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Widener, Guthmiller capture State B titles

Ipswich’s Marley Guthmiller tries to clear the bar in the high jump at the Groton Area Invitational track meet. The seventh-grader won the Class B state championship in the pole vault on Friday. Photo by John Davis taken 4/27/2021
RAPID CITY - Langford Area’s Zander Widener won the boys' 110-meter high hurdles and Warner’s Cody Larson was second in the 3,200 meters to highlight the boys' individual action on the opening day of the Class B State Track and Field Meet Friday in Rapid City. On the girls' side, Ipswich’s Marley Guthmiller and Kaitlyn Williams claimed the top two spots in the pole vault with the seventh-grader Guthmiller going 9-feet, 6-inches to best her teammate by 3 inches. Widener, a senior, clocked a time of 14.61 seconds in the hurdle finals to best an area-heavy field. Warner’s Landon Leidholt was third and Josh McQuarie was fourth. Leidholt and McQuarie are both seniors, as well. Larson, a heavily-decorated distance runner who had his sights set on a repeat victory in the 3,200-meters, came up just short on that bid. Jonathon Burkhalter of Bison edged out Larson by 10 seconds. Jackson McNeil added a second runner-up finish to the Monarchs’ tally, finishing a close second

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