Jamestown girls ready to compete at state track meet in Bismarck

Several members of the Jamestown High School girls track and field team were set to take the biggest stage in North Dakota prep track, giving the Blue Jays a chance to turn months of work into state-meet finishes at the MDU Resources Community Bowl in Bismarck.

The 2026 NDHSAA combined Class A and B boys and girls state meet was scheduled for May 21-23 at 1701 Canary Avenue, with Dave Zittleman, the activities director for Bismarck Public Schools, serving as meet manager. For Jamestown’s runners and jumpers, that setting is more than a backdrop. It is where a season built on workouts, relays, flights and final pushes can end with a place on the podium, a personal best or a school benchmark that follows an athlete long after the medals are packed away.

The Jamestown girls’ trip also carried the kind of hometown weight that comes with state qualification. North Dakota still separates girls track and field into Class A and Class B, and the combined state meet brings those qualifiers together under one championship schedule. That puts Jamestown athletes in the same field as the state’s best across both divisions, with every heat, jump and landing carrying added pressure.

WDAY-TV was televising and live-video web streaming the meet, making the weekend a visible showcase for the athletes who earned their way to Bismarck. AthleticLIVE also listed the event at the Community Bowl for the same May 21-23 window, underscoring how much attention follows state track once the season reaches this point.

For Jamestown, the significance goes beyond one trip to Bismarck. Multiple state qualifiers point to depth in the Blue Jays’ girls program and another strong showing for a team that has spent the spring building toward this moment. Whether the weekend ends in a medal, a new personal mark or simply a hard-earned final race, the Blue Jays left Jamestown with a chance to close out the season on North Dakota’s biggest high school track stage.