The West Central Trojan girls track team captured the 2021 State A Track title with 82 total points at the state meet at Lyle Hare Stadium in Spearfish on Friday, May 28th and Saturday, May 29th. Custer finished second with 66 points.
Averi Schmeichel had a state record time and first place finish in the 100m hurdles. Her prelim time of :14.64 bested the state record time. She finished with a time of :14.85 in the finals. Schmeichel also won the 200m dash, 300m hurdles, and long jump. The 4x100m relay team of Jada VanOverbeke, Lily Sidel, Rylee Haldeman, and Emma Goehring placed first. The 4x200m relay team of Goehring, Sadie Berg, Sidel, and Molli Thornton placed second. Sidel had a second place finish in the long jump.
Schmeichel captured the Outstanding Female Athlete award.
The boys team finished ninth overall with 31 points.
Derek Eidsness placed first in the high jump with a jump of 6’3″. The sprint medley relay team of Layton Johnson, Mason Berens, Eidsness, and Justin Schumacher had a third place finish. The 4x400m relay team of Johnson, Schumacher, Jude Jarding, and Eidsness also had a third place finish.
Individual Results
Girls Results
- 100m Hurdles – Averi Schmeichel – 1st – State record :14.64 (prelims), :14.85 (finals)
- 100m Dash – Emma Goehring – 15th – :13.36;
- Rylee Haldeman – 21st- :13.53
- 4x800m Relay (Tessa VanOverbeke, Jazelle Jarding, Clara Nelson, Ellie McDonald) – 19th – 10:40.68
- 4x200m Relay (Emma Goehring, Sadie Berg, Lily Sidel, Molli Thornton) – 2nd – 1:44.88
- High Jump – Jada VanOverbeke – 12th – 4’10”
- 4x100m Relay (Jada VanOverbeke, Lily Sidel, Rylee Haldeman, Emma Goehring) – 1st – :50.68
- 400m Dash – Sadie Berg – 4th – 1:00.46
- 300m Hurdles – Averi Schmeichel – 1st – :45.24
- SPrint Medley Relay (Jada VanOverbeke, Emma Goehring, Molly Anderson, Jazelle Jarding) – 22nd – 4:44.34
- 200m Dash – Averi Schmeichel – 1st – :25.80;
- Sadie Berg – 3rd – :26.09
- 4x400m Relay (Sadie Berg, Keighlor Nolz, Melissa Anderson, Molli Thornton) – 14th – 4:20.00
- Long Jump – Averi Schmeichel – 1st – 17’10.5″;
- Lily Sidel – 2nd – 16’9.5″;
- Molli Thornton – 4th – 16’9″
- Shot Put – Aysia Hall – 20th – 32’8″
Boys Results
- 110m Hurdles – Tommy Berg – 13th – :16.62
- 4x800m Relay (Dylan Sherard, Ben Strunk, Jude Jarding, Justin Schumacher) – 11th – 8:40.28
- 100m Dash – Mason Berens – 20th – :11.69
- 4x200m Relay (Layton Johnson, Wyatt Nielsen, Mason Berens, Derek Eidsness ) – 7th – 1:32.83
- 3200m Run – Ben Strunk – 18th – 11:03.27
- 100m Dash – Mason Berens – 20th – :11.69
- High Jump – Derek Eidsness – 1st – 6’3″
- Triple Jump – Gunnar Cuka – 14th – 40’3.25″
- 1600m Run – Ben Strunk – 19th – 4:53.47
- 4x100m Relay (Isaiah Colon, Braden Dierickx, Justin Zirpel, Mason Berens) – 9th – :45.62
- Sprint Medley Relay (Layton Johnson, Mason Berens, Dereck Eidsness, Justin Schumacher) – 3rd – 3:41.37
- 200m Dash – Wyatt Nielsen – 22nd – :23.93
- 4x400m Relay (Layton Johnson, Justin Schumacher, Jude Jarding, Derek Eidsness) – 3rd – 3:33.17
- Shot Put – Josh Livermore – 6th – 48’4.25″
- Long Jump – Gunnar Cuka – 5th – 20’10”
