North Dakota Preps

Does anyone know what schools/individuals, if any, will be headed to Sioux Falls for the Nike Heartland Regionals this year? It is set for November 11 at Yankton Trail Park.

If so, do you know which Race/Division?

Any thoughts/opinions on the course/race/etc.

Lots of questions to unpack. There are a lot of different races during the day, and it's coach's choice who gets entered other than the rising stars and championship divisions.

Start here: https://nxrhl.runnerspace.com/eprofile. ... ent_id=300

The course is typically very fast.

Yea sorry for the multiple questions. Just trying to get the conversation started. And thanks for the link.

Have race results always been merged for rewards? I can’t recall.

Yes the course is very flat, if it’s the same course I ran once upon a time. It is the same location at least. I heard that the course is designed so as to be replicated across the country. Is this true? If so, that’s really cool, and smart, allowing for a comparison across the country, excluding weather and altitude. Does the course still include man made hills and hay bails as obstacles/challenges?

They used to do a T-shirt exchange which is also pretty fun. I wonder if that is still a thing!

Enjoy the hand full of additional questions! Haha

hoops4lyf40 wrote:They used to do a T-shirt exchange which is also pretty fun. I wonder if that is still a thing!

Last year the tee shirt exchange was still happening...

hoops4lyf40 wrote:Does the course still include man made hills and hay bails as obstacles/challenges?

Last year there were no man made hills or bails... the only obstacles/challenges were a hard wind and cold...

hoops4lyf40 wrote:Yes the course is very flat, if it’s the same course I ran once upon a time.

There is an "All Comers Race"... you can relive your glory days and run that I did it last year and it was a good time!

NDRunning wrote:

hoops4lyf40 wrote:They used to do a T-shirt exchange which is also pretty fun. I wonder if that is still a thing!

Last year the tee shirt exchange was still happening...

hoops4lyf40 wrote:Does the course still include man made hills and hay bails as obstacles/challenges?

Last year there were no man made hills or bails... the only obstacles/challenges were a hard wind and cold...

hoops4lyf40 wrote:Yes the course is very flat, if it’s the same course I ran once upon a time.

There is an "All Comers Race"... you can relive your glory days and run that I did it last year and it was a good time!

Okay, great info. Thank you! As far as me racing... no way Jose. I hung up the cleats along time ago for a reason lol. I’m too prideful to run a WAYYYY sub par 5k

I know Patrick Wrigley (Shiloh) and Noah Rolfe (Stanley) will be competing at Nike Heartland Regionals. Not sure of any others at this time.

I believe Sean Korsmo (Bismarck), Brady Yoder (Dickinson), and Micade Schumway (Williston) are all planning on competing. Williston and Bismarck usually take teams down.

WDA_fan wrote:I believe Sean Korsmo (Bismarck), Brady Yoder (Dickinson), and Micade Schumway (Williston) are all planning on competing. Williston and Bismarck usually take teams down.

Davies & the GF schools tend to go down as well...North & Jamestown have too over the years.

Heartland entries and box assignments are posted at; https://nxrhl.runnerspace.com/eprofile.php?event_id=300&do=news&news_id=589944

Here are all the ND individuals and teams in the Championship division.

Boys
Jacob Knodle
Brady Yoder
Jacob Ersland
CoyoteXC
Cole Jensen
Mason Kindel
Sean Korsmo
Sam Harmon
Gabe Sagvold
Robert White
Patrick Wrigley
Noah Rolfe

Girls
Minot
Onnica Stansbury
Meghan Ford
Ellie Schmitz
Elise Ramberg
Mikayla Weiss
Anna Lien
Elle Sondag
Hayley Ogle
Flying Eagles XC

Right on! Can’t wait to see the results! Hope ND represents well!

NIKE HEARTLAND REGIONAL INDIVIDUAL & TOP TEN TEAM RESULTS

Championship Division
Boys
Brady Yoder - 8th - 15:22
Gavin Haut - 14th - 15:33
Jacob Knodle - 16th - 15:36
Ben Anteau - 30th - 15:49
Robert White - 33rd - 15:50
Micade Shumway - 42nd - 15:54 (Coyotes XC)
Sean Korsmo - 43rd - 15:54
Logan Seger - 48th - 15:55 (Former Shanley Runner)
Gunnar Alvarado - 50th - 15:56 (Coyotes XC)
Mason Kindel - 54th - 15:57
Sam Harmon - 95th - 16:14
Fynn Krenz - 97th - 16:15 (Coyotes XC)
Jacob Ersland - 102nd - 16:17
Wil Olson - 144th - 16:30 (Coyotes XC)
Cole Jensen - 152nd - 16:33
Noah Rolfe - 163rd - 16:37
Gabe Sagvold - 166th - 16:37
Leif Larsen - 173rd - 16:39 (Coyotes XC)
Patrick Wrigley - 226th - 16:55

TOTAL: 290 Runners

Girls
Meghan Ford - 1st - 17:19
Hayley Ogle - 29th - 18:18
Onnica Stansbury - 46th - 18:30
McKenna Lovehaug - 83rd - 18:51 (Flying Eagles XC)
Mikayla Weiss - 107th - 19:07
Payton Lane - 148th - 19:33 (Flying Eagles XC)
Emma Compere - 154th - 19:37 (Minot High)
Elise Ramberg - 167th - 19:44
Elle Sondag - 173rd - 19:50
Ellie Schmitz - 177th - 19:57
Bayley Scott - 180th - 19:57 (Flying Eagles XC)
Brooke Everson - 186th - 20:01 (Flying Eagles XC)
Lily-Ana Campbell - 187th - 20:02 (Minot High)
Abigail Hoffarth - 188th - 20:03 (Minot High)
Trinity Jessen - 198th - 20:15 (Minot High)
Ellie Miller - 206th - 20:25 (Flying Eagles XC)
Abbie Wahlund - 211th - 20:30 (Minot High)
Ashton Safranski - 219th - 20:39 (Flying Eagles XC)
Hailey Bjerke - 232nd - 20:56 (Flying Eagles XC)
Deja Meyer - 237th - 21:23 (Minot High)

TOTAL: 245 Runners

RISING STARS
BOYS
Matthew Rongitsch - 1st - 16:17 (RR D-Krew A)
Hunter McHenry - 7th - 16:43 (RR D-Krew A)
Parker Hintz - 12th - 16:55 (Demons XC)
Caeden Johnson - 16th - 16:59
Brady Korsmo - 17th - 16:59 (Demons XC)
Owen Sondag - 20th - 17:06 (Northside Spartans)
Carter Eide - 21st - 17:09 (Knights XC)
Quinn Roehl - 22nd - 17:13 (Knights XC)
Ethan Moe - 23rd - 17:15
Dameon Zenawick - 24th - 17:18 (RR D-Krew A)
Noah Cowley - 55th - 17:37 (Demons XC)
Brody Ferderer - 65th - 17:49
Aiden Johnson - 70th - 17:54
Joe Williamson - 77th - 17:59 (Knights XC)
Zach Stair - 80th - 18:00
Regan Bosch - 91st - 18:18
Carter Ferber - 97th - 18:21
Micah Larsen-Schmi - 101st - 18:22 (RR D-Krew B)
Jake Jenkins - 107th - 18:25 (RR D-Krew A)
Braxton Middaugh - 111th - 18:26 (Northside Spartans)
Jaxsyn Olson - 113th - 18:27 (Demons XC)
Logan Ackman - 122nd - 18:38
Wyatt Mutzenberger - 124th - 18:40 (Knights XC)
Lane Stevens - 129th - 18:44 (Knights XC)
Tanner Schiller - 130th - 18:45 (RR D-Krew A)
Luke Yokom - 134th - 18:54 (Northside Spartans)
Jonah Defoe - 154th - 19:04 (RR D-Krew A)
Sam Anteau - 161st - 19:06
Jeb Gossett - 172nd - 19:20 (Northside Spartans)
Matthew Evans - 177th - 19:23 (RR D-Krew B)
Elijah Defoe - 179th - 19:24 (RR D-Krew B)
Jon Geske - 185th - 19:29 (Northside Spartans)
Jace Cofer - 186th - 19:29
Curtis Sande - 194th - 19:34 (Knights XC)
Cameron RedBear - 196th - 19:35
Jordan Johnson - 203rd - 19:39 (Demons XC)
Owen Reilly - 210th - 19:46 (RR D-Krew B)
Alex Flores - 213th - 19:50
Phoenix White - 219th - 19:57
Torrey Westereng - 228th - 20:11 (Knights XC)
Joseph Quinn - 248th - 20:39 (RR D-Krew B)

TOTAL: 310 Runners

TEAM
4. RR D-Krew A 152
5. Knights XC 164
8. Demons XC 226

GIRLS
Jaelyn Ogle - 4th - 19:01
Claire Hynek - 6th - 19:22
Eleni Lovgren - 8th - 19:34 (Coyotes XC)
Olivia Heilman - 20th - 20:26
Rosie Ramsey - 29th - 20:45
Sierra Watterud - 36th - 20:54 (Coyotes XC)
Ally Goodmanson - 39th - 21:04
Hannah Hynek - 43rd - 21:12
Zoe Reichenberger - 62nd - 21:39
Bernadette Belzer - 68th - 21:56
Danica Rath - 79th - 22:18
Ellie Krueger - 82nd - 22:24
Tehya Schweitzer - 84th - 22:26
Marenn Larsen - 88th - 22:32 (Coyotes XC)
Matigan Obrigewitch - 102nd - 23:14
Kaydance Heller - 107th - 23:25 (Coyotes XC)
Lacey Sime - 111th - 23:41 (Coyotes XC)
Sofia Watterud - 112th - 23:41

TOTAL: 135 Runners

TEAM
6. Coyotes XC 149

BOYS OPEN RACES
Open #1
Broden Diederich - 12th - 16:43 (RR D-Krew)
William Walker-Rozo - 22nd - 16:59
Addison Red Fox - 28th - 17:07
Micah Penn - 35th - 17:15 (Demons XC)
Jacob Francetich - 38th - 17:18
Juan Flores - 39th - 17:19 (Demons XC)
Gavin Jorgenson - 40th - 17:19 (Coyotes XC)
Mason Thielman - 44th - 17:21
Michael Omvig - 49th - 17:23 (Demons XC)
Kaiden Meyer - 52nd - 17:24
Stephen Windsor - 58th - 17:28 (Demons XC)
James Powers - 61st - 17:31 (Coyotes XC)
Camdin Jasmin - 71st - 17:44 (Coyotes XC)
Ryan Prusak - 73rd - 17:47 (RR D-Krew)
Iver Phillips - 78th - 17:49
Isaac Anderson - 89th - 17:55 (Demons XC)
Tyrel Ackman - 97th - 18:03 (Coyotes XC)
Noah Vaagene - 103rd - 18:08 (Pack Running XC)
Lincoln Retzlaff - 105th - 18:08 (Pack Running XC)
Ethan Schaffer - 113th - 18:16
Gavin Dorsey - 117th - 18:18 (RR D-Krew)
Daniel Jones - 122nd - 18:20
Noah Yahnke - 142nd - 18:30 (Pack Running XC)
Brayden Erickson - 152nd - 18:42 (Demons XC)
Om Panda - 172nd - 18:59 (RR D-Krew)
Caaden Rath - 177th - 19:01
Levi Rossman - 215th - 19:42 (Pack Running XC)
Branden Boucher - 276th - 21:47 (Pack Running XC)
Erik Stokke - 284th - 22:34 (RR D-Krew)
Lane Dullum - 286th - 22:37 (Pack Running XC)

TOTAL: 321 Runners

TEAM
4. Demons XC 175

Open #2
Griffin Obrigewitch - 45th - 17:20
Tristan White Twin - 207th - 19:21
Trevion Twohearts - 218th - 19:36
Zach Moore - 320th - 22:30

TOTAL: 362 Runners

Open #3
Chase Fossum - 8th - 16:42 (Burro XC A)
Hunter Gregoire - 21st - 17:03
Brayden Johnson - 33rd - 17:18
Lane Leshuk - 158th - 18:38 (Burro XC A)
Christian Brist - 200th - 19:18 (Burro XC A)
Simon Mau - 263rd - 20:29 (Burro XC A)
John Kaldor - 264th - 20:32 (Burro XC A)
Wyatt Johnson - 269th - 20:37 (Burro XC C)
Jake Wright - 278th - 20:55 (Burro XC A)
Keithan Davis - 331st - 23:25 (Burro XC B)
Ty Davis - 349th - 25:13 (Burro XC B)
Lex Ellingson - 352nd - 26:20 (Burro XC B)
Nick Wright - 358th - 27:16 (Burro XC B)
Daniel Manthey - 360th - 29:58 (Burro XC B)

TOTAL: 360 Runners
Open #4
Micah Hoke - 129th - 17:43
Justin Carlson - 159th - 17:58

TOTAL: 364 Runners

GIRLS OPEN RACES
Open #1
Campbell Dorsey - 38th - 20:19 (RR D-Krew)
Cracia Larsen-Schmi - 93rd - 21:25 (RR D-Krew)
Claire Lapp - 105th - 21:35 (RR D-Krew)
Josie White Eagle - 133rd - 21:59
Kylie Severson - 144th - 22:12 (RR D-Krew)
Jensyn Zink - 153rd - 22:24 (Burro XC)
Emily Nelson - 164th - 22:35 (RR D-Krew)
Myla Kaldor - 247th - 24:44 (Burro XC)
Tiffany Kozojed - 252nd - 25:14 (Burro XC)
Sadie Gallagher - 267th - 26:23 (Burro XC)
Sarah Luithle - 285th - 30:06 (Burro XC)

TOTAL: 300 Runners

Open #2
Clare Boldingh - 11th - 19:35 (Pack Running XC)
Kaelyn Berg - 26th - 19:56 (Pack Running XC)
Reagan Berg - 40th - 20:21
Hope Pringle - 42nd - 20:23 (Pack Running XC)
Emily Hansen - 77th - 20:59 (Pack Running XC)
Isabelle Puhl - 81st - 21:05 (Northside Spartans)
Niah Shumway - 95th - 21:22
Silje Kindseth - 109th - 21:32
Avery Murray - 124th - 21:50
Julia Puhl - 129th - 21:54 (Northside Spartans)
Sophia Roehl - 131st - 21:56
Abby Klaman - 169th - 23:04 (Pack Running XC)
Rachel Holzer - 178th - 23:27
Emily Klamna - 182nd - 23:34 (Pack Running XC)
Taryn Troftgrunben - 183rd - 23:35 (Pack Running XC)
Evelyn Olson - 225th - 24:58 (Northside Spartans)
Savannah Watterud - 236th - 25:29
Nevaeh Yeager - 258th - 26:26

TOTAL: 291 Runners
TEAM
5. Pack Running XC 188

Open #3
Brenna Barnick - 103rd - 21:07 (Flying Eagles XC A)
Airial Johnson - 122nd - 21:20
Janae Phillips - 151st - 21:59 (Flying Eagles XC B)
Taylor Dietz - 153rd - 22:00 (Flying Eagles XC B)
Sarah Wieland - 158th - 22:06 (Flying Eagles XC B)
Samantha Wilbersheid - 175th - 22:21 (Flying Eagles XC B)
Callie Ressler - 178th - 22:30 (Flying Eagles XC A)
Trinity Kilde - 179th - 22:36 (Flying Eagles XC A)
Molly Campbell - 180th - 22:36 (Flying Eagles XC A)
Cadence Modin - 189th - 22:54 (Flying Eagles XC C)
Annika Stephens - 190th - 22:57 (Flying Eagles XC C)
Kendal Bloom - 202nd - 23:16 (Flying Eagles XC C)
Sydney Nathan - 212nd - 23:43
Payton Campbell - 219th - 24:43 (Flying Eagles XC C)
Tessa Thurlow - 221st - 24:45 (Flying Eagles XC C)
Skylar Johnson - 236th - 26:05

TOTAL: 249 Runners

I see several athletes have "competed" in a virtual NXR meet, during season. Do you think NDHSAA will take action?

hoops4lyf40 wrote:I see several athletes have "competed" in a virtual NXR meet, during season. Do you think NDHSAA will take action?

https://ndhsaa.com/regulations/crosscountry-boys

Nothing against it in this year's regulations...

ALSO only rule in by-laws is for road races...nothing about virtual races.

Run4Fun2009 wrote:

hoops4lyf40 wrote:I see several athletes have "competed" in a virtual NXR meet, during season. Do you think NDHSAA will take action?

https://ndhsaa.com/regulations/crosscountry-boys

Nothing against it in this year's regulations...

ALSO only rule in by-laws is for road races...nothing about virtual races.

It isn't an easy decison but the right one would be to take action and uphold the rules.

Before season began all coaching staff received instructions from NDHSAA informing them that "virtual races" are indeed against regulations and not to allow athletes to participate in them. A phone call to the NDHSAA earlier this week verified that.

It has always been well understood that you cannot participate in a non-school event during the season of the sport you are participating in. The surface you run on doesn't make a difference.

Athletes are also only allowed to compete on a school team during the season of that sport. So, if an athelete competes for a club team during the season that is a violation of the rule. It appears that every athlete that ran NXV did so on a club team. Even had they ran for their school team it is still against the rules since it is not a school event.

NDHSAA states, "Students may compete only on a school team during the high school season of that sport. Violation of the regulation results in the loss of eligibility for six contests or remainder of the season, whichever is less, for each violation in that sport."

https://ndhsaa.com/files/Constitution_and_ByLaws.pdf

The Constitution and Bylaws have a great Q & A section and this question is addressed in it, page 28 is the Q & A and page and page 48 shows the actual rule(s). Those page numbers are pdf page numbers and may be different depending upon what pdf reader you use.

Good info...I’m a lowly assistant so never saw the info from beginning of year.

“Date: August 7, 2020
Virtual Road Races
It was brought to the attention of the staff at the NDHSAA Office this week, the presence of virtual road races (ie Fargo Marathon gets cancelled, instead of running the actual race, athletes can register, send in times and receive awards and rankings). The NDHSAA Board discussed this today, and they confirmed that these type of virtual races are not allowed during the high school cross country season: "Virtual road races during the cross country season were discussed. The Board directed staff to remind coaches that non-school sponsored road races of any kind are not allowed during the NDHSAA cross country season." Just wanted to make sure coaches were aware prior to the start of our season. Make sure you pass along to your athletes. Justin Fletschock NDHSAA”

They made the rule... now we’ll see if it’s enforced. Tough spot to be in, with the states top runner in the mix.

Run4Fun2009 wrote:Good info...I’m a lowly assistant so never saw the info from beginning of year.

Haha, no problem. In my spare time I search orginization bylaws, not actually.

Off topic, this came to mind earlier this week when I was on the board lookin around, you put in a tremendous amount of time keeping everyone up to day with coaches polls, meet results, etc., thank you for doing that I am sure it is time consuming, it is appreciated very much.

hoops4lyf40 wrote:“Date: August 7, 2020
Virtual Road Races
It was brought to the attention of the staff at the NDHSAA Office this week, the presence of virtual road races (ie Fargo Marathon gets cancelled, instead of running the actual race, athletes can register, send in times and receive awards and rankings). The NDHSAA Board discussed this today, and they confirmed that these type of virtual races are not allowed during the high school cross country season: "Virtual road races during the cross country season were discussed. The Board directed staff to remind coaches that non-school sponsored road races of any kind are not allowed during the NDHSAA cross country season." Just wanted to make sure coaches were aware prior to the start of our season. Make sure you pass along to your athletes. Justin Fletschock NDHSAA”

They made the rule... now we’ll see if it’s enforced. Tough spot to be in, with the states top runner in the mix.

I don't envy NDHSAA in this position, however, the rules in place will support their decision to enforce them and most people should understand that. I believe the more difficult choice would be to not enforce the rules, that sets a poor example for kids that the rules don't need to be followed, or only pertain to certain athletes.

There are several runners from WDA and EDC that are facing violations that will end their seasons and ultimately will affect their teams as well. I enjoy watching many of those runners, a very talented bunch. This is truly an unfortunate situation, we will wait to see how it is addressed.

NDRunning wrote:

hoops4lyf40 wrote:“Date: August 7, 2020
Virtual Road Races
It was brought to the attention of the staff at the NDHSAA Office this week, the presence of virtual road races (ie Fargo Marathon gets cancelled, instead of running the actual race, athletes can register, send in times and receive awards and rankings). The NDHSAA Board discussed this today, and they confirmed that these type of virtual races are not allowed during the high school cross country season: "Virtual road races during the cross country season were discussed. The Board directed staff to remind coaches that non-school sponsored road races of any kind are not allowed during the NDHSAA cross country season." Just wanted to make sure coaches were aware prior to the start of our season. Make sure you pass along to your athletes. Justin Fletschock NDHSAA”

They made the rule... now we’ll see if it’s enforced. Tough spot to be in, with the states top runner in the mix.

I don't envy NDHSAA in this position, however, the rules in place will support their decision to enforce them and most people should understand that. I believe the more difficult choice would be to not enforce the rules, that sets a poor example for kids that the rules don't need to be followed, or only pertain to certain athletes.

There are several runners from WDA and EDC that are facing violations that will end their seasons and ultimately will affect their teams as well. I enjoy watching many of those runners, a very talented bunch. This is truly an unfortunate situation, we will wait to see how it is addressed.

I completely agree. I would imagine we won’t hear anything directly from the NDHSAA on this, but I assume we’ll know if they made a decision after this weekends regionals conclude.

There are a couple of different situations happening that I can see. One is entering a result to NXV that was achieved during a NDSHAA sanctioned race. The other, more concerning situation, is creating an entirely different race, running it as a club team member, and entering it to NXV.

The first *could* be punished as a violation of the spirit of the policy, the second *should* be punished as a straight up violation.

I can't believe the NDHSAA would actually suspend these kids. Unfortunately it is the right thing to do but i doubt they will do it this late in the season.

Well I guess we got our answer.

I don't have a problem with it, as I wouldn't wish that on any runner or team. As with any rule, if it isn't going to be enforced consistently, it shouldn't be a rule.

I completely agree that I would hate to see the athletes punished. However, 2 rules were broken (virtual competition, and competing for club team)… I cant say that I 100% agree with the rules, I mean who does... but nonetheless rules are meant to be followed/enforced. If they aren't going to be followed or enforced... why are they in place?

hoops4lyf40 wrote:I completely agree that I would hate to see the athletes punished. However, 2 rules were broken (virtual competition, and competing for club team)… I cant say that I 100% agree with the rules, I mean who does... but nonetheless rules are meant to be followed/enforced. If they aren't going to be followed or enforced... why are they in place?

I agree too. I understand wanting to let the kids finish (especially this year being a goofy year) but then just get rid of the rule? I have heard of track athletes getting suspended for a period of time for competing in non-sanctioned out of state events so that type of rule has been enforced before.