CHS girls take South Central crown

The second-to-last chapter in what Carrington hopes will be a storybook finish to their track season for 2024 was written at the Starion Sports Complex in Mandan on May 17.

The Cardinal girls had a back-and-forth race for the team crown with Shiloh Christian, and ultimately came home with the South Central Region championship with a 190-point performance to the Skyhawks' 161.

Regional competition is the best time for North Dakota squads to get those last few qualification slots and relay alternates in, and on that front, the Cards were very successful.

New qualifiers at the meet included Isabel Wendel in both the 100 and 300-meter hurdles, with seventh grader Mya Neis also taking a 100 hurdle slot. Marah Johnson became the third qualifier in the 800-meter run, as did Macy Fiebiger in the 3,200.

In the field events, Jazmyn Ybarra was second in the pole vault, and Olivia Threadgold took third in the discus to qualify for state.

Mercedes Lura added the 200-meter dash to her state event possibilities, and Aniston Hoornaert got a slot as one of the options for both the winning 4x400 and 4x800 relays.

On the track, Madison Johnson was a double winner in the 800 and 1,600-meter runs, and Kenadie Pazdernik took the 3,200 victory.

The boys, with 102.5 points, took fourth behind region champion Hazen's strong performance in the sprints and throwing events. The Bison scored 151 to fend off the Central McLean Cougars in second (138) and Standing Rock (123) for third place.

In his first time ever running the event, senior Logan Weninger took the South Central title in the 110-meter hurdles with a time of 16.34 seconds, and also won the 300 hurdle event. He hopes to be able to run a full slate of events in the state meet after being sidelined for most of the season with hamstring issues.

Jaxon Schaefer took the pole vault event crown with an 11'6" clearance, also qualifying for state.

Other new qualifiers for the Cardinal boys' squad included Peyton Harrington (second, 300 hurdles), and Josh Bickett in the 4x200 relay.

Results from the South Central Regional Track meet for CHS are as follows:

South Central Regional Track Meet, Mandan

Friday, May 17

Girls' Team Scores

Carrington 190, Shiloh Christian 161, Central McLean (Underwood/Turtle Lake-Mercer/McClusky) 76, Hazen 74, Southern McLean (Washburn/Wilton-Wing) 71, New Salem-Almont 58, South Border 41, Linton-HMB 38, M-P-B 14, Center-Stanton 5, Standing Rock 3.

CHS Girls' Individual Results

(new qualifiers in bold)

100-Meter Dash: Mercedes Lura (2nd), 12.99 (SQ)

200-Meter Dash: M. Lura (3rd), 26.93 (SQ)

400-Meter Dash: Harper Kollman (5th), 1:03.49; Aniston Hoornaert (6th), 1:05.86

800-Meter Run: Madison Johnson (1st), 2:31.66; Marah Johnson (3rd), 2:36.69; Nela McKibben (8th), 3:02.18; Molly Fiebiger (11th), 3:08.68; Jaedyn Lura (13th), 3:08.88

1,600-Meter Run: Madison Johnson (1st), 5:29.88 (SQ); Kenadie Pazdernik (2nd), 5:38.41; Kacie Rexin (4th), 5:58.40; Macy Fiebiger (5th), 6:07.51; Molly Fiebiger (16th), 6:57.92

3,200-Meter Run: Pazdernik (1st), 12:32.20; Macy Fiebiger (2nd), 13:15.90; Rexin (4th), 13:53.30; Joie Helseth (9th), 14:45.60

100-Meter Hurdles: Isabel Wendel (2nd), 16.67 (SQ); Mya Neis (3rd), 17.50; Josie Kollman (11th), 20.54

300-Meter Hurdles: Wendel (2nd), 49.35; J. Kollman (10th), 55.54

4x100-Meter Relay: Sierra Friedt, H. Kollman, J. Kollman, Neis (5th), 53.39

4x200-Meter Relay: Friedt, Reese Schaefer, Neis, H. Kollman (5th), 1:53.11

4x400-Meter Relay: H. Kollman, M. Lura, A. Hoornaert, Madison Johnson (1st), 4:18.33

4x800-Meter Relay: Edyn Hoornaert, Marah Johnson, A. Hoornaert, Madison Johnson (1st), 10:23.61

Shot Put: Kelsi Neuman (4th), 33'8"; Olivia Threadgold (7th), 31'4"; Molly Hansen and Maara Kutz (10th-Tie), 29'6"; McKibben (41st), 23'2"

Discus: Threadgold (3rd), 112'5"; Neuman (6th), 96'8"; Hansen (15th), 84'9"; Kaitlyn Solwey (16th), 82'3"; Kutz (29th), 71'3"

Javelin: Rexin (5th), 103'0"; Marah Johnson (7th), 92'2"; A. Hoornaert (27th), 59'0"

High Jump: Wendel (8th), 4'8"; Jazmyn Ybarra (15th), 4'2"

Pole Vault: M. Lura (1st), 9'6" (SQ); Ybarra (2nd), 8'6"; Friedt (4th), 8'6"; Schaefer (7th), 7'6"

Long Jump: Neis (10th), 15'0"

Triple Jump: Wendel (5th), 33' 9 1/2"; Friedt (10th), 31' 5 1/2"

Boys' Team Scores

Hazen 151, Central McLean 138, Standing Rock 123, Carrington 102.5, Southern McLean 65.5, Shiloh Christian 44, Linton-HMB 38, Kidder Co. 23, New Salem-Almont 18, M-P-B 14, South Border 13, Center-Stanton 7, Strasburg 2.

CHS Boys' Individual Results

(new qualifiers in bold)

100-Meter Dash: McKade Zink (13th), 12.08

400-Meter Dash: Paxton Harrington (8th), 56.82

1,600-Meter Run: Joe Lindberg (5th), 5:10.12; Sam Garr (20th), 6:01.57

3,200-Meter Run: Lindberg (5th), 12:11.16; Gabriel Inglish (10th), 13:21.73

110-Meter Hurdles: Logan Weninger (1st), 16.34

300-Meter Hurdles: Weninger (1st), 41.05 (SQ); Peyton Harrington (2nd), 45.55

4x100-Meter Relay: Peyton Harrington, Ryder Bickett, Paxton Harrington, Zink (2nd), 45.13 (SQ)

4x200-Meter Relay: Peyton Harrington, R. Bickett, Josh Bickett, Zink (3rd), 1:35.72

4x400-Meter Relay: Peyton Harrington, Weninger, R. Bickett, Jaxon Schaefer (1st), 3:30.25 (SQ)

4x800-Meter Relay: Garr, Inglish, Lindberg, Xavier Wilde (6th), 10:29.57

Shot Put: Andrew Matt (7th), 43'5"; Jacob Hinrichs (13th), 37'1"; Dylan Bachmeier (15th), 35'3"; Alec Threadgold (22nd), 31'1"; Wilde (28th), 28'4"

Discus: Bachmeier (5th), 131'0"; Matt (8th), 122'8"; Hinrichs (10th), 117'5"; Threadgold (18th), 101'2"; Wilde (30th), 65'3"

Javelin: R. Bickett (1st), 184'8" (SQ); Parker Bickett (5th), 149'8"

Pole Vault: Schaefer (1st), 11'6"; Maddyx Davis (6th), 8'0"; Garr (9th), 7'6"; Inglish (10th), 6'6"

Long Jump: J. Bickett (4th), 19' 7 1/4"; Davis (16th), 17' 0 3/4"; Zink (17th), 16' 6 1/2"