Last weekend, the Garretson track and field team divided themselves between the Howard Wood Relays and the Parker Invitational.
Participating at Howard Wood were Blaine Trower, Carter Siemonsma, Josh Gilbert, and Ramsey Schweitzer, who competed with 3000 other athletes from across the state at the two-day event in Sioux Falls.
Competition was fierce. The only one to run in the individual category, Trower came in 33rd out of 54 finishers in the 400m dash with a time of 52.39 seconds. In first place was Josh Berger of Century High School with a time of 48.20.
All four athletes competed in the 3200m relay and the 1600m medley as a team, and came in 21st out of 23 teams and 16th place out of 16 teams, respectively.
In Parker, Jordyn Williams stood out as she took home first place in the 100m dash (13.24 seconds) and second in the 200m dash (PR, 27.60 seconds). Sebastian Deyoung took first and a PR in the 3200m run with a time of 11:31.03. The 3200m relay team took gold as well as Addison Hove, Tayler Benson, Ava Peters, and Harper Andera finished in 10:40.12.
Williams later joined teammates Benson, Peters, and Andera in the 1600m medley, where they took home second place with a time of 4:53.48. Nate Roberts finished second in the 3200m run just behind Deyoung, ending with a time of 11:46.75.
Deyoung and Roberts joined Aiden Johnson and Noah Schotzko in the 3200m relay, where the team finished third with a time of 9:40.28. Also in third place was Andera, who took home a PR and the bronze in the 800m run with a time of 2:36.40.
Today (Thursday) the team takes on the Big East Conference in Baltic, with events starting at 12:00 p.m. They'll have their final meet of the regular season next week Thursday, again in Baltic.
