On Tuesday, April 23, Wagner traveled to Dakota Dunes to participate in the Dakota Valley Relays. There was some stiff competition at this meet. While some personal bests were gained there was not a lot of placing for Wagner’s teams.

Ashlyn Koupal won the high jump with a leap of 5’ 5”, her best of the year. She is currently tied with three other girls (two in class A and one in class AA) for the best jump in the state this year. Ashlyn was the only girl to place for Wagner at this meet.

For the boys Jhett Breen continues to impress in the 300 hurdles as he won that event with a time of

41.26. On a side note, it has recently been brought to light (after only 38 years) that we had a mistake on our school records. It appears Dave Roberts had run a 40.30 time in

1986. My apologies for the mistake.

Other placers for the boys at this meet were: High Jump: Shea Kjeldgaard- 5’

5” (T6th) Triple Jump: Caleb Zephier-

37’ 7” (5th), Jesse Zephier- 37’ 5 ¼” (6th) Pole Vault: Karstyn Lhotak- 9’

9” (4th)

400 Relay: Jhett Breen, Gannon Knebel, Javian Pesicka, Brayden Kreber- 46.12 (5th)

800 Relay: Gannon Knebel, Shea Kjeldgaard, Javian Pesicka, Brayden Kreber- 1:38.49 (6th) Mens Varsity Womens Varsity

1. Sioux Falls Christian 161.5

2. Elk Point-Jefferson 96

3. Dakota Valley 87.5

4. Lennox 71

5. Tea Area 63

6. Ethan/Parkston 31

7. Vermillion 28

8. West Central 26

9. Canton 24

10. South Sioux City 20

11. Wagner 10

12. Beresford 1

20 / 20 Events Completed 1. Sioux Falls Christian 153

2. Lennox 87

3. Ethan/Parkston 86.83

4. West Central 62

5. Vermillion 55

6. Tea Area 36

7. Dakota Valley 35

8. Beresford 32

9. Elk Point-Jefferson 26

10. Wagner 24.33

11. Canton 16

12. South Sioux City 6.83 On Thursday, April 25th, the team was back at it as they traveled to Yankton to take part in the First Dakota Relays.

The boys had one champion and that was Jhett Breen who once again triumphed in the 300 hurdles in a time of 41.83. Other boy placers were: Triple Jump: Jesse Zephier- 38’

9” (4th)

400 Relay: Jhett Breen, Gannon Knebel, Javian Pesicka, Brayden Kreber- 45.67 (2nd) The girls had three placers at this meet, all in field events.

High Jump: Ashlyn Koupal- 4’

11” (T2nd) Javelin: Kya Kjeldgaard- 95’

8” (5th) Discus- Macy Koupal- 98’ 8” (6th) There were no team points kept at this meet.

On Tuesday, April 30, Wagner traveled to Scotland to compete in the LMVC meet. A much smaller meet meant more placing for the Red Raiders.

The girls had three champions for the day. Ashlyn Koupal took top honors in the high jump reaching a height of 5’ 2”. Kendra Van Duysen won the 300 hurdles with a time of

57.47. And Presley Slaba won the two-mile run clocking in at 13:39.47. Other placers for the girls were: Discus: Macy Koupal- 120’ 4”

(2nd High Jump: Kya Kjeldgaard- 4’

6” (3rd) Long Jump: Brianna Fuchs-

13’ 10” (2nd), Madi Knebel- 12’ 9 ½” (6th) Pole Vault: Jazlyn Lhotak- 6’

6” (3rd) Javelin: Kya Kjeldgaard- 97’

4” (4th)

100 Hurdles: Cadee Nelson-

18.60 (3rd)

100 Dash: Addi Cuka- 14.38 (4th)

800 Relay: Mateya Bruguier, Lola Weddell, Kalea Kuhlman, Kieradyn Knudsen- 2:05.13 (4th)

1600 Run: Presley Slaba- 6:42.20

(2nd)

400 Relay: Kendra Van Duysen, Roper Lhotak, Brianna Fuchs, Addi Cuka- 55.96 (3rd)

800 Run: Jessica Barnett- 2:59.95

(3rd)

200 Dash: Addi Cuka- 29.35 (2nd)

1600 Relay: Kieradyn Knudsen, Mateya Bruguier, Brianna Fuchs, Roper Lhotak- 5:08.29 (2nd) The boys had a good all-around day and would end up winning the track meet scoring 136.5 points, beating Bon Homme by 11.5. The boys team also had three champions on the day. Jhett Breen won the 300 hurdles with a time of 44.04. Karstyn Lhotak claimed the pole vault title with a vault of 10’ 0”. The 800 relay team of Jhett Breen, Gannon Knebel, Javian Pesicka, and Shea Kjeldgaard won with a

1:37.22 time. Other placers were: Discus: Benny Greger- 101’ 7”

(T6th) High Jump: Shea Kjeldgaard- 5’

4” (T2nd), Vince Bechen- 5’ 2” (4th) Long Jump: Javian Pesicka-

19’ 5 ½” (2nd), Jesse Zephier- 17’

4 ¼” (4th) Triple Jump: Jesse Zephier-

37’ 0” (2nd), Caleb Zephier- 36’ 5 ¼” (4th) Pole Vault: Cruise Koupal- 7’

6” (4th) Javelin: Javian Pesicka- 117’

11” (2nd)

110 Hurdles: Jackson Rolston-

17.93 (2nd)

100 Dash: Shea Kjeldgaard- 12.38

(3rd), Lane Havranek- 12.81 (6th)

1600 Run: Grady Bartunek-

5:41.47 (3rd), AJ Kotab- 5:56.95 (4th)

400 Relay: Jhett Breen, Gannon Knebel, Javian Pesicka, Shea Kjeldgaard- 47.01 (2nd)

400 Dash: Beau Otte- 1:03.74 (6th)

800 Run: Vince Bechen- 2:21.47

(3rd), AJ Kotab- 2:39.86 (6th)

200 Dash: Jackson Rolston-

25.66 (5th)

3200 Run: Grady Bartunek-

12:04.96 (2nd)

1600 Relay: Vince Bechen, Beau Otte, Jesse Zephier, Caleb Zephier-

4:12.00 (2nd)

Womens New Division 1. Bon Homme 134

2. Wagner 113

3. AC/DC 104

4. Avon 81

5. Scotland 62

6. T-D/A 24

Mens New Division 1. Wagner 136.5

2. Bon Homme 125

3. Avon 123

4. AC/DC 92

5. T-D/A 60.5

6. Scotland 20