Official Newspaper of Eddy County since 1883
Official Newspaper of Eddy County since 1883
Kelsie Belquist, center, shown here along with teammate Brianna Price (right side of photo) running in the girls' 400-meter dash at the Kiwanis-Lions track meet in Carrington earlier this season, qualified for state in that event with a time of 1:00.51 seconds at the Panther Booster Invitational in Rugby on Monday. She also advanced to the state meet in the 300-meter hurdles, running 48.34.
Someone forgot to tell Kelsie Belquist about the line of thinking that seventh graders aren't supposed to do what she's currently doing in varsity track and field.
Several weeks of performances at or near the top of the standings in her chosen events make for good copy, but Belquist hadn't quite accomplished the ultimate goal of state meet qualification.
Everything came together for the NR-S young...
