Boaz Raderschadt of Watertown among area athletes who got to stand on top of the podium

Roger Merriam, Watertown Public Opinion

SIOUX FALLS — Boaz Raderschadt of Watertown and seven other Watertown and Aberdeen area athletes won events Friday during Day 2 of the South Dakota State Track and Field Championships at Howard Wood Field.

Raderschadt topped the field in the Class AA boys' shot put with a toss of 59 feet, 1.25 inches.

In Class A, Isabelle Bloker of Sioux Valley won the Class A girls' 3,200-meter run in a meet-record time of 10:37.28. Kaleb Foltz of Tri-State won the boys' 800 (1:56.13) run and Cristhian Rodriguez of Hamlin the discus (170-6).

Northwestern runners swept the Class B 800-meter runs with Ella Boekelheide (girls, 2:16.08) and Lincoln Woodring (boys, 2:02.75) topping the field.

Ipswich swept the pole vault events in Class B with Rasmus Loken (boys, 12-9) and Jalyssa Hutson (girls, 10-8).

Boaz Raderschadt of Watertown (second from left) raises hands with some fellow place winners in the Class AA boys' pole vault during the South Dakota State Track and Field Championships on Friday, May 25, 2024 at Howard Wood Field in Sioux Falls. Raderschadt won the event with a toss of 59 feet, 1.25 inches. Elias Gillen of Rapid City Stevens (left) was second, Elijah Detert of Harrisburg (third from right) third and Felipe Gonzalez of Aberdeen Central fifth.

Other area placewinners on Friday include

Class AA Boys

Raderschadt also placed sixth boys' discus (153-3) on Friday for the Arrow boys, who also got an eighth-place finish from Juven Hudson in the long jump (21-0.25) and Dane Stark (9:34.62) in the 3,200 run.

Felipe Gonzalez of Aberdeen Central took fifth (51-0.75) in the shot put.

Dane Stark of Watertown (left) and David VanVeen of Aberdeen Central (527) run the Class AA boys' 3,200-meter run during the South Dakota State Track and Field Championships on Friday, May 25, 2024 at Howard Wood Field in Sioux Falls. Also pictured, from left, are Miles Brekhus of Rapid City Stevens, Mikah Peters of Brandon Valley, Peyton Cast of Douglas, Yankton's Dylan Payer and Sioux Falls Lincoln's Joseh Levesque. Payer took second, Cast third, Brekhus fourth, Peters fifth, VanVeen sixth and Stark eighth in the race.

Class AA Girls

Watertown place winners on Friday included Grace McElroy, sixth in the 3,200 (11:20.14); Makenna Blank, fifth in the long jump (17-7.25); Jordyn Padgett, tied for fourth in pole vault (10-7); and Malia Kranz, fourth in the shot put (41-1.5).

Taryn Hermansen of Aberdeen Central took second in the shot put (41-2.25) and teammate Jaidyn Forsyth placed eighth in the pole vault (10-1).

Kaleb Foltz of Tri-State (right) leads Zac VanMeeteren of Hamlin (left) and Kolter Kramer of Ethan-Parkston to the finish line in the Class A boys' 400-meter dash prelims during the South Dakota State Track and Field Championships on Friday, May 25, 2024 at Howard Wood Field in Sioux Falls. Foltz also won the CLass A boys' 800 on Friday in a time of 1:56.13.

Class A Boys

Three Milbank athletes placed in events on Friday, included Payton Brown (fifth in 800, 1:56.13), Bryan Meyer (eighth in 800, 2:02.38) and Samuel Rick (seventh in triple jump (41-6).

Joe Perkins of Aberdeen Roncalli took eighth in the 3,200 (9:57.8), and Colby Dunker of Groton Area, third in the discus (155-0).

Halle Bauer of Great Plains Lutheran (right) runs in the Class A girls' 400-meter dash prelims against Leah Klock of Ethan-Parkston (left) and Haidyn West of Tea Area during the South Dakota State Track and Field Championships on Friday, May 25, 2024 at Howard Wood Field in Sioux Falls.
Halle Bauer of Great Plains Lutheran (right) runs in the Class A girls' 400-meter dash prelims against Leah Klock of Ethan-Parkston (left) and Haidyn West of Tea Area during the South Dakota State Track and Field Championships on Friday, May 25, 2024 at Howard Wood Field in Sioux Falls.

Class A Girls

Other area place winners included Kamryn Nesheim of Clark-Willow Lake, eighth in the 3,200 (11:22.85); Lindsey Geier of North Central, triple jump (34-9.25); Adison Renkly of Sioux Valley, eighth in the triple jump (34-4) and Josie Andersen of Deuel, sixth in javelin (108-7).

Class B Girls

In the 3,200 run, Madisyn Gellhaus of Ipswich took second (11:43.32), Kenna Walberg of Warner third (11:43.32) and Kaelyn Ulschmid of Arlington fourth (12:06.18).

Nora Olsen of Deubrook Area finished third (2:21.93), Morgan Sumption of Frederick Area sixth (2:25.14) and Emma Schlachter of Potter County eighth (2:25.52) in the 800.

Marley Guthmiller of Ipswich (second, 10-8), Jordyn Jensen of Warner (third, 9-5), Courtney Leidholt of Warner (sixth, 8-5) and Bayleann Moen of Langford Area (eighth, 8-5) also placed in the discus.

Hazel Luethmers of De Smet was fourth in the high jump (5-1), Hadlee Holt of Iroquois-Lake Preston third in the discus (130-5) and Ivey Schoenfelder of De Smet sixth in third in the discus (122-9).

Runners, from left, Nora Olsen of Deubrook Area, Emery Larson of Chester Area, Ella Boekelheide of Northwestern and Payton Kemnitz of Wolsey-Wessington run in the girls' 800-meter run finals during the South Dakota State Track and Field Championships on Friday, May 25, 2024 at Howard Wood Field in Sioux Falls. Boekelheide won the race, followed by Larson and Olsen.

Class B Boys

Other area placers included Nicholas Schlachter of Potter County, fifth in the 3,200 (10:11.01); Gavin Landmark of Deubrook Area, third in 800 (2:04.76); Kalen Godel of Langford Area, fifth in 800 (2:05.88); Jake Burns of Arlington, fourth in pole vault (11-3); Chays Mansfield of Warner, tied for sixth in pole vault (11-3); Dustin Wurtz of Leola, fifth in discus (144-2); George Jensen of De Smet, tied for fifth in high jump (6-0); and Jake Jorenby of Deubrook Area, tied for seventh in the high jump (5-10).

Complete results of the state meet are available at www.athletic.net.

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This article originally appeared on Watertown Public Opinion: Recap of the final two days of the state high school track and field meet

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