The Chester Area boys racked up 86 points to handily get by Ipswich (45) and Freeman Academy/Marion (42) for the Class B boys track and field title. Gregory (36) and Castlewood (34) rounded out the top five. 

Class B boys MVP Ryan Benson had four second place finishes a year ago. This time the senior walked away from the state track meet with four gold medals and a team title. On Saturday Benson won the 100-meter hurdles (:15.06) the 300-meter hurdles (:40.21) and ran a leg on Chester Area’s winning 400-meter relay team (:43.37). 

Sophomore Jovi Wolf anchored that 400-meter relay team, won the 200-meter dash (:22.24) the 400-meter dash (:50.35) and finished 2nd in the 100-meter dash. 

Ty Kadlec led the Ipswich Tigers Saturday winning the 100-meter dash (:11.04) and anchoring the 800-meter relay team (Turner Thorson, Trevor Beyers, Colby Sylte, Ty Kadlec) to a state championship with a time of 1:31.44.

After winning the 800-meter run Friday, Tri-State’s Kaleb Foltz sprinted past Bison’s Lane Krautschun to win the 1,600-meter run (4:35.01). Several hours later Foltz anchored Tri-State’s sprint medley relay team to a gold medal. 

Other Class B winners Saturday were Kakoka Area’s Dawson Reckling winning the high jump (6-6). Bridgewater-Emery’s Lucas Mentele won the discus (173-1) while the Frederick Area 1,600 meter relay team captured gold with a time of 3:29.09.

Team Points: 1. Chester Area, 86; 2. Ipswich, 45; 3. Freeman Academy/Marion, 42; 4. Gregory, 36; 5. Castlewood, 34; 6. Lemmon, 33.25; 7. Tri-State, 30; 8. Platte-Geddes, 27.5; 9. Timber Lake, 25; T-10. Viborg-Hurley, 21; T-10. Burke, 21; 12. Gayville-Volin, 19; T-13. Wall, 18; T-13. Bridgewater-Emery,18; T-13. Bison, 18; T-16. Frederick Area, 16; T-16. Miller, 16; 18. Aberdeen Roncalli, 15; 19. Potter County, 14; 20. Herreid/Selby Area, 13. 

110-Meter Hurdles: 1. Ryan Benson, Chester Area, :15.06; 2. Luke Campbell, Viborg-Hurley, :16.04; 3. Andrew Gustad, Gayville-Volin, :16.09; 4. Dawson Munkvold, Freeman, :16.23; 5. Taron Serr, Burke, :16.41; 6. Cole Feenstra, Corsica-Stickney, :16.50; 7. TJ Salmen, Hitchcock-Tulare, :16.71; 8. Carter Geditz, Ipswich, :16.81. 

100-Meter Dash: 1. Ty Kadlec, Ipswich, :11.04; 2. Jovi Wolf, Chester Area, :11.05; 3. George Johnson, Viborg-Hurley, :11.19; 4. Kade Stukel, Gregory, :11.26; 5. Thackary Hansen, Iroquois/Doland, :11.51; 6. Logan Sammons, Philip, :11.53; 7. Kalen Garry, De Smet, :11.58; 8. Hank Kraft, Timber Lake, :11.76. 

800-Meter Relay: 1. Ipswich (Turner Thorson, Trevor Beyers, Colby Sylte, Ty Kadle), 1:31.44; 2. Castlewood, 1:32.18; 3. Chester Area, 1:32.58; 4. Colman-Egan, 1:33.08; 5. Platte-Geddes, 1:33.54; 6. Viborg-Hurley, 1:33.72; 7. De Smet, 1:33.94; 8. Philip, 1:34.08. 

1,600-Meter Run:  1. Kaleb Foltz, Tri-State, 4:35.01; 2. Lane Krautschun, Bison, 4:35.54; 3. Tavin Schroeder, Freeman Academy/Marion, 4:38.35; 4. Garrett Winkler, Newell, 4:39.14; 5. Alex Schumacher, Miller, 4:39.78; 6. Nicholas Schlachter, Potter County, 4:40.16; 7. Lincoln Woodring, Northwestern, 4:40.98; 8. Joseph Laprath, Colome, 4:41.07. 

400-Meter Relay: 1. Chester Area, :43.37; 2. Gregory, :44.96; 3. Warner, :45.00; 4. Castlewood, :45.30; 5. Aberdeen Christian, :45.35; 6. De Smet, :45.46; 7. Platte-Geddes, :45.52; 8. Colman-Egan, :46.99. 

High Jump: 1. Dawson Reckling, Kadoka Area, 6-6; T-2. Thalen Schroeder, Freeman Academy/Mation, 6-2; T-2. Daniel Mitchell, Gregory, 6-2; 4. Nic Gaspar, Dell Rapids St. Mary, 6-2; 5. Caden Gortmaker, Miller, 6-2; 6. Joe Sayler, White River, 6-0; 7. Tyler Hettich, Ipswich, 6-0; T-8. Jack Mousel, Colman-Egan, 5-10; T-8. Porter Miller, Kimball/White Lake, 5-10; T-8. Moshe Richmond, Wolsey-Wessington, 5-10. 

400-Meter Dash: 1. Jovi Wolf, Chester Area, :50.35; 2. Jaron Tharaldsen, Castlewood, :51.85; 3. Stratton Eppard, Chester Area, :51.97; 4. Grady Aasby, Highmore-Harrold, :52.27; 5. Braden Peterson, Edgemont, :52.42; 6. Carter Luikens, Potter County, :52.46; 7. Lucas Flemmer, :53.31; 8. Chase Varilek, Platte-Geddes, :53.46. 

Discus: 1. Lucas Mentele, Bridgewater-Emery, 173-01; 2. Tell Mollman, Lemmon, 154-5; 3. Jack Ringling, Platte-Geddes, 149-6; 4. TJ Moran, Lyman, 149-00; 5. Jon Nefzger, Estelline/Hendricks, 140-9; 6. Blake Van Regenmorter, 138-2; 7. Zach Geditz, Ipswich, 137-7; 8. John Pica, Dell Rapids St. Mary, 136-8. 

300-Meter Hurdles: 1. Ryan Benson, Chester Area, :40.21; 2. Tanner Miller, Lemmon, :42.70; 3. Dashel Spurrell, Irene-Wakonda, :42.71; 4. Andrew Gustad, Gayville-Volin, :42.86; 5. TJ Salmen, Hitchcock-Tulare, :43.02; 6. Shad Bosma, Corsica-Stickney, :43.15; 7. Carter Geditz, Ipswich, :43.34. 

Sprint Medley Relay: 1. Tri-State (Dominick Anderson, Jakobe Anderson, Grayson Madsen, Kaleb Foltz), 3:45.27; 2. Freeman Academy/Marion, 3:46.71; 3. Wolsey-Wessington, 3:46.84; 4. Ipswich, 3:47.25; 5. Canistota, 3:48.22; 6. Potter County, 3:48.59; 7. Faulkton Area, 3:49.24; 8. Gregory, 3:50.84. 

200-Meter Dash: 1. Jovi Wolf, Chester Area, :22.24; 2. Ty Kadlec, Ipswich, :22.66; 3. Kade Stukel, Gregory, :23.03; 4. Stratton Eppard, :23.31; 5. Thackary Hansen, Iroquois/Doland, :23.51; 6. Christopher Lee, Colman-Egan, :23.58; 7. Chase Varilek, Platte-Geddes, :23.85; 8. George Johnson, Viborg-Hurley, :24.14. 

1,600-Meter Relay: 1. Frederick Area (Mason Hinz, Stephen Achen, Brayden Sumption, Jonathan Bretsch), 3:29.09; 2. Castlewood, 3:33.83; 3. Aberdeen Roncalli, 3:35.30; 4. Faulkton Area, 3:36.29; 5. Philip, 3:37.39; 6. Viborg-Hurley, 3:37.67; 7. Timber Lake, 3:38.44; 8. Wolsey-Wessington, 3:40.87.