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Five Rocket athletes, boys 4x100 relay team named region champs
Delray Demarce (left) and Kylon Keja (right) pose for a quick photo after the boys' discus event. Demarce took 24th place and Keja took 27th.
NR-S senior Luke Yri clears the pole vault bar at 9 feet, 6 inches. Yri competed in pole vault for the first time this season at the North Central Region meet on Friday, May 17.
NR-S senior DJ Mudgett was named a region champ in the boys' discus event after throwing the discus 125 feet, 6 inches.
Fort Totten senior Deng Deng clears the high jump bar. Deng was named region champ in this event after clearing 6 feet, 6 inches. He also set the meet record for this event.
Koy Zieman reaches for the baton from Connor Knatterud during the boys' 4x400-meter relay. The team qualified for state with a second place finish in the event with a time of 3:40.06.
The New Rockford-Sheyenne track and field team competed at the North Central Region meet in Rugby on Friday, May 17.
The Rockets boys' team did exceptionally well, coming up only four points shy of a regional championship.
Four Rocket boys were deemed champions in their events – Connor Knatterud, Deng Deng, DJ Mudgett and Kage Walford.
Knatterud earned region championships in both the boys' 100-meter and 200-meter dashes.He ran the 100-meter dash in 11.10 seconds and the 200-meter dash in 22.86 seconds.
Deng Deng took first place in the boys' high jump event with a jump of 6 feet, 6 inches. Deng also beat the meet record that was set back in 2016 by Nolan Hovland of Rugby with a jump of 6 feet, 6 inches.
DJ Mudgett earned his first place finish in the boys' discus event with a throw of 125 feet, 6 inches. Kage Walford took first place in the boys' javelin event with a throw of 164 feet, 10 inches.
The Rockets 4x100-meter relay team – made up of Micah Dutch, Bennett Meier, Thomas Allmaras and Connor Knatterud – also earned a region championship with a time of 45.58 seconds.
The Rockets had many other top three finishes, which means a trip to the state track and field meet on May 23-25.
Connor Knatterud, Bennett Meier, Koy Zieman and Porter Granger made up the boys' 4x400-meter relay team that placed in second with a time of 3:40.06.
Also earning top three placings for the Rockets were Porter Granger, Deng Deng and Marial Deng.
Porter Granger competed in the boys' long jump, 200-meter dash and the 100-meter dash. He earned third place in long jump with a distance of 20 feet, 11 ¾ inches and third place in the boys 200-meter dash with a time of 24.30 seconds. In the 100-meter dash, Granger state-qualified by time – 11.44 seconds – and finished fifth overall in the event.
Deng Deng took second place in the boys' 100-meter dash with a time of 11.36 seconds and second in long jump with a distance of 21 feet, 1/4 inches. Deng's younger brother, Marial, earned third place in the boys' high jump event with a jump of 5 feet, 10 inches.
The Rocket boys' team placed in second overall with a total of 148 points.
On the girls' side of things, Emmie Belquist was the only Rocket girl to bring home an individual region championship. Belquist competed in the girls' 100–meter hurdles and finished in first with a time of 16.88 seconds.
Belquist also ran as the anchor of the girls' 4x100-meter relay team with Lucy Meier, Ava Peterson and Jaida Schumacher. The 4x100-meter relay finished in second with a time of 51.65 seconds.
The Rockets girls' team placed in sixth overall with a total of 39 points.
Prior to the North Central Region meet, the athletes had previously qualified for state by time, distance or height in the following events:
Connor Knatterud - 100-meter dash, 200-meter dash, 4x100-meter relay, 4x200-meter relay
Deng Deng - 200-meter dash, long jump, high jump, 4x100-meter relay, 4x200-meter relay
Kage Walford - javelin
Porter Granger - long jump, 4x100-meter relay, 4x200-meter relay
Dalen Leftbear - high jump
Bennett Meier - high jump, 4x100-meter relay, 4x200-meter relay
Easton Benz - 4x100-meter relay
Micah Dutch - 4x100-meter relay, 4x200-meter relay
Marial Deng - 4x100-meter relay, 4x200-meter relay
Jaida Schumacher - 100-meter dash, 4x100-meter relay, 4x200-meter relay
Emmie Belquist - 300-meter hurdles, long jump, 4x100-meter relay, 4x200-meter relay
Ava Peterson - javelin, 4x200-meter relay
Katie Allmaras - 4x100-meter relay, 4x200-meter relay
Lucy Meier - 4x100-meter relay, 4x200-meter relay
Good luck to the Rockets as they compete at the State Class B Track and Field meet on May 23-25 at the MDU Resources Community Bowl in Bismarck.
For photos from this meet, head over to transcript.smugmug.com!
North Central Region
Friday, May 17
in Rugby
Boys' Team Scores
Bottineau 152.33, New Rockford-Sheyenne 148, Harvey/Wells County 111, Benson County 92, Rugby 71.33, North Star 63, Velva-Drake/Anamoose 48, Northern Lights 21, Rolette/Wolford 17.33, Glenburn 13.
Boys' Individual Results
100-Meter Dash: Connor Knatterud (1st), 11.10*; Deng Deng (2nd), 11.36*; Porter Granger (5th), 11.44*; Micah Dutch (9th), 11.86; Koy Zieman (16th), 12.35
200-Meter Dash: C. Knatterud (1st), 22.86*; Granger (3rd), 24.30*; D. Deng (5th), 23.57; Dutch (11th), 24.61; Jackson Schumacher (16th), 25.86
800-Meter Run: Vinnie Ruppell (17th), 2:49.64
1,600-Meter Run: Seth Greiner (14th), 6:29.30
3,200-Meter Run: Gabe Smith (11th), 12.37.64
4x100-Meter Relay: Dutch, Bennett Meier, Thomas Allmaras, C. Knatterud (1st), 45.58*
4x200-Meter Relay: Jackson Schumacher, Marial Deng, Dalen Leftbear, Dutch (4th), 1:38.57
4x400-Meter Relay: C. Knatterud, B. Meier, Zieman, Granger (2nd), 3:40.06
4x800-Meter Relay: Ruppell, Danny Garcia, Greiner, Smith (6th), 11:03.06
Shot Put: DJ Mudgett (4th), 42-8; Brody Weisenburger (6th), 39-8; Kylon Keja (6th), 37-11; Francis Bellile (13th), 37-3; Layton Jacobson (20th), 33-6
Discus: Mudgett (1st), 125-6*; Bellile (17th), 86-8; Chaztin Wobbema (21st), 84-0; Delray Demarce (24th), 80-8; Keja (27th), 77-3
Javelin: Kage Walford (1st), 164-10*; Jackson Schumacher (7th), 131-5; B. Weisenburger (11th), 110-5; Kolton O'Connor (16th), 104-4
High Jump: D. Deng (1st), 6-6*; M. Deng (3rd), 5-10*; Leftbear (4th), 5-8; B. Meier (4th), 5-8; Lucas Yri (11th), 5-0
Pole Vault: Yri (5th), 9-6; Dashyl Bichler (8th), 8-6
Long Jump: D. Deng (2nd), 21-1 1/4*; Granger (3rd), 20-11 3/4*; Leftbear (5th), 20-1 1/2; B. Meier (7th), 19-9 3/4; Malaki Kukowski (11th), 18-8
Triple Jump: Zieman (9th), 37-1; Yri (10th), 36-6; T. Allmaras (12th), 35-7 1/2; Kukowski (16th), 33-6 1/2; Jackson Schumacher (17th), 33-3 1/4
Girls' Team Scores
Rugby 207, Bottineau 162, Benson County 78, Harvey/Wells County 75, Velva-Drake/Anamoose 71, New Rockford-Sheyenne 39, Rolette/Wolford 38, Northern Lights 24, North Star 17, Westhope/Newburg 16, Glenburn 11.
Girls' Individual Results
100-Meter Dash: Emmie Belquist (6th), 13.20; Lucy Meier (7th), 13.49; Paige Knatterud (12th), 14.00; Kaci Weisenburger (19th), 14.46; Haven Cavanaugh (35th), 15.87
200-Meter Dash: L. Meier (8th), 27.82; Katie Allmaras (11th), 28.11; Ava Peterson (15th), 29.01; P. Knatterud (16th), 29.03
800-Meter Run: Isla Jacobson (11th), 2:43.59
1,600-Meter Run: I. Jacobson (10th), 6:32.12
100-Meter Hurdles: Belquist (1st), 16.88*; L. Meier (12th), 19.35
300-Meter Hurdles: K. Allmaras (7th), 50.71
4x100-Meter Relay: L. Meier, Peterson, Jaida Schumacher, Belquist (2nd), 51.65*
4x200-Meter Relay: K. Weisenburger, I. Jacobson, P. Knatterud, Peterson (5th), 1:56.96
4x400-Meter Relay: K. Weisenburger, K. Allmaras, Belquist, Jaida Schumacher (4th), 4:24.42
Shot Put: Addysen Fandrich (22nd), 26-5; Trysta Thumb (27th), 25-8; Lora Wobbema (28th), 25-6; Gracie Jackson (34th), 24-4; Cameron Bishop (41st), 22-0
Discus: Fandrich (12th), 79-4; L. Wobbema (14th) 76-9; Bishop (24th), 68-3; Thumb (39th), 55-7; Jackson (43rd), 47-2
Javelin: Peterson (5th), 103-4; K. Allmaras (13th), 88-0; L. Wobbema (30th), 64-3; Logan Cudworth (31st), 61-8; Karsyn Wetzel (36th), 44-1
Pole Vault: Jaida Schumacher (9th), 6-0
*denotes state-qualification
