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The Dell Rapids St Mary Cardinal track team was back in action on Saturday, April 17th in Garretson. The girls team finished sixth with 57.5 team points. The boys team finished eighth with 26 team points.
Ella Heinitz hit new official records for in the 100m and 200m dashes. Heinitz finished with a time :12.24 in the 100m dash and :25.34 in the 200m dash.
St Mary will be in Alcester on Tuesday, April 20th.
The Dell Rapids St Mary Cardinal track team was finally able to get their full team to a meet on Thursday, April 15th, and they put on a show in Menno. Five new school records were set at the meet.
Ella Heinitz broke two individual records in the 100m dash and 200m dash. E. Heinitz finished the 100m in a time of :12.3 breaking her old record, along with Courtney Brown, of :12.5. E. Heinitz finished the 200m in a time of :25.92, breaking the old record of :26.8.
The girls 4x400m relay team of Madala Hanson, E. Heinitz, Maya Heinitz, and Josie Baumberger set a new school record with a time of 4:17.5 besting the record set in 2008 by Breanna Wolles, Whitney Michel, Brooke Wolles, and Ellie Everist.
The javelin event is a new event being added this year, and Max Herber and Jaycee Tebay set the Cardinal standard for the event in Menno. Herber had a throw of 116’7″, and Tebay had a throw of 82’8″.
As for the team score, the Cardinal girls finished fifth with a total of 75 points. Colman-Egan finished first with 98.5 points. Beresford was second with 96 points, and Menno placed third with 92.5 points.
The boys team finished with a total of 34 points. Hanson was first with 131.5 points. Beresford was second with 81 points, and Menno was third with 67 points.
Individual Results
Girls Results
100m Dash
200m Dash
400m Dash
800m Run
3200m Run
100m Hurdles
300m Hurdles
4x100m Relay
4x200m Relay
4x400m Relay
4x800m Relay
1600m Sprint Medley Relay
High Jump
Long Jump
Triple Jump
Shot Put
Discus
Javelin
Boys Results
100m Dash
200m Dash
400m Dash
800m Run
1600m Run
3200m Run
110m Hurdles
300m Hurdles
4x100m Relay
4x400m Relay
4x800m Relay
High Jump
Long Jump
Triple Jump
Shot Put
Discus
Javelin
The 2021 South Dakota High School track season will have some changes in the way athletes qualify for the state meet.
Prior to this season, athletes qualified for the state meet by meeting a standard time/distance/height or by finishing in the top two of their event in the region meet. Starting with this season, the state qualifiers will be the “Top 24” in each of the event after the regional meets have finished. There will be no more automatic qualifiers from the region meets.
Results of the meets throughout the season will be entered at Athletic.net or the SDHSAA website. Coaches will need to have performances entered into either of the sites before the start of the state meet to help determine the “Top 24”.
Athletes and fans can follow the top performances throughout the year by creating a free account at the Athletic.net and following this page: https://www.athletic.net/TrackAndField/SouthDakota/
The state meet will also be slightly different due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Each of the three classes will compete both days of the state meet at their own locations. Class AA will be in Sturgis at Woodle Field. Class A will compete at Lyle Hara Stadium at Black Hills State University in Spearfish. Class B will be held at O’Hara Memorial Stadium on the campus of SDSM&T in Rapid City.
The South Dakota High School Activities Association is requesting that all fans attending the state meet wear masks and remain socially distant during the event as much as possible.
Senior Ella Heinitz competed at the Lancer Indoor Open track meet in Yankton on Wednesday, March 24th, to start the 2021 Dell Rapids St Mary Cardinal track season. Heinitz competed in the 60m dash and the 200m dash events.
She finished second in the 60m dash with a time of 7.85. That time was the sixth fastest of all time in South Dakota high school history and the now the fastest ever time in Class B. The fastest time in Class B was 7.99, which was set by Carly Carper of Oldham-Ramona/Rutland.
Heinitz also finished second in the 200m dash with a time of 26.09.
Heinitz, along with the rest of the St Mary track team, will be at the Chester Booster Club Meet on April 13th.
Several Dell Rapids St Mary and Dell Rapids track athletes competed in the 2019 South Dakota State Track meet on Friday, May 24th and Saturday, May 25th. The opening round for Class B was held at Howard Wood Field on Friday, while the opening round for Class A was held at Tea Area High School. All the classes were then at Howard Wood Field in Sioux Falls on Saturday.
The Quarriers had five top eight finishes, and the Cardinals had eight top eight finishes at the state track meet.
Individual Girls Results
Shot Put
3200m Run
800m Run
4x800m Relay
Long Jump
Triple Jump
100m Dash
400m Dash
Sprint Medley Relay – Prelims
200m Dash
High Jump
4x100m Relay
Discus
Individual Boys Results
4x800m Relay
Long Jump
Triple Jump
Discus
300m Hurdles
1600m Run
High Jump
The Dell Rapids St Mary Cardinal girls and boys track team traveled to Elkton for the Region 4B track meet on Thursday, May 16th. Athletes that hadn’t qualified for state at previous meets by meeting the SDHSAA standards could qualify for state by placing first or second in their events at the region meet.
The St Mary girls were fifth with 75 points. Colman-Egan won the girls region team title with 139 points, just one point better than Hanson with 138 points. Chester Area was third with 115 points, and Elkton-Lake Benton was fourth with 80 points.
The Cardinal boys also finished fifth with 82 points. Chester Area won the boys title with 124 points. Hanson was second with 117 points. Elkton-Lake Benton finished third with 86 points, and Colman-Egan placed fourth with 83 points.
For the Dell Rapids St Mary athletes that will be participating in the 2019 Class A State Track Meet, the prelim events will be held on Friday, May 24th at Howard Wood Field in Sioux Falls. The finals will be held on Saturday, May 25th also at Howard Wood Field in Sioux Falls.
Individual Girls Results
4x800m Relay
100m Dash
4x200m Relay
1600m Run
4x100m Relay
400m Dash
Sprint Medley Relay
800m Run
200m Dash
3200m Run
Shot Put
Discus
Long Jump
Triple Jump
Individual Boys Results
4x800m Relay
110m Hurdles
100m Dash
4x200m Relay
1600m Run
4x100m Relay
400m Dash
300m Hurdles
Sprint Medley Relay
800m Run
200m Dash
3200m Run
4x400m Relay
Shot Put
Discus
High Jump
Long Jump
Triple Jump
The Dell Rapids St Mary Cardinal track team traveled to De Smet for the 2019 Dakota Valley Conference meet on Thursday, May 9th.
The boys team finished second with a score of 103 points. Deubrook Area finished first with 114 points. De Smet tied St Mary for second with 103 points as well. The girls team had a fourth-place finish with 72 points. Deubrook Area also won the girls title with 185 points. Colman-Egan was second with 133.5 points, and Estelline/Hendricks was third with 107.5 points.
Ella Heinitz and Courtney Brown had state-qualifying runs in the 100m dash. Heinitz placed first with a time of :12.41, and Brown was second with a time of :12.64. Heinitz also had a state-qualifying run in the 200m dash with a second place finish of :26.78 as well as a state-qualifying, first-place finish in the 400m dash with a time of 1:00.71. Maddie Schwebach had a state-qualifying, first-place throw in the discus of 112’2″. Weston Geraets had a state-qualifying, first-place jump in the triple jump of 41’7″.
The Cardinals will travel to Elkton for the Region 4B Meet on Thursday, May 16th.
Individual Results
2019 DVC Results
Photo taken and used with permission by Tammy Chamley, Dells City Journal
The Dell Rapids Quarrier track team hosted the Dell Rapids St Mary Cardinal track team and nine others at the Quarrier Invite on Monday, May 6th. Despite the cool temperatures and light rain showers, the track meet was able to be fully completed.
The Quarrier girls team finished third with a total of 86 points, and the Cardinals girls team finished sixth with 59 points. Colman-Egan won the girls team title with 90 points, and Canton was second with 88 points.
Photo taken and used with permission by Tammy Chamley, Dells City Journal
The Quarrier boys finished second in team points with 91. The Cardinal boys finished eighth with 36 points. Sioux Falls Christian was first with 120 points, and Baltic placed third with 53 points.
Dell Rapids St Mary will be at the DVC Meet in De Smet on Thursday, May 9th. Dell Rapids will be in Tea for the Dak XII Conference meet also on Thursday, May 9th.
Individual Girls
4x800m Relay
4x200m Relay
400m Dash
800m Run
4x400m Relay
Triple Jump
100m Dash
4x100m Relay
Sprint Medley Relay
3200m Run
Long Jump
Discus
1600m Run
300m Hurdles
200m Dash
High Jump
Shot Put
Individual Boys
110m Hurdles
1600m Run
300m Hurdles
200m Dash
High Jump
Shot Put
4x800m Relay
4x200m Relay
400m Dash
800m Run
4x400m Relay
Triple Jump
100m Dash
4x100m Relay
Sprint Medley Relay
Long Jump
Discus
The Dell Rapids St Mary Cardinal track team had a good weekend of meets on Friday, May 3rd and Saturday, May 4th at the O’Gorman Invite and Howard Wood Relays. Three girl relay records were broken over the weekend!
Storms forced the cancellation of the O’Gorman Invite midway through the event on Friday, but the Cardinals were able to still get three 1st place finishes, a second place finish, a third place finish, a fourth place finish, and two eighth place finishes.
Saturday at the Howard Wood Relays was a great day for the relay team of Courtney Brown, Ella Griffin, Sydney Klein, and Ella Heintiz. The team took 4th place in the 4x100m relay with a school record time of :53.08. They also had an 8th place finish in the Sprint Medley relay with a state-qualifying and school record time of 4:32.68. They also broke a third school record by placing 8th in the 4x200m relay with a time of 1:52.67.
St Mary will be at the Dells Invite on Monday, May 6th.
Girls Results – O’Gorman
Long Jump
Discus
Shot Put
400m Dash
100m Dash
1600m Run
Girls Results – Howard Wood Relays
Discus
4x200m Relay
4x100m Relay
Sprint Medley Relay
Boys Results – O’Gorman
Triple Jump
Long Jump
Discus
Shot Put
100m Dash
1600m Run
300m Hurdles
4x200m Relay
4x100m Relay
400m Dash
Boys Results – Howard Wood Relays
Triple Jump
300m Hurdles
The Dell Rapids St Mary Cardinals went back to Estelline for the Pat Gilligan Alumni Invitational on Tuesday, April 23rd. Twenty different teams participated in the event for the girls and 24 teams participated for the boys.
The St Mary Cardinal girls team finished with a total of 57 points for sixth. Colman-Egan won the girls title with 93 points. Estelline/Hendricks was second with 78 points, and Deubrook Area finished third with 72 points. The Cardinal boys team had a 14th place finish with 21 points. Milbank placed first with 104.25 points. Northwestern was second at 66 points, and James Valley Christian placed third with 59 points.
Ella Heinitz qualified for state in the 100m dash with a second place time of :12.67. Maddie Schwebach also had a state-qualifying throw in the discus with a first-place throw of 120’5″.
St Mary will be in Chester on Saturday, April 27th for the Tom Main Track Meet.
Individual Results:
Pat Gilligan Alumni Invite Track Meet Results