SIOUX FALLS – Flandreau’s Kylie Bertram, Ashtyn Bertram, Hannah Parsley and Elizabeth Hursey placed eighth in the girls’ medley relay in a time of 4 minutes, 32.02 seconds at the Class A State Track & Field Meet on Saturday at Howard Wood Field.
Defending-champion St. Thomas More and Madison shared the team title with 64 points apiece. Custer (62) was third.
Sioux Valley ended up 25th in the team standings with 11 points, while the Fliers were 34th with one point.
The Cavaliers were the top seed in the final event – the 4x400-meter relay – however, they were disqualified. Had they finished the event, they would have won the team title outright.
Instead, the Lady Bulldogs’ Jennifer Giles, Hailey Streff, Anna Theophilus and Olivia Rud took advantage of the opportunity and teamed to win the event in 4:03.14 to earn a share of the team championship.
Belle Fourche’s Shayla Howell was named Track MVP and Field MVP. On Saturday, she won the 100-meter dash in 12.33 seconds and the 200 in 25.62. She placed first in the long jump and triple jump (meet record) on the opening day.
Caelyn Valandra-Prue of Todd County won the 400 in a meet-record time of 56.52.
Custer’s Jordan Menken placed first in the discus (137-7) after winning the shot put on Friday.
Dakota Valley’s Marisa Schulz won the 1,600 (5:06.16) on Saturday and Alyssa Johnson took the high jump title on Friday as both were members of the Panthers’ winning medley relay team (4:14.22).
West Central’s Averi Schmeichel won the 100 hurdles (15.37) and was on the Trojans’ victorious 4x200 relay team (1:45.77).
Boys
The Sioux Falls Christian boys were in the exact same situation as the St. Thomas More girls – finish the 4x400 and win the team title outright.
The Chargers’ Mitch Oostra, Cooper Hitt, DeJay Fykstra and Justus Adams placed third in 3:27.85 to seal the deal.
Christian totaled 112 team points to edge two-time defending champion STM (106). The Cavaliers did their part in the final as Spencer Lund, Ty Trainor, Luke Julian and Jake Aanderud placed first in 3:25.87.
Madison (41) was a distant third on the team leaderboard.
Track MVP Cameron Kuil, a senior from Winner, won the 200 (22.26) and 400 (48.52) and was second in the 100 (11.08 – .01 behind the winner).
Chamberlain senior Tiegen Priebe was named Field MVP. He won the long jump and was runner-up in the triple jump on Friday, before placing third in the 400 meters (50.2) on Saturday.
In addition to anchoring STM’s 4x400 relay, Aanderud also won the 100 (11.07) and was on the Cavaliers’ winning 4x200 relay squad (1:30.52).
Sioux Falls Christian’s Caleb DeWeerd was first in the 1,600 (4:18.88) and anchored his team’s winning medley relay run (3:37.45). On Friday, he won the 800 and was part of the top-finishing 4x800 squad.
After taking the triple jump title on Friday, Jaxon Janke anchored Madison’s winning 4x100-meter relay team (43.66) on Saturday.
The Chargers’ Cooper Hitt was on two winning relay teams – medley on Day 1 and 4x800 on Day 2.
St. Thomas More won the combined team award.
CLASS A STATE TRACK & FIELD MEET
Day 2 – Saturday
At Howard Wood Field, Sioux Falls
GIRLS
Team scores
Madison 64, St. Thomas More 64, Custer 62, Dakota Valley 49, West Central 45, Belle Fourche 43.5, Spearfish 34, Canton 32, Hill City 27, Tea Area 26, Todd County 26, Groton Area 23, Mt. Vernon/Plankinton 21, Beresford 19.5, Tri-Valley 19, Sioux Falls Christian 17.5, Vermillion 16, Lennox 14, Hamlin 13, Chamberlain 13, Elk Point-Jefferson 13, McCook Central/Montrose 12.5, Dell Rapids 12, Ethan/Parkston 12, Sioux Valley 11, Lead-Deadwood 10, Wagner 9, Britton-Hecla 7, Winner 7, Red Cloud 6, Redfield/Doland 5, Stanley County 4, Bon Homme 2, Flandreau 1.
100 – 1, Shayla Howell, Belle Fourche, 12.33; 2, Mikayla Wevik, Tea Area, 12.7; 3, Caelyn Valandra-Prue, Todd County, 12.73; 4, Ashley Odenbach, Spearfish, 12.76; 5, Julia Yoder, Sioux Falls Christian, 12.88; 6, Abbie Strasser, Lennox, 12.93; 7, Bailey Carlson, St. Thomas More, 13.06; 8, Carolyn Eckrich, St. Thomas More, 13.11.
200 – 1, Shayla Howell, Belle Fourche, 25.62; 2, Caelyn Valandra-Prue, Todd county, 26.52; 3, Olivia Rud, Madison, 26.6; 4, Ashley Odenbach, Spearfish, 26.66; 5, Grace Perrenoud, Sioux Falls Christian, 26.76; 6, Sydney Kurtz, West Central, 26.96; 7, Mikayla Wevik, Tea Area, 26.97; 8, Bailey Carlson, St. Thomas More, 27.24.
400 – 1, Caelyn Valandra-Prue, Todd County, 56.52 (meet record); 2, Haleigh Timmer, St. Thomas More, 57.7; 3, Olivia Rud, Madison, 58.36; 4, Jacy Pulse, McCook Central/Montrose, 1:00.05; 5, Calli Davis, Elk Point-Jefferson, 1:00.1; 6, Dacey Rihanek, Mt. Vernon/Plankinton, 1:00.57; 7, Klaire Kirsch, St. Thomas More, 1:01.31; 8, Samantha Schuyler, Winner, 1:01.9.
1,600 – 1, Marisa Schulz, Dakota Valley, 5:06.16; 2, Tori Glazier, Custer, 5:07.68; 3, Mallory Delmont, Custer, 5:09.56; 4, Maddie Lavin, Vermillion, 5:10.35; 5, Ella Byers, Chamberlain, 5:11.7; 6, Marion Hohn, Hill City, 5:13.05; 7, Kaci Cooper, St. Thomas More, 5:16.21; 8, Karlee Simmons, Hill City, 5:16.35.
100 hurdles – 1, Averi Schmeichel, West Central, 15.37; 2, Chastnee Lamer, Tri-Valley, 15.67; 3, Dellaney Bonin, Canton, 15.85; 4, Emily McDonald, Tri-Valley, 16.1; 5, Stephanie Faulhaber, Mt. Vernon/Plankinton, 16.13; 6, Jacy Pulse, McCook Central/Montrose, 16.21; 7, Emma Mechels, Lennox, 16.42; 8, Skylar Sullivan, St. Thomas More, 18.54.
300 hurdles – 1, Dellaney Bonin, Canton, 47.21; 2, Julianne Thomsen, Custer, 47.31; 3, Jessica Giles, Madison, 48.51; 4, Aspen Hansen, Dell Rapids, 48.64; 5, Tori Jones, Stanley County, 49.32; 6, Sarah Rath, Canton, 49.83; 7, Stephanie Faulhaber, Mt. Vernon/Plankinton, 49.95; 8, Emily McDonald, Tri-Valley, 50.35.
4x100 relay – 1, Tea Area (Brooke Piper, Desirae Patzwald, Joni Hofer, Mikayla Wevik), 50.34; 2, West Central, 50.37; 3, Mt. Vernon/Plankinton, 51.35; 4, Tri-Valley, 51.43; 5, Sioux Falls Christian, 51.55; 6, St. Thomas More, 51.68; 7, Canton, 51.69; 8, Lennox, 51.88.
4x200 relay – 1, West Central (Kali Nelson, Averi Schmeichel, Kamryn Lindskov, Sydney Kurtz), 1:45.77; 2, St. Thomas More, 1:46.92; 3, Mt. Vernon/Plankinton, 1:48.37; 4, Lennox, 1:48.6; 5, Canton, 1:48.61; 6, Madison, 1:48.97; 7, Sioux Falls Christian, 1:49.19; 8, Dell Rapids, 1:50.02.
4x400 relay – 1, Madison (Jennifer Giles, Hailey Streff, Anna Theophilus, Olivia Rud), 4:03.14; 2, West Central, 4:06.7; 3, Dell Rapids, 4:12.19; 4, Elk Point-Jefferson, 4:12.21; 5, Spearfish, 4:13.72; 6, Lennox, 4:14.06; 7, Vermillion, 4:15.07; DQ, St. Thomas More.
Medley relay – 1, Dakota Valley (Anna Rasmussen, Tori Schulz, Alyssa Johnson, Marisa Schulz), 4:14.22; 2, St. Thomas More, 4:17.07; 3, Madison, 4:19.87; 4, Vermillion, 4:21.26; 5, Hill City, 4:22.42; 6, Ethan/Parkston, 4:25.8; 7, Spearfish, 4:28.24; 8, Flandreau (Kylie Bertram, Ashtyn Bertram, Hannah Parsley, Elizabeth Hursey), 4:32.02.
Discus – 1, Jordan Menken, Custer, 137-7; 2, Faith Leiseth, Hamlin, 128-5; 3, Janae Patterson, Wagner, 124-11; 4, Cali Boden, Beresford, 116-10; 5, Jessica Bjerke, Groton Ara, 115-3; 6, Taylor Holm, Groton Area, 112-5; 7, Kenna Curry, Elk Point-Jefferson, 112-3; 8, Mady Handel, Chamberlain, 111-2.
BOYS
Team scores
Sioux Falls Christian 112, St. Thomas More 106, Madison 41, Winner 40, Chamberlain 37, Spearfish 36, Tri-Valley 32, Dell Rapids 32, Aberdeen Roncalli 25, Custer 24, Hill City 23, West Central 21, Stanley County 19, Garretson 17, Beresford 15, Lennox 14, Lead-Deadwood 14, Dakota Valley 13, Miller 11, Vermillion 10, Redfield/Doland 10, Tea Area 10, Canton 9, Webster Area 8, Hamlin 8, Milbank Area 7, Mt. Vernon/Plankinton 7, Hot Springs 6, Groton Area 5, Bon Homme 5, Britton-Hecla 4, Wagner 4, Clark/Willow Lake 3, Red Cloud 3, Bennett county 2, Elk-Point Jefferson 2, Todd County 1, Belle Fourche 1, Mobridge-Pollock 1.
100 – 1, Jake Aanderud, St. Thomas More, 11.07; 2, Cameron Kuil, Winner, 11.08; 3, Parker Nelson, Sioux Falls Christian, 11.12; 4, Thomas Rafferty, St. Thomas More, 11.18; 5, Jesse Lohan, Canton, 11.21; 6, Russell Leader Charger, Red cloud, 11.44; 7, Eric Holzer, Aberdeen Roncalli, 11.48; 8, Hunter Hansen, Dell Rapids, 11.5.
200 – 1, Cameron Kuil, Winner, 22.26; 2, Parker Nelson, Sioux Falls Christian, 22.7; 3, Jake Aanderud, St. Thomas More, 23.00; 4, Jesse Lohan, 23.1; 5, Jacob Hyde, St. Thomas More, 23.22; 6, Keisean Deehr-Thornton, Garretson, 23.27; 7, Zeke Robinson, Elk Point-Jefferson, 23.29; 8, Thomas Rafferty, St. Thomas More, 23.45.
400 – 1, Cameron Kuil, Winner, 48.52; 2, Keisean Deehr-Thornton, Garretson, 50.18; 3, Tiegen Priebe, Chamberlain, 50.2; 4, Corbin Miller, Hill City,50.24; 5, Tavian Ashurst, Spearfish, 50.81; 6, Tanner Heim, Dell Rapids, 51.33; 7, Dane Rihane, Mt. Vernon/Plankinton, 51.62; 8, Colton Cox, Aberdeen Roncalli, 51.85.
1,600 – 1, Caleb DeWeerd, Sioux Falls Christian, 4:18.88; 2, Luke Julian, St. Thomas More, 4:21.97; 3, Derick Peters, West Central, 4:27.35; 4, Ty Trainor, St. Thomas More, 4:30.19; 5, Keegan Kleinwolterink, Tea Area, 4:30.97; 6, Lance VanZee, Sioux Falls Christian, 4:32.2; 7, Logan Broeder, Spearfish, 4:32.57; 8, Tristia Old Horse, Hot Springs, 4:32.84.
110 hurdles – 1, Cooper Baloun, Redfield/Doland, 15.08; 2, Justus Adams, Sioux Falls Christian, 15.19; 3, Cden Lamer, Tri-Valley, 15.57; 4, Jonathan Doeden, Groton area, 15.67; 5, Stephon St. Pierre, Wagner, 15.7; 6, Cade Poppen, Hamlin, 15.89; 7, Ethan Gilbert, Lennox, 15.97; 8, Brenden Johnson, Hill City, 16.46.
300 hurdles – 1, Justus Adams, Sioux Falls Christian, 40.06; 2, Gavin Haefs, Lead-Deadwood, 39.76; 3, Elijah Heiberger, Tri-Valley, 40.92; 4, Caden Lamer, Tri-Valley, 41.02; 5, Ethan Gilbert, Lennox, 42.46; 6, Tyler Traphagen, Aberdeen Roncalli, 42.58; 7, Braeden Ferguson, Spearfish, 48.92; DQ, Riggs Priebe, Chamberlain.
4x100 relay – 1, Madison (Mason Leighton, Jadon Janke, Josh Giles, Jaxon Janke), 43.66; 2, St. Thomas More, 43.91; 3, Aberdeen Roncalli, 44.17; 4, Tri-Valley, 44.63; 5, Sioux Falls Christian, 44.75; 6, Dakota Valley, 44.99; 7, Garretson, 45.11; 8, Winner, 45.16.
4x200 relay – 1, St. Thomas More (Jacob Hyde, Spencer Lund, Jake Anderud, Thomas Rafferty), 1:30.52; 2, Sioux Falls Christian, 1:30.72; 3, Winner, 1:31.21; 4, Dell Rapids, 1:32.76; 5, Dakota Valley, 1:32.82; 6, Aberdeen Roncalli, 1:33.25; 7, Milbank Area, 1:34.05; 8, West Central, 1:34.74.
4x400 relay – St. Thomas More (Spencer Lund, Ty Trainor, Luke Julian, Jake Aanderud), 3:25.87; 2, Dell Rapids, 3:26.38; 3, Sioux Falls Christian, 3:27.85; 4, Milbank Area, 3:31.68; 5, Spearfish, 3:31.75; 6, Chamberlain, 3:34.05; 7, Vermillion, 3:34.34; 8, Webster Area, 3:34.55.
Medley relay – 1, Sioux Falls Christian (Daniel Strand, Mitch Oostra, Cooper Hitt, Caleb DeWeerd), 3:37.45; 2, Hill City, 3:39.42; 3, Vermillion, 3:40.52; 4, Webster Area, 3:41.83; 5, Madison, 3:46.6; 6, Clark/Willow Lake, 3:48.07; 7, Dell Rapids, 3:58.61; DNF, Mt. Vernon/Plankinton.
Discus – 1, Reed Ashmore, Custer, 157-9; 2, Damon Hoftiezer, Stanley County, 149-10; 3, Chris Housken, Beresford, 148-7; 4, Nash Mutmacher, Chamberlain, 145-11; 5, Isaac Kortermeyer, St. Thomas More, 144-4; 6, Caleb Carnes, Beresford, 143-0; 7, Jacob Kasowski, Tri-Valley, 137-2; 8, Carson Keller, Mobridge-Pollock, 136-3.
Friday’s winners and area placers
GIRLS
800 – 1, Tori Glazier, Custer, 2:14.25.
3,200 – 1, Cait Savey, Beresford, 11:14.98.
4x800 relay – 1, St. Thomas More (Brigit Blote, Lizzy Eriandson, Haleigh Timmer, Kaci Cooper), 9:29.37.
High jump – 1, Alyssa Johnson, Dakota Valley, 5-3; 2, (tie) Nikole Ziegler, Sioux Valley, 5-1; 6, (tie) Lynsey Stevens, Sioux Valley.
Long jump – 1, Shayla Howell, BF, 18-5.75; 7, (tie) Lynsey Stevens, Sioux Valley, 16-3.25.
Triple jump – 1, Shayla Howell, Belle Fourche, 39-9.25 (meet record).
Shot put – 1, Jordan Menken, Custer, 44-9; 2, Amanda Miller, Ethan/Parkston, 40-10.5.
Pole vault – 1, Carolyn Groeger, Lead-Deadwood, 11-0.
BOYS
800 – 1, Caleb DeWeerd, Sioux Falls Christian, 1:57.83.
3,200 – 1, Derick Peters, West Central, 9:40.87.
4x800 relay – 1, Sioux Falls Christian (Cooper Hitt, Connor Watler, Lance VanZee, Caleb DeWeerd), 8:12.1.
High jump – 1, Mason Schmidt, Dell Rapids, 6-7.
Long jump – 1, Tiegen Priebe, Chamberlain, 22-7.
Triple jump – 1, Jaxon Janke, Madison, 45-6.
Shot put – 1, Matt Swanson, Custer, 54-8.
Pole vault – 1, Colton Cox, Aberdeen Roncalli, 13-0.
