Northwestern's Ella Boekelheide tacks on two more Class B girls' distance wins

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SIOUX FALLS — Watertown and Aberdeen area athletes added nine more event wins on Friday, May 29, 2026, during the second day of the South Dakota State High School Track and Field Championships.

The area event winners included Watertown senior Malia Kranz, who won the Class A girls' discus for the third-straight year with a winning throw of 137 feet, 8 inches; Northwestern senior Ella Boekelheide, who won the Class B girls' 800-meter run for the third-straight year, winning in a meet record time of 2:13.41; and Ipswich junior Jalyssa Hutson, who cleared 11-1 to win the Class B girls' pole vault for the third-straight year.

Boekelheide also repeated as the Class B girls' 3,200 run (11:29.6) champion. It was the third time she's won the race at state.

Faulkton Area senior Spencer Melius repeated as the Class B boys' javelin champ (state meet record toss of 171-0). De Smet senior Hazel Luethmers (Class B girls' high jump, meet record 5-6.5), Clark-Willow Lake sophomore Eliza Larson (Class A girls' shot put, 39-3.75), Leola senior Jacob Kindelspire (Class B boys' shot put, 52-6) and Milbank junior Samuel Rick (Class A boys' triple jump, 44-7.5) also added wins.

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Other area placewinners and/or final qualifiers in prelim events on Friday included:

Class AA Girls​

• Discus — 3. Taryn Hermansen, Aberdeen Central, 118-4; 4. Paige Ewalt, Aberdeen Central, 118-1; 5. Allison Konrad, Watertown, 115-0.
• Pole Vault — 4. (Tie) Elly Dingsor, Watertown, 11-9; 8. Breckan Santjer, Aberdeen Central, 11-3.
• 3,200-Meter Run — 8. Grace McElroy, Watertown, 11.08.35.
• 800 Relay Prelims — 5. Aberdeen Central; 7. Watertown.
• 300 Hurdles Prelims — 4. Mya Arampatzis, Aberdeen Central; 5. Espynn Kuhfeld, Aberdeen Central.
• 200 Dash Prelims — 3. Anna Hirtz, Watertown; 6. Alayna Smith, Watertown.

Class AA Boys​

• Discus — 2. Brenner Waldrop, Aberdeen Central, 159-9.
• 3,200 Run — 5. Tate DeVries, Aberdeen Central, 9:16.29; 6. Dane Stark, Watertown, 9:21.73.
• 800 Run — 5. Dane Stark, Watertown, 1:55.31.
• 800 Relay Prelims — 6. Aberdeen Central.
• 300 Hurdles Prelims — 1. Kyson Fayant, Watertown.
• 200 Dash Prelims — 8. Carter Lust, Aberdeen Central.

Class A Girls​

• Discus — 4. Summer Guthmiller, Sioux Valley, 123-7; 8. Katie Wollman, Mobridge-Pollock, 114-1.
• Triple Jump — 2. Abigail Lee, Britton-Hecla, 36-11.5.
• Shot Put — 7. Calla Larson, Clark-Willow Lake, 35-4.
• 3,200 Run — 7. Kamryn Nesheim, Clark-Willow Lake, 11:30.61.
• 800 Relay Prelims — 2. Groton Area.
• 400 Dash Prelims — 6. Cadence Bochek, Clark-Willow Lake; 7. Amia Ward, Sioux Valley.
• 300 Hurdles Prelims — 3. McKenna Tietz, Groton Area.
• 200 Dash Prelims — 8. Bentley Bauer, Mobridge-Pollock.
• 1,600 Relay Prelims — 5. Clark-Willow Lake; 6. Groton Area; 7. Milbank.

Class A Boys​

• Triple Jump — 4. Trayden Stambach, Mobridge-Pollock, 42-10.5; 7. Bo Begeman, Clark-Willow Lake, 42-0.5; 8. Dawson Hlavacek, Florence-Henry, 41-0.
• Pole Vault — 2. Samuel Rick, Milbank, 13-9; 7. Eliot Erickson, Elkton-Lake Benton, 12-9.
• 3,200 Run — 3. Jayden Schwan, Groton Area, 9:40.14; 6. Jeter Scoular, Milbank, 9:50.50.
• 800 Run — 3. Carson Wosje, Sioux Valley, 1:56.4.
• 800 Relay Prelims — 1. Deuel.
• 400 Dash Prelims — 2. Keegen Tracy, Groton Area; 5. Brady Hiltunen, Sioux Valley.
• 300 Hurdles Prelims — 5. Milo Schumacher, Great Plains Lutheran; 6. Harley Zemlicka, Milbank.
• 200 Dash Prelims — 1. Oliver Fieber, Deuel; 5. Keegen Tracy, Groton Area.

Class B Girls​

• High Jump — 5. Ciera Mickelson, Sunshine Bible Academy, 5-0; 7. Natalie Remily, Wilmot, 5-0; 8. Jaycee Jung, Warner, 5-10.
• Pole Vault — 3. Avery Bruns, Warner, 9-7; 4. Peyton Schnabel, North Central, 9-7; 5. Courtney Leidholt, Warner, 9-7; 7. Carleigh Dosch, North Central, 9-1; 8. Maggie Hausman, Estelline-Hendricks, 9-1.
• Javelin — 8. Emma Gilbertson, Estelline-Hendricks, 114-5.
• 3,200 Run — 2. Nora Olsen, Deubrook Area, 11:31.73; 3. Isabella Galbraith, Ipswich, 11:33.97; 4. Madisyn Gellhaus, Ipswich, 11:35.71.
• 800 Run — 6. Kylee Johnson, Deubrook Area, 2:19.49; 7. Marley Guthmiller, Ipswich, 2:20.4; 8. Emma Schlachter, Gettysburg, 2:21.16.
• 800 Relay Prelims — 5. Sunshine Bible Academy; 6. De Smet.
• 400 Dash Prelims — 5. Kylee Johnson, Deubrook Area.
• 300 Hurdles Prelims — 8. Dannika Kaup, Hoven.
• 200 Dash Prelims — 8. Kaydee Mackner, Warner.
• 1,600 Relay Prelims — 5. Ipswich; 6. Sunshine Bible Academy; 8. De Smet.

Class B Boys​

• High Jump — 8. Teegan Gaikowski, Waubay-Summit, 5-10.
• Javelin — 3. Weston Senn, Faulkton Area, 154-3; 7. Brody Bass, Castlewood, 144-0.
• Shot Put — 6. Grant Wilkinson, De Smet, 49-3.5.
• 3,200 Run — 6. Gavin Hirsch, Herreid-Selby Area, 10:05.38.
• 800 Run — 4. Ethan Schwenn, Wilmot, 1:58.89.
• 800 Relay Prelims — 5. Ipswich; 7. Frederick Area.
• 400 Dash Prelims — 7. Ty Boekelheide, Northwestern.
• 300 Hurdles Prelims — 1. Spencer Melius, Faulkton Area; 3. Beckham Cantalope, Warner; 8. Brody Bass, Castlewood.
• 200 Dash Prelims — 3. Kyle Hettich, Ipswich; 4. Logan LaBrie, Hitchcock-Tulare; 6. Rogan Albrecht, De Smet.

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This article originally appeared on Watertown Public Opinion: Final recap of state high school track and field meet

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