The Britton-Hecla track squad tuned up for the Region 1B meet set for Britton beginning at 10 a.m. on Thursday with a pair of conference meets last week.
Coach Stephanie Symens’ squad competed in the Eastern Coteau Conference meet in Webster last week Tuesday and traveled to Groton for the Northeast Conference meet on Thursday.
Britton-Hecla finished second in both the boys’ and girls’ divisions of the ECC event behind Great Plains Lutheran. The boys were eighth and the girls ninth in the NEC meet.
The top 24 athletes and relay teams in each event will advance to the state meet in Sioux Falls May 25-27. Heading into the regional meet Britton-Hecla has two boys and two girls in the top 24 in individual events and a pair of boys relay teams among the top 24.
Dashel Davidson stands 20th in the 100-meter dash with an 11.56 clocking, and Daniel Person is ranked 21st in the 800 run with a 2:08.39 effort. Sterling Mertens is eighth in the long jump at 165.5 and Abby Lee 11th in triple jump with a leap of 31-9. Lee is also just a quarter of an inch out of the 24th spot in long jump with a 15-3.75 leap. The girls 3200 relay is ranked 27th and the 1600 quartet 29th.
The boys 3200-meter relay rates 20th with a time of 9:04.08. Team members include Wyatt Tosse, Gage Storley, Jaxon Zuehlke, and Person. The 1600 relay quarter of Bryce Hawkinson, Ben Suther, Tucker Mertens, and Person ranks 21st.
Mertens is on the bubble in high jump, tied with 10 other jumpers at 5-6 for the 23rd spot B-H athletes brought home eight first place finishes from the ECC meet, led by Daniel Person with three titles. He took the 800-meter run, teamed up with Bryce Hawkinson, Ben Suther, and Tucker Mertens to win the 1600-meter relay, and was the anchor on the 3200-meter relay with Wyatt Tosse, Gage Storley, and Jaxon Zuehlke.
Tucker Mertens added a title in the 300 hurdles, and Dashel Davidson, Collin Beaner, Will Richter, and Zuehlke were members of the winning medley relay quartet.
On the girls’ side Sterling Mertens won the long jump, Abby Lee took the triple jump, and Lee teamed up with Jiana Davidson, Emma Kraft, and Ava Teveldal to claim the 3200-meter relay title.
Top performers for B-H in the NEC meet were Mertens with a second place finish in the long jump and Dashel Davidson was third in the 100meter dash.
ECC Results
BOYS TEAM POINTS: Great Plains Lutheran 174, Britton-Hecla 89, Dakota Hills 88, Tri-State 74, Florence-Henry 66, Waverly-South Shore 45
100 Dash: 2. Dashel Davidson 11.56; 400 Dash: 4. Bryce Hawkinson 57.46 6. Wyatt tosse 58.07; 800 Run: 1. Daniel Person 2:08.39 4. Gage Storley 2:20.62; 300 Hurdles: 1. Tucker Mertens 48.58; Shot Put: 4. Connor Furman 383; Discus: 4. Connor Furman 101-2.5 8. Peyton Pearson 84-11; High Jump: 4. Tucker Mertens 5-6; Long Jump: 6. Tucker Mertens 17-5
400 Relay: 3. Britton-Hecla (Dashel Davidson, Isaiah Jackson, Collin Beaner, Ben Suther) 53.00; 800 Relay: 4. Britton-Hecla (Dashel Davidson, Isaiah Jackson, Ty Fagerland, Ben Suther) 1:42.70; 1600 Relay: 1. Britton-Hecla (Bryce Hawkinson, Ben Suther, Tucker Mertens, Daniel Person) 3:46.45; 3200 Relay: 1. Britton-Hecla (Wyatt Tosse, Gage Storley, Jaxon Zuehlke, Daniel Person) 9:06.51; Medley Relay: 1. Britton-Hecla (Dashel Davidson, Collin Beaner, Will Richter, Jaxon Zuehlke) 4:08.20
GIRLS TEAM POINTS: Great Plains Lutheran 245, Britton-Hecla 86, Dakota Hills 74, Florence-Henry 71, Tri-State 54, Waverly-South Shore 8
100 Dash: 5. Sterling Brassfield 13.95 6. Sterling Mertens 13.99; 400 Dash: 5. Emma Kraft 1:09.84 7. Kaitlyn Folkman 1:11.50 8. Jiana Davidson 1:13.79; 800 Run: 4. Jiana Davidson 3:00.22; Shot Put: 4. Tiyanna Schott 26-11 6. Ellie Feldhaus 26-5; Discus: 4. Faith Small 78-4 7. Tiyanna Schott 63-2; High Jump: 3. Sterling Brassfield 4-4; Long Jump: 1. Sterling Mertens 16-5.5 2. Abby Lee 15-3.75; Triple Jump: 1. Abby Lee 31-9
400 Relay: 3. Britton-Hecla (Sterling Brassfield, Kaegan Fredrickson, Emma Kraft, Sterling Mertens) 57.35; 800 Relay: 3. Britton-Hecla (Jayden Bender, Karlie Zuehlke, Sterling Brassfield, Kaegan Fredrickson) 2:02.49; 1600 Relay: 3. Britton-Hecla (Abby Lee, Sterling Mertens, Kaegan Fredrickson, Emma Kraft) 4:31.04; 3200 Relay: 1. Britton-Hecla (Jiana Davidson, Emma Kraft, Abby Lee, Ava Teveldal) 11:19.69; Medley Relay: 4. Britton-Hecla (Kaegan Fredrickson, Jayden Bender, Karlie Zuelke, Ava Teveldal) 4:57.17
NEC Results
BOYS TEAM POINTS: Milbank 166, Webster Area 131, Aberdeen Roncalli 109, Groton Area 74, Deuel 72, Hamlin 58, Clark-Willow Lake 41, Britton-Hecla 27, Redfield 24, Sisseton 24, Tiospa Zina 6
100 Dash: 3. Dashel Davidson 12.26; 800 Run: 8. Gage Storley 2:22.32; 1600 run: 7. Jack Teveldal 5:18.81; 400 Relay: 6. Britton-Hecla (Dashel Davidson, Isaiah Jackson, Collin Beaner, Ben Suther) 48.50; 800 Relay: 7. Britton-Hecla (Dashel Davidson, Ben Suther, Ty Fagerland, BoDell Davidson) 1:40.37; 1600 Relay: 7. Britton-Hecla (Ben Suther, Jaxon Zuehlke, Will Richter, Bryce Hawkinson) 3:50.82; 3200 Relay: 4. Britton-Hecla (Wyatt Tosse, Gage Storley, Jaxon Zuehlke, Daniel Person) 9:04.08; Medley Relay: 3. Britton-Hecla (Dashel Davidson, Collin Beaner, Will Richter, Jaxon Zuehlke) 4:03.91
GIRLS TEAM POINTS: Milbank 186, Clark-Willow Lake 114, Groton Area 90, Hamlin 74, Redfield 62, Webster Area 58, Aberdeen Roncalli 55, Deuel 47, Britton-Hecla 30, Sisseton 25
Long Jump: 2. Sterling Mertens 151.5 5. Abby Lee 14-5.5
400 Relay: 6. Britton-Hecla (Sterling Brassfield, Kaegan Fredrickson, Marley Sundin, Jayden Bender) 57.74; 800 Relay: 6. Britton-Hecla (Jayden Bender, Karlie Zuehlke, Marley Sundin, Kaegan Fredrickson) 2:02.36; 1600 Relay: 4. Britton-Hecla (Abby Lee, Ava Teveldal,
Jiana Davidson, Emma Kraft) 4:44.80; 3200 Relay: 5. Britton-Hecla (Jiana Davidson, Daynika Zuehlke, Abby Lee, Ava Teveldal) 11:32.35; Medley Relay: 6. Britton-Hecla (Kaegan Fredrickson, Jayden Bender, Karlie Zuehlke, Ava Teveldal) 5:01.44
