Aberdeen Roncalli’s Tyler Berndt leaps for the pit in the boys long jump event Thursday at the Northeast Conference track and field meet in Groton. Photo by John Davis taken 5/13/2021 
Aberdeen Roncalli’s Caden Shelton leaps for the pit in the long jump Thursday at the Northeast Conference track and field meet in Groton. Photo by John Davis taken 5/13/2021 
Milbank’s Bennett Schwenn leaps for the pit in the long jump Thursday at the Northeast Conference track and field meet in Groton. Photo by John Davis taken 5/13/2021 
Hamlin’s Gracelyn Leiseth winds up to throw the discus Thursday at the Northeast Conference track and field meet in Groton. Photo by John Davis taken 5/13/2021 
Aberdeen Roncalli’s Sophia Madsen winds up to throw the discus Thursday at the Northeast Conference track and field meet in Groton. Photo by John Davis taken 5/13/2021 
Hamlin’s Kami Wadsworth lets go of the discus Thursday at the Northeast Conference track and field meet in Groton. Photo by John Davis taken 5/13/2021 
Webster Area’s Jaydon Keller leaps for the pit in the long jump Thursday at the Northeast Conference track and field meet in Groton. Photo by John Davis taken 5/13/2021 
Hamlin’s Kami Wadsworth winds up to throw the discus Thursday at the Northeast Conference track and field meet in Groton. Photo by John Davis taken 5/13/2021 
Hamlin’s Jackson Noem leaps for the pit in the long jump Thursday at the Northeast Conference track and field meet in Groton. Photo by John Davis taken 5/13/2021 
Hamlin’s Gracelyn Leiseth winds up to throw the discus Thursday at the Northeast Conference track and field meet in Groton. Photo by John Davis taken 5/13/2021 
Clark/Willow Lake’s Tyson Huber hits the sand in the long jump Thursday at the Northeast Conference track and field meet in Groton. Photo by John Davis taken 5/13/2021 
Milbank’s Eli Johnson leaps for the pit in the long jump event Thursday at the Northeast Conference track and field meet in Groton. Photo by John Davis taken 5/13/2021 
Hamlin’s Jacob MacDonell leaps for the pit in the long jump Thursday at the Northeast Conference track and field meet in Groton. Photo by John Davis taken 5/13/2021 
Britton-Hecla’s Dawson Wade leaps for the pit in the long jump Thursday at the Northeast Conference track and field meet in Groton. Photo by John Davis taken 5/13/2021 
Sisseton’s Parker Hanson leaps for the pit in the long jump event Thursday at the Northeast Conference track and field meet in Groton. Photo by John Davis taken 5/13/2021 
Webster Area’s Jacob Keller leaps for the pit in the long jump Thursday at the Northeast Conference track and field meet in Groton. Photo by John Davis taken 5/13/2021 
Webster Area’s Brianna Duerre lets go of the discus Thursday at the Northeast Conference track and field meet in Groton. Photo by John Davis taken 5/13/2021 
Groton Area’s Maddie Bjerke competes in the discus Thursday at the Northeast Conference track and field meet in Groton. Photo by John Davis taken 5/13/2021 
Groton Area’s Chloe Daly throws the discus Thursday at the Northeast Conference track and field meet in Groton. Photo by John Davis taken 5/13/2021 
Groton Area’s Kenzie McInerney tries to clear the bar in the high jump Thursday at the Northeast Conference track and field meet in Groton. Photo by John Davis taken 5/13/2021 
Clark/Willow Lake’s Erica Juntunen approaches the bar in the high jump Thursday at the Northeast Conference track and field meet in Groton. Photo by John Davis taken 5/13/2021 
Clark/Willow Lake’s Chayla Vig competes in the high jump Thursday at the Northeast Conference track and field meet in Groton. Photo by John Davis taken 5/13/2021 
Hamlin’s McKenna Prouty goes over the bar in the high jump Thursday at the Northeast Conference track and field meet in Groton. Photo by John Davis taken 5/13/2021 
Entrants in a 100 meter prelim race take off down the track Thursday at the Northeast Conference track and field meet in Groton. Photo by John Davis taken 5/13/2021 
Clark/Willow Lake’s Jada Burke tries to clear the bar in the high jump Thursday at the Northeast Conference track and field meet in Groton. Photo by John Davis taken 5/13/2021 
Milbank’s Maurina Street, left, takes off with the baton passed from teammate Amaya Street, back right, during the 3200 meter relay Thursday at the Northeast Conference track and field meet in Groton. Photo by John Davis taken 5/13/2021 
Aberdeen Roncalli’s Paige Schmidt, left, takes off with the baton passed from teammate Sarah Schmidt, right, during the 3200 meter relay Thursday at the Northeast Conference track and field meet in Groton. Photo by John Davis taken 5/13/2021 
Aberdeen Roncalli’s Anna Schmidt, left, takes off with the baton passed from teammate Paige Schmidt, back right, during the 3200 meter relay Thursday at the Northeast Conference track and field meet in Groton. Photo by John Davis taken 5/13/2021 
Aberdeen Roncalli’s Bella Martinez, center, takes off with the baton passed from teammate Anna Schmidt, back right, during the 3200 meter relay Thursday at the Northeast Conference track and field meet in Groton. Photo by John Davis taken 5/13/2021 
Racing for the finish in the 100 meter hurdles Thursday at the Northeast Conference track and field meet in Groton are from the left: Clark/Willow Lake’s Sara Thonvold and Hamlin’s Brylie Arnold and McKenna Prouty. Photo by John Davis taken 5/13/2021 
Milbank’s Max Lightfield, center, leads Aberdeen Roncalli’s Zach Behrends, left, and the rest of the field in the 110 meter hurdles Thursday at the Northeast Conference track and field meet in Groton. Photo by John Davis taken 5/13/2021 
Milbank’s Aidan Foell tries to clear the bar in the high jump Thursday at the Northeast Conference track and field meet in Groton. Photo by John Davis taken 5/13/2021 
Milbank’s Carter Bowsher tries to clear the bar in the high jump Thursday at the Northeast Conference track and field meet in Groton. Photo by John Davis taken 5/13/2021 
Aberdeen Roncalli’s Austin Meyers tries to clear the bar in the high jump Thursday at the Northeast Conference track and field meet in Groton. Photo by John Davis taken 5/13/2021 
Sprinting for the finish in the 100 meter dash Thursday at the Northeast Conference track and field meet in Groton are from the left: Aberdeen Roncalli’s Jayden Munroe, Milbank’s Sawyer Gauer and Bennett Schwenn, Groton Area’s Andrew Marzahn and Clark/Willow Lake’s Trey Huber. Photo by John Davis taken 5/13/2021 
Sprinting for the finish line in the 100 meter dash at the Northeast Conference track and field meet Thursday in Groton are from the left: Redfield’s Camryn Rohlfs and Teryn Jandel, Aberdeen Roncalli’s Morgan Fiedler, Hamlin’s Justine Poppen and Milbank’s Laney Forrette. Photo by John Davis taken 5/13/2021 
Aberdeen Roncalli’s Morgan Fiedler, center, leads Redfield’s Teryn Jandel, left and Hamlin’s Justine Poppen, right, during the 100 meter dash at the Northeast Conference track and field meet Thursday in Groton. Photo by John Davis taken 5/13/2021 
Aberdeen Roncalli’s Zeezrom Mounga, left, passes the baton to teammate Nathan Kornmann, right, during the 800 meter relay at the Northeast Conference track and field meet Thursday in Groton. Photo by John Davis taken 5/13/2021 
Aberdeen Roncalli’s Jayden Munroe, front right, takes the baton from teammate Caden Shelton, back right, as they keep pace with the team from Groton Area during the 800 meter relay at the Northeast Conference track and field meet Thursday in Groton. Photo by John Davis taken 5/13/2021 
Aberdeen Roncalli’s Olivia Ulmer, right, tries to make up ground as she anchors the 400 meter relay at the Northeast Conference track and field meet Thursday in Groton. Photo by John Davis taken 5/13/2021 
Groton Area’s Jackson Cogley tries to clear the bar in the high jump at the Northeast Conference track and field meet Thursday in Groton. Photo by John Davis taken 5/13/2021 
Sisseton’s Jason DuBray looks to clear the bar in the high jump at the Northeast Conference track and field meet Thursday in Groton. Photo by John Davis taken 5/13/2021 
Aberdeen Roncalli’s Rose Gutenkauf, left, takes off with the baton pass from teammate Illma Mounga, right, during the 800 meter relay at the Northeast Conference track and field meet Thursday in Groton. Photo by John Davis taken 5/13/2021 
Aberdeen Roncalli’s Nathan Kornmann tries to clear the bar in the high jump at the Northeast Conference track and field meet Thursday in Groton. Photo by John Davis taken 5/13/2021 
Clark/Willow Lake’s Tyson Huber tries to clear the bar in the high jump at the Northeast Conference track and field meet Thursday in Groton. Photo by John Davis taken 5/13/2021 
Sisseton’s Andrew Kranhold looks back at the bar as he clears it during the high jump at the Northeast Conference track and field meet Thursday in Groton. Photo by John Davis taken 5/13/2021 
Sisseton’s Andrew Kranhold tries to clear the bar in the high jump at the Northeast Conference track and field meet Thursday in Groton. Photo by John Davis taken 5/13/2021 
Milbank’s Nick Batchelor, left, gets out to the lead in the 1600 meter run at the Northeast Conference track and field meet Thursday in Groton. Photo by John Davis taken 5/13/2021 
Milbank’s Nick Batchelor leads the fieldi in the 1600 meter run at the Northeast Conference track and field meet Thursday in Groton. Photo by John Davis taken 5/13/2021 
Milbank’s Ashlynn Batchelor leads the field during the 1600 meter run at the Northeast Conference track and field meet Thursday in Groton. Photo by John Davis taken 5/13/2021 
Aberdeen Roncalli’s Ella Ulmer, right, runs with Milbank’s Laney Forrette, left, in the 100 meter dash final at the Northeast Conference track and field meet Thursday in Groton. Photo by John Davis taken 5/13/2021 
Milbank’s Ashlynn Batchelor, center, takes off with the baton passed from teammate Maurina Street, back right, during the 3200 meter relay Thursday at the Northeast Conference track and field meet in Groton. Photo by John Davis taken 5/13/2021 
Aberdeen Roncalli’s Will Goscicki takes off at the start of the 400 meter relay at the Northeast Conference track and field meet Thursday in Groton. Photo by John Davis taken 5/13/2021
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