Local tracksters do well at meets

 

by Joe Howell

The Lisbon track and field teams were busy trying to make up for lost time and track meets as the Broncos competed on back to back days on April 27 and 28 in Moorhead and Wahpeton.

The Broncos were to compete in Wahpeton for the Owen Jensen meet on the 28th, but the Fargo Shanley American Legion Meet was postponed from April 24 to April 27 because of a foot of snow in the metro area.  At both sites volunteers pitched in and shoveled snow off so that the running and field event athletes could compete.  In Wahpeton, the javelin and discus were not held because of snow and a tremendous amount of standing water in those areas.  Wahpeton had been socked in with 19 inches of snow.

Hillary Birchem’s toss in the discus of 117’6” at the Fargo Shanley American Legion Meet, and Anthony Finstad racing to the finish line in the 3200-meter run at the Kiwanis Meet, were the highlights of the two meets.  Time is starting to dwindle fast for dates to qualify for the state meet, and athletes from the across the state are giving their all to beat the standard in their events.

The Broncos finished fifth (boys) and sixth (girls) at the Shanley meet.  Lisbon recorded four first-place finishes, as Ashley Berg won both of the hurdle races and Logan Carlblom and Veronica Munkeby won their jump-offs to earn their gold medals in the high jump.  The only tie that is broken in the high jump is first place.  In both the boys’ and girls’ divisions, there was a tie between a Lisbon jumper and one of their opponents.

The bar is moved up if both jumpers make their attempts and is lowered if both miss.  This process continues until a champion has been determined.

Lisbon finished as a team in second place behind West Fargo at the Kiwanis Meet.  It marked the second straight meet that the girls’ squad  handled MWL as the Warriors placed third.

The 400 relay team of Ricky Roman, Elliott Olerud, Blake Mallett, Logan Carlblom, and junior distance runner Jayce Seelig in the 1600, and Veronica Munkeby in the high jump, were the Broncos’ only first-place winners in Wahpeton.

Most importantly, the Broncos needed to compete.  Lisbon had lost four outdoor meets in the month of April and the track squads were spinning their wheels in place without facing competition.  Practice gets boring and very repetitious if an athlete does not get to test themselves against a quality opponent.

Lisbon is in action today at the Fargo Rotary meet at Fargo South High School.  On Saturday, May 10, the Broncos will compete in the Jamestown Al Cassell Relays.

Shortly before the Owen Jensen Wahpeton Kiwanis Track Meet, there was a naming ceremony.  The track at Frank Vertin Field will now be known as the Owen and Dee Jensen track.  The Jensens had coached track from 1974 through 2002 at NDSCS and had touched and shaped hundreds of young lives through their teaching and coaching at the two year school.

Team scores – 11 schools competing – top 5

Boys 1.  Fargo South 194 2.  Moorhead 145 3.  Grand Forks Red River 91 4.  Grand Forks Central 75 5.  Lisbon 72

Girls

1.  Fargo South 185.5

2.  Moorhead 140.5

3.  Jamestown 93

4.  Fargo North 65

5.  Finley-Sharon-Hope-Page 64

6.  Lisbon 56

Bronco placewinners @ Legion Meet

100 7.  Ricky Roman 11.97 200 8.  Elliott Olerud 24.79

3200 2. Anthony Finstad 10:23.6

110 H  6.  Nathan Dykema 16.6

1.  Ashley Berg 17.27

300 H 8. Blake Mallett 44.02

1.  Ashley Berg 46.96

Pole Vault 7. Kammy Larson 7’6”

Discus 4. Logan Carlblom  137’1”

3.  Hillary Birchem 117’6”

Javelin 4.  Ricky Roman  150’8”

6.  Derek Jones 145’3”

7.  Derek Hiam 144’6”

4.  BreAnn Thorfinnson

104’ 9”

High jump 1. Logan Carlblom 

6’1”

5.  Erik Heitkamp 5’ 8”

1. Veronica Munkeby 5’3”

3.  Kali Olson 5’1”

Long jump 6. Adam Coykendall

19’3 ½”

3. Ashley Berg 16’2 ½”

8.Veronica Munkeby 

14’9½” 

Triple jump 3. Erik Heitkamp 

40’9”

4.  Derek Hiam 40’8½”

400 relay 6. 46.23 Derek Hiam, Elliott Olerud, Brandon Schell, Adam Coykendall

800 relay 2.  1:35.54 Ricky Roman, Elliott Olerud, Blake Mallett, Logan Carlblom

3200 relay 6. 8:59.55 Jayce Seelig, Anthony Finstad, Keanan Kopp, Derek Jones

Kiwanis Team scores

Bronco placewinners @ Kiwanis Meet – no javelin or discus events held

100 4.  Ricky Roman 11.27

2.  Karlene Lorenz 13.07

200 4.  Ricky Roman 24

5.  Elliott Olerud 24.15

6. Derek Hiam 24.48

8. Adam Coykendall 24.56

4.  Karlene Lorenz 28.35

400  4.  Blake Mallett 53.73

800 5.  Shelby Waliser 2:40.77  

1600 1. Jayce Seelig 4:53.12

3. Anthony Finstad 5:00.22

8. Keanan Kopp 5:20.63

3200 2.  Anthony Finstad 10:18.38

4. Jayce Seelig 10:48.69

8. Donovan Williams

11:12.27

110 H 4.  Matt Coykendall 16.13

6.  Nathan Dykema 16.81

100 H 2. Ashley Berg 16.65

4. Karlene Lorenz 17.35

    Hillary Birchem 18.12

8. Tracie Heacox 18.65

300 H 2. Ashley Berg 48.48

Shot put 7.  Logan Carlblom 41’

Pole Vault 7.  Tyler Wolf 10’

2. Kammy Larson 8’

3. Karli Freeberg 8’

High jump 3. Erik Heitkamp

5’10”

4. Logan Carlblom 5’ 10”

7. Nathan Dykema 5’6”

1. Veronica Munkeby 5’ 2”

2. Kali Olson 5’ 2”

Long jump 5. Erik Heitkamp

18’8¼”

7. Derek Hiam 18’4¼”

4. Ashley Berg 14’11”

7. Veronica Munkeby

12’11”

Triple jump 3. Derek Hiam

41’1½”

4.  Erik Heitkamp 40’5½”

400 relay 1. 44.91 Ricky Roman, Elliott Olerud, Blake Mallett, Logan Carlblom

800 relay 3. Derek Hiam, Elliott Olerud, Brandon Schell, Adam Coykendall

1600 relay 6. 3:53 Blake Mallett, Derek Rotenberger, Derek Jones, Zach Peterson

3200 relay 5. 9:41.56 Keanan Kopp, Connor Stotts, Derek Rotenberger, Donovan Williams

 

Bronco Track Season Leaders

100 Karlene Lorenz 13.07

Ricky Roman 11.27

200 Ashley Berg 27.14

Blake Mallett 23.39

400 Jess Rotenberger 1:15

Blake Mallett 53.73

800 Jenna Waliser 2:40.77

Jayce Seelig 2:09.1

1600 Jayce Seelig 4:43.17

3200 Kayla Lemieux 13:40.83

Anthony Finstad 10:18.38

100 H Ashley Berg 16.18

110 H Nathan Dykema 15.48

300 H Ashley Berg 46.96

Blake Mallett 42.41

High Jump Veronica Munkeby

5’5”

Logan Carlblom 6’2”

Long Jump Ashley Berg 17’½”

Adam Coykendall 19’3½”

Triple Jump Taylor Wagner

30’9”

Derek Hiam 41’1½”

Pole Vault Kammy Larson 8’

Ricky Roman 11’

Shot put Logan Carlblom 44’4”

Erin Gabel 29’10½”

Discus Hillary Birchem 117’6”

Logan Carlblom 137’1”

Javelin BreAnn Thorfinnson

106’2”

Ricky Roman 150’8”

400 relay 44.91 Ricky Roman, Elliott Olerud, Blake Mallett, Logan Carlblom

52.91 Kali Olson, Karlene Lorenz, Karli Freeberg, Ashley Berg

800 relay 1:35.54  Ricky Roman, Elliott Olerud, Blake Mallett, Logan Carlblom

1:57.87 Kali Olson, Karli Freeberg, Taryn Wagner, Ashley Berg 

1600 relay 3:40.16  Jayce Seelig, Blake Mallett, Anthony Finstad, Elliott Olerud

4:53.19 Paige Elijah, Jess Rotenberger, Kammy Larson, Jenna Waliser

3200 relay 11:11.16 Shelby Waliser, Paige Elijah, Taryn Wagner, Kammy Larson

8:59.85 Jayce Seelig, Anthony Finstad, Derek Jones, Keanan Kopp