PIERRE - Both the boys' and girls'
team titles came down to the last event, the 1,600-meter relay, at
the Pierre Legion Relays on Friday.
The Aberdeen Central boys' 1,600-meter relay team of Kyle
Weisbeck, Derek Belden, Taylor Ford and Jordan Moench outsprinted
Rapid City Stevens to the finish line to win the relay and the
meet.
The Aberdeen Central girls' 1,600-meter squad finished sixth in
the relay and second in the meet.
The Golden Eagle boys edged Rapid City Central by three points
(143-140), and the Pierre girls won with 106 points to 102 for
Central.
"It got down to the mile (1,600-meter) relay," said Central boys'
coach Mike Flakus. "If we win the relay, we win the meet. If Rapid
City Central wins, they get first and we're second. They've got some
good runners."
In the deciding relay the Golden Eagles finished less than a
second ahead of the Rapid City team.
Central sprinter Kyle Weisbeck qualified for the state in both
the 100- and 200-meter dashes. The Golden Eagles continued their
domination in the jumping events. Jayme Liddell won the triple jump
and Chris Grey was second. Another pair of jumpers, Zach Moore and
Chris Stangl, finished first and second in the long jump.
Tyler Williams jumped to a third-place finish in the pole vault.
Jon Beitelspacher picked up a second place in the shot put.
Flakus noted that sprinter Taylor Ford and distance runner Andy
Cahoy had good meets. Cahoy won the 3,200-meter run.
"Overall, it was good for us to win the team title," Flakus said.
"We used this meet to get better. We are getting better and that's
still our goal."
The Central girls pulled together for a second-place finish as a
team.
"We didn't go into the meet trying to win it," said Central
girls' coach Peggy Cox. "We didn't run everybody in four events. It
was by far the best performance we've had this year. I knew the
potential was there, but we hadn't been able to pull it together for
some reason."
The Golden Eagles turned in a host of season best performances at
the meet including Andrea Sjomeling in the 100- and 300-meter
hurdles, Christina Kusler in the long jump, Brittany Arment and
Chelsea Paulson in the 3,200-meter run, Andrea Joy in the 400-meter
dash, Kayla Weisbeck in the 100-meter dash and Ali Arampatzis in the
pole vault. Weisbeck hit a provisional state qualifying mark in the
dash and Arampatzis made the automatic height in the vault.
The 800-meter relay team also sprinted to its top time of the
season.
"The kids really competed hard today (Friday) and I was very
pleased," Cox said. "This is about the time of the season you want
to start putting your relays together and putting kids in places you
think they can be successful. We showed up in a lot of places. It's
a good confidence builder."
The Central track teams travel to Huron on Tuesday for a
quadrangular meet with Mitchell and Watertown.
BOYS' RESULTS
Team Points: Aberdeen Central 143, Rapid City Central 140,
Pierre 93, Spearfish 69, Sioux Falls Washington 63, Sturgis 41,
Huron 40.
Outstanding Male Athlete: Cole Tucker, Rapid City
Central.
110-Meter Hurdles: 1, Adam Bierschenk, Spearfish, :41.29;
2, Matt Tetzlaff, Pierre, :42.77; 3, Allen Schmaltz, Rapid City
Central, :43.23; 4, Derek Belden, Aberdeen Central, :43.72; 5, Jesse
Toney, Rapid City Central, :43.87; 6, Alex Zuke, Sioux Falls
Washington, :44.03.
100-Meter Dash: 1, Cole Tucker, Rapid City Central,
:10.72; 2, Corey Beefert, Rapid City Central, :10.82; 3, Abe Dibba,
Sioux Falls Washington, :11.01; 4, Kyle Weisbeck, Aberdeen Central,
:11.27; 5, Derek Belden, Aberdeen Central, :11.30; 6, Cameron
Rogers, Pierre, :11.38.
200-Meter Dash: 1, Cole Tucker, Rapid City Central,
:22.00, meet record; 2, Kyle Weisbeck, Aberdeen Central, :22.74; 3,
Brandon Krzyzanowski, Rapid City Central, :23.30; 4, Dustin Wisener,
Spearfish, :23.46; 5, Mike Tveidt, Pierre, :23.61; 6, Aaron
Schaffer, Rapid City Central, :23.89.
400-Meter Dash: 1, Cole Tucker, Rapid City Central,
:50.24; 2, Taylor Ford, Aberdeen Central, :51.06; 3, John Kaiser,
Rapid City Central, :51.81; 4, Tel Johnson, Spearfish, :52.85; 5,
Scott Anderson, Huron, :52.94; 6, Cameron Roges, Pierre, :55.43.
800-Meter Run: 1, D.J. Thompson, Spearfish, 2:06.23; 2,
Yei Ngor, Sioux Falls Washington, 2:07.30; 3, Tyler Dodge, Sturgis,
2:10.47; 4, Travis Fitzke, Pierre, 2:12.26; 5, David Peterson,
Sturgis, 2:12.33; 6, Nick Kuno, Sturgis, 2:13.02.
1,600-Meter Run: 1, Seth Breckenridge, Rapid City Central,
4:41.28; 2, Matt Bump, Pierre, 4:45.30; 3, Tyler Dodge, Sturgis,
4:49.36; 4, Travis Fitzke, Pierre, 4:51.69; 5, Ricky Elliot,
Sturgis, 5:00.71; 6, Mike Kaiser, Rapid City Central, 5:01.88.
3,200-Meter Run: 1, Andy Cahoy, Aberdeen Central,
10:20.76; 2, Ben Harms, Sioux Falls Washington, 10:26.16; 3, Matt
Bump, Pierre, 10:26.53; 4, Chisolm McDonald, Sturgis, 10:28.14; 5,
Devan Huber, Huron, 10:30.91; 6, Mike Krsnak, Rapid City Central,
10:33.09.
400-Meter Relay: 1, Rapid City Central (Corey Beefert,
Aaron Schaffer, Cole Tucker, not reported), :44.79; 2, Aberdeen
Central, :45.30; 3, Spearfish, :46.02; 4, Sioux Falls Washington,
:46.50; 5, Huron, :46.93; 6, Pierre, :46.98.
800-Meter Relay: 1, Spearfish (Jay Meverden, Pete Eckrich,
Taber Carlson, Tel Johnson), 1:34.43; 2, Rapid City Central,
1:35.22; 3, Pierre, 1:38.04; 4, Aberdeen Central, 1:38.24; 5, Huron,
1:38.96; 6, Sturgis, 1:40.62.
1,600-Meter Relay: 1, Aberdeen Central (Kyle Weisbeck,
Derek Belden, Taylor Ford, Jordan Moench), 3:31.63; 2, Rapid City
Central, 3:32.25; 3, Spearfish, 3:33.09; 4, Sioux Falls Washington,
3:34.78; 5, Pierre, 3:37.18; 6, Huron, 3:42.58.
1,600-Meter Sprint Medley Relay: 1, Sioux Falls Washington
(Ben Gutnik, Anthony Murphy, Aaron McGuire, Abe Dibba), 3:46.86; 2,
Huron, 3:55.09; 3, Spearfish, 3:55.69; 4, Aberdeen Central, 3:56.21;
5, Rapid City Central, 3:56.77; 6, Sturgis, 4:01.26.
3,200-Meter Relay: 1, Huron (Josh Arbeiter, Tyson
VandeBerg, Brian Diede, Scott Anderson), 8:38.13; 2, Sioux Falls
Washington, 8:40.03; 3, Aberdeen Central, 8:41.61; 4, Pierre,
8:42.86; 5, Spearfish, 8:44.82; 6, Sturgis, 8:48.18.
High Jump: 1, Ben Jasinski, Rapid City Central, 6-4; 2,
Mike Tveidt, Pierre, 6-4; 3, Jayme Liddell, Aberdeen Central, 6-4;
4, Casey Anderson, Sturgis, 5-10; 5, Matt Dolan, Rapid City Central,
5-10; 6, Greg Schroeder, Rapid City Central, 5-10.
Long Jump: 1, Zach Moore, Aberdeen Central, 21-; 2, Chris
Stangl, Aberdeen Central, 29-9; 3, Andrew Reed, Rapid City Central,
20-6; 4, Ben Jasinski, Rapid City Central, 20-2; 5, Greg Schroeder,
Rapid City Central, 20-; 6, Casey Anderson, Sturgis, 19-7.
Triple Jump: 1, Jayme Liddell, Aberdeen Central, 45-0; 2,
Chris Grey, Aberdeen Central, 43-3; 3, Ben Jasinski, Rapid City
Central, 40-9; 4, Chris Stangl, Aberdeen Central, 40-6; 5, Kyle
Blake, Sioux Falls Washington, 40-5; 6, Casey Anderson, Sturgis,
40-5.
Pole Vault: 1, Troy Beekman, Huron, 12-3; 2, Calvin
Cammack, Sturgis, 11-9; 3, Tyler Williams, Aberdeen Central, 11-9;
4, Tane Owens, Pierre, 11-3; 5, Alex Sorben, Huron, 11-3; 6, John
Eining, 11-3.
Shot Put: 1, Mike Zellmer, Pierre, 50-5; 2, Jon
Beitelspacher, Aberdeen Central, 48-1; 3, Brandt Payne, Pierre,
47-5; 4, Charlie Butler, Sioux Falls Washington, 47-4; 5, Aaron
Gruenwaldt, Sioux Falls Washington, 46-9; 6, Dustin Work, Rapid City
Central, 43-6.
Discus: 1, Mike Zellmer, Pierre, 139-4; 2, Jon
Beitelspacher, Aberdeen Central, 135-9; 3, Sam Soholt, Sioux Falls
Washington, 132-3; 4, Drew Tierney, Sturgis, 130-1; 5, Dustin Work,
Rapid City Central, 129-11; 6, Sean Burns, Rapid City Central,
129-4.
GIRLS' RESULTS
Team Points: Pierre 106, Aberdeen Central 102, Sioux Falls
Washington 95, Huron 73, Rapid City Central 72, Sturgis 58,
Spearfish 39, Stanley County 36.
Outstanding Female Athlete: Leia Jackson, Rapid City
Central.
100-Meter Hurdles: 1, Amanda Davis, Sturgis, :15.19; 2,
Andrea Sjomeling, Aberdeen Central, :15.49; 3, Torri Ice, Pierre,
:16.02; 4, Tamiko Kopfmann, Huron, :16.04; 5, Nicole Erbele, Pierre,
:16.38; 6, Alexa Berg, Pierre, :16.42.
300-Meter Hurdles: 1, Stacy Huss, Stanley County, :47.39;
2, Amanda Davis, Sturgis, :48.99; 3, Kayla Pahl, Rapid City Central,
:49.51; 4, Andrea Sjomeling, Aberdeen Central, :49.82; 5, Leah
Sperry, Spearfish, :50.01; 6, Skye Pahl, Rapid City Central,
:50.08.
100-Meter Dash: 1, Leia Jackson, Rapid City Central,
:12.01; 2, Ariana Hunt, Pierre, :12.67; 3, Kayla Weisbeck, Aberdeen
Central, :12.86; 4, Alexa Berg, Pierre, :13.15; 5, Becca Steinward,
Sioux Falls Washington, :13.53; 6, Yutzil Ayala, Pierre, :13.61.
200-Meter Dash: 1, Leia Jackson, Rapid City Central,
:25.29, meet record; 2, Ariana Hunt, Pierre, :26.01; 3, Malloree
Jeffery, Spearfish, :26.34; 4, Morgan Carlson, Huron, :27.43; 5,
Savannah Larson, Spearfish, :27.66; 6, Kamara Anderson, Rapid City
Central, :27.76.
400-Meter Dash: 1, Bethany Gross, Huron, 1:02.65; 2, Abbie
Mitchell, Pierre, 1:03.74; 3, Sierra Moeller, Pierre, 1:04.52; 4,
Steph O'Berg, Rapid City Central, 1:04.54; 5, Andrea Joy, Aberdeen
Central, 1:05.25; 6, Kamara Anderson, Rapid City Central,
1:05.54.
800-Meter Run: 1, Jessica Engel, Sturgis, 2:20.78; 2,
Stacy Huss, Stanley County, 2:20.97; 3, Tiffany Lawrence, Huron,
2:27.69; 4, Cora Lea Baldwin, Stanley County, 2:39.37; 5, Lisa
Hufnagel, Spearfish, 2:41.49; 6, Jessica Senger, Sioux Falls
Washington, 2:42.23.
1,600-Meter Run: 1, Jessica Engel, Sturgis, 5:13.0, meet
record; 2, Kelsey Maloney, Sioux Falls Washington, 5:16.09; 3,
Lauren Lambert, Sioux Falls Washington, 5:33.32; 4, Michaela
Stienborn, Sioux Falls Washington, 5:44.66; 5, Miarah Russell Crane,
Sturgis, 5:48.81; 6, Kelsey Robish, Huron, 5:51.88.
3,200-Meter Run: 1, Kelsey Maloney, Sioux Falls
Washington, 11:26.38, meet record; 2, Lauren Lambert, Sioux Falls
Washington, 12:25.04; 3, Brittany Arment, Aberdeen Central,
12:25.46; 4, Chelsea Paulson, Aberdeen Central, 12:54.15; 5,
Michelle Monroe, Pierre, 13:02.20; 6, Jamie Duprel, Sturgis,
13:06.60.
400-Meter Relay: 1, Rapid City Central (Courtney Ollerich,
Skye Pahl, Kayla Pahl, Leia Jackson), :51.00; 2, Pierre, :52.93; 3,
Aberdeen Central, :54.19; 4, Sioux Falls Washington, :54.20; 5,
Spearfish, :55.10; 6, Sturgis, :56.55.
800-Meter Relay: 1, Aberdeen Central (Andrea Sjomeling,
Lexi Jares, Heather Bonn, Christina Kusler), 1:50.38; 2, Rapid City
Central, 1:51.54; 3, Sioux Falls Washington, 1:51.69; 4, Huron,
1:51.94; 5, Spearfish, 1:54.62; 6, Pierre, 1:55.71.
1,600-Meter Relay: 1, Sioux Falls Washington (Amy
Sandhurst, Jaime Hanten, Erica Sieler, Shana Green), 4;14.26; 2,
Huron, 4:14.31; 3, Rapid City Central, 4;15.53; 4, Pierre, 4:16.67;
5, Spearfish, 4:17.78; 6, Aberdeen Central, 4:19.71.
1,600-Meter Sprint Medley: 1, Pierre (Yutzil Ayala, Nicole
Erbele, Jen DeHueck, Amy Brandner), 4:30.45; 2, Sioux Falls
Washington, 4:32.07; 3, Aberdeen Central, 4:34.58; 4, Huron,
4:43.17; 5, Spearfish, 4:45.59; 6, Sturgis, 4:46.59.
3,200-Meter Relay: 1, Pierre (Jen DeHueck, Michelle
Monroe, Abbie Mitchell, Amy Brandner), 10:22.44; 2, Huron, 10:30.16;
3, Aberdeen Central, 10:47.41.
High Jump: 1, Jenna Schmidt, Sioux Falls Washington, 5-6;
2, Amy Seyer, Aberdeen Central, 5-4; 3, Torri Ice, Pierre, 5-2; 4,
Heather Bonn, Aberdeen Central, 4-10; 5, Lexi Jares, Aberdeen
Central, 4-10; 6 (tie), Cara Leis, Rapid City Central, 4-8; 6 (tie),
Kellie Broderick, Sturgis, 4-8; 6 (tie), Kaitlin Templeton, Rapid
City Central, 4-8.
Long Jump: 1, Courtney Ollerich, Rapid City Central, 17-4;
2, Tamiko Kopfman, Huron, 17-1; 3, Christina Kusler, Aberdeen
Central, 17-0; 4, Stacy Huss, Stanley County, 16-; 5, Jenna Schmidt,
Sioux Falls Washington, 16-; 6, Steph O'Berg, Rapid City Central,
15-8.
Triple Jump: 1, Stacy Huss, Stanley County, 35-0; 2, Torri
Ice, Pierre, 34-6; 3, Jena Schmidt, Sioux Falls Washington, 33-10;
4, Heather Bonn, Aberdeen Central, 33-7; 5, Courtney Ollerich, Rapid
City Central, 33-3; 6, Nicole Erbele, Pierre, 32-.
Pole Vault: 1, Ali Arampatzis, Aberdeen Central, 9-9; 2,
Sarah Skinner, Sturgis, 9-3; 3, Kristy Mortenson, Sturgis, 9-3; 4,
Brigitte Gross, Huron, 9-3; 5, Kallie Baum, Rapid City Central, 8-9;
6, Laura Hilton, Sturgis, 8-9.
Shot Put: 1, Kris Schaffer, Pierre, 41-5; 2, Amber DeBoer,
Huron, 34-10; 3, Sadie Pravecek, Spearfish, 34-2; 4, Deena Goodrich,
Spearfish, 33-8; 5, Katie Stewart, Aberdeen Central, 32-11; 6,
Brittany Bauer, Aberdeen Central, 32-8.
Discus: 1, Chelsea Kinyon, Sioux Falls Washington, 113-10;
2, Deena Goodrich, Spearfish, 113-2; 3, Megan Kusler, Aberdeen
Central, 111-9; 4, Kaydee Grayson, Huron, 106-11; 5, Kris Schaffer,
Pierre, 102-7; 6, Sadie Pravecek, Spearfish, 99-6.
