Titans claim conference title in Girls 4x400 Relay, rack up top-five finishes and personal bests at Conference Meet

The Tea Area High School track and field teams made a strong showing at the ESD Conference Meet held in Harrisburg on Friday, May 17, highlighted by a commanding performance from the girls 4x400-meter relay team. The quartet of Jayna VanLaecken, Brooklyn Reiners, Grace Bialas, and Sydney Stahlecker dominated the event, clocking a season-best time of 3:55.70 to take first place and claim the conference championship. Their time now ranks second in Class AA statewide.

Several other athletes contributed top-five finishes across various events. 

In the girls’ 100-meter dash, Sydney Stahlecker placed fourth with a personal-best time of 12.36 seconds, while she also secured a third-place finish in the 200-meter dash, again with a PR of 25.43. 

In the girls’ 800-meter run, Jaycie Babb led the Titans with a fourth-place finish in a PR time of 2:21.07, followed closely by Grace Bialas in seventh and Abby Hilleson in eighth, both also setting personal bests. Babb added a fifth-place finish in the 1600-meter run.

On the boys’ side, Dawood Toto earned a third-place finish in the 300-meter hurdles with a personal-best 41.27 and placed eighth in the 110-meter hurdles (16.15 PR). 

The boys’ 4x200 relay team earned a seventh-place finish and the 4x400 team came in sixth with a season-best time of 3:37.07.

In total, 15 Titans earned personal bests at the conference meet. Sydney Stahlecker, Carter Christensen, Kayden Williamson, Emmalyn Hilleson, Abby Hilleson, Jaycie Babb, Grace Bialas, Dawood Toto, Cooper Thompson, Reece Christian, Taylor Boehnke, Gracie Kramer, Cody Peterson, Tyson DeYoung, and Gage Little all achieved new PRs.

Complete Results for the Tea Area Titans at the ESD Conference Meet are as follows:

Boys 100m Dash

10. Carter Christensen – 11.27 (PR); 14. Kayden Williamson – 11.49 (PR); 16. Beckett Martens – 11.56

Girls 100m Dash

4. Sydney Stahlecker – 12.36 (PR); 27. Emmalyn Hilleson – 13.97 (PR); 28. Miah Thorstenson – 14.17

Girls 100m Hurdles

13. Brooklyn Reiners – 16.54; 16. Jayna VanLaecken – 16.85; 17. Abby Hilleson – 17.16 (PR)

Boys 110m Hurdles

8. Dawood Toto – 16.15 (PR)

Boys 200m Dash

10. Carter Christensen – 22.87 (PR); 15. Kayden Williamson – 23.42 (PR)

Girls 200m Dash

3. Sydney Stahlecker – 25.43 (PR); 27. Lainey Haines – 28.44; 30. Emmalyn Hilleson – 28.78 (PR)

Boys 300m Hurdles

3. Dawood Toto – 41.27 (PR); 17. Cooper Thompson – 46.40 (PR)

Girls 300m Hurdles

3. Jayna VanLaecken – 46.05; 8. Brooklyn Reiners – 49.52

Boys 400m Dash

13. Jack Campbell – 54.62; 20. Hayden Hostetler – 56.19

Girls 400m Dash

12. Remington Bechard – 1:06.59

Boys 800m Run

17. Tate VanLaecken – 2:12.55; 21. Jonah Klemisch – 2:19.28; 22. Reece Christian – 2:19.68 (PR)

Girls 800m Run

4. Jaycie Babb – 2:21.07 (PR); 7. Grace Bialas – 2:23.13 (PR); 8. Abby Hilleson – 2:25.51 (PR)

Boys 1600m Run

18. Reece Christian – 5:06.34; 19. Jonah Klemisch – 5:07.96

Girls 1600m Run

5. Jaycie Babb – 5:18.65; 17. Taylor Boehnke – 6:01.86 (PR)

Boys 3200m Run

16. Dawson Lowery – 11:45.45

Girls 3200m Run

16. Gracie Kramer – 14:49.51 (PR)

Boys Discus Throw

12. Cody Peterson – 132-00 (PR); 14. Tyson DeYoung – 131-05 (PR); 24. Gage Little – 113-05

Girls Discus Throw

18. Jayden Leegaard – 84-03; 23. Gabby Overwise – 79-04 (PR)

Girls High Jump

13. Logan Castle – 4-08.00

Boys Javelin Throw

13. Arian Friedman Boehrns – 136-04; 18. Tyson DeYoung – 127-03; 28. Chase Deboer – 95-06

Girls Javelin Throw

10. Kiley Pendergast – 93-04; 19. Daphne Decker – 82-01; 25. Gabby Overwise – 56-00

Boys Long Jump

20. Dawood Toto – 17-09.50; 21. Quentin Maag – 17-09.00; 27. Bill Kerkula – 16-08.00

Girls Long Jump

23. Nola Terveen – 14-05.25; 24. Remington Bechard – 14-04.75; 26. Miah Thorstenson – 13-09.00

Boys Pole Vault

10. Sam Bullis – 12-00.00

Girls Pole Vault

9. Daphne Decker – 9-00.00 (PR)

Boys Shot Put

17. Tyson DeYoung – 42-02.50; 22. Gage Little – 39-11.00 (PR); 24. Cody Peterson – 39-03.00

Girls Shot Put

17. Jayden Leegaard – 31-05.50; 29. Gabby Overwise – 23-05.00

Boys Triple Jump

24. Quentin Maag – 35-02.50

Girls Triple Jump

22. Catelyn Giles – 28-01.75

Relays

Boys 1600m Sprint Medley

9. 4:09.44 – L. Bolte, B. Kerkula, Q. Maag, J. DeYoung

Girls 1600m Sprint Medley

10. 5:02.69 – N. Terveen, E. Voelker, L. Castle, K. Pendergast

Boys 4x100m Relay

9. 45.64 – C. Christensen, K. Williamson, B. Kerkula, B. Martens

Girls 4x100m Relay

10. 53.86 – M. Thorstenson, E. Hilleson, N. Terveen, L. Haines

Boys 4x200m Relay

7. 1:34.86 – C. Christensen, K. Williamson, C. Deboer, B. Martens

Girls 4x200m Relay

9. 1:53.51 – M. Thorstenson, E. Voelker, N. Terveen, L. Haines

Boys 4x400m Relay

6. 3:37.07 – D. Toto, J. Campbell, C. Deboer, H. Hostetler

Girls 4x400m Relay

1. 3:55.70 – J. VanLaecken, B. Reiners, G. Bialas, S. Stahlecker

Boys 4x800m Relay

7. 8:58.98 – J. Campbell, T. VanLaecken, N