Junior high Rockets soar in Hazen

On Monday, April 24, junior high tracksters from New Rockford-Sheyenne made the trek to Hazen to compete in the junior high Hazen meet.

In the eighth grade girls’ events, Emmie Belquist was the star of the show, bringing home three first place finishes. Belquist competed in the 200-meter dash, the 200-meter hurdles and long jump.

Also taking first place for the eighth grade girls were the 4x100-meter and the 4x200-meter relay teams. The relay teams were made up by Beth Becker, Kaci Weisenburger, Karsyn Wetzel and Jaida Schumacher.

The eighth grade NR-S girls took fifth place overall with a total of 50 points.

As for the eighth grade boys’ side, the boys’ 4x200-relay team, made up by Kolton O’Connor, Layton Jacobson, Chaztin Wobbema and Malaki Kukowski, took first place with a time of 1:56.45.

The NR-S boys’ 4x100-meter relay team, made up by Sawyer Huso, O’Connor, Kukowski and Thomas Allmaras, took second place behind Southern McLean with a time of 52.88 seconds.

Kukowski also competed in the 100-meter dash and the 400-meter dash, where he took second and seventh, respectively. Allmaras competed alongside Kukowski in the 400-meter dash and took third place overall. Allmaras also competed in the 200-meter dash and long jump, where he earned fourth and third place, respectively.

Other top 10 placers were Layton Jacobson, Kason Nass and O’Connor.

Jacobson took third place in shot put with a throw of 37 feet, 10 inches and 10th in discus with a throw of 72-7. O’Connor also competed in both shot put and discus, where he took ninth place in shot put with a throw of 29-9- and eighth in discus with a throw of 85 -7.

Nass was the lone NR-S high jumper for the eighth graders. Nass took fifth place overall with a jump of 4-2.

The NR-S eighth grade boys took third place overall with a total of 56 points.

Moving onto the NR-S seventh grade teams:

Jaida Schumacher led the girls’ team with first place finishes in the 100-meter dash and the 400-meter dash.

Becker competed in the 100-meter dash alongside Schumacher and took third place overall. Becker also competed in the 200-meter dash, where she finished in fifth place with a time of 32.78 seconds.

Isla Jacobson was the only other seventh grade girl to place in the top 10. Jacobson earned fourth place in the 1,600-meter run with a time of 6:50.58 and fifth place in the 800-meter run with a time of 3:14.40.

The girls’ seventh grade team took sixth place overall with a total of 45 points.

Top placer for the seventh grade NR-S boys team was Sawyer Huso, who finished in second place in long jump with a jump of 15-5. Huso also took sixth place in the 200-meter dash and took ninth place in the 100-meter dash.

The seventh grade boys’ took 12th place overall with a total of 11 points.

Full results from the Hazen junior high meet are listed below.

Hazen JH Meet

Monday, April 24

at Hazen

8th Grade Girls’ Team Scores

Hazen 124, Glen Ullin/Hebron 79, Beulah 70, Southern McLean 60, New Rockford-Sheyenne 50, New Salem-Almont 43, Center-Stanton 39, Richardton 29, Carrington 29, Central McLean 17, Standing Rock 14, Grant County/Flasher 12, Parshall 6.

8th Grade NR-S Girls’ Results

100-Meter Dash: Karsyn Wetzel (10th), 15.22; Kaci Weisenburger (20th), 16.10; Madison Hultgren (33rd), 17.63

200-Meter Dash: Emmie Belquist (1st), 28.85; Wetzel (14th), 33.00; Weisenburger (28th), 35.29; Hultgren (35th), 38.74

200-Meter Hurdles: Belquist (1st), 32.17

4x100-Meter Relay: Beth Becker, Weisenburger, Wetzel, Jaida Schumacher (1st), 56.39

4x200-Meter Relay: Becker, Weisenburger, Wetzel, Schumacher (1st), 2:03.64

High Jump: Hultgren, NH

Long Jump: Belquist (1st), 14-10.5; Weisenburger (12th), 11-2.5; Hultgren (15th), 10-7

8th Grade Boys’ Team Scores

Southern McLean 96, Hazen 70, New Rockford-Sheyenne 56, Central McLean 49, Harvey/Wells County 49, Beulah 48, Richardton 38, Grant County/Flasher 36, Kidder County 23, Center-Stanton 20, Garrison 12, Standing Rock 11, Carrington 8.

8th Grade NR-S Boys’ Results

100-Meter Dash: Malaki Kukowski (2nd), 13.58; Layton Jacobson (12th), 14.64; Thaddison Wobbema (22nd), 15.81; Chaztin Wobbema (23rd), 15.88; Kason Nass (24th), 15.89; Dustin Nystrom (28th), 16.25; Lance Ziegler (31st), 18.43

200-Meter Dash: Thomas Allmaras (4th), 27.63; Nass (22nd), 32.43; T. Wobbema (26th), 33.40

400-Meter Dash: Allmaras (3rd), 59.82; Kukowski (7th), 1:06.37; T. Wobbema (13th), 1:16.98

4x100-Meter Relay: Sawyer Huso, Kolton O’Connor, Kukowski, Allmaras (2nd), 52.88

4x200-Meter Relay: O’Connor, Jacobson, C. Wobbema, Kukowski (1st), 1:56.45

Shot Put: Jacobson (3rd), 37-10; O’Connor (9th), 29-9; C. Wobbema (11th), 27-6; Ziegler (13th), 23-7; Nystrom (14th), 22-10

Discus: O’Connor (8th), 85-7; Jacobson (10th), 72-7; Ziegler (12th), 68-4; Nystrom, ND; C. Wobbema, ND

High Jump: Nass (5th), 4-2

Long Jump: Allmaras (3rd), 15-10; Nass (16th), 12-1

7th Grade Girls’ Team Scores

Hazen 114.5, Central McLean 74, Harvey/Wells County 59, Beulah 59, Carrington 51, New Rockford-Sheyenne 45, Southern McLean 29, Kidder County 23.5, New Salem-Almont 23, Richardton 22, Center-Stanton 20, Glen Ullin/Hebron 16, Grant County/Flasher 5, Parshall 3, Standing Rock 3.

7th Grade NR-S Girls’ Results

100-Meter Dash: Jaida Schumacher (1st), 14.15; Beth Becker (3rd), 14.87; Kaylynn Chamberlain (19th), 16.57; Camebria Engels (22nd), 16.83

200-Meter Dash: Becker (5th), 32.78; Chamberlain (21st), 35.28; Engels (24th), 35.93

400-Meter Dash: Schumacher (1st), 1:07.53

800-Meter Run: Isla Jacobson (5th), 3:14.40; Engels (11th), 3:25.67

1,600-Meter Run: I. Jacobson (4th), 6:50.58

Long Jump: Chamberlain (25th), 8-5.5

Triple Jump: Chamberlain (3rd), 26-0

7th Grade Boys’ Team Scores

Beulah 117, Hazen 61, Central McLean 56, Harvey/Wells County 43, Carrington 40, Richardton 36, Kidder County 34, Southern McLean 33, Grant County/Flasher 28, Glen Ullin/Hebron 25, Parshall 22, New Rockford-Sheyenne 11, Garrison 6, New Salem-Almont 5, Center-Stanton 1.

7th Grade NR-S Boys’ Results

100-Meter Dash: Sawyer Huso (9th), 14.51; Evan Hultgren (37th), 18.96

200-Meter Dash: Huso (6th), 30.57; E. Hultgren (31st), 44.62

1,600-Meter Run: Gabe Smith (11th), 6:42.21

Long Jump: Huso (2nd), 15-5