SPEARFISH - At the beginning of the season, Morgan Fiedler had never even tried the triple jump. On Friday, the Aberdeen Roncalli junior won the Class A state championship in the event at Lyle Hare Stadium.
"I fully did not expect it at all," Fiedler said of her state title. "I would have been so happy with 8th place, because I PRd by almost two feet."
Fiedler's winning attempt was 35-feet 71/4-inches. Pretty remarkable considering she was running back and forth competing in the 100-meter dash prelims at the same time.
"That is one of the things that makes me the most nervous in track is when things overlap," Fiedler said. "After I was done running my 100, I just felt good and was ready to keep jumping."
Fiedler ended up finishing fourth in the 100 as well.
The state title is the second for Fiedler in the past three months. She was a key member of Roncalli's girls' basketball team that won the State A championship last March.
"I am so thankful and so grateful. It’s 
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