Results from 99th annual Howard Wood Dakota Relays track meet

The 99^th annual Howard Wood Dakota Relays was held in Sioux Falls over the weekend (May 3-4, 2024).

Coach Howard Wood held the first track meet on May 4,1923. Since then, the track meet has evolved into a premier two-day event featuring over 3000 middle school and high school athletes from the upper Midwest.

Each year the Howard Wood Dakota Relays has one “special,” invitation only race for girls and one for boys. This year the girls event was the 800 meter run. Among the eight girls running was Northwestern Area sophomore Ella Boekelheide. She placed 8^th with a time of 2:15:07. Berkeley Engelland from Mount Vernon/Plankinton won the event with a time of 2:10:84.

The boys “special” event was the 200 meter dash. It was won by Jeran McNichols of Bismarck, North Dakota, with a time of 21.24 seconds.

Multiple teams and individual athletes from central South Dakota competed. Some of the girls results were:

• Girls Class B 4×800 Meter Relay: 4th place-Potter County (D Kaup, R Persoon, J Ahlemeier, E Schlachter

• Girls Shotput: 6th place-Reese Terwilliger, Pierre

• Girls 3200M: 5th place-Kinsey Evans, Chamberlain

• Girls 1600 Split Medley Relay: Class B 3rd place-Potter County (K Cronin, F Heien, D Kaup, E Schlachter) Class A 7th place-Mobridge/Pollock (J Netterville, J Thompson, R Thompson, H Olson)

• Girls 400M: 4th place-Charlee Williams-Smith, Pierre

• Girls 100M: 5th place-Kali Ringstmeyer, Pierre

• Girls Class B 4×400 Meter Relay: 2nd place-Potter County (D Kaup, J Ahlemeier, F Heien, E Schlachter)

Some of the boys results were:

• Boys Shot Put: 6th place-Ethan Watson, White River

• Boys Class B 4×800 Meter Relay; 3rd place-Philip (W Burns, A Peterson, T Boe, B Burns)

• Boys Javelin Throw: 7th place-Colter Babcock, Pierre

• Boys Class B 4×200 Meter Relay: 7th place-Philip (R Peterson, L Terkildsen, Jones & L Kuchenbecker) 8th place-Potter County (S Seuer, L Larson, J Simon, C Luikens)

• Boys 3200M: 7th place-Jared Lutmer, Pierre

• Boys 1600 Split Medley Relay: Class B 5th place-Philip (R Peterson, L Terkildsen, L Kuchenbecker, T Larson)

• Boys 400M: 8th place-Carson Stoeser, Pierre

• Boys 100M Special Olympics: 1st-Kaden Cumbow, Pierre

• Boys Class B 4×400 Meter Relay: 5th place-Philip (R Peterson, L Terkilsen, T Larson, L Kuchenbecker) 6th place-Jones County (A Schoon, J Nix, A Best, K Kinsley)

Complete results are available on the Howard Wood Dakota Relays website.