Blue Jays Roundup: Girls track and field team gets tested in Bismarck – Jamestown Sun
BISMARCK — Wins did not come easy for members of the Jamestown High School track and field team on Tuesday.
Head coach Mike Dietz and the JHS girls track and field team placed 11th out of 11 competing teams at the Bismarck Public Schools Invite. Jamestown finished the day with 11 team points. Bismarck Century won the meet with 132 points.
Dietz and company will be back competing on April 24 at Valley City State University. The meet is scheduled to begin at 1 p.m.
While it wasn’t the meet the Jays may have been hoping for, the team still managed to pull out multiple top-20 performances.
In the 400 meter dash, Claire Marker placed 11th with a personal best time of 1:04.98. Marker’s sister, Addison, placed 18th in shot put with a throw of 33 feet, 2 inches.
Jozie Davis cracked into the top 10 in the 100 hurdles, finishing the straightaway in 18,67 seconds.
Hayden Olson finished in ninth place in triple jump and 10th place in the long jump contest posting marks of 33 feet, 5.5 inches and 15 feet, 10 inches respectively.
Julia Skari posted the team’s highest finish. The senior placed third in the 300 hurdles with a time of 48.51 seconds.
BPS Girls Invite
Team results
1. Century 132; 2. Legacy 118; 3. Bismarck High 92.5; 4. Minot 76; 5. Mandan 74; 6. St. Mary’s 68; 7. Williston 59; 8. Dickinson 49.5; 9. Watford City 21; 10. Minot North 20; 11. Jamestown 11.
Top finishers / Blue Jay results
200: 1. Jilian Quale, BHS, 26.00; 33. Lydia Stoterau 29.09; 36. Aubrey Krapp 29.65.
400: 1. Eva Selensky, SM, 59.07; 11. Claire Marker 1:04.98
100 hurdles: 1. Anna Lyles, MAN, 16.22; 10. Jozie Davis 18.67.
300 hurdles: 1. Lily Wilson, SM, 46.81; 3. Julia Skari 48.51.
4×100 relay team: 1. Minot (Monica Boakye, Eve Knutson, Kadyn Braun, Haleigh Carr), 50.59; 5. Jamestown (Lydia Stoterau, Aubrey Krapp, Julia Skari, Cece Romsdal), 52.42.
4×200: 1. Century (Ashlyn Buchholz, Rachel Landenberger, Kambree Long, Sylvia Taylor), 1:47.08; 9. Jamestown (Kiannah Metzger, Aubrey Krapp, Mia Kaiser, Cece Romsdal), 1:59.99.
Shot put: 1. Chloe Wolff, BC, 39-06; 18. Addison Marker 33-02; 21. Brooklyn Busch 32-02; 32. Sadie Hager 28-08; 44. Jordyn Larson 24-06.
Discus: 1. Chloe Wolff, BC, 132-06; 28. Addison Marker 94-01; 32. Sadie Hager 88-00; 41. Jordyn Larson 76-09; 42. Brooklyn Busch 73-02.
Long jump: 1. Haleigh Carr, MIN, 17-01; 10. Hayden Olson 15-10; 28. Jozie Davis 14-05.
Triple jump: 1. Haleigh Carr, MIN, 36-06.5; 9. Hayden Olson 33-05.5; 23. Claire Marker 30-04.
Katie Ringer is a sports reporter for the Jamestown Sun. Katie joined the Sun staff in the summer of 2019 after graduating from the University of Wisconsin Eau Claire with a degree in journalism. She can be reached by email at kringer@jamestownsun.com or by phone at 701-952-8460.
