REDFIELD – It may have been cool and windy, but those conditions did nothing to slow down the competitors at the Patriot Invitational track and field meet Friday in Redfield.

Citing workouts in even worse weather, athletes took advantage of their first outdoor meet of the spring.

“It was tough, but the wind has been just as bad at practices, so it’s not anything we’re not used to,” said Aberdeen Roncalli’s Morgan Fiedler. “We’ve been practicing into the wind and we knew it was going to be windy today, so I think that we prepared for it.”

Fiedler had her usual stellar day, despite not competing in any indoor meets this spring. The senior won the triple jump, the long jump and the 100-meter dash.

While she finished first in all of her individual events, Fiedler was not too concerned about her overall marks.

“It was the first meet. I feel like the first meet is always kind of a trial and error,” she said “You can’t really beat up yourself for bad jumps or bad times. It’s never going to be your best times or your best jumps in the first meet, so I was good with anything.”

Fiedler won a state championship in the triple jump last year, despite not even attempting the event until late in the season.

Naturally, expectations have changed a bit for that situation this year.

“It does feel different. I definitely did not expect to win triple jump last year like I’ve said probably a thousand times,” Fiedler said, “but I’m going to set that as a goal this year.”

Frederick’s Morgan Sumption also was not impacted much by the windy elements on the way to winning both the 800-meter run and the 1,600-meter run.

“Just at practice (Thursday) we bumped down our base runs like we do before a meet and that wind was just awful,” the sophomore said. “So, I was like you know what, no matter how bad the wind is, it’s better than (Thursday).”

Sumption trailed Highmore-Harrold’s Autumn Fallis for half of the 1,600-meter race before taking control on the third lap. The race was reminiscent of last year’s state meet when Sumption passed Fallis with about 100 meters remaining.

“I knew I had to keep it close if I was going to pass her,” Sumption said. “I was expecting to pass her at maybe the fourth lap, but I just thought it’s the third lap, one more, I may as well take advantage of it now. It took a lot of mental strength to do that. That’s what I’m working on this season.”

Groton’s Andrew Marzahn is working on his blocks. The junior sprinter knows he has no time to waste during his short-distance races.

“When you practice blocks you can have somebody behind you and emulating the gun,” Marzahn said. “It’s definitely something you can practice.”

Marzahn, who won the 100-meter dash and ran an opening leg on the winning 400-meter relay on Friday, said the blocks can make all the difference.

“I like to pride myself on my blocks,” he said. “My top speed is definitely not as good as some other guys here, so I think blocks are definitely my best.”

While most of the athletes on Friday were looking to build on last year’s performances, one in particular was looking to regain his form from three years ago.

Clark-Willow Lake’s Avery Nichols finished second in both the shot put and discus in his return to the sport. Nichols last competed as a freshman before working the past two years.

He decided to come back out his senior year on the encouragement of some family members.

“My dad and grandpa both talked me into it again,” Nichols said, “and I said, ‘Well, why not? What’s it going to hurt?’ It’s a lot of fun.”

Nichols is still working on his form in the shot put. While other throwers had more lift, Nichols’ attempts were a bit lower.

“I was coming out low when I was releasing it,” Nichols said. “If I would have been coming out higher, I probably could have gotten another foot or so out of it.”

Like all of the other athletes, Nichols has some goals in mind for the upcoming season.

“I’d like to hit 50 foot in shot put before the end of the year. That’s my end goal,” he said. “I think I can do it. It’s something where I have to practice my slide again and get back into the same groove I was in.”

Clark-Willow Lake’s Tyler O’Neill won the 800 and 1,600 and ran on a winning relay team. Hitchcock-Tulare’s TJ Salmen won both the 110-meter high hurdles and 300-meter intermediate hurdles.

Other Roncalli athletes won numerous events in addition to Fiedler.

Assistant Roncalli coach Terry Dosch pointed out the efforts of Ella Ulmer (who won the 300-meter intermediate hurdles), Jayden Munroe (who was second in the triple jump), Maddox May (who won the 200-meter dash and ran on a winning relay), Matthew Martinez (who was second in the 400-meter dash and ran on a winning relay), and Garrett Griffin. The Cavaliers won the boys’ 800-meter relay.

“I thought our kids competed well,” Dosch said. “There were a lot of things that were fun to watch.”

Dosch noted that it was good to see May in action.

“This is kind of like his first track meet,” Dosch said. “His freshman year got Covided out, and last year he was banged up most of the year.”

Overall, Dosch said he believes the athletes saw some of the potential that they possess heading into the season.

“I think we had some kids that got kind of excited,” Dosch said, “because they said, hmm, maybe there’s some potential there for us.”

The Cavaliers are scheduled to compete in a meet at Groton on Tuesday.

Participating teams: Aberdeen Roncalli, Clark-Willow Lake, Frederick, Highmore-Harrold, Hitchcock-Tulare, Groton, Lake Preston, Leola, Lower Brule, Stanley County, Sunshine Bible, Wessington Springs, Wolsey-Wessington.

GIRLS’ DIVISION

100-Meter Hurdles: 1, Kenedee Rowen, Wolsey-Wessington, :18.34; 2, Sara Thonvold, Clark-Willow Lake, :18.44; 3, Letha Jessen, Highmore-Harrold, :19.13; 4, Emma Nichols, Clark-Willow Lake, :19.45; 5, Valley Roebke, Clark-Willow Lake, :19.49; 6, Timber Haeder, Wolsey-Wessington, :20.74; 7, Maddie Huber, Aberdeen Roncalli, :21.02; 8, Regan Labrie, Iroquois-Doland, :21.12.

300-Meter Intermediate Hurdles: 1, Ella Ulmer, Aberdeen Roncalli, :54.81; 2, Giyahna Richmond, Wolsey-Wessington, :55.79; 3, Letha Jessen, Highmore-Harrold, :57.27; 4, Sara Thonvold, Clark-Willow Lake, :58.28; 5, Cambree Hoekman, Hitchcock-Tulare, :59.50; 6, Brooke Palmer, Highmore-Harrold, :59.63; 7, Timber Haeder, Wolsey-Wessington, :59.98; 8, Valley Roebke, Clark-Willow Lake, 1:00.74.

100-Meter Dash: 1, Morgan Fiedler, Aberdeen Roncalli, :13.27; 2, Kailynn Dorris, Wolsey-Wessington, :13.48; 3, Jaidyn Feickert, Aberdeen Roncalli, :13.82; 4, Amelia Holland, Lake Preston, :14.00; 5, Musonda Kabwe, Clark-Willow Lake, :14:05.; 6, Taylee Stroup, Stanley County, :14.20; 7, Riyli Peterson, Wolsey-Wessington, :14.29; 8, Mickey Hallock, Stanley County, :14.57.

200-Meter Dash: 1, Laila Roberts, Groton, :28.92; 2, Katelyn Schroeder, Hitchcock-Tulare, :29.49; 3, Musonda Kabwe, Clark-Willow Lake, :29.83; 4, Abby Hinman, Sunshine Bible, :29.94; 5, Tatum Luce, Wolsey-Wessington, :30.38; 6, Lael Middletent, Lower Brule, :30.72; 7, Taylee Stroup, Stanley County, :30.77; 8, Riyli Peterson, Wolsey-Wessington, :30.83.

400-Meter Dash: 1, Abby Hinman, Sunshine Bible, 1:07.58; 2, Maddie Knox, Highmore-Harrold, 1:07.95; 3, Kelsie Roberts, Wolsey-Wessington, 1:08.21; 4, Mickey Hallock, Stanley County, 1:09.10; 5, Laura Sumption, Frederick, 1:09.16; 6, Sofia Losure, Frederick, 1:10.20; 7, Lael Middletent, Lower Brule, 1:10.58; 8, Cadence Bochek, Clark-Willow Lake, 1:11.91.

800-Meter Run: 1, Morgan Sumption, Frederick, 2:30.64; 2, Kaysen Magee, Stanley County, 2:31.87; 3, Payton Fox, Sunshine Bible, 2:36.37; 4, Kayla Jordan, Clark-Willow Lake, 2:36.60; 5, Avery Miles, Iroquois-Doland, 2:37.43; 6, Faith Traphagen, Groton, 2:37.84; 7, Kendal Uttecht, Wolsey-Wessington, 2:42.08; 8, Taryn Traphagen, Groton, 2:52.91.

1,600-Meter Run: 1, Morgan Sumption, Frederick, 5:40.04; 2, Autumn Fallis, Highmore-Harrold, 5:45.74; 3, Avery Miles, Iroquois-Doland, 5:48.89; 4, Alyssa Grohs, Wessington Springs, 6:07.91; 5, Madisen Martin, Aberdeen Roncalli, 6:16.18; 6, Sarah Fosheim, Stanley County, 6:20.03; 7, April Fallis, Highmore-Harrold, 6:27.80; 8, ConLai Lind, Wolsey-Wessington, 6:35.65.

3,200-Meter Run: 1, Autumn Fallis, Highmore-Harrold, 12:46.55; 2, Laura Sumption, Frederick, 13:26.01; 3, Hadley Gjerde, Clark-Willow Lake, 14:23.51; 4, Alexis Roesler, Wessington Springs, 15:13.81; 5, Airabella Deysel, Iroquois-Doland, 16:09.40; 6, Ella Kolousek, Wessington Springs, 16:27.15; 7, Addison Pearl, Sunshine Bible, 18:30.30.

Shot Put: 1, Avery Orth, Wolsey-Wessington, 33-3; 2, Hadlee Holt, Lake Preston, 32-11.50; 3, Alyx Hoffman, Leola, 31-5; 4, Emilee Schied, Highmore-Harrold, 30-8.50; 5, Maddie Bjerke, Groton, 30-4.50; 6, Faith Nelson, Wolsey-Wessington, 30-1; 7, Sadie Konechne, Sunshine Bible, 28-8; 8, Courtney Traversie, Lower Brule, 28-6.

Discus: 1, Faith Nelson, Wolsey-Wessington, 98-2; 2, Lainey Uttecht, Wolsey-Wessington, 87-3; 3, Hadlee Holt, Lake Preston, 84-1; 4, Maddie Bjerke, Grotn, 82-0; 5, Avery Orth, Wessington Springs, 77-7; 6, Sadie Konechne, Sunshine Bible, 76-2; 7, Alyx Hoffman, Leola, 75-0; 8, Faith Fliehs, Groton, 73-9.

High Jump: 1, Tatum Luce, Wolsey-Wessington, 5-2; 2, Sofia Losure, Frederick,, 4-10; 3, Katelyn Schroeder, Hitchcock-Tulare, 4-10; 4, Valley Roebke, Clark-Willow Lake, 4-6; 5, Kenedee Rowen, Wolsey-Wessington, 4-4; 6, Anna Fjeldheim, Groton, 4-2; 7, Giyahna Richmond, Wolsey-Wessington, 4-2; 8, Kathryn Olivier, Aberdeen Roncalli, 4-0.

Long Jump: 1, Morgan Fiedler, Aberdeen Roncalli, 16-3.50; 2, Mya Boomsma, Wolsey-Wessington, 15-2.50; 3, Aspen Johnson, Groton, 14-9; 4, Katelyn Schroeder, Hitchcock-Tulare, 14-8.50; 5, Cadence Hand, Stanley County, 14-1; 6, Kennedy Hanson, Groton, 13-9; 7, Raegen Taylor, Stanley County, 13-6.50; 8, Trista Keith, Groton, 13-2.50.

Triple Jump: 1, Morgan Fiedler, Aberdeen Roncalli, 32-0; 2, Aspen Johnson, Groton, 31-10; 3, Cadence Hand, Stanley County, 30-1; 4, Giyahna Richmond, Wolsey-Wessington, 29-8; 5, Anna Fjeldheim, Groton, 28-3.75; 6, Maddie Huber, Aberdeen Roncalli, 27-8; 7, Makenna Lonas, Wolsey-Wessington, 27-0.75; 8, Greeley LaBrie, Iroquois-Doland, 26-8.

400-Meter Relay: 1, Groton (Jerica Locke, Kennedy Hanson, Aspen Johnson, Laila Roberts), :54.91; 2, Wolsey-Wessington, :55.93; 3, Aberdeen Roncalli, :57.18; 4, Clark-Willow Lake, :57.53; 5, Stanley County, :57.84; 6, Lake Preston, :58.57; 7, Hitchcock-Tulare, :58.57; 8, Sunshine Bible, :58.78.

800-Meter Relay: 1, Groton (Jerica Locke, Kennedy Hanson, Brooklyn Hanson, Laila Roberts), 1:56.36; 2, Aberdeen Roncalli, 1:57.01; 3, Lake Preston, 2:04.01; 4, Stanley County, 2:04.79; 5, Wolsey-Wessington, 2:04.94; 6, Highmore-Harrold, 2:06.85; 7, Sunshine Bible, 2:07.55; 8, Clark-Willow Lake, 2:10.02.

1,600-Meter Relay: 1, Groton (Faith Traphagen, Brooklyn Hanson, Jerica Locke, Rylee Dunker), 4:37.14; 2, Sunshine Bible, 4:37.86; 3, Wolsey-Wessington, 4:40.20; 4, Highmore-Harrold, 4:42.65; 5, Aberdeen Roncalli, 4:42.91; 6, Clark-Willow Lake, 4:54.26; 7, Hitchcock-Tulare, 5:27.08.

Sprint Medley Relay: 1, Wolsey-Wessington (Riyli Peterson, 4:51.58; 2, Highmore-Harrold, 4:53.14; 3, Wessington Springs, 5:08.95; 4, Sunshine Bible, 5:19.44; 5, Aberdeen Roncalli, 5:27.34.

3,200-Meter Relay: 1, Wolsey-Wessington (Kendal Uttecht, Lainey Uttecht, Kelsie Roberts, Payton Kemnitz), 10:51.84; 2, Groton, 11:10.10; 3, Sunshine Bible, 11:20.19; 4, Clark-Willow Lake, 11:22.48; 5, Aberdeen Roncalli, 11:58.82.

 BOYS’ DIVISION

110-Meter High Hurdles: 1, TJ Salmen, Hitchcock-Tulare, :17.26; 2, Josiah Wiebe, Hitchcock-Tulare, :21.22; 3, Michael Weisenberger, Aberdeen Roncalli, :23.01; 4, Daniel Gerbracht, Sunshine Bible, :23.74.

300-Meter Intermediate Hurdles: 1, TJ Salmen, Hitchcock-Tulare, :44.37; 2, Brody Weinmeister, Aberdeen Roncalli, :47.74; 3, Noah Kippley, Frederick, :49.37; 4, Kaden Larson, Aberdeen Roncalli, :49.56; 5, Aiden Fisher, Aberdeen Roncalli, :49.91; 6, Carson Walters, Wolsey-Wessington, :50.21; 7, Jacob Zak, Groton, :52.15; 8, Caden McInerney, Groton, :52.98.

100-Meter Dash: 1, Andrew Marzahn, Groton, :11.25; 2, Grady Aasby, Highmore-Harrold, :11.50; 3, Maddox May, Aberdeen Roncalli, :11.53; 4, Andrew Fredericksen, Stanley County, :11.68; 5, Jayden Munroe, Aberdeen Roncalli, :11.69; 6, Marty Gohn, Wolsey-Wessington, : 11.86; 7, Josh McMasters, Lake, Preston, :11.86; 8, Hans Lakpa, Leola, :11.92.

200-Meter Dash: 1, Maddox May, Aberdeen Roncalli, :23.69; 2, Grady Aasby, Highmore-Harrold, :23.80; 3, Trey Huber, Clark-Willow Lake, :24.38; 4, Andrew Fredericksen, Stanley County, :24.81; 5, Jack Helkenn, Clark-Willow Lake, :24.97; 6, Hans Lapka, Leola, :25.72; 7, Mason Carrels, Aberdeen Roncalli, :25.91; 8, Bryce Falken, Aberdeen Roncalli, :26.52.

400-Meter Dash: 1, Grady Aasby, Highmore-Harrold, :53.55; 2, Matthew Martinez, Aberdeen Roncalli, :53.68; 3, Andrew Fredericksen, Stanley County, :54.08; 4, Trey Huber, Clark-Willow Lake, :55.61; 5, Jack Neely, Wessington Springs, :57.03; 6, Jack Helkenn, Clark-Willow Lake, :57.59; 7, Mason Schelske, Wessington Springs, :58.24; 8, Gavin Nickelson, Frederick, :59.47.

800-Meter Run: 1, Tyler O’Neill, Clark-Willow Lake, 2:04.12; 2, Sam Poncelow, Wessington Springs, 2:16.46; 3, Brendon Bothwell, Stanley County, 2:17.03; 4, Dawson Hale, Highmore-Harrold, 2:17.47; 5, Cole Simon, Groton, 2:18.00; 6, Milo Sumption, Frederick, 2:22.54; 7, Porter Walz, Wessington Springs, 2:25.12; 8, Sam Vetter, Frederick, 2:26.65.

1,600-Meter Run: 1, Tyler O’Neill, Clark-Willow Lake, 4:48.51; 2, Milo Sumption, Frederick, 5:13.67; 3, Sam Poncelow, Wessington Springs, 5:19.98; 4, Porter Walz, Wessington Springs, 5:20.56; 5, AJ Neely, Wessington Springs, 5:21.83; 6, Garrett Griffin, Aberdeen Roncalli, 5:26.73; 7, Carson Stephenson, Highmore-Harrold, 5:27.73; 8, Spencer Sargent, Sunshine Bible, 5:28.05.

3,200-Meter Run: 1, Dawson Hale, Highmore-Harrold, 11:15.39; 2, Winston Clark, Frederick, 11:33.31; 3, Garrett Griffin, Aberdeen Roncalli, 12:00.33; 4, Taylor Merkel, Clark-Willow Lake, 12:04.06; 5, Jakob Sumption, Frederick, 12:04.86; 6, Jacob Lewandowski, Groton, 12:15.51; 7, Josiah Wiebe, Hitchcock-Tulare, 12:57.01; 8, Harley Roberts, Wolsey-Wessington, 13:03.85.

Shot Put: 1, Colton Spitzer, Leola, 46-1; 2, Avery Nichols, Clark-Willow Lake, 45-7.50; 3, Jacob Michlitsch, Hitchcock-Tulare, 41-4; 4, Holden Sippel, Groton, 38-2; 5, Caleb Hanten, Groton, 37-2; 6, Nathaniel Nelson, Stanley County, 37-0.50; 7, Erik Salmen, Hitchcock-Tulare, 36-8.50; 8, Nolan Triebwasser, Sunshine Bible, 36-7.50.

Discus: 1, Payson Gohn, Wolsey-Wessington, 122-6; 2, Avery Nichols, Clark-Willow Lake, 121-5; 3, Erik Salmen, Hitchcock-Tulare, 118-2; 4, Colton Spitzer, Leola, 117-1; 5, Jacob Michlitsch, Hitchcock-Tulare, 117-1; 6, Ethan Morlock, Frederick, 112-11; 7, Daniel Gerbracht, Sunshine Bible, 108-0; 8, Nolan Triebwasser, Sunshine Bible, 107-7.

High Jump: 1, Moshe Richmond, Wolsey-Wessington, 5-8; 2, Jack Boomsma, Hitchcock-Tulare, 5-6; 3, Jackson Cogley, Groton, 5-4; 4, Brayden Sumption, Frederick, 5-4; 5, Trey Knox, Highmore-Harrold, 5-2; 6, Austin Meyers, Aberdeen Roncalli, 5-2; 7, Landon Puffer, Hitchcock-Tulare, 5-0; 8, Will Simonds, Wolsey-Wessington, 5-0.

Long Jump: 1, Cormac Duffy, Stanley County, 19-0; 2, Hans Lapka, Leola, 18-9; 3, Jack Boomsma, Hitchcock-Tulare, 18-5; 4, Jackson Cogley, Groton, 17-4.50; 5, Caden Shelton, Aberdeen Roncalli, 17-2; 6, Josh McMasters, Lake Preston, 17-0; 7, Milo Sumption, Frederick, 16-10; 8, Adrik Schoon, Sunshine Bible, 16-6.

Triple Jump: 1, Cormac Duffy, Stanley County, 39-11.50; 2, Jayden Munroe, Aberdeen Roncalli, 39-10.75; 3, Marty Gohn, Wolsey-Wessington, 38-03; 4, Riley Fliehe, Hitchcock-Tulare, 36-4; 5, Austin Meyers, Aberdeen Roncalli, 35-6; 6, Noah Kippley, Frederick, 34-10; 7, Jackson Cogley, Groton, 33-11; 8, Brendan Nowell, Hitchcock-Tulare, 33-9.75.

400-Meter Relay: 1, Groton (Andrew Marzahn, Keegan Tracy, Kaden Kurtz, Teylor Diegel), :45.93; 2, Hitchcock-Tulare, :47.13; 3, Highmore-Harrold, :47.34; 4, Wolsey-Wessington, :48.13; 5, Aberdeen Roncalli, :49.12; 6, Clark-Willow Lake, :50.03; 7, Lake Preston, :50.18; 8, Sunshine Bible, :58.47.

800-Meter Relay: 1, Aberdeen Roncalli (Jayden Munroe, Matthew Martinez, Brody Weinmeister, Maddox May), 1:36.35; 2, Groton, 1:37.10; 3, Hitchcock-Tulare, 1:37.77; 4, Wolsey-Wessington, 1:37.84; 5, Highmore-Harrold, 1:40.89; 6, Frederick, 1:43.92; 7, Clark-Willow Lake, 1:44.00; 8, Lake Preston, 1:51.98.

1,600-Meter Relay: 1, Clark-Willow Lake (Tyler O’Neill, Jack Helkenn, Brady Jordan, Trey Huber), 3:39.71; 2, Aberdeen Roncalli, 3:40.87; 3, Groton, 3:47.31; 4, Frederick, 3:48.12; 5, Wolsey-Wessington, 3:49.70; 6, Stanley County, 3:51.10; 7, Sunshine Bible, 3:52.05; 8, Highmore-Harrold, 3:54.54.

Sprint Medley Relay: 1, Frederick (Mason Hinz, Brayden Sumption, Stephen Achen, Johnathan Bretsch), 3:57.84; 2, Wolsey-Wessington, 3:57.64; 3, Clark-Willow Lake, 4:06.48; 4, Highmore-Harrold, 4:10.36; 5, Wessington Springs, 4:12.55; 6, Hitchcock-Tulare, 4:17.96; 7, Aberdeen Roncalli, 4:18.91; 8, Sunshine Bible, 4:29.60.

3,200-Meter Relay: 1, Wessington Springs (AJ Neely, Mason Schelske, Porter Walz, Sam Poncelow), 9:01.78; 2, Frederick, 9:06.69; 3, Groton, 9:24.91; 4, Clark-Willow Lake, 9:25.98; 5, Aberdeen Roncalli, 9:46.84; 6, Wolsey-Wessington, 9:52.71; 7, Sunshine Bible, 9:59.06; 8, Hitchcock-Tulare, 11:04.51.