The Britton-Hecla and Langford Area track squads both competed in meets at Sisseton and Milbank in the past week.
Britton-Hecla was back in action at the Eastern Coteau Conference meet in Webster yesterday (Tuesday) and travels to Groton for the Northeast Conference meet on Thursday. Langford Area competed in the Lake Region Conference meet in Ipswich yesterday (Tuesday) and will be in Waubay on Friday. The Region 1B meet will be held in Britton on Thursday, May 18.
“Wefinallyhadgoodweather on Friday in Sisseton,” said B-H coach Stephanie Symens. “It was great to be able to run when it was nice out. It allows the athletes to warm up and be able to stay warm before their race. We had a good day with season-best times. Now we are going to work on putting the right people in the right relays to be able to get as many kids as possible to state in Sioux Falls.”
LA boss Taylor Reints noted that his young squad is gaining some experience and showing some promise.
“We have a lot of young athletes out for track, and a lot of them them have never competed in track at the varsity level,” said Reints. “I thought our young athletes competed well. They are learning to compete every jump and race which you need if you want to improve. Most of that is mental so I think we are improving our mentality.
“I think they are finding that they can hold their own with bigger schools and older athletes if they have the right mindset,” Reints added. “We are still improving physically which I was hoping would happen a little sooner because this is our last week before regions, but it’s all a process. It would be nice to keep improving this week and keep and gain some momentum going into regions next week.”
Britton-Hecla had a pair of event winners at the Sisseton meet. Daniel Person won the 800-meter title with a 2:08.9 effort, while Sterling Mertens won the long jump with a leap of 14-11.25. Person also teamed up with Gage Storley, Jaxon Zuehlke, and and Wyatt Tosse to place second in the 3200-meter relay.
Langford Area’s Kalen Godel was third in the 1600meter run and Paytyn Marlow was second in the 100-meter dash and fifth in the 200 dash.
The Britton-Hecla boys medley relay team of Dashel Davidson, Collin Beaner, BoDell Davidson, and Person was the top placer for the Braves in the Milbank meet with a second place finish, while the boys 3200 unit was third. Mertens was fourth in the long jump and the quartet of Jiana Davidson, Emma Kraft, Abby Lee, and Ava Teveldal placed fourth in ther 3200-meter relay for the girls squad.
Leading Langford Area at Milbank was Godel with a sixth place3 finish in the 800meter run and Marlow was sixth in the 100 dash.
Sisseton Results
BOYS TEAM POINTS: Lisbon 94.5, Milbank 89, GrotonArea 86, Border West 70, Aberdeen Roncalli 58, Great Plains Lutheran 48, Sisseton 43, Sargent County 42.5, Wyndmere-Lidgerwood 36.5, Oakes 36, Dakota Hills 33, Britton-Hecla 32, Webster Area 30.5, Warner 16, Langford Area 15, Hankinson 14, Frederick Area 10, LaMoure/Litchfield-Marion 10, Richland 8, Tiospa Zina 2.
100 Dash: 3. Dashel Davidson (BH) 11.5; 400 Dash: 8. Bryce Hawkinson (BH) 57.4; 800 Run: 1. Daniel Person (BH) 2:08.9; 4. Kalen Godel (LA) 2:15.2; 1600 Run: 3. Kalen Godel (LA) 4:57.8; 110 Hurdles: 8. Julian Rodriguez (LA) 19.4; 300 Hurdles: 6. Jesse Keough (LA) 45.7; High Jump: 6. Tucker Mertens (BH) 5-6
1600 Relay: 8. Britton-Hecla (Collin Beaner, Will Richter, Trey Atkinson, Wyatt Tosse) 3:56.1; 3200 Relay: 2. Britton-Hecla (Daniel Person, Gage Storley, Jaxon Zuehlke, Wyatt Tosse) 9:23.8; Medley Relay: 6. Britton-Hecla (Collin Beaner, Isaiah Jackson, Trey Atkinson, Bryce Hawkinson) 4:30.0
GIRLS TEAM POINTS: Lisbon 103, Oakes 91.83, Great Plains Lutheran 86.5, Groton Area 69, Sargent County 48, Border West 47, LaMoure/Litchfield-Marion 45, Wyndmere-Lidgerwood 38.5, Britton-Hecla 36, Milbank 34.33, Dakota Hills 32, Webster Area 31.5, Aberdeen Roncalli 25.5, Sisseton 25, Tri-State 22.5, Langford Area 13.5, Warner 13, Frederick Area 5.5, Richland 3.33.
100 Dash: 2. Paytyn Marlow (LA)
13.5; 200 Dash: 5. Paytyn Marlow (LA)
28.9; Long Jump: 1. Sterling Mertens (BH) 14-11.25 6. Abby Lee (BH) 13-11; Triple Jump: 5. Abby Lee (BH) 31-0.5 400 Relay: 5. Britton-Hecla (Sterling Brassfield, McKaelyn Zuehlke, Kaegan Fredrickson, Emma Kraft) 56.8; 1600 Relay: 4. Britton-Hecla (Abby Lee, Sterling Mertens, Emma Kraft, Ava Teveldal) 4:33.5; 3200 Relay: 3. Britton-Hecla (Jiana Davidson, Emma Kraft, Abby Lee, Ava Teveldal) 11:45.4; Medley Relay: 5. Britton-Hecla (Kaegan Fredrickson, Jayden Bender, Karlie Zuehlke, Ava Teveldal) 5:06.7
Milbank Results
BOYS TEAM POINTS: Milbank
144.5, Aberdeen Roncalli 97, Webster Area 89.5, Warner 82.5, Hamlin 73, Border West 51.5, Groton Area 49, Great Plains Lutheran 40, Tri-State 37, Clark-Willow Lake 29, Britton-Hecla
25, Dakota Hills 19, Florence-Henry 16, Tiospa Zina 13, Sisseton 9, Langford Area 4.
100 Dash: 5. Dashel Davidson (BH)
11.86; 800 Run: 6. Kalen Godel (LA)
2:14.84; 300 Hurdles: 8. Jesse Keough (LA) 47.93
400 Relay: 6. Britton-Hecla (Dashel Davidson, Ben Suther, Collin Beaner, BoDell Davidson) 49.49; 800 Relay: 7. Britton-Hecla (Dashel Davidson, Ben Suther, Ty Fagerland, BoDell Davidson)
1:41.58; 1600 Relay: 7. Britton-Hecla (BoDell Davidson, Ben Suther, Wyatt Tosse, Daniel Person) 3:51.87; 3200 Relay: 3. Britton-Hecla (Daniel Person, Gage Storley, Jaxon Zuehlke, Wyatt Tosse) 9:28.14; Medley Relay: 2. Britton-Hecla (Dashel Davidson, Collin Beaner, BoDell Davidson, Daniel Person) 4:07.75
GIRLS TEAM POINTS: Milbank
185, Great Plains Lutheran 107, Hamlin
93, Groton Area 69.5, Clark-Willow Lake 59.5, Webster Area 48, Warner
39.5, Aberdeen Roncalli 37, Dakota Hills 29, Florence-Henry 26, Border West 25, Tri-State 22, Britton-Hecla
16.5, Sisseton 16, Langford Area 3.
100 Dash: 6. Paytyn Marlow (LA)
13.79; Long Jump: 4. Sterling Mertens 14--
10.25; Triple Jump: 5. Abby Lee 31-00 400 Relay: 8. Britton-Hecla (Sterling Brassfield, Karlie Zuehlke, Kaegan Fredrickson, Emma Kraft) 58.56; 1600 Relay: 7. Britton-Hecla (Abby Lee, Sterling Mertens, Emma Kraft, Ava Teveldal) 4:39.80; 3200 Relay: 4. Britton-Hecla (Jiana Davidson, Emma Kraft, Abby Lee, Ava Teveldal) 11:52.33
