Sean Williams/MDN Athletes of Class A and Class B gathered on the field at the MDU Resources Community Bowl, for the parade of athletes before the track and field State Meet kicked off.

The time has come for the Class A and Class B track and field athletes to compete at the highest level in their respective events. They worked hard all season, training and preparing for moments like this and now it’s time to shine.

Taking place at the MDU Resources Community Bowl in Bismarck, the weather was perfect as the athletes began an exciting weekend of events. Thursday was a lighter day, with a total of 11 events to get the weekend started.

The majority of the events on the day were finals, however, there were prelims for the 4×200 relay races. In those, the top nine finishers advance to the final later in the weekend.

Results from Thursday:

Class A Boys

4×200 Relay (Prelims): 1. Fargo South (Aiden Bourke, Tristan Quibell, Justin Zulu, Austin Zulu) – 1:28.43, 2. West Fargo Sheyenne (Ty Schlichting, Brady Duttenhefer, Ethan Raan, Oscar White) – 1:30.00, 3. West Fargo (Ian Skari, Carson Hegerle, Payton McGregor, Parker Nelson) – 1:28.56, 4. Red River (Mason Reynolds, Caleb Severson, Gannon Brooks, Carter Byron) – 1:31.32, 5. Bismarck (Jeran McNichols, Drew Henriksen, Charles Humann, Dash Ohlsen) – 1:29.82, 6. Minot (Brek Thompson, Tyson Ruzicka, Michael George, Jonathan Galbert) – 1:31.68.

3200 Meter: 1. Caeden Johnson (West Fargo Sheyenne) – 9:19.90, 2. Aiden Johnson (West Fargo Sheyenne) – 9:21.04, 3. Brady Korsmo (Bismarck) – 9:23.83, 4. Ivan Askim (Williston) – 9:23.91, 5. Griffin House (Century) – 9:24.72.

Pole Vault: 1. Bradley Bertsch (West Fargo Sheyenne) – 14.00, 2. Benett Carlson (Dickinson) – 13.09, 3. Adam Nychyporuk (Legacy) – 13.06, 4. Jack Homiston (Dickinson) – 13.06, 5. Alec Wardner (Bismarck) – 13.03, 6. Keaton Reinke (Minot) – 13.03.

Long Jump:1. Ryan Brynjolfson (Century) – 22.09.00, 2. Thomas Schreiner (Davies) – 22.01.25, 3. Brett Lacombe (Legacy) – 21.07.50, 4. Hudson Schroeder (Bismarck) – 21.05.00, 5. Isiah St. Romain (Williston) – 21.04.00, 7. Grayson Schaeffer (Minot) – 21.02.25, 14. Anthony Brown (Minot) – 20.04.00, 17. Brek Thompson (Minot) – 20.01.00, 23. Zach Brown (Minot) – 19.02.00, 25. Divine Okorn (Minot) – 19.01.00.

Shotput: 1. Jacob Burckhard (Century) – 55.09.00, 2. Lucas Schweigert (Century) – 54.01.00, 3. Joel Edland (Century) – 52.04.50, 4. Jaxon Walz (Century) – 51.01.00, 5. Thomas Allmer (Jamestown) – 50.06.00.

Class A Girls

4×200 Relay (Prelims): 1. Davies (Sanie Gayflor, Alimath Salou, Ashton Safranski, Michaela Nesisu) – 1:44.41, 2. Minot (Faith Brown, Maicee Burke, MaLiah Burke, Kierra Orr) – 1:44.83, 3. Shanley (Noelle Friederichs, Clara Robin, Mesiku Hakim, Paige Renschler) – 1:45.64, 4. Century (Avery Mills, Hannah Herbel, Elydia Symens, Norah Green) – 1:46.18, 5. West Fargo (Ella Heilman, Michelle Gee, Zevina Scarbrough, Samantha Gustafson) – 1:46.68.

3200 Meter: 1. Eleni Lovgren (Williston) – 11:08.99, 2. Jaelyn Ogle (Watford City) – 11:18.62, 3. Bayla Weigel (Bismarck) – 11:28.00, 4. Elle Sondag (Fargo North) – 11:31.84, 5. Acey Elkins (Mandan) – 11:40.49, 16. Scout Ulrickson (Minot) – 12:20.73.

Long Jump: 1. Cece Deebom (Davies) – 19.01.00, 2. Jazmin Barry (Dickinson) – 18.04.25, 3. Hope Stein (Century) – 17.04.00, 4. Anna Rader (Century) – 17.04.00, 5. Onya Kretchman (Davies) – 17.03.50, 14. Kierra Orr (Minot) – 16.02.50.

Shotput: 1. Anthonett Nabwe (Jamestown) – 49.10.00, 2. Mary Schnell (West Fargo) – 41.08.00, 3. Adisyn Schneck (West Fargo Sheyenne) – 41.01.00, 4. Abby Fletcher (Century) – 39.11.00, 5. Cailey Moton (West Fargo) – 39.07.50, 11. Elsie Hardy (Minot) – 36.06.00.

Class B Boys

4×200 Relay (Prelims): 1. Dickinson Trinity (Trevor Schagunn, Jake Shobe, Izaak Kudrna, Luke Shobe) – 1:31.79, 2. Harvey/Wells County (Isaac Friese, Tallen Thorson, Kayl Seig, Madden Thorson) – 1:32.18, 3. Hazen (Kaison Kaylor, Mark Lora, Patrick Lemer, Hayden Dean) – 1:33.15, 4. Surrey (Darian Limesand, Dalton Engg, Lucas Vollmer, Dalen Engg) – 1:33.12, 5. Central Cass (Will Ellison, Owen Wiersma, Isaac Wisnewski, Jake Deutsch) – 1:33.24, 11. Nedrose (Jodey Myers, Cameron Bailey, Gavin Ball, Keaton Cole) – 1:35.42, 12. Des-Lacs Burlington (Caleb Rist, Kiesyn Officer, Kyle Woznicki, Michael Schwandt).

3200 Meter: 1. Ian Busche (Hazen) – 9:38.71, 2. Caleb Sarsland (Bowman County) – 9:41.82, 3. Austin Wanner (Bowman County) – 9:49.25, 4. Christian Brist (Hillsboro) – 10:00.68, 5. Eli Hansen (Dickinson Trinity) – 10:07.11.

Discus: 1. Jack Packer (Kindred) – 164.00, 2. Hunter Rasmussen (Bowman County) – 157.01, 3. Jack Schaefer (Des-Lacs Burlington) – 144.07, 4. Easton Baesler (Hillsboro), 5. Caleb Olson (Lisbon) – 141.04.

High Jump: 1. Paul Olson (Kindred) – 6.06, 2. Jaiden Peraza (Kindred) – 6.06, 3. Cooper Johnson (Central Cass) – 6.02, 4. Cordel Sjokvist (Mohall-Lansford-Sherwood) – 6.02, 4. Zeke Barnick (Edgeley/Kulm) – 6.02.

Class B Girls

4×200 Relay (Prelims): 1. Central Cass (Mayzee Jacobson, Grace Lemar, Olivia Siverson, Elise Wisnewski) – 1:44.07, 2. Beulah (Aisha Zaffino, Harys Beauchamp, Jenna Koppelsloen, Kinsey Zuroff) – 1:45.59, 3. Lisbon (Brynley Differding, Brea Sweet, Kendra Differding, Kodi Lautt) – 1:47.97, 4. Oak Grove Lutheran (Aubrey Lindteigen, Taylor Christenson, Ellie Machayya, Ella Olson) – 1:45.97, 5. Velva/Drake-Anamoose (Jadyn Sandy, Laykin Feller, Katie Mack, Anya Olson) – 1:46.62, 16. Bishop Ryan (Chinelo Udekwe, Ajah Braun, Berkley Lundeen, Tochi Udekwe) – 1:50.52, 27. Surrey (Taylor Spaulding, Harly Ryals, Katie Mogard, Holly Lattendresse) – 1:54.68.

3200 Meter: 1. Brynn Hanson (Des-Lacs Burlington) – 11:44.20, 2. Annika Stroh (Sargent County) – 11:51.89, 3. Norah Entzi (Edgeley/Kulm) – 11:52.67, 4. Jenna Soine (Hatton-Northwood) – 11:58.96, 5. Dreah Frolek (Wyndmere-Lidgerwood) – 12:03.95, 20. Maycie Talbott (South Prairie) – 13:10.90.

High Jump: 1. Kaylin Slivoskey (Ellendale) – 5.02.00, 2. Jenna Larson (Griggs Midkota) – 5.01.00, 2. Janikka Miller (Rugby) – 5.01.00, 4. Josie Jensen (Northern Cass) – 4.11.00, 4. Jordan West (Thompson) – 4.11.00.

Discus: 1. Alison Hoff (Bowman County) – 120.03, 2. Makenna Brunmeier (Hazen) – 116.02, 3. Gracie Hoffman (South Border) – 112.03, 4. Terryn Johnson (Kindred) – 111.09, 5. Samantha Meehl (Oakes) – 109.08, 7. Harli Dickman (Surrey) – 105.11, 17. Taryn Sieg (Velva/Drake-Anamoose) – 87.09.

The action-packed weekend at the MDU Resources Community Bowl will continue this morning. Events will begin at 9:30 a.m., starting with field events. The track events can be streamed online with a subscription through NFHS Network.