Blue Jay boys take second at Fargo North invitational
Aiden Skari won both the 400 and triple jump as Jamestown finished just 28 points behind Fargo North, a sign the Blue Jays are deep enough to contend.
Aiden Skari and a wave of Blue Jay points turned Spartan Stadium into a statement meet for Jamestown, which finished second with 186 points at the Mailloux Unlimited Invitational in Fargo. The Blue Jays trailed host Fargo North by just 28 points, while the Jamestown girls placed fifth with 86 points.
Skari powered the boys with a double win, taking the 400 meters in 51.92 seconds and the triple jump at 42 feet, 1 inch. Heath Heupel won the 800 meters in 2:04.08, and Tristan Champagne took the 1600 meters in 5:03.08. Jared Sagaser added two more first-place finishes by winning the 110-meter hurdles in 15.93 seconds and the 300-meter hurdles in 41.97 seconds.
Jamestown also scored in the field. Cody Berreth won the shot put with a throw of 53 feet, 6 inches, and Peacemaker Tukumunde cleared 6 feet to win the high jump. On the girls side, Claire Marker won the 800 meters in 2:28.64, and Hayden Olson captured the triple jump at 34 feet, 5.5 inches.
The spread of winners across sprints, distance races, hurdles, throws and jumps gave Jamestown the kind of balance that often matters most when the calendar turns toward conference and postseason meets. A team that can pile up points in so many different events is harder to match than one that leans on a single standout, and that is what made the Fargo result stand out for the Blue Jays.
For Jamestown, now a familiar name on the Fargo track scene after years in the East Dakota Conference from 1969 to 2006, the finish offered a clear sign that the boys are not just competing but building momentum. The gap to Fargo North was narrow, the point spread came from multiple athletes, and the Blue Jays left Spartan Stadium looking more like a team that expects to be part of the postseason conversation than one simply hoping to stay in it.
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