The Jimmie men claimed the team title and the women finished second in the annual meet, held on the Al Cassell Track at Rollie Greeno Field.

“We certainly had people step up and compete today,” said Jimmie men’s coach Josh Roberts. “We scored in 18 of 21 events and one of them (the 10,000 meters) we didn’t have anybody run.

“In eight events, we scored two people and three events (1,500, pole vault, and javelin), we scored three individuals. This shows that not only are our top people performing well but also the second and third guys, too.”

The Jimmie men compiled 175.5 points to second-place Dickinson State’s 162.5 and U-Mary’s 152.

“It’s always fun to win and despite Dickinson and Mary not competing with everyone (due to the DAC-10 multi-events) we will take a win when we can get it,” Roberts said.

Jeff Konigbagbe had a strong day, finishing second in the 100 (10.99) and third in the 200 (22.35) and helping the Jimmies’ 400 meter relay team to a second-place time of 42.59.

“I was really proud of the way Jeff competed after not running at his best for most of the season,” Roberts said. “This should give him the confidence he needs going into the conference meet.”

Ryun Hess was one of two Jimmie individual champions, winning the 1500 in 4:10.14. He also teamed up with Joe Makoutz, Levi Webb and Joe Simon to set a new meet record in the 3200 relay (7:50.14). NDSU set the record of 7:50.84 in 1977, the oldest record broken Saturday.

“Our middle distance runners ran very well against a solid Mary group setting the meet record,” Roberts said. It was also a national-qualifying time.

Dan Stoudt picked up a victory in the 800 (1:55.52).

Chris Massey took nearly a second off his best 400 hurdles time to place second in 55.59. Matthew Haugen finished second in the javelin (186-10), Andrew Helm second in the pole vault (13-6) in some challenging wind conditions and Brad Pierson second in the 5000 (16:57.33).

Phill Stokkeland placed third in the 110 hurdles (15.36), Spencer Kubat third in the high jump (6-2) and Nick Tews third in the long jump ((21-11 1/4).

Other men’s records set in the meet were Brian Emerson’s throw of 180-11 in the discus and John Christensen of North Dakota State’s 174-9 in the hammer, extending a record he set last year.

The Jamestown College women compiled 119 points, trailing only champion U-Mary’s 188. UND finished third with 114 and Dickinson State fourth with 97.

“I think the fact that six meet record were broken is one indication of the quality of this meet,” said JC women’s coach Jim Clark. “I think the 50th annual Al Cassell Relays will go down as one of the best.”

Due to some minor injuries and the opening of the DAC-10 heptathlon the next day, the Jimmies were not at full strength. But they still had a good effort.

“We didn’t have everyone in their best events, but I am happy with the way our team performed,” Clark said.

Erica Mois led the way for the Jimmies, placing in four events individually and helping the 400 meter relay team to a third-place finish with one of their best times in two years (50.0).

Mois was one of three individual champions for JC, winning the long jump (18-10). She added a second in the triple jump (36-11 1/2), a second in the 100 (12.53) and a third in the 200 (25.86).

“Erica ran career-best times in the 100 and 200 and tied her own school record in the long jump and she just missed her career best triple jump by 1/2 inch,” Clark said.

Despite resting for the DAC-10 heptathlon, Kari Pankow scored 21 points on the day, winning the 400 hurdles (1:06.45), placing third in the javelin (129-0) and fourth in the high jump (5-0). She qualified for nationals with her javelin throw.

Lisa Nayes qualified in the 5000 with a first-place time of 18:05.41, a career best on a windy day that made good distance times difficult to come by.

Tina Wiederrich, Chrisy Lussenden, Michel Maurer and Betsy Thingstad combined to win the 1600 relay in 4:11.22.

Maurer also finished second in the 1500 (5:07.81) and Liz McCarty second in the high jump (5-0). Marrie Johnson placed third in the 100 (12.79, a PR).

“We keep improving and we are coming down to the end of our season, so I think things are happening at the right time,” Clark said.