Three BGMR/Freeze athletes qualify for state
photo by Brennan Collins
Brady Skeim prepares for a discus throw at the Section 8A Track and Field Meet at Ada-Borup High School on June 3. Skeim finished first in this event to advance to state.
photo by Brennan Collins
Liam Collins leaps into the air during a jumping event at the Section 8A Track and Field Meet from Ada-Borup High School on June 3. Collins finished second in the triple jump, a performance qualifying him for state, and eighth in the long jump.
photo by Brennan Collins
Gavin Hockstedler leaps into the air during a jumping event at the Section 8A Track and Field Meet at Ada-Borup High School on June 3. Hockstedler finished third in the long jump and fifth in the triple jump.
photo by Brennan Collins
Treston Nichols releases a throw during the shot put event at the Section 8A Track and Field Meet at Ada-Borup High School on June 3. Nichols finished second in the shot put, a performance advancing him to state.
With dozens of hungry competitors at the Section 8A Track and Field meet held in Ada, on June 3 the BGMR/Freeze found themselves surrounded by determined and unyielding competition.
The BGMR/Freeze left the meet with three state advancements from Liam Collins (Triple Jump), Treston Nichols (Shot Put), and Brady Skeim (Discus).
Although three advanced to state, a total of 16 athletes participated that day for the BGMR/Freeze Track team. The Boys ranked fourth with a score of 54 and the Girls earned a ranking of nineteenth with a score of 4.
Individual State Advancer Results:
In boys triple jump, Liam Collins finished in second with a distance of 41-02.00.
During the boys shot put, Treston Nichols finished second out of 16 athletes with a distance of 45-11.50.
In the boys discus throw, Brady Skeim torched the competition, taking first out of 14 other contenders with a distance of 151-10.00.
With state just around the corner, the advancing athletes will be practicing but not all together. Although Liam and Treston will be under Coach Lee’s supervision, Brady who lives in Newfolden will be overseen by his own father, the throwing coach. When asked about the preparation that goes into the athletes leading up to state, Coach Lee said this.
“(We’re) sending three kids to state without anywhere for them to really practice other than just in the middle of the grass here and there. And so those guys will work together (Brady and his father), and I will be working more with Liam and Treston, both just sophomores and both advancing to state,” Coach Lee said. “Hopefully that’ll be, you know, the start of a three-year run for these guys repeating and going back to state again. Hopefully we can get a chance to either get to Thief River or Roseau a little bit to work… in their facilities, and to just prep for next weekend going down to state.”
The state qualifiers will compete at the Class A State Track and Field Tournament, held on June 9-11, at St. Michael Albertville High School.
To see the complete story, read the June 8 issue of The Tribune or the June 9 issue of the North Star News in print or online.
