Britton-Hecla’s Mataya Knecht took a handoff from Maddi Micko in the 800-meter relay in recent track action. B-H will compete in the Northeast Conference meet in Sisseton on Thursday and travels to Warner to wrap up its regular season on Tuesday.
B-H Track Set For NEC
Britton-Hecla tracksters competed at Sisseton on Friday and part of the squad participated in the Dakota Relays in Sioux Falls on Friday and Saturday as they continue to work to rank among the top 24 in the state to earn a berth in the state meet set for Sioux Falls May 23-25.
The boys 800, 1600, and 3200-meter relay teams competed in Sioux Falls. None of the quartets placed among the top 10 but the medley foursome of Dashel Davidson, Bryce Hawkinson, Ben Suther, and Daniel Person knocked six seconds off its season best and stands 14th in the state. The 1600 unit of Hawkinson, Suther, Will Richter, and Person was 14th in Sioux Falls and the 3200 squad of Richter, Mitchell Burger, Hawkinson, and erson was 17th.
The rest of the B-H squad participated in the Sisseton meet.
“The boys competed well at Howard Wood,” said BH coach Stephanie Symens. “We dropped six seconds off of the medley relay time and that’s with a handoff we need to work on and another runner stepping in front of us on another handoff. Our 3200 and 1600 relay times were about where we entered. It was nice to finally be able to run in nice weather.”
At Sisseton a short-handed boys’ squad finished last in the 15-team field, while the girls placed sixth. Abby Lee was back for the Lady Braves after sitting out the first part of the season with a gymnastics injury, and last year’s state qualifier was fourth in both the long jump and triple jump.
This week Britton-Hecla will compete in the Northeast Conference meet in Sisseton on Thursday beginning at 11 a.m. and will travel to Warner on Tuesday.
Twilight Meet At Sisseton
Boys Results
TEAM POINTS: Aberdeen Roncalli 114, Great Plains Lutheran 100, Frederick Area 80, Milbank 56.33, Hitchcock-Tulare 55.5, Sisseton 50.5, Warner 49, Border West 48, Wilmot 43.33, Groton Area 34, Tri-State 28, Waubay-Summit 24.33, Webster Area 21, Hankinson 18, Britton-Hecla 17.
800 Run: 5. Jack Teveldal 2:23.79; 1600 Run: 4. Jack Teveldal 5:16.21; 1600 Relay: 6. Tanner Atkinson, Nathaniel Schuller, Jack Teveldal, Jaxon Zuehlke 4:07.97; Medley Relay: 4. Jade Tisher, Bryce Heitkamp, Tanner Atkinson, Jaxon Zuehlke 4:19.04
Girls Results
TEAM POINTS: Groton Area 116, Border West 78, Milbank 76, Aberdeen Roncalli 71, Webster Area 62, Britton-Hecla 54, Great Plains Lutheran 53.5, Warner 51, FrederickArea 41, Hitchcock-Tulare 41, Tri-State 31, Sisseton 23, Waubay-Summit 19, Wilmot 15, Langford Area 4.5 100 Dash: 5. Marley Sundin 14.04 7. Maddi Micko 14.21; 200 Dash: 7. Marley Sundin 30.75; 800 Run: 5. Daynika Zuehlke 2:47.94; 1600 Run: 7. Kara McLaen 6:28.05; 3200 Run: 3. Jeris Stark 14:02.87; 400 Relay: 3. Marley Sundin, Chellon Robinson, Jaelee Grupe, Maddi Micko 56.05; 800 Relay: 5. Avalon Dinger, Kaitlyn Folkman. Mataya Knecht, Maddi Micko 2:03.18; 1600 Relay: 5. Daynika Zuehlke, Jayden Bender, Karlie Zuehlke, Mataya Knecht 4:54.39; 3200 Relayt: 3. Daynika Zuehlke, Jeris Stark, Jayden Bender, Ava Teveldal 11:12.30; Medley Relay: 5. Marley Sundin, Maddi Micko, Mataya Knecht, Jayden Bender 5:03.02; High Jump: 8. Jaelee Grupe 4-8; Long Jump: 4. Abby Lee 13-8.5; Triple Jump: 4. Abby Lee 32-1.25