Monday, April 18, 2005
Golden harvest at
Corn Palace Relays
By MIKE SMITH
Capital Journal
Staff
Pierre track athletes reaped a golden harvest at the 58th
annual Corn Palace Relays Saturday in Mitchell.
Competing in
near perfect weather, the Pierre boys won five first place
medals.
“No team points were kept but Pierre would have come
up on top if they did,” said Govs’ coach Geoff Gross. “We won five
of the 14 events. There was really no negative things that can be
said.”
Heading the list for the Govs was Quincy Christie,
who won the
100-meter dash, the long jump and was a member of the winning
1,600-meter relay team.
In the sprints, Christie finished
behind senior Kyle McGregor of Kimball in the preliminary heats. But
in the finals, the Gov junior blazed to a season-best time of 10.71
seconds. Cameron Rogers was fourth in the 100-meter
finals.
Christie went 21 feet, 8 3/4 inches to in the long
jump. He was third in the triple jump.
Michael Tveidt entered
the high jump pits for the first time this season and cleared 6
feet, two inches. He beat his closest pursuer by a full two
inches.
Michael Zellmer surpassed 50 feet again in the shot
put to win. He overtook defending ESD shot put champion Gerry Ebel
of Yankton.
“He waited until his last throw to get that
50-footer,” said Gross. “It was exciting to see him pop that last
throw.”
Zellmer also placed high in the discus, taking third
with a throw of 138 feet, 10 inches, a season
high.
Eighth-grader Matt Tetzlaff had the best time in the
preliminaries of the 110-meter hurdles. He slipped to third in the
finals but still posted a career-best clocking of 15.96
seconds.
“He was right there in the finals before stumbling
over a hurdle,” said Gross. “He was second in the 300-meter hurdles
which is encouraging.”
Tane Owens medaled in the pole vault,
clearing 11 feet, 3 inches.
“Pole vault is a tough event and
its nice to see him rewarded with a medal for all his hard work,”
said Gross.
The Lady Govs were missing about a half-dozen
girls who were on the band trip to Chicago, including shot put
standout Kris Schaffer. But the Lady Govs acquitted themselves well.
“We were very competitive,” said girls’ coach Craig Ulmann.
“Just about everyone set a new personal record in their
events.”
Torri Ice had a standout day placing second in the
high jump, third in the triple jump and sixth in the 100-meter
hurdles. She had season best performances in both the hurdles and
high jump.
The 400-meter team of Yutzel Ayala, Alexa Berg,
Renee Rodgers and Ariana Hunt placed second with their best time of
the season.
“Our relay teams were short-handed due to the
band trip but we did OK,” said Ulmann. “We were fourth in the mile
and sprint medley relays.”
Ulmann said young Drew Miller
surprised people with a sixth place in the discus. She broke 100
feet for the first time, going 102 feet, 3 inches.
Stanley
County also competed with Stacey Huss having the best showing. She
was second in the 300-meter hurdles and triple jump and fifth in the
long jump. For the Buffs, Michael Kendall was in the top 10 in both
the long and triple jump.
Pierre hosts its annual Legion
relays on Friday. Much attention will be paid to the 100-meter
showdown between Christie and Cole Tucker of Rapid City Central.
Tucker broke the state record at Saturday’s Track-O-Rama in Rapid
City, going 10:32. in the preliminaries. The old record was 10.4
seconds by Slade Hinrichs of West Central in in 2002.
“Rapid
City Central will be the big dog here,” said Gross. “They have some
outstanding sprinters and jumpers. It’s going to be fun to see
Tucker and Quincy run together. They’re both juniors so they’ll be
duking it out this year and next.”
Another event to watch is
the high jump where Tveidt will face off against Ben Jasinski of
Rapid City Central. The two tied for third place at last year’s
state tournament. Jasinksi went 6 feet, 4 inches at the
Track-O-Rama.
Ulmann said the Cobbler girls are also strong,
particularly in the sprints and field events.
Girls’
division
100-meter hurdles: 1. Paige Pollard, EP-Jeff,
:15.72; 2. Tamiko Kopfmann, Huron, :15.75; 3. Whitney Myrick,
Winner, :15.79; 4. Andrea Sjomeling, AC, :15.85; 5. Kristyn Novotny,
Winner, :16.25; 6. Torri Ice, Pierre, :16.30; 7. Nicole Erbele,
Pierre, :16.37
300-meter hurdles: 1. Kaylie Cox, Watertown,
:48.75; 2. Kayla Haines, Mitchell, :59.57; 3. Andrea Sjomeling, AC,
:49.94; 4. Jena Mueller, Yankton, :50;.06; 5. Laura Opsahl, Yankton,
:52.25; 9. Torri Ice, Pierre, :53.58; 10. Alecia Johnson, Pierre,
:54.31; 13. Nicole Erbele, Pierre, :56.43.
300-meter hurdles
(Class B): 1. Paige Pollard, EP-Jeff, :46.69; 2. Stacy Huss, SC,
:46.93.
100-meter dash (finals): 1. Brittney Page, Watertown,
:12.35; 2. Heather Wollman, Bridgewater-Emery, :12.70; 3. Ashlea
Johnson, Yankton, :12.75; 4. Charlie Buhler, Mitchell Christian,
13:12; 5. Rosalie Brueske, Woonsocket, :13.15.
100-meter dash
(preliminaries): 19. Renee Rogers, Pierre, :13.28; 20. Yutzil Ayala,
Pierre, :13.30; 25. Morgan Finley, SC, :13.56; 27. Liz Winter,
Pierre, :13.50; 35. Christina Gaalswyck, SC, :13.84; 41. Lonnie
McQuistion, SC, :14.25.
1,600-meter run: 1. Ramsey Kavan,
Yankton, 4:52.33; 2. Betsy Bies, Yankton, 5:01.75; 3. Tiffany
Leader, Yankton, 5:21.590; 4. Katelynn McElhany, Watertown, 5:40.9;
5. Casey Merrigan, Watertown, 5:47.75.
400-meter relay (Class
AA): 1. Watertown :50.33; 2. Pierre :52.38; 3. Huron :53.02; 4.
Yankton :53.07; 5. S.F. Washington :54.53.
400-meter relay
(Class B): 1. Winner :53.14; 7. Stanley County
:55.56.
800-meter relay: 1. Watertown 1:47.13; 2. Huron
1:49.41; 3. Aberdeen Central 1:51.06; 4. Yankton, 1:51.62; 5. S.F.
Washington 1:51.96; 6. Pierre 1:55.52.
1,600-meter relay: 1.
Watertown 4:06.99; 2. Yankton 4:09.53; 3. Huron 4:13.24; 4. S.F.
Washington 4:15.25; 5. Pierre 4:17.87.
3,200-meter relay: 1.
Yankton 9:43.19; 2. S.F. Washington 9:54.75; 3. Huron 10:19.29; 4.
Watertown 10:38.10; 5. Aberdeen Central 10:46.25.
1,600-meter
sprint medley (Class AA): 1. Yankton 4:13.32; 2. Huron 4:26.43; 3.
S.F. Washington 4:32.50; 4. Pierre 4:34.51; 5. Watertown
4:34.62.
1,600-meter sprint medley (Class B): 1. Kimball
4:27.63; 5. Stanley County 4:44.99.
High jump: 1. Amy Seyer,
AC, 5-4; 2. Torri Ice, Pierre, 5-2; 3. Lora Shearer, McCook Central,
5-0; 4. Whitney Morsching, AC, 5-0; 5. Jenna Schmidt, SFW,
5-0.
Long jump (Class AA): Tamiko Kopfmann, Huron, 16-0; 2.
Teresa Mallett, Watertown, 16-2; 3. Jenna Schmidt, SFW, 16-1; 4.
Lexi Jares, AC, 16-0 3/4; 5. Lindsay Cameron, Yankton, 16-0 1/2; 11.
Steph Snow, Pierre, 13-6.
Long jump (Class B): 1. Tia Haines,
White Lake, 16-9 1/4; 5. Stacey Huss, SC, 16-0 1/2.
Triple
jump (Class AA): 1. Christina Kusler, AC, 34-8; 2. Lindsay Cameron,
Yankton, 34-3; 3. Torri Ice, Pierre, 33-7 1/2; 4. Heather Bonn, AC,
33-3; 5. Kayla Haines, Mitchell, 32-8; 8. Nicole Erbele, Pierre,
32-3 1/2; 12. Liz Winter, Pierre, 30-3 1/2.
Triple jump
(Class B): 1. Tia Haines, White Lake, 34-5; 2. Stacey Huss, SC, 33-2
1/2.
Pole vault: 1. Leslie Brost, Watertown, 11-3; 2. Kaylyn
Ronke, Watertown, 10-9; 3. Janelle Stickler, Huron, 10-3; 4. Megan
Kahler, Dakota Valley, 9-9; 5. Ali Arampatzis, AC,
9-3.
Discus (Class AA): 1. Jenni Mack, Watertown, 123-6; 2.
Ketty Cornemann, Yankton, 123-4; 3. Megan Kusler, AC, 117-7; 4.
Shantella Oestreich, Watertown, 113-2; 5. Chelsea Kinyon, SFW,
109-8; 6. Drew Miller, Pierre, 102-3; 13. Carly Feiler, Pierre,
92-9; 14. Polly Gill, Pierre, 87-0.
Discus (Class B): 1.
Amber Broderson, Wolsey-Wessington, 122-8; 8. Whitney Stoeser, SC,
98-6.
Shot put (Class AA): 1. Shantella Oestereich,
Watertown, 36-6 1/4; 2. Jessica Tetzlaff, Watertown, 36-2 1/4; 3.
Amber DeBoer, Huron, 35-0; 4. Michelle Wieseler, Yankton, 34-9; 5.
Ketty Cornemann, Yankton, 34-4 3/4.; 9. Polly Gill, Pierre, 32-2
1/4; 16. Jenna Paxton, Pierre, 27-7.
Shot put (Class B): 1.
Amber Broderson, Wolsey-Wessington, 40-0; 20. Whitney Stoeser, SC,
27-6 3/4.
Boys’ division
110-meter hurdles
(finals): 1. Tyrel Kool, Yankton, :15.64; 2. Ryan Waldner,
Wolsey-Wessington, :15.66; 3. Matt Tetzlaff, Pierre, :15.95; 4.
Chase Olson, Mitchell, :16.29; 5. Ben Nebelsick Mt. Vernon,
:16.46.
110-meter hurdles (preliminaries): 1. Matt Tetzlaff,
Pierre, :16.07; 14. Trent Thompson, Pierre, :18.62; 16. Cody Brees,
Pierre, :20.23.
300-meter hurdles (Class AA): Tyrel Kool,
Yankton, :41.11; 2. Matt Tetzlaff, Pierre, :42.84; 3. Chase Olson,
Mitchell, :43.06; 4. Alex Zuke, SFW, :44.70; 5. Jeremy Drees, AC,
:44.72.; 6. Trent Thompson, Pierre,:45.34; 14. Quinn Holden, Pierre,
:51.05.
300-meter hurdles (Class B): 1. Jim Williams, Hanson,
:41.40; 12. Jesse Roede, SC, :46.95.
100-meter dash (finals);
1. Quincy Christie, Pierre, :10.71; 2. Chas DeMers, Winner, :10.85;
3. Kyle McGregor, Kimball, :11.42; 4. Cameron Rogers, Pierre,:11.59;
5. Kyle Weisbeck, AC, :11.62.
100-meter dash (preliminaries):
1. Kyle McGregor, Kimball, :10.69; 2. Quincy Christie, Pierre,
:10.73; 7. Cameron Rogers, Pierre, :11.43; 18. Alex Helbig, Pierre,
:11.78; 32. Trevor Nold, SC, :12.21; 38. Kip Cross, SC, :12.46; 44.
Jason Cornelison, SC, :12.71.
1,600-meter run: 1. Jon
Williams, Yankton 4:29.13; 2. Sean Fitzsimmons, Yankton, 4:30.07; 3.
Danny Scott, Watertown, 4:34.81; 4. Aaron Steward, Yankton ,4
:35.74; 5. Cole Lemke, AC, 4:39.87; 7. Travis Fitzke, Pierre,
4:45.25.
400-meter relay (Class AA): 1. Aberdeen Central,
:45.82; 2. Pierre :47.03; 3. Mitchell :48.11; 4. Watertown, :48.51;
5. Yankton, :48.60.
400-meter relay (Class B): 1. Winner
:45.23; 10. Stanley County :49.42.
800-meter relay (Class
AA): 1. Aberdeen Central 1:35.80; 2. S.F. Washington 1:37.11; 3.
Watertown, 1:37.39; 4. Huron 1:38.32; 5. Pierre
1:38.65.
800-meter relay: (Class B): 1. Elk Point-Jefferson
1:36.03; 12. Stanley County 1:44.21.
1,600-meter relay: 1.
Pierre 3:31.02; 2. Aberdeen Central 3:32.64; 3. S.F. Washington
3:35.45; 4. Huron 3:36.10; 5. Watertown 3:38.43.
1,600-meter
sprint relays (Class AA): 1. Huron 3:44.40; 2. Yankton 3:45.84; 3.
Pierre 3:51.29; 4. Watertown 3:52.65; 5. Mitchell
3:55.96.
1,600-meter sprint relay (Class B): 1. Hanson
3:45.80; 15. Stanley County 4:27.92.
3,200-meter relay: 1.
Yankton 8:28.77; 2. S.F. Washington, 8:30.25; 3. Mitchell 8:40.54;
4. Pierre 8:45.07; 5. Huron 8:47.84.
High jump: 1. Michael
Tveidt, Pierre, 6-2; 2. Brent Ruedebush, Watertown, 6-0; 3. Jason
Donnelly, EP-Jeff., 6-0; 4. Wade Schoenfelder, Huron, 5-10; 5. Andy
Ness, White Lake, 5-8.
Long jump (Class AA): 1. Quincy
Christie, Pierre, 21-8 3/4; 2. Zach Moore, AC, 21-4 1/2; 3. Chris
Grey, AC, 21-1 3/4; 4. Lucas Kaiser, Watertown, 20-10; 5. Chris
Stangl, AC, 20-3; 11. Cameron Rogers, Pierre, 18-2 3/4; 13. Aaron
Trimble, Pierre, 18-1 1/4.
Long jump (Class B): 1. Rocky
Nelson, Platte, 20-2 3/4; 9. Michael Kendall, SC, 18-5 1/2. 12.
Dylan Dowling, SC, 17-0 3/4; 23. Jason Cornelison, SC, 14-10
1/4.
Triple jump (Class AA): 1. Chris Grey, AC, 43-3; 2. Brad
Monahan, Watertown, 42-1 1/4; 3. Quincy Christie, Pierre, 41-8; 4.
Dan Sternhagen, Yankton, 41-6; 5. Tyrel Kool, Yankton, 41-3
1/2.
Triple jump (Class B): 1. Rocky Nelson, Platte, 41-9; 9.
Michael Kendall, SC, 37-4.
Pole vault: 1. Tony Arampatzis,
AC, 13-6; 2. Jordan Rieffenberg, Watertown, 12-3; 4. Stephen Wagner,
Yankton, 12-3; 4. Tyler Williams, AC, 11-3; 5. Matt Sudbeck,
Parkston, 11-3; 6. Tane Owens, Pierre, 11-3.
Discus: 1. Sam
Soholt, SFW, 141-8; 2. Gerry Ebel, Yankton, 141-02; 3. Mike Zellmer,
Pierre, 138-10; 4. Aaron Gruenewaldt, SFW, 135-02; 5. Justin
Johnson, Watertown, 129-2.
Shot put: 1. Mike Zellmer, Pierre,
50-7 1/4; 2. Gerry Ebel, Yankton, 49-10; 3. Mitch Kranz, Watertown,
49-5 1/2; 4. Jon Beitelspacher, AC, 49-5 1/2; 5. Josh Shorley,
Watertown, 49-0;
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