Photos: Aidan DeBoer | SDPB
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — Area athletes put together standout performances this past week at the 2026 SDHSAA State Track and Field Meet at Howard Wood Field, highlighted by an individual state championship, top team finishes, and a meet record.
In Class A, the Deuel boys team captured seventh place overall with 38 points, fueled by a dominant performance from Oliver Fieber. Fieber set a meet record in the 100-meter preliminaries with a time of 10.60 seconds before winning the state title in the finals at 10.67 seconds. He also claimed the state championship in the 200-meter dash with a time of 22.10 seconds.
Deuel also found major success in the relays, winning the 4×200-meter relay in 1 minute, 29.81 seconds and placing second in the 4×100-meter relay at 43.30 seconds. The 4×800-meter relay team added an 11th-place finish (8:34.73).
The Clark/Willow Lake girls team secured a 10th-place finish in Class A with 25 points, led by Eliza Larson, who won the state title in the shot put with a throw of 39 feet, 3.75 inches. Calla Larson joined her on the podium with a seventh-place finish in the event (32-10.25).
The Cyclones also saw top-10 finishes from Cadence Bochek, who took fifth in the 400-meter dash (1:00.39), and Kamryn Nesheim, who placed seventh in the 3,200-meter run (11:30.61) and eighth in the 1,600-meter run (5:17.82). The 1,600-meter sprint medley relay team placed fourth in 4:11.50, while Shelby Begeman took 12th in the high jump (5-00) and Johanna Vanersnick placed 15th in the long jump (15-06.25). The 4×400-meter relay finished in 4:11.20.
The Clark/Willow Lake boys were led by Bo Begeman, who placed seventh in the triple jump (42-00.50) and 14th in the high jump (6-00). Michael Severson took eighth in the shot put (50-01.75), and Jakob Steen placed 11th in the javelin throw (147-04).
Great Plains Lutheran also earned multiple podium finishes in Class A. For the Panthers boys, Milo Schumacher took fifth in the 300-meter hurdles with a time of 42.16 seconds, and Lucas Johnson cleared 6-02.00 to place fifth in the high jump. For the GPL girls, Abigail Kjenstad finished ninth in the long jump (16-02.25) and 10th in the triple jump (33-08.50), while Nylah Vannelli took 11th in the javelin throw (105-00).
The Deuel girls excelled in the pole vault, placing three athletes in the top 10. Hannah Cutshaw took third (11-01.00), Lauryn Peterreins placed fifth (10-07.00), and Rylie Bass finished 10th (9-07.00). Camdyn Peterreins added a 15th-place finish in the shot put (33-04.50).
Florence/Henry’s Dawson Hlavacek placed eighth in the Class A triple jump (41-10.00) and 15th in the long jump (19-08.75). Hamlin’s Addelyn Jensen rounded out the Class A field with a 12th-place finish in the high jump (5-00.00).
In Class B, Brody Bass paced the Castlewood boys by earning a runner-up finish in the 110-meter hurdles with a time of 15.06 seconds. Bass also took seventh in the javelin (144-00). The Warriors also got an eighth-place finish from Will Aderhold in the high jump (5-10.00) and a 14th-place finish from Nolan Eidson in the 3,200-meter run (10:22.51).
Estelline/Hendricks received podium performances from Emma Gilbertson, who took eighth in the girls javelin (114-05), and Maggie Hausman, who placed eighth in the girls pole vault (9-01.00). For the boys, Cooper Schaefer earned a pair of 12th-place finishes in the 1,600-meter run (4:47.06) and the 3,200-meter run (10:09.29). The boys 1,600-meter sprint medley relay finished 15th (3:50.67).
Waubay/Summit’s Teegan Gaikowski earned an eighth-place finish in the Class B high jump (5-10.00) and finished 14th in the triple jump (28-01.50). Waverly-South Shore’s Jaina Johnson took 10th in the triple jump (32-09.25) and 15th in the javelin (111-02).
WTNSports.com 