PIERRE – Track & Field athletes Maya Shorter and Tucker Putzier are the Pierre Athletic Coaches Association-Avera Athletes of the Week for the week ending April 30.
At the Al Salhi Invitational in Aberdeen on April 28, Shorter won the discus with a personal-best 115 feet, 10 and a half inches. She also set a personal-best in the javelin, finishing third at 103 feet, four inches and finishing third. In a relatively rare achievement, Shorter is qualified for state track in three events, the discus, javelin and shot put. At the end of April, Shorter was fourth in the AA girls ranking in discus, 10th in javelin and 13th in shot put. Also, she carries a 4.0 GPA.
Putzier set a meet record in Aberdeen by winning the 200 meters in 22.56 seconds, leaving him seventh among AA boys. Putzier also ran on Pierre’s winning 4×100 meter relay team.
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