The Sioux Falls Christian girls track and field team is gunning for its fourth consecutive Class A championship this spring, while the Charger boys are chasing their sixth-consecutive state championship.

The Charger girls are trying to become the first four-peat champion since St. Thomas More won five straight from 2015-19. 

Sioux Falls Christian scored 162 points last season, finishing well ahead of second-place Custer (90) and third-place Lennox (85). 

The Chargers will again be among the title contenders, with Ellie Maddox, Jerica Glasser and Halle Braun all returning after winning individual state championships. 

The Charger boys are looking to become the first boys team in the three-class system to win six-straight state championships since Rapid City Stevens in the mid-1980s.

SFC clipped Lennox last season for its fifth consecutive championship scoring 95.5 points, ahead of its Dak-XII foe in second place (86).

Class A girls returning individual state champions 

Note: These are returning individual state champs from the 2025 state track and field meet.

Ellie Maddox, Sioux Falls Christian: Maddox won the 1,600-meter run (4:54.74), to go along with a second-place finish in the 3,200-meter run (10:33.67) and a third-place finish in the 800-meter run (2:16.07). She was also on the winning 1,600-meter relay (3:56.86) during her junior season. 

Jerica Glasser, Sioux Falls Christian: Glasser won the 3,200-meter run (10:33.08), placed third in the 1,600-meter run and was on the winning 3,200-meter relay team (9:19.82) during her junior season. 

Halle Braun, Sioux Falls Christian: Braun captured first-place finishes in the 100-meter hurdles (:14.73), 300-meter hurdles (:44.01), placed sixth in the 200-meter dash (:25.88) and ran the anchor leg on the first-place 800-meter relay (1:43.81) during her junior season. 

Bergan Musser, Lennox: Musser had an outstanding eighth-grade campaign. In 2025, she won the long jump (18-10.25), with second-place finishes in the 100-meter dash (:12.15), 200-meter dash (:24.92) and 400-meter dash (:57.83).

Ashlyn Koupal, Wagner: Koupal, a future University of Nebraska women’s basketball player, won last season’s high jump title (5-5). She is chasing her sixth consecutive state title in the high jump this spring. 

Claire Munch, Dakota Valley: Munch shined in the jumps last season, winning the triple jump (37-0.25), finishing second in the high jump (5-5) and placing third in the long jump (16-7.50). 

Class A boys returning individual state champions 

Note: These are returning individual state champs from the 2025 state track and field meet.

Oliver Fieber, Deuel: Fieber took home first place as a junior in the 100-meter dash (:10:83) and 200-meter race (:21.89).

Shane Veenhof, Madison: Veenhof won both the 110-meter (:14.38) and 300-meter (:38.52) hurdle events as a junior last season.