BY PLAINSMAN STAFF
SIOUX FALLS — Three area girls won titles during the opening two days of the Class B State Track and Field Meet on Thursday and Friday.
Liz Boschee used a throw of 147 feet, 7 inches to win the state title in the javelin. She was also second in the high jump at 5-5and qualified for the finals by finishing sixth and seventh, respectively, in the 100- and 300-meter hurdle events.
Hazel Luethmers of De Smet claimed the high jump state title, clearing 5-6.5 to edge Boschee. Ciera Mickelson of Sunshine Bible Academy was fifth at 5-0.
Hadlee Holt of Iroquois/Lake Preston turned in a throw of 139-7 to win the state title in the discus. Ivey Schoenfelder of De Smet was third at 115-2, while teammate Audi Currier was fourth at 113-4.
Kendal Uttecht was third in the 800 for Wolsey-Wessington at 2:18.07, while Kenzie Kolousek of Wessington Springs was fifth at 2:18.75.
Kolousek also qualified for the finals in the 400 using a time of 58.80 seconds to finish fourth in the prelims.
Hadasah Olson of James Valley Christian was fifth in the 3,200 with a time of 11:41.42.
Wolsey-Wessington finished third in the medley relay with a time of 4:18.36. Members of the team were Danika Peterson, Shae Uttecht, Abby Huntsinger and Kendal Uttecht.
Sunshine Bible Academy and De Smet qualified for the finals in the girls’ 800 relay by finishing fifth and sixth, respectively, in the prelims. Dakota Boersma, Daraby Boersma, Ciera Mickelson and Tessa Hinman combined for a time of 1:49.30 for SBA. Gemma Luethmers, Hazel Luethmers, Charli McCune and Adalyn Gross combined for a time of 1:49.34 for De Smet.
With nine of the 20 events scored through the first two days, Ipswich led the Class B girls’ standings with 35 points. Northwestern was second at 30, followed by St. Mary’s at 28, Deubrook Area at 26 and De Smet at 21.
Sanborn Central/Woonsocket was eighth at 18, while Wolsey-Wessington was 11th at 12.
Rogan Albrecht of De Smet qualified for the finals in three events. He was sixth in the 100 prelims at 11.08, sixth in the 200 prelims at 22.87 and seventh in the 400 prelims at 51.76.
Logan LaBrie of Hitchcock-Tulare was second in the 100 prelims at 10.90 and fourth in the 200 prelims at 22.36.
Also making the finals in the 400 was Owen Anderson of De Smet, who was eighth at 51.84. He also qualified for the finals in the 110 hurdles by finishing eighth in the prelims at 16.36.
Grant Wilkinson of De Smet placed in both the shot put and discus. He was sixth in the shot put at 49-3.5 and eighth in the discus at 138-2.
James Valley Christian’s Kaden Ober was fourth in the 3,200 at 9:52.96.
Logan Mebius of Wessington Springs was fifth in the 800 at 1:59.72.
Using a jump of 6-0, Carson Finn of Wessington Springs shared the fifth spot in the high jump, while Gavin Waldner of JVC was sixth in the long jump at 20-4.
Wessington Springs and James Valley Christian were fifth and seventh, respectively, in the 3,200 relay. Max Mebius, Finn, Logan Mebius and Sutten Jensen combined for a 8:30.55 for Wessington Springs, while Levi Crandall, Kolby VanDerWerff, Keegan Loewen and Ober clocked in at 8:38.54 for JVC.
JVC was also eighth in the medley relay. Gavin Waldner, Loewen, Isaac Wipf and Ober turned in a 3:45.61.
Philip held the top spot in the Class B boys’ standings after the first two days with 42 points. Bennett County was second at 31, followed by Mitchell Christian at 26, Irene-Wakonda at 22 and Faulkton Area at 21.
Wessington Springs was 11th at 11.5, while James Valley Christian shared the 12th spot with 11.
The final day of competition will be today, starting at 9 a.m.
Class B
Girls
Team scores (after 9 of 20 events): 1, Ipswich 35; 2, Northwestern 30; 3, St. Mary’s 28; 4, Deubrook Area 26; 5, De Smet 21; 6, (tie) Colman-Egan 19; Warner 19; 8, Sanborn Central/Woonsocket 18; 9, Bennett County 16; 10, Corsica-Stickney 13; 11, Wolsey-Wessington 12; 12, (tie) Iroquois/Lake Preston 10; 22, (tie) James Valley Christian 4; Sunshine Bible Academy 4; Wessingotn Springs 4. 100 prelims: 1, Reagan O’Neill, Bennett County, 11.86; 18, Tessa Hinman, Sunshine Bible Academy, 13.04; 21, Charli McCune, De Smet, 13.17.
200 prelims: 1, Reagan O’Neill, Bennett County, 24.85; 16, Whitley Baloun, Highmore-Harrold, 27.04.
400 prelims: 1, BreAna Aske, Jones County, 57.69; 4, Kenzie Kolousek, Wessington Springs, 58.80; 17, Daraby Boersma, Sunshine Bible Academy, 1:04.13; 21, Soleil Mickelson, Sunshine Bible Academy, 1:06.30; 22, Payden Coughlin, De Smet, 1:07.07.
800: 1, Ella Boekelheide, Northwestern, 2:13.41; 3, Kendal Uttecht, Wolsey-Wessington, 2:18.07; 5, Kenzie Kolousek, Wessington Springs, 2:18.75; 17, Aubree Blue, De Smet, 2:28.09.
3,200: 1, Ella Boekelheide, Northwestern, 11:29.60; 5, Hadasah Olson, James Valley Christian, 11:41.42; 11, Autumn Fallis, Highmore-Harrold, 12:14,07.
100 hurdles prelims: 1, Peyson O’Neill, Bennett County, 14.53; 6, Liz Boschee, Sanborn Central/Woonsocket, 15.57; 19, Lainey Goertz, Sanborn Central/Woonsocket, 16.92; 21, Dara Olowu-Davies, James Valley Christian, 17.00.
300 hurdles: 1, Peyson O’Neill, Bennett County, 44.42; 7, Liz Boschee, Sanborn Central/Woonsocket; 9, Charli McCune, De Smet, 49.01; 18, Whitley Baloun, Highmore-Harrold, 50.59; 22, Lainey Goertz, Sanborn Central/Woonsocket, 51.36.
400 relay prelims: 1, Bennett County 49.48; 9, De Smet 51.69; 21, Sunshine Bible Academy, 53.71; 800 relay prelims: 1, Bennett County 1:43.12; 5, Sunshine Bible Academy (Dakota Boersma, Daraby Boersma, Ciera Mickelson, Tessa Hinman) 1:49.30; 6, De Smet (Gemma Luethmers, Hazel Luethmers, Charli McCune, Adalyn Gross) 1:49.34; 11, Wolsey-Wessington 1:50.63.
1,600 relay prelims: 1, Colman-Egan 4:04.42; 6, Sunshine Bible Academy (Tessa Hinman, Ciera Mickelson, Daraby Boersma, Dakota Boersma) 4:10.81; 8, De Smet (Adalyn Gross, Aubree Blue, Hazel Luethmers, Gemma Luethmers) 4:12.47; 9, Wolsey-Wessington 4:13.17; 12, Highmore-Harrold 4:18.18; 18, Wessington Springs 4:26.10.
3,200 relay: 1, Ipswich 9:46.88; 9, De Smet 10:25.20; 10, James Valley Christian 10:27.27; 18, Hitchcock-Tulare 10:57.51; 23, Highmore-Harrold 11:09.43.
Medley relay: 1, Northwestern 4:13.02; 3, Wolsey-Wessington (Danika Peterson, Shae Uttecht, Abby Huntsinger, Kendal Uttecht) 4:18.36; 10, Wessington Springs 4:26.41; 22, De Smet 4:40.91.
Discus: 1, Hadlee Holt, Iroquois/Lake Preston, 139-7; 3, Ivey Schoenfelder, De Smet, 115-2; 4, Audi Currier, De Smet, 113-4; 12, Kenli Hooks, Hitchcock-Tulare, 100-3; 13, Bentlee Holt, Iroquois/Lake Preston, 100-0; 15, Destiny McCauley, Highmore-Harrold, 98-3.
Javelin: 1, Liz Boschee, Sanborn Central/Woonsocket, 147-7; 16, Keilee Schone, Hitchcock-Tulare, 104-5; 22, Shae Uttecht, Wolsey-Wessington, 92-8.
High jump: 1, Hazel Luethmers, De Smet 5-6.5; 2, Liz Boschee, Sanborn Central/Woonsocket, 5-5; 5, Ciera Mickelson, Sunshine Bible Academy, 5-0.
Pole vault: 1, Jalyssa Hutson, Ipswich, 11-1; 10, (tie) Marley Boomsma, Wolsey-Wessington, 8-1.
Long jump: 1, Reagan O’Neill, Bennett County, 18-6.5; 19, Emmerie Arthurs, Hitchcock-Tulare, 14-11.
Boys
Team scores (after 10 of 20 events): 1, Philip 42; 2, Bennett County 31; 3, Mitchell Christian 26; 4, Irene-Wakonda 22; 5, Faulkton Area 21; 6, Freeman 19; 7, Gregory 18.33; 8, St. Mary’s 17; 9, (tie) Bridgewater-Emery 14; Warner 14; 11, Wessington Springs 11.5; 12, (tie) James Valley Christian 11; 27, (tie) De Smet 4.
100 prelims: 1, Kyle Hettich, Ipswich, 10.86; 6, Rogan Albrecht, De Smet, 11.08.
200 prelims: 1, Lincon Kranig, Kimball/White Lake, 22.13; 4, Logan LaBrie, Hitchcock-Tulare, 22.36; 6, Rogan Albrecht, De Smet, 22.87;
400 prelims: 1, Lincoln Kranig, Kimball/White Lake, 49.70; 7, Rogan Albrecht, De Smet, 51.76; 8, Owen Anderson, De Smet, 51.84; 19, Caleb Richmond, Wolsey-Wessington, 55.02; 20, Jackson Wolter, Sanborn Central/Woonsocket, 55.10.
800: 1, Luke Mentele, Mitchell Christian, 1:56.38; 5, Logan Mebius, Wessington Springs, 1:59.72; 21, Wyatt Koester, Wolsey-Wessington, 2:11.57.
3,200: 1, Silas Holdeman, Mitchell Christian, 9:36.32; 4, Kaden Ober, James Valley Christian, 9:52.96; 18, Levi Crandall, James Valley Christian, 10:40.24; 21, Jackson Wolter, Sanborn Central/Woonsocket, 10:48.69; 22, Kolby VanDerWerff, James Valley Christian, 10:56.03.
110 hurdles prelims: 1, Zacery Moyer, Chester, 15.15; 8, Owen Anderson, De Smet, 16.36; 20, Sawyer Nelson, Wolsey-Wessington, 17.57.
300 hurdles prelims: 1, Spencer Melius, Faulkton Area, 40.12; 11, Owen Anderson, De Smet, 43.07; 21, Sawyer Nelson, Wolsey-Wessington, 44.54.
400 relay prelims: 1, Gregory 43.61; 11, Sanborn Central/Woonsocket 45.64; 22, Hitchcock-Tulare 47.95; 24, De Smet 49.33.
800 relay prelims: 1, Gregory 1:31.24; 15, Wolsey-Wessington 1:37.42; 17, Hitchcock-Tulare 1:38.57; 20, Wessington Springs 1:39.32.
3,200 relay: 1, Deubrook Area 8:21.66; 5, Wessington Springs (Max Mebius, Carson Finn, Logan Mebius, Sutten Jensen) 8:30.55; 7, James Valley Christian (Levi Crandall, Kolby VanDerWerff, Keegan Loewen, Kaden Ober) 8:38.54; 11, Sunshine Bible Academy 8:48.48; 19, De Smet 9:16.61.
Medley relay: 1, Philip 3:37.79; 8, James Valley Christian (Gavin Waldner, Keegan Loewen, Isaac Wipf, Kaden Ober) 3:45.61; 21, Wessington Springs 3:56.98.
Shot put: 1, Jacob Kindelsire, Leola, 52-6; 6, Grant Wilkinson, De Smet, 49-3.5; 19, Hunter Fenske, Sanborn Central/Woonsocket, 42-11.75; 20, Rayson Timm, Iroquois/Lake Preston, 42-4.25.
Discus: 1, Caysen Soderlin, Bennett County, 164-6; 8, Grant Wilkinson, De Smet, 138-2; 9, Rexton Blue, Iroquois/Lake Preston, 135-10; 10, Dalton Rathjen, Hitchcock-Tulare, 134-11; 14, Ben Curd, Iroquois/Lake Preston, 132-4; 19, Ryder Jensen, Wolsey0-Wessington 125-5.
Javelin: 1, Spencer Melius, Faulkton Area, 171-0; 20, Sawyer Nelson, Wolsey-Wessington, 123-1.
Pole vault: 1, Jordan Stockland, Irene-Wakonda, 13-3.
High jump: 1, Rush O’Neill, Bennett County, 6-9.25; 5, (tie) Carson Finn, Wessington Springs, 6-0.
Long jump: 1, Rush O’Neill, Bennett County, 23-11; 6, Gavin Waldner, James Valley Christian, 20-4; 11, Isaac Wipf, James Valley Christian, 19-5.5; 16, Logan LaBrie, Hitchcock-Tulare, 19-0.5; 18, Devin Enander, Hitchcock-Tulare, 18-8.25; 19, Josiah Malone, Wolsey-Wessington, 18-7.5.
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