On Thursday, May 19, the Garretson Track & Field athletes headed to West Central for the Region 3A Meet.
The goal this year for each athlete was to make the top 24 in their events in order to head to the State Meet, which will be held this weekend on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday in Sioux Falls at Howard Wood Field. Events will begin today (Thursday) at 12:30 p.m. Seven Garretson athletes will be headed to the State Meet.
Overall, the girls' team took home 6th place with 49.5 points and the boys' team took home 8th place with 16 points.
The region meet winner was Sioux Falls Christian with 229 points and 271 points, respectively.
A highlight of the event included a first-place win by senior Lily Ranschau. Ranschau took first overall in the 100-meter hurdles and 3rd place in the 300m hurdles. Due to a timing error, the 100-meter hurdles had to be run twice, and Ranschau won both times.
The boys' 3200-meter relay team is another highlight. Juniors Sam Schleuter and Preston Bohl teamed up with 7th graders Carter Siemonsma and Collin Olson and placed well throughout the season, often taking 3rd or 4th place.
After the region meet, Coach Jason Bohl said, "State qualifiers for Garretson Blue Dragons Track Team are Lily Ranschau in the 100 m hurdles and 300 hurdles, Oliviyah Thornton in the shot put, Logan Bly in the High Jump, Preston Bohl in the 1600 m 3200 m runs and the boys 3200 m relay of Preston Bohl, Sam Schleuter, Carter Siemonsma, and Collin Olson."
The state meet is taking on a new format this year, with events held over a 3-day period at one site. Overall, a total of 2778 individual athletes from 141 South Dakota High School teams will be participating in this weekend’s meet. A breakdown of athletes by class is as follows: Class B: 469 Girls, 486 Boys – 955 Total Athletes; Class A: 459 Girls, 494 Boys – 953 Total Athletes; Class AA: 424 Girls, 446 Boys – 870 Total Athletes.
Full Championship Meet information, including meet entries, records, event video and up-to-the minute results can be found online via South Dakota Public Broadcasting (www.sdpb.org/track) or through the SDHSAA Website (www.sdhsaa.com).
Region 3A Meet results:
Boys Events (all places)
- 100m sprint: Riley Lafferty-Mack, 18th place with a time of 13.11 seconds.
- 200m sprint: Treyton Chester, 13th place with a time of 25.79 seconds.
- 400m sprint: Treyton Chester, 11th place with a time of 58.82 seconds. Riley Lafferty-Mack was 15th and Collin Olson was 16th.
- 1600m run: Preston Bohl, 6th place with a time of 4:50.17. Carter Siemonsma, 10th place with a time of 5:28.33.
- 300m Hurdles: Sam Schleuter, 5th place with a time of 47.35 seconds.
- 1600m relay: 5th place with a time of 4:03.69. Team participants were Treyton Chester, Sam Schleuter, Riley Lafferty-Mack, and Collin Olson.
- 3200m relay: 4th place with a time of 8:58.47. Team participants were Preston Bohl, Sam Schleuter, Carter Siemonsma, and Collin Olson.
- Shot Put: Tyler Edmundson, 20th place with a throw of 29'09".
- Discus: Tyler Edmundson, 18th place with a throw of 87'05".
Girls Events (all places)
- 100m sprint: Hannah Frewaldt, 12th place with a time of 14.15 seconds. Samantha Shellum was 18th and Kaelyn Braun was 19th place.
- 200m sprint: Aliyah Leedy, 10th place with a time of 30.36 seconds. Samantha Shellum and Kaelyn Braun were 15th and 16th place.
- 400m sprint: Kaylin Koch, 9th place with a time of 1:12.19. Lucie Frewaldt was 13th place.
- 800m run: Lucie Frewaldt, 11th place with a time of 3:06.50. Erin Steen was 14th place and Eliza Potter was 18th place.
- 1600m run: Ava Ockenga, 8th place with a time of 7:09.42.
- 100m hurdles: Lily Ranschau, 1st place with a time of 16.10 seconds.
- 300m hurdles: Lily Ranschau, 3rd place with a time of 49.98 seconds. Kylie Christensen was 16th place.
- 400m relay: Garretson placed 5th. Team participants were Raegen Altman, Jordyn Williams, Lily Ranschau, and Hannah Frewaldt.
- 800m relay: Garretson placed 7th. Team participants were Raegen Altman, Kaylin Koch, Logan Bly, and Aliyah Leedy.
- 1600m relay: Garretson placed 6th. Team participants were Kaylin Koch, Kylie Christensen, Samantha Shellum, and Aliyah Leedy.
- 3200m relay: Garretson placed 5th. Team participants were Ava Ockenga, Erin Steen, Lucie Frewaldt, and Eliza Potter.
- Sprint medley: Garretson placed 4th. Team participants were Hannah Frewaldt, Lily Ranschau, Raegen Altman, and Tayler Benson.
- Shot Put: Oliviyah Thornton, 4th place with a throw of 35'01.50". Cortney Rogich was 17th place with a personal record of 29'03.50" and Charlie Peterson was 23rd place with a personal record of 22'00.5".
- Discus: Oliviyah Thornton, 4th place with a throw of 90'05". Cortney Rogich was 17th and Danika Juhl was 18th place.
- High Jump: Logan Bly, 4th place with a jump height of 4'10". Kylie Christensen, 5th place with a jump of 4'06".
- Long Jump: Hannah Frewaldt, 19th place with a jump of 12'06". Kaelyn Braun placed 21st.
