By 605 Sports Staff

Editor's Note: Each week 605 Sports will release the top-10 performers for track & field for all events and all classes. The information used for these lists comes from the top performers list provided on sdhsaa.com. 

While Sioux Falls Christian is the prohibitive Class A team favorite, the Milbank Bulldogs are putting up some spectacular efforts, particularly in the relays. 

Milbank has the No. 3 time in the 400-meter relay (:45.09), the No. 2 time in the 800-meter relay (1:33.10), the top time in the 1,600 meter relay (3:30.61), the top time in the sprint medley relay (3:38.30) and the No. 6 time in the 3,200 meter relay (8:41.54). 

Belle Fourche senior Aiden Giffin is off to a great start this season. He has the top time in the 100-meter dash (:10.96), the No. 2 time in the 200-meter dash (:22.60) and the top Class A long jump with a leap of 23-00.00. 

Keep an eye on the Mount Vernon/Plankinton boys. Reed Rus ran the 110-meter hurdles in (:15.56) and cleared 6-2 in the high jump. The hurdles time is No. 4 in Class A and the high jump is the top mark in all of Class A. Teammate Jordan Stoltz has a 6-00 clearance in the high jump, tied for the No. 2 mark in Class A and his triple jump of 42-00 is the No. 3 mark in Class A. 

Also be on the lookout for Ethan/Parkston athlete James Deckert. The freshman has the No. 2 triple jump in Class A (42-04) and the No. 3 effort in the long jump (21-08).

100 meter dash: 

Aiden Giffin, Belle Fourche, :10.96

Jade Anstine, Dell Rapids, :11.04

Josiah Adams, Sioux Falls Christian, :11.14

Isaiah Young, Sioux Falls Christian, :11.24

Bennett Schwenn, Milbank, :11.28

Layton Johnson, West Central, :11.28

Cole Prunty, Ethan/Parkston, :111.34

Weston Kayser, Hanson, :11.34

Carter VanDonge, Sioux Falls Christian, :11.35

Isaac Crownover, Bon Homme, :11.38

200 meter dash: 

Blake Boyster, Custer, :22.01

Aiden Giffin, Belle Fourche, :22.60

Bennett Schwenn, Milbank, :23.44

Isaac Crownover, Bon Homme, :23.64

Brendon Bothwell, Stanley County, :23.67

Peyton Anderson, Baltic, :23.73

Trevor Grimsrud, Deubrook Area, :23.83

Trey Huber, Clark/Willow Lake, :23.84

Carl Massa, Hot Springs, :23.88

Layton Johnson, West Central, :23.88

400 meter dash: 

Blake Boyster, Custer, :50.10

Isaac Davelaar, Sioux Falls Christian, :52.04

Willie Walther, Hill City, :52.15

Brady Bauer, Mobridge/Pollock, :52.24

James Pierce, Lead-Deadwood, :52.68

Brendon Bothwell, Stanley County, :52.39

Tyler O’Neill, Clark/Willow Lake, :53.24

Aiden Giffin, Belle Fourche, :53.31

Eli Gillett, Sioux Falls Christian, :53.64

Kolter Kramer, Ethan/Parkston, :53.64

Luke Fraser, Hamlin, :53.64

800 meter run: 

Nick Batchelor, Milbank, 1:57.38

Tyler O’Neill, Clark/Willow Lake, 2:03.84

Sawyer Clarkson, Belle Fourche, 2:05.33

Holden Eisemann, Mobridge-Pollock, 2:05.44

Matt Close, Hot Springs, 2:05.61

Gage Grohs, Custer, 2:05.96

Kade Watson, Winner, 2:06.84

Peyton Brown, Milbank, 2:07.24

Miles Ellman, Custer, 2:08.25

Joel Dahlhoff, Vermillion, 2:08.43

1,600 meter run: 

Nick Batchelor, Milbank, 4:25.85

Isaac Davelaar, Sioux Falls Christian, 4:26.40

Sawyer Clarkson, Belle Fouche, 4:28.67

Ricky Berndt, Deuel, 4:38.84

Miles Ellman, Custer, 4:42.98

Joe Cross, Elk Point-Jefferson, 4:47.99

Patrick Vogel, Sioux Falls Christian, 4:44.97

Dom Santiago, Chamberlain, 4:46.04

Sam Swanson, Lennox, 4:46.60

Kade Watson, Winner, 4:47.20

3,200 meter run: 

Sawyer Clarkson, Belle Fouche, 9:22.35

Nick Batchelor, Milbank, 9:51.06

Joe Cross, Elk Point-Jefferson, 10:09.39

Gage Grohs, Custer, 10:17.24

Sam Swanson, Lennox, 10:19.18

Luke Rupert, Hill City, 10:19.86

Dom Santiago, Chamberlain, 10:23.74

Patrick Vogel, Sioux Falls Christian, 10:26.51

Ricky Berndt, Deuel, 10:30.14

Preston Drew, Custer, 10:38.35

Derrek VanderLeest, Sioux Falls Christian, 10:32.22

110 meter hurdles: 

Michael Beyer, Tri-Valley, :15.04

Aaron Monk, Winner, :15.27

Mikael Grace, Custer, :15.44

Reed Rus, Mt. Vernon/Plankinton, :15.56

Layne Kuper, Lennox, :16.12

Reece Risseeuw, Mt. Vernon/Plankinton, :15.75

Josiah Adams, Sioux Falls Christian, :15.99

Layne Kuper, Lennox, :16.07

Austin Strasser, Lennox, :16.37

Max Lightfield, Milbank, :16.86

300 meter hurdles:

Mikael Grace, Custer, :41.43

Josiah Adams, Sioux Falls Christian, :41.80

Michael Beyer, Tri-Valley, :42.49

Austin Strasser, Lennox, :42.93

Tayne Dunse, Webster Area, :42.94

Isaac Jaacks, Elkton-Lake Benton, :43.14

Layne Kuper, Lennox, :43.48

Reed Rus, Mt. Vernon/Plankinton, :43.70

Warren Russell, Hot Springs, ;43.75

Jackson Jarding, Hanson, :44.12

400 meter relay:

Sioux Falls Christian, :43.80

Custer, :44.36

Milbank, :45.09

Dell Rapids, :45.24

Tri-Valley, :45.48

Belle Fourche, :45.51

West Central, :45.52

Hanson, :45.84

Dakota Valley, :45.90

Bon Homme, :46.01

800 meter relay:

Sioux Falls Christian, 1:31.77

Milbank, 1:33.10

Bon Homme, 1:34.86

Tri-Valley, 1:34.90

Lennox, 1:35.25

West Central, 1:35.58

Madison, 1:35.70

Hanson, 1:36.00

Dell Rapids, 1:26.10

Clark/Willow Lake, 1:36.20

1,600 meter relay:

Milbank, 3:30.60

Sioux Falls Christian, 3:34.36

Clark/Willow Lake, 3:38.30

Custer, 3:38.34

Deubrook Area, 3:39.70

Hanson, 3:40.30

Tri-Valley, 3:40.68

Lead-Deadwood, 3:41.93

Belle Fourche, 3:42.38

Webster Area, 3:42.75

3,200 meter relay:

Sioux Falls Christian, 8:22.78

Custer, 8:30.88

Vermillion, 8:34.12

Milbank, 8:34.69

Mobridge-Pollock, 8:38.50

Clark/Willow Lake, 8:40.80

Dakota Valley, 8:50.02

Ethan/Parkston, 8:53.18

Hill City, 8:54.75

Chamberlain, 8:54.70

Mobridge-Pollock, 9:06.66

Deubrook Area, 9:09.44

Sprint Medley relay: 

Milbank, 3:38.30

Belle Fourche, 3:44.54

Sioux Falls Christian, 3:46.13

Clark/Willow Lake, 3:48.70

Lead-Deadwood, 3:48.83

Lennox, 3:50.49

Mobridge-Pollock, 3:50.67

Beresford, 3:50.84

Winner, 3:51.20

Flandreau, 3:51.52

Shot put: 

Colton Dillon, Hanson, 51-00

Connor Christensen, Tri-Valley, 50-05.5

Jayden Witte, Sioux Falls Christian, 50-05

Brock Tuttle, Hanson, 47-04.25

Justin Doyle, Custer, 47-03.5

Paul Hoekman, Sioux Falls Christian, 47-00.25

Cody Peterson, Lennox, 46-00.50

Riley Haynes, Hanson, 45-11.75

Trey Smith, Madison, 45-07.750

Chase Reed, Flandreau, 45-07

Discus: 

Jack Hemmen, Elkton-Lake Benton, 144-05.00

Dossen Elmore, Custer, 138-10

Trey Smith, Madison, 137-11

Cody Peterson, Lennox, 133-06

Jacob Lichtenberg, Elk-Point Jefferson, 136-08

Colton Dillon, Hanson, 134-07

Colby Volstad, Madison, 134-03.50

Cody Peterson, Lennox, 133-06

Paul Hoekman, Sioux Falls Christian, 131-02

RJ Perry, Great Plains Lutheran, 130-04

Justin Doyle, Custer

High jump:

Reed Rus, Mt. Vernon/Plankinton, 6-02

Jordan Stoltz, Mt. Vernon/Plankinton, 6-00

Mikael Grace, Custer, 6-00

Devin Buehler, Hill City, 5-10

Gage Hohn, Ethan/Parkston, 5-10

Riley Endres, Ethan/Parkston, 5-10

Ethan McKnelly, Tea Area, 5-10

Dylan Stromer, West Central, 5-10

Turner Thompson, St. Thomas More, 5-10

Trae Piel, Dakota Valley, 5-10

Long jump: 

Aiden Giffin, Belle Fouche, 23-00.00

Bennett Schwenn, Milbank, 21-10

James Deckert, Ethan/Parkston, 21-08

Ethan Burnett, St. Thomas More, 21-05.5

Charlie Margeas, Dakota Valley, 21-02

Eli Gillett, Sioux Falls Christian, 20-11.75

Gage Tennyson, Custer, 20.11.25

Gunnar Cuka, West Central, 20-10.25

Mehki Keller, Florence/Henry, 20-10

Tom Solano, St. Thomas More, 20-08

Triple jump:

Bennett Schwenn, Milbank, 44-03.50

Ethan Burnett, St. Thomas More, 42-11.5

James Deckert, Ethan/Parkston, 42-04

Dustin Sees, Tri-Valley, 42-01

Paul Kaffar, McCook Central/Montrose, 42-00.50

Jordan Stoltz, Mt. Vernon/Plankinton, 42-00

Tom Solano, St. Thomas More, 41-11.25

Gunnar Cuka, West Central, 41-02.75

Jaydon Keller, Webster Area, 41-02

Riley Endres, Ethan/Parkston, 40-10

Pole vault: 

Chase Maher, Rapid City Christian, 13-08

Drew Reetz, Webster Area, 13-06

Winston Prill, St. Thomas More, 13-00

Karson Weber, Milbank, 12-06

Robbie Emery, Custer, 12-06

Aaron Hawkes, Madison, 12-03

Jaiden McCreary, Webster Area, 12-00

Tayne Dunse, Webster Area, 11-06

Tague Tvedt, Deuel, 11-06

Jayden Johnson, Milbank, 11-01