Ryan Heinert, staff
At the March 28 Sturgis Early Bird Meet held at Woodle Field, twelve teams from West River showed up to compete as track season got underway. Teams included Belle Fourche, Custer, Douglas, Hill City, Hot Springs, Lakota Tech, Lead-Deadwood, Rapid City Central, Rapid City Stevens, St. Thomas More, Spearfish, Sturgis and Wall.
Events included pole vault, shot put, high jump and running events. Top placements as noted on athletic.net follow.
At the March 28 Sturgis Early Bird Meet held at Woodle Field, Aidan Hedderman (12) leads the race. Hedderman took first place in the 110 and 300 meter hurdles. photo by Ryan Heinert
Avery Marler (11) tied for third place in the 100 meter race with a time of 12.92.
Taking third place in the 400 meter event was Iris Zylstra (10) with a time of 1:02.27.
Second place in the 800 meter race went to Paige Willnerd (11) for a time of 2:28.54.
Top scores for the Sturgis men’s team included Quinn Bruch (10) who received second place for running 3200 meters with a time of 9:53.30.
Ireland Nacey (11), with a time of 16.20, took third place in the 100 meter hurdle event.
Placements for 110 meter hurdles went to Sturgis, including Aidan Hedderman (12) who took first place with a time of 14.42 and Teigen Wormstadt (11) who placed third with a time of 16.62.
Hedderman also took first place in the 300 meter hurdles with a time of 41.44. During the women’s 300 meter hurdles, Hannah Killinger (12) ended with a time of 49.79, securing fourth place.
Men’s 4×100 relay fifth place went to Owen Udager (12), Carson Wolter (11), Sully Jost (10) and Jude Legner (10) with a time of 45.82. Women’s relay fifth place went to Kendal Blair (9), Danica Dschaak (9), Kynlee Stewart (9) and Leigha Long (9) with a time 53.92.
Third place 4×200 relay was captured by Sturgis men’s team comprised of Jayden Spratt (12), Jason Venjohn (10), Chase Walker (11) and Manny Jaramillo (11) with a time of 1:38.58.
Men’s 4×400 relay teammates Ty Ferguson (11), Carsen Wolter (11), Taylor Colunga and Legner received second place with a time of 3:36.43. For the women’s event, Novalí Dinkins (12), Willnerd, Keelin Dinkins (9), Iris Zylstra (10) captured second place with a time of 4:19.23.
For the 4×800 relay, Ferguson, Colunga, Bruch and Petrocco moved into first place with a time of 8:15.60. With a time of 10.06.14, Lucy Hamer (10), Novalí, Zylstra and Willnerd secured second place in the women’s division.
Miles Voigt (10) took fifth place in the 12-pound shot put with a distance of 41′ 9.5″.
Sturgis athletes excelling at pole vault included first place to Hedderman at 14′ 0″ and fourth place to Jaramillo at 10′ 6″.
To view all results, go to https://www.athletic.net/TrackAndField/meet/540927/results.
