RAPID CITY – Deubrook Area closed the Class B State Girls’ Track and Field Meet with a victory in the 4x400-meter relay en route to winning the team title for the second year in a row on Saturday at O’Harra Stadium.
Deubrook bookended the track portion of the meet with the win in the 4x400 as senior Cortney Bauman and juniors Ashley Vandermer, Josie Olsen and Shaylee DeBeer prevailed in a time of 4 minutes, 10.74 seconds.
The Dolphins also won the first event of the meet Friday morning, taking the 4x800 crown for the third time in a row. They were runners-up in the 4x400 last season.
Deubrook, which won its first-ever team title in 2017, finished with 84 points. Ipswich was second at 58.5, followed by Newell (47) in third.
Colman-Egan (37) took fourth. Lake Preston scored all 26 of its points on Day 2 and finished in a tie for 10th. Estelline/Hendricks, which racked up all 21.5 of its points Friday, ended up 14th.
The Dolphins entered the day with a 54-35.5 lead over the Lady Tigers.
Vandermeer accounted for 36 points – 28 individually – in the meet as she added a second-place showing in the 200 in 25.97 seconds on Saturday. Chester Area’s Makenna Larson won in 25.88.
On Friday, Vandermeer won the triple jump (third year in a row) and long jump.
Olsen placed second in the 1,600 with a 5:28.16 clocking, matching her finish in the 3,200 from the day before.
Bauman – the only senior on the Dolphins’ roster – took fifth in the 300-meter hurdles in 49.03.
Josie Mousel picked up a win to highlight a solid Saturday by the Hawks. She cleared 5 feet, 3 inches to take the high jump crown.
Reese Luze was fifth in the 1,600 in 5:37.21.
Mackenzie Hemmer found the podium in both hurdles events, taking sixth in the 300 (49.72) and seventh in the 100 (16.29).
Elizabeth Moore, Hemmer, Mousel and Olivia Baumberger ended up third in the 4x100, crossing in 52.18.
Moore, Hemmer, Haleigh Nicol and Baumberger placed sixth in the 4x200 with a 1:50.25 clocking.
Senior Rylie Brown led the Divers’ charge up the team standings on Day 2.
She was runner-up in the 100-meter dash in 12.68 seconds, .09 behind Larson; and added a seventh-place finish in the 200 (26.97).
Brown took fourth and fifth, respectively, in the two events a year ago.
Ashley Neely, Lindsay Hillestad, Ashlyn DeKnikker and Brown placed second in the 4x200 relay in a time of 1:48.6. Tripp-Delmont/Armour won in 1:46.69.
Brown, Neely, Hillestad and DeKnikker also took second in the medley with a 4:22.84 clocking. Kimball/White Lake placed first in 4:20.51.
Notes: In 2017, Deubrook Area totaled 78 team points and Parker was second at 48. Ipswich (38.2) finished seventh. … In 2016, Ipswich racked up 104 team points for its fifth consecutive state title. Deubrook (51) was runner-up.
CLASS B STATE GIRLS’ TRACK AND FIELD MEET
Team scores
Deubrook Area 84, Ipswich 58.5, Newell 47, Colman-Egan 37, Avon 32, Hanson 31.5, Chester Area 31, Kimball/White Lake 29, Gayville-Volin 29, Lake Preston 26, Tripp-Delmont/Armour 26, Wall 24, Freeman 22, Estelline/Hendricks 21.5, Sully Buttes 19, Irene-Wakond 19, Warner 18, Andes Central/Dakota Christian 17, Wilmot 16, Viborg-Hurley 14, Burke-South Central 11, Colome 10, Faith 10, Dell Rapids St. Mary 9, Corsica-Stickney 7, Wolsey-Wessington 7, Waverly-South Shore 7, Menno 6, Clark/Willow Lake 6, Gregory 6, Northwestern 6, Jones County 6, Canistota 5, Faulkton Area 5, Bridgewater-Emery 5, Great Plains Lutheran 5, Waubay/Summit 4, McIntosh 4, Potter County 4, Eureka/Bowdle 3, Langford Area 3, Sunshine Bible Academy 3, Castlewood 2, New Underwood 2, Freeman Academy/Marion 1.5, Philip 1, Sanborn Central/Woonsocket 1, Scotland 1.
100 – 1, Makenna Larson, Chester Area, 12.59; 2, Rylie Brown, Lake Preston, 12.68; 3, Dayna Roth, Freeman, 12.82; 4, Brooklyn Brouwer, Tripp-Delmont/Armour, 12.96; 5, Haley Krumpus, Colome, 12.97; 6, Elianna Clark, Gayville-Volin, 13.06; 7, Cerington Jones, New Underwood, 13.1; 8, Ella Heinitz, Dell Rapids St. Mary, 13.15.
200 – 1, Makenna Larson, Chester Area, 25.88; 2, Ashley Vandermeer, Deubrook Area, 25.97; 3, Lauren Sees, Avon, 26.27; 4, Haley Krumpus, Colome, 26.39; 5, Sydney Schell, Northwestern, 26.6; 6, Adyson Dwight, Langford Area, 26.77; 7, Rylie Brown, Lake Preston, 26.97; 8, Shannon Sokolowski, Irene-Wakonda, 27.2.
400 – 1, Delaney Leber, Newell, 58.77; 2, Ella Heinitz, Dell Rapids St. Mary, 1:00.58; 3, Cheylee Nagel, Avon, 1:02.03; 4, Anna Fritze, Great Plains Lutheran, 1:02.62; 5, Elianna Clark, Gayville-Volin, 1:02.92; 6, Shariah Brockel, Sunshine Bible Academy, 1:03.34; 7, Lauren Baumberger, McIntosh, 1:03.72; 8, Caycee Guinn, Sanborn Central/Woonsocket, 1:03.81.
1,600 – 1, Delaney Leber, Newell, 5:22.03; 2, Josie Olsen, Deubrook Area, 5:28.16; 3, Maddy Fairley, Gayville-Volin, 5:30.64; 4, Isabella Brouwer, Andes Central/Dakota Christian, 5:35.24; 5, Reese Luze, Colman-Egan, 5:37.21; 6, Aleah Steger, Ipswich, 5:41.52; 7, Ellie Overweg, Kimball/White Lake, 5:42.08; 8, Lexy Tieszen, Canistota, 5:42.22.
100 hurdles – 1, Sydney Leidholt, Warner, 15.61; 2, Holly Richards, Viborg-Hurley, 15.68; 3, Shannon Sokolowski, Irene-Wakonda, 15.74; 4, Saraya Bronson, Wilmot, 15.96; 5, Ashton Vaith, Menno, 15.98; 6, Autumn Pitlick, Potter County, 16.28; 7, Mackenzie Hemmer, Colman-Egan, 16.29; 8, Courtney Menning, Corsica-Stickney, 16.77.
300 hurdles – 1, Shannon Sokolowski, Irene-Wakonda, 48.18; 2, Sydney Leidholt, Warner, 48.32; 3, Saraya Bronson, Wilmot, 49.01; 4, Josie Fuhrmann, Freeman, 49.02; 5, Cortney Bauman, Deubrook Area, 49.03; 6, Mackenzie Hemmer, Colman-Egan, 49.72; 7, Jesse Munkvold, Menno, 49.97; 8, Abby Vetch, Faulkton Area, 50.52.
4x100 relay – 1, Tripp-Delomt/Armour (Hannah Whitney, Kianna Payer, Alyssa Whitney, Brooklyn Brouwer), 51.62; 2, Ipswich, 51.86; 3, Colman-Egan (Elizabeth Moore, Mackenzie Hemmer, Josie Mousel, Olivia Baumberger), 52.18; 4, Chester Area, 52.29; 5, Viborg-Hurley, 52.36; 6, Hanson, 52.39; 7, Freeman, 42.87; 8, Irene-Wakonda, 52.95.
4x200 relay – 1, Tripp-Delmont/Armour (Hannah Whitney, Kianna Payer, Alyssa Whitney, Brooklyn Brouwer), 1:46.69; 2, Lake Preston (Ashley Neely, Lindsay Hillestad, Ashlyn DeKnikker, Rylie Brown), 1:48.6; 3, Faith, 1:49.25; 4, Hanson, 1:49.63; 5, Ipswich, 1:49.67; 6, Colman-Egan (Elizabeth Moore, Mackenzie Hemmer, Haleigh Nicol, Olivia Baumberger), 1:50.25; 7, Freeman, 1:50.27; 8, Viborg-Hurley, 1:53.13.
4x400 relay – 1, Deubrook Area (Cortney Bauman, Ashley Vandermer, Josie Olsen, Shaylee DeBeer, 4:10.74; 2, Ipswich, 4:12.88; 3, Avon, 4:13.94; 4, Freeman, 4:17.7; 5, Corsica-Stickney, 4:17.93; 6, Hanson, 4:20.09; 7, Castlewood, 4:22.35; 8, Sully Buttes, 4:24.63.
Medley relay – 1, Kimball/White Lake (Kennedy Leiferman, Dani Deffenbaugh Sage Pulse, Christine Gaulke), 4:20.51; 2, Lake Preston (Rylie Brown, Ashley Neely, Lindsay Hillestad, Ashlyn DeKnikker), 4:22.84; 3, Gregory, 4:33.31; 4, Newell, 4:36.19; 5, Faith, 4:38.64; 6, Andes Central/Dakota Christian, 4:41.39; 7, Wolsey-Wessington, 4:42.31; 8, Tripp-Delmont/Armour, 4:44.79.
High jump – 1, Josie Mousel, Colman-Egan, 5-3; 2, Lahna Matucha, Burke/South Central, 5-2; 3, Paige Mehlberg, Clark/Willow Lake, 5-2; 4, (Tie) Peyton Melius, Faulkton Area, Noelle Hofer, Canistota, Beulah Black Cloud, Andes Central/Dakota Christian, 5-0; 7, (tie) Isabelle Riggs, Hanson, Amy Ptak, Freeman Academy/Marion, 5-0.
SDPB photo: Deubrook Area senior Cortney Bauman and juniors Josie Olsen, Shaylee DeBeer and Ashley Vandermeer placed first in the 4x400-meter relay in 4 minutes, 10.74 seconds to close out the Class B State Girls’ Track and Field Meet on Saturday at O’Harra Stadium in Rapid City. The Dolphins racked up 84 points to win the team title for the second season in a row.
