State Track Meet Results

The SBA athletes had a successful weekend at the state track meet in a hot and windy Sioux Falls this past weekend, May 28 and 29. The boys finished in a tie for 12th in the team standings and the girls posted a point with their 8th place finish in the 4x800 relay. Following is a list of SBA place-winners. I have linked the event name with the results pages on the SDPB site.; there you may find the rest of the SBA performances. Also, links will take you to results pages and photos.

Times shown in FAT (Fully automatic timing)
Girls 4x800 Relay - 8th - 10:32.71 - Ann Wilken, Kalli Quicke, Andrea Beckwith, Megan Burma
Boys Medley - 2nd - 3:45.4 - Caleb Crossman, Jake Moreland/James Lee, Cody Weiss, Ethan McClain
Boys 4x800 Relay - 4th - 8:26.7 - Caleb Crossman, Ethan McClain, Christian Svennes, Cole McClain
Boys 300 Hurdles - Caleb Crossman, 2nd - 41.53
Boys 1600 Run - Ethan McClain, 4th - 4:37.87

SDPB Web Site - Meet Results Pages:
 Girls
 Boys
Photo Links: Ethan M., Caleb C., Cole M.

State Track Meet Information

The state track meet is this weekend and a number of athletes are heading to Sioux Falls. The meet will be held May 28-29 at Howard Wood Field. A link to the meet schedule has been given below. Please note that some of the relays are tentative. The team will be staying at the Days Inn on North Cliff Avenue in Sioux Falls. For those interested in having a meal / get-together with the team after the meet on Saturday, we will be eating at the Royal Fork near the mall off 41st St. We look forward to seeing many of you this weekend. For those interested in seeing the meet setup with heat, lane, and flight assignments, follow the links.

Schedule of Events
SBA Participants Schedule

Region 3B Results

The teams competed at Gettysburg on Thursday, May 21 at the regional meet. The girls finished 3rd and the boys 4th. Injuries were a common theme; four boys did not compete, and one other saw just one event. Megan Burma has been struggling with an injury issue and was limited to two events. The following lists show the state qualifiers, boys and girls. All of the girls' events were qualified at the regional meet, and the place at the regional meet is shown along with the event. Links to team scores and results are below.

Girls: Emily Pedersen (100 hurdles - 2nd); Tricia Wilken (300 hurdles - 2nd); Andrea Beckwith (3200 run - 2nd); 4x800 (2nd); Medley (2nd)

Boys: Preston Burma (110 hurdles - 2nd); Caleb Crossman (300 hurdles - previously qualified); Ethan McClain (1600 run - 2nd and previously qualified); Brad Bridgman (2nd and previously qualified); 4x800 (previously qualified); Medley (1st and previously qualified); 4x400 (2nd and previously qualified).

Region 3B Results

Region 3B Setup

Due to a rash of injuries on the boys team, the lineup will be significantly altered from the entry list linked on the last post. The link below will take you to the tentative boys meet setup for the Region 3B meet at Gettysburg. The full event list with schedule will be coming later.

Boys Setup - Tentative

Region 3B Preview

The SBA track teams head to the Region 3B meet at Gettysburg on Thursday, May 20. The forecast is not too bad and prospects look good, though the boys team is still struggling with some sickness and injury. The links below will take you to a meet schedule and the entry list by event. Please note that some of the entries in the open events will be changed. Hope to see you there.

The boys event will involve several top performers in the state. Jeff Mettler from Eureka-Bowdle, Ethan McClain from SBA, and Connor McPeck of Gettysburg will be among the contenders in the middle distance and distance events. Herman Kleinsasser from Sully Buttes leads the boys' sprint events. The Crusader boys have the top performances of the year in the 4x800 and medley relays and are second in the 4x400. In the hurdle events, Caleb Crossman comes in second best in the 300 hurdles and Preston Burma sits third in the 110 high hurdles.

On the girls side Megan Burma of SBA is ranked second in both 1600 and 3200 runs, with Ann Wilken (1600) and Andrea Beckwith (3200) ranked right behind her in 3rd. Emily Pedersen is ranked 2nd in the 100 meter hurdles and Tricia Wilken sits 2nd in the 300 hurdles. The girls 4x800 team comes in second best, and Tricia Wilken comes in ranked third in the pole vault.

Region 3B Schedule of Events

Kadoka Invitational Wrap

The SBA teams competed at the last regular season meet at Kadoka on Saturday, May 15. We had some rain in the morning and mostly calm and mostly cloudy conditions in the afternoon. The boys' team won five events on the day. Preston Burma (110 highs) and Caleb Crossman (300s) swept the hurdle events. Brad Bridgman won the high jump and Ethan McClain placed first in the 3200 run. The 4x800 relay hit a state meet qualifying standard with a time of 8:31.2, just edging out Wall in a great finish. Members of that unit were Caleb Crossman, Christian Svennes, Ethan McClain, and Cole McClain. On the girls' side the 4x800 team of Ann Wilken, Megan Burma, Andrea Beckwith, and Kalli Quicke finished first with a solid time of 10:45.8. Andrea Beckwith also won the 3200 run. The results link below will take you to a document file link with the individual results from the girls and boys teams.

Kadoka Invitational
Team Scores
Results

281 Conference Meet Summary

Girls Win 281 Conference Track Title!

The SBA girls won the conference track meet in Huron on Tuesday, May 11. The Crusader girls scored 149 team points to 129 for second place James Valley Christian and 105 for Hitchcock-Tulare. They jumped out early with 23 points in the high jump. Emily Pedersen won the event in a jump-off with teammate Shanna Moreland. Finishing 4th was Jenna McCrea. The girls had a 2-3-4 finish in the 3200, with Andrea Beckwith, Megan Burma, and Ann Wilken. Kalli Quicke ran for the first time in a few weeks; she is recovering from a knee injury.

The boys' team finished 4th at the conference meet, finishing with 103 points. James Lee, Jake Moreland, Brady Brockel, and Jaden Brockel did not compete due to sickness and injury. Brad Bridgman won the high jump. Ethan McClain was second in both the 1600 and 800 meter runs, hitting state meet qualifying standards in both. His 1600 time of 4:33.9 is also currently second best in the Class B ranks; his 800 time was 2:03.1. The links below will take you to the meet results.

Team Scores
Girls' Results
Boys' Results
SBA Girls Performances

Ipswich Relays

Coach Pedersen took partial girls and boys teams to the Ipswich Relays on Saturday, May 1. See the results from the meet below.

Ipswich Relays

Howard Wood Dakota Relays

Ten of the boys' team members competed in the Howard Wood-Dakota Relays in Sioux Falls on April 30 and May 1. The weather was breezy, cool, and partly cloudy, really not bad all in all. In the individual events our guys competed against athletes from all classes, which made Brad Bridgman's 6th place in the high jump an impressive performance in less than ideal conditions on Saturday morning. In the relays we were class B and placed 5th in the 4x800 and 4x400 relays. All in all the guys performed well, especially given that two were missing. The 4x400 team consisting of Caleb Crossman, Ethan McClain, Cole McClain, and Cody Weiss hit a state qualifying standard of 3:37.2 (converted to HH). Caleb also hit a standard in the 300 hurdles with a time of 42.33, which will be converted to 42.1 for qualifying purposes. I have placed a link below to a page of results including our guys' performances along with the girls special event 800, listed below. Please note that the girls 800 race is listed at the top. Along with that, you can hit the link to all performances at the Dakota Relays site. We will at some point get some information out on the girls and guys that competed in Ipswich on Saturday, May 1.

For the track fan the Dakota Relays was a feast of outstanding competition. We witnessed what must be one of the greatest high school girls 800 performances ever witnessed. Laura Roesler, a senior at Fargo South High School in North Dakota ran a 2:05.76, and she was followed by two young ladies with times in the 2:08 range. In the girls AA 4x400 I timed Roesler in 52.23, just an outstanding time for a high school girl. She will run at the University of Oregon next year. We may never see performances quite like that again.

SBA Results Page
Dakota Relays Results Page