Individual Results

The Dell Rapids St Mary Cardinal girls track team was the 2021 State B Runner-up finishing with a total of 66 points at the state track meet at O’Harra Stadium in Rapid City on Friday, May 28th and Saturday, May 29th.

The girls team also set three school records at the state meet.  Ella Heinitz broke her own 100m dash record with a time of :11.99, which also missed the state record by :0.01 seconds.  Madala Hanson set the school record in the 3200m run with a time of 11:30.86.  E. Heinitz also set the school record in the 400m dash with a time of :56.81.

E. Heinitz won the 100m dash and 200m dash.  Hanson won the 1600m run and the 3200m run.  The 4x400m relay team of Maya Heinitz, Hanson, Josie Baumberger, and E Heinitz came home champions.   E. Heinitz had a second place finish in the 400m dash, and the sprint medley relay team of Courtney Brown, Baumberger, M. Heinitz, and Hanson also had a second place finish.

E. Heinitz was named the Outstanding Female Athlete at this year’s state meet.

The boys team also had a number of participants at the state meet.  The Cardinals finished with two points.

Noah Dennis had an eighth place finish in the discus, and the sprint medley relay team of Lucas Flemmer, Sam Palmer, Nic Gaspar, and Connor Libis also placed eighth.

Individual Results

Girls Results

• 100m Dash – Ella Heinitz – 1st – :11.99;
  • Courtney Brown – 10th – :13.05
• 4×800 Relay (Maya Heinitz, Lauren Rasmussen, Stephenie Geraets, Addy Gilbert) – 19th – 11:02.79
• 3200m Run – Madala Hanson – 1st – 11:30.86
• Discus – Jaycee Tebay – 11th – 106’0″
• 1600m Run – Madala Hanson – 1st – 5:22.15
• 4x100m Relay (Josie Baumberger, Sydney Klein, Sophie Schwebach, Courtney Brown) – 14th – :53.61
• 400m Dash – Ella Heinitz – 2nd – :56.81
• Sprint Medley Relay (Courtney Brown, Josie Baumberger, Maya Heinitz, Madala Hanson) – 2nd – 4:25.44
• 200m Dash – Ella Heinitz – 1st – :25.76
• 4x400m Relay (Maya Heinitz, Madala Hanson, Josie Baumberger, Ella Heinitz) – 1st – 4:07.46

Boys Results

• 4x800m Relay (Sam Palmer, Jacob Vogel, Connor Libis, Thomas Eining) – 10th – 8:57.46
• 100m Dash – Lucas Flemmer – 21st – :11.77
• 3200m Run – Jacob Vogel – 16th – 11:20.71
• Discus – Noah Dennis – 8th – 130’8″
• Sprint Medley Relay (Lucas Flemmer, Sam Palmer, Nic Gaspar, Connor Libis) – 8th – 3:50.38
• 4x400m Relay (Sam Palmer, Lucas Flemmer, Nic Gaspar, Connor Libis) – 13th – 3:41.73

The Dell Rapids St Mary Cardinals were at the Region 4B track meet in Chester on Thursday, May 20th.

The girls were the runner-up team with a total of 111 points.  Colman-Egan finished first with 196 points.  The boys team finished fifth with 55 points.

Ella Heinitz had three first place finishes on the day.  She won the 100m dash with a time of :12.32.  E. Heinitz won the 200m dash with a time of :25.34.  She also placed first in the 400m dash with a time of :57.75.  Madala Hanson had two first place finishes.  Hanson won the 1600m run with a time of 5:37.21 and won the 3200m run with a time of 12:41.25.  Jaycee Tebay had a second place finish in the discus.

Jacob Vogel was the region champion in the 3200m run with a time of 11:05.35.   He also finished second in the 1600m run.  The 4x400m relay team of Lucas Flemmer, Nic Gaspar, Sam Palmer, and Connor Libis also placed second.

The State B Track Meet will be held in Rapid City at O’Harra Memorial Stadium on the campus of South Dakota School of Mines & Technology on May 28th and 29th.

Individual Results

Girls Results

Boys Results

Photo taken and used with permission by Tammy Chamley

The 2021 Dakota Valley Conference track meet was held in Estelline on Thursday, May 13th.  The Cardinal boys finished third as a team with 99.5 points.  The girls team was fourth with 85 points.  Elkton-Lake Benton won the boys team title, and Colman-Egan won the girls title.

Madala Hanson took home the conference title in the 400m dash with a time of 1:02.67.  Hanson also won the 3200m run in a time of 12:29.46.  Courtney Brown was second in the 100m dash.  Jaycee Tebay was second in the discus.  Maya Heinitz had a third place finish in the 400m dash.  Lauren Rasmussen was third in the 3200m run, and the 4x100m relay team of Josie Baumberger, Sophie Schwebach, Sydney Klein, and Brown also had a third place finish.

Lucas Flemmer was conference champ for the boys in the 100m dash with a time of :11.39.  Noah Dennis won the discus with a throw of 124’01”.  Connor Libis placed second in the 800m run.  Nic Gaspar was second in the 300m hurdles.  The 4x800m relay team of Libis, Thomas Eining, Sam Palmer, and Jacob Vogel also had a second place finish.  Vogel finished third in the 3200m run.

St Mary will be at the Region 4B meet in Chester on Thursday, May 20th.

Individual Results

Girls Results

Boys Results

Photo taken and used with permission by Tammy Chamley

Records continue to keep falling in the 2021 season for the Dell Rapids St Mary Cardinal track team.  Two more records were broken at the Dell Rapids Invite on Monday, May 10th.

The girls 4x100m relay team of Madala Hanson, Courtney Brown, Josie Baumberger, and Ella Heinitz broke the school record with a time of :51.9 (third place finish), which beats the old record of :53.04.  The sprint medley relay team of Hanson, Maya Heinitz, E. Heinitz, and Courtney Brown also broke the school record with a time of 4:21.55 and placed first in the event.  The old record was 4:32.64.

Jaycee Tebay had a fourth place finish in the discus.  M. Heinitz was fourth in the 400m run, and Lauren Rasmussen had a fourth place finish in the 3200m run.

For the boys team, Jacob Vogel won the 3200m run with a time of 10:52.47.  Connor Libis placed second in the 800m run.  Nic Gaspar also had a second place finish in the 300m hurdles, and Noah Dennis was second in the discus.

The boys team finished fourth with a total of 67 points on the day.  The girls team had 32 points and finished seventh as a team.

Individual Results

Girls Results

Boys Results

The Dell Rapids St Mary Cardinal track team had their most successful Howard Wood Dakota Relay meet in school history on Friday, April 30th and Saturday, May 1st.  The team also set more school records over the weekend.

The girls 4x200m relay team of Courtney Brown, Madala Hanson, Josie Baumberger, and Ella Heinitz won with a time of 1:47.80, setting a new school record.  The 4x400m relay team of Maya Heinitz, Hanson, Baumberger, and E. Heinitz also won with a time of 4:12.39, breaking the school record they set earlier in the year by five seconds.  E. Heinitz placed second in the 100m dash with a time of :12.28.  The 4x800m relay team of M. Heinitz, Hanson, Stephanie Geraets, and Addy Gilbert had a fifth place finish.  Hanson placed sixth in the 1600m run with a time of 5:19.46, which beat the previous school record held by Christina Vogel by :13.58 seconds!  E. Heinitz also finished seventh in the 200m special event with a time of :26.35.

The boys 4x800m relay team of Connor Libis, Sam Palmer, Thomas Eining, and Jacob Vogel had a sixth place finish with a time of 9:08.50.

Some of the other members of the St Mary track team participated in the O’Gorman Invitational in Sioux Falls on Friday, April 30th.

Courtney Brown had a fourth place finish in the 100m dash.  The 4x100m relay team of Sophie Schwebach, Ella Griffin, Sydney Klein, and Brown placed eighth.  The 4x200m relay team of Schwebach, Griffin, Klein and Brown also had an eighth place finish.   Seth Roemen placed third in the 300m hurdles with a time of :48.20.

The Cardinals will be at the Baltic Invitational in Baltic on Tuesday, May 4th.

Individual Results

Girls Results – Howard Wood

Boys Results – Howard Wood

Girls Results – O’Gorman

Boys Results – O’Gorman

The Dell Rapids St Mary Cardinal track team had another good showing on Tuesday, April 27th.  The Cardinals traveled to Estelline for the Pat Giligan-Alumni Track Meet.  Twenty-one different schools participated in the meet.

The girls team finished fourth with a total of 56 points.  Colman-Egan won the girls team title with 129.5 points.  The boys team finished fifth with 58 total points.  Estelline/Hendricks won the boys title with 86.33 points.

Madala Hanson had a first place finish in the 800m run with a time of 2:33.95 and then had a first place finish in the 1600m run with a time of 5:37.95.  The 4x200m relay team (Josie Baumberger, Maya Heinitz, Sydney Klein, Courtney Brown) had a second place finish.

The boys teams had several second place finishers.  Connor Libis finished second in the 800m run.  Jacob Vogel was second in the 1600m run.  The 4x800m relay team (Thomas Eining, Sam Palmer, Vogel, Libis) placed second.  Noah Dennis was second in the discus as well.

The Cardinals will be in Sioux Falls on Friday, April 30th for the O’Gorman Invitational.

Individual Results

Girls Results

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Photo taken and used with permission by Tammy Chamley

Ella Heinitz doesn’t appear to be ready to stop setting records for the St Mary track team.  After already setting school records for the 100m and 200m dash earlier this year, along with setting the fastest 60m dash time in South Dakota Class B history, Heinitz set the school record and meet record in the 400m dash at the Tom Main Track Meet in Chester on Saturday, April 24th.

Heinitiz finished first with a time of :57.74.  She also finished first in the 100m dash with a time of :11.94 seconds.  Heinitz wasn’t the only athlete with a first place finish on the day.

Lauren Rasmussen placed first in the 3200m run with a time of 13:25.10.

Connor Libis had a second-place finish in the 800m run, and Noah Dennis placed second in the discus.

This girls team finished fifth overall with 84 points.  The boys team finished seventh with 56 points.

St Mary will be at the Pat Giligan-Alumni Meet in Estelline on Tuesday, April 27th for their next meet.

Individual Results

Girls Results

Boys Results