SPORTS

Area athletes shine at Elkton meet

the P.O. Sports Staff
Watertown Public Opinion

ELKTON — Six area athletes won multiple individual events Saturday in the Vance Relays high school track and field meet.

Ten schools competed in the meet, including area schools Castlewood, De Smet, Great Plains Lutheran, Milbank, Lake Preston and Sioux Valley.

Elkton-Lake Benton won the boys division with 130 points and the girls division with 147. Sioux Valley was second in both divisions. Great Plains’ boys finished third.

The Panthers were led by Nick Moffenbier, who won the boys’ 800-meter run and pole vault, and Mitchell Giovannettone, who won the triple jump and tied for first in the high jump.

Castlewood’s Jacob Tvedt (200 and 400 dashes) and Lucas Ching (discus and shot put) each also won two events in the boys division.

In the girls division, Alex Wolkow of De Smet swept the hurdle races and Abbey Strait of Castlewood won the 400 dash and 800 run.

Other area event winners were Ethan Ohland of GPL (boys’ 300 hurdles), Brock Swartos of Sioux Valley (boys’ 100 dash), Morgan Schmitt of Milbank (girls’ 100 dash), Shannon Poppen of De Smet (girls’ shot put) and Kelsey Poppen of De Smet (girls’ high jump).

In the girls division, Sioux Valley won the 1,600 and medley relays and Lake Preston won the 400 relay. Brooke Nelson, Logan Strasburg and Tiffany Bjorklund were member of both of Sioux Valley’s winning relays.

Vince Relays

Saturday at Elkton

Boys Division

• Team Scores — Elkton-Lake Benton 130, Sioux Valley 108, Great Plains Lutheran 103, Milbank 79, Dell Rapids 75, Flandreau 57, Castlewood 54, Lake Preston 49, Flandreau Indian School 24, De Smet 20.

• 110-Meter Hurdles — 1. Henry LaCoursiere, DR, :18.15; 2. Nolan Foss, M, :18.75; 3. Layne Lucas, SV, :18.85; 4. Ethan Ohland, GPL, :19.08; 5. Zack Ziegler, SV, :19.85.

• 300 Hurdles — 1. Ethan Ohland, GPL, :44.14; 2. Jacob Nomeland, ELB, :48.01; 3. Henry LaCoursiere, DR, :48.83; 4. Colton Hageman, LP, :51.0; 5. Layne Lucas, SV, :51.01; 6. Cadan Koerlin, SV, :51.06; 7. Zack Ziegler, SV, :51.53; 8. Nolan Foss, M, :53.47.

• 100 Dash — 1. Brock Swartos, SV, :11.83; 2. Taylor Ryan, F, :11.95; 3. Kyle Montag, M, :11.98; 4. Matt Larsen, SV, :12.06; 5. Cole Dockter, M, :12.12; 6. Anthony Miller, DR, :12.14; 7. Andy Kim, GPL, :12.24; 8. Billy Koch, ELB, :12.31.

• 200 Dash — 1. Jacob Tvedt, C, :24.43; 2. Brock Swartos, SV, :24.82; 3. Riley Haug, C, :25.38; 4. Jacob Nomeland, ELB, :25.39; 5. Brock Bumann, LP, :25.62; 6. Cole Dockter, M, :25.67; 7. Skylor Christensen, GPL, :25.93; 8. Lucas Ching, C, :25.98.

• 400 Dash — 1. Jacob Tvedt, C, :55.35; 2. Anthony Julson, F, :56.85; 3. Cole Casper, LP, :57.84; 4. Collin VanderWal, SV, :59.07; 5. Riley Haug, C, :59.16; 6. Alan Waters, FIS, :59.67; 7. Tanner Sheets, SV, 1:02.62; 8. Alex Waller, SV, 1:03.26.

• 800 Run — 1. Nick Moffenbier, GPL, 2:15.69; 2. Anthony Julson, F, 2:20.43; 3. Brett Mogen, DR, 2:23.14; 4. Alex Humpton, M, 2:23.77; 5. Reed Prasnicki, M, 2:26.06; 6. Gabe White Face, FIS, 2:28.34; 7. Dylan Kuehl, ELB, 2:31; 8. Collin VanderWal, SV, 2:31.46.

• 1,600 Run — 1. Quinn Fargen, ELB, 4:51.77; 2. Justin Sudtelgte, ELB, 4:52.09; 3. Dylan Erickson, F, 4:58.76; 4. Cameron Harming, ELB, 5:12.58; 5. Clint Ten Fingers, FIS, 5:14.69; 6. Gabe White Face, FIS, 5:16.86; 7. Alex Humpton, M, 5:23.69; 8. Steven Renner, GPL, 5:28.74.

• 3,200 Run — 1. Dylan Erickson, F, 10:49.97; 2. Justin Sudtelgte, ELB, 11:13.16; 3. Cameron Harming, ELB, 11:38.31; 4. Clint Ten Fingers, FIS, 11:56.61; 5. Steven Renner, GPL, 12:10.83; 6. Ethan Maertz, GPL, 12:18.25; 7. Tahlee Tabaha, FIS, 12:19.96; 8. Cole DeRuyter, ELB, 12:23.89.

• Discus — 1. Lucas Ching, C, 125-2; 2. Derek Sckerl, ELB, 113-4; 3. Carson Hillestad, LP, 110-10; 4. Dalton Koch, M, 103-3; 5. Jon Todd, DS, 102-8; 6. Costner Ching, C, 95-7; 7. Mason Peter, DR, 95-3; 8. Trevor Pulscher, DR, 93-0.

• Shot Put — 1. Lucas Ching, C, 40-4.5; 2. Carson Hillestad, LP, 40-0.5; 3. Derek Sckerl, ELB, 38-8.5; 4. Cade Goodfellow, SV, 38-3.5; 5. Dalton Koch, M, 38-3; 6. Griffin Eillison, DR, 37-10; 7. Caleb Wiskur, GPL, 36-9.

• High Jump — 1. (Tie) Mitchell Giovannettone, GPL, and Collin Kramer, SV, 6-0; 3. Mason Schmidt, DR, 5-10; 4. Trevor Lundin, SV, 5-8; 5. (Tie) Sam White, DR, and Anthony Julson, F, 5-4; 7. Brandon Cummins, M, 5-2; 8. Ethan Ohland, GPL, 5-0.

• Long Jump — 1. Trevan Farnham, ELB, 20-1.75; 2. Mitchell Giovannettone, GPL, 19-8.5; 3. Cole Casper, LP, 18-2.25; 4. Taylor Ryan, F, 18-1.5; 5. Brandon Cummins, M, 18-0.5; 6. Andy Kim, GPL, 17-6.5; 7. Broderic Poppinga, DS, 16-8; 8. Dylan Fox, M, 16-1.

• Triple Jump — 1. Mitchell Giovannettone, GPL, 39-2; 2. Taylor Ryan, F, 37-4; 3. Collin Kramer, SV, 36-2.75; 4. Dylan Fox, M, 36-2.25; 5. Nick Strasburg, SV, 35-11.5; 6. Cole Gross, SV, 34-6; 7. Layne Lucas, SV, 34-4; 8. Phillip Giovannettone, GPL, 33-11.5.

• Pole Vault — 1. Nick Moffenbier, GPL, 10-6; 2. Jacob Nomeland, ELB, 10-0; 3. Dalton Tucker, GPL, 7-0.

• 400 Relay — 1. ELB (Alex Trautman, Jacob Nomeland, Heath Schindler, Trevan Farnham) :47.58; 2. Milbank :47.84; 3. De Smet :51.36; 4. SV :51.37; 5. GPL :51.65; 6. DR :51.94; 7. LP 1:01.75.

• 800 Relay — 1. DR 1:39.77; 2. SV 1:44.51; 3. LP 1:45.79; 4. Milbank 1:46.28; 5. De Smet 1:48.15; 6. GPL 1:53.68; 7. ELB 1:55.16.

• 1,600 Relay — 1. ELB (Quinn Fargen, Alex Trautman, Heath Schindler, Trevan Farnham) 3:47.83; 2. DR 3:49.51; 3. LP 4:01.96; 4. GPL 4:02.67; 5. Milbank 4:05.81.

• Medley Relay — 1. ELB (Alex Trautman, Jacob Nomeland, Trevan Farnham, Quinn Fargen) 3:55.57; 2. DR 3:55.66; 3. SV 4:09.17; 4. GPL 4:20.47; 5. FIS 4:22.51; 6. De Smet 4:32.2.

• 3,200 Relay — 1. ELB (Justin Sudtelgte, Cameron Harming, Cole DeRuyter, Quinn Fargen) 8:57.7; 2. Milbank 10:01.34; 3. DR 10:06.61; 4. SV 10:21.07.

Girls Division

• Team Scores — Elkton-Lake Benton 147, Sioux Valley 109.5, Flandreau 96.5, De Smet 78, Milbank 77, Great Plains Lutheran 59, Castlewood 44, Lake Preston 40, Dell Rapids 38.

• 100 Hurdles — 1. Alex Wolkow, DS, :16.82; 2. Kelsey Poppen, DS, :17.4; 3. Anna Noeldner, GPL, :18.06; 4. Hannah Wozniak, SV, :18.71; 5. Maddie Foss, M, :18.92; 6. Karley DeKikker, LP, :18.98; 7. Madison Birkel, DS, :19.3; 8. Kaitlyn Rufer, M, :19.5.

• 300 Hurdles — 1. Alex Wolkow, DS, :49.97; 2. Anna Noeldner, GPL, :53.89; 3. Kathy Parsley, F, :53.99; 4. Hannah Wozniak, SV, :54.74; 5. McKenzie DeRuyter, ELB, :55.73; 6. Hannah Moffenbier, GPL, :56.38; 7. Tara Scheidt, LP, :57.95; 8. Madison Birkel, DS, :58.67.

• 100 Dash — 1. Morgan Schmitt, M, :13.42; 2. Kali Graham, DR, :13.52; 3. Brooke Bruinsma, C, :13.8; 4. Mikayla Street, M, :13.91; 5. Karley DeKnikker, LP, :13.95; 6. Quinn Orlick, F, :14.09; 7. Sami Rieder, DR, :14.23; 8. McKenzie Johnson, ELB, :14.41.

• 200 Dash — 1. Dabrisha Stephens, ELB, :26.77; 2. Rylie Brown, LP, :28.47; 3. Sydney Jandahl, ELB, :28.55; 4. Kiana Hoff, LP, :28.78; 5. Marianna Pavlis, F, :29.1; 6. Kathy Parsley, F, :29.45; 7. Brooke Bruinsma, C, :29.46; 8. Hannah Williams, F, :29.71.

• 400 Dash — 1. Abbey Strait, C, 1:04.76; 2. Brooke Bruinsma, C, 1:06.19; 3. Marianna Pavlis, F, 1:06.6; 4. Hannah Moffenbier, GPL, 1:07.49; 5. Rachel Miller, SV, 1:11.16; 6. Abby Landsman, ELB, 1:13.42; 7. Jordan Zeck, GPL, 1:14.44; 8. Brooke Iott, F, 1:15.32.

• 800 Run — 1. Abbey Strait, C, 2:36.31; 2. Sami Rieder, DR, 2:46.24; 3. Marilyn Allen, F, 2:50.25; 4. Callie Otkin, ELB, 2:53.51; 5. Mara Lunday, F, 2:55.97; 6. Gabby Elvik, M, 2:57.16; 7. Alyssa Haaland, SV, 3:00.05; 8. Siana Kelsch, ELB, 3:02.1.

• 1,600 Run — 1. Sinona Flute, F, 5:53.49; 2. Taylor Thue, M, 6:13.18; 3. Alyssa Haaland, SV, 6:15.52; 4. Elisabeth Schwenn, M, 6:27.38; 5. Gabby Elvik, M, 6:34.12; 6. Regan Stone, DR, 6:38.11; 7. Marie Robbins, ELB, 6:38.25; 8. Brittany Kludt, DR, 6:39.38.

• 3,200 Run — 1. Madie Hursey, F, 12:44.53; 2. Gabbi Cummins, M, 14:10.72; 3. Megan Weseloh, GPL, 16:03.38; 4. Callie Otkin, ELB, 16:20.46; 5. McKenzie DeRuyter, ELB, 16:31; 6. Marie Robbins, ELB, 16:34.5.

• Discus — 1. Lexy Lynn, ELB, 107-8; 2. Anna Tiedeman, ELB, 94-9; 3. Shannon Poppen, DS, 83-2; 4. Shelby McCarthy, ELB, 79-7; 5. Sam Jung, SV, 76-3; 6. Sydney Stofferahn, DR, 75-7; 7. Kimberly Reeter, SV, 72-9; 8. Katie Cannedy, M, 72-2.

• Shot Put — 1. Shannon Poppen, DS, 31-0; 2. Kimberly Reeter, SV, 30-8.5; 3. Morgan Carmody, ELB, 29-10.25; 4. Sydney Stofferahn, DR, 29-1; 5. Andrea Benson, SV, 26-5.5; 6. Allysa Burggraff, F, 26-4.75; 7. Sam Jung, SV, 24-4.5; 8. Katie Cannedy, M, 24-1.5.

• High Jump — 1. Kelsey Poppen, DS, 5-0; 2. Logan Strasburg, SV, 4-11; 3. (Tie) Lynsey Stevens, SV, and Kayli Buchholz, DS, 4-9; 5. (Tie) Jessica Pepperman, SV; Hannah Williams, F, and Shannon Poppen, DS, 4-7; 8. Iliene Jaycox, DR, 4-5.

• Long Jump — 1. Lexy Lynn, ELB, 15-4.25; 2. Jessica Pepperman, SV, 15-0.5; 3. Gabby Kampmann, ELB, 14-5.5; 4. Miranda Engels, C, 14-0; 5. Iliene Jaycox, DR, 13-6.25; 6. Kelsey Kinner, ELB, 13-3; 7. Brooke Iott, F, 12-10.5; 8. Kaitlyn Rufer, M, 12-9.5.

• Triple Jump — 1. Lexy Lynn, ELB, 32-0; 2. Tiffany Bjorklund, SV, 31-9.75; 3. Kelsey Poppen, DS, 31-2; 4. Kelsey Kinner, ELB, 30-9.5; 5. Moriah Wales, GPL, 27-10.5; 6. Maddie Foss, M, 27-9; 7. Makenzey Burggraff, F, 26-2.75; 8. Brooke Fraasch, M, 25-7.25.

• Pole Vault — 1. Gabby Kampmann, ELB, 7-6; 2. Moriah Wales, GPL, 7-0.

• 400 Relay — 1. LP (Riley Brown, Molly Brown, Kristen Longville, Kiana Hoff) :54.74; 2. Milbank :55.61; 3. ELB :56.94; 4. Flandreau :59.11; 5. SV :59.59.

• 800 Relay — 1. Flandreau (Quinn Orlick, Marianna Pavlis, Kathy Parsley, Hannah Williams) 1:56.07; 2. LP 1:57.42; 3. ELB 2:00.92; 4. SV 2:03.45; 5. GPL 2:03.78; 6. Castlewood 2:06.6.

• 1,600 Relay — 1. SV (Logan Strasburg, Cassie Rawden, Brooke Nelson, Tiffany Bjorklund) 4:38.77; 2. Flandreau 4:39.17; 3. Milbank 4:41.95; 4. ELB 4:43.27; 5. GPL 4:51.65.

• Medley Relay — 1. SV (Rachel Miller, Brooke Nelson, Logan Strasburg, Tiffany Bjorklund) 4:49.4; 2. ELB 5:04.84; 3. De Smet 5:22.62; 4. GPL 6:05.64.

• 3,200 Relay — 1. Flandreau (Mara Lunday, Madie Hursey, Marilyn Allen, Sinona Flute) 11:03.44; 2. Milbank 11:10.94; 3. SV 11:19.59; 4. ELB 11:30.37; 5. GPL 12:11.02; 6. DR 12:13.89.

Jesse James Invite

GARRETSON — Deubrook Area athletes won one events and placed second in seventh others Saturday in the Jesse James Invite high school track and field meet.

Ten schools competed. Sioux Falls Christian swept the team titles in each division.

Deubrook Area was fifth in the girls division with 78 points and ninth in the boys division with 35.

Mads Esbensen won the boys’ 200-meter dash (23.3) to lead the Dolphins. He also was second in the 100 dash and ran on the second-place medley relay squad along with Riley Hanson, Ryan Berndt and Lukas Koch.

The Dolphins finished second in five events in the girls division. Maria Berndt was second in both the long and triple jumps and Rachel Petersen was second in the high jump.

Deubrook Area place in all five relays, including the medley (Shaylee DeBeer, Cortney Bauman, Mattie Nepodahl and Maddison Christianson) and 3,200 (Berndt, Bauman, Petersen and DeBeer).

Jesse James Invite

Saturday at Garretson

• Note — Results include event winners plus Deubrook Area placewinners.

Boys Division

• Team Scores — Sioux Falls Christian 147.5, Parker 103, Tri-Valley 75, Baltic 75, Garretson 74, Dell Rapids St. Mary 63.5, Chester Area 46, Howard 41, Deubrook Area 35, Oldham-Ramona-Rutland 26.

• 110-Meter Hurdles — 1. Eric Hunstad, Parker, :17.4.

• 300 Hurdles — 1. Eric Hunstad, Parker, :44.6.

• 100 Dash — 1. Conner Blosmo, Garretson, :11.5; 2,. Mads Esbensen, Deubrook Area, :11.6.

• 200 Dash — 1. Mads Esbensen, Deubrook Area, :23.3; 7. Riley Hanson, Deubrook Area, :24.5.

• 400 Dash — 1. Michael Olson, Parker, :52.6.

• 800 Run — 1. Michael Olson, Parker, 2:07.8.

• 1,600 Run — 1. Lance VanZee, SFC, 5:01.4; 5. Trevor Hinderaker, Deubrook Area, 5:11.4.

• 3,200 Run — 1. Jared Scholten, DR, 10:49.1; 6. Trevor Hinderaker, Deubrook Area, 11:09.4.

• Discus — 1. Joey Newman, TV, 142-8.

• Shot Put — 1. Joey Newman, TV, 45-4.25.

• High Jump — 1. Zack Anderson, Parker, 6-6.

• Long Jump — 1. Jacob Glazier, Dell Rapids, 19-2.

• Triple Jump — 1. Jeremy Voss, SFC, 39-1.5.

• 400 Relay — 1. Garretson :46.0.

• 800 Relay — 1. Tri-Valley 1:36.1.

• 1,600 Relay — 1. SFC 3:42.3.

• Medley Relay — 1. SFC 3:55; 2. Deubrook Area (Riley Hanson, Ryan Berndt, Mads Esbensen, Lukas Koch) 4:04.3.

• 3,200 Relay — 1. SFC 8:37.9.

Girls Division

• Team Scores — Sioux Falls Christian 120, Garretson 119, Chester Area 118, Tri-Valley 89, Deubrook Area 78, Baltic 38, Parker 38, Howard 32, Oldham-Ramona-Rutland 24, Dell Rapids St. Mary 20.

• 100 Hurdles — 1. Chastnee Lamer, Tri-Valley, :17.1.

• 300 Hurdles — 1. Shelby Zomermaand, SFC, :47.2; 6. Cortney Bauman, Deubrook Area, :52.9.

• 100 Dash — 1. Sara Heyn, Chester Area, :13.1; 7. Leah Rogness, Deubrook Area, :14.5.

• 200 Dash — 1. Mara VanDeBerg, Garretson, :26.5; 5. Maria Berndt, Deubrook Area, :28.0.

• 400 Dash — 1. Josie Wolf, Chester Area, 1:04.7.

• 800 Run — 1. Erin Alpers, SFC, 2:32.3; 6. Maddison Christianson, Deubrook Area, 2:46.5.

• 1,600 Run — 1. Riley Hallman, Tri-Valley, 5:42.3.

• 3,200 Run — 1. Carmen Bohl, Garretson, 12:07.4.

• Discus — 1. Erin Benson, Chester Area, 108-6; 5. Shyanne Lutgen, Deubrook Area, 90-4.

• Shot Put — 1. Emma Johnson, Tri-Valley, 34-0.75; 7. Shyanne Lutgen, Deubrook Area, 29-7.

• High Jump — 1. Emma Johnson, TV, 5-1; 2. Rachel Petersen, Deubrook Area, 4-11.

• Long Jump — 1. Sara Heyn, Chester Area, 15-10.5; 2. Maria Berndt, Deubrook Area, 15-10.5; 6. Leah Rogness, Deubrook Area, 14-5.5.

• Triple Jump — 1. Kamberlyn Lamer, TV, 34-5; 2. Maria Berndt, Deubrook Area, 33-0; 3. Leah Rogness, Deubrook Area, 33-0; 7. Shaylee DeBeer, Deubrook Area, 29-0; 8. Melanie Monnier, Deubrook Area, 28-2.

• 400 Relay — 1. SFC :51.1; 6. Deubrook Area (Mariah Kruse, Leah Rogness, Tori Berndt, Mattie Nepodal) 1:00.3.

• 800 Relay — 1. SFC 1:45.4; 6. Deubrook Area (Mariah Kruse, Rachel Petersen, Mattie Nepodal, Lily Ruhd) 2:04.

• 1,600 Relay — 1. SFC 4:03.6; 6. Deubrook Area (Mattie Nepodal, Shaylee DeBeer, Mariah Kruse, Maddison Christianson) 4:50.

• Medley Relay — 1. Baltic 4:44; 2. Deubrook Area (Shaylee DeBeer, Cortney Bauman, Mattie Nepodal, Maddison Christianson) 4:47.5.

• 3,200 Relay — 1. Garretson 10:39.3; 2. Deubrook Area (Maria Bernt, Cortney Bauman, Rachel Petersen, Shaylee DeBeer) 10:57.5.

Milbank’s Tyler Pahl, far right, hands off to teammate Cole Dockter, second from right, during the boys’ 400-meter relay race on Saturday in the Vance Relays track and field meet at Elkton. Elkton-Lake Benton runners, from left, Heath Schindler and Trevan Farnham also compete in the race. Elkton-Lake Benton placed first and Milbank second. (Photo by Troy Maroney, Brookings Register)
Abbey Strait of Castlewood (left) heads down the stretch with other runners, from left, Brooke Bruinsma of Castlewood, Marianna Pavlis of Flandreau and Hannah Moffenbier of Great Plains Lutheran during the girls’ 400-meter dash race Saturday in the Vance Relays high school track and field meet at Elkton. Strait won the race, followed by Bruinsma, Pavlis and Moffenbier. Strait also won the girls’ 800-meter run in the meet. (Photo by Troy Maroney, Brookings Register)