (pole vault) and the 4x800 with Kovar, Rexin, Jacob Seaburg and Weninger.
Another notable accomplishment on the girls' side came in the pole vault, where the Cards qualified their fourth and fifth different state meet entrants. Aside from Wolsky's record-setting win, Pazdernik placed second and Jazmyn Ybarra third to join Wolsky, Lura and Kylie Skadberg as event entrants in Bismarck.
A total of 18 boys and girls for CHS laced up the spikes for the State Track Meet over three days at the bowl.
State track qualifiers for the Cards and their events are as follows:
Girls
Sierra Friedt: 4x100
Edyn Hoornaert: 400, 4x200, 4x400, 4x800
Madison Johnson: 800, 1,600, 4x400, 4x800
Mercedes Lura: 200, 300H, 4x100, 4x200, 4x400, pole vault
Kenadie Pazdernik: 1,600, 3,200, 4x800, pole vault
Kennedy Wendel: 4x100
Kacie Rexin: 4x800
Kylie Skadberg: 4x100, pole vault
Haley Wolsky: 100H, 300H, 4x100, 4x200, pole vault
Isabel Wendel: 4x200, 4x400, high jump, 100H
Baylee Lura: 4x800, 3,200
Jazmyn Ybarra: pole vault
Boys
Ryder Bickett: javelin
Kael Kovar: pole vault, 4x800
Logan Weninger: 200, 400, 800, 4x800
Jacob Rexin: 4x800, 800, 1,600
Jacob Seaburg: 4x800
Trace Hoggarth: pole vault
South Central Region Track
Meet, Hazen
Saturday, May 21
Girls Team Scores
Carrington 163, Shiloh Christian 113, Southern McLean 105, Hazen 95.5, Central McLean 71.5, Linton-HMB 56, New Salem-Almont 52, M-P-B 25, Kidder Co. and South Border 19, Standing Rock 10, Center-Stanton 5.
CHS Girls Individual Results
(qualifying performances in bold)
100-Meter Dash: Kylie Skadberg (10th), 14.05; Jaiden Schroeder (31st), 15.79
200-Meter Dash: Mercedes Lura (3rd), 28.36; Schroeder (23rd), 33.32
400-Meter Dash: Edyn Hoornaert (2nd), 1:02.65
800-Meter Run: Madison Johnson (1st), 2:31.47; Kacie Rexin (4th), 2:41.63
1,600-Meter Run: Johnson (1st), 5:34.57; Kenadie Pazdernik (3rd), 5:46.02
3,200-Meter Run: Pazdernik (2nd), 13:17.94; Baylee Lura (3rd), 13:37.04
100-Meter Hurdles: Haley Wolsky (1st), 16.89; Isabel Wendel (3rd), 17.63; Kennedy Wendel (7th), 18.52
300-Meter Hurdles: M. Lura (1st), 49.90; Wolsky (2nd), 50.21
4x100-Meter Relay: Sierra Friedt, Wolsky, K. Wendel, Skadberg (3rd), 54.35
4x200-Meter Relay: Jazmyn Ybarra, Hoornaert, I. Wendel, M. Lura (4th), 1:53.99
4x400-Meter Relay: Johnson, M. Lura, I. Wendel, Hoornaert (2nd), 4:18.72
4x800-Meter Relay: Johnson, B. Lura, Rexin, Pazdernik (1st), 10:47.64
Shot Put: Olivia Threadgold (13th), 26'5"; Chloe Hovdenes (15th), 26' 4 1/2"
Discus: Threadgold (7th), 96'5"; Hovdenes (9th), 91'9"
Javelin: Rexin (10th), 86'8"; Threadgold (13th), 77'1"; Hovdenes (17th), 70'9"; K. Wendel (19th), 65'10"
High Jump: I. Wendel (3rd), 4'9"
Pole Vault: Wolsky (1st), 9'7"; Pazdernik (2nd), 8'0"; Ybarra (3rd), 8'0"; Skadberg (4th), 8'0"; Friedt (7th), 7'0"
Long Jump: Schroeder (35th), 8'7"
Triple Jump: Friedt (9th), 29'9"; K. Wendel (10th), 29' 1 1/2"
Boys Team Scores
Hazen 143, Southern McLean 114, Standing Rock 96, Carrington 83, Central McLean 64, Shiloh Christian 58, New Salem-Almont 46, Kidder Co. 40, Linton-HMB 32, South Border 22, M-P-B 19, Center-Stanton 9.
CHS Boys Individual Results
(qualifying performances in bold)
200-Meter Dash: Logan Weninger (2nd), 23.51
400-Meter Dash: Weninger (1st), 51.93
800-Meter Run: Jacob Rexin (1st), 2:09.56
1,600-Meter Run: Rexin (3rd), 5:00.58; Jacob Seaburg (15th), 5:37.67
4x100-Meter Relay: McKade Zink, Ty Johnston, Jake Otto, Ryder Bickett (5th), 49.21
4x200-Meter Relay: Zink, Johnston, Otto, Seaburg (5th), 1:41.46
4x400-Meter Relay: Rexin, Zink, Seaburg, Weninger (4th), 3:44.31
4x800-Meter Relay: Kael Kovar, Rexin, Seaburg, Weninger (1st), 9:03.43
Javelin: Bickett (1st), 149'1"
Pole Vault: Kovar (1st), 11'0"; Trace Hoggarth (3rd), 10'6"
Long Jump: Johnston (20th), 16'0"; Otto (22nd), 15'6"