Cherokee Chronicle Times

Braves, Royals, Wolverines compete at Dakota Dome



The Cherokee, MMCRU and River Valley track teams traveled to compete in the Dan Lennon High School Track and Field Meet at the University of South Dakota on March 28.

Cherokee Boys 

Jonathan Jenness had the top placement for the Cherokee boys in the meet with a fourth place finish in the high jump with a leap of 5-09. Jaxon Paulsrud took fifth place in the 400 meter dash with a time of 54.2 seconds while Connor Mahnke placed fifth in the 60 meter hurdles prelims at 9.08 seconds, while teammate Lance Pingel placed 14th at 9.54. Mahnke fell to 10th in the semifinals at 9.21 seconds while Pingel came in 14th again with a time of 9.41. Logan Stowater took 16th in the 1600 meter run at 5:20.22 while Carter Kruse placed 17th in the shot put with a heave of 39-05 with teammate Logan Thorson right behind in 18th at 39-01.25. Isaac Lam came in 18th in the high jump with a leap of 5-03, McKale Schueder placed 18th in the long jump at 18-00.25 and Alex Kohn got 18th in the 800 meter run at 2:19.83. 

In the relays the sprint medley squad of Jenness, Jacob Hurd, Paulsrud and 

Stowater took fourth place with a time of 3:59.31 while the Cherokee ‘B’ team of Wyatt Johnson, Schueder, Kael Miller and Landon Stowater came in 15th in the race at 4:14.32. The 4×200 meter relay crew of Jenness, Paulsrud, Blake Lovell and Hurd took seventh at 1:40.05 and the 4×400 meter relay team of Mahnke, Lam, Henry Lugar and Lovell placed 16th at 4:04.04. 

MMCRU Boys 

Lucas Braun led the Royals with a runner-up finish in the high jump with a leap of 5-11 while Kaden Galles took fifth in the 3200 meter run with a time of 10:40.25 and seventh in the 1600 meter run at 4:59.92. Owen Alesch came in sixth in the 800 meter run at 2:10.96 while Lucan Braun placed sixth in the long jump at 19-09 with teammate Xander Tentinger placed ninth at 18-05.75. Mitchell Schnepf came in 10th in the shot put with a heave of 42-04.75 and Gunnar Johnson placed 16th in the 60 meter dash prelims at 7.42 seconds, but upped his placement to 12th in the semifinals at 7.36 seconds. Brayson Mulder came in 16th in the high jump at 5-05 and Taylor Lukas placed 19th in the 400 meter dash at 57.09. 

In the relays the sprint medley squad of Tentinger, Johnson, Jace Colling 

and Alesch took fifth at 4:01.30 while the MMCRU ‘B’ team of Kaden Neddermeyer, Andrew Barinsky, Lucas Braun and Kyler Bork came in 14th at 4:12.69. The 4×200 meter relay crew of Tentinger, Mulder, Neddermeyer and Johnson came in sixth at 1:39.81 while the 4×400 meter relay squad of Colling, Braun, Bork and Alesch placed eighth at 3:52.55 with the ‘B’ team of Neddermeyer, Michael Peterson, Gage Johnson and Lukas Taylor following in 13th at 3:55.69. 

Cherokee Girls 

Megan Courtright had the top finish for the Brave girls with a 12th place finish in the 1600 meter run with a time of 5:59.39 while also placing 17th in the 3000 meter run at 13:17.28. Ella Simonsen took 13th in the 3200 meter run at 14:34.97 with teammate Abril Mongan finishing soon after in 19th at 15:00.45. Grace Woodall took 15th in the 800 meter run at 2:42.52 and McKenna Benson followed in 19th at 2:45.07 while Kalexis Hyndman came in 16th in the 400 meter dash at 1:06.95. 

In the relays the 4×400 meter relay team of Hyndman, Taylor Christensen, Jada Timmerman and Courtright placed 11th with a time of 4:42.29. The sprint medley squad of Christensen, Laney Wolfswinkel, Hyndman and 

Benson came in 17th at 4:54.15 and the 4×200 meter relay crew of Christensen, Wolfswinkel, Nora Hare and Timmerman took 18th at 2:00.49. 

MMCRU Girls 

Audrey Etter took sixth place in the 3200 meter run with a time of 14:03.29 to top the Royal girls while Isabella Ahlers followed in 11th at 14:30.32. Hannah Neddermeyer tied for 13th place in the high jump with a leap of 4-08. 

River Valley Girls 

Anna Kozora led the Wolverines with a fifth place finish in the high jump with a leap of 4-10 while Natalie Schlenger took sixth in the 400 meter dash with a time of 1:03.81. In the relays the 4×400 meter relay team of Maddie Thomas, Alaina Goettsch, Jacy Jacobson and Schlenger placed 17th at 4:47.87 and the sprint medley squad of Thomas, Olivia Dixon, Schlenger and Kozora got 18th at 4:54.37. 

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