SIOUX FALLS – Two field competitors scored points and a sprinter assured Pierre of at least one more Thursday in the first day of the SDHSAA State Track & Field Championships at Howard Wood Field.
Reese Terwilliger and Maya Shorter finished seventh and eighth respectively in the AA girls shot put. Terwilliger had a throw of 37 feet, one-quarter inch. Shorter registered 36 feet, nine and a quarter inches.
Tucker Putzier advanced to Saturday’s finals of the AA boys 100 meters, running eighth in the prelims in 11.22 seconds. Putzier outdistanced teammate Cole Peterson by .06.
Pierre’s 4×100 meter boys relay team just missed the finals, finishing ninth in the prelims by .03, running in 43.59.
Also just missing the finals was Kali Ringstmeyer, who ran the girls 100 meters in 12.65 seconds, finishing just .01 out of eighth place.
The Governors’ girls 4×100 and 4×800 relay teams both finished 10th. The boys 4×100 team ran ninth. Pierre’s girls sprint medley relay team was 16th and the boys were 11th.
Pierre Results – SDHSAA State Track & Field – Thursday, May 26
Girls 4×800 Meter Relay Finals
10 Autumn Iverson, Ava Johnson, Brianna Sargent, Lennix DuPris – 10:10.56
Girls 100 Meter Dash Prelims
9 Kali Ringstmeyer – 12.65 (missed making finals by .01)
Boys 100 Meter Dash Prelims
8 Tucker Putzier – 11.22 – advances to finals
9 Cole Peterson – 11.28
20 Caden Thompson – 11.66
Girls 4×100 Meter Relay Prelims
10 Kali Ringstmeyer, Dani Ringstmeyer, Addison Cumbow, Aleise Christopherson – 50.83
Boys 4×100 Meter Relay Prelims
9 Landon Bertram, Caden Thompson, Cole Peterson, Tucker Putzier – 43.59 (missed finals by .03)
Girls Sprint Medley Relay Prelims
16 Maira Tafoya, Ryann Barry, Lennix Dupris, Autumn Iverson – 4:36.27
Boys Sprint Medley Relay Prelims
11 Landon Bertram, Caden Thompson, Josh Strand, Hayden Shaffer – 3:44.48
Girls Pole Vault
Marissa Mathews – no height
Girls Shot Put
7 Reese Terwilliger – 37’ ¼”
8 Maya Shorter – 36’9 ¼”
12 Emily Lingle – 34’5 ½”
Girls Long Jump
19 Aleise Christopherson – 15’5 ½”
Boys Discus
22 Blake Wagner – 117’4”
SDHSAA State Track & Field Championships – Complete Results
