It was a record-shattering day at the Al Sahli Invitational
indoor track and field meet as six Eastern South Dakota Conference
schools tuned up before moving the sport outdoors.
Eight records were tied or broken at the Class AA meet at the
Barnett Center on Saturday.
Junior Quincy Christie of Pierre and freshman Brittany Page of
Watertown each won three events and received the Matt Harvey Award
as the meet's most valuable male and female athletes.
For Christie it was the first track competition of the
season.
"I came out and did my best. I came out and competed hard," said
Christie, who also plays running back for the Governors' football
team.
The junior sprinter won the 55-meter dash, long jump and triple
jump, and ran a leg on a third-place 1,600-meter relay team.
Despite her success in the indoor competition, Page is looking
forward to getting outside for meets.
"It was fine in here," said Page, who also received most valuable
honors at a meet in Huron last year. "Outdoors will be better."
She set a new record in winning the 55-meter dash in a time of
7.2 seconds, and ran on two record-setting relays.
Aberdeen Central's Amy Seyer attempted a record-breaking high
jump but couldn't quite clear the bar. The current record is 5 feet,
3 inches.
"Coach (Derek) Robey said they were pretty good jumps," said
Seyer about her three attempts at 5-3. "I probably just got tired.
My approach was a lot better this time because I've been jumping
more during the week."
Seyer cleared 5-2 to win the high jump.
Like almost every athlete at the meet, Seyer is ready to compete
outdoors.
"Outside is better because I can use spikes and that makes it
easier. Outside there's the wind but you learn to live with it," the
senior said.
On the track, a pair of familiar foes turned the 3,000-meter run
into a dual. Watertown's Danny Scott pulled away from Central's Andy
Cahoy near the finish line to post a win. Scott's winning time was
9:50.61 and Cahoy crossed the line in second-place at 9:55.8.
"I didn't run as well as I would like to," said Cahoy, who also
ran on the Golden Eagles 3,200-meter relay team that finished
second. "My times will get better when we go outdoors. I look
forward to getting outside."
Cahoy might have gained some knowledge he can put to use in
future races against Scott.
"He has a pretty strong kick. He's tough to beat. I'm more of an
endurance runner and he has more of a sprint at the end of the
race," Cahoy said.
In the boys' division, Central won two individual events and two
relays. Jon Beitelspacher won the shot put with a toss of 47-2 and
finished second in the discus at 132-2. The discus competition was
held outside at the Simmons Middle School field.
For the second consecutive meet Tony Arampatzis captured the pole
vault title with a vault of 13-6. The 960- and 1,600-meter Central
relay teams also posted wins.
The boys' team took a look at some athletes in new events.
"We ran some of the kids in different events this time," said
boys' track coach Mike Flakus. "We put together a couple of good
relays. The kids take a lot of pride in the relays so it was a lot
more exciting."
Seyer was the only Central first-place finisher in the girls'
competition. Lexi Jares had a busy day with a second in the long
jump, third in the 55-meter dash, fourth in the 400-meter dash and
sixth in the high jump.
The young girls' team showed improvement from last week's indoor
meet.
"Overall, we're making progress," said assistant coach Bill
Martens. "We competed hard. We need to keep working and getting
better."
Central competes outdoors in the Huron Early Bird on Friday. The
meet begins at 4 p.m.
Participating Teams: Aberdeen Central, Brookings, Huron,
Mitchell, Pierre, Watertown.
BOYS' DIVISION
55-Meter Hurdles: 1, Matt Tetzlaff, Pierre, :08.6; 2, Ben
Fairbanks, Brookings, :08.6; 3, Jordan Burchatz, Watertown, :09.0;
4, Keith Newman, Watertown, :09.10; 5, Taylor Hietpas, Brookings,
:09.10; 6, Trent Thompson, Pierre, :09.4.
55-Meter Dash: 1, Quincy Christie, Pierre, :06.5; 2, Tyler
Duffy, Brookings, :06.8; 3, Kyle Weisbeck, Aberdeen Central, :06.8;
4, Cameron Rogers, Pierre, :06.8; 5, Brandon Stangl, Watertown,
:06.9; 6, Alex Helling, Pierre, :07.0.
200-Meter Dash: 1, Evan Bunkers, Brookings, :24.6; 2,
Dustin Gibbons, Brookings, :25.0; 3, Zach Moore, Aberdeen Central,
:25.0; 4, Thoulow Gilyard, Huron, :25.1; 5, Mason Svennes,
Brookings, :25.5; 6, Taylor Hietpas, Brookings, :25.5.
400-Meter Dash: 1, Alex Nelson, Huron, :53 (tied meet
record); 2, Sam Johnson, Watertown, :58; 3, Trent Thompson, Pierre,
:58; 4, Cody Christopherson, Mitchell, 58; 5, Ben Young, Pierre, 59;
6, Travis Kamm, Aberdeen Central, 59.
800-Meter Run: 1, Scott Anderson, Huron, 2:10; 2, Matt
Heesch, Mitchell, 2:15; 3, Clayton Crawford, Aberdeen Central, 2:16;
4, Mike Buer, Mitchell, 2:16; 5, Travis Fitzke, Pierre, 2:19; 6,
Alec Anderson, Pierre, 2:19.
1,500-Meter Run: 1, Danny Scott, Watertown, 4:26; 2, Cole
Lemke, Aberdeen Central, 4:30; 3, Matt Bump, Pierre, 4:43; 4, Alec
Anderson, Pierre, 4:49.1; 5, Brian Diede, Huron, 4:49.5; 6, Andy
Foley, Watertown, 4:50.
3,000-Meter Run: 1, Danny Scott, Watertown, 9:50.61; 2,
Andy Cahoy, Aberdeen Central, 9:55.80; 3, Devan Huber, Huron,
10:02.03; 4, Shaun Henderson, Huron, 10:03.2; 5, Matt Bump, Pierre,
10:05.4; 6, Todd Vlieger, Mitchell, 10:13.1.
Shot Put: 1, Jon Beitelspacher, Aberdeen Central, 47-2; 2,
Mitch Kranz, Watertown, 46-5; 3, Josh Shorley, Watertown, 46-3; 4,
Mike Zelmer, Pierre, 44-7; 5, Aaron Jung, Watertown, 43-11; 6,
Justin Johnson, Watertown, 43-4.
Discus: 1, Mitch Krenz, Watertown, 138-9; 2, Jon
Beitelspacher, Aberdeen Central, 132-2; 3, Mike Zelmer, Pierre,
128-0; 4, Aaron Jung, Watertown, 127-4; 5, Justin Johnson,
Watertown, 120-2; 6, Tabor Brock, Huron, 120-2.
High Jump: 1, Brad Monahan, Watertown, 5-10; 2, (tie)
Brent Ruedebusch, Watertown, 5-8 and Jeff Sebern, Brookings, 5-8; 4,
Pat Roth, Huron, 5-8; 5, Brandon Uehran, Brookings, 5-8; 6, (tie)
Jordan Burchatz, Watertown, 5-4 and Travis Kamm, Aberdeen Central,
5-4.
Long Jump: 1, Quincy Christie, Pierre, 21-1; 2, Chris
Stangl, Aberdeen Central, 20-4; 3, Brad Monahan, Watertown, 20-2; 4,
Lucas Kaiser, Watertown, 20-1; 5, Cody Raml, Watertown, 19-1; 6,
Kevin Rogness, Watertown, 18-3.
Triple Jump: 1, Quincy Christie, Pierre, 43-4; 2, Brad
Monahan, Watertown, 42-9; 3, Chris Grey, Aberdeen Central, 42-2; 4,
Cody Raml, Watertown, 38-1; 5, Jeff Sebern, Brookings, 36-11; 6,
Kevin Rogness, Watertown, 36-3.
Pole Vault: 1, Tony Arampatzis, Aberdeen Central, 13-6; 2,
Paul Clendenin, Watertown, 13-0; 3, John Eining, Huron, 12-0; 4,
Tyler Williams, Aberdeen Central, 12-0; 5, (tie) Troy Beekman,
Huron, 11-6 and Troy Reifenberger, Watertown, 11-6.
960-Meter Relay: 1, Aberdeen Central (Stangl, Belden,
Moench, Stotz), 2:01; 2, Brookings, 2:02; 3, Watertown, 2:05; 4,
Pierre, 2:06; 5, Huron, 2:07; 6, Pierre, 2:07.
1,600-Meter Relay: 1, Aberdeen Central (Weisbeck, Ford,
Moench, Stotz), 3:43.8; 2, Watertown, 3:46.2; 3, Pierre, 3:46.9; 4,
Pierre B, 4:01; 5, Mitchell, 4:01.1; 6, Aberdeen Central B,
4:10.0.
3,200-Meter Relay: 1, Mitchell (Christopherson, Heesch,
Baur, Vlieger), 8:42.4 (meet record); 2, Aberdeen Central, 8:53.7;
3, Huron, 9:02.5; 4, Pierre, 9:21.9; 5, Watertown, 9:36.9.
GIRLS' DIVISION
55-Meter Hurdles: 1, Kristin Barrios, Brookings, :08.9; 2
Andrea Sjomeling, Aberdeen Central, :08.9; 3, Maddie McFarland,
Huron, :09.1; 4, Alexa Berg, Pierre, :09.2; 5, Kalie Cox, Watertown,
:09.2; 6, Tamiko Kopfmann, Huron, :09.3.
55-Meter Dash: 1, Brittany Page, Watertown, :07.2 (meet
record); 2, Megan Lauseng, Watertown, :07.4; 3, Lexi Jares, Aberdeen
Central, :07.5; 4, (tie) Luvie Williams, Huron, :07.7 and Ali
Arampatzis, Aberdeen Central, :07.7; 6, (tie) Kayla Weisbeck,
Aberdeen Central, :07.7 and Katie Schaefer, Brookings, :07.7.
200-Meter Dash: 1, Tamiko Kopfmann, Huron, :27.8; 2, Kalie
Cox, Watertown, :28.5; 3, Morgan Carlson, Huron, :28.7; 4, Loren
Vaillancourt, Huron, :29.2; 5, Andrea Joy, Aberdeen Central, :29.3;
6, Ashley McHugh, Huron, :29.3.
400-Meter Dash: 1, Amanda Jensen, Watertown, 1:05; 2, Tara
Heiser, Watertown, 1:05; 3, Abbie Mitchell, Pierre, 1:05; 4, Lexi
Jares, Aberdeen Central, 1:05; 5, Miranda Baltzer, Huron, 1:06; 6,
Katie Whaley, Brookings, 1:07.
800-Meter Run: 1, Amy Reuer, Brookings, 2:26; 2, Tiffany
Lawrence, Huron, 2:34; 3, Kristin Williams, Mitchell, 2:37; 4, Amy
Brandner, Pierre, 2:41; 5, Brittany Brickman, Mitchell, 2:42; 6,
Katelyn McElhany, Watertown, 2:43.
1,500-Meter Run: 1, Mary Foley, Watertown, 5:29; 2, Andrea
Neugebauer, Mitchell, 5:37; 3, Chelsey Paulsen, Aberdeen Central,
5:39; 4, Casey Merrigan, Watertown, 5:40; 5, Kelsey Robish, Huron,
5:44; 6, Katie Buhler, Pierre, 5:48.
3,000-Meter Run: 1, Casey Merrigan, Watertown, 12:24; 2,
Kristen Kunns, Huron, 12:25; 3, Krista O'Neill, Watertown, 12:53; 4,
Holli Brown, Mitchell, 13:02; 5, Caitlin Feller, Pierre, 14:09.
Shot Put: 1, Kris Schaefer, Pierre, 39-10; 2, Jessica
Tetzlaff, Watertown, 36-3; 3, Tella Ostreich, Watertown, 36-2; 4,
Brittany Bauer, Aberdeen Central, 34-0; 5, Jenn Mack, Watertown,
33-10; 6, Kaydee Grayson, Huron, 33-10.
Discus: 1, Jenni Mack, Watertown, 118-6; 2, Andi Ribstein,
Brookings, 118-2; 3, Shana Thompson, Brookings, 109-9; 4, Megan
Kusler, Aberdeen Central, 104-5; 5, Kaydee Grayson, Huron, 100-2; 6,
Jamie Becker, Brookings, 99-10.
High Jump: 1, Amy Seyer, Aberdeen Central, 5-2; 2, Kelli
Fargen, Brookings, 5-0; 3, Tori Ice, Pierre, 5-0; 4, Dani Pauley,
Aberdeen Central, 4-10; 5, Trisha Birr, Huron, 4-10; 6, Lexi Jares,
Aberdeen Central, 4-10.
Long Jump: 1, Tamiko Kopfmann, Huron, 17-5 (meet record);
2, Lexi Jares, Aberdeen Central, 15-10; 3, Kayla Haines, Mitchell,
15-9; 4, Kelly Jones, Brookings, 15-6; 5, Tresa Moeller, Watertown,
15-1; 6, Teresa Mallett, Watertown, 14-7.
Triple Jump: 1, Leslie Brost, Watertown, 32-10; 2, Tori
Ice, Pierre, 32-10; 3, Leah Draper, Brookings, 32-7; 4, Brittany
Carlson, Brookings, 32-7; 5, Jen Miner, Huron, 31-10; 6, Bri Barber,
Aberdeen Central, 29-11.
Pole Vault: 1, Leslie Brost, Watertown, 11-0 (tied meet
record); 2, Janelle Stickler, Huron, 10-6; 3, Kaylyn Konke,
Watertown, 10-0; 4, Amy Marquardt, Watertown, 9-0; 5, Ali
Arampatzis, Aberdeen Central, 8-6; 6, Bridget Gross, Huron, 8-6.
960-Meter Relay: 1, Watertown (Lauseng, Hauk, Strandberg,
Page), 2:15; 2, Aberdeen Central, 2:21; 3, Huron, 2:22; 4,
Brookings, 2:23; 5, Pierre, 2:25; 6, Huron B, 2:28.
1,600-Meter Relay: 1, Watertown (Megan Lauseng, Jordan
Strandberg, Brittany Page, Carissa Hauck), 4:16; 2, Pierre, 4:26; 3,
Mitchell, 4:34; 4, Aberdeen Central, 4:36.
3,200-Meter Relay: 1, Pierre (Brandner, Titze, Mitchell,
DeHueck), 10:34.8; 2, Watertown, 10:44; 3, Huron, 10:45.8; 4,
Aberdeen Central, 11:00; 5, Mitchell, 11:15.8.
