Warner’s Cody Larson, center, leads Bison’s Jonathan Burkhalter, left, early on in the 1600 meter run at the Class B South Dakota State Track Meet in Rapid City Saturday. Photo by John Davis taken 5/29/2021 
Warner’s Cody Larson, left, runs with Bison’s Jonathan Burkhalter, right, during the 1600 meter run at the Class B South Dakota State Track Meet in Rapid City Saturday. Photo by John Davis taken 5/29/2021 
Northwestern’s Lincoln Woodring (802) competes in the 1600 meter run at the Class B South Dakota State Track Meet in Rapid City Saturday. Photo by John Davis taken 5/29/2021 
Madison Zirbel, of Dakota Hills (125) takes off at the start of the 1600 meter run at the Class B South Dakota State Track Meet in Rapid City Saturday. Photo by John Davis taken 5/29/2021 
Frederick Area’s Morgan Sumption (197) runs with Dakota Hills’ Madison Zirbel, back center right, during the 1600 meter run at the Class B South Dakota State Track Meet in Rapid City Saturday. Photo by John Davis taken 5/29/2021 
Sully Buttes’ Jesse Schall tosses the shot put at the Class B South Dakota State Track Meet in Rapid City Saturday. Photo by John Davis taken 5/29/2021 
Britton-Hecla’s Wyatt Bray tosses the shot put at the Class B South Dakota State Track Meet in Rapid City Saturday. Photo by John Davis taken 5/29/2021 
Timber Lake’s Hank Kraft tosses the shot put at the Class B South Dakota State Track Meet in Rapid City Saturday. Photo by John Davis taken 5/29/2021 
Sully Buttes’ Jordan Schall tosses the shot put at the Class B South Dakota State Track Meet in Rapid City Saturday. Photo by John Davis taken 5/29/2021 
Northwestern’s Ella Boekelheide (358) keeps pace with the leaders in the 1600 meter run at the Class B South Dakota State Track Meet in Rapid City Saturday. Photo by John Davis taken 5/29/2021 
Warner’s Jackson McNeil tosses the shot put at the Class B South Dakota State Track Meet in Rapid City Saturday. Photo by John Davis taken 5/29/2021 
North Central’s Krystal Geier leaps for the pit in the long jump event at the Class B South Dakota State Track Meet in Rapid City Saturday. Photo by John Davis taken 5/29/2021 
Ipswich’s Gracie Lange leaps for the pit in the long jump at the Class B South Dakota State Track Meet in Rapid City Saturday. Photo by John Davis taken 5/29/2021 
Britton-Hecla’s Sterling Mertens leaps for the pit in the long jump at the Class B South Dakota State Track Meet in Rapid City Saturday. Photo by John Davis taken 5/29/2021 
Britton-Hecla’s Bodell Davidson takes off from the start of the 400 meter relay at the Class B South Dakota State Track Meet in Rapid City Saturday. Photo by John Davis taken 5/29/2021 
Ipswich’s Dylan Owens loosens up before taking the blocks for the 400 meter relay at the Class B South Dakota State Track Meet in Rapid City Saturday. Photo by John Davis taken 5/29/2021 
Aberdeen Christian’s Ben Rohl (470) runs for the finish in the 400 meter relay with Howard’s Tisyn Spader (707), Platte-Geddes’ Collin Engebretson (813) and Hanson’s Hadley Wallace (677) at the Class B South Dakota State Track Meet in Rapid City Saturday. Photo by John Davis taken 5/29/2021 
Aberdeen Christian’s Abe Kretchman takes off at the start of the 400 meter relay at the Class B South Dakota State Track Meet in Rapid City Saturday. Photo by John Davis taken 5/29/2021 
Sully Buttes’ Collin Bradberry takes off at the start of the 400 meter relay at the Class B South Dakota State Track Meet in Rapid City Saturday. Photo by John Davis taken 5/29/2021 
Britton-Hecla’s Colby Carlson, right runs ahead of Colman-Egan’s Easton Williamson, left, on the anchor of the 400 meter relay at the Class B South Dakota State Track Meet in Rapid City Saturday. Photo by John Davis taken 5/29/2021 
Langford Area’s Ben Gustafson takes off at the start of the 400 meter relay at the Class B South Dakota State Track Meet in Rapid City Saturday. Photo by John Davis taken 5/29/2021 
Langford Area’s Zander Widener, far left and Ipswich’s Ty Kadlec, center, try to catch Viborg-Hurley’s Chase Mason, front left, during the anchor leg of the 400 meter relay at the Class B South Dakota State Track Meet in Rapid City Saturday. Photo by John Davis taken 5/29/2021 
Ipswich’s Paige Mehlberg takes off at the start of the 400 meter relay at the Class B South Dakota State Track Meet in Rapid City Saturday. Photo by John Davis taken 5/29/2021 
Tripp-Delmont/Armour’s Hannah Whitney, left, Sully Buttes’ Allyson Wittler, center and Deubrook Area’s Brooke Koppatschek, far right, run the anchor left of the 400 meter relay at the Class B South Dakota State Track Meet in Rapid City Saturday. Photo by John Davis taken 5/29/2021 
Ipswich’s Vanesa Diaz, center, tries to catch Corsica-Stickney’s Kayla Fischer, left, as they anchor the 400 meter relay at the Class B South Dakota State Track Meet in Rapid City Saturday. Photo by John Davis taken 5/29/2021 
Northwestern’s Joclyn Haven, right, takes off at the start of the 400 meter relay at the Class B South Dakota State Track Meet in Rapid City Saturday. Photo by John Davis taken 5/29/2021 
Northwestern’s Sydney Schell, center, runs for the finish line in the 400 meter relay ahead of Wall’s Ava Dinger, left, at the Class B South Dakota State Track Meet in Rapid City Saturday. Photo by John Davis taken 5/29/2021 
Frederick Area’s Jericho King, center, tries to catch Harding County’s Keegan Hett. left, as Wessington Springs’ Carter Grohs, far right, on their way to the finish in the 400 meter dash at the Class B South Dakota State Track Meet in Rapid City Saturday. Photo by John Davis taken 5/29/2021 
Potter County’s Ethan Pitlick (826) runs ahead of Howard’s Lane Miller (706), Leola’s Josh Hoffman (764) and Hanson’s Noah Price (674) in their heat of the 400 meter dash at the Class B South Dakota State Track Meet in Rapid City Saturday. Photo by John Davis taken 5/29/2021 
Northwestern’s Hunter Schipke competes in the 400 meter run at the Class B South Dakota State Track Meet in Rapid City Saturday. Photo by John Davis taken 5/29/2021 
Langford Area’s Zander Widener (755) clears a hurdle ahead of the field including Warner’s Landon Leidholt (903) in the 300 meter hurdles event at the Class B South Dakota State Track Meet in Rapid City Saturday. Photo by John Davis taken 5/29/2021 
Hitchcock-Tulare’s TJ Salmen, right, overturns a hurdle as he runs ahead of Centerville’s Jack Walters, left, in the 300 meter hurdles event at the Class B South Dakota State Track Meet in Rapid City Saturday. Photo by John Davis taken 5/29/2021 
New Underwood’s Cerington Jones, left, celebrates as she finishes first in her heat of 400 meter dash in front of a fuil grandstand at the Class B South Dakota State Track Meet in Rapid City Saturday. Photo by John Davis taken 5/29/2021 
North Central’s Alec Maier, center, competes in the 400 meter run at the Class B South Dakota State Track Meet in Rapid City Saturday. Photo by John Davis taken 5/29/2021 
Frederick Area’s Laura Sumption clears a hurdle during the 300 meter hurdle race at the Class B South Dakota State Track Meet in Rapid City Saturday. Photo by John Davis taken 5/29/2021 
Frederick Area’s Sofia Losure, center, clears a hurdle between Burke’s Piper Hanson, left and Andes Central/Dakota Christian’s Josie Brouwer, right, during the 300 meter hurdles event at the Class B South Dakota State Track Meet in Rapid City Saturday. Photo by John Davis taken 5/29/2021 
Sully Buttes’ Stevie Wittler, center, clears a hurdle between Edgemont’s Morgan Peterson, left and New Underwood’s Portia Wiebers, right, during the 300 meter hurdles event at the Class B South Dakota State Track Meet in Rapid City Saturday. Photo by John Davis taken 5/29/2021 
Hitchcock-Tulare’s Jack Boomsma hits the sand in the long jump event at the Class B South Dakota State Track Meet in Rapid City Saturday. Photo by John Davis taken 5/29/2021 
Faulkton Area’s Leighton Weber takes off at the start of the medley relay at the Class B South Dakota State Track Meet in Rapid City Saturday. Photo by John Davis taken 5/29/2021 
Langford Area’s Kade Larson leaps for the pit in the long jump at the Class B South Dakota State Track Meet in Rapid City Saturday. Photo by John Davis taken 5/29/2021 
Aberdeen Christian’s Jackson Isakson leaps for the pit in the long jump at the Class B South Dakota State Track Meet in Rapid City Saturday. Photo by John Davis taken 5/29/2021 
Aberdeen Christian’s Abe Kretchman leaps for the pit in the long jump at the Class B South Dakota State Track Meet in Rapid City Saturday. Photo by John Davis taken 5/29/2021 
Faulkton Area’s Alex Sorensen, center, takes off with the baton in a crowded exchange zone during the medley relay at the Class B South Dakota State Track Meet in Rapid City Saturday. Photo by John Davis taken 5/29/2021 
Faulkton Area’s Simon Bowar, left, reaches back for the baton pass from teammate Layne Cotton, right, during the medley relay at the Class B South Dakota State Track Meet in Rapid City Saturday. Photo by John Davis taken 5/29/2021 
Ipswich’s Taylor Thorson, center, takes off with baton pass from teammate Turner Thorson, back left, during the medley relay at the Class B South Dakota State Track Meet in Rapid City Saturday. Photo by John Davis taken 5/29/2021 
Warner’s Peyton Jung takes off at the start of the medley relay at the Class B South Dakota State Track Meet in Rapid City Saturday. Photo by John Davis taken 5/29/2021 
Warner’s Chase Braun, left, takes off as teammate Landon Liedholt, center, hands off the baton as they compete with Canistota’s Noah Kleinsasser, right, in the medley relay at the Class B South Dakota State Track Meet in Rapid City Saturday. Photo by John Davis taken 5/29/2021 
Warner’s Cody Larson (902) starts off on the anchor leg of the medley relay ahead of Gregory’s Luke Sinclair (661) at the Class B South Dakota State Track Meet in Rapid City Saturday. Photo by John Davis taken 5/29/2021 
Frederick Area’s Stephen Achen, right, runs ahead of Canistota’s Josiah Schroeder, left, in the medley relay at the Class B South Dakota State Track Meet in Rapid City Saturday. Photo by John Davis taken 5/29/2021 
North Central’s Alec Maier (791) and Bison’s Jonathan Burkhalter (474) cross the finish line for second place in the 800 meter run at the Class B South Dakota State Track Meet in Rapid City Saturday. Photo by John Davis taken 5/29/2021 
Warner’s Cody Larson, center, takes off at the start of the 800 meter run at the Class B South Dakota State Track Meet in Rapid City Saturday. Photo by John Davis taken 5/29/2021 
Northwestern’s Ashley Haven, left, tries to pass Kimball/White Lake’s Christine Gaulke, center, during the medley relay at the Class B South Dakota State Track Meet in Rapid City Saturday. Photo by John Davis taken 5/29/2021 
Northwestern’s Sydney Schell, left, hands off the baton to Ella Haven, right, during the medley relay at the Class B South Dakota State Track Meet in Rapid City Saturday. Photo by John Davis taken 5/29/2021 
Ipswich’s Emily Deraad, right, runs ahead of Potter County’s Emma Schlachter, center, and Platte-Geddes’ Kelly Sondgeroth, left, during the medley relay at the Class B South Dakota State Track Meet in Rapid City Saturday. Photo by John Davis taken 5/29/2021 
Northwestern’s Hunter Schipke, right, competes in the 800 meter run at the Class B South Dakota State Track Meet in Rapid City Saturday. Photo by John Davis taken 5/29/2021 
Aberdeen Christian’s Rachel Beaner, right, competes in the 800 meter run at the Class B South Dakota State Track Meet in Rapid City Saturday. Photo by John Davis taken 5/29/2021 
Potter County’s Rayel Persoon leads the field during a heat of the 800 meter run at the Class B South Dakota State Track Meet in Rapid City Saturday. Photo by John Davis taken 5/29/2021 
Burke’s Kailee Frank, left, runs around Sanborn Central/Woonsocket’s Elizabeth Boschee, bottom right, as she stumbles near the finish line in a heat of the 800 meter run. Behind Boschee is Potter County’s Rayel Persoon (392) at the Class B South Dakota State Track Meet in Rapid City Saturday. Photo by John Davis taken 5/29/2021 
Frederick Area’s Morgan Sumption, center, takes off at the start of a heat of the 800 meter run at the Class B South Dakota State Track Meet in Rapid City Saturday. Photo by John Davis taken 5/29/2021 
Potter County’s Nicholas Schlachter, front, takes off with the baton in a heat of the 1600 meter medley at the Class B South Dakota State Track Meet in Rapid City Saturday. Photo by John Davis taken 5/29/2021 
Running for the finish in a 200 meter dash heat at the Class B South Dakota State Track Meet in Rapid City Saturday are from the left: Harding County’s Logan Kautzman, Tri-State’s Vanessa Klein, Northwestern’s Jessica Boekelheide, Alcester-Hudson’s Carly Patrick and Jones County’s Madelyn Host. Photo by John Davis taken 5/29/2021 
Aberdeen Christian’s Shawnteah La Croix, center, runs ahead of Sully Buttes’ Stevie Wittler, back right, and the rest of the field during a heat of the 200 meter dash at the Class B South Dakota State Track Meet in Rapid City Saturday. Photo by John Davis taken 5/29/2021 
Sprinting to the finish in the 200 meter dash at the Class B South Dakota State Track Meet in Rapid City Saturday are from the left: Chester Area’s Jovi Wolf, Viborg-Hurley’s Angel Johnson, Frederick Area’s Isaac Sumption, North Central’s Alec Maier and Viborg-Hurley’s Carter Gust. Photo by John Davis taken 5/29/2021 
Frederick Area’s Morgan Sumption (197), White River’s Caelyn Valandra-Prue (453) and Gregory’s Emma Thomas (237) run near the front of the pack in the 800 meter run at the Class B South Dakota State Track Meet in Rapid City Saturday. Photo by John Davis taken 5/29/2021 
Frederick Area’s Brayden Sumption, center, takes off with the baton in the 1600 meter relay at the Class B South Dakota State Track Meet in Rapid City Saturday. Photo by John Davis taken 5/29/2021 
Potter County’s Brayden Schlachter, left, takes the baton from teammate Nicholas Schlachter as Frederick Area’s Wil Nordine, center, takes the baton from teammate Brayden Sumption, back right, as Wolsey-Wessington’s Keegan Haider, far right, takes off with the baton during the 1600 meter relay at the Class B South Dakota State Track Meet in Rapid City Saturday. Photo by John Davis taken 5/29/2021 
Frederick Area’s Mason Hinz, left, runs with Wolsey-Wessington’s Moshe Richmond, right, in the 1600 meter relay at the Class B South Dakota State Track Meet in Rapid City Saturday. Photo by John Davis taken 5/29/2021 
Potter County’s Ethan Pitlick, right, crosses the finish line in the 1600 meter relay at the Class B South Dakota State Track Meet in Rapid City Saturday. Photo by John Davis taken 5/29/2021 
Ipswich’s Matthew Hettich, center, takes off with the baton passed from teammate Carson Gohl, back left, during the 1600 meter relay at the Class B South Dakota State Track Meet in Rapid City Saturday. Photo by John Davis taken 5/29/2021 
Ipswich’s Paige Mehlberg, right, gets some help from a teammate in wiping away a tear after the senior reacted to finishing her last race at the Class B South Dakota State Track Meet in Rapid City Saturday. Photo by John Davis taken 5/29/2021 
Ipswich’s Emily Deraad, center, competes in the 1600 meter relay at the Class B South Dakota State Track Meet in Rapid City Saturday. Photo by John Davis taken 5/29/2021 
Ipswich’s Ashley Ptacek takes off at the start of the 1600 meter relay at the Class B South Dakota State Track Meet in Rapid City Saturday. Photo by John Davis taken 5/29/2021 
The Ipswich boys and girls track teams won the combined team championship at the Class B South Dakota State Track Meet in Rapid City Saturday. Photo by John Davis taken 5/29/2021 
Langford Area’s Zander Widener clears the final hurdle on his way to winning the 300 meter hurdles event at the Class B South Dakota State Track Meet in Rapid City Saturday. Photo by John Davis taken 5/29/2021 
Potter County’s Emma Schlachter (395) takes the baton from teammate Rayel Persoon, back right, during the 1600 meter relay at the Class B South Dakota State Track Meet in Rapid City Saturday. Photo by John Davis taken 5/29/2021 
The baton falls from the hand of Warner’s Landon Leidholt, far right, as he tries to make the pass to teammate Chase Braun, center, during the 1600 meter relay at the Class B South Dakota State Track Meet in Rapid City Saturday. The dropped baton bounced out of the Monarchs’ lane resulting in a disqualification. Photo by John Davis taken 5/29/2021 
Ipswich’s Dylan Owens, center, tries to avoid contact with Castlewood’s Lane Tvedt, right, in the exchange zone during the 1600 meter relay at the Class B South Dakota State Track Meet in Rapid City Saturday. Photo by John Davis taken 5/29/2021 
Potter County’s Dannika Kaup, right, takes off with the baton from teammate Kirstie Lake, back center, during the 1600 meter relay at the Class B South Dakota State Track Meet in Rapid City Saturday. Photo by John Davis taken 5/29/2021
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