MHS Starts State Track and Field Championships Today

The Bulldogs and Lady Bulldogs got an early morning send-off – complete with fire engines – as they drove out of Milbank on their way to South Dakota’s 2025 State Track and Field Championships. The three-day meet opens today, May 29, at Howard Wood Field in Sioux Falls. Nearly 50 teams from across the state are expected to compete in Class A.

Milbank will be represented by 32 athletes:  

BOYS (18): Emmett Hanson, Oliver Korth, Graham Lightfield, Bryan Meyer, Garrett Weber, Beckham Berry, Lance Engebretson, Liam Heller, Sam Rick, Jeter Scoular, Liam Street, Jaxson Wiese, Harley Zemlicka, Bryton Blauert, Lincoln Holscher, Gage Newstrand, Lawson Novy, and Max Scoular

GIRLS (14): Rylee Scoular, Gemma Street, Siera Wenzl, Jacy Dexter, Anna Neugebauer, Macy Mueller, Zayda Townsend, Bianca Berry, Adison Pauli, Bree Townsend, Raina Untalan, Violet Johnson, Ella Koplin, and Haylen Schneck

Both teams finished up their regular season at the Last Chance meet at Tri-Valley on May 22. The Sioux Falls Christian boys and girls teams won the meet. The Milbank Bulldogs brought home second place with 123.5 points and the Lady Bulldogs put up 79.5 points to take third place. 

Final-  Boys Teams Rankings: 1.) Sioux Falls Christian –186    2.) Milbank – 123.5   3.) Madison – 87  4.) Tri-Valley – 83  5.) West Central – 81  6.)  Baltic – 76   7.)  Flandreau  – 62  8.) Dell Rapids – 43.5  9.)  Garretson – 36

Final – Girls Teams Rankings: 1.) Sioux Falls Christian – 269  2.) West Central – 87  3.)  Milbank – 79.5  4.) Madison –73.5   5.) Baltic – 73   6.) Dell Rapids –67   7.) Tri-Valley –  56   8.) Flandreau– 54   9.) Garretson – 20.

The top-three individual place finishes for Milbank at Last Chance:

BULLDOGS RESULTS
100 Meters 
11- Gage Newstrand 
12- Lance Engebretson
14- Jaxson Wiese

200 Meters
6- Sam Rick
8- Jaxson Wiese
11- Bennett Hunt 

400 Meters
3- Bryan Meyer
13- Kaleb Lindstrom

800 Meters
7- Liam Heller

1600 Meters
8- Liam Heller
14- Liam Graham
18- Beckham Berry

3200 Meters
4- Jeter Scoular
9- Franco Flores
10-Rylan Wendland

110-Meter Hurdles
3- Emmett Hanson 
5- Graham Lightfield
8- Harley Zemlicka

300-Meter Hurdles
1- Emmett Hanson
4- Graham Lightfield
5- Harley Zemlicka

400-Meter Relay 
5- Gage Newstrand, Jaxson Wiese, Lance Engebretson, and Sam Rick

800-Meter  Relay
8- Micah Tostenson, Mack Koplin, Mason Allen, and Ethan Seyer

1600-Meter  Relay
2- Bryan Meyer, Harley Zemlicka, Graham Lightfield, and Emmett Hanson

3200-Meter Relay
5- Bryan Meyer, Liam Street, Jeter Scoular, and  Beckham Berry

SMR 1600-Meter 
8- Micah Tostenson, Mack Koplin, Liam Street, and Bennett Graham

Shot Put
2- Lawson Novy
5- Oliver Korth
18-Jeryn Bormann

Discus
3- Lawson Novy
5- Oliver Korth
24- Jeryn Bormann

Javelin
3- Mason Allen
13- Kaleb Lindstrom 
16- Jeryn Bormann

High Jump
4- Lincoln Holscher
10 tied- Ethan Seyer
15- Emmett Snaza

Pole Vault
2- Sam Rick
6- Bryton Blauert

Long Jump
6- Ethan Sayer
11- Lance Engebretson
13- Bennett Hunt

Triple Jump
1- Sam Rick
8- Lance Engebretson
9- Lincoln Holscher

LADY BULLDOGS RESULTS
100 Meters
8- Jacy Dexter
12- Gemma Street
16- Bree Townsend

200 Meters
2- Siera Wenzl
7- Adison Pauli
13- Avery Schuneman

400 Meters
2- Zayda Townsend
3- Siera Wenzl
4- Ella Koplin

1600 Meters 
9- Bianca Berry

300-Meter Hurdles
6- Macy Mueller
14 Charlotte Swanson

400-Meter Relay
4- Jacy Dexter, Violet Johnson, Bree Townsend, and Adison Pauli

800-Meter Relay
4- Adison Pauli, Zayda Townsend, Violet Johnson, and Siera Wenzl

3200-Meter Relay
4- Zayda Townsend, Macy Mueller, Bianca Berry, and Ella Koplin

SMR 1600-Meter
4- Jacy Dexter, Gemma Street, Aria Prasnicki, and Haylen Schneck

Shot Put
3- Anna Neugebauer
7- Bree Townsend
13- Katie Kruger

Discus
11- Katie Kruger
13- Kyra Tostenson
16- Anna Neugebauer

Javelin 
10- Bree Townsend
19- Katie Kruger
21- Krista Nies

High Jump
7- Haylen Schneck

Pole Vault
4 tied- Rylee Scoular
6- Jacy Dexter
7- Timbree Spors

Long Jump
9- Avery Schuneman
11- Violet Johnson

Triple Jump
8- Anna Neugebauer
10- Violet Johnson
13- Avery Schuneman

Check back for results from the 2025 State Track and Field Championships!

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