Langford Area’s track squad finally kicked off its spring campaign with a pair of meets in the last week at Estelline and Milbank.
Coach Taylor Reints’ squad competed at Milbank yesterday (Tuesday), travels to Sisseton for a 1 p.m. meet on Friday, and the varsity and junior high teams will be at Ipswich for an 11:30 a.m. meet on Tuesday.
“I’d say our opener at Estelline was a successful meet,” noted Reints. “Our jumpers were on the board, we got the baton around the track, and we got to throw outside. Everything right now is a glorified practice anyway so we did what we needed to do and we will go from there.
“We only had one day rest between the two meets so really all we were doing is trying to get into meet shape at Milbank. Times and distances are a second thought right now. Getting events in will remain our focus for now and we might experiment a little (Continued on p7) bit here or there, but the priority is to get in shape quickly and stay healthy at the same time.
“Obviously we are always evaluating and I saw a couple little things that can maybe give us a plan of action in the next two weeks of what we can do,” concluded Reints. “There really isn’t any time to waste so we need to be focused and be in the right mental frame of mind, and that’s what we will be talking about this week.”
Kalen Godel led the Lions in the opening meets with a third place finish in the 1600meter run and fifth in the 800 at Estellilne. He added a third in the 800 at Milbank and teamed up with Isaac Tolaza, Conner Glines, and Skyler Godel to place seventh in the 800 relay.
Conner Glines added a seventh in the 400 dash and Jesse Keough was sixth in the 300 hurdles and seventh in the 110 hurdles at Milbank.
In the girls’ division Paytyn Marlow was fourth in the 100 dash at Milbank and teamed up with Lizzie Gustafson, Brooke Dwight, and Emily Olson to place eighth in the 400 relay. LA did not have a girls’ placewinner at the Estelline meet.
Estelline Results
BOYS TEAM POINTS: Milbank 92, Hamlin 85, Madison 80, Deuel 72, Elkton-Lake Benton 71.5, Ipswich 71, Sioux Valley 66, Deubrook Area 60, Estelline-Hendricks 46, Hitchcock-Tulare 32, De Smet 30.5, Castlewood 30, Flandreau 12, Langford Area 10, Dakota Hills 10, Redfield 5, Iroquois-Lake Preston 3, Oldham-Ramona/Rutland 2, Waverly-South Shore 1.
800 Run: 5. Kalen Godel 2:14.04; 1600 Run: 3. Kalen Godel 4:54.06
GIRLS TEAM POINTS: Milbank 88, Deubrook Area 86, Madison 71, Hamlin 63, Ipswich 59.75, Ipswich 59.75, Castlewood 57, Arlington 56, Sioux Valley 52, Flandreau 49, Elkton-Lake Benton 40, Estelline-Hendricks 32, Deuel 30.75, Redfield 28, Iroquois-Lake Preston 20, De Smet 19, Hitchcock-Tulare 17, Oldham-Ramona/Rutland 11, Dakota Hills 7
Milbank Results
BOYS TEAM POINTS: Milbank 313.25, Aberdeen Roncalli 218, Hamlin 191, Webster Area 166.5, Groton Area 133, LaMOure/Litchfield-Marion 128, Great Plains Lutheran 77.75, Aberdeen Christian 72.5, Tri-State 68, Ellendale 49.75, Florence-Henry 45.25, Sisseton 39, Langford Area 30.
400 Run: 7, Conner Glines 58.03; 800 Run: 3. Kalen Godel 2:13.77; 110 Hurdles: 7. Jesse Keough 19.48; 300 Hurdles: 6. Jesse Keough 45.98; 800 Relay: 7. LA (Isaac Tolaza, Kalen Godel, Conner Glines, Skyler Godel) 1:43.27
GIRLS TEAM POINTS: Milbank 361, Great Plains Lutheran 224.75, Groton Area 193, Hamlin 184.5, Webster Area 127.74, LaMoure/Litchfield-Marion 120, Aberdeen Christian 88, Aberdeen Roncalli 82, Florence-Henry 48, Sisseton 48, Tri-State 21, Ellendale 16, Langford Area 12.
100 Dash 4. Paytyn Marlow 14.08; 400 Relay : 8. LA (Paytyn Marlow, Lizzie Gustafson, Brooke Dwight, Emily Olson) 58.80
