Titans find success at early track and field meets

On Tuesday, Apr. 8 the Tea Area High School track and field team competed in the Harrisburg Quad, competing against host Harrisburg, Sioux Falls Jefferson, and Sioux Falls Lincoln. 

Claiming a top honors at the meet was the Titans’ Sienna Brech who won the discus throw with a personal best throw of 110’3”. 

Other top five performances included Alayna Mann in the 100 meter dash. Mann clocked a 13.28 to take fourth in the event. Mann also claimed sixth in the 100 meter hurdles with a time of 17.04. Mann also placed eighth in the 200 meter dash with a time of 29.30 seconds. 

Gracie Kramer took fifth in the girls’ 3200 meter run with a time of 15:13.83. 

The boys’ 4x200 meter relay of Beckett Martens, Quentin Maag, Brayden Gniffke, and Landen Bolte took fourth with a time of 1:39.57 in the event. 

On Thursday, Apr. 10 the Titans competed in the Vermillion Booster Club Invite. 

Earning top honors was the girls’ 4x400 meter relay team of Jayna VanLaecken, Brooklyn Reiners, Mya Neuhardt, and Sydney Stahlecker. They clocked a time of 4:05.03 to win the event. 

The boys’ 4x100 meter relay team of Carter Christensen, Kayden Williamson, Tyler Rhead, and Juv Banza took top honors in their event with a season best time of 44.63 seconds. The boys’ 4x200 meter relay team of Christensen, Chase Deboer, Rhead and Banza also claimed top honors, running a season’s best 1:34.13. 

The girls’ 4x800 meter relay team of Grace Bialas, Abby Hilleson, VanLaecken, and Jaycie Babb took second place with their time of 10:04.03. 

Other top five performances included, a second place finish by Banza in the boys’ 200 meter run. Banza sent a personal record with his time of 23.07 seconds. Christensen placed fifth in the event with a time of 23.20. 

Rhead claimed fourth place in the boys’ 100 meter dash with a time of 11.47 seconds. In the boys’ 110 meter hurdles, Matthew Rogers took third place with a time of 15.71 seconds. 

For the girls, Reiners took second place honors in the girls’ 400 meter dash with a personal record of 1:03.26. Stahlecker took third place honors in the 200 meter dash with a personal best time of 25.92 seconds, this also set a new school record in the event.  

Another third place finish was claimed by VanLaecken when she took third in the 300 meter hurdles with a time of 48.37 seconds, also a new personal best. Babb claimed fourth place honors in the 800 meter run with a time of 2:26.64. 

In the girls’ discus throw, Brech took third place honors with a throw of 106’4”. Daphne Decker claimed second place in the javelin throw, with a new personal best throw of 97’1”. Kiley Pendergast placed fifth in the event with a throw of 90’10”. 

Decker also placed in the top five in the girls’ pole vault, claiming fifth after clearing 8’. 

Cameron Wiens took fourth in the boys’ pole vault, clearing 11’. Carson Hall took fifth with a jump of 10’6”. 

In the girls’ triple jump, Reese Hammerquist took fourth place honors, jumping 33’2’. 

Complete results from the Vermillion Booster Club Meet are as follows: 

Boys 100m Dash—Tyler Rhead – 11.47 (4th place); Kayden Williamson – 11.71 (13th place) PR; Beckett Martens – 11.77 (15th place); Jeremy Wiens – 12.33 (32nd place)

Girls 100m Dash—Mya Neuhardt – 13.27 (11th place); Lainey Haines – 13.54 (16th place) PR; Alayna Mann – 13.65 (17th place); Nola Terveen – 13.90 (26th place) PR

Girls 100m Hurdles—Brooklyn Reiners – 16.90 (7th place); Alayna Mann – 17.38 (9th place); Abby Hilleson – 18.22 (11th place)

Boys 110m Hurdles—Matthew Rogers – 15.71 (3rd place); Dawood Toto – 17.12 (12th place) PR

Boys 200m Dash—Juv Banza – 23.07 (2nd place) PR; Carter Christensen – 23.20 (5th place) PR; Matthew Rogers – 23.55 (10th place) PR; Kayden Williamson – 23.97 (13th place) PR

Girls 200m Dash—Sydney Stahlecker – 25.92 (3rd place) PR; Mya Neuhardt – 28.03 (11th place); Daphne Decker – 29.41 (21st place)

Boys 300m Hurdles—Dawood Toto – 49.74 (14th place)

Girls 300m Hurdles—Jayna VanLaecken – 48.37 (3rd place) PR

Boys 400m Dash—Jacob Mueller – 53.97 (6th place); Jack Campbell – 56.27 (12th place); Jeremiah Waldner – 1:03.89 (37th place) PR

Girls 400m Dash—Brooklyn Reiners – 1:03.26 (2nd place) PR; Nola Terveen – 1:08.04 (9th place) PR; Remington Bechard – 1:09.01 (11th place) SB

Boys 800m Run—Jacob Mueller – 2:11.11 (7th place); Jack Campbell – 2:12.86 (8th place); Reid Hammerquist – 2:23.68 (20th place)

Girls 800m Run—Jaycie Babb – 2:26.64 (4th place); Grace Bialas – 2:32.17 (6th place); Abby Hilleson – 2:40.54 (11th place); Taylor Boehnke – 2:54.57 (17th place)

Girls 1600m Run—Meredith Decker – 6:20.49 (8th place); Taylor Boehnke – 6:22.28 (9th place)

Boys 3200m Run—Kaden Christian – 11:38.19 (8th place)

Boys Discus Throw—Gage Little – 112-00 (15th place) PR; Lane Kelsey – 99-08 (27th place); Carter Brown – ND

Girls Discus Throw—Sienna Brech – 106-04 (3rd place); Jayden Leegaard – 73-06 (19th place) PR; Gabby Overwise – 69-01 (24th place) PR

Boys High Jump—Kayl Broderson – 5-06.00 (7th place); Quentin Maag – 5-04.00 (8th place); Dawood Toto – 5-02.00 (11th place)

Girls High Jump—Reese Hammerquist – 4-08.00 (10th place); Meredith Decker – 4-06.00 (12th place) PR; Kiley Pendergast – NH

Boys Javelin Throw—Carter Brown – 116-10 (12th place); Lane Kelsey – 103-10 (23rd place) PR; Chase Deboer – 102-00 (25th place)

Girls Javelin Throw—Daphne Decker – 97-01 (2nd place) PR; Kiley Pendergast – 90-10 (5th place); Meredith Decker – 70-01 (15th place)

Boys Long Jump—Matthew Rogers – 18-09.25 (11th place); Dawood Toto – 17-07.50 (19th place); Bill Kerkula – 17-00.75 (25th place)

Girls Long Jump—Remington Bechard – 14-01.00 (20th place); Miah Thorstenson – 13-11.00 (22nd place) SB; Catelyn Giles – 13-02.00 (26th place)

Boys Pole Vault—Cameron Wiens – 11-00.00 (4th place); Carson Hall – 10-06.00 (5th place); Jonah Klemisch – NH

Girls Pole Vault—Daphne Decker – 8-00.00 (5th place)

Boys Shot Put—Carter Brown – 37-10.00 (17th place); Cody Peterson – 37-03.00 (19th place); Gage Little – 35-06.00 (25th place)

Girls Shot Put—Jayden Leegaard – 30-08.00 (11th place); Sienna Brech – 25-00.00 (20th place); Emmalee Hindberg – 17-03.00 (40th place) PR

Boys Triple Jump—Kayl Broderson – 37-07.00 (6th place); Quentin Maag – 33-03.00 (15th place); Hayden Bialas – ND

Girls Triple Jump—Reese Hammerquist – 33-02.00 (4th place); Catelyn Giles – 28-05.50 (15th place)

Boys 1600m Sprint Medley—Team A (L. Bolte, B. Martens, H. Hostetler, J. Klemisch) – 4:10.49 (4th place); Team B (B. Kerkula, J. Wiens, H. Bialas, L. Sieber) – 4:11.92 (7th place)

Girls 1600m Sprint Medley—Team A (M. Thorstenson, R. Hammerquist, A. Deng, K. Pendergast) – 5:13.55 (7th place)

Boys 4x100m Relay—Team A (C. Christensen, K. Williamson, T. Rhead, J. Banza) – 44.63 (1st place); Team B (L. Bolte, K. Broderson, J. Wiens, B. Martens) – 47.11 (8th place)

Girls 4x100m Relay—Team A (M. Thorstenson, A. Mann, N. Terveen, L. Haines) – 54.37 (7th place)

Boys 4x200m Relay—Team A (C. Christensen, C. Deboer, T. Rhead, J. Banza) – 1:34.13 (1st place); Team B (B. Kerkula, J. Wiens, L. Bolte, B. Martens) – 1:38.34 (4th place)

Boys 4x400m Relay—Team B (J. Klemisch, J. DeYoung, T. VanLaecken, L. Sieber) – 3:57.19 (10th place)

Girls 4x400m Relay—Team A (J. VanLaecken, B. Reiners, M. Neuhardt, S. Stahlecker) – 4:05.03 (1st place); Team B (L. Haines, A. Hilleson, G. Bialas, J. Babb) – 4:21.83 (5th place)

Boys 4x800m Relay—Team A (T. VanLaecken, H. Hostetler, J. DeYoung, L. Sieber) – 9:31.59 (6th place)

Girls 4x800m Relay—Team A (G. Bialas, A. Hilleson, J. VanLaecken, J. Babb) – 10:04.03 (2nd place)

The Titans competed in the Titan Relays on Tuesday, Apr. 15. Watch next week’s paper for photos and results from the event. 

The team  will compete in the Corn Palace Relays on Thursday, Apr. 17. On Apr. 22 they will compete in the Sioux Falls Jefferson Quad and will host another Meet on Thursday, Apr. 24.