Depth continued to dominate on Saturday.
The Aberdeen Roncalli track and field squads once again conquered their Northeast Conference foes to add to their growing list of league titles.
The Roncalli boys won their sixth NEC title in a row and eighth of the past 12 championships by scoring 197 points. The Roncalli girls added their fifth league crown in the past six years and eighth in the past dozen as well, by scoring 157 points. No other team in the meet was within striking range of either.
"To win a Northeast Conference track championship you have to have a lot of successes along the way," said Roncalli girls' coach Mark Stone. "You have to have contributions from a lot of people."
And that is where the depth comes in. The Roncalli boys scored nearly 200 points despite winning just four events.
"That is really a key for us. We have good depth," said Roncalli boys' coach Terry Dosch. "We maybe don't necessarily have the big star power. On the other hand, the athletes that we have epitomize what a team is all about."
Roncalli's girls won just three events, yet captured the team title by more than 40 points.
"We take a lot of pride in our numbers," Stone noted. "We work hard to get kids to consider participating in track and field. You win track meets because of your depth. You don't win because of one or two outstanding individuals."
Roncalli had three individual champs on the day.
Dalton Cox won the shot put, Layne Holzer won the 100-meter dash and Christy Renner took first in the pole vault.
However, the Cavaliers racked up major points by often placing more than one athlete in an event.
"I knew it was going to be a pretty good day when we went 1-2-3 in the 100," Dosch commented. "We scored a lot of points in the second through sixth place positions. There were a number of events where we scored three kids."
Roncalli also received first place finishes in the girls' 800-meter and 1,600-meter relays and the boys' 400-meter and 800-meter relays.
Dosch also pointed out the state qualifying performance of Anthony Andera in the pole vault. His second-place mark of 11 feet was a personal best by a foot.
"We knew he had the potential to do that," Dosch said.
Both Dosch and Stone said winning conference titles never gets old and is something the athletes make a high priority each season.
"Our kids take this pretty seriously," Stone said. "That's modeled for them by those that have graduated before them."
Dosch said it is satisfying watching athletes reach their potential.
"Watching kids improve and watching kids perform up to their expectations, that never gets old," Dosch said. "That's really why you coach, to help kids achieve their potential."
Multiple individual winners included Angela Young of Clark-Willow Lake in both hurdles races and the long jump, Tiara Gibson of Deuel in the 400 and 800, Nicolette Schmidt of Redfield-Doland in the 1,600 and 3,200, Janelle Paulson of Clark-Willow Lake in the 100 and triple jump, John Noyes of Redfield-Doland in the 1,600 and 3,200, Ephram Albrecht of Redfield-Doland in the 200 and triple jump and Dallas Goedert of Britton-Hecla in the high jump and long jump.
Roncalli now heads off to the Region 1A meet at noon Thursday in Britton. (The pole vault will be held at 4 p.m. Monday at Swisher Field). Because of poor weather this spring the Cavaliers, like many other teams, are a bit short on state qualifiers making the meet crucial.
"Thursday is going to be a really big day for us," Dosch said. "We have five events qualified right now for the state track meet."
With precious spots at stake, the competition promises to be fierce.
"I can't remember the last time we had this few of qualifiers going into the region meet," Stone said. "It's going to be a fun day for track enthusiasts. I think it's just got great potential to be an exciting region meet."
|GIRLS' DIVISION|
Team Points: Aberdeen Roncalli 157, Clark-Willow Lake 114, Redfield-Doland 111, Webster Area 74, Britton-Hecla 74, Milbank 65, Deuel 50, Groton Area 48, Sisseton 41.
100-Meter Hurdles: 1. Angela Young, CWL, :16.9; 2. Kylie Hawkins, GA, :17.3; 3. Haley Rithmiller, WA, :17.4; 4. Brooke Skoglund, BH, :17.4; 5. Aria Meyer, BH, :17.8; 6. Lexy Gisi, AR, :18.4; 7. Maddie Foss, Mil, :18.5; 8. McKenzie Volesky, WA, :21.0.
300-Meter Intermediate Hurdles: 1. Angela Young, CWL, :52.9; 2. Hailey Kline, AR, :53.3; 3. Aria Meyer, BH, :53.8; 4. Lindsey Hahler, AR, :54.0; 5. Cheyenne Schaller, GA, :54.2; 6. Abby Drew, Sis, :55.1; 7. McKenzie Volesky, WA, :55.6; 8. Audrey Wanner, GA, :56.0.
100-Meter Dash: 1. Janelle Paulson, CWL, :12.7; 2. Paige Sommers, AR, :12.7; 3. Kassi Jones, BH, :12.8; 4. Courtney Trapp, Mil, :12.9; 5. Megan Stahl, RD, :13.1; 6. Chynna Stevens, CWL, :13.1; 7. Courtney Albrecht, RD, :13.3; 8. Morgan Schmitt, Mil, :13.6.
200-Meter Dash: 1. Kassi Jones, BH, :27.5; 2. Paige Sommers, AR, :27.9; 3. Janelle Paulson, CWL, :28.7; 4. Tiara Gibson, Deu, :29.0; 5. Chynna Stevens, CWL, :29.2; 6. Megan Stahl, RD, :29.6; 7. Courtney Trapp, Mil, :29.6; 8.
Courtney Albrecht, RD, :29.7.
400-Meter Dash: 1. Tiara Gibson, Deu, 1:01.7; 2. Paige Sommers, AR, 1:02.0; 3. Janelle Paulson, CWL, 1:02.7; 4. Erica Carrels, AR, 1:03.2; 5. Haley Rithmiller, WA, 1:04.6; 6. Chynna Stevens, CWL, 1:05.3; 7. Mckenzie Fjelland, Sis, 1:07.6; 8. Kate Leddy, Mil, 1:08.9.
800-Meter Run: 1. Tiara Gibson, Deu, 2:36.5; 2. Erica Carrels, AR, 2:38.3; 3. Cori Redmond, Mil, 2:38.8; 4. Chloe Edgar, RD, 2:39.3; 5. Mariah Volesky, WA, 2:44.9; 6. Kennedy Lorenz, AR, 2:46.1; 7. Mackenzie Martin, AR, 2:46.6;
8. Kandace Kolden, CWL, 2:51.6.
1,600-Meter Run: 1. Nicolette Schmidt, RD, 5:50.4; 2. Kendra Woytassek, AR, 5:52.6; 3. Ashley Fosness, BH, 5:55.0; 4. Tana Muellenberg, RD, 5:55.4; 5. Kate Gillette, RD, 6:08.7; 6. Isabel Litzen, AR, 6:15.7; 7. Karlee Mertens,
Mil, 6:16.2; 8. Gretchen Biersbach, Mil, 6:18.1.
3,200-Meter Run: 1. Nicolette Schmidt, RD, 12:00.2; 2. Kendra Woytassek, AR, 12:12.7; 3. Mikayla Prouty, CWL, 12:12.9; 4. Tana Muellenberg, RD, 12:56.5; 5. Jasmine Schaller, GA, 13:04.0; 6. Kate Gillette, RD, 13:11.9; 7. Shea
Hooth, Mil, 13:30.5; 8. Isabel Litzen, AR, 13:47.0.
Shot Put: 1. Danielle Waldner, RD, 41-4; 2. Mackenzie Huber, CWL, 36-9; 3. Abby Dockter, AR, 35-1; 4. Jamie Tebben, RD, 33-1; 5. Danielle Levtzow, RD, 33-0.5; 6. Kalli Bell, CWL, 32-5; 7. Rachel Richardt, Mil, 31-4; 8. Christy
Renner, AR, 31-4.
Discus: 1. Mackenzie Huber, CWL, 113-3; 2. Kalli Bell, CWL, 112-7; 3. Breanna Bullert, WA, 109-2; 4. Erica Schuster, GA, 98-1; 5. Jobi McCreary, WA, 94-11; 6. Christy Renner, AR, 91-8; 7. Alyssa Sippel, GA, 91-6; 8. Jamie
Tebben, RD, 87-2.
High Jump: 1. Sam Wiekamp, Deu, 4-11; 2. Heather Dearing, Deu, 4-9; 3. Heidi Berquist, Mil, 4-9; 4. Brittany Ackerman, Mil, 4-7; 5. Karie Lone, WA, 4-7; 6. Camille Sippel, GA, 4-5; 7. Alyssa Magnuson, Sis, 4-5; 8. Laken
Olson, BH, 4-5.
Long Jump: 1. Angela Young, CWL, 15-83/4; 2. Taylor Ivy, WA, 15-8.5; 3. Mallori Rabenberg, BH, 15-4; 4. Taylor Morgan, AR, 15-0; 5. Mollie Rausch, WA, 15-0; 6. Shyla Henricks, BH, 14-61/2; 7. Alex Remily, RD, 14-31/2; 8.
Morgan Gunderson, AR, 14-11/2.
Triple Jump: 1. Janelle Paulson, CWL, 33-111/2; 2. Mallori Rabenberg, BH, 32-83/4; 3. Angela Young, CWL, 32-81/4; 4. Mollie Rausch, WA, 32-8; 5. Amber Schuster, GA, 31-41/4; 6. Joslyn Heer, RD, 31-31/2; 7. Elise Cardella, AR,
31-2; 8. Whitney Keller, WA, 31-1.
Pole Vault: 1. Christy Renner, AR, 7-0; 2. Karlie Karst, Sis, 6-0; 3. Morgan Gunderson, AR, 6-0; 4. Tage Hanson, AR, 6-0; 5. Katie Christopherson, Sis, 5-6; 6. Persephone Eastman, Sis, 5-0.
400-Meter Relay: 1. Redfield-Doland (Megan Stahl, Roni Levtzow, Joslyn Heer, Courtney Albrecht) :53.7; 2. Milbank :54.0; 3. Britton-Hecla :54.5; 4. Aberdeen Roncalli :55.9; 5. Sisseton :56.3; 6. Groton Area :56.9; 7. Webster
Area :58.8; 8. Deuel 1:03.8.
800-Meter Relay: 1. Aberdeen Roncalli (Kristy Maag, Taylor Morgan, Mikayla Malsam, Erica Carrels) 1:54.6; 2. Redfield-Doland 1:55.7; 3. Sisseton 2:00.5; 4. Webster Area 2:02.6; 5. Milbank 2:03.0; 6. Britton-Hecla 2:03.2.
1,600-Meter Relay: 1. Aberdeen Roncalli (Mikayla Malsam, Lindsey Hahler, Paige Sommers, Erica Carrels) 4:27.7; 2. Webster Area 4:33.9; 3. Groton Area 4:36.4; 4. Milbank 4:40.8; 5. Redfield-Doland 4:49.4; 6. Deuel 4:50.3; 7.
Sisseton 4:57.2.
Sprint Medley Relay: 1. Britton-Hecla (names not reported) 4:52.4; 2. Aberdeen Roncalli 4:57.7; 3. Webster Area 4:59.8; 4. Milbank 5:05.9; 5. Sisseton 5:07.0; 6. Groton Area 5:08.0; 7. Redfield-Doland 5:18.3; 8. Deuel 5:29.0.
3,200-Meter Relay: 1. Redfield-Doland (Tana Muellenberg, Kate Gillette, Nicolette Schmidt, Chloe Edgar) 10:52.0; 2. Milbank 10:54.2; 3. Aberdeen Roncalli 11:10.4; 4. Groton Area 11:25.6; 5. Webster Area 11:26.0; 6. Sisseton
11:42.6; 7. Deuel 12:13.0.
|BOYS' DIVISION|
Team Points: Aberdeen Roncalli 197, Britton-Hecla 108, Redfield-Doland 105, Sisseton 75, Milbank 61, Groton Area 51, Clark-Willow Lake 49, Webster Area 46, Deuel 34.
110-Meter High Hurdles: 1. Zach Crandall, BH, :15.6; 2. Zach Schaefbauer, AR, :15.7; 3. Landon Olson, BH, :17.6; 4. Dion Becker, RD, :18.2; 5. Nolan Foss, Mil, :19.6; 6. Anthony Andera, AR, :19.7; 7. Josh Conner, WA, :22.2; 8. Cordell Giese, Deu, :22.2.
300-Meter Intermediate Hurdles: 1. Landon Olson, BH, :43.4; 2. Zach Schaefbauer, AR, :44.5; 3. Tyler Hansen, RD, :45.7; 4. Ephram Albrecht, RD, :47.2; 5. Jackson Doeden, GA, :48.9; 6. Dion Becker, RD, :49.5; 7. Josh Conner, WA, :50.3; 8. Anthony Andera, AR, :50.6.
100-Meter Dash: 1. Layne Holzer, AR, :11.5; 2. Brayden Hilton, AR, :11.6; 3. Dalton Cox, AR, :11.6; 4. Andrew Buchele, Mil, :11.7; 5. Lance Eide, Deu, :11.8; 6. Nick Johnson, GA, :11.8; 7. Nikolai Pyatt, GA, :11.9; 8. Nathan
Jones, BH, :12.3.
200-Meter Dash: 1. Ephram Albrecht, RD, :24.4; 2. Nikolai Pyatt, GA, :24.7; 3. Lance Eide, Deu, :24.8; 4. Layne Holzer, AR, :25.0; 5. Brayden Hilton, AR, :25.1; 6. Sam Van Orman, AR, :25.1; 7. Evan Carlson, BH, :25.4; 8. Nick
Johnson, GA, :26.0.
400-Meter Dash: 1. Lance Eide, Deu, :23.3; 2. Landon Larson, GA, :53.5; 3. Evan Carlson, BH, :54.5; 4. Tyson Mitzel, AR, :54.9; 5. Jakob Weisbrod, CWL, :55.9; 6. Jordan Bauer, WA, :56.5; 7. Layne Holzer, AR, ;56.6; 8. Dallas
Goedert, BH, :57.3.
800-Meter Run: 1. Darin Peterson, Sis, 2:10.4; 2. Torrey Kolden, CWL, 2:11.1; 3. Jadrian Guy, BH, 2:12.2; 4. Jordan Bauer, WA, 2:12.5; 5. Brayden Sommers, AR, 2:12.7; 6. Tyson Mitzel, AR, 2:13.5; 7. Austin Berens, Mil, 2:15.3; 8.
Mitch Prouty, CWL, 2:18.2.
1,600-Meter Run: 1. John Noyes, RD, 4:51.7; 2. Austin Berens, Mil, 4:53.4; 3. Austin Hanisch, AR, 5:01.4; 4. Brandon Barrett, BH, 5:05.9; 5. Korbyn Bertsch, Sis, 5:06.7; 6. Dan Albl, AR, 5:07.3; 7. Rawson Yost, CWL, 5:14.6;
8. Noble Karels, Mil, 5:19.8.
3,200-Meter Run: 1. John Noyes, RD, 10:48.0; 2. Dan Albl, AR, 10:54.8; 3. Austin Hanisch, AR, 10:58.3; 4. Korbyn Bertsch, Sis, 11:22.2; 5. Noble Karels, Mil, 11:39.3; 6. Jacob Brandt, Deu, 11:55.0; 7. Dylan Johnson, Mil, 12:02.1; 8.
Colin Magedanz, Deu, 12:03.0.
Shot Put: 1. Dalton Cox, AR, 50-21/2; 2. Tyson Jenkins, CWL, 47-01/2; 3. Isaac Lindquist, Mil, 46-111/2; 4. Ben Forrette, Mil, 44-111/2; 5. Dalton Locke, GA, 42-5; 6. Wyatt Youngblom, Sis, 42-4; 7. Tyler Holm, GA, 41-4; 8.
Devin Frohling, BH, 40-101/2.
Discus: 1. Devin Frohling, BH, 140-9; 2. Jon Schwab, AR, 138-6; 3. Isaac Lindquist, Mil, 133-3; 4. Tyson Jenkins, CWL, 130-3; 5. Noah Huber, CWL, 113-4; 6. Kyle Schaffer, RD, 111-8; 7. Collin Hilzendeger, AR, 102-5; 8.
Wyatt Youngblom, Sis, 101-6.
High Jump: 1. Dallas Goedert, BH, 5-6; 2. Andy Rithmiller, WA, 5-6; 3. Aaron Sattler, WA, 5-6; 4. Zach Schaefbauer, AR, 5-4; 5. Landon Larson, GA, 5-4; 6. Mitch Musel, AR, 5-4; 7. Rorey Forest, CWL, 5-2; 8. Preston Premus, WA, 5-2.
Long Jump: 1. Dallas Goedert, BH, 21-03/4; 2. Ephram Albrecht, RD, 20-91/4; 3. Chad Hay, AR, 20-3; 4. Wyatt Becker, RD, 20-11/2; 5. Andy Rithmiller, WA, 20-01/2; 6. Nathan Jones, BH, 19-71/2; 7. Sam VanOrman, AR, 18-81/4; 8. Isaac Snaza, Mil, 18-71/4.
Triple Jump: 1. Ephram Albrecht, RD, 42-41/2; 2. Mitch Musel, AR, 40-61/4; 3. Dallas Goedert, BH, 38-51/4; 4. Sam VanOrman, AR, 38-43/4; 5. Wyatt Becker, RD, 38-41/2; 6. Aaron Sattler, WA, 38-21/2; 7. Lain Logan, RD, 36-103/4; 8. Preston Premus, WA, 36-4.
Pole Vault: 1. Brayden Tasa, Sis, 11-0; 2. Anthony Andera, AR, 11-0; 3. Colton Cox, AR, 10-6; 4. Andrew Fitz, Sis, 8-6; 5. Jacob Kalb, Sis, 8-0; 6. Ben Bellefeuille, AR, 7-0.
400-Meter Relay: 1. Aberdeen Roncalli (Brayden Hilton, Jayden Everson, Zach Lundquist, Dalton Cox) :46.6; 2. Groton Area :47.4; 3. Redfield-Doland :47.9; 4. Britton-Hecla :48.3; 5. Sisseton :49.2; 6. Milbank :49.9; 7. Deuel
:50.8.
800-Meter Relay: 1. Aberdeen Roncalli (Sam Van Orman, Zach Lundquist, Dalton Cox, Brayden Hilton) 1:38.0; 2. Groton Area 1:39.3; 3. Webster Area 1:42.5; 4. Sisseton 1:42.8; 5. Britton-Hecla 1:44.6; 6. Redfield-Doland 1:46.8; 7.
Milbank 1:48.2.
1,600-Meter Relay: 1. Britton-Hecla (Landon Olson, Nathan Jones, Jadrian Guy, Evan Carlson) 3:40.7; 2. Aberdeen Roncalli 3:47.2; 3. Sisseton 3:52.4; 4. Clark-Willow Lake 3:54.7; 5. Webster Area 3:55.5; 6. Milbank 3:59.2; 7.
Redfield-Doland 4:01.6.
Sprint Medley Relay: 1. Sisseton (Trever Archer, Brayden Tasa, Ethan Kranhold, Jalin Cordell) 4:11.3; 2. Redfield-Doland 4:16.7; 3. Aberdeen Roncalli 4:19.1; 4. Milbank 4:25.7; 5. Deuel 4:35.5.
3,200-Meter Relay: 1. Clark-Willow Lake (Mitch Prouty, Torrey Kolden, Rawson Yost, Nick Weisbrod) 9:04.1; 2. Sisseton 9:09.5; 3. Aberdeen Roncalli 9:28.2; 4. Redfield-Doland 9:31.9; 5. Milbank 9:37.9; 6. Deuel 9:55.4; 7.
Britton-Hecla 9:59.1; 8. Webster Area 10:47.9.