Wolves Boys Track sends four to State Meet
Guest Columnist: David Gumke
2025 Boys Region Track Results
It was a great day for the Wolves. We saw many improvements in times and marks. The guys rose to the occasion and were ready to compete.
Xavier McGorman got us started off by placing fourth in the high jump with a clearance of 6’0”, which qualified him for the state meet next week. At the region meet you can still qualify by mark or time and can also qualify by placing in the top six. I am very excited for Xavier. He is a very good high jumper and works hard on his technique.
The 4x800 relay got our day on the track off to a good start by placing seventh and running a very good time in the event. The team of Kyle Best, Jeremiah Velasquez, Judah Mitchell, and Dehico Bocanegra Tovar all ran personal best splits in the race to get us to within ten seconds of state qualifying by time and about six seconds of qualifying by placing. I was very proud of how they stepped up and didn’t hold anything back in that race.
James Odenbach placed 8th in the pole vault with a new PR of 12’0”. He was able to attempt the qualifying mark of 12’6”, but didn’t quite get it. He has improved his personal best by six inches in each of the last three meets.
Thaydan Arnold came close in the discus, missing qualifying by two feet one inch with his throw of 142’11”.
Dehico Bocanegra Tovar had an unbelievable day running on the track. He set new personal bests in both the 1600 and 800, improving his standing for the state meet next week. He placed sixth in the 800 while breaking two minutes with a time of 1:59.40. He also ran very good legs on both relays he was on, nearly qualifying both of those.
The 4x400 relay team of Kyle Best, James Odenbach, Judah Mitchell, and Dehico Bocanegra Tovar were heartbroken as they missed qualifying by time by about twenty-nine hundredths of a second.
The boys team placed tenth in the WDA out of 12 teams. Our state qualifiers include: Dehico Bocanegra Tovar in the 800-, 1600-, and 3200-meter races; Thaydan Arnold in the shot put; Xavier McGorman in the high jump; and Chase Cutshall in the long jump.
The state meet runs Thursday through Saturday May 22-24 at the Bismarck Community Bowl on the BSC Campus.
100: 43. Danny Nevarez 12.49, 45. Toreyn Murray 12.62, 47. Brogan Shannon 12.73, 48. Jayden Waggoner 12.74, 50. Wesley Gray 12.84
200: 29. Jame Odenbach 23.93, 42. Junior Alvarez 24.92, 43. Bryson Wolfe 24.95, 44. Danny Nevarez 25.29, 46. Valente Marquez 26.23
400: 16. Kyle Best 53.45 (PR), 34. Toreyn Murray 57.37 (PR), 38. Colton Lewis 59.48 (PR), 39. Alex Udave 1:00.59
800: 6. Dehico Bocanegra Tovar 1:59.40 (PR), 41. Jayden Suek 2:27.92 (PR), 44. Raul Briones Gonzalez 2:31.94 (PR), 45. Elisha Mitchell 2:50.85
1600: 9. Dehico Bocanegra Tovar 4:32.59 (PR), 43. Jayden Suek 5:32.58 (PR), 47. Elisha Mitchell 6:14.57 (PR)
3200: 24. Raul Briones Gonzalez 12:37.58 (PR)
300 Hurdles: 14. Chase Cutshall 42.94, 15. James Odenbach 43.17, 28. Colton Lewis 52.23 (PR)
4x100 Relay: 9. Danny Nevarez, Junior Alvarez, Wesley Gray, Jayden Waggoner 47.87
4x200 Relay: 9. Junior Alvarez, Valente marquez, Danny Nevarez, Bryson Wolfe 1:38.61
4x400 Relay: 8. Kyle Best, James Odenbach, Judah Mitchell, Dehico Bocanegra Tovar 3:34.53
4x800 Relay: 7. Kyle Best, Jeremiah Velasquez, Judah Mitchell, Dehico Bocanegra Tovar 8:34.09
Shot Put: 11. Thaydan Arnold 47’3.5”, 31. Hunter Barlow 38’10”, 37. Jayden Waggoner 36’2.5” (PR), 40. Alex Christiansen 33’11.5” (PR), 46. Ayden Secrest-Pu 28’0.5”
Discus: 10. Thaydan Arnold 142’11” (PR), 29. Jayden Waggoner 109’1” (PR), 30. Hunter Barlow 109’ 0”, 37. Ayden Secrest-Pu 88’7”
Javelin: 33. Ayden Secrest-Pu 99’2”, 34. Brogan Shannon 99’0”, 36. Jeremiah Velasquez 63’10”
High Jump: 4. Xavier McGorman 6’0”
Pole Vault: 8. James Odenbach 12’0” (PR), 11. Judah Mitchell 10’6” (PR)
Long Jump: 26. Chase Cutshall 18’10”, 28. Judah Mitchell 18’8”, 32. Junior Alvarez 18’4”, 39. Sergio Gomez Sanchez 17’5”, 44. Deegan Skaggs 16’1’
Triple Jump: 25. Chase Cutshall 36’5”, 33. Colton Lewis 31’7.5”
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