SIOUX FALLS -- The Aberdeen Central girls' track and field team picked up three more first-place medals on the second day of the Howard Wood Dakota Relays and the Sully Buttes girls won a relay before the evening session of the meet was canceled because of cold and wet weather.
The morning and afternoon sessions of the meet were held on Saturday at the renovated Howard Wood Field.
Aberdeen Central's Alexis Clark picked up her second gold medal of the meet with a win in the pole vault when she cleared 11-feet. She also won the high jump on Friday. Larissa Swanson topped 10-feet and finished fifth in the vault.
"Alexis came in and was comfortable and relaxed and took charge," said Central girls' coach Jim Appl. "Larissa could have jumped better but we put her on new poles this week so she didn't jump as well as she could have. We expected that. She'll be just fine next week for conference. I'm proud of their effort."
Golden Eagles distance ace Hannah Kastigar won the 3,200-meter run in a time of 11 minutes 6.28 seconds. That time marks a personal best, a school record and the 10th-best mark all-time in South Dakota history.
"Hannah ran a smart race. She led the first half. A Brookings girl (Emily Berzonsky) spurted and tried to run Hannah's legs down, but that just made Hannah run faster. She kicked it in and ran a great race," said Appl.
Kastigar won by almost 5-1/2 seconds. Kastigar had a chance to win another medal, but the 1,600-meter run was weathered out in the evening.
Aberdeen's 1,600-meter medley relay team crossed the finish line in first. Madison Russman, Samantha Knecht, Lexi Weisbeck and Brynn Flakus ran a 4:21.51.
"Madison and Samantha put us in the right spot at about third. Lexi took the baton and went out and reeled in two of those girls and put us in a position to win it," said Appl. "Brynn got the baton and it was her against a Brandon Valley seventh-grader. Give Brandon credit. They ran a strong race and we were fortunate to come out on top. Our 4x1 relay team ended up fourth. All in all, we had a strong weekend. I can't remember the last time we got five first places at Howard Wood."
The 400-meter relay squad was fourth in Class AA.
The Sully Buttes 400-meter relay team of Remi Wientjes, Carly Jost, Karlea Stahl and Bailey Bradford won in Class B in a time of :52.74, followed by Potter County in third. The Chargers 800-meter relay team finished second in the Class B race and Potter County was third.
In the field events, Shekota Myer of Ipswich tossed the discus 127-9 for second place.
In the boys' competition, Aberdeen Central hurdler Josh Hilgemann finished fourth in the 300-meter hurdles with a time of :41.11. He also qualified for the 110-meter hurdles, but that event was weathered out in the evening.
Hilgemann's day wasn't complete, however, as he joined with Anthony Buechler, Greyson Phillips and Layne Tieszen for a seventh-place finish in the 800-meter relay.
"Josh had a good day," said Central boys' coach Greg Murley. "He was disappointed he didn't get to run the 110s. He's a competitor. In the 800 relay, we're getting better and more crisp with our handoffs. It would have been nice to run the 4x1, too. We ran a lot better and we're getting there."
The Sully Buttes boys took fourth in the 1,600-meter medley relay and Potter County's Tate Nafziger was sixth in the shot put. An Ipswich team was eighth in the medley relay.
Aberdeen Central's next action is Saturday as the Golden Eagles host the Eastern South Dakota Conference championships at Swisher Field.
|HOWARD WOOD DAKOTA RELAYS|
|Saturday at Sioux Falls|
Note: Only the morning and afternoon sessions were held. The evening session was canceled due to adverse weather.
|GIRLS' RESULTS|
300-Meter Hurdles All Classes: 1, Jordyn Oostra, Sioux Falls Christian, :46.26; 2, Taylor Glover, Spencer, Iowa, ;46.35; 3, Cailyn Schreurs, Harrisburg, :47.43; 4, Emma Peterson, Benson, Minn., :47.72; 5, Hailey Bruggeman, Harrisburg, :47.81; 6, Ali Meister, Spencer, Iowa, :47.83; 7, Mearah Miedema, Sioux Falls Washington, :48.83; 8, Kati Rath, Rapid City Stevens :48.88.
3,200-Meter Run All Classes: 1, Hannah Kastigar, Aberdeen Central, 11:06.28; 2, Emily Berzonsky, Brookings, 11:11.99; 3, Savannah Childers, Spearfish, 11:28.14; 4, Kelsey Kearney, Sioux Falls Washington, 11:29.45; 5, Shacey Burgess, Rapid City Central, 11:31.53; 6, Allie Green, Sturgis, 11:31.92; 7, Hailey Streff, Madison, 11:33.82; 8, Nicolette Schmidt, Redfield-Doland, 11:34.33.
400-Meter Relay Class AA: 1, Rapid City Stevens, (Ashley Thompson, Gabby Haefs, Emily Delzer, Karissa Prpich) :50.08; 2, Rapid City Central, :50.63; 3, Brookings, :51.24; 4, Aberdeen Central, :51.58; 5, Fargo South, N.D., :52.05; 6, Watertown, :52.47; 7, Spencer, Iowa, :52.54; 8, Pierre, :52.60.
400-Meter Relay Class A: 1, Sioux Falls Christian (Brooke VanGorp, Kristin Stern, Natalie VanEssen, Stacy Smidt), :52.10; 2, West Central, :52.14; 3, Tea, :53.62; 4, Harrisburg, :53.65; 5, Spearfish, :53.92; 6, Luverne, Minn., :53.96; 7, Florence-Henry, :54.20; 8, Madison, :54.21.
400-Meter Relay Class B: 1, Sully Buttes (Remi Wientjes, Carly Jost, Karlea Stahl, Bailey Bradford), :52.74; 2, Parker, :54.17; 3. Potter County, :55.34; 4, Oldham-Ramona/Rutland, :55.71; 5, Colman-Egan, :55.88; 6, De Smet, :56.04; 7, Freeman, :57.01; 8, Highmore-Harrold, :57.03.
800-Meter Relay Class AA: 1, Rapid City Stevens (Emily Haar, Gabby Haefs, Emily Delzer, Karissa Prpich) 1:46.58; 2, Pierre, 1:47.80; 3, Brandon Valley, 1:49.35; 4, Brookings, 1:49.60; 5, Fargo South, N.D., 1:49.85; 6, Sioux Falls Lincoln, 1:49.97; 7, Sioux Falls Washington, 1:50.16; 8, Watertown, 1:50.40.
800-Meter Relay Class A: 1, Sioux Falls Christian (Kara Koth, Kristin Stern, Miranda Velgersdyk, Stacy Smidt) 1:45.77; 2, Luverne, Minn., 1:51.85; 3, West Central, 1:53.14; 4, Tea, 1:53.73; 5, Spearfish, 1:54.67; 6, Florence-Henry, 1:54.87; 7, Bon Homme, 1:55.17; 8, Canton, 1:55.46.
800-Meter Relay Class B: 1, Parker (Morgan Hay, Jenny Smith, Brittany Olson, Tessa Weeldreyer) 1:50.51; 2, Sully Buttes, 1:50.68; 3, Potter County, 1:55.43; 4, Freeman, 1:55.91; 5, De Smet, 1:56.91; 6, Hills-Beaver Creek, Minn., 1:57.62; 7, Wessington Springs, 1:58.34; 8, Viborg-Hurley, 1:58.79.
1,600-Meter Medley Relay Class AA: 1, Aberdeen Central (Madison Russman, Samantha Knecht, Lexi Weisbeck, Brynn Flakus), 4:21.51; 2, Brandon Valley, 4:24.96; 3, Spencer, Iowa, 4:24.98; 4, Yankton, 4:27.12; 5, Pierre, 4:28.86; 6, Sioux Falls Washington, 4:30.75; 7, Rapid City Stevens, 4:30.83; 8, Sioux Falls Lincoln, 4:31.21.
1,600-Meter Medley Relay Class A: 1, Custer (Monique Mack, Julianne Thomsen, Samantha McNeel, Tori Glazer) 4:22.92; 2, Harrisburg, 4:29.73; 3, Benson, Minn., 4:30.05; 4, Canton, 4:33.14; 5, Platte-Geddes, 4:33.64; 6, Spearfish, 4:35.34; 7, Madison, 4:36.60; 8, Vermillion, 4:37.63.
1,600-Meter Medley Relay Class B: 1, Castlewood (Daina Wilde, Brooke Bruinsma, Regan Benike, Lindsey Strait), 4:29.68; 2, Mountain Lake, Minn., 4:35.01; 3, Newell, 4:37.25; 4, Potter County, 4:38.5; 5, Hills-Beaver Creek, Minn., 4:39.52; 6, Avon, 4:39.53; 7, James Valley Christian, 4:41.00; 8, South Central, 4:41.34.
Pole Vault All Classes: 1, Alexis Clark, Aberdeen Central, 11-0; 2, Courtney Cassen, Sturgis, 10-6; 3, Sydney Dale, Watertown, 10-0; 4, Tessa Musil, Huron, 10-0; 5, Larissa Swanson, Aberdeen Central, 10-0; 6, Klara Lyon, Sturgis, 9-6; 7, Brianna Bedard, Rapid Central Stevens, 9-6; 8, Lexy Chase, Huron, 9-6.
Long Jump All Classes: 1, Robyn Wear, Springs Christian, Canada, 17-11-1/2; 2, Alexis Gannon, Brookings, 17-6-3/4; 3, Emma Schalow, Fargo South, N.D., 17-2; 4, Kara Koth, Sioux Falls Christian, 17-0; 5, Brooke Ireland, Sturgis, 16-10-1/2; 6, Janelle Paulson, Clark-Willow Lake, 16-5-1/4; 7, Taylor Volesky, Mitchell, 16-4-1/2; 8, Maddie Vietor, Dell Rapids, 16-4-1/4.
Discus All Classes: 1, Kiana Phelps, Kings-Piers/Wd-C, 135-6; 2, Shekota Myer, Ipswich, 127-9; 3, Allison Koehn, Brandon Valley, 126-4; 4, Cassidy Wright, Dell Rapids, 123-11; 5, Mackenzie Huber, Clark-Willow Lake, 116-0; 6, Atlanta Lundstrom, Canton, 114-0; 7, Ashley Ostrem, Beresford, 112-9; 8, Maria Nightingale, Kimball-White Lake, 112-4.
|BOYS' RESULTS|
300-Meter Hurdles All Classes: 1, Brandon Gildemaster, Sioux Falls Roosevelt, :38.91; 2, Eric Guy, Vincent Massey, :39.17; 3, Cale Fierro, Rapid City Stevens, :40.98; 4, Josh Hilgemann, Aberdeen Central, :41.11; 5, Jared Thomsen, Custer, :41.22; 6, Shay Reinke, Pierre, :42.01; 7, Austin Schreurs, Canton, :42.32; 8, Till Olsen, Sturgis,: 42.46
3,200-Meter Run All Classes: 1, Nate Schroeder, Sioux Falls Lincoln, 9:40.42; 2, Reed Fischer, Hopkins, Minn., 9:40.99; 3, Cody Herman, Custer, 9:44.18; 4, Brice Cowman, Yankton, 9:45.7; 5, Zach VanEde, Brandon Valley, 9:49; 6, Weston Christiansen, Pierre, 9:51.9; 7, Brant Gilbertson,
Watertown, 9:53.7; 8, Jesus Urtusuastegui, Sioux Falls Roosevelt, 9:53.76
800-Meter Relay Class AA: 1, Sioux Falls Washington (Nate Gerry, Jordan Determan, AJ Breck, Dan Marlette) 1:29.87; 2, Brandon Valley, 1:30.31; 3, Sioux Falls Roosevelt, 1:31.82; 4, Watertown, 1:32.38; 5, Rapid City Stevens, 1:33.65; 6, Hopkins, Minn., 1:34.36; 7, Aberdeen Central (Anthony Buechler, Greyson Phillips, Josh Hilgemann, Layne Tieszen), 1:34.98; 8, Pierre, 1:35.79.
800-Meter Relay Class A: 1, Luverne, Minn., (Jackson Winter, Ethan Rust, Bo Biever, Jon Ehde) 1:32.59; 2, Harrisburg 1:33.29; 3, Dell Rapids 1:34.24; 4, Sioux Falls Christian, 1:35.23; 5, Bon Homme, 1:35.51; 6, West Lyon, Iowa, 1:35.79; 7, Chamberlain, 1:36.21; 8, Madison, 1:37.28.
800-Meter Relay Class B: 1, Viborg-Hurley (Tyler Gerdes, Andrew Hora, Tyler Novak, Trevor Jacobsen) 1:35.62; 2, Corsica-Stickney, 1:35.96; 3, Freeman, 1:36.28;; 4, Castlewood, 1:37.3; 5, Kimball-White Lake, 1:37.56; 6, Lyman, 1:38.31; 7, Parker, 1:38.57; 8, Avon, 1:38.66.
1,600-Meter Medley Relay Class AA: 1, Sioux Falls Washington (Jordan Determan, Sam Cooke, Jonah Warwick, Cameron Sannes) 3:36.05; 2, Sioux Falls Lincoln, 3:37.58; 3, Sioux Falls Roosevelt, 3:41.68; 4, Brookings, 3:42.71; 5, Brandon Valley, 3:46.64; 6, Pierre, 3:47.13; 7, Watertown, 3:49.27; 8, Rapid City Stevens, 3:51.13.
1,600-Meter Medley Relay Class A: 1, Vermillion (Nathan Svendsen, JT Sorensen, Colin Olson, Austin Krier) 3:42.24; 2, Madison, 3:42.22; 3, Custer, 3:43.39; 4, Baltic, 3:45.69; 5, Sioux Falls Christian, 3:46.81; 6, Spearfish, 3:50.55; 7, Lennox, 3:51.49; 8, Elkton-Lake Benton, 3:51.59.
1,600-Meter Medley Relay Class B: 1, Parker (Blake Reynolds, Tristen Erickson, Michael Olson, Duane Jongeling) 3:45.84; 2, Viborg-Hurley, 3:52.12; 3, Lyman, 3:53.04; 4, Sully Buttes, 3:54.09; 5, Hills-Beaver Creek, Minn., 3:54.90; 6, Avon, 3:56.33; 7, Freeman, 3:57.52; 8, Ipswich, 3:57.59.
High Jump All Classes: 1, Christian Parker, Sioux Falls Washington, 6-8; 2, David Mulbah, Sioux Falls Roosevelt, 6-4; 3, Grant Larson, Sioux Falls Washington, 6-4; 4, Tyler Trank, South Central-Burke, 6-2; 5, Zach Koosman, Lennox, 6-2; 6, Camden Myers, Ethan-Parkston, 6-0; 7, Austin Opdahl, Chester, 6-0; 8, Spencer Kerzman, Dell Rapids, 5-10.
Long Jump All Classes: 1, Matt VandeBerg, Brandon Valley, 21-8-1/4; 2, Tayler Anderson, Madison, 20-11-1/2; 3, Terrance Bowers, Hopkins, Minn., 20-9-3/4; 4, Brett Nichols, Dell Rapids, 20-2-3/4; 5, Tyler Gerdes, Viborg-Hurley, 20-1-3/4; 6, Isaac VanEssen, Sioux Falls Christian, 20--1/4; 7, Victor Ogeka, Windom, 20-0; 8, Tyler Howard, Sioux Falls Roosevelt, 19-11-3/4.
Shot Put All Classes: 1, Cole Langer, Dell Rapids, 59-5; 2, Mason Leiseth, Hamlin, 56-2; 3, Jack Lembcke, Sioux Falls Roosevelt, 55-4-1/2; 4, Cody Bauman, West Lyon, 51-9; 5, Zach Morehead, Tea, 47-3.-1/2; 6, Tate Nafziger, Potter County, 46-2; 7, Grant Lewis, Sioux Falls Washington, 46-1; 8, Tyson Jenkins, Clark-Willow Lake, 45-6.
Discus All Classes: 1, Mason Leiseth, Hamlin, 167-1; 2, Jack Lembcke, Sioux Falls Roosevelt, 166-11; 3, Anthony Huber, Ethan-Parkston, 159-7; 4, Tyler Currey, Madison, 153-8; 5, Logan Ammons, Kadoka, 142-1; 6, Cody Rofshus, Luverne, Minn., 142-1; 7, Colton Bender, Rapid City Stevens, 137-10; 8, Tyson Jenkins, Clark-Willow Lake, 134-6.