Hornets sizzle at CNDC, Panther Booster meets

The Harvey-Wells County varsity and junior high track teams traveled to Rugby recently to participate in the Central North Dakota Conference (CNDC) Track and Field Meet. The meet was held on Tuesday, May 9, and was moved from Fessenden to Rugby due to wet field event conditions.

Along with many great results for HWC, leading the top of the list was the new qualifying of the varsity girls 4x200 relay team. The foursome of Christalea Wagner, Breanna Heilman, Rachel Neumiller and Kamryn Sanders raced to not only a first-place finish, but a qualifying time of 1:51.18, good enough for a state meet entry.

Other first place finishers on the day for HWC included Tallen Thorson in the 110 and 300 hurdles (both with qualifying times), and Gabe Allmaras in the high jump. The junior high event champions included Addisyn Faul in the 100 and 200 hurdles as well as the triple jump, Dylan Heitmann in the 100 dash, Andrew Willams in the 200 hurdles, Christian Mertz in the shot put and discus, and the boys 4x100 relay of Heitmann, Mertz, Easton Schuh and Andrew Williams.

The junior high boys team was the highest team finisher for the Hornets, as they placed third overall. The varsity girls and boys each finished in fifth place in what were very competitive team divisions.

Earning Stingers (personal records or PRs) on the day included Wyatt Korb (100, 200), Frank Richter (javelin), Noah Ziegler (4x200 relay), Avery Williams (high jump), Porter Johnson (shot put), Collin Meckle (discus), Jadyn Vollmer (pole vault), Harrison Lies (4x200 relay, javelin), Braylee Keller (javelin), Christalea Wagner (long jump), Breanna Heilman (200 dash, 4x200), Ava Haldorson (shot put, discus, Javelin), and Jenna Green (discus).

Panther Booster

Monday, May 15, saw the Hornets back in action at the Panther Booster Track and Field Meet in Rugby. This was a "last chance" meet, meaning that this was the last chance to qualify for the state meet before the regional meet, which was to be held on Friday, May 19, in Rugby.

Leading the highlights at the Panther Booster was sophomore Kayl Sieg. Sieg launched the javelin 155'3" to meet the state meet standard and qualify for the state meet, to be held on May 25-27 at the Bismarck Community Bowl.

The Hornet boys amassed 84.5 points to finish in the runner-up position to host Rugby. The Hornets who claimed titles at the meet included Tallen Thorson in the 110 and 300 hurdles, the boys' 4x400 relay of Noah Ziegler, Harrison Lies, Jadyn Vollmer and Tallen Thorson, and Rachel Neumiller in the javelin.

Earning Stingers for this meet included Dylan Heitmann (100, 200, 400), Carson Heilman (long jump), Noah Ziegler (long jump, 4x400), Avery Williams (high jump), Kayl Sieg (javelin), Aiden Hager (110 hurdles), Thomas Laframboise (100), Porter Johnson (discus), Keaton Keller (long jump), Collin Meckle (javelin), Alex Smith (pole vault), Quinton Deede (100, 200), Jadyn Vollmer (pole vault, 4x400 relay), Emersyn Wolfe (long jump, 200), Addisyn Faul (200, triple jump), Aubrey Thorson (4x100), Aubree Rudel (100), Rachel Neumiller (4x100), Madison Schimke (100, 100 H, long jump), Christalea Wagner (4x100), Rylee Jones (discus), Breanna Heilman (100, 300 hurdles), Ava Haldorson (javelin), Larissa Arnold (100), and Kamryn Sanders (4x100).

CNDC Track Meet, Rugby

Tuesday, May 9

Girls' Team Scores

Rugby 223.66, Benson Co. 91, NR-S 87, Surrey 80, HWC 69, Velva/Drake-Anamoose 66, Rolette 30.33, Glenburn 18, Northern Lights 14.

HWC Girls' Individual Placers

200-Meter Dash: Kamryn Sanders (8th), 28.85

100-Meter Hurdles: Larissa Arnold (3rd), 18.56; Madison Schimke (8th), 20.38

300-Meter Hurdles: Braylee Keller (7th), 53.36

4x100-Meter Relay: Christalea Wagner, Aubrey Thorson, Rachel Neumiller, Sanders (3rd), 53.88

4x200-Meter Relay: Wagner, Neumiller, Breanna Heilman, Sanders (1st), 1:52.18 (state qualifier)

High Jump: Sanders (6th), 4'4"

Long Jump: Wagner (3rd), 16'4"

Shot Put: Ashley Keller (6th), 29'2"; Jenna Green (7th), 29'1"

Discus: Green (3rd), 98'9"; Ava Haldorson (4th), 90'11"

Javelin: Neumiller (2nd), 109'9"; B. Keller (3rd), 107'8"; Haldorson (5th), 94'7"

Boys' Team Scores

Rugby 180, Benson Co. 115, Velva/Drake-Anamoose 109, NR-S 101, HWC 92, Surrey 29, Northern Lights 26, Dunseith and Glenburn 6, Rolette 5.

HWC Boys' Individual Placers

200-Meter Dash: Jadyn Vollmer (7th), 25.43

400-Meter Dash: Harrison Lies (4th), 56.58; Vollmer (7th), 58.94

110-Meter Hurdles: Tallen Thorson (1st), 15.63 (SQ); Aiden Hager (6th), 19.15

300-Meter Hurdles: Thorson (1st), 41.71 (SQ)

4x200-Meter Relay: Lies, Thorson, Keaton Keller, Noah Ziegler (2nd), 1:35.66

High Jump: Gabe Allmaras (1st), 5'8"; Avery Williams (5th), 5'6"

Long Jump: Keller (4th), 20'4"; Ziegler (7th), 18'10"

Triple Jump: Ziegler (2nd), 39'1"

Pole Vault: Vollmer (6th), 8'0"; Alex Smith (7th), 7'6"

Discus: Frank Richter (8th), 103'11"

Javelin: Keller (2nd), 152'6"; Kayl Sieg (4th), 143'1"; Lies (5th), 138'8"

Junior High Girls' Team Scores

Rugby 179, Northern Lights 84, NR-S 73, Benson Co. 65, Velva/Drake-Anamoose 62, HWC 58, Surrey 31, Rolette 28.

HWC Girls' Individual Placers

100-Meter Dash: Grace Bruer (6th), 14.83

200-Meter Dash: Addisyn Faul (2nd), 29.75 (school record); Emersyn Wolfe (3rd), 30.72

400-Meter Dash: Wolfe (6th), 1:12.68

100-Meter Hurdles: Faul (1st), 17.89 (school and CNDC record); Aubrie Schindler (5th), 22.20

200-Meter Hurdles: Faul (1st), 33.24 (CNDC record)

Long Jump: Wolfe (5th), 12'4"

Triple Jump: Faul (1st), 30'1"

Junior High Boys' Team Scores

Rugby 131, NR-S 103.5, HWC 103, Surrey 60, Velva/Drake-Anamoose 55.5, Northern Lights 52.5, Benson Co. 30, Dunseith 27.5, Glenburn 16, Rolette 15.

HWC Boys' Individual Placers

100-Meter Dash: Dylan Heitmann (1st), 12.70 (CNDC record); Easton Schuh (2nd), 12.81; Christian Mertz (4th), 12.93

200-Meter Dash: Heitmann (2nd), 26.55; Schuh (4th), 27.34

110-Meter Hurdles: Andrew Williams (2nd), 20.93

200-Meter Hurdles: Williams (1st), 30.53 (tied school record)

4x100-Meter Relay: Mertz, Heitmann, Schuh, Williams (1st), 51.02 (school record)

Long Jump: Williams (6th), 14' 10 1/2"

Triple Jump: Westin Opdahl (5th), 28'3"

Pole Vault: Opdahl (2nd), 7'0" (tied school record); Matthew Ongstad (5th), 5'0"

Shot Put: Mertz (1st), 39'3" (school record)

Discus: Mertz (1st), 127'0" (school record)

Panther Booster Meet, Rugby

Monday, May 15

Girls' Team Scores

Rugby 175.5, Bottineau 102, NR-S 73, Bishop Ryan 57, Des Lacs-Burlington/Lewis & Clark 51.5, Velva/Drake-Anamoose 44, HWC 42, Beulah 41, Nedrose and Stanley 32, Surrey 23, Williams Co. 18.5, Kenmare-Bowbells 18, Glenburn 13, Westhope/Newburg 4, Dunseith 0.5.

HWC Girls' Individual Placers

400-Meter Dash: Wagner (3rd), 1:02.58

300-Meter Hurdles: Heilman (5th), 54.09

4x100-Meter Relay: Wagner, Thorson, Neumiller, Sanders (4th), 53.59

Long Jump: Wagner (6th), 15' 5 1/2"

Triple Jump: Faul (7th), 30' 3 1/2"

Discus: Green (3rd), 92'6"; Haldorson (8th), 85'1"

Javelin: Neumiller (1st), 105'2"; B. Keller (6th), 96'10"; Haldorson (7th), 96'2"

Boys' Team Scores

Rugby 125, HWC 84.5, Des Lacs-Burlington/Lewis & Clark 64, Bishop Ryan and Bottineau 63, NR-S 62, Velva/Drake-Anamoose 53, Stanley 51, Kenmare-Bowbells 37, Nedrose 28, Mohall-Lansford-Sherwood 21.5, Williams Co. 20, Beulah 18, Divide Co. 15, Max/South Prairie 7, Surrey 6, Glenburn 5, Dunseith 3.

HWC Boys' Individual Placers

100-Meter Dash: Carson Heilman (6th), 11.88

110-Meter Hurdles: Thorson (1st), 15.71 (SQ); Vollmer (5th), 18.39; Hager (6th), 18.97; Wyatt Korb (7th), 19.14

300-Meter Hurdles: Thorson (1st), 41.71 (SQ)

4x400-Meter Relay: Lies, Ziegler, Vollmer, Thorson (1st), 3:40.80

High Jump: Allmaras (3rd-Tie), 6'0"; Av. Williams (8th), 5'6"

Long Jump: Keller (2nd), 21' 5 1/2" (SQ); Allmaras (7th), 20'3"

Triple Jump: Ziegler (2nd), 39'9"

Pole Vault: Smith (6th), 8'6"; Vollmer (7th), 8'0"

Discus: Porter Johnson (7th), 105'7"

Javelin: Keller (3rd), 157'4" (SQ); Sieg (4th), 155'3" (SQ)