The West Central Trojan girls and boys track teams had another strong showing early in the 2023 season. West Central had multiple top eight finishes at the Dan Lennon Invite at the USD Dakota Dome on Tuesday, March 28th.
Molli Thornton took second place in the long jump. Drew Caffrey was third in the 3200m run. The 4x200m relay team of Emma Goehring, Alexa Borns, Baylee Poss, and Thornton finished third. Goehring also placed fifth in the 60m dash and sixth in the long jump. Brie Peters finished eighth in the 1600m run.
Benjamin Strunk won the 1600m run and placed seventh in the 800m run. The 4x400m relay team of Wyatt Nielsen, Carter Schmeichel, Jude Jarding, and Layton Johnson had a second place finish. Johnson took third in the 60m dash. Jonathan Roth had a fourth place finish in the 3200m run and eight place finish in the 800m run. Jarding was seventh in both the 400m dash and long jump.
Girls Results
Boys Results
60 Meter Dash Varsity – Finals |
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3. | 11 | Layton Johnson | 7.09aPR | West Central | |||||||||
60 Meter Dash Varsity – Semi-Finals |
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3. | 11 | Layton Johnson | 7.13a | West Central | |||||||||
60 Meter Dash Varsity – Prelims |
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2. | 11 | Layton Johnson | 7.12a | West Central | |||||||||
28. | 10 | Rylee Hartung | 7.64aPR | West Central | |||||||||
400 Meters Varsity – Finals |
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7. | 11 | Jude Jarding | 54.49aPR | West Central | |||||||||
8. | 12 | Wyatt Nielsen | 54.77aPR | West Central | |||||||||
33. | 10 | Aiden Bartmann | 59.49aPR | West Central | |||||||||
800 Meters Varsity – Finals |
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7. | 11 | Benjamin Strunk | 2:11.54aPR | West Central | |||||||||
8. | 10 | Jonathan Roth | 2:14.69aPR | West Central | |||||||||
17. | 10 | Patrick Hammond | 2:19.17aPR | West Central | |||||||||
1600 Meters Varsity – Finals |
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1. | 11 | Benjamin Strunk | 4:41.58aPR | West Central | |||||||||
20. | 10 | Jacob Peterson | 5:24.81aSR | West Central | |||||||||
40. | 10 | Evan Jaton | 5:50.61aPR | West Central | |||||||||
3200 Meters Varsity – Finals |
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4. | 10 | Jonathan Roth | 10:30.65aPR | West Central | |||||||||
29. | 10 | Kade Hruby | 12:52.14aPR | West Central | |||||||||
34. | 10 | Parker Menning | 12:56.90a | West Central | |||||||||
60m Hurdles – 39″ Varsity – Prelims |
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32. | 12 | Xzavian Ferris | 10.39aPR | West Central | |||||||||
4×200 Relay Varsity – Finals |
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1:43.65a | West Central – A | ||||||||||
4×400 Relay Varsity – Finals |
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3:44.14a | West Central – A | ||||||||||
SMR 200-200-400-800m – [2-2-4-8] Varsity – Finals |
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4:10.63a | West Central – A | ||||||||||
Shot Put – 12lb Varsity – Finals |
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52. | 12 | Curtis Froke | 9.81mPR | West Central | |||||||||
78. | 12 | Abram Maras | 7.83m | West Central | |||||||||
7. | 11 | Jude Jarding | 5.95mPR | West Central | |||||||||
26. | 11 | Layton Johnson | 5.34mPR | West Central | |||||||||
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