WSC Indoor Track & Field Results From SDSU Holiday Invite

WSC Indoor Track & Field Results From SDSU Holiday Invite
Courtesy of Wayne State College.

BROOKINGS, SD – With about a month and a half between competitions, the Wayne State College women’s and men’s indoor track and field team opened with a holiday invitational.

From Sanford-Jackrabbit Athletic Complex in Brookings, South Dakota, WSC took part in the South Dakota State Holiday Invite on Friday and Saturday, December 2 – 3.

The Wayne State College women placed fourth in the team standings with 41 points.

In the women’s division, South Dakota topped South Dakota State 180-156.5 with Dordt third at 49 points. Augustana followed WSC in fifth with 40 points while Hastings took sixth with 32.  11 teams scored points in the meet.

Wayne State throwers hit two NCAA provisional marks with one event win.

Graduate student Mckenzie Scheil (Fillmore Centra HS) opened the season with an event win in the weight throw, recording an NCAA provisional mark of 64’ 3 ¾”. She also placed fourth in the shot put at 43’ 1 ½”.

Senior Brooklynn Chipps (Clearwater HS) also reached an NCAA provisional mark placing third in the weight throw at 58’ 6 ½”.  Other top 10 finishers for WSC in the weight throw were Kendra Paasch eighth (52’ 10 ¼”) and Reilly Young 10th (51’ ¼”).

Paasch was the top WSC finisher in the shot put placing third with a mark of 43’ 2 ½” and added a fourth place mark Saturday in the discus throwing 143’ 2 ½” while Reilly Young took seventh in the discus at 131’ 8 ¾”.

Sixth place finishes were posted by Sarah Cotton in the 200-meter dash in a time of 26.18 seconds, junior Kelsey Larsen was sixth in the 3,000-meter run at 10:54.32 and Keyla Sambo in the triple jump (35’ 4 ½”).

Junior Emily Smollen had a pair of top 10 finishes, taking seventh in the triple jump (34’ 11 ¾”) and ninth in the long jump with a mark of 16’ 11 ¼”.

Freshman Jozlyn Barnes (Plattsmouth HS) had a seventh place finish in the 800-meter run with a time of 2:33.63.

 

Moving into men’s competition, sophomore Logan Moeller opened with event wins in the long jump and triple jump to lead Wayne State College.

Moeller, a graduate of Pierce High School, opened the day with a first place finish in the long jump at 23’ 1 ¾” and later posted another first place mark in the triple jump with a leap of 47’ ¾”.

Another highlight for the Wildcat men was a new school record in the 300-meter dash as freshman Alex Leuenberger (Waverly HS) broke a 30-year-old record in the event placing third in 35.42 seconds.  The old school record was 36.4 set by Todd Rolfes in 1991.  Platteview freshman Mitchell Rudie also eclipsed the previous school record in the event with a fourth place finish at 36.01 seconds while Norris freshman Austin Madsen took sixth in the event at 36.90 seconds.

Senior thrower Grant Fritsch took fifth place in the weight throw (57’ 5 ½”).

Sophomore Braden Johnson placed sixth in the long jump (21’ 4 ¾”), freshman Keaton Wattier (O’Neill HS) was seventh in the finals of the 60-meter dash in 8.52 seconds while Wakefield junior Gabe Peitz took eighth in the one mile run at 4:30.61.

In the high jump, Wisner-Pilger junior Dylan Kneifl claimed seventh place at 6’ 6 ¾” while sophomore Alex Brandt took ninth clearing 6’ 4 ¾”.

Sophomore Daniel Elge was seventh in the shot put with a top mark of 48’ 4 ½” while freshman Daylin Mallory (Norfolk HS) was eighth at 48’ 3 ¼”.

The Wildcat 4 x 400 meter relay team, consisting of freshmen Rudie, Leuenberger, Madsen and Edgar Rodriguez took seventh in a time of 3:28.17.

The Wayne State College women’s and men’s indoor track and field team will resume their 2023 schedule with the South Dakota Kickoff Meet at the Dakota Dome in Vermillion on Saturday, January 14.

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