Central track ahead of schedule with Corn Palace Relays
Despite running two days ahead of schedule with the annual Corn Palace Relays, the Aberdeen Central track and field squads came away satisfied with their performances on a blustery day in Mitchell.
The Golden Eagles braved cool and windy conditions to get in the meet, which was moved up from its original date of Thursday due to weather considerations.
“We did some pretty good things on the track,” said Central girls’ head coach Jim Appl. “We performed okay. It wasn’t a great day out there, but it was the best day of the week. We got some things accomplished.”
The Golden Eagles got a balanced effort from winner Alexis Clark, who highlighted several events — both on the track and in field events. Clark won the pole vault, high jump and long jump events and jumped in on the relays.
“We really just wanted to establish some marks,” said Appl. “What we wanted to get accomplished with her, we accomplished.”
Appl also pointed out the efforts in the field events as a highlight to the day.
“We had a really outstanding day in the field events,” he said. “Kids really stepped up to the plate there.”
In addition to Clark’s wins in the field events, the Golden Eagles got a second-place finish from Paige Hoffman in the discus throw with a qualifying effort of 117 feet, 5 inches. Hoffman was also fifth in the shot put.
Madison Russman also turned in a state-qualifying time in the 100-meter dash for the Golden Eagles, despite fighting a side wind in the process. Russman finished fourth in the race with a time of 13.25 seconds.
“We’re just looking to improve,” Appl said of his team’s efforts through the early portion of the season. “We showed signs of that today.”
Central boys’ head coach Greg Murley also saw telltale signs of improvement with his squad’s performances on Tuesday.
“We really had a good day overall,” he said. “We took a smaller squad down and really ran well and competed hard.”
Once again, the field events took center stage for the Golden Eagles, as Sam Schaunaman posted personal bests in both the shot put and discus. Schaunaman won the discus throw with his mark of 148-2 1/2 and was second in the shot put with a heave of 46-7.
“He’s really starting to put some things together,” Murley said.
Murley also pointed out the 4x100 and 4x200-meter relay squads on the track.
“I thought our relays all ran well, especially our sprint relays,” he said. “They’re putting some things together, too.”
Aberdeen Central heads to Brookings on April 22 for the Brookings Quad. Both teams are looking forward to more favorable weather conditions in the extended forecast.
“You just need to compete as hard as you can and hopefully you get a day where your kids can get a time in,” Murley said. “Whatever the elements come, they come. I didn’t hear one of our kids complain about it. They were out cheering each other on, they weren’t huddled together under the tent.”
Corn Palace Relays (top 5)
Tuesday at Joe Quintal Stadium in Mitchell
Girls
1600: 1. Annie Kruse, Yankton, 5:13.77; 2. Jasmyn Cooper, Harrisburg, 5:32.15; 3. Savannah Woods, Yankton, 5:34.77; 4. Haylee Waterfall, Brandon Valley, 5:35.40; 5. Dannika Kocer, Brandon Valley, 5:46.05;
100 hurdles: 1. Ellie Rew, MIT, 15.33; 2. Haley Bruggeman, HAR, 15.55; 3. Hailey Luken, YANK, 15.65; 4. Darien Poelstra, HAR, 16.26; 5. Madison Tessier, YANK, 16.31;
300 hurdles: 1. Haley Bruggeman, HAR, 47.45; 2. Madison Tessier, YANK, 48.32; 3. Ellie Rew, MIT, 48.96; 4. Arika Jacobson, BV, 50.55; 5. Danni Honner, HAR, 51.11;
High jump: 1. Alexis Clark, AC, 5-0; 2. Hannah Paauw, BV, 4-10; 3. Hailey Luken, YANK, 4-10; 4. Eden Burch, BV, 4-8; 4. Emma Stewart, YANK, 4-8;
Pole vault: 1. Alexis Clark, AC, 10-6; 2. Kamelia Schneider, Huron, 10-0; 3. Morgan Frewaldt, BV, 8-6; 3. Hailey Murray, BV, 8-6; 3. Hannah Bohling, AC, 8-6; 3. Aimee Padgett, AC, 8-6;
Long jump: 1. Alexis Clark, AC, 17-7; 2. Emma Stewart, YANK, 16-5; 3. Taylor Volesky, MIT, 16-0.75; 4. Lindsay Hale, YANK, 16-0.75; 5. Jessica Edwards, BV, 15-10;
Triple jump: 1. Taylor Volesky, MIT, 35-11.50; 2. Courtney Bruget, BV, 34-8.50; 3. Angela Young, CWL, 34-6; 4. Josie Dierks, MIT, 33-10; 5. Emma Stewart, YANK, 33-10;
Shot put: 1. McKenzie Huber, CWL, 34-11; 2. Allie Murphy, YANK, 33-9; 3. Kali Bell, CWL, 33-2; 4. Shelly Iburg, MIT, 32-8; 5. Paige Hoffman, AC, 31-9;
Discus: 1. Abby Sudbeck, MIT, 121-10; 2. Paige Hoffman, AC, 117-5; 3. McKenzie Huber, CWL, 115-2.5; 4. Kaley Nolz, MIT, 107-3; 5. Kali Bell, CWL, 107-1;
4x100 relay: 1. YANK, 51.97; 2. BV, 52.35; 3. HAR, 53.15; 4. AC, 53.65; 5. MIT A, 54.38;
4X200 relay: 1. BV, 1:51.87; 2. YANK, 1:53.78; 3. HAR, 1:53.86; 4. AC, 1:55.02; 5. BV, 1:59.09;
4x400 relay: 1. BV A, 4:15.30; 2. YANK, 4:16.94; 3. BV B, 4:23.61; 4. AC, 4:25.59; 5. MIT, 4:27.73;
4x800 relay: 1. HAR 10:16.88; 2. BSC, 10:26.08; 3. AC, 10:36.19; 4. MIT, 10:50.55;
Sprint medley: 1. YANK, 4:31.26; 2. HAR, 4:40.46; 3. AC, 4:45.01; 4. YANK 4:46.21; 5. BV, 4:48.47;
100: 1. Danielle Becker, YANK, 13.0; 2. Sydney Halling, HAR, 13.15; 3. Evelyn Jorgenson, BV, 13.16; 4. Madison Russman, AC, 13.25; 5. Krista Brickley, BV, 13.33;
200: 1. Danielle Beckmann, YANK, 26.18; 2. Krista Bickley, BV, 26.83; 3. Cortney Bickley, BV, 26.86; 4. Evelyn Jorgenson, BV, 27.10; 5. Tiara Tingel, BV, 27.24;
400: 1. Cortney Bickley, BV, 1:01.47; 2. Tiara Tingle, BV, 1:01.79; 3. Krista Bickley, BV, 1:03.33; 4. Felicity Klinkhammer, BV, 1:06.09; 5. Lexi Weisbeck, AC, 1:06.49;
800: 1. Whitlee Larson, YANK, 2:22.69; 2. Courtney Klatt, BV, 2:28.77; 3. Annie Kruse, YANK, 2:29.96; 4. Erica Westerman, YANK 2:31.56; 5. Sarah Pressler, BV, 2:34.82;
Boys
4x100 relay: 1. AC, 44.64; 2. HAR, 45.82; 3. BV, 45.89; 4. YANK, 46.72; 5. MIT, 47.01;
4X200 relay: 1. AC, 1:34.31; 2. YANK, 1:37.22; 3. YANK, 1:43.34; 4. BV, 1:43.88; 5. CHAM, 1:46.29;
4x400 relay: 1. YANK, 3:40.05; 2. MIT, 3:46; 3. AC, 3:51.52; 4. YANK, 4:00.63; 5. BV, 4:08.27;
4x800 relay: 1. YANK, 8:53.90; 2. HAR, 9:03.70; 3. AC, 9:07.77; 4. MIT A, 9:15.42; 5. CHAM, 9:19.95;
Sprint medley relay: 1. YANK, 3:56.54; 2. HAR, 3:58.88; 3. AC, 3:58.98; 4. BV, 4:11.38; 5. YANK B, 4:12.04;
100: 1. Cam Holmes, BV, 11.33; 2. Ryan Immeker, BV, 11.42; 3. Jonathan Kabambi, HAR, 11.52; 4. Greyson Phillips, AC, 11.67; 5. Gramm Johnson, MIT, 11.74;
200: 1. Cam Holmes, BV, 22.24; 2. Ryan Immeker, BV, 22.54; 3. Hudson Priebe, CHAM, 22.79; 4. Layne Tiezen, AC, 23.10; 5. Wilson Kolbeck, BV, 23.20;
400: 1. Cam Holmes, BV, 50.51; 2. Ryan Olson, YANK, 51.46; 3. Ryan Immeker, BV, 53.31; 4. Paul Paul, HAR, 53.32; 5. Mason Strahl, YANK, 54.74;
800: 1. Mitchell Selken, BV, 2:04.38; 2. Jakob Hanna, BV, 2:05.45; 3. Jacob Hegland, BV, 2:07.76; 4. Rawson Yost, CWL, 2:08.50; 5. Adam Presler, BV, 2:11.76;
1600: 1. Jakob Hanna BV, 4:37.19; 2. BV, 4:37.97; 3. Brice Cowman, YANK, 4:39.98; 4. Greyson Zamora, HAR, 4:56.80;
110 hurdles: 1. Hudson Priebe, CHAM, 14.88; 2. Charlie Stephenson, YANK, 16.65; 3. Daniel Mastick, HAR, 17.32; 4. Spencer Grage, BV, 18.30; 5. Matt Pohlmann, HAR, 18.76;
300 hurdles: 1. Hudson Priebe, CHAM, 38.97; 2. Charlie Stephenson, YANK, 42.24; 3. Daniel Mastick, HAR, 44.11; 4. Tiegen Priebe, CHAM, 44.74; 5. Marc Seitz, AC, 45.06;
High jump: 1. J.J. Hejna, YANK, 6-1; 2. Dominic Nealy, BV, 5-11; 3. Conner, Erickson, HAR, 5-9; 4. James Hofer, YANK, 5-9; 5. Brady Hale, YANK, 5-7;
Pole Vault: 1. Casey Skillingstad, YANK, 13-0; 2. Mason Carpenter, MIT, 13-0; 3. Marc Seitz, AC, 12-3; 4. James Hofer, YANk, 12-3; 5. Joseph Kelly, YANK 11-3;
Long jump: 1. Hudson Priebe, CHAM, 22-3; 2. Lee Rose, YANK, 21-5; 3. J.J. Hejna, YANK, 21-4; 4. Ben Prill, MIT, 20-11.5; 5. Alex Wilde, BV, 20-7.75;
Triple jump: 1. Michael Horst, BV, 39-8; 2. Dominic Nealy, BV, 39-4; 3. Reed Overweg, MIT, 38-4.50; 4. Mitchell Guthmiller, AC, 37-4; 5. Spencer Grage, BV, 37-0.50;
Shot put: 1. Tyson Jenkins, CWL, 46-8.50; 2. Sam Schaunaman, AC, 46-7; 3. Sam Hazen, BSC, 44-6; 4. Justin Meyers, YANK, 43-3; 5. Steven McKee, YANK, 43-0;
Discus: 1. Sam Schaunaman, AC, 148-2.50; 2. Tyson Jenkins, CWL, 137-6; 3. Derrick Kruetzfeldt, HAR, 128-9; 4. Lincoln Flakus, AC, 126-9; 5. Sam Hazen, BSC, 122-9
