Notes from Day 1 of State Track and Field

Day one of the South Dakota High School State Track and Field Meet is in the books. Locally, Cameron Kuil of Winner recorded the top preliminary time in both the 200 meter dash (22.4 secs) and in the 400 meter dash at 50.41 seconds. Cameron had the second best preliminary time in the 100 meter dash at 11.16. The Winner boys recorded the top preliminary time in the 1600 medley relay. Chamberlain’s Laurel Ketelhut was fifth in the girls shot put. In the class ‘a’ girls 100 meter dash semi-finals, Todd County’s Caelyn Valandra finished fourth. In the 200 prelims, Valandra finished fifth and she finished first in the 400 meter prelims. In the boys class a long jump, Chamberlain’s Tiegen Priebe was sixth. Mae Duba of Platte/Geddes finished eighth overall in the girls class ‘b’ pole vault.  In dramatic fashion, the Platte/Geddes boys came in second place in the 4 x 800 meter relay. In the girls 800 meter run, Allison Sebern of Burke/South Central finished in second place. In the boys 800 meter run, Alex Gerlach of Platte-Geddes came in 10th. In the boys 3200 meter run, Burke/South Central’s Kray Person finished second while Aaron Voight of Gregory was fourth and Zach Petit of Platte/Geddes was fifth.  Parker Boyden of Platte-Geddes was third in the pole vault. Averi Tegethoff of Platte-Geddes was seventh in the girls high jump. Sage Pulse of Kimball/White Lake was eighth in the girls long jump. Malachi Girton of Platte/Geddes finished third in the high jump while Blake Boes of Gregory was ninth. Kelly O’Bryan of Colome was tenth in the triple jump. Hallie Hallock of Platte/Geddes was fourth in the shot put. Winner’s Jayden Schroeder was 10th in the class ‘A’ shot put. In the girls discus, Chamberlain’s Laurel Ketelhut was fifth. In the girls 3200 meter run, Ella Byers of Chamberlain finished fourth while Todd County’s Kelsie Herman was sixth. Austin Hammer of Todd County was eighth friday in the 800 meter run. Raven Cournoyer of Todd County was eighth in the girls 800 meter run. In the boys 4 x 800 meter relay, Todd County finished eighth.  The Todd County girls finished fifth in the 4 x 800 meter relay.