Milbank Wins Boys and Girls Regional Track Championships

The Milbank Bulldogs track and field teams crushed the competition to win both Region 1A team titles on Thursday, May 20, at Sisseton. “Winning the region titles was not the ultimate goal of this meet, but it shows the depth both teams have,” stated head coach Eric Townsend. “We have always preached we want to be our best the last meets of the season, and that is exactly what we have done the past two meets.”

The Milbank athletes accumulated over 40 season-best scores at the meet. The girls 800-meter relay team, which consisted of Laney Forrette, Rachel Schulte, Siera Wenzl, and Madi Thue, nearly broke the school record and moved up to No. 4 on the varsity honor roll with a time of 1:48.65. Their time was just a couple of tenths shy of the record. Karson Weber recorded a 12-foot pole vault to move him to No. 6 on the honor roll. Ryker Trevett moved up to No. 5 on the varsity honor roll in the shot put with a throw of 52’0″;. Jayden Johnson broke the ninth-grade pole vault record with a vault of 11’0″;.

The girls won the meet with 181 points. Aberdeen Roncalli was second with 120. The boys earned the top spot with 192 points. The runner-up, Sisseton, scored 133 points.

Complete results from the Region 1A meet:
Varsity Girls Team scores – Milbank, 181; Aberdeen Roncalli, 120; Groton Area, 107; Redfield, 70; Webster Area, 59; Sisseton, 35.
100-meter dash – 2. Laney Forrette, 13.26; 3. Siera Wenzl, 13.44; 6. Jacy Dexter, 14.28.
200-meter dash – 4. Rachel Schulte, 28.22; 5. Emily Van Hoorn, 29.52; 6. Nadia Thue, 30.44.
400-meter dash – 2. Emily Van Hoorn, 1:04.75; 7. Nadia Thue, 1:10.24; 12. Emily Wollschlager, 1:18.09.
800-meter run – 1. Amaya Street, 2:29.17; 2. Maurina Street, 2:33.71; 4. Ellie Neugebauer, 2:37.11.
1,600-meter run – 3. Tyra Berry, 6:14.78; 4. Kynlee Speidel, 6:15.66; 5. Maiah Brown, 6:25.93.
3,200-meter run – 2. Tyra Berry, 13:57.51; 3. Kynlee Speidel, 14:17.23; 4. Maiah Brown, 14:29.90.
100-meter hurdles – 2. Elsie Seffrood, 18.18; 3. Nadia Schneck, 18.55; 5. Ashlyn O’Farrell, 19.49.
300-meter hurdles – 3. Ashlyn O’Farrell, 53.73; 4. Elsie Seffrood, 55.98; 5. Tatum Berry, 57.49.
400-meter relay – 1. Milbank (Laney Forrette, Rachel Schulte, Siera Wenzl, Madi Thue), 52.76.
800-meter relay – 1. Milbank (Laney Forrette, Rachel Schulte, Siera Wenzl, Madi Thue), 1:48.65.
1,600-meter relay – 1. Milbank (Madi Thue, Ellie Neugebauer, Amaya Street, Maurina Street), 4:17.02.
3,200-meter relay – 1. Milbank (Ellie Neugebauer, Maurina Street, Amaya Street, Ashlynn Batchelor), 10:08.55.
1,600-meter medley relay – 1. Milbank (Laney Forrette, Siera Wenzl, Madi Thue, Ashlynn Batchelor), 4:25.11.
High jump – 4. Elsie Seffrood, 4-7; 5. Rachel Schulte, 4-5; 8. Aubrey Fraasch, 14-3.
Pole vault – 3. Jacy Dexter, 7-6.
Long jump – 9. Tatum Berry, 13-2.50; 11. Savanna Osowski, 12-9.5; 14. Aubrey Fraasch, 12-3.25.
Triple jump – 7. Savanna Osowski, 29-2.25; 8. Tatum Berry, 28-11; 9. Ellie Neugebauer, 28-6.25.
Shot put – 8. Averie Engebretson, 26-10.75; 10. Casside Seezs, 26-00; 13. Amelia Pederson, 24-10.50.
Discus – 2. Amelia Pederson, 84-3; 6. Averie Engebretson, 78-5; 13. Casside Seezs, 66-05.

Varsity Boys Team scores – Milbank, 192; Sisseton, 133; Webster Area, 80; Groton Area, 80; Aberdeen Roncalli, 63; Redfield, 21.
100-meter dash – 2. Sawyer Gauer, 11.43; 3. Dustin Gertsema, 11.88; 4. Michael Karges, 12.01.
200-meter dash – 2. Dustin Gertsema, 23.75; 5. Michael Karges, 24.75.
400-meter dash – 9. Maddox Hanson, 1:00.80; 11. Will Karels, 1:05.08.
800-meter run – 3. Grant Van Peursem, 2:21.68; 10. Will Karels, 2:39.62.
1,600-meter run – 1. Nick Batchelor, 4:32.22; 4. Isaac Graham, 5:27.03; 5. Grant Van Peursem, 5:28.12.
3,200-meter run – 1. Nick Batchelor, 10:20.27; 3. James Batchelor, 11:42.57; 4. Isaac Graham, 12:30.63.
110-meter hurdles – 1. Max Lightfield, 16.92; 3. Mason Cordingley, 20.03; 5. Sammy Femling, 20.47.300-meter hurdles – 1. Max Lightfield, 43.16; 4. Sammy Femling, 48.35; 7. Mason Cordingley, 53.71.
400-meter relay – 2. Milbank (Dustin Gertsema, Sawyer Gauer, Karson Weber, Michael Karges), 46.01.
800-meter relay – 1. Milbank (Dustin Gertsema, Sawyer Gauer, Karson Weber, Kaden Krause), 1:36.06.
1,600-meter relay – 3. Milbank (Kaden Krause, Max Lightfield, Eli Johnson, Payton Brown), 3:42.95.
3,200-meter relay – 1. Milbank (Kaden Krause, Payton Brown, James Batchelor, Isaac Johnson), 9:01.01.
1,600-meter medley relay – 4. Milbank (Carter Bowsher, Stevie Ash, Aidan Foell, Isaac Johnson), 4:17.99.
High jump – 4. Aidan Foell, 5-2.
Pole Vault – 2. Karson Weber, 12-0; 4. Jayden Johnson, 11-0; 7. Jack Sandvig, 10-0.
Long jump – 2. Stevie Ash, 18-5; 5. Eli Johnson, 17-8.
Triple Jump – 5. Eli Johnson, 36-7.75; 6. Stevie Ash, 35-11.5.
Shot put – 1. Ryker Trevett, 52-0; 3. Jace Rufer, 39-5.5; 6. Connor Bender, 37-10.75 Discus – Connor Bender, 99-10; 7. Marshall Voeltz, 92-05; 8. Jace Rufer, 91-11.