BISMARCK, N.D. – The Valley City State Track and Field teams were in Bismarck to begin the Indoor season at the Mike Thorson Open. Freshman
Frida Barrera set the school record in the mile and junior
Cameron Champagnie won the triple jump.
All totaled, Valley City State had 30 top eight finishes. The Men placed fourth as a team with 91 points. The Women placed third with 59 points.
For the men, in the field events, Champagnie won the triple jump with a jump of 13.58 meters.
Zeke Barnick was second in the high jump with a jump of 1.90 Meters. In the long jump, the Vikings took four of the top eight spots.
Aaron Cutshall (4
th),
Porter Granger (5
th), Jeffry Rosinski (6
th), and
Makana Taylor (8
th) all picked up points for VCSU. Zac Kuznia was fifth in the shot put and
Arie Bratrud was sixth in the weight throw.
In the track events,
Jordan Mount was second in the 400m, and
Zach Baumgartner was second in the mile run.
Titus Dolo was fourth in the 60m and seventh in the 200m.
Tate Minnihan and
Mason Brehmer finished third and fourth respectively in the mile.
Gage Gunther was third in the 800m while
Parker Jacobson was fifth in the 60m. In relay's, the team of
Brock Norton, Jeffry Rosinski,
Zeke Barnick, and
Jordan Mount took third in the 4x400.
On the women's side, the Vikings were led by Barrera whose 5:21.61 time in the mile set the record that was set last season by
Jasmine Barnes. Barrera beat the record by 4.67 seconds. She also took second in the 800m with a time of 2:26.69 which is the second fastest 800 in school history.
Billie Maye Pohlkamp was third in the 800m. In the 200m,
Ava Krier was sixth and
Jonica Taylor was seventh.
In field events,
Grace Backstrom and
Emma Muggli were second and third respectively, Caitlyn Armbrust was fourth in the triple jump.
Carlee Fuchs was third in the weight throw with
Megan Lahtonen taking seventh.
Kiana Hilary was sixth in the shot put with
Rebecca Bohrer right behind in seventh.
Live results can be found here.
NEXT UP: The Vikings will be at the Bison Alumni Classic in Fargo on Thursday, December 11
th.
