The 2025 SDHSAA state track & field meet began from Howard Wood Field in Sioux Falls on Friday. Day one saw twelve meet records broken between the prelims, track finals, and field events.
Below are the winners in the final track and field events on Thursday. For complete results, click here for Dakota Timing’s archive of Thursday.
Prelim Meet Records
Girls ‘B’ 100m Hurdles – Peyson O’Neill (Bennett County) 14.5
Girls ‘B’ 100m Dash – Reagan O’Neill (Bennett County) – 11.73
Girls ‘B’ 4X100m Relay – Bennett County (P O’Neill, Claussen, Harris, and R O’Neill) – 48.2
Girls ‘AA’ 4X100m Relay – Rapid City Stevens (Khachikian, Willet, Holzwarth, Bradeen) – 47.76
Girls ‘AA’ 1600 Special Medley – O’Gorman (Barch, Weber, Eggert, Castelli) – 4:01.18
Track Finals
Girls ‘B’ 3200m Relay – Deubrook Area (Ekern, Gustad, Olsen, and Johnson) – 9:47.61
Girls ‘A’ 3200m Relay – Sioux Falls Christian (Pettengill, Smith, VanderGriend, and Glasser) – 9:19.82 – MEET RECORD
Girls ‘AA’ 3200m Relay – Brandon Valley (Scholten, VanDeBerg, Tidemann, Rude) – 9:06.40 – MEET RECORD
Boys ‘B’ 3200m Relay – Philip (Craven, McKinley, Peterson, and Larson) – 8:22.13
Boys ‘A’ 3200m Relay – Sioux Valley (Christopherson, Wosje, Guthmiller, and Hiltunen) – 8:02.49
Boys ‘AA’ 3200m Relay – Brookings (Kahler, Ting, Harming, and Lounsbury) – 7:48.27 – MEET RECORD
Field Finals
Girls ‘B’ Pole Vault – Jalyssa Hutson (Ipswich) – 11-00.00
Boys ‘B’ Long Jump – Rush O’Neill (Bennett County) – 23-02.5
Boys ‘A’ High Jump – Layton Smith (Lennox) – 6-06.00
Boys ‘A’ Shot Put – Paul Hoekman (SF Christian) – 68-04.5 – MEET RECORD
Boys ‘AA’ Javelin Throw – Lucas Honner (SF Lincoln) – 188-05 – MEET RECORD
Girls ‘B’ Long Jump – Reagan O’Neill (Bennett County) – 19-02.25 – MEET RECORD
Girls ‘A’ Javelin Throw – Daynica Witzel (Baltic) – 128-01 – MEET RECORD
Girls ‘AA’ Pole Vault – Kennedy Ronning (Brookings) – 12-00
Girls ‘AA’ Shot Put – Taryn Hermansen (Aberdeen Central) – 45-06.5
Boys ‘B’ Discus – Dustin Wurtz (Leola) – 163-11
Boys ‘AA’ Triple Jump – Wyatt Melcher (Brandon Valley) – 46-11.75
Girls ‘B’ Discus – Paige Bull (Burke) – 141-11
Girls ‘A’ High Jump – Ashlyn Koupal (Wagner) – 5-05
Girls ‘AA’ Triple Jump – Kenya Harris (SF Lincoln) – 38-00.5
Boys ‘A’ Pole Vault – Henry Meyer (Madison) 14-03
