Automatically qualified. The North Dakota State's Hermanson got in also. Can anybody put the heats on youtube?
Here is a sweet pic of the finish....good write up to
Four more state titles for Roesler.
But Roesler, who advanced to the semifinals of the 800 meters at last summer’s Olympic Trials, didn’t stay down for long.
The junior earned the Class A girls titles in the 100, 200, 400 and 800 meters for the fourth year in a row Saturday at the North Dakota state track and field meet at the Community Bowl.
You heard: ‘She’s burned out, she’s just going to get slower like all other girls do,’” said Roesler, who now has 17 total state individual track championships. “It’s not going to happen to me. … Before last summer I kind of flew under the radar. Now I’m just trying to feed off of (the attention). You almost have to.”
Roesler started her day with a runaway win in the 100 (12.45 seconds). A few minutes later, she eclipsed her own overall state meet record with a time of 55.10 in the 400.
Roelser won the 200 with a time of 25.16, and capped off the day with a time of 2:13.92 in the 800.
“I don’t know,” she said. “It’s just been so many times in a row I’m just used to it. I’ve got to stay calm, don’t let anything get to me. … It’s a little more mentally intense (this year). I felt like people were expecting it, expecting records every time.”
This top runner verbally commits to Oregon... wow, Oregon getting quite the mid distance squad!
According to someone on the TFN message boards, Roesler failed in her four-pete this year. She finished 2nd in the 100, but won the 200, 400, and 800. That gives her a total of 20 state track titles, and I think a couple of XC titles. Pretty good HS career before she heads to Oregon.
So people? Did I call it or what? Here's an update:
"The attention was a bit much for the 17-year-old.
But it would be hard to downplay a career like this.
Roesler won three events at the North Dakota state meet on Saturday, capping the most successful prep track and field career in the history of the state.
She earned wins in the 200 and 800 for the fifth year in a row, and won the 400 for the sixth consecutive season. Minot freshman Morgan Milbrath surprised the Community Bowl crowd by becoming the first athlete to top Roesler at the state meet in the 100 in Roesler’s five years of running in the event."
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"She set a state record and ran the third-fastest prep 400 in the country with a winning time of 53.25. Milbrath ran the fourth-fastest time in the nation in the event en route to a second-place finish (53.31)."
http://www.inforum.com/event/article/id/280262/group/Sports/
100: 1. Morgan Milbrath, Min, 12.35. 2. Laura Roesler, FS, 12.38.
200: 1. Laura Roesler, FS, 24.90. 2. Morgan Milbrath, Min, 25.07.
400: 1. Laura Roesler, FS, 53.25 (state record, Laura Roesler, Fargo South, 55.10, 2009). 2. Morgan Milbrath, Min, 53.31.
800: 1. Laura Roesler, FS, 2:17.64.
The one she finished second to, the two of them were battling it out ALL day. And in the 400 they ran the #2 and #3 marks in the U.S. respectively.
Nice run by Laura Roesler at NCAA. The legend continues.
What a doll.