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O’Gorman girls hold off Brandon Valley for AA track and field title
Sioux Falls Alea Hardie heads for the front-stretch during her Class AA 1600 title run on Saturday at the South Dakota Track Finals at Howard Wood Field in Sioux Falls.
Rodney Haas - 605 Sports
May 28, 2022
 

The Sioux Falls O’Gorman girls racked up 119.5 points to hold off Brandon Valley (106) and Sioux Falls Lincoln (93) for the Class AA track and field team title. Rapid City Stevens (77) and Sioux Falls Roosevelt (56.5) rounded out the top five. 

Alea Hardie and Libby Castelli were the top two finishers in the 1,600 meter run with Hardie setting a new meet record (4:45.33). Audrey Meyer won the 300-meter hurdles (:46.06) and the Knights earned a 3rd place finish in the sprint medley relay. 

Brandon Valley closed strong on Saturday with a state title from Jayaunna Stroh in the high jump (5-5). The 800-meter relay team and 1,600 meter relay teams both claimed state titles for the Lynx.

Rapid City Stevens’ Baylee Van Zee won the 100-meter hurdles (:15.42). Isabel Peterson of Sioux Falls Roosevelt won gold in the 100-meter dash (:12.27) and the 200-meter dash (:25.59) and also ran a leg on the winning 400-meter relay (:48.96). 

Yankton’s Shae Rumsey won the 400-meter dash (:56.30) while Sioux Falls Lincoln won the sprint medley relay (4:10.69). 

Sioux Falls O’Gorman’s Avery Wittry was the AA girls field event MVP. Alea Hardie won the 800, 1,600 and 3,200 meter runs and was the AA MVP. 


Team Points: 1. Sioux Falls O’Gorman, 119.5; 2. Brandon Valley, 106; 3. Sioux Falls Lincoln, 93; 4. Rapid City Stevens, 77; 5. Sioux Falls Roosevelt, 56.5; 6. Yankton, 55; 7. Watertown, 35; 8. Spearfish, 33.5; 9. Rapid City Central, 31; T-10. Brookings, 30.50; T-10. Harrisburg, 30.5; 12. Sioux Falls Washington, 27; 13. Sioux Falls Jefferson, 24.5; 14. Pierre, 22; 15. Sturgis, 18; 16. Aberdeen Central, 12; 17. Mitchell, 7; 18. Huron, 2. 

100-Meter Hurdles: 1. Baylee Van Zee, Rapid City Stevens, :15.42; 2. Myah Morris, Watertown, :15.43; 3. Dymond Nave, Sioux Falls Lincoln, :15.44; 4. Claire Fierro, Rapid City Stevens, :15.72; 5. Nyariek Kur, Sioux Falls Washington, :15.75; 6. Jayaunna Stroh, Brandon Valley, :15.89; 7. Lauren Hruby, Harrisburg, :15.95; 8. Tayla Dobrenski, Brookings, :15.96. 

100-Meter Dash: 1. Isabel Peterson, Sioux Falls Roosevelt, :12.27; 2. Soraya Espino, Sioux Falls Roosevelt, :12.55; 3. Lauren Merkley, Sioux Falls Lincoln, :12.57; 4. Meghan Walker, Brandon Valley, :12.58; 5. Matayah Yellow Mule, Rapid City Central, :12.68; 6. Isabelle Hardmeyer, Rapid City Central, :12.71; 7. Gracie Rife, Aberdeen Central, :12.94; 8. Linnea Nesheim, Sioux Falls Lincoln, :12.99.

800-Meter Relay: 1. Brandon Valley (Elaina Rice, Katie Wentzy, Madison Pederson, Meghan Walker), 1:43.86; 2. Sioux Falls Lincoln, 1:44.74; 3. Rapid City Stevens, 1:45.79; 4. Sturgis Brown, 1:45.83; 5. Brookings, 1:46.06; 6. Mitchell, 1:46.41; 7. Sioux Falls Washington, 1:47.07; 8. Aberdeen Central, 1:47.41. 

1,600-Meter Run: 1. Alea Hardie, Sioux Falls O’Gorman, 4:45.33 (Meet Record); 2. Libby Castelli, Sioux Falls O’Gorman, 4:57.06; 3. Ali Bainbridge, Sioux Falls Lincoln, 4:58.33; 4. Hailey Uhre, Rapid City Stevens, 5:06.62; 5. Brionna Holso, Rapid City Stevens, 5:06.52; 6. Addison Scholten, Brandon Valley, 5:07.41; 7. Peyton VanDeest, Spearfish, 5:09.78; 8. Ruth Pardy, Sioux Falls O’Gorman, 5:10.57. 

400-Meter Relay: 1. Sioux Falls Roosevelt (Soraya Espino, Isabel Peterson, Emily Schuck, Ava Steffen), :48.96; 2. Rapid City Central, :49.08; 3. Sioux Falls Lincoln, :49.38; 4. Brookings, :50.12; 5. Rapid City Stevens, :50.13; 6. Aberdeen Central, :50.74; 7. Sioux Falls Washington, :51.18; 8. Huron, :52.15. 

400-Meter Dash: 1. Shae Rumsey, Yankton, :56.30; 2. Soraya Espino, Sioux Falls Roosevelt, :57.26; 3. Mia Wentzy, Brandon Valley, :57.37; 4. Meghan Walker, Brandon Valley, :57.91; 5. Annika Gordon, Yankton, :58.55; 6. Sydnee Serck, Yankton, :59.70; 7. Julia Eggert, Sioux Falls O’Gorman, :59.87; 8. Lizzie Tyler, Mitchell, :59.96. 

300-Meter Hurdles: 1. Audrey Meyer, Sioux Falls O’Gorman, :46.06; 2. Tierney Faulk, Yankton, :46.71; 3. Lauren Hruby, Harrisburg, :46.93; 4. Anna Hoffman, Spearfish, :47.23; 5. Dymond Nave, Sioux Falls Lincoln, :47.61; 6. Madyson Wolfe, Rapid City Central, :47.67; 7. Joy Bilal, Sioux Falls Lincoln, :48.26; 8. Claire Fierro, Rapid City Stevens, :49.14. 

Sprint Medley Relay: 1. Sioux Falls Lincoln (Linnea Nesheim, Jennifer Noutsougan, Ivy Pudwill, Ali Bainbridge), 4:10.69; 2. Sturgis, 4:14.67; 3. Sioux Falls O’Gorman, 4:14.93; 4. Brandon Valley, 4:19.42; 5. Brookings, 4:21.58; 6. Mitchell, 4:23.34; 7. Yankton, 4:25.05; 8. Sioux Falls Jefferson, 4:30.76. 

High Jump: 1. Jayaunna Stroh, Brandon Valley, 5-5; 2. Avery Kirk, Spearfish, 5-4; T-3. Nancy Peter, Sioux Falls Jefferson, 5-2; T-3. Tayla Dobrenski, Brookings, 5-2; 5. Cadence Nuttbrock, Sioux Falls Jefferson, 5-2; T-6. Danielle Beck, Pierre, 5-0; T-6. Ciara Frank, 5-00; T-6. Kennedy Keiper, Brandon Valley, 5-0. 

200-Meter Dash: 1. Isabel Peterson, Sioux Falls Roosevelt, :25.59; 2. Meghan Walker, Brandon Valley, :25.67; 3. Lauren Merkley, Sioux Falls Lincoln, :25.83; 4. Soraya Espino, Sioux Falls Roosevelt, :26.36; 5. Madison Pederson, Brandon Valley, :26.46; 6. Isabelle Pederson, Brandon Valley, :26.46; 7. Jayda McNabb, Rapid City Stevens, :26.60; 8. Ellen Merkley, Sioux Falls Lincoln, :26.60. 

1,600-Meter Relay: 1. Brandon Valley (Shelby Bergen, Madison Pederson, Emily Van Roekel, Mia Wentzy), 3:58.27; 2. Yankton, 4:00.57; 3. Spearfish, 4:03.04; 4. Rapid City Stevens, 4:04.12; 5. Sioux Falls Jefferson, 4:10.19; 6. Sioux Falls Roosevelt, 4:10.53; 7. Sioux Falls O’Gorman, 4:11.71; 8. Sturgis Brown, 4:12.70.