State Track Meet Results: Relay Team Breaks MHS Record Set in 1980
Milbank Area Track and Field May 30, 2023 0
The Milbank track and field teams competed at the 2023 SDHSAA State Track and Field Championships at Howard Wood Field in Sioux Falls from May 25-27. Highlights included breaking the MHS 3200-meter relay record set 43 years ago,10 top-10 finishes, and many top-25 finishes. The 2023 team of James... Read more
The Bulldogs brought home second and third place honors in two events at the 98th running of the Howard Wood Dakota Relays on May 5-6 at Howard Wood Field in Sioux Falls. Earning top places at any meet is an achievement, but it’s even sweeter when you consider this... Read more
The MHS track and field teams sent a select group of athletes to compete in the Webster Quad on Monday, May 8. The quadrangular came on the heels of a busy week for the Bulldogs and Lady Bulldogs when their schedule also included the Valley Queen Cheese Meet, the... Read more
Eric Townsend, head coach for the Milbank track and field teams said, “There were four meets last week –Valley Queen Cheese, Sisseton TwiLight, Howard Wood Relays, and the Webster Quad.” Milbank secured many of the top places at the Valley Queen meet in Milbank on Tuesday, May 2. “At the... Read more
Milbank Stars in Several Events at Sisseton TwiLight Meet
Milbank Area Track and Field May 9, 2023 0
The Bulldogs and Lady Bulldogs track and field teams traveled to the Sisseton Twilight meet on May 5. Isaac Graham and Sam Rick each earned first-place wins for Milbank. Eric Townsend, head coach for Milbank, said it was part of a big week when the teams’ schedule sported four... Read more
The Bulldogs track and field teams participated in the Vermillion Booster Club Invitational on Thursday, April 6. “It was probably only the second outdoor Class A meet of the season in the state,” commented Eric Townsend, head coach for Milbank. “We have been pretty limited to even being able to... Read more
Track and Field Teams Break Seven MHS Indoor School Records
Milbank Area Track and Field April 4, 2023 1
The absence of spring has not stopped the Bulldogs and Lady Bulldogs from smashing seven indoor track and field school records. The teams traveled to the campus of South Dakota State University (SDSU) on Monday, April 3. The boys broke two indoor records for Milbank and the girls broke five... Read more
MHS pole vaulters competed in the Dan Lennon A High School Track and Field Meet on Monday, March 27, on the campus of USD in Vermillion. Jayden Johnson earned second place with his vault of 13-00. Sam Rick took 13th place for the Bulldogs at 9-06. Parker Grabow came... Read more
Batchelor, Brown, and Bulldogs Take 2nd at Border Battle
Milbank Area Track and Field September 29, 2022 0
The 2022 Border Battle held on Saturday, September 24, might sound like just another cross country meet, but it was a big deal. It was the first time over 1000 athletes from across North and South Dakota, Minnesota, and Manitoba, Canada, converged on Grand Forks to crown the most... Read more
Season-End Awards Announced for Milbank Track and Field Teams
Milbank Area Track and Field June 7, 2022 0
Eric Townsend, head coach of the MHS track and field teams, announced the season-end award winners for 2022. Awards were tabulated by placing-scores throughout the entire season: MOST VALUABLE TRACK AND FIELD BOY ATHLETE—NickBatchelor/Kaden Krause/Bennett Schwenn SPRINTER OF THE YEAR—Bennett Schwenn HURDLER OF THE YEAR—Max Lightfield JUMPER OF THE YEAR—Bennett... Read more
