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Kael Kovar was the South Central region champion in the pole vault with a clearance of 11 feet, 6 inches.
Mercedes Lura sets herself up to blast out of the starting blocks in this race. Lura qualified in the 200-meter dash, and is qualified in five other events at state.
Carrington had a very successful and lucrative day on the track in west-central North Dakota, taking the girls' championship and finishing third in the boys' race at the South Central Region Track Meet in Hazen Friday, May 19.
The Cardinal girls easily outdistanced runner-up Central McLean, 161 points to the Cougars' 104.5. Shiloh Christian was just behind in third with 104.
Carrington was also firmly in contention for the boys' crown as well, scoring 98 points. Shiloh was the meet winner with 114.33, and host Hazen second at 108.5.
In regional meets, point scoring is often secondary to the goal of gaining additional state qualification slots. Any competitor placing in the top three in any event earns automatic berths to the state meet in Bismarck, regardless if they achieve provisional distances and times or not.
New qualifiers for the girls included Isabel Wendel gaining two berths in the 100 and 300-meter hurdle races, along with Mercedes Lura in the 200-meter dash, Edyn Hoornaert in the 800, Kenadie Pazdernik in the 3,200, Jazmyn Ybarra in pole vault and Kacie Rexin in javelin.
The Cards also added four additional runner slots in three relays. Sierra Friedt joins the 4x200 roster, as well as Harper Kollman doing the same in the 4x400 and Baylee Lura and Rexin for the 4x800 race.
Switching to the boys, junior Logan Weninger broke the 24-year-old CHS school record in the 400-meter dash, becoming the first Cardinal to run under 50 seconds in the event, hitting the line in 49.93. Weninger's time is currently the top seed in Class B, and surpassed Dan Keys' 1999 mark of 50.7 seconds.
One new qualifier for CHS on that side was an additional relay competitor. Peyton Harrington was the only new state entrant in Hazen, qualifying in the 4x400-meter relay.
Fourteen girls and eight boys have earned state slots for the Cards in Bismarck. The full CHS contingent of qualifiers, and their events, are as follows:
Boys
Ryder Bickett (javelin, 4x100, 4x200, 4x400); Kael Kovar (pole vault); Trace Hoggarth (pole vault); Ty Johnston (4x100, 4x200); Logan Weninger (4x100, 4x200, 4x400, 300H, 100, 200, 400); Jaxon Schaefer (4x100, 4x200, 4x400); McKade Zink (4x100, 4x200, 4x400); Peyton Harrington (4x400).
Girls
Madison Johnson (4x400, 4x800, 800, 1,600); Haley Wolsky (4x100, 4x200, 100H, pole vault); Mercedes Lura (4x200, 4x400, 4x800, 200, 300H, pole vault); Allison Jarrett (pole vault); Edyn Hoornaert (4x200, 4x400, 4x800, 800); Isabel Wendel (4x100, 4x200, 4x400, 100H, 300H); Kenadie Pazdernik (4x800, 1,600, 3,200); Sierra Friedt (4x100, 4x200); Kennedy Wendel (4x100, 4x200, 4x400); Jazmyn Ybarra (pole vault); Kacie Rexin (4x800, javelin); Baylee Lura (4x800); Harper Kollman (4x400); Mya Schroeder (4x100).
The 2023 State Track and Field Meet began last Thursday, May 25, at the MDU Resources Community Bowl on the campus of Bismarck State College. Action was to continue over the next two days, May 26-27.
South Central Region, Hazen
Friday, May 19, 2023
Girls' Team Scores
Carrington 161, Central McLean (Underwood/Turtle Lake-Mercer/McClusky) 104.5, Shiloh Christian 104, Hazen 92, Southern McLean (Washburn/Wilton-Wing) 81, Linton-HMB 59, New Salem-Almont 54, Kidder Co. 26, South Border 19.5, Standing Rock and M-P-B 15, Center-Stanton 6.
CHS Girls' Individual Results
(new qualifiers in bold)
100-Meter Dash: Josie Kollman (16th), 14.35; Harper Kollman (17th), 14.38
200-Meter Dash: Mercedes Lura (3rd), 26.91; J. Kollman (12th), 29.36; Mya Schroeder (17th), 30.69
800-Meter Run: Madison Johnson (1st), 2:24.71; Edyn Hoornaert (3rd), 2:27.38; Kacie Rexin (8th), 2:37.49; Marah Johnson (12th), 2:45.11
1,600-Meter Run: Madison Johnson (1st), 5:16.52; Kenadie Pazdernik (4th), 5:36.92; Jaedyn Lura (15th), 7:08.04
3,200-Meter Run: Pazdernik (1st), 12:07.67; Baylee Lura (5th), 13:18.08
100-Meter Hurdles: Haley Wolsky (2nd), 16.53; Isabel Wendel (3rd), 17.39; Kennedy Wendel (7th), 18.34
300-Meter Hurdles: M. Lura (1st), 48.94; I. Wendel (3rd), 49.53; K. Wendel (12th), 54.45
4x100-Meter Relay: Sierra Friedt, Wolsky, K. Wendel, Schroeder (5th), 53.49
4x200-Meter Relay: M. Lura, Wolsky, I. Wendel, Friedt (3rd), 1:50.91
4x400-Meter Relay: M. Lura, H. Kollman, Hoornaert, Madison Johnson (1st), 4:17.10
4x800-Meter Relay: Hoornaert, Rexin, B. Lura, Madison Johnson (1st), 10:19.54
Shot Put: Chloe Hovdenes (11th), 27' 7 1/2"; Molly Hansen (13th), 26'1"; Olivia Threadgold (14th), 25'1"; Kelsi Neuman (18th), 24'9"; Kaitlyn Solwey (27th), 23'3"
Discus: Threadgold (4th), 105'5"; Hovdenes (7th), 96'8"; Solwey (15th), 84'1"; Hansen (29th), 68'9"; Neuman (41st), 57'8"
Javelin: Rexin (3rd), 107'5"; K. Wendel (9th), 90'3"; Hovdenes (16th), 70'8"; Threadgold (17th), 70'5"; Nela McKibben (32nd), 35'1"
High Jump: I. Wendel (6th), 4'8"; Jazmyn Ybarra (9th), 4'6"
Pole Vault: Wolsky (1st), 8'6"; Allison Jarrett (2nd), 8'0"; Ybarra (3rd), 8'0"; Pazdernik (5th), 7'6"
Boys' Team Scores
Shiloh Christian 114.33, Hazen 108.5, Carrington 98, Central McLean 93, Standing Rock 91, Southern McLean 69.66, Linton-HMB 53, Kidder Co. 42, New Salem-Almont 25, M-P-B 18, Center-Stanton 8, South Border 5, Strasburg 4.5, Zeeland 3.
CHS Boys' Individual Results
(new qualifiers in bold)
100-Meter Dash: Paxton Harrington (32nd), 13.38; Maddyx Davis (36th), 13.85
200-Meter Dash: Logan Weninger (1st), 22.98; Ty Johnston (8th), 24.63; Paxton Harrington (29th), 27.00; Davis (38th), 28.72
400-Meter Dash: Weninger (1st), 49.93 (new school record; old record 50.7, Dan Keys, 1999); Jaxon Schaefer (5th), 53.27; Paxton Harrington (14th), 59.62; Davis (22nd), 1:04.60
800-Meter Run: Avery Konschak (26th), 2:53.27
1,600-Meter Run: Konschak (20th), 6:10.82
3,200-Meter Run: Joe Lindberg (6th), 11:26.99
110-Meter Hurdles: Lindberg (6th), 19.33
300-Meter Hurdles: Weninger (1st), 42.75
4x100-Meter Relay: Johnston, Ryder Bickett, Schaefer, McKade Zink (3rd), 45.79
4x200-Meter Relay: Johnston, R. Bickett, Schaefer, Zink (1st), 1:35.07
4x400-Meter Relay: Peyton Harrington, R. Bickett, Zink, Weninger (1st), 3:34.88
Shot Put: Braden Kruse (8th), 37' 9 1/2"; Dylan Bachmeier (19th), 33'5"; Andrew Matt (20th), 33' 1 1/2"; Jacob Hinrichs (26th), 30' 5 1/2"; Xavier Wilde (32nd), 25' 7 1/2"
Discus: Matt (14th), 100'2"; Hinrichs (17th), 96'2"; Bachmeier (18th), 94'4"; Kruse (21st), 91'0"; Wilde (36th), 49'6"
Javelin: R. Bickett (1st), 162'4"; Parker Bickett (10th), 109'4"
High Jump: Lindberg (12th), 5'0"
Pole Vault: Kael Kovar (1st), 11'6"; Trace Hoggarth (2nd), 11'0"; Schaefer (7th), 9'0"
Long Jump: Peyton Harrington (19th), 16'0"; Paxton Harrington (29th), 13' 6 1/2"
