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The Luverne and Hills-Beaver Creek track and field teams participated in the Howard Wood Dakota Relays in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Friday, May 5, and Saturday, May 6.
The 98th Annual Dakota Relays included more than 3,000 middle school and high school student athletes from 131 schools.
Thirty-one event records fell over the two days of competition this year, marking a record for the most records broken in one year at the relays.
No Cardinal school records were broken, but several local athletes posted Top 10 finishes.
LHS girls’ discus throwers Jadyn and Jocelyn Hart both had a very good showing at Howard Wood.
Jaydyn placed fifth out of 39 athletes with a throw of 132 feet, four inches.
Jocelyn placed eighth, throwing 127 feet, 10 inches and also placed tenth in the shot put with a throw of 39 feet, four inches.
Jenna DeBates placed sixth out of 48 athletes in the 3200-meter run with a time of 10:58.05.
The LHS girls’ 4-by-800-meter relay team placed sixth out of 27 teams with a time of 9:55.86. Runners were Jenna DeBates, Tiana Lais, Cassi Chesley and Elizabeth Wagner.
Hills-Beaver Creek’s Brynn Bakken ran strong in the 100-meter dash but missed the cutoff for the finals.
Bakken ran 12.73 in the prelims and 12.54 in the semi-finals.
Individual event results for LHS and H-BC are as follows:
Girls’ 100 Meter Dash
H-BC Brynn Bakken
12.73, 16th out of 61 athletes in prelims
12.54, 11th out of 23 athletes in semi-finals. Top eight went to finals.
Girls’ 4x800 Meter Relay
LHS Jenna DeBates, Tiana Lais, Cassi Chesley, Elizabeth Wagner 9:55.86, sixth out of 27 teams
Boys’ 4x800 Meter Relay
LHS Camden Janiszeski, Owen Janiszeski, Carsen Tofteland, Ryan Fick 8:18.06, seventh out of 25 teams
Girls’ 4x200 Meter Relay
H-BC Abigail Harris, Layla Deelstra, Brynn Rauk, Brynn Bakken 1:52.77, 18th out of 23 teams
LHS Sarah Stegenga, Makena Nelson, Anne Banck, Isabella Oye 1:53.04, 21st out of 23 teams
Boys’ 4x200 Meter Relay
LHS Darius Dolo, Gavin DeBeer, Zachary Terrio, Lucky Dara 1:36.54, 21st. out of 23 teams
Girls’ 3200 Meter Run
LHS Jenna DeBates 10:58.05, sixth out of 48 athletes
Boys’ 3200 Meter Run
LHS Owen Janiszeski 9:45.35, 17th out of 50 athletes
Boys’ Long Jump
LHS Gaven DeBeer 19-03.75, 26th out of 39 athletes
Girls’ Shot Put
LHS Jocelyn Hart 39-04, 10th out of 39 athletes
LHS Jadyn Hart 36-08, 23rd out of 39 athletes
Girls’ 300 Meter Hurdles
LHS Elizabeth Wagner 48.78, 33rd out of 62 athletes
Boys’ 1600 Meter Run
LHS Camden Janiszeski 4:46.39, 44th out of 47 athletes
Girls’ 4x100 Meter Relay
LHS Sarah Stegenga, Makena Nelson, Anne Banck, Isabella Oye 53.27, 20th out of 23 teams
Boys’ 4x100 Meter Relay
LHS Lucky Dara, Zachary Terrio, Darius Dolo, Gavin DeBeer 45.40, 16th out of 23 teams
Girls’ Discus
LHS Jadyn Hart 132-04, fifth out of 39 athletes
LHS Jocelyn Hart 127-10, eighth out of 39 athletes
Girls’ Triple Jump
LHS Augusta Papik 33-06, 24th out of 38 athletes
Boys’ Pole Vault
LHS DJ Rock 13-00, 14th out of 26 athletes