Hurdling into the outdoor track season: Teams enjoying nice weather, get rolling on track, field season

SCOTLAND — The Bridgewater-Emery track team and other area teams were excited to be able to compete outside Tuesday, despite the windy conditions.

Tuesday was the day many track and field teams enjoyed the fresh air, nice conditions and were able to feel the breeze.

“It’s a lot better this year than it was last year,” Bridgewater-Emery coach Jeff VanLeur said. “The warm temperatures have helped everyone get outside, and at a small meet like this, we can get everyone on the track, so it’s good for us.”

VanLeur said his team is looking to compensate for the loss of a few athletes his team lost to graduation las year, but he added he’s confident some athletes that will be able to fill their shoes.

Bridgewater-Emery’s Colman Haiar finished in first place in the 100-meter hurdles with a time of 15.59 seconds and also took first in the 300-meter hurdles with a time of 41.5.

“The last couple of weeks, I’ve been really excited for track,” Haiar said. “I’ve been trying hard during practice and it showed pretty well in my events.”

Freeman Academy head coach Suzanne Koerner agreed with VanLeur, saying she’s glad her team was able to come out and enjoy the nice weather.

“It feels pretty good to have a season where we can actually have some meets,” Koerner said. “The weather helps us train the way we want to train, so we’ve really enjoyed that, because we haven’t had that in the last couple of years.”

Freshman Clara Koerner, who finished in first place for Freeman Academy in the 800-meter run with a time of 2 minutes and 37.69 seconds and added another first-place finish in the 1600-meter run with a time of 5.54.05, said she was happy with her performance.

“It felt really good to be outside and I’m glad we have good weather this year, it really helps with the training,” Clara Koerner said. “I didn’t really set any goals for this season. I just want to keep getting better.”

Scotland coach Gary Pepper said hosting the invitational is always fun for his team and it was a nice change from the past couple years to be able to have such good weather.

“It’s just nice for the kids to be able to get outside and compete. It’s been a really nice spring,” Pepper said. “I know it was a little windy out here, but the kids are excited to get out here and compete, so we’re looking forward to a good season.”

Scotland Invitational Track Meet

Tuesday in Scotland

Girls’ Results

100: 1, Rosenwald-Muller, Marion 13.1; 2, Heusinkveld, Bon Homme, 13.3; 3, Frey, Scotland 13.53; 4, Mudder, Avon 13.58; 5, Hughes, Marion 13.58; 6, Ortman, Canistota 13.65.

200: 1, Buse, Canistota 27.9; 2, Klyaic, Canistota 28.28; 3, Rosenwald-Muller, Marion, 28.52; 4, Ortman, Canistota 28.70; 5, Mogck, Scotland, 28.93; 6, Muilenburg, Hanson, 29.02.

400: 1, Klyaic, Canistota, 1:05.1; 2, Huber, Menno, 1:08.59; 3, Brooke VanGerpen, Bon Homme, 1:12.17; 4, Hansen, Bridgewater-Emery 1:15.67; 5, Chole VanGerpen, Avon 1:16.37; 6,Markel, Avon, 1:16.67

800: Koerner, Freeman Academy, 2:37.69; 2, Sutera, Bon Homme,6:00.86; 3, Brunke, Scotland 6:04.06; 4, Nelson, Marion 2:50.05; 5, Hofer, Canistota 2:29.39; 6, Robertson, Canistota 3:06.25

1600: 1, Koerner, Freeman Academy 5:54.05; 2, Sutera, Bon Homme 6:00.86; 3, Brunke, Scotland 6:04.06; 4, Rezac, Bon Homme 6:04.42; 5, Sandman, Canistota 6:10.72; 6, Hajek, Bon Homme 6:10.91

3200: 1, Rezac, Bon Homme 13:15.92; 2, Hajek, Bon Homme 13:18.91; 3, Jerman, Canistota 13:54.68; 4, Davis, Marion 14:14.83.

100 Hurdles: 1, McLouth, Bon Homme 15.74; 2, Dye, Bridgewater-Emery 18.66; 3, Randall, Canistota 18:89; 4, Schwartz, Bon Homme 19.38; 5, Thum, Scotland 19:78; 6, Klockman, Bridgewater-Emery

300 Hurdles: 1, McLouth, Bon Homme 52.65; 2, Randall, Canistota 54.91; 3, Hughes, Marion 55.23; 4, Geiman, Scotland 55.81; 5, Thum, Scotland 1:00.06.

400 Relay: 1, Scotland 56.47; 2, Marion 56.57; 3, Hanson 57.69; 4, Canistota 59.23; 5, Bridgewater-Emery 1:00.26; 6, Menno 1:03.29.

800 Relay: 1, Hanson 1:57.3; 2, Scotland 1:58.16; 3, Canistota 2:01.45; 4, Menno 2:02.27; 5, Bon Homme 2:02.27; 6, Avon 2:03.12.

Medley Relay: 1, Canistota 4:51.04; 2, Hanson 4:55.74; 3, Avon 5:0.40; 4, Bridgewater-Emery 5:02.82; 5, Bon Homme 5:11.92; 6, Marion 5:12.88.

1600 Relay: 1, Marion 4:36.89; 2, Hanson 4:37.26; 3, Canistota 4:41.57; 4, Menno 4:446.57; 5, Bon Homme 4:48.42; 6, Avon 4:55.13.

3200 Relay: 1, Canistota 10.42.7; 2, Bon Homme 10:53.94; 3, Scotland 11:31.35; 4, Marion 11:41.55; 5, Menno 11:56.32; Avon 12:13.73.

High Jump: 1, Tschetter, Freeman Academy 5-0; 2, Barret, Scotland 4-8; 3, McLouth, Bon Homme 4-8; 5, Rothschadl, Bon Homme 4-6; Letcher, Canistota 4-6; 6, Spencer, Menno 4-4.

Long Jump: 1, Klyaic, Canistota 15-6.25; 2, Huber, Menno 14-11; 3, Asche, Scotland 14-11; 4, Fischer, Scotland 14-5.75; 5, Schroeder, Hanson 14-5.5; 6, Merkwan, Bon Homme 13-8.75.

Triple Jump: 1, Rothschadl, Bon Homme 31-11; 2, Frey, Scotland 29-4.5; 3, Sutera, Bon Homme 29-4; 4, Doyle, Hanson 28-5.25; 5, Brown, Hanson 28-3.5; 6, Geiman, Scotland 25-7.25.

Shot Put: 1, Skorepa, Scotland 35-8.5; 2, Robinson, Hanson 35-6.5; 3, Souhrada, Bon Homme 35-4; 4, Mettler, Menno 34-4; 5, Neilsen, Canistota 32-8.5; 6, Tschetter, Freeman Academy 31-9.5.

Discus: 1, Hanson, 110-9; 2, Souhrada, Bon Homme 98-7; 3, Mettler, Marion 92-8; 4, Nielsen, Canistota 88-3.5; 5, Skorepa, Scotland 87-5; 6, Mogck, Scotland 81-9.

Pole Vault: 1, Herrboldt, Menno 8; 2, Merkwan 8; 3, Kozak, Bon Homme 7-6.

Boys

Team totals — 1. Bon Homme 144; 2. Bridgewater-Emery 130; 3. Canistota 115; 4. Scotland 42; 5. Marion 36; 6. Hanson 35; 7. Freeman Academy 31; 8. Avon 27; 9. Menno 16..

100 meter dash — 1. Brady Viet (Mar), 11.2; 2. Alex Robertson (Can), 11.4; 3. Troy Hofer (Can), 11.41; 4. Nick Hofer (Can), 11.45; 5. Gage Wilson (BE), 11.53; 6. Chris Miller (FA), 11.56.

200 meter dash — 1. Brady Viet (Mar), 23.23; 2. Nathan Bures (BH), 23.58; 3. Wade Miller (BE), 23.7; 4. Garrett Kotalik (Scot), 23.67; 5. Clayton Dye (BE), 23.83; 6. Nick Hofer (Can), 24.40.

400 meter dash — 1. Trevor Schroeder (Can), 53.03; 2. Garret Kotalik (Scot), 53.78; 3. Brady Viet (Mar), 54.67; 4. Tristan Ashwell (FA), 56.34; 5. Tyler Decker (Can), 56.42; 6. Tanner VanWinkle (BH), 57.92.

800 meter run — 1. Jacob Schweitzer (BE), 2:14.42; 2. Francis Grove (BE), 2:17.69; 3. Nate Sutera (BH), 2:23.81; 4. Brant Blaha (Avon), 2:25.13; 5. Cole Hofer (FA), 2:28.66; 6. Trever Bynum (Can), 2:36.77.

1,600 meter run — 1. Jacob Schweitzer (BE), 5:10.16; 2. Boone DeKramer (Can), 5:14.75; 3. Alec Weber (BH), 11:48.01; 4. Riley Portwood (Can), 12:05.48; 5. Wade Weeldreyer (Can), 12:40.34; 6. Brant Blaha (Avon), 12:55.46.

110 meter hurdles — 1. Colman Haiar (BE), 15.59; 2. Nathan Bares (BH), 17.56; 3. Austin Eich (BE), 18.6; 4. JD Shape (BE), 18.66; 5. Mason Weisser (Scot), 21.28.

300 meter hurdles — 1. Colman Haiar (BE), 41.5; 2. Scott VanWinkle (BH), 45.17; 3. Austin Eich (BE), 45.66; 4. Hunter Young (BH), 48.26; 5. Tim Sternheagen (Scot), 49.12; 6. Jared Kloucek (Scot), 49.27.

400 meter relay — 1. Bon Homme, 46.47; 2. Canistota, 46.6; 3. Avon, 50.06; 4. Hanson, 50.45; Bridgewater-Emery, 50.46; Bridgewater-Emery, 50.49.

800 meter relay — 1. Canistota, 1:41.44; 2. Scotland, 1:42.06; 3. Hanson, 1:47.15; 4. Menno, 1:52.38.

Medley relay — 1. Canistota, 4:12.23; Bridgewater-Emery, 4:15.46; 3. Bridgewater-Emery, 4:20.70; 4. Bon Homme, 4:25.85; 5. Menno, 4:36.60; 6. Scotland, 4:44.4.

1,600 meter relay — 1. Bon Homme, 3:39.57; 2. Bridgewater-Emery, 4:15.46; 3. Canistota, 3:41.83; 4. Avon, 3:46.71; 5. Marion, 4:05.18; 6. Scotland, 4:12.99.

3,200 meter relay — 1. Bridgewater-Emery, 9:24.81; 2. Freeman Academy, 9:42.35; 3. Canistota, 9:45.25; 4. Bon Homme, 9:50.65; 5. Menno, 10:41.41.

High jump — 1. Matt Huber (Han), 5’8”; 2. Cody Bunger (Can), 5’6”; 3. Kodi Larson (BH), 5’6”; 4. Tyler Decker (Can), 5’6”; 5. Sean Luke (BE), 5’6”; 6. Osmar Vinales (BE), 5’2”.

Long jump — 1. Jacob Bartscher (Han), 19’4”; 2. Eric Tieszen (Can), 19’3”; 3. Sean Luke (BE), 18’7.5”; 4. Travis McDonald (BH), 18’5.5”; 5. Cody Bunger (Can), 18’1.75”; 6. Alex Kayser (Han), 18’1.5”.

Triple jump — 1. Travis McDonald (BH), 41’8”; 2. Coleman Haiar (BE), 40’.25”; 3. Jacob Barscher (Han), 39’11.5”; 4. Eric Tieszen (Can), 38’9.5”; 5. Brennan Bares (BH), 37’4”; 6. Thomas Mitzel (BH), 34’10.75”.

Shot put — 1. Charlie Bentzen (BH), 42’9”; 2. Andrew Nelson (Mar), 40’9”; 3. Austin Handel (Men), 38’11”; 4. Dan Stibral (Scot), 38’1.25”; 5. Zack Hofer (Can), 37’9.75”; 6. Adrien Heiter (BE), 36’9.5”.

Discus — 1. Luke VanGerpen (Avon), 129’6”; 2. Charlie Bentzen (BH), 128’2.5”; 3. Dan Stibral (Scot), 104’3”; 4. Franky Tusha (BE), 102’7”; 5. Adrian Heiter (BE), 102’1”; 6. Zack Hofer (Can), 101’8.5”.

Pole Vault — 1. Scott Vanwinkle (BH), 10’; 2. Wyatt Stepka (BH), 9’6”; 3. Brenden Bares (BH), 9’; 4. Blake Konstanz (Scot), 8’; 5. Jackson Diede (Men), 7’; 6. Mitch Feurst (Scot), 7’.

Early Bird Meet

In Parkston on Tuesday

Girls

Team points — 1, Ethan/Parkston 175; 2, Wagner 166; 3, Mitchell Christian 85; 4, Tripp-Delmont/Armour 69

100 — 1, Hannah Just (TDA) 13.20; 2, Brittney Zoss (MC) 13.87; 3, Alexa VanLaecken (MC) 14.00; 4, Tayleigh Kaup (Wagner) 14.05; 5, Justene Alley (EP) 14.57; 6, Krista Dvorak (Wagner) 15.07

200 — 1, Hannah Just (TDA) 27.70; 2, Promise Mace (Wagner) 28.34; 3, Jessica Harvey (EP) 29.12; 4, Brittany Zoss (MC) 29.85; 5, Taylor Krall (MC) 30.30; 6, Hannah Wegehaupt (EP) 30.60

400 — Hannah Just (TDA) 1:08.48; 2, Alex Dvorak (Wagner) 1:11.21; 3, Alexis Neugebauer (EP) 1:11.87; 4, McKenzie Kotrba (EP) 1:14.04; 5, Lindsay Thompson (MC) 1:14.56; 6, Morgan Ziegler (TDA) 1:17.70

800 — 1, Kim Koupal (Wagner) 2:49.72; 2, Katie Barnett (Wagner) 2:59.28; 3, S. Eitemiller (Wagner) 3:05.32

1,600 — 1, Becca Glanzer (MC) 5:58.17; 2, Rachel Dion (Wagner) 6:23.55; 3, Kim Koupal (Wagner) 6:28.62; 4, S. Eitemiller (Wagner) 6:35.27; 5, Allyson Ledeboer (TDA) 7:24.59

3,200 — 1, Becca Glanzer (MC) 13:12.27; 2, Rachel Dion (Wagner) 14:25.22; 3, Katie Barnett (Wagner) 15:08.08

110 hurdles — 1, Sydney Breen (Wagner) 16.88; 2, Megan Kocer (Wagner) 18.05; 3, Katie Murtha (EP) 19.63; 4, Ashley Glanzer (MC) 21.34

300 hurdles — 1, Sydney Breen (Wagner) 54.34; 2, Katie Murtha (EP) 55.18; 2, Mersadie Dvorak (EP) 56.42; 4, Rachel Hawkins (EP) 57.01; 5, Ashley Glanzer (MC) 1:00.09; 6, M. Schoenfelder (EP) 1:00.66

400 relay — 1, Ethan/Parkston 4:57.34; 2, Mitchell Christian 56.85; 3, Tripp-Delmont/Armour 1:01.17; 4, Ethan/Parkston 2 1:02.53; 5, Wagner 1:04.70

800 relay — 1, Ethan/Parkston 2:00.59; 2, Wagner 2:02.67; 3, Ethan/Parkston 2 2:07.81; 4, Tripp-Delmont/Armour 2:09.15

1,600 relay — 1, Tripp-Delmont/Armour 4:44.8/5; 2, Ethan/Parkston 4:50.41; 3, Ethan/Parkston 4:51.52; 4, Mitchell Christian 5:00.63

3,200 relay — 1, Ethan/Parkston 11:22.14; 2, Tripp-Delmont/Armour 12:21.28; 3, Ethan/Parkston 2 13:00.59

Medley relay — 1, Ethan/Parkston 4:57.34; 2, Wagner 5:06.94; 3, Tripp-Delmont/Armour 5:11.53; 4, Ethan/Parkston 2 5:20.75

Long jump — 1, Anna Mueller (EP) 15-2.50; 2, Alexa VanLaecken (MC) 14-7.50; 3, Brittany Zoss (MC) 14-0.25; 4, Justene Alley (EP) 13-10.50; 5, Promise Mace (Wagner) 13-2.50; 6, Taylor Krall (MC) 12-2.50

Triple jump — Justene Alley (EP) 29-1.00

High jump — 1, Alexa VanLaecken (MC) 4-4; 2, S. Schoenfelder (EP) 4-2; 3, McKenzie Kotrba (EP) 4-0

Shot put — 1, Shelby McBrayer (EP) 27-7; 2, Amanda Miller (EP) 24-0; 3, Tayleigh Kaup (Wagner) 22-6; 4, Cheyanne Buck (Wagner) 20-6; 5, Krista Dvorak (Wagner) 20-3; 6, Kayce McGuire (EP) 20-2

Discus — 1, Shelby McBrayer (EP) 71-11; 2, Amanda Miller (EP) 66-9.50; 3, Alli Kuca (Wagner) 64-8.50; 4, Krista Dvorak (Wagner) 57-0; 5, Hannah Wegehaupt (EP) 51-6; Tayleigh Kaup (Wagner) 50-11.50

Pole Vault — 1, Sydney Breen (Wagner) 8-0; 2, Megan Kocer (Wagner) 6-4; 3, Alexis Neugebauer (EP) 4-2

Boys

Team points — 1, Ethan/Parkston 259; 2, Wagner 135; 3, Tripp-Delmont/Armour 58; 4, Mitchell Christian 44

100 — 1, Jesse Thuringer (EP) 11.35; 2, Noah St. Pierre (Wagner) 11.61; 3, Payton Monson (EP) 11.77; 4, C. Kuca (Wagner) 11.82; 5, David Kantner (Wagner) 12.21; 6, Matt Krall (MC) 12.40

200 — 1, Jesse Thuringer (EP) 23.47; 2, Noah St. Pierre (Wagner) 23.76; 3, C. Kuca (Wagner) 24.40; 4, Payton Monson (EP) 24.58; 5, David Kantner (Wagner) 25.88; 6, Matt Krall (MC) 25.88

400 — 1, Noah St. Pierre (Wagner) 57.75; 2, Chris Cap (TDA) 58.59; 3, Andrew Soukup (Wagner) 1:03.50; 4, Tristan Gau (TDA) 1:04.63; 5, Craig VanZee (MC) 1:05.52; 6, Will Hollmann (Wagner) 1:04.63

800 — 1, Aaron Lemon (MC) 2:15.06; 2, Sage Zephier (Wagner); 3, Kyle Hohn (EP) 2:19.38; 4, Dylan Brunsing (Wagner) 2:25.74; 5, Tanner Carda (TDA) 2:31.76; 6, Nick Zolnowsky (EP) 2:34.73

1,600 — 1, Sage Zephier (Wagner) 5:11.51; 2, Kyle Hohn (EP) 5:15.03; 3, Dave Schoenfish (EP) 5:26.93; 4, Dylan Brunsing (Wagner) 5:32.94; 5, Tyler Hohn (EP) 5:34.94; 6, Nick Zolnowsky (EP) 5:39.56

3,200 — 1, Dave Schoenfish (EP) 10:12.13; 2, Levi Knight (MC) 13:54.03

110 hurdles — 1, Wes Dvorak (EP) 20.21; 2, Evan Murtha (EP) 20.66; 3, J. Williams (EP) 22.53; 4, Nathan Papke (EP) 25.36

300 hurdles — 1, J. Williams (EP) 52.10; 2, Nathan Papke (EP) 52.83; 3, Evan Murtha (EP) 54.07

400 relay — 1, Ethan/Parkston 47.32; 2, Ethan/Parkston 2 50.4; 4, Tripp-Delmont/Armour 51.39

800 relay — 1, Ethan/Parkston 1:39.98; 2, Ethan/Parkston 2 1:46.96; 3, Tripp-Delmont/Armour 1:48.96

1,600 relay — 1, Ethan/Parkston 3:55.57; 2, Tripp-Delmont/Armour 4:07.98; 3, Wagner 4:08.26; 4, Mitchell Christian 4:25.15; 5, Ethan/Parkston 2 4:25.23

3,200 relay — 1, Ethan/Parkston 9:28.86; 2, Tripp-Delmont/Armour 10:01.87; 3, Ethan/Parkston 2 10:13.70

Medley relay — 1, Ethan/Parkston 4:14.67; 2, Tripp-Delmont/Armour 4:27.09; 3, Ethan/Parkston 2 5:07.89

Long jump — 1, Noah St. Pierre (Wagner) 20-3; 2, Anthony Huber (EP) 18-8.25; 3, Aaron Lemon (MC) 18-4; 4, David Kantner (Wagner) 18-2.50; 5, Blake Bartscher (EP) 16-11; 6, Matt Krall (MC) 16-2.50

Triple jump — 1, Blake Bartscher (EP) 36-9; 2, Kyle Schnabel (EP) 32-3; 3, Hunter Jackson (EP) 31-0; 4, Craig VanZee (MC) 30-2.50

High jump — 1, Anthony Huber (EP) 5-6; 2, Wes Dvorak (EP) 5-4; 3, Will Hollmann (Wagner) 5-2; 4, C. Kuca (Wagner) 5-2; 5, Wyatt McBrayer (EP) 5-0

Shot put — 1, Anthony Huber (EP) 47-1; 2, Elijah Heth (Wagner) 41-10; 3, Zach Kriz (TDA) 40-9; 4, Kody Jakopak (Wagner) 39-2; 5, Reece Weber (TDA) 37-11; 6, Chandler Nelson (MC) 36-10

Discus — 1, Anthony Huber (EP) 137-6.50; 2, Elijah Heth (Wagner) 135-1; 3, Chandler Nelson (MC) 113-3.50; 4, Reece Weber (TDA) 106-6; 5, Zach Kriz (TDA) 105-7; 6, Lonn Stadlman (EP) 102-5.50

Pole vault — 1, Henry Wegehaupt (EP) 11-0; 2, Wes Dvorak (EP) 10-6; 3, Andrew Soukup Wagner) 8-0.

Flandreau Track Meet

Tuesday in Flandreau

Boys’ Results

(Howard finishers only)

100 : 7, Anden Hattervig 12.4

200 : 4, Steve Larsen 25.5

400 Relay: 2, Clark 50.3

Long jump: 4, Jordan Kuhle 17-5.5

400 : 3, Steven Larsen 57.9

800 Relay: 4, Slattery 1.49.5

Medley Relay: 4, Peterson 4.26.1

3200: 5, Jose Molina 13.29.5

Girls’ Results

Discus: 1, Erika Bamsey 104-4; 3, Maria Schwader 76-5.

100: 3, Taylor Noid 13.8

High Jump: 5, Hane Noonan 4-4.

800 1, Buthe 1.59.6

Shot Put: Erika Bamsey 34-5; 4, Shawna German 29-4.5

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