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
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