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Class A Boys Track and Field Leaders - Tri-Valley’s Michael Beyer among top hurdlers
Tri-Valley's Michael Beyer competes in the 300-meter hurdles at the Greenway Relays.
(Rodney Haas / 605 Sports)
May 11, 2022
 

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. 

Tri-Valley’s Michael Beyer is having a superb hurdling season for the Mustangs. Beyer is ranked No. 1 in the 110-meter hurdle (:15.04) and the No. 2 time in the 300-meter hurdles (:40.22)

Belle Fouche has several athletes leading Class A lists. Aiden Giffin has the No. 1 time in the 100-meter dash (:10.74) and the long jump (23-0). Sawyer Clarkson has the leading time in the 1.600 (4:25.47) and 3,200 meter run (9:19.34). 

Milbank senior Nick Batchelor, Milbank is having a terrific senior season in a wide variety of events. Batchelor has the No. 6 time in the 400-meter run (:52.04), No. 2 time in the 800-meter run (1:57.38), No. 2 time in the Class A, 1,600 meter run (4:25.85) and No. 2 time in the 3,200 meter run (9:38.91)

The West Central boys are having success with some of their short relays. The 400-meter relay is ranked No. 10 (:45.52), the 800-meter relay, No. 2 (1:32.12) and No. 3 in the 1,600 meter relay 3:30.92. 

Keep an eye on Elk Point-Jefferson’s Joe Cross. Only a sophomore, Cross has the No. 3 time in the 3,200 meter run this year. 

Custer figures to be in the Class A title hunt this spring and the Wildcats have several throwers that are moving up the rankings. Justin Doyle improved to 50-10 and is now ranked No. 2 in the class A shot put. Teammate Dossen Elmore has the No. 5 Class A discus throw this season, 138-10.


Class A boys

100 meter dash: 

Aiden Giffin, Belle Fourche, :10.74

Jade Anstine, Dell Rapids, :11.04

Layton Johnson, West Central, :11.06

Blake Boyster, Custer, :11.08

Boden Schiller, Sioux Valley, :11.13

Josiah Adams, Sioux Falls Christian, :11.14

Carter VanDonge, Sioux Falls Christian, :11.24

Isaiah Young, Sioux Falls Christian, :11.24

Bennett Schwenn, Milbank, :11.28

David Knutson, Sioux Valley, :11.33


200 meter dash: 

Blake Boyster, Custer, :22.01

Aiden Giffin, Belle Fourche, :22.60

Bennett Schwenn, Milbank, :22.64

Jade Anstine, Dell Rapids, :22.77

Steven Christion, Lennox, :22.95

Isaac Crownover, Bon Homme, :23.17

Wyatt Nielsen, West Central, :23.21

Josiah Adams, Sioux Falls Christian, :23.26

Layton Johnson, West Central, :23.50

Willie Walther, Hill City, :23.50


400 meter dash: 

Blake Boyster, Custer, :50.10

Isaac Davelaar, Sioux Falls Christian, :50.35

Bennett Schwenn, Milbank, 51.94

Eli Gillett, Sioux Falls Christian, :51.99

Noah Schroder, Sioux Falls Christian, :52.00

Nick Batchelor, Milbank, :52.04

Isaac Crownover, Bon Homme, :52.09

James Pierce, Lead-Deadwood, :52.12

Kolter Kramer, Ethan/Parkston, :52.12 

Treven Grimsrud, Deubrook Area, :52.14


800 meter run: 

Isaac Davelaar, Sioux Falls Christian, 1:53.78

Nick Batchelor, Milbank, 1:57.38

Kade Watson, Winner, 2:01.18

Bennett Wassenaar, Sioux Falls Christian, 2:01.81

Daniel Colby, Sioux Falls Christian, 2:02.32

Tyler O’Neill, Clark/Willow Lake, 2:02.34

Sam Swanson, Lennox, 2:02.96

Peyton Brown, Milbank, 2:03.64

Noah Schroder, Sioux Falls Christian, 2:04.96

Davis Buck, Sioux Falls Christian, 2:04.26 


1,600 meter run: 

Sawyer Clarkson, Belle Fouche, 4:25.47

Nick Batchelor, Milbank, 4:25.85

Isaac Davelaar, Sioux Falls Christian, 4:26.40

Ricky Berndt, Deuel, 4:36.54

Miles Ellman, Custer, 4:36.65

Evan Bartlett, Ethan/Parkston, 4:37.10

Gage Grohs, Custer, 4:38.28

Andrew Atwood, Beresford, 4:39.54

Benjamin Strunk, West Central, 4:40.56

Kade Watson, Winner, 4:41.42


3,200 meter run: 

Sawyer Clarkson, Belle Fouche, 9:19.34

Nick Batchelor, Milbank, 9:38.91

Joe Cross, Elk Point-Jefferson, 9:56.12

Gage Grohs, Custer, 9:56.87

Dom Santiago, Chamberlain, 10:00.52

Luke Rupert, Hill City, 10:10.16

Preston Bohl, Garretson, 10:16.04

Sam Swanson, Lennox, 10:19.18

Patrick Vogel, Sioux Falls Christian, 10:26.51

Ricky Berndt, Deuel, 10:27.14


110 meter hurdles: 

Michael Beyer, Tri-Valley, :15.04

Aaron Monk, Winner, :15.09

Reece Risseeuw, Mt. Vernon/Plankinton, :15.33

Mikael Grace, Custer, :15.44

Reed Rus, Mt. Vernon/Plankinton, :15.56

Layne Kuper, Lennox, :15.59

Isaac Jaacks, Elkton-Lake Benton, :15.69

Josiah Adams, Sioux Falls Christian, :15.87

Austin Strasser, Lennox, :15.89

Liam Schmeichel, West Central, :16.43


300 meter hurdles:

Josiah Adams, Sioux Falls Christian, :40.11

Michael Beyer, Tri-Valley, :40.22

Mikael Grace, Custer, :41.43

Isaac Jaacks, Elkton-Lake Benton, :42.04

Warren Russell, Hot Springs, :42.11

Liam Streitz, Flandreau, :42.22

Tayne Dunse, Webster Area, :42.24

Layne Kuper, Lennox, :42.30

Aaron Monk, Winner, :42.80

Austin Strasser, Lennox, :42.93


400 meter relay:

Sioux Falls Christian, :43.80

Custer, :44.36

Dakota Valley, :44.97

Tri-Valley, :44.97

Milbank, :45.09

Dell Rapids, :45.24

Winner, :45.26

Madison, :45.28

Belle Fourche, :45.51

West Central, :45.52


800 meter relay:

Sioux Falls Christian, 1:29.96

West Central, 1:32.12

Milbank, 1:33.10

Webster Area, 1:34.10

Lennox, 1:34.25

Belle Fourche, 1:34.50

Dell Rapids, 1:34.60

Bon Homme, 1:34.70

Tri-Valley, 1:34.90

Madison, 1:34.92


1,600 meter relay:

Milbank, 3:30.60

West Central, 3:30.92

Sioux Falls Christian, 3:32.54

Clark/Willow Lake, 3:34.90

Hamlin, 3:36.40

Webster Area, 3:36.40

Mount Vernon/Plankinton, 3:37.36

Tri-Valley, 3:37.89

Mobridge-Pollock, 3:37.96

Lead-Deadwood, 3:38.21


3,200 meter relay:

Sioux Falls Christian, 8:10.13

Vermillion, 8:24.28

Milbank, 8:27.90

Custer, 8:30.88

Mobridge-Pollock, 8:34.89

Hill City, 8:35.69

Lennox, 8:36.09

Dakota Valley, 8:36.62

Deubrook Area, 8:37.03

Clark/Willow Lake, 8:40.80


Sprint Medley relay: 

Sioux Falls Christian, 3:33.72

Milbank, 3:38.30

Winner, 3:40.52

Belle Fourche, 3:44.54

Clark/Willow Lake, 3:46.91

Lennox, 3:47.10

Lead-Deadwood, 3:48.83

Webster Area, 3:49.05

Hot Springs, 3:49.06

Deubrook Area, 3:49.50


Shot put: 

Colton Dillon, Hanson, 52-1.75

Justin Doyle, Custer, 50-10

Connor Christensen, Tri-Valley, 50-05.5

Jayden Witte, Sioux Falls Christian, 50-05

Ryker Trevett, Milbank, 50-1

Avery Nichols, Clark/Willow Lake, 48-1

Cody Peterson, Lennox, 47-5

Brock Tuttle, Hanson, 47-04.25

Paul Hoekman, Sioux Falls Christian, 47-00.25

Trey Smith, Madison, 46-8


Discus: 

Jack Hemmen, Elkton-Lake Benton, 146-7

Jacob Lichtenberg, Elk-Point Jefferson, 141-10

Trey Smith, Madison, 141-5

Colton Dillon, Hanson, 139-7

Dossen Elmore, Custer, 138-10

Cody Peterson, Lennox, 138-1

Toby Kneen, Sanborn Central/Woonsocket, 136-2

Ashton Tjaden, Beresford, 136-0

R.J. Perry, Great Plains Lutheran, 135-2

Ethan Cheeseman, Hanson, 135-1


High jump:

Jeff Boschee, Sanborn Central/Woonsocket, 6-2.25

Jordan Stoltz, Mt. Vernon/Plankinton, 6-2

Reed Rus, Mt. Vernon/Plankinton, 6-2

Mikael Grace, Custer, 6-2

Trae Piel, Dakota Valley, 6-0

Jakob Scarmon, Elk Point-Jefferson, 5-11

Ethan McKnelly, Tea Area, 5-11

Dylan Stromer, West Central, 5-11

Mike Tollefson, Flandreau, 5-10

Riley Endres, Ethan/Parkston, 5-10

Turner Thompson, St. Thomas More, 5-10

Gage Hohn, Ethan/Parkston, 5-10

Devin Buehler, Hill City, 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

Kennan Voss, Sioux Falls Christian, 21-1

Eli Gillett, Sioux Falls Christian, 21-1

Gage Tennyson, Custer, 20-11.25

Gunnar Cuka, West Central, 20-10.25

Mehki Keller, Florence/Henry, 20-10


Triple jump:

Bennett Schwenn, Milbank, 45-5

Ethan Burnett, St. Thomas More, 42-11.50

Kennan Voss, Sioux Falls Christian, 42-8

James Deckert, Ethan/Parkston, 42-4

Dustin Sees, Tri-Valley, 42-1

Paul Kaffar, McCook Central/Montrose, 42-0.50

Jordan Stoltz, Mt. Vernon/Plankinton, 42-0

Tom Solano, St. Thomas More, 41-11.25

Gunnar Cuka, West Central, 41-10.25

Noah Price, Hanson, 41-4.75


Pole vault: 

Chase Maher, Rapid City Christian, 13-8

Drew Reetz, Webster Area, 13-6

Aaron Hawkes, Madison, 13-0

Winston Prill, St. Thomas More, 13-0

Robbie Emery, Custer, 12-6

Karson Weber, Milbank, 12-6

Tayne Dunse, Webster Area, 12-3

Jason Lenning, Sioux Falls Christian, 12-0

Jayden Johnson, Milbank, 12-0

Ty Hertz, Vermillion, 12-0

Jaiden McCreary, Webster Area, 12-0