Three for Three

The Red River boys won the team title at the Eagle Relays on Friday. The Riders have won the meet the past two seasons as well, making them the only winners in the three-year history of the meet. With a focus on the team aspect of track and field, the Eagle Relays features a number of relays not normally contested during regular track meets. In the field events, performances from each school are added together to form one team score in each event. Fargo Davies put up a strong fight on their home track but couldn’t overcome the quality of the Roughrider’s field events. As a team, Red River won the long jump and triple jump, finished second place in the high jump and shot put, third place in the javelin, and fourth place in the discus and pole vault. On the track, the Riders won the 4x800m Relay, the 3x300m Hurdles team race, and the 4x110m Shuttle Hurdle Relay, setting a new school record in the latter (1:04.25). Second-place finishes came in the School Record setting Distance Medley Relay (1200-400-800-1600), 4x200m Relay (State Qualifying and State Leading Time), 8x200m Relay, 4×400 Relay, and 3x3200m team race. In the highly anticipated 4x100m Thrower’s Relay, the Rider quartet of Ty Ogren, Martin Buchbauer, Russell Dukes, and Carter Buelow technically finished in 6th Place, although no other team received more cheers from the crowd. New State Qualifiers included Liam Ogren in the javelin (22’ PR-165’2), Carter Buelow in the shot put (49’3), and the 4x200m Relay team of Kassim Nsibirwa, Devon Pope, Jaeden Holt, and George Nyanforh. Their time of 1:32.68 currently leads the state.

 

Final Team Rankings – Through Event 47

Place School Points

1 Grand Forks Red River GFRR 136

2 Fargo Davies High School FD 121

3 Moorhead High School MOOR 113

4 West Fargo High School WF 97

5 WF Sheyenne High School WFSHS 75

6 Grand Forks Central GFC 66

7 Lisbon High School LISB 47

8 Fargo South High School FS 6

Total 661.00

 

Full Results can be found here.

Meet photos can be found here.

On Saturday, 28 athletes traveled to Mayville to compete in the May-Port CG Invite. Competing against 15 Class B schools from across Eastern North Dakota, the Rider boys took home the team title on a windy and rainy day. Jake Arason’s win in the 3200m Run was the lone event victory for RR. John Bakizuwabo finished second in the 300m Hurdles, 4th in the 110m Hurdles, and 5th in the triple jump to lead the Roughrider point scorers. Coach Fischer and the throwing crew saw a number of PR’s as they continue to improve rapidly in all three events. Markus Nuelle placed second in the 400m in tough conditions and the 4x400m Relay team of Nuelle, Jordan Robles, Ethan Walker, and Marcelles Sartwell placed third to cap a fun day.

 

Place-Team-Points

1st Grand Forks Red River 110.5

2nd Northern Cass 92

3rd Midway-Minto 80.5

4th Park River-FL 76

5th Nelson County 74

6th Enderlin Maple Valley 69

7th Griggs County Central 61.5

8th Thompson High School 56

9th May-Port CG 46

10th FSHP 41

11th Hatton Northwood 39

12th Grafton 28

13th Hillsboro Central Valley 18.5

14th Drayton-Valley Edinburg 17

15th Langdon Area Schools 13

16th Kindred 1
Full Results can be found here.