Bobcat girls break state meet record in medley relay

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SIOUX FALLS – The Bobcat girls broke meet and school records in the medley relay at the Class AA State Track & Field Meet on Saturday at Howard Wood Field.

Senior Baylee Tetzlaff, freshman Emily Rystrom, senior Madison Gray and freshman Ellie Abraham teamed to win in 4 minutes, 8.57 seconds.

Sioux Falls Lincoln was second in 4:10.83 and Sturgis (4:14.07) finished third.

The previous meet record was 4:10.91, set by Sioux Falls Washington in 2009; while the previous school record was 4:11.2, set earlier this season.

Lincoln ended up winning the team title with 118 points and Brandon Valley was second at 108.5.

Sioux Falls O’Gorman (81), two-time defending champion Rapid City Stevens (79.5), Rapid City Central (61) and Sturgis (50) rounded out the top six.

Brookings was seventh with 40 points.

The Patriots’ Courtney Klatt used a strong bell lap to defend her title in the 1,600-meter run with a time of 5:00.78.

Abraham, who held a 10-meter lead with 400 to go, ended up second in 5:05.17 – 5 seconds ahead of third.

Klatt also won the 3,200 and anchored the Patriots’ winning 4x800-meter relay team on Friday, and is the defending state cross country champ. Abraham took the 800 title the day before.

Abraham, Rystrom, Tetzlaff and Gray finished third in the 4x400-meter relay in 4:02.14 to close out the meet. The Lynx won the event in 4:01.45 and OG (4:02.11) was second.

Kailee Bartels crossed in sixth in the 100-meter hurdles with a 15.71 clocking.

Miranda Ysbrand, Bartels, Grace Eggebrecht and Sydney Maher placed seventh in the 4x100 in 50.97 seconds.

Patriot sophomore Ryley Heier was honored as Field MVP after winning the triple jump and taking second in the long jump on Day 1. She added third-place finishes in the 100 hurdles (15.33) and 300 hurdles (46.05) on Day 2.

Lynx sophomore Krista Bickley won the 200 (24.84) and 400 (55.8) and was runner-up in the 100 (12.14) to earn the Track MVP award.

The Raiders’ Lily Parris, Jacey Sawyer, Sophie Hartford and Kyah Watson won the 4x100 relay in a meet-record time of 48.38 seconds.

The Lady Knights’ Callie DeWitt followed up a win in the long jump on Friday with a 100-meter dash (12.06 seconds) title on Saturday.

Kennedy Nuebel and Tanya Tingle both ran a leg on Brandon Valley’s victorious 4x200 (1:41.35) and 4x400 (4:01.45) relay squads.

Boys

Sioux Falls Lincoln posted 151 points to easily defend its team title, as Brandon Valley (86) was second and Sioux Falls Roosevelt (83) third.

Patriot Collin Brison was Track MVP after winning the 100- (10.94 seconds) and 200-meter (22.22) dashes.

Friday’s pole vault champion, Huron senior Trant Francom, was Field MVP.

Lincoln’s Gabriel Peters followed up a win in the 3,200 on Friday with a victory in the 1,600 (4:19.79) on Saturday. He also anchored the Patriots’ winning medley relay team (3:35.57) on Day 2.

Cole Deberg, Malik Redd and Collin Brison were each members of the Patriots’ first-place 4x100 (42.95) and 4x200 (1:29.45) relay teams.

Brookings was 16th with seven points, all of which came on Friday.

Sioux Falls Lincoln won the combined team award after sweeping the titles.

CLASS AA STATE TRACK & FIELD MEET

Day 2 – Saturday

At Howard Wood Field, Sioux Falls

GIRLS

Team scores

Sioux Falls Lincoln 118, Brandon Valley 108.5, Sioux Falls O’Gorman 81, Rapid City Stevens 79.5, Rapid City Central 61, Sturgis 50, Brookings 40, Watertown 32.5, Harrisburg 32, Aberdeen Central 30, Yankton 25.5, Sioux Falls Roosevelt 22, Mitchell 18, Pierre 14, Huron 11, Douglas 9, Sioux Falls Washington 6.

100 – 1, Callie DeWitt, SFO, 12.06; 2, Krista Bickley, BV, 12.14; 3, Kyah Watson, RCS, 12.422; 4, Hannah Young, RCC, 12.428; 5, Erin Kinney, Ha., 12.65; 6, Alison Bren, SFR, 12.83; 7, Jade Thomas, SFL, 12.91; 8, Rachel Brunner, W, 12.93.

200 – 1, Krista Bickley, BV, 24.84; 2, Callie DeWitt, SFO, 25.16; 3, Hannah Young, RCC, 25.46; 4, Kyah Watson, RCS, 25.59; 5, Maddison Sullivan, RCC, 26.12; 6, Gozeila Bilal, SFO, 26.22; 7, Alison Bren, SFR, 26.28; 8, Tanya Tingle, BV, 26.75.

400 – 1, Krista Bickley, BV, 55.8; 2, Kyla Crago, M, 58.59; 3, Tanya Tingle, BV, 58.9; 4, Kennedy Nuebel, BV, 1:00.21; 5, Sydney Venner, SFO, 1:00.87; 6, Lauren VanHolland, Ha., 1:01.98; 7, Chloe Black, SFL, 1:02.12; 8, Alexa Buckley, W, 1:02.65.

1,600 – 1, Courtney Klatt, SFL, 5:00.78; 2, Ellie Abraham, B, 5:05.17; 3, Kylee Bennett, S, 5:10.45; 4, Lauren Wells, BV, 5:13.64; 5, Madisyn Bietz, Y, 5:15.24; 6, Analise Levesque, SFL, 5:16.33; 7, Caroline Sudbeck, SFL, 5:17.19; 8, Zoe Douglas, AC, 5:19.19.

100 hurdles – 1, Emily Nickel, RCC, 14.74; 2, Elizabeth Schaefer, RCS, 14.84; 3, Ryley Heier, SFL, 15.33; 4, Josephine Dal, SFL, 15.58; 5, Sophie Tietz, W, 15.6; 6, Kailee Bartels, B, 15.71; 7, Holly Gerberding, S, 15.75; FS, Madason Tessier, Y.

300 hurdles – 1, Elizabeth Schaefer, RCS, 44.91; 2, Holly Gerberding, S, 45.91; 3, Ryler Heier, SFL, 46.05; 4, Josephine Dal, SFL, 46.12; 5, Chelsey Bad Moccasin, AC, 47.12; 6, Deyona Little, Hu., 47.61; 7, Taylor Thomas, Ha., 49.4; DQ, Isabel Kinzer, SFW.

4x100 relay – 1, Rapid City Stevens (Lily Parris, Jacey Sawyer, Sophie Hartford, Kyah Watson), 48.38 (meet record); 2, Rapid City Central, 48.86; 3, Sioux Falls O’Gorman, 4904; 4, Harrisburg, 49.87; 5, Brandon Valley, 50.25; 6, Watertown, 50.32; 7, Brookings (Miranda Ysbrand, Kailee Bartels, Grace Eggebrecht, Sydney Maher), 50.97; DQ, Sioux Falls Lincoln.

4x200 relay – 1, Brandon Valley (Kennedy Nuebel, Morgan Thompson, Tanya Tingle, Krista Bickley), 1:41.35; 2, Rapid City Stevens, 1:43.38; 3, Harrisburg, 1:45.03; 4, Sioux Falls O’Gorman, 1:46.09; 5, Sturgis, 1:46.2; 6, Rapid City Central, 1:46.74; 7, Sioux Falls Lincoln, 1:47.46; 8, Yankton, 1:48.65.

4x400 relay – 1, Brandon Valley (Hannah Hendrick, Haylee Waterfall, Kennedy Nuebel, Tanya Tingle), 4:01.45; 2, Sioux Falls O’Gorman, 4:02.11; 3, Brookings (Ellie Abraham, Emily Rystrom, Baylee Tetzlaff, Madison Gray), 4:02.14; 4, Sioux Falls Lincoln, 4:04.19; 5, Rapid City Stevens, 4:04.93; 6, Rapid City Central, 4:07.08; 7, Sturgis, 4:07.14; 8, Yankton, 4:07.82.

Medley relay – 1, Brookings (Baylee Tetzlaff, Emily Rykstrom, Madison Gray, Ellie Abraham), 4:08.57 (meet record); 2, Sioux Falls Lincoln, 4:10.83; 3, Sturgis, 4:14.07; 4, Brandon Valley, 4:16.17; 5, Rapid City Stevens, 4:18.21; 6, Rapid City Central, 4:21.87; 7, Sioux Falls Roosevelt, 4:24.85; 8, Sioux Falls Washington, 4:27.05.

High jump – 1, Carly Haring, M, 5-7; 2, Addison Eisenbeisz, P, 5-7; 3, Michelle Johnson, RCC, 5-6; 4, Alayna Falak, W, 5-4; 5, (tie) Sophie Tietz, W, Morgan Thompson, BV, 5-2; 7, Ashlyn Simons, S, 5-2; 8, Morgan Hansen, SFL, 5-2.

BOYS

Team scores

Sioux Falls Lincoln 151, Brandon Valley 86, Sioux Falls Roosevelt 83, Watertown 74, Rapid City Central 64.66, Sioux Falls Washington 54, Sioux Falls O’Gorman 38, Sturgis 35, Mitchell 32, Rapid City Stevens 26, Harrisburg 21, Huron 19, Aberdeen Central 16, Pierre 15, Douglas 14, Brookings 7, Yankton 1.33.

100 – 1, Collin Brison, SFL, 10.9; 2, Ethan McKinney, SFW, 10.94; 3, Spencer Neugebauer, M, 11.12; 4, Braiden Petersen, BV, 11.14; 5, Jack Anderson, Ha., 11.19; 6, Adam DeJong, W, 11.23; 7, Cody Bevier, RCS, 11.39; 8, Cole Deberg, SFL, 11.42.

200 – 1, Collin Brison, SFL, 22.22; 2, Spencer Neugebauer, M, 22.55; 3, Braiden Petersen, BV, 22.68; 4, Alexander Knudtson, RCC, 22.74; 5, Jack Anderson, Ha., 22.91; 6, Ethan McKinney, SFW, 23.12; 7, Jarrett Keffeler, S, 23.53; 8, Andrew Reuter, SFO, 24.9.

400 – 1, Andrew Reuter, SFO, 50.01; 2, Ethan McKinney, SFW, 50.35; 3, Sam Fjelstad, S, 50.88; 4, Garang Longar, SFO, 50.96; 5, Adam DeJong, W, 51.66; 6, Braiden Petersen, BV, 51.85; 7, Jacob Becker, SFL, 52.49; DQ, Jarett Keffeler, S.

1,600 – 1, Gabriel Peters, SFL, 4:19.72; 2, Jakob Hanna, BV, 4:20.84; 3, Seth Iverson, SFR, 4:25.76; 4, Thane Hein, SFR, 4:27.64; 5, Jack Elliott, SFL, 4:28.44; 6, Davis Johnson, SFR, 4:29.2; 7, Henry Klitzke, SFL, 4:30.06; 8, Dylan Pierson, SFO, 4:30.9.

110 hurdles – 1, Wilson Kolbeck, BV, 15.17; 2, Antonio Pierce, RCC, 15.31; 3, Lawrence Lokonobei, SFR, 15.31; 4, Gavin West, S, 15.39; 5, Pierre Lear, W, 15.48; 6, Josh Donahoe, BV, 15.56; 7, Brock Mulvehill, D, 16.09; 8, Kevin Jenkins, D, 17.94.

300 hurdles – 1, Josh Donahoe, BV, 39.78; 2, Antonio Pierce, RCC, 39.96; 3, Pierre Lear, W, 40.48; 4, Justice West, S, 40.7; 5, Cody Buckingham, RCC, 40.94; 6, Joshua Schumacher, RCS, 41.21; 7, James House BV, 41.48; 8, Bryce Walls, SFR, 41.63.

4x100 relay – 1, Sioux Falls Lincoln (Cole Deberg, Malik Redd, David Bizimana, Collin Brison), 42.95; 2, Sioux Falls Roosevelt, 43.13; 3, Rapid City Central, 43.29; 4, Sioux Falls Washington, 43.31; 5, Mitchell, 43.61; 6, Watertown, 43.92; 7, Aberdeen Central, 44.41; 8, Douglas, 47.12.

4x200 relay – 1, Sioux Falls Lincoln (Cole Deberg, Malik Redd, Jacob Becker, Collin Brison), 1:29.45; 2, Rapid City Central, 1:30.18; 3, Brandon Valley, 1:30.21; 4, Sioux Falls O’Gorman, 1:30.59; 5, Sioux Falls Washington, 1:32.62; 6, Sioux Falls Roosevelt, 1:33.29; DNF, Mitchell; DQ, Sturgis.

4x400 relay – 1, Sioux Falls O’Gorman (Tres Jones, Canyon Bauer, Beau Blount, Garang Longar), 3:24.81; 2, Watertown, 3:26.07; 3, Sturgis, 3:26.63; 4, Rapid City Stevens, 3:27.02; 5, Sioux Falls Lincoln, 3:28.34; 6, Brandon Valley, 3:30.14; 7, Sioux Falls Roosevelt, 3:30.55; 8, Rapid City Central, 3:31.13.

Medley relay – 1, Sioux Falls Lincoln (Colin Schuller, Tiegen Salava, Tyson Christians, Gabriel Peters), 3:35.57; 2, Sioux Falls Roosevelt, 3:37.67; 3, Brandon Valley, 3:42.64; 4, Watertown, 3:42.99; 5, Sioux Falls Washington 3:44.28; 6, Mitchell, 3:44.58; 7, Pierre, 3:48.87; 8, Rapid City Central, 3:51.96.

High jump – 1, Jacob Martin, RCS, 6-7; 2, Nate Popkes, SFL, 6-6; 3, Shiloh Flannigan, SFW, 6-5; 4, Damarcus Weldon, SFL, 6-2; 5, Jayden Johannsen, SFW, 6-2; 6, Sharif Redd, SFL 6-0; 7, Noah Wuor, SFR, 6-0; 8, (tie) Dylan Hay, RCC, Tod Stephens, RCC, Chris Kinsley, Y, 5-10.

Friday’s winners and Brookings placers

GIRLS

800 – Ellie Abraham, B, 2:15.74.

3,200 – 1, Courtney Klatt, SFL, 11:15.57.

4x800 relay – 1, Sioux Falls Lincoln (Liz Bindert, Carolina Sudbeck, Analise Levesque, Courtney Klatt), 9:26.13.

Long jump – 1, Callie DeWitt, SFO, 18-6.75.

Triple jump – 1, Ryley Heier, SFL, 37-1.75.

Discus – 1, Ali Lindner, Ha., 127-11.

Shot put – 1, Jasmine Greer, SFR, 41-0.5; 8, Amanda Schulte, B, 37-4.5.

Pole vault – 1, Whitney Scott, W, 11-6.

BOYS

800 – 1, Jakob Hanna, BV, 1:56.77.

3,200 – 1, Gabriel Peters, SFL, 9:36.23.

4x800 relay – 1, Sioux Falls Roosevelt (Thane Hein, Seth Iverson, Brady Dannenbring, Davis Johnson), 8:02.83; 7, Brookings (Isaac Conrad, Reece Weber, Oscar Kavanagh, Greg Opdahl), 8:23.25.

Long jump – 1, Eric Looby, SFL, 22-2.5.

Triple jump – 1, Sage Hagen, RCC, 45-11.5.

Shot put – 1, Tanner Berg, W, 54-11.

Discus – 1, Macen Andrus, W, 159-7; 5, Dillon Jensen, B, 147-3; 8, Eddie Miller, B, 146-1.

Pole vault – 1, Trent Francom, Hu., 15-6.