8 Results for month: 05/2016
Aside from a 30 minute downpour Saturday afternoon, beautiful weather greeted athletes and fans at the 2016 ND State Track and Field Meet in Bismarck. After the dust settled, the Red River Boys finished in a tie for 5th Place. Here’s how things unfolded:
First off Friday morning was one of top projected events for the Riders, the javelin throw. Daniel ...
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From the GF Herald's Greg DeVillers:
Devon Pope hadn't practiced high jumping all season. He hadn't competed in the event since the first meet of the 2015 high school track season. But, with nothing better to do, he decided to high jump in Grand Forks Red River's final regular-season meet.
All the 5-foot-11 Pope did was clear the bar at 6 feet, 2 ...
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The Red River Boys won the East Region title on Saturday, narrowly defeating Fargo Davies and Fargo South. The win is the sixth East Region title in program history and the first since 2009. The Roughriders previously won eight Northeast Region titles from 1969-1980 before the formation of the East Region (EDC) in 1981.
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Beautiful weather greeted athletes and fans for the 2016 Bob Zimney Last Chance Meet on Monday, renamed to honor our current assistant coach and the former long-time head coach. The GF Last Chance meet has always served as a final opportunity for athletes to set PR’s or qualify for the ND State Meet before the Region. It now honors Zimney, who is comple...
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With the EDC Outdoor Meet less than two weeks away, the Red River boys used meets in Fargo and Minot this past week to drop times and hit new distances as they head closer to postseason competition.
Fargo Rotary
The Fargo Rotary was held on Monday in cold, rain, and wind. Performances may have suffered but multiple athletes managed to ignore the ...
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For the first time in recent memory, the Red River Boys split their squads and competed in two different meets last Friday and Saturday. Most of the team traveled to West Fargo for the Packer Relays. Hot temperatures and strong winds hampered many athletes’ performances, although the team competed hard. Leading the charge was freshman phenom ...
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The inaugural running of the Grand Forks Middle School/Junior Varsity Relay Carnival was a great success Monday. Solid performances were turned in by both the JV and MS athletes in a number of relay events not normally contested at regular track meets. In this non-traditional track and field meet, the focus switched from individual events to relays. All ...
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The Red River Boys won another meet last Thursday, taking home top honors at the Shanley Invitational, held at Concordia College in Moorhead MN. Senior Mo Kamara led the boys contingent with 17.5 points, winning the 110m Hurdles and leading off the 1st Place 4x100m Relay team. His time of 15.32 in the hurdles was just ahead of teammates Peter Wysocki ...
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