Watertown, Aberdeen area athletes win two individual events, four relays

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SIOUX FALLS — Watertown and Aberdeen area athletes combined to win six events in the 101st Howard Wood Dakota Relays track and field meet on Friday and Saturday, May 1-2, 2206.

Taryn Hermansen of Aberdeen Central (girls' shot put, 47-5.75) and Hadlee Holt of Iroquois-Lake Preston (girls' discus, 153-1) each won individual events in the meet.

Four area relay teams added wins including Sioux Valley's foursome of Mitchell Guthmiller, Hunter Steinhaus, Brady Hiltunen and Carson Wosje in the Class A boys' sprint medley (3:33.09) and 1,600 (3:27.37) relays.

Deubrook Area won the Class B boys' 3,200 relay (8:30.08) with runners Josh Mitchell, Luke Jorenby, Charlie Olsen and Jason Moberg and Ipswich took the Class B girls' 3,200 relay (9:57.63) with runners Kalynn Oban, Isabella Galbraith, Madisyn Gellhaus and Marley Guthmiller.

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Highlights for Watertown​

Charlie Whiting (third in boys' pole vault, 14-3), Malia Kranz (third in girls' discus, 139-7), Dane Stark (seventh in boys' 1,600-meter run, 4:16.79), Elly Dingsor (seventh in girls' pole vault, 11-3) and Shauna Evenson (eighth in girls' triple jump, 35-7.5) each placed in individual events for the Arrows.

Watertown runners Carighan Klatt, Anna Hirtz, Ashlynn Andrews and Alayna Smith finished sixth in the Class AA girls' 400 relay (49.66).

Whiting also joined Jerome Zebroski, Knox Bretsch and Hudson Engels in recording a seventh-place finish in the Unified 400 relay (1:11.98).

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Other Aberdeen Central highlights​

Aberdeen Central also got individual-event placings from Kyson Fayant (second in boys' 300 hurdles, 38.33), Jack Bertsch (sixth in discus, 160-6) and Jaidyn Forsyth (eighth in girls' pole vault, 10-9).

Fayant also teamed with Caden Forred, Carter Lust and Karson Borge to place seventh in the Class AA boys' 400 relay (43.55).

Area runners in special races​

Oliver Fieber of Deuel and Ella Boekelheide of Northwestern each finished fourth in special races on Friday, May 1.

Fieber was fourth in the boys' 200 dash special with a time of 22.0. Cauy Konz of Treynor, IA won the race in 21.22.

Boekelheide took fourth in the girls' 800 run special with a time of 2:11.84. Peyton VanDeest of Spearfish won the race in 2:09.81.

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Other area placewinners​

• Boys 100 Dash — 7. Kyle Hettich, Ipswich, 11:08.
• Girls 100 Hurdles — 7. Ivy Jaacks, Elkton-Lake Benton, 17.95.
• Girls 1,600 Run — 6. Ella Boekelheide, Northwestern, 4:57.99.
• Girls High Jump — 3. Hazel Luethmers, De Smet, 5-4.
• Girls Pole Vault — 6. Jalyssa Hutson, Ipswich, 11-3.
• Girls Shot Put — 7. Eliza Larson, Clark-Willow Lake, 38-6.25.
• Boys Javelin — 7. Matthew Mount, Webster Area, 167-5.
• Boys Discus — 4. Taiton Boersma, Elkton-Lake Benton, 164-11.
• Boys Triple Jump — 3. Samuel Rick, Milbank, 44-3.5; 4. Ty Boekelheide, Northwestern, 44-0.5; 8. Dylan Hofer, Aberdeen Christian, 43-3.75.
• Class B Boys 400 Relay — 3. Ipswich (Casey Geditz, Kyle Hettich, Brody Davis, Shay Knust) 44.46.
• Unified Boys 400 Relay — 3. Hamlin (Watson & Wesley Grantham, Jade Olson, Isaac Sheehan) 1:02.83).
• Class A Boys 800 Relay — 7. Sioux Valley (Guthmiller, Steinhaus, Hiltunen, Wosje) 1:32.64.
• Class B Boys 800 Relay — 3. Ipswich (Geditz, Knust, Davis, Hettich) 1:34.06; 6. Castlewood (Brody Bass, Dalton Moorhouse, Will Aderhold, Kamden Keszler) 1:34.24.
• Class A Girls 400 Relay — 4. Canby-Minneota, MN (Jordyn Jostock, Karlie Wollum, Brynn Kockelman, Taylor Ourada) 50.74.

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• Class B Girls 400 Relay — 4. Warner (Courtney Leidholt, Kaydee Mackner, Jaycee Jung, MaKenna Leidholt) 51.74; 7. De Smet (Gemma Luethmers, Charli McCune, Izy Bendorf, Adalyn Gross) 51.94; 8. Langford Area (Paytyn Marlow, Brooke Dwight, Bailey Dwight, Lizzie Gustafson) 52.07.
• Class A Girls 800 Relay — 7. Groton Area (McKenna Tietz, Taryn Traphagen, Kella Tracy, Makenna Krause) 1:45.79.
• Class B Girls 800 Relay — 7. Warner (C. Leidholt, Mackner, Keira Steiger, M. Leidholt) 1:50.69.
• Class A Girls 1,600 Relay — 4. Milbank (Ella Koplin, Haylen Schneck, Susie Schuneman, Zayda Townsend) 4:08.44; 7. Canby-Minneota (Jostock, Ourada, Jada Vanengen, Kockelman) 4:09.7.
• Class B Girls 1,600 Relay — 5. Ipswich (Guthmiller, Shawna Henderson, Oban, Aubree DeRaad) 4:13.19; 6. Northwestern (Elexis Kramp, Brenna Halvorson, Lilly Haven, Boekelheide) 4:13.21.
• Class A Girls 3,200 Relay — 8. Sioux Valley (Tayla Vincent, Amia Ward, Kailey Cradduck, Maci Licht) 10:06.21.
• Class B Girls 3,200 Relay — 2. Deubrook Area (Kaylee Brown, Neely Gustad, Kylee Johnson, Nora Olsen) 10:08.29; 6. Warner (Haivyn Schuchhardt, Katelyn Wirth, Shaye Sauerwein, Reese Holm) 10:21.52; 7. Gettysburg (Finlee Heien, Paige Ahlemaier, Jadyn Ahlemaier, Emma Schlachter) 10:23.72; 8. Arlington (Natalie DeCurtins, Madalyn Madsen, Maria Steffensen, Kaelyn Ulschmid) 10:36.94.
• Class A Girls Sprint Medley Relay — 5. Clark-Willow Lake (Madison Brenden, Johanna Vandersnick, Cadence Bochek, Kamryn Nesheim) 4:17.23.
• Class B Boys Sprint Medley Relay — 3. Ipswich (Brianna Geditz, Sophia Knittel, Shawna Henderson, Guthmiller) 4:19.9; 8. Deubrook Area (Presley Quail, Gustad, Johnson, Olsen) 4:26.26.

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