Philip, fresh off its Class B boys cross-country state championship in fall 2025, projects to be a strong contender in track and field this spring.

The Scotties won their fourth consecutive Class B cross-country championship in Oct. 2025, the first Class B boys team to accomplish the feat. 

Powered by a deep group of long-distance runners, the Scotties are poised to be in the Class B boys track and field team hunt this season. The Scotties bring back a number of top performers from last season’s runner-up team at state track. 

Philip finished second to Colman-Egan, which graduated a host of top finishers from last season’s title run. Gregory, Ipswich and Bennett County rounded out the top-five teams last season. The trio of teams will again be among the top contenders this season. 

Class B returning individual state champions 

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

Rush O’Neill, Bennett County: During his sophomore season, O’Neill won the 200-meter dash (:21.91), high jump (6-4), long jump (23-2.5) and placed fourth in the 100-meter dash (:11.12). 

Ethan Schwenn, Wilmot: Schwenn captured the 400-meter dash (:50.54) and ran the anchor leg on the second-place sprint medley relay (3:38.75) as a junior. 

Holden Wollmann, Bridgewater-Emery: Wollmann placed first in the 800-meter run (1:58.84) and took fourth in the 400-meter dash (:51.68) during his junior season. 

Silas Holdeman, Mitchell Christian: Holdeman captured first-place finishes in the 1,600-meter run (4:28.66), 3,200-meter run (9:42.63) and took third in the 800-meter run (2:00.72) during his sophomore year. 

Spencer Melius, Faulkton Area: Melius won the 110-meter hurdles (:15.44), 300-meter hurdles (:40.07) and javelin throw (168-5) during his junior season. 

Dylan Hofer, Aberdeen Christian: Hofer placed first in the triple jump (43-9.75) during his junior season.