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2025 SDHSAA State Track and Field, Thursday Recap

Josh Jurgens
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SDPB

The 2025 SDHSAA state track & field meet began from Howard Wood Field in Sioux Falls on Friday. Day one saw fourteen state meet records broken between the prelims, track finals, and field events.

Below are the winners in the final track and field events on Friday. For complete results, click here for Dakota Timing's archive of Thursday.

Prelim Meet Records

Girls ‘B’ 100m Hurdles – Peyson O’Neill (Bennett County) 14.5

Girls ‘B’ 100m Dash – Reagan O’Neill (Bennett County) – 11.73

Girls ‘B’ 4X100m Relay – Bennett County (P O’Neill, Claussen, Harris, and R O’Neill) – 48.2

Girls ‘AA’ 4X100m Relay – Rapid City Stevens (Khachikian, Willet, Holzwarth, Bradeen) – 47.76

Track Finals

Girls ‘B’ 3200m Relay – Deubrook Area (Ekern, Gustad, Olsen, and Johnson) – 9:47.61

Girls ‘A’ 3200m Relay – Sioux Falls Christian (Pettengill, Smith, VanderGriend, and Glasser) – 9:19.82 – MEET RECORD

Girls ‘AA’ 3200m Relay – Brandon Valley (Scholten, VanDeBerg, Tidemann, Rude) – 9:06.40 – MEET RECORD

Boys ‘B’ 3200m Relay – Philip (Craven, McKinley, Peterson, and Larson) – 8:22.13

Boys ‘A’ 3200m Relay – Sioux Valley (Christopherson, Wosje, Guthmiller, and Hiltunen) – 8:02.49

Boys ‘AA’ 3200m Relay – Brookings (Kahler, Ting, Harming, and Lounsbury) – 7:48.27 – MEET RECORD

Girls ‘B’ 1600m Sprint Medley – Corsica Stickney (Timmermans, DeLange, Johnson, and Bordewyk) – 4:15.22

Girls ‘A’ 1600m Sprint Medley – Sioux Falls Christian (VanderLeest, VanDonge, Smith, Vyn) – 4:08.56

Girls ‘AA’ 1600m Sprint Medley – O’Gorman (Barch, Weber, Eggert, and Castelli) – 4:01.18 – MEET RECORD

Class ‘B’ Boys Sprint Medley – Philip (Gropper, Gropper, McKinley, and Burns) -3:36.84

Class ‘A’ Boys Sprint Medley – Hill City (Wiese, Buehler, Frandsen, and Grabow) – 3:32.08 – MEET RECORD

Class ‘AA’ Boys Sprint Medley – Brandon Valley (Bussa, Dulaney, Christion, and Peters) – 3:27.77 – MEET RECORD

Field Finals

Girls ‘B’ Pole Vault – Jalyssa Hutson (Ipswich) – 11-00.00

Boys ‘B’ Long Jump – Rush O’Neill (Bennett County) – 23-02.5 - MEET RECORD

Boys ‘A’ High Jump – Layton Smith (Lennox) – 6-06.00

Boys ‘A’ Shot Put – Paul Hoekman (SF Christian) – 68-04.5 – MEET RECORD

Boys ‘AA’ Javelin Throw – Lucas Honner (SF Lincoln) – 188-05 – MEET RECORD

Girls ‘B’ Long Jump – Reagan O’Neill (Bennett County) – 19-02.25

Girls ‘A’ Javelin Throw – Daynica Witzel (Baltic) – 128-01 – MEET RECORD

Girls ‘AA’ Pole Vault – Kennedy Ronning (Brookings) – 12-00

Girls ‘AA’ Shot Put – Taryn Hermansen (Aberdeen Central) – 45-06.5

Boys ‘B’ Discus – Dustin Wurtz (Leola) – 163-11

Boys ‘AA’ Triple Jump – Wyatt Melcher (Brandon Valley) – 46-11.75

Girls ‘B’ Discus – Paige Bull (Burke) – 141-11

Girls ‘A’ High Jump – Ashlyn Koupal (Wagner) – 5-05

Girls ‘AA’ Triple Jump – Kenya Harris (SF Lincoln) – 38-00.5

Boys ‘A’ Pole Vault – Henry Meyer (Madison) 14-03

Nate Wek is currently the sports content producer and sports and rec beat reporter for South Dakota Public Broadcasting. He is a graduate of South Dakota State University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Journalism Broadcasting and a minor in Leadership. From 2010-2013 Nate was the Director of Gameday Media for the Sioux Falls Storm (Indoor Football League) football team. He also spent 2012 and 2013 as the News and Sports Director of KSDJ Radio in Brookings, SD. Nate, his wife Sarah, and three sons, Braxan, Jordy, and Anders live in Canton, SD.