Distance depth propels Stevens girls into first-day lead - South Dakota AA track roundup
By Rich Winter
If the Rapid City Stevens girls hope to add another girls state track championship to an already crowded trophy case, no doubt Steven's talented distance crew will need to score big points.
The Lady Raiders didn't disappoint on day one of the South Dakota State track meet.
The 4x800 squad of Jamie Schweiss, Kendra Dykstra, Emily Person and Renae Dykstra won an early gold medal when the quartet cranked out a 9:20 in the morning session to easily outdistance RC Central and Yankton.
In the afternoon session, the Raiders came through again when senior Tamara Gorman endured the warm weather and the charge of Yankton standout, Annie Kruse to win the 3200 meters in 11:07. The Raiders scored 17 points in the 3200 meter run as Emily Person finished 3rd and Jessica Bailey finished 8th.
Girls recap:
Track: While most of the races on Friday were prelims, the AA 800 had a surprise winner when Brookings 9th grader outdueled Sturgis athlete Brooke Ireland and won the event with a 2:18.27. Even when Stevens wasn't winning races, they scored big with Renae Dykstra (3), Kendra Dykstra (5th) and Jamie Schweiss (7th).
Pierre sophomore, Cortney Dowling had the fastest qualifying times in the 100 and 200 and the 2nd fastest time in the 400.
Field events: Rapid City Central's Collette Christensen had a monster day in the field events, winning the high jump and finishing 2nd in the long and triple jumps.
Girls discus:
Finals 1 Mayer, Michaela 12 SF Washington 129-10 10 2 Palmer, Sydney 11 Pierre T.F. Riggs 124-05 8 3 Sudbeck, Abby 11 Mitchell 121-10 6 4 Henrich, Callie 9 Rapid City Stevens 120-05 5 5 VanVeldhuizen, Izzy 10 Sioux Falls Lincoln 120-00 4 6 Hoffman, Paige 12 Aberdeen Central 119-00 3 7 Mieras, Jessica 11 SF O'Gorman 118-03 2 8 Siegfried, Jacey 10 Watertown 115-08 1
High jump:
Finals 1 Christensen, Colette 12 Rapid City Central 5-07.00 10 2 Clark, Alexis 12 Aberdeen Central 5-06.00 8 3 Quinlivan, Sarah 12 Sioux Falls Lincoln 5-02.00 6 4 Goodhope, Anna 10 SF Washington J5-02.00 5 5 Waddell, Tevyn 10 Mitchell 5-00.00 3.50 5 Paauw, Hannah 10 Brandon Valley 5-00.00 3.50 7 Bain, Morgan 9 SF O'Gorman J5-00.00 1.50 7 Johnson, Michelle 9 Rapid City Central J5-00.00 1.50
Long jump:
Finals 1 Gannon, Alexis 12 Brookings 18-04.75 10 2 Christensen, Colette 12 Rapid City Central 17-03.75 8 3 Weidler, Alyssa 10 SF O'Gorman 16-09.25 6 4 Lackay, Tunia 12 Sioux Falls Lincoln 16-08.75 5 5 Volesky, Taylor 11 Mitchell 16-02.25 4 6 Stewart, Emma 9 Yankton 16-02.00 3 7 Clark, Alexis 12 Aberdeen Central 16-01.50 2
Pole vault:
Finals 1 Lyon, Klara 11 Sturgis Brown 11-03.00 10 2 Schneider, Kamelia 12 Huron 10-09.00 8 3 Waddell, Tevyn 10 Mitchell J10-09.00 6 4 Clark, Alexis 12 Aberdeen Central J10-09.00 5 5 Jurgens, Morgan 10 Watertown 10-03.00 4 6 Hendrick, Hannah 8 Brandon Valley 9-09.00 3 7 Stadheim, Allison 9 Watertown J9-09.00 2 8 Riley, Hannah 11 Spearfish J9-09.00 0.50 8 Dale, Sydney 10 Watertown J9-09.00 0.50
Triple jump:
Finals 1 Gannon, Alexis 12 Brookings 40-03.75R 10 2 Christensen, Colette 12 Rapid City Central 40-00.00R 8 3 Tingle, Tiara 12 Brandon Valley 35-10.00 6 4 Quinlivan, Sarah 12 Sioux Falls Lincoln 35-04.50 5 5 Volesky, Taylor 11 Mitchell 35-03.75 4 6 King, Asia 12 Huron 34-02.75 3 7 Teslow, Julie 10 Sioux Falls Lincoln 33-11.75 2 8 Johnson, Bailey 8 Rapid City Central 33-10.00 1
Boys Results:
It was a good day to be a member of the Rapid City Stevens 4x800 squads. The Stevens quartet of Matthew Wilson, Tom Pfeifle, Conner Halland and Kyle Burdick won the first final of the day and clocked a 7:59.67 to outduel Sioux Falls Lincoln.
In the 800 final, Sturgis athlete, Jacob Simmons won his first state title with an impressive run that broke 1:56.
Caleb Diggs of Douglas was a surprise winner in the AA 3200. The time wasn't fast, 9:44 but the result was good.
3200 Finals 1 Diggs, Caleb 12 Douglas 9:44.14 10 2 Schroeder, Nathan 11 Sioux Falls Lincoln 9:44.42 8 3 Haaland, Connor 11 Rapid City Stevens 9:44.46 6 4 Cowman, Brice 12 Yankton 9:45.75 5 5 Lamer, Justice 11 Brookings 9:48.41 4 6 Poston, Mark 11 Rapid City Stevens 9:52.73 3 7 Urtusuastegui, Jesus 11 SF Roosevelt 9:54.53 2 8 Lindner, Tiegen 10 SF O'Gorman 9:55.92 1
Roosevelt sprinter David Mulbah looked awfully good in the prelims of the 100 and 200 and Pierre qualified thee athletes into the 110 hurdles finals.
Field events:
Discus: Sioux Falls Roosevelt had three of the top eight throwers with Jack Lembcke winning the event with a toss of 179'9"
High jump: Yankton athlete, JJ Hejna cleared 6-feet-8.25 to outduel Roosevelt's Mulbah who cleared 6-feet-6
Long jump: The dominance by Roosevelt continued in the long jump where junior Taryn Christion got out to 23'1.5"
Saturday could be a very eventful day on the track and in the field in the boy's division. Roosevelt scored very well in Friday's field events but Sioux Falls Washington has sprinters and hurdlers and good relays all over the place.
Make sure ya take a peek at all of the Class A track photos at kernit.zenpholio.com
Kernit Grimshaw will be in Sioux Falls tomorrow shooting all classes.