LAKE PRESTON — Iroquois/Lake Preston’s Hadlee Holt is looking to cap off a decorated high school career with a pair of state titles.

The Sharks’ senior thrower is off to an outstanding senior season, leading the Class B girls shot put and discus events.

Holt recently recorded a throw of 153-01 at the 101st Howard Wood Dakota Relays on May 2, breaking her previous personal record by nearly 10-feet (143-09) to win the event. 

The mark is now ranked as the 29th best high school girls discus throw in the country this year, and the fifth-best in state history.

“I knew coming in I had a day to make up for after shot put yesterday,” Holt said following her performance in discus on Saturday. “But I prepared, I slept really good, I prayed with my sister and I was like ‘Today’s the day,’ I could just feel it.

“My first throw was out-of-bounds, I looked at my coach and I was like ‘We’re not doing this again.’ But he was like ‘You’ve practiced, you’ve put in the time.’ My coach is just really great, just having him there with me, it meant everything.”

Holt has also surpassed the 40-feet mark in shot put at two different meets this season including a season best 40-11.75 on April 28, but fouled on her first three attempts at Howard Wood.

“Shot put has been going great, I’ve been throwing well over 40 and it’s just a bump in the road,” Holt said. “Going back into the lab on Monday and there’s a purpose for that.”

Holt is a four-time place winner at the state meet in shot put, including three consecutive third-place finishes each of the past three seasons, and has also placed three times in discus, adding a runner-up finish last year.

Now as a senior, she hopes to not only come out on top in both events at the state meet, but hopefully do it alongside her younger sister, Bentlee, who is a freshman thrower for the Sharks.

“The goal is to always come out on top in both and I’ve been fortunate enough to be at the state tournament since I was an eighth grader,” Holt said. “And my sister, right now she’s in the top-24 to come to state and I feel like getting her and myself up on the podium would be a full-circle moment for me and my family.”

But the Lake Preston three-sport athlete has also found success on the court in her time as a Shark.

Iroquois/Lake Preston's Hadlee Holt digs the volleyball during the Dakota Valley Conference volleyball tournament on Oct. 18, 2025, in Arlington. (Jon Akre / 605 Sports)

In the fall, Holt is an all-conference volleyball player recording over 1,000 digs in her career, but she’s found herself in rare air on the girls basketball team.

During her senior year, Holt surpassed 1,000 career points early in the season when she found out she was close to an even bigger milestone: 1,000 career rebounds.

“My aunt (Melanie Olson), she actually coached me,” Holt said. “She goes ‘Do you realize how close you are?’ I didn’t know, but from then on I was like I’m getting this, I don’t care who stands in my way.”

Holt eventually broke both the school rebounding record, set by coach Olson, and ended her career with 1,104 rebounds, the eighth most in state girls basketball history.

“Whenever I got that, it was like everything was coming full circle and my work is paying off,” Holt said.

Iroquois/Lake Preston's Hadlee Holt (35) goes up for a shot during a girls basketball game against De Smet on Jan. 12, 2026, in De Smet. (Jon Akre / 605 Sports)

With all the accolades she’s achieved, Holt says she’s going to miss playing and competing with her younger sister and cousin, Khloe Olson, as she closes out her high school career.

“Doing everything with my sister and my cousin for sure,” Holt said. “Definitely going to miss that.”

But she won’t go far to continue her throwing career. Holt will make the 33-mile trip down Highway 14 to compete at South Dakota State University next season.

With her career in agriculture in mind, Holt says it was a perfect fit for her future. She plans to double major in agricultural business and animal science starting this fall.

“I didn’t know if I wanted to throw or do anything in college until state track after my sophomore year, I was like ‘I think I can do this’,” Holt said. I knew I wanted to go to an ag school so SDSU was always at the top of my list. I got to talking to coach Tyler (Lippert) at SDSU and we kind of clicked right away. I knew some of the girls on the team and knew this was a place I wanted to be. I love the program, love the atmosphere.”