VERMILLION — And just like that track season is off and running, jumping and throwing. 

Tuesday’s portion of the Dan Lennon Invitational featured athletes from South Dakota, Nebraska and Iowa competing on the indoor track in the Dakota Dome on the campus of the University of South Dakota. The Class B portion of the meet features athletes and teams typically made up of Class A and Class B athletes from South Dakota

South Dakota placers: 

Boys results and discussion: 

60 meters: 

3rd: Layton Johnson, West Central, 7.22

4th: Isaiah Young, Sioux Falls Christian, 7.23

8th: Carter VanDonge, Sioux Falls Christian, 7.32

400 meters: 

5th: Kyle Hirsch, Gayville-Volin, 55.40

6th: Bennett Wassenaar, Sioux Falls Christian, 55.65

7th: Connor Pruis, Sioux Falls Christian, 55.87

800 meters: 

1st: Ben Witt, Burke, 2:11.46

3rd: Davis Buck, Sioux Falls Christian, 2:13.34

8th: Luke Sinclair, Gregory, 2:16.24

1600 meters: 

1st: Benjamin Strunk, West Central, 4:52

2nd: Derrek VanderLeest, Sioux Falls Christian, 4:56.3

5th: Levi VanderLeest, Sioux Falls Christian, 5:09.39 (7th-grader)

7th: Josiah Schroeder, Canistota, 5:12.12

8th: Alex Oberloh, Sioux Falls Christian, 5:12.73

3200 meters: 

2nd: Josiah Schroeder, Canistota, 10:26.81 (Schroeder finished 9th at the 2021 Class B state meet with a time of 10:40)

3rd: Patrick Vogel, Sioux Falls Christian, 10:33.77

6th: Daniel Colby, Sioux Falls Christian, 10:52

60 Meter hurdles:

6th: Josiah Adams, Sioux Falls Christian, 8.89

4 x 200 relay: 

1st: Sioux Falls Christian, 1:37.55

4 x 400 relay

3rd: Sioux Falls Christian, 3:44.34

4th: Sioux Falls Christian, 3:48.90

5th: West Central, 3:50

Sprint Medley (200, 200, 400, 800)

1st: Sioux Falls Christian, 3:45.2

7th: Gregory, 4:02.77

Shot put: 

7th: 43-4

High jump: 

2nd: Daniel Mitchell, Gregory, 6-4

(Mitchell is only a sophomore and did not participate in track & field last year. His 6-4 opener would have been good for a tie for 1st in the 2021 Class B state high jump. The Gregory school record in the high jump is 6-7 by Adam Mikkelsen in 2012)

Pole vault:

1st: Andrew Gustad, Gayville-Volin, 12-6

4th: Alex Schoenberner, Gayville-Volin, 11-00

5th: Jason Lenning, Sioux Falls Christian, 11-00

Long jump: 

3rd: Eli Gillett, Sioux Falls Christian, 20-6

6th: Ben Witt, Burke, 19-7

7th: Kennan Voss, Sioux Falls Christian, 19-5

Triple Jump: 

2nd: Zach Eklund, Gregory, 39-8

3rd: Kennan Voss, Sioux Falls Christian, 39-5

4th: Gunnar Cuka, West Central, 39-1

7th: Sawyer Tietgen, Burke, 38-2

Girls results: 

60 meters:

2nd: Daniela Lee, Colman-Egan, 7.93

3rd: Lexi Even, Parker, 7.95

5th: Lily Sidel, West Central, 8.21

6th: Emma Goehring, West Central, 8.32

400 meters:

5th: Piper Hanson, Burke, 1:06.74

7th: Addie Steffensen, Arlington, 1:07.45

800 meters: 

1st: Reese Luze, Colman-Egan 2:21.03 (Luze is the defending Class B champion in the 800 meters. Her winning time at the state meet last May was 2:23)

4th: Emma Thomas, Gregory, 2:36

7th: Isabella Brouwer, Andes Central/Dakota Christian, 2:40.53

1600 meters: 

1st: Ellie Maddox, Sioux Falls Christian, 5:15 (Maddox, an 8th-grader is the defending Class A cross-country champion. Her 2nd place time at the 2021 state A track meet was 5:16).

5th: Emma Thomas, Gregory, 5:54

7th: Kaelyn Ulschmid, Arlington, 6:06.47

Sioux Falls Christian 8th-grader Ellie Maddox opened her season by running a 5:15 in the girls 1600 meters at the Dan Lennon Invitational - Photo by Rodney Haas, 605 Sports

3200 meters:

2nd: Kailee Frank, Burke, 12:05.25

6th: Kaelyn Ulschmid, Arlington, 12:48.53

7th: Margaret Vogel, Sioux Falls Christian, 12:56

8th: Jenna Vitek, Scotland, 13:17

60 meter hurdles: 

3rd: Fallan Lundstrom, Canton, 9.79

4th: Piper Hanson, Burke, 9.83

5th: Mackenzie Hemmer, Colman-Egan, 10.11

7th: Hailey Scholten, Sioux Falls Christian, 10.30

8th: Jaryn Warejcka, Canton, 10.54

4 x 200 relay:

3rd: Sioux Falls Christian, 1:53

5th: West Central, 1:57

4 x 400:

1st: Sioux Falls Christian, 4:16.21

1600 Sprint Medley: 

2nd: Sioux Falls Christian, 4:26

4th: Colman-Egan, 4:38

Shot put: 

1st: Gracelyn Leiseth, Hamlin, 47-7 (South Dakota state record is 48-10.75)

6th: Carlee Laubach, Canton, 36-2

7th: Trinity Bietz, Scotland, 35-9

Hamlin's Gracelyn Leiseth opened her season with a 47 plus foot throw in the shot put - Photo courtesy of South Dakota Public Broadcating

High jump: 

3rd: Hadley Carlson, Arlington, 5-0

8th: Brynlee Landis, Colman-Egan, 4-8.00

Pole vault: 

2nd: Rylee Punt, Sioux Falls Christian, 8-6.00

4th: Olivia Binde, Scotland, 7-6.00

6th: Bella Nelson, Sioux Falls Christian, 7-6.00

Long jump: 

2nd: Janae Olson, Parker, 16-2

3rd: Brenna Beyke, Sioux Falls Christian, 16-2

4th: Ashlee VanDriesen, Sioux Falls Christian, 15-11

Triple jump: 

1st: Mackenzie Hemmer, Colman-Egan, 33-4

3rd: Kit Peltier, Canton, 31-11

5th: Hailey Larson, Colman-Egan, 30-9

7th: Brianna Schelhaas, Sioux Falls Christian, 29-7

8th: Lanie Mousel, Colman-Egan, 29-4