7 Results for month: 05/2021

2021 Season Closes at State Meet

State Meet After a two-year hiatus, the Riders finally returned to the Bismarck Community Bowl on May 28-29 for the North Dakota State High School Track and Field Meet. With the 2020 season lost to the coronavirus pandemic, athletes across ND took advantage of favorable weather, a huge crowd, and outstanding competition to post some eye-popping results. ... More

Riders Runner-Up at Region

East Region For the first time since 2015, Grand Forks played host to the East Region Track and Field Meet at Cushman Field on May 21st. Athletes from all eleven EDC schools battled the heat and wind on Friday. For the Red River boys, the day started with a new EDC Record in the 4x800 relay. The boys used that performance as a spark plug for the rest of ... More

GF Herald-In first race together, Grand Forks Red River’s relay team sets EDC record

ABOVE (From left) Red River runners Jonah Dafoe, Broden Diederich, Hunter McHenry and Mustafe Abdi celebrate their first place win in the boys 4x800 meter relay during the N.D. East Region track and field championships at Cushman Field in Grand Forks on Friday, May 21, 2021. Nick Nelson / Grand Forks Herald. Nick Nelson / Grand Forks Herald The ... More

Last Chance For the Riders

Zimney Last Chance Monday’s Zimney Last Chance Meet, named after long-time RR Boys Track Coach Bob Zimney, offers athletes a final opportunity to post qualifying times prior to the postseason. In the hottest meet of the season thus far, the Riders battled 85 degree temps, 15+ MPH wind, and eleven other area teams. The Riders finished atop the team ... More

A Flurry of Qualifiers in Fargo/Minot

Fargo Rotary If you’re a fan of taking home some hardware, the Rotary is the meet to do it. Annually, the Rotary Club of Fargo sponsors a track meet and gives out fantastic trophies/medals for all place winners. With the allure of great prizes and calm weather, the Riders came to play on Monday. In an overall team effort, the boys put together one of ... More

Boys Continue to Sharpen as the Stretch Run Nears

Packer Relays In what turned out to be a beautiful evening in West Fargo, the Riders competed at the Packer Relays last Friday. This meet serves as an East Region preview of sorts, as most of the EDC schools are represented. Although it was on the cooler side, the wind died down for much of the meet, providing quality conditions for good results. Despite ... More

Riders Split Squads Across 3 Meets

Davies JV Quad Fargo Davies held a JV meet Thursday with boys athletes from RR, GFC, and Davies. With both the Shanley and Howard Wood meets featuring limited entries, this allowed athletes not competing in those locations a chance to improve. No team scores were kept, but many athletes achieved new PR’s. This was most evident in the 100m dash, where ... More