Girls relay team finishes third in Rugby

An abbreviated NR-S boys' track team due to the SNR Jamboree, along with a full complement of girls, traveled to the center of the continent to participate in the Mariya Tate Bernhardt Memorial Invitational April 27 at Johnsen Field in Rugby.

While the Rockets had no individual event winners or state qualifiers, Coach Cherry Heinz's program turned in some good performances.

The girls' team, who came in fifth overall with 64 points, was paced by a runner-up time of 28.55 seconds from Brianna Price in the 200-meter dash. The Rockets also went 3-4 in the 400, as Kelsie Belquist and Price finished just .01 of a second apart in 1:03.91 and 1:03.92.

Elizabeth Widmer finished fourth in the 800 (2:40.32) and followed that up with fifth in the 300 hurdles and sixth in the triple jump.

The aforementioned three runners, along with Hannah Haley, took third place in the 4x200-meter relay in 1:56.44.

Also in the 300 hurdles, Belquist finished fourth and Haley seventh place. Haley added a fourth-place run of 17.94 in the 100 hurdles.

The Rockets got a pair of placements from distance runner Chloe Heinz, as she took third and fourth in the 3,200 and 1,600-meter runs, respectively.

In the throws, Kenna Munson was seventh in the shot put, and Chloe Guthmiller added that placement in the discus.

NR-S' boys had just one point-scorer at the Mariya Tate. Hunter Johnson took fifth in the discus (111 feet, seven inches) and seventh in the shot put at 35 feet even.

Another meet in Rugby, the Charlie Hanneman Memorial Invite, was scheduled for this past Tuesday, but was postponed to Monday, May 13.

Full NR-S results from the Mariya Tate Bernhardt meet are as follows:

Mariya Tate Bernhardt Memorial Invitational, Rugby

Boys' Team Scores

Rugby 170, Des Lacs-Burlington/Lewis & Clark 91, Bismarck Shiloh Christian 67, Carrington 64, Minot Bishop Ryan and Glenburn 59, Benson Co. 55, Rolette-Wolford 47, Velva/Drake-Anamoose 40, HWC 24, Burke Central 18, NR-S 6, Westhope/Newburg 6, Nedrose 2.

Boys' Results

100-Meter Dash: Billy Fleming (12th), 12.76

200-Meter Dash: Fleming (11th), 25.45

400-Meter Dash: Fleming (12th), 1:00.38

Shot Put: Hunter Johnson (7th), 35'0"; Logan Munson (11th), 32'9"

Discus: Johnson (5th), 111'7"; Munson (9th), 89'10"

Girls' Team Scores

Rugby 190, Carrington 90, HWC 78, Bismarck Shiloh Christian 75, NR-S 64, DL-B/L & C 60, V-D-A 51, Rolette-Wolford 41, Glenburn 24, Minot Bishop Ryan 19, Benson Co. 7, Midkota 6, Westhope/Newburg 4.

Girls' Results

200-Meter Dash: Brianna Price (2nd), 28.55

400-Meter Dash: Kelsie Belquist (3rd), 1:03.91; Price (4th), 1:03.92

800-Meter Run: Elizabeth Widmer (4th), 2:40.32; Kayahna Hopfauf (10th), 2:46.34

1,600-Meter Run: Chloe Heinz (4th), 5:55.41

3,200-Meter Run: Heinz (3rd), 14:02.24

100-Meter Hurdles: Hannah Haley (4th), 17.94

300-Meter Hurdles: Belquist (4th), 51.73; Widmer (5th), 51.76; Haley (7th), 53.27

4x200-Meter Relay: Haley, Belquist, Widmer, Price (3rd), 1:56.44

Long Jump: Belquist (10th), 14' 4 1/2"; Hopfauf (14th), 13' 11 1/2"

Triple Jump: Widmer (6th), 31' 9 1/2"

Shot Put: Kenna Munson (7th), 30'5"; Chloe Guthmiller (18th), 26'6"

Discus: Guthmiller (7th), 80'4"; Munson (18th), 66'2"