The Britton-Hecla track squad had had the luxury of competing in three early-season meets in the past week and Coach Stephanie Symens said the experience is paying dividends.
“It has been great to have three meets under our belts,” said Symens. “Last year we still had so much snow on the ground that it was not possible. We are catching some times we ended with last year, and that is making our kids super excited that they are meeting their goals early in the season. We need to take care of ourselves and have some of our injuries heal over the next couple weeks, but I am excited to see how our kids finish this month out. They are working hard to meet their goals.”
Abby Lee, a state qualifier in both the long jump and triple jump a year ago, has been able to compete only in the high jump due to a lingering leg injury suffered in gymnastics. Symens is hopeful that she will be back to full strength in early May.
The local thinclads hosted the Orville Pfitzer Relays on Monday on a warm but windy day. On Thursday B-H traveled to Milbank, and last week Tuesday participated in a meet in Clear Lake.
This week Symens’ crew will compete in the Rob Luecke Invite in Groton on Tuesday with an 11 a.m. start time.
Five relay teams brought home titles from the Clear Lake meet. Will Richter, Mitchell Burger, Bryce Hawkinson, and Daniel Person teamed up to win the 3200 relay, and Person and Hawkinson ran with Dashel Davidson and Ben Suther to claim the medley crown.
The girls won three relays at Clear Lake. Ava Teveldal, Karlie Zuehlke, Mataya Knecht, and Taryn Kraft won the 1600-meter event, Daynika Zuehlke, Jeris Stark, Jayden Bender, and Teveldal took the 3200 relay, and Marley Sundin, Taryn Kraft, Maddi Micko, and Daynika Zuehlke were the medley relay winners.
At Milbank the boys medley relay quartet of Burger, Hawkinson, Suther, and Richter took top honors.
Orville Pfitzer Relays At Britton Boys Results
PARTICIPATING TEAMS: Aberdeen Christian, Aberdeen Roncalli, Britton-Hecla,Florence-Henry,Frederick Area, Groton Area, Langford Area, Leola, Northwestern, Redfield, Tiospa Zina, Tri-State, Waubay-Summmit, Webster Area, Wilmot 100 Dash: 3. Dashel Davidson 12.54; 1600 Run: 5. Jack Teveldal 5:16.84; 400 Relay: 5. Dashel Davidson, Mitchell Burger, Jade Tisher, Bryce Hawkinson 49.74; 800 Relay: 6. Dashel Davidson, Mitchell Burger, Jade Tisher, Ben Suther 1:44.17; 1600 Relay: 5. Tanner Atkinson, Bryce Hawkinson, Daniel Person, Ben Suther 3:47.57; Medley Relay: 2. Dashel Davidson, Bryce Hawkinson, Ben Suther, Daniel Person 3:58.59; 3200 Relay: 3. Bryce Hawkinson, Mitchell Burger, Ben Suther, Daniel Person 9:20.03
Girls Results
100 Dash: 4. Marley Sundin 14.39 6. Sterling Brassfield 14.74 7. Maddi Micko 14.84; 200 Dash: 6. Marley Sundin 30.05; 800 run: 3. Ava Teveldal 2:44.06; 3200 Run: 4. Jeris Stark 14:52.14; 400 Relay: 4. Marley Sundin, Sterling Brassfield, Jayden Bender, Maddi Micko 58.58; 800 Relay: 5. Avalon Dinger, Kaitlyn Folkman, Mataya Knecht, Maddi Micko 2:04.61; 1600 Relay: 3. Daynika Zuehlke, Karlie Zuehlke, Mataya Knecht, Ava Teveldal 4:38.24; Medley Relay: 4. Marley Sundin, Maddi Micko, Mataya Knecht, Daynika Zuehlke 4:53.33; 3200 Relay: 3. Daynika Zuehlke, Jeris Stark, Jayden Bender, Ava Teveldal 11:23.36; High Jump: 6. Jaelee Grupe 4-6; Triple Jump: 6. Taryn Kraft 29-5.5
Pork Chop Relays Clear Lake Boys Results
TEAM POINTS: Deuel 178, Webster Area 133, Sisseton 76, Estelline-Hendricks 64, Britton-Hecla 39, Waverly-South Shore 36, Wilmot 34, Waubay-Summit 26, Florence-Henry 17 100 Dash: 6. Dashel Davidson 12.33; 400 Relay: 3. Dashel Davidson, Bryce Hawkinson, Bryce Heitkamp, Ben Suther 49.02; 800 Relay: 3. Dashel Davidson, William Richter, Mitchell Burger, Ben Suther 1:41.49; 1600 Relay: 3. Ben Suther, Bryce Hawkinson, William Richter, Daniel Person 3:43.71; 3200 Relay: 1. William Richter, Mitchell Burger, Bryce Hawkinson, Daniel Person 9:14.02; Medley Relay: 1. Dashel Davidson, Bryce Hawkinson, Ben Suther, Daniel Person 3:58.27; Triple Jump: 7. Jade Tisher 31-6.25 8. Emmett Symens 8. 28-6.75
Girls Results
TEAM POINTS: Deuel 161.5, Webster Area 100.5, Estelline-Hendricks 95, Britton-Hecla 65.5, Sisseton 64, Waubay-Summit 50.5, Florence-Henry 42, Wilmot 16, Waverly-South Shore 3 100 Dash: 4. Marley Sundin 14.11 5. Maddi Micko 14.43 7. Sterling Brassfield 14.64; 200 Dash: 8. Kaitlyn Folkman 31.86; 400 Dash: 5. Kaitlyn Folkman 1:10.41 6. Jayden Bender 1:12.07; 800 Run: 2. Ava Teveldal 2:55.61; 3200 Run: 3. Jeris Stark 14:11.96; 400 Relay: 4. Marley Sundin, Sterling Brassfield, Jayden Bender, Maddi Micko 58.10; 800 Relay: 3. Marley Sundin, Taryn Kraft, Avalon Dinger, Maddi Micko 2:02.80; 1600 Relay: 1. Ava Teveldal, Karlie Zuehlke, Mataya Knecht, Taryn Kraft 4:47.71; 3200 Relay: 1. Daynika Zuehlke, Jeris Stark, Jayden Bender, Ava Teveldal 11:35.97; Medley Relay: 1. Marley Sundin, Taryn Kraft, Maddi Micko, Daynika Zuehlke 5:02.64; High Jump: 6. (tie) Sterling Brassfield 4-4; Long Jump: 7. Sterling Brassfield 13-5
SDNG Invite At Milbank Boys Results
TEAM POINTS: Milbank 165, Aberdeen Roncalli 87, Border West 85.5, Groton Area 72, LaMoure/Litchfield-Marion 68, Northwestern 61.25, Great Plains Lutheran 57, Tri-State 50.25, Britton-Hecla 48, Sisseton 35, Wilmot 31 400 Dash: 4. Ben Suther 55.19; 1600 Run: 3. Daniel Person 4:52.20; 3200 Run: 2. Daniel Person 11:00.59; 400 Relay: 4. Jade Tisher, Bryce Heitkamp, Cole Bodin, Bryce Hawkinson 50.65; 800 Relay: 5. Jade Tisher, William Richter, Cole Bodin, Mitchell Burger 1:46.54; 1600 Relay: 4. Bryce Hawkinson, William Richter, Mitchell Burger, Ben Suther 3:49.09; 3200 Relay: William Richter, Mitchell Burger, Nathaniel Schuller, Bryce Hawkinson 9:46.76; Medley Relay: 1. Mitchell Burger, Bryce Hawkinson, Ben Suther, William Richter 3:58.15 Girls Results
TEAM POINTS: Milbank 138, Groton Area 131, Border West 119.5, LaMoure/Litchfield-Marion 94.5, Great Plains Lutheran 84, Tri-State 56, Northwestern 49.5, Britton-Hecla 35.5, Sisseton 24, Wilmot 14, Aberdeen Roncalli 8 100 Dash: 4. Marley Sundin 14.08 7. Maddi MIcko 14.38; 800 Run: 3. Ava Teveldal 2:48.31; 400 Relay: 4. Marley Sundin, Sterling Brassfield, Jayden Bender, Maddi Micko 57.40; 800 relay: 7. Marley Sundin, Taryn Kraft, Avalon Dinger, Maddi Micko 2:00.80; 1600 Relay: 5. Ava Teveldal, Karlie Zuehlke, Taryn Kraft, Mataya Knecht 4:49.10; 3200 Relay: 5. Daynika Zuehlke, Karlie Zuehlke, Jayden Bender, Ava Teveldal 11:16.65; Medley Relay: 4. Avalon Dinger, Taryn Kraft, Jayden Bender, Daynika Zuehlke 5:01.22; High Jump: 4. (tie) Abby Lee 4-3
