Photo taken and used with permission by Sara Stadem
Both the West Central Trojan girls and boys track teams placed in the top 5 as a team at the 2023 South Dakota State A Track Meet held in Sioux Falls on May 25th through 27th. The girls team finished fifth with 41 points. The boys team took third with 42 team points.
Molli Thornton won the triple jump and long jump and placed second in the 200m dash. The 4x200m relay team of Rayna Goehring, Baylee Poss, Sadie Berg, and Thornton placed second. Cambell Fischer was seventh in the shot put. Berg took eighth in the 400m dash. The 4x800m relay team of Brie Peters, Jazelle Jarding, Cambree Ideker, and Bailey Stallman placed eighth. The 4x100m relay team of Goehring, Poss, Berg, and Alexa Borns placed eighth.
Layton Johnson took second in the 100m dash and third in the 200m dash. Jude Jarding was third in the 400m dash. The 4x400m relay team of Johnson, Elliot DeJong, Wyatt Nielsen, and Jarding was third. The sprint medley relay team of Preston Butts, Mason Berens, Jarding, and Benjamin Strunk took fifth. Nielsen was fifth in the 200m dahs and sixth in the 400m dash. The 4x800m relay team of Dylan Stromer, Jarding, Jonathan Roth, and Strunk placed seventh. Liam Schmeichel took eighth in the 110m hurdles. Carter Schmeichel placed eighth in the 200m dash.
Girls Results
- 4x800m Relay – Finals
- Brie Peters, Jazelle Jarding, Cambree Ideker, Bailey Stallman (8th) – 10:07.06
- 100 Dash – Prelims
- Rayna Goehring – :13.03
- 4x100m Relay – Finals
- Rayna Goehring, Baylee Poss, Sadie Berg, Alexa Borns (8th) – :53.07
- Triple Jump – Finals
- Molli Thornton (1st) – 35’4.75″
- Tessa VanOverbeke (22nd) – 30’9.5″
- 3200m Run – Finals
- Brie Peters (12th) – 11:49.00
- 4x200m Relay – Finals
- Rayna Goehring, Baylee Poss, Sadie Berg, Molli Thornton (2nd) – 1:46.28
- 400m Dash – Prelims
- Sadie Berg – 1:00.81
- Alexa Borns – 1:02.09
- 400m Dash – Finals
- Sadie Berg (8th) – 1:22.91
- 800m Run – Finals
- Bailey Stallman (19th) – 2:29.64
- Brie Peters (24th) – 2:31.63
- 200m Dash – Prelims
- Molli Thornton – :26.77
- Sadie Berg – :27.39
- Rayna Goehring – :27.62
- 200m Dash – Finals
- Molli Thornton (2nd) – :26.85
- 4x400m Relay – Prelims
- Alexa Borns, Clara Nelson, Maya Van Hyfte, Baylee Poss – 4:14.97
- High Jump – Finals
- Tessa VanOverbeke (18th) – 4’8″
- 1600m Run – Finals
- Brie Peters (17th) – 5:28.85
- Shot Put – Finals
- Cambell Fischer (7th) – 38’6″
- Long Jump – Finals
- Molli Thornton (1st) – 16’10.5″
- Emma Goehring (24th) – 12’11.25″
Boys Results
- 110m Hurdles – Prelims
- Liam Schmeichel – :15.31
- 110m Hurdles – Finals
- Liam Schmeichel (8th) – :15.88
- 4x800m Relay – Finals
- Dylan Stromer, Jude Jarding, Jonathan Roth, Benjamin Strunk (7th) – 8:24.34
- 100m Dash – Prelims
- Layton Johnson – :11.00
- 100m Dash – Finals
- Layton Johnson (2nd) – :10.99
- 4x100m Relay – Prelims
- Justin Zirpel, Elliot DeJong, Rylee Hartung, Mason Berens – :45.77
- Sprint Medley Relay – Finals
- Preston Butts, Mason Berens, Jude Jarding, Benjamin Strunk – 3:40.58
- High Jump – Finals
- Dylan Stromer (13th) – 5’10”
- Liam Schmeichel (15th) – 5’10”
- 3200m Run – Finals
- Benjamin Strunk (14th) – 10:11.78
- Jonathan Roth (15th) – 10:15.71
- 4x200m Relay – Prelims
- Mason Berens, Carter Schmeichel, Wyatt Nielsen, Layton Johnson – 1:30.15
- 400m Dash – Finals
- Jude Jarding (3rd) – :49.53
- Wyatt Nielsen (6th) – :50.86
- 300m Hurdles – Prelims
- Liam Schmeichel – :44.37
- 200m Dash – Finals
- Layton Johnson (3rd) – :23.21
- Wyatt Nielsen (5th) – :23.26
- Carter Schmeichel (8th)
- 4x400m Relay – Finals
- Layton Johnson, Elliot DeJong, Wyatt Nielsen, Jude Jarding (3rd) – 3:27.99
- 1600m Run – Finals
- Benjamin Strunk (19th) – 4:40.95
- Long Jump – Finals
- Carter Schmeichel (16th) – 19’1.25″
