Personal bests for Tea Area Track and Field at First Dakota Relays

Juv Banza competing at an earlier meet this season. 

Tea Area High School athletes delivered standout performances at the First Dakota Relays in Yankton on May 8, bringing home several top-three finishes and achieving multiple personal records (PRs) across a range of events.

Matthew Rogers led the Titans with two first-place finishes, dominating the 110m hurdles in 14.89 seconds — a new personal record and the No. 2 time in South Dakota Class AA — and claiming the top spot in the long jump with a leap of 20-09.00. Juv Banza added another gold for Tea in the boys’ 100m dash, sprinting to first in a personal-best 11.30 seconds.

In the field events, Cameron Wiens vaulted to a second-place finish in boys pole vault at 12-00.00, while teammate Sam Bullis secured third with a PR of 11-06.00. Dawood Toto added a silver medal in the boys’ 300m hurdles (41.75, PR and SD AA #11), and Jayna VanLaecken earned second in the girls’ 300m hurdles with a time of 46.06.

Sydney Stahlecker continued her strong season with a third-place finish in the girls’ 100m dash (12.56), while Mya Neuhardt also claimed bronze in the girls’ 400m, clocking a PR of 1:01.59.

On the relay side, Tea’s boys 4x200m relay took gold in 1:30.46 (SD AA #7), and the girls 4x400m relay also raced to a first-place finish with a time of 4:01.36. The boys 4x100m relay secured silver with a 43.63 showing, ranking 11th in the state in Class AA. This mark also set a new school record. 

Complete Tea Area results are as follows: 

Boys 100m Dash—1. Juv Banza – 11.30 PR; 3. Beckett Martens – 11.39; 7. Carter Christensen – 11.56; 10. Brandon Wipf – 11.66 PR; 11. Kayden Williamson – 11.78; 23. Landen Bolte – 12.10

Girls 100m Dash—3. Sydney Stahlecker – 12.56 SB; 15. Mya Neuhardt – 13.50; 21. Nola Terveen – 13.81; 22. Lainey Haines – 13.88; 29. Miah Thorstenson – 14.78

Girls 100m Hurdles—8. Brooklyn Reiners – 16.82; 9. Jayna VanLaecken – 17.01; 11. Abby Hilleson – 18.15

Boys 110m Hurdles—1. Matthew Rogers – 14.89 PR; 6. Dawood Toto – 16.49 PR

Boys 200m Dash—5. Tyler Rhead – 23.08; 9. Jacob Mueller – 23.54 PR

Girls 200m Dash—13. Lainey Haines – 28.02 SB

Boys 300m Hurdles—2. Dawood Toto – 41.75 PR

Girls 300m Hurdles—2. Jayna VanLaecken – 46.06; 8. Brooklyn Reiners – 49.29 PR

Boys 400m Dash—5. Jacob Mueller – 52.60; 8. Brandon Wipf – 53.72 PR; 12. Hayden Hostetler – 56.18; 20. Lane Sieber – 59.79; 26. Santiago Revolorio – 1:00.82 PR

Girls 400m Dash—3. Mya Neuhardt – 1:01.59 PR; 4. Grace Bialas – 1:01.61; 6. Jaycie Babb – 1:02.28 PR; 7. Abby Hilleson – 1:02.50 PR; 10. Logan Castle – 1:06.87; 11. Remington Bechard – 1:07.12

Boys 800m Run—5. Tate VanLaecken – 2:10.14 PR; 10. Noah Korver – 2:14.82 PR; 11. Jacob DeYoung – 2:14.85 PR; 21. Arden McGraw – 2:26.47

Girls 800m Run—5. Jaycie Babb – 2:24.27; 11. Kiley Pendergast – 2:40.33 PR; 23. Abuol Deng – 3:30.70

Boys 1600m Run—18. Arden McGraw – 5:23.00

Girls 1600m Run—7. Taylor Boehnke – 6:07.24 PR; 8. Meredith Decker – 6:11.10 PR

Boys 3200m Run—6. Reid Hammerquist – 10:24.22 SB; 14. Dawson Lowery – 11:27.21; 15. Kaden Christian – 11:39.89

Girls 3200m Run—6. Gracie Kramer – 15:47.23

Boys Discus Throw—11. Tyson DeYoung – 125-04; 13. Brenner Konrad – 122-05; 14. Gage Little – 121-06; 20. Cody Peterson – 116-02; 22. Thiik Lual – 114-04; 35. Lane Kelsey – 103-04

Girls Discus Throw—7. Savannah Stahnke – 93-02; 11. Jayden Leegaard – 86-02; 21. Kassidy Wranek – 71-11; 42. Emmalee Hindberg – 39-05

Boys High Jump—8. Kadin Zolnowsky – 5-07.00 PR

Girls High Jump—7. Reese Hammerquist – 4-10.00 SB; 8. Logan Castle – 4-10.00 PR

Boys Javelin Throw—7. Carter Brown – 129-09; 8. Tyson DeYoung – 129-02; 9. Arian Boehms – 129-00; 20. Brenner Konrad – 108-06; 23. Lane Kelsey – 106-08

Girls Javelin Throw—5. Kiley Pendergast – 87-11; 8. Sienna Brech – 74-08; 13. Meredith Decker – 68-11; 15. Gabby Overwise – 67-04

Boys Long Jump—1. Matthew Rogers – 20-09.00; 21. Hayden Bialas – 17-05.00; 27. Dawood Toto – 17-00.00; 28. Quentin Maag – 17-00.00

Girls Long Jump—15. Reese Hammerquist – 14-08.50; 17. Nola Terveen – 14-03.50; 20. Miah Thorstenson – 13-07.00; 21. Remington Bechard – 13-06.50; 26. Catelyn Giles – 13-01.00

Boys Pole Vault—2. Cameron Wiens – 12-00.00 SB; 3. Sam Bullis – 11-06.00 PR; 8. Carson Hall – 10-06.00; 14. Jonah Klemisch – 8-00.00 PR

Boys Shot Put—4. Brenner Konrad – 46-09.25; 13. Tyson DeYoung – 41-09.00; 15. Carter Brown – 41-00.75; 18. Gage Little – 39-05.00; 22. Cody Peterson – 37-07.00; 23. Thiik Lual – 37-05.50

Girls Shot Put—6. Jayden Leegaard – 31-11.75; 12. Sienna Brech – 28-08.50; 19. Savannah Stahnke – 26-07.00; 25. Kassidy Wranek – 25-02.50; 34. Gabby Overwise – 23-04.00; 40. Carly Corner – 20-06.00

Boys Triple Jump—16. Hayden Bialas – 34-10.00; 17. Quentin Maag – 34-01.50

Girls Triple Jump—10. Reese Hammerquist – 32-02.00; 18. Catelyn Giles – 28-07.50

Relays

Boys 4x100m Relay

2. ‘A’ Team (Christensen, Williamson, Banza, Rhead) – 43.63 SB

6. ‘B’ Team (Bolte, Kerkula, Maag, Martens) – 46.61

Boys 4x200m Relay

1. ‘A’ Team (Christensen, Rogers, Rhead, Banza) – 1:30.46 SB

6. ‘B’ Team (Bolte, Bialas, Wipf, Martens) – 1:35.43

Boys 4x400m Relay

6. ‘A’ Team (DeYoung, Sieber, VanLaecken, Toto) – 3:49.83

7. ‘B’ Team (Hostetler, Klemisch, Maag, Revolorio) – 3:53.04

Boys 4x800m Relay

5. ‘A’ Team (Klemisch, VanLaecken, DeYoung, Sieber) – 9:06.57

7. ‘B’ Team (Hostetler, Korver, Hammerquist, McGraw) – 9:21.99

Girls 4x400m Relay

1. ‘A’ Team (VanLaecken, Reiners, Neuhardt, Stahlecker) – 4:01.36

4. ‘B’ Team (Hilleson, Castle, Babb, Bialas) – 4:14.86