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Athletes try to shine in B.H. Track Classic snow
By Jason Gross, Meade County Times-Tribune

STURGIS -- Saturday's Black Hills Track Classic in Sturgis left the folks talking about more than winning performances.

Temperatures around freezing, accompanied by strong breezes, plagued athletes and fans. Snow began to fall later in the morning session.

Coaches and meet officials huddled during the break and decided to cancel the rest of the meet. Sturgis Activities Director Mike Paris said the remaining events will not be rescheduled.

The "Special 400" meter dashes were a meet casualty. Contestants were introduced to the fans during the break with each athlete receiving a T-shirt.

Rapid City Central's Courtney Ollerich won both the girls long jump (16-feet, 7-3/4 inches) and triple jump (34-1/2).

Another Central athlete, Cole Tucker, claimed the boys 200 crown in 22.14 seconds. Teammate Matt Dolan cleared 6 feet in the high jump for top honors.

Kelsey Moen of Rapid City Stevens outleaped the competition in the girls high jump, soaring 5-2. Stevens' Brittany Garner earned the 200 dash title in 25.85 seconds.

Alex Whitesell took a considerably longer route to first place. The Stevens representative forged a time of 10 minutes, 5.79 seconds to win the boys 3,200 run.

Both Stevens' 3,200 relay teams captured top honors. The boys finished in 8:18.35, and the girls turned in a 10:40.13 clocking.

Rapid City Christian's Alida Orgema won the girls 3,200 in 12:11.38. Dusty Nowotny of St. Thomas More soared 44-7-1/2 en route to the boys triple jump title.

Lynnae Fox of Newell also emerged as a double champion. She hurled the discus 139 feet, and her best shot put throw was 42-2.

Central head coach Dave Dolan said with what teams have as far as qualifying times, the risk of injury to some athletes is pretty great. He added if athletes like Cole Tucker and Leia Jackson are hurt, that takes a lot away from a team.

"Our times have been better at some other meets," Dolan said. "As far as the way they competed, I just told them the weather is the same for everybody out there. You go out and just do your best."

Moen's high jump effort is a personal best, according to Stevens head coach Paul Hendry. He also praised Erin Beisner, who turned in a personal best in the girls long jump en route to second place finish.

"Even with the weather, we had some good performances," Hendry said. "I think our kids know how to take care of themselves, get warmed up, and stay warm.

"Just do what you can do, and don't worry about the elements."

Hendry said the weather and meet cancellation were unfortunate. "We needed a day to compete and get on the track. It just didn't work out that way."

Girls division

100 meters- (final placing determined by preliminary time) 1, Leia Jackson, RCC, 12.34 seconds; 2, Brittany Garner, RCS, :12.49; 3, Annie Bloom, STM, :12.61; 4, Malloree Jeffery, Spear, :12.69; 5, Becca Bedard, RCS, :12.81.

200-1, Garner, RCS, :25.85; 2, Jackson, RCC, :26.00; 3, Heidi Beehler, HS, :27.61; 4, Kelsey Weisgram, RCS, :27.86; 5, Kara Olson, Doug, :27.88.

3,200-1, Alida Oegema, RCCh 12:11.38; 2, Mariah Russell-Crane, Stur, 12:25.32; 3, Katie Buhler, Pierre, 12:28.02; 4, Brittany Brown, Doug, 12:54.92; 5, Michelle Monroe, Pierre, 13:07.76.

100 hurdles-(final placing determined by preliminary time) 1, Shannon Hellman, Doug, :14.82; 2, Kayla Wolff, RCS, :15.31; 3, Haylee Weisgram, RCS, :15.72; 4, Amanda Olson, L-D, :16.03; 5, Amanda Davis, Sturgis, :16.11.

3,200 relay-1, Rapid City Stevens, 10:40.13; 2, Hot Springs, 11:10.89; 3, Philip, 11:17.74; 4, Faith, 11:33.08.

High jump-1, Kelsey, Moen, RCS, 5 feet, 2 inches; 2, Kati Ginsbach, HC, 4-10; 3, Caitlin Templeton, RCC, 4-10; 4, Cara Leis, RCC, 4-10; 5, Kate Schleusener, RCS, 4-10.

Long jump-1, Courtney Ollerich, RCC, 16-7.75; 2, Erin Beisner, RCS, 16-3.5; 3, Steph O'Berg, RCC, 15-9.25; 4, Bethany Harlow, RCS, 15-3.25; 5, Karris McKie, RCS, 15-2.25.

Triple jump-1, Ollerich, RCC, 34-0.5; 2, Beisner, RCS, 33-5.5; 3, Amy Sykora, RCS, 32-2.25; 4, Aimee Brewster, STM, 31-10.25; 5, Stacy Huss, SC, 31-7.5.

Shot put-1, Lynnae Fox, Newell, 42-2; 2, Kris Schaffer, Pierre, 38-6; 3, Brynn Coyle, Philip, 36-11; 4, (tie) Kelly Herrmann, RCS, Julia Hale, Sturgis, 34-2.

Discus-1, Fox, Newell, 139-00; 2, Deena Goodrich, Spear, 119-8; 3, Megan Jung, RCS, 118-2; 4, Coyle, Philip, 114-11; 5, Herrmann, RCS, 112-4.

Boys division

100-(final placing determined by preliminary time) 1, Cole Tucker, RCC, :10.90; 2, Cody English, RCS, :10.98; 3, Mickey Sirois, Custer, :11.06; 4, Chris Moran, RCS, :11.09; 5, (tie) Landon Lupi, RCS, Corey Beffert, RCC, :11.16.

200-1, Tucker, RCC, :22.14; 2, English, RCS, :22.39; 3, Quincy Christie, Pierre, :22.46; 4, Marcus Harris, BF, :22.73; 5, Andrew Reed, RCC, :23.05.

3,200-1, Alex Whitesell, RCS, 10:05.79; 2, Daryl Tuttle, RCC, 10:14.50; 3, Dan Black, Doug, 10:19.22; 4, Caleb Parson, Custer, 10:22.57; 5, Matt Bump, Pierre, 10:27.03.

110 hurdles-(final placing determined by preliminary time) 1, Matt Hanley, RCS, :14.49; 2, Alex Holmgren, RCS, :15.15; 3, Mike Hartley, STM, :15.18; 4, Nate Holm, CC, 15.41; 5, Adam Bierschenk, Spear, :16.19.

3,200 relay-1, Rapid City Stevens, 8:18.35; 2, Jones County, 8:40.82; 3, Sturgis, 8:43.24; 4, Hill City, 8:50.89; 5, Pierre, 8:54.69.

High jump-1, Matt Dolan, RCC, 6-0; 2, Clayton Miller, JC, 5-10; 3, Casey Anderson, Sturgis, 5-10; 4, Dusty Nowotny, STM, 5-10; 5, Riley Northrup, HS, 5-8.

Long jump-1, Conrad Kjerstad, Wall, 20-2.5; 2, Nowotny, STM, 19-7.25; 3, Nate Mahone, Custer, 19-6.75; 4, Clay Schleusner, NU, 19-6.5; 5, Anderson, Sturgis, 19-4.5.

Triple jump-1, Nowotny, STM, 44-7.5; 2, Key Addison, Kadoka, 41-11; 3, Trent Maxwell, Faith, 40-3.5; 4, Anderson, Sturgis, 40-0.75; 5, Ben Jasinski, RCC, 39-10.75.

Shot put-1, Eric Flores, Custer, 60-1; 2, Jake Chick, CC, 53-0; 3, Mike Zellmer, Pierre, 50-11; 4, Justin Kluk, RCS, 50-2; 5, Trevor Dressler, Kill, 49-2.

Discus-1, Chick, CC, 151-1; 2, Flores, Custer, 145-9; 3, Chauncey Bradeen, Custer, 145-1; Zellmer, Pierre, 142-0; 5, Logan McIntosh, CC, 139-0.

Pole vault-1, Wade Royer, JC, 13-9; 2, Bryan Kaufmann, CC, 13-3; 3, Ross Pfeifle, RCS, 12-3; 4, Calcin Cammack, Sturgis, 12-9; 5, Tom Sundeen, CC, 12-3.