PIERRE – The Aberdeen Central Golden Eagles won five events at the Pierre American Legion Relays on Monday.

The Central boys won four of those events. The relay team of Aiden Heimann, Gabe Johnson, Carter Dingman, and Drew Salfrank captured the 1,600-meter relay title, winning with a time of 3:28.18. Heimann also won the 300-meter hurdles with a time of :40.28, while Salfrank topped the field in the 400-meter dash with a time of :50.63. The fourth and final win for the Golden Eagle boys came from Tyler Bain, who won the high jump with a leap of six feet.

Central boys’ coach Greg Murley was impressed with many of his athletes’ performances.

“Our throwers competed well for us today. We had three kids place in the javelin,” Murley said. “Jaxon Ladner (threw) 140-5 to place third. Brian Johnson set a new PR in the shot (put) with 48-9.50. On the track, our 4×800 ran our best time of the year to place second. Joe Perkins is working hard for us and placed second in the mile.”

In addition to the second-place finish in the 4×800, the Golden Eagle boys also had second place finishes in the 4×200 and 4×100-meter relays. Dingman earned a second-place finish in the 400-meter dash, while Brian Johnson placed third in the shot put and fourth in the discus. Avery Ligon finished in sixth place in the 100-meter dash.

Other area performances included Webster’s Drew Reetz finishing in first place in the pole vault with a leap of 13-feet, 6-inches. Teammate Jaiden McCreary finished second with a vault of 13 feet. Mobridge-Pollock’s Simon Fried finished second in the 300-meter hurdles and 800-meter run, while the Tigers’ 3,200-meter relay finished in fifth place. Herreid-Selby Area’s Brenden Begeman placed fourth in the shot put.

On the girls’ side, the Golden Eagles had one first place finisher, with Ciara Frank winning the high jump with a leap of 5-feet, 5-inches, a personal best. Breckan Santjer finished second in the pole vault, while teammate Kiana Joerger placed fifth in the same event. Regan Lust placed second in the long jump and third in the high jump, while Madison Hochstetter finished second in the 100-meter hurdles, while also tying for seventh in the high jump.

Central girls’  coach Jim Appl was pleased with how his team competed.

“We had three-quarters of our team or more improve on one phase of something or another,” Appl said. “We had multiple PR’s on occasions today for kids. Again, with that being the case, it was just a fabulous day for us.”

Among those fabulous performances was Addison Everson, who performed well in three events, including second place in the triple jump, sixth place in the 200-meter dash, and seventh place in the long jump. Appl noted that Everson has improved in a short amount of time, which is a testament to the work the team has put in this season.

“She just started triple jumping this year, and she went (34-feet, 8-inches) today, and looking at kids like that who just started two weeks ago, she was at 31 (feet),” Appl said. “We had a lot of kids who really made gains, especially in our field events.”

Other performances from Aberdeen Central included Taryn Hermansen placing second in the shot put, Lucy Fritz placing third in the long jump, Abigail Witte finishing fifth in the 100-meter dash, and the trio of Maddi Aldridge, Grace Kuch, and Elisha Snell placing fifth, sixth, and seventh in the discus, respectively. Kuch also placed fifth in the javelin, while Eme Mounga finished in fifth place in the 400-meter dash. Central also had a pair of third place finishes in the 4×200 and 4×800-meter relays.

Other performances included Mobridge-Pollock’s Ryli Thompson placing second in the 400-meter dash and fourth in the 100-meter dash, while teammate Heidi Olson finished in second place in the 1,600-meter run and third place in the 3,200-meter run. The Tigers also placed fifth in the 3,200-meter relay.

Murley was glad the team was able to compete and looks forward to what the rest of the week will bring.

“It was a great day to be outside and compete,” Murley said. “We look forward to returning to Pierre later in the week to compete again.”

The Golden Eagles are scheduled to return to Pierre for a meet on Friday.

Appl said the team needs to take advantage of the opportunities they are given in order to improve moving forward.

“We talked about, before the week started, our goal here is to take advantage of the day,” Appl said. “Moving forward, we’ve got another meet this week, and then after that, we’ve got four weeks left. We have to take advantage of the time we’re offered to improve. That’s kind of the key there.”

GIRLS’ DIVISION

Team Points: 1, Sturgis, 134.5; 2, Pierre, 134.1; 3, Brandon Valley, 125; 4, Aberdeen Central, 120.1; 5, Custer, 96; 6, Mitchell, 73.1; 7, Mobridge-Pollock, 48; 8, Hot Springs, 20.6; 9, Winner, 13; 10, Herreid/Selby Area, 6; 11, Huron, 2.6; 12, Dupree, 2.

100-Meter Hurdles: 1, Jayaunna Stroh, Brandon Valley, :16.43; 2, Madison Hochstetter, Aberdeen Central, :16.46; 3, Jaylen Nachtigall, Hot Springs, :16.49; 4, Hannah Killinger, Sturgis, :16.82; 5, Danielle Beck, Pierre, :17.16; 6, Ireland Nacey, Sturgis, :17.26; 7, Paige Fitzler, Custer, :17;27; 8, Sidney Malde, Mitchell, :17.45.

300-Meter Intermediate Hurdles: 1, Hannah Killinger, Sturgis, :49.21; 2, Addison Meyers, Brandon Valley, :50.31; 3, Danielle Beck, Pierre, :50.60; 4, Charlotte, Fjelstad, Sturgis, :51.00; 5, Jacy Netterville, Mobridge-Pollock, :51.07; 6, Jaylen Nachtigall, Hot Springs, :51.10; 7, Mya Arampatzis, Aberdeen Central, :51.16; 8, Carlie DeBoer, Hot Springs, :51.37.

100-Meter Dash: 1, Kali Ringstmeyer, Pierre, :12.72; 2, Lizzie Tyler, Mitchell, :13.20; 3, Dani Ringstmeyer, Pierre, :13.37; 4, Ryli Thompson, Mobridge-Pollock, :13.39; 5, Abigail Witte, Aberdeen Central, :13.46; 6, Cali Ewing, Sturgis, :13.47; 7, Kyasia Jones, Sturgis, :13.49; 8, Raelynn Vines, Dupree, :13.57.

200-Meter Dash: 1, Jordyn Larsen, Custer, :27.01; 2, Brooke Bartscher, Mitchell, :27.86; 3, Charlee Williams-Smith, Pierre, :27.98; 4, Cali Ewing, Sturgis, :28.22; 5, Keyana Kelley, Mitchell, :28.61; 6, Addison Everson, Aberdeen Central, :28.72; 7, Jasmine Jost, Pierre, :29.02; 8, Maira Tafoya, Pierre, :29.07.

400-Meter Dash: 1, Mia Mullenmeister, Mitchell, 1:01.26; 2, Ryli Thompson, Mobridge-Pollock, 1:01.86; 3, Iris Zylstra, Sturgis, 1:02.05; 4, Sarah VanDeBerg, Brandon Valley, 1:03.08; 5, Eme Mounga, Aberdeen Central, 1:03.92; 6, Taylor Busch, Custer, 1:04.04; 7, Jayda Thompson, Mobridge-Pollock, 1:04.77; 8, Ashlynn Elshire, Hot Springs, 1:05.03.

800-Meter Run: 1, Paige Willnerd, Sturgis, 2:28.21; 2, Lucy Hamer, Sturgis, 2:33.85; 3, Lennix Dupris, Pierre, 2:34.50; 4, Emerson Smith, Mitchell, 2:34.67; 5, Keelin Dinkins, Sturgis, 2:38.11; 6, Ava Johnson, Pierre, 2:39.87; 7, Autumn Westinghouse, Hot Springs, 2:40.18; 8, Keira Alfson, Custer, 2:40.22.

1,600-Meter Run: 1, Lily Rude, Brandon Valley, 5:24.85; 2, Heidi Olson, Mobridge-Pollock, 5:38.27; 3, Brinna Sheldon, Sturgis, 5:42.78; 4, Haley Bergan, Brandon Valley, 5:43.89; 5, Keelin Dinkins, Sturgis, 5:50.66; 6, Mason Berg, Pierre, 5:51.77; 7, Gwen Richter, Pierre, 5:54.99; 8, Katie Allbee, Herreid/Selby Area, 5:59.41.

3,200-Meter Run: 1, Ramsey Karim, Custer, 11:35.83; 2, Brit Wheeler, Custer, 12:01.99; 3, Heidi Olson, Mobridge-Pollock, 12:17.77; 4, Brinna Sheldon, Sturgis, 12:18.86; 5, Haley Bergan, Brandon Valley, 12:19.17; 6, Sierra Swanson, Custer, 12:57.72; 7, Avery Lisburg, Pierre, 13:17.86; 8, Kamari Jensen, Dupree, 14:22.09.

Shot Put: 1, Reese Terwilliger, Pierre, 43-10.25; 2, Taryn Hermansen, Aberdeen Central, 41-3.75; 3, Maya Shorter, Pierre, 37-5.50; 4, Maya Virtue, Custer, 36-8.50; 5, Grace Kuch, Aberdeen Central, 35-8.50; 6, Hannah Lemieux, Pierre, 35-3.50; Emily Borkowski, Custer, 34-1.50; 8, Avari Dorrance, Custer, 32-4.50.

Discus: 1, Alice Sedlacek, Custer, 121-5; 2, Maya Shorter, Pierre, 111-4; 3, Torri Virtue, Custer, 110-5; 4, Avari Dorrance, Custer, 110-4; 5, Maddi Aldridge, Aberdeen Central, 108-9; 6, Grace Kuch, Aberdeen Central, 103-9; 7, Elisha Snell, Aberdeen Central, 102-0; 8, Hannah Lemieux, Pierre, 101-6.

High Jump: 1, Ciara Frank, Aberdeen Central, 5-5; 2, Kennedy Keiper, Brandon Valley, 5-2; 3, Regan Lust, Aberdeen Central, 5-0; 4, Jayaunna Stroh, Brandon Valley, 5-0; 5, Riya Sheley, Brandon Valley, 4-10; 6, Danielle Beck, Pierre, 4-10; T-7, Emerson Smith, Mitchell, 4-8; T-7, Carlie DeBoer, Hot Springs, 4-8; T-7, Madison Hochstetter, Aberdeen Central, 4-8; T-7, Elizabeth Heinen, Huron, 4-8; T-7, Ryann Barry, Pierre, 4-8.

Long Jump: 1, Grace Richter, Pierre, 16-5.50; 2, Regan Lust, Aberdeen Central, 15-10.50; 3, Lucy Fritz, Aberdeen Central, 15-10.50; 4, Avery Marler, Sturgis, 15-9.50; 5, Olivia Wallace, Brandon Valley, 15-9.50; 6, Rachael Banks, Sturgis, 15-8; T-7, Ryann Barry, Pierre, 15-6; T-7, Addison Everson, Aberdeen Central, 15-6.

Triple Jump: 1, Madison Pederson, Brandon Valley, 36-9.50; Addison Everson, Aberdeen Central, 34-8.00; 3, Rachael Banks, Sturgis, 34-7.50; Jayaunna Stroh, Brandon Valley, 33-11.50; 5, Aleise Christopherson, Pierre, 33-8.50; 6, Jaidyn Forsyth, Aberdeen Central, 32-3.50; Audrey Miller, Mitchell, 32-3.50; T-8, Denaesia Aldridge, Mitchell, 32-2; T-8, Ireland Nacey, Sturgis, 32-2.

Pole Vault: 1, Ciana Stiefel, Custer, 11-0; 2, Breckan Santjer, Aberdeen Central, 9-0; 3, Aubrey Gelderman, Mitchell, 8-6; 4, Addie Sander, Custer, 8-6; 5, Kiana Joerger, Aberdeen Central, 8-0; 6, Kyanna Gropper, Mitchell, 8-0; 7, Kyra Gropper, Mitchell, 7-6; 8, Shea Irion, Sturgis, 7-0.

Javelin: 1, Josey Wickersham, Brandon Valley, 125-6; 2, Maya Shorter, Pierre, 115-6; 3, Mary Kolbeck, Brandon Valley, 112-3; 4, Reese Terwilliger, Pierre, 100-4; 5, Grace Kuch, Aberdeen Central, 100-3; 6, Ireland Nacey, Sturgis, 97-3; 7, Elly Gascoigne, Huron, 89-9; 8, Libby Klein, Brandon Valley, 85-6.

400-Meter Relay: 1, Pierre (Dani Ringstmeyer, Grace Richter, Kali Ringstmeyer, Charlee Williams-Smith), :50.73; 2, Mitchell, :51.60; 3, Sturgis, :51.67; 4, Aberdeen Central, :52.69; 5, Custer, :52.84; 6, Winner, :53.12; 7, Hot Springs, :53.41; 8, Herreid/Selby Area, :55.10.

800-Meter Relay: 1, Sturgis (Sawyer Dennis, Charlotte Fjelstad, Kyasia Jones, Avery Marler), 1:48.72; 2, Mitchell, 1:50.00; 3, Aberdeen Central, 1:51.17; 4, Winner, 1:51.29; 5, Pierre, 1:53.67; 6, Hot Springs, 1:55.33; 7, Mobridge-Pollock, 2:07.61.

1,600-Meter Relay: 1, Brandon Valley (Addison Scholten, Sarah VanDeBerg, Madison Pederson, Mia Wentzy), 4:04.98; 2, Sturgis, 4:08.34; 3, Pierre, 4:13.00; 4, Winner, 4:15.89; 5, Mobridge-Pollock, 4:22.13; 6, Custer, 4:24.11; 7, Hot Springs, 4:25.85; 8, Mitchell, 4:26.40.

Sprint Medley Relay: 1, Brandon Valley (Kadance Coughlin, Madison Pederson, Addison Scholten, Mia Wentzy), 4:09.40; 2, Sturgis, 4:21.96; 3, Mitchell, 4:23.84; 4, Mobridge-Pollock, 4:41.18; 5, Herreid/Selby Area, 4:52.08; 6, Custer, 4:57.09; 7, Aberdeen Central, 5:03.06.

3,200-Meter Relay: 1, Brandon Valley (Addison Scholten, Sarah VanDeberg, Lily Rude, Mia Wentzy), 9:29.92; 2, Sturgis, 9:44.95; 3, Aberdeen Central, 10:30.71; 4, Custer, 10:32.99; 5, Mobridge-Pollock, 10:37.88; 6, Pierre, 10:45.07.

BOYS’ DIVISION

Team Points: 1, Brandon Valley, 155; 2, Pierre, 124.333; 3, Aberdeen Central, 121; 4, Sturgis, 95.333; 5, Mitchell, 79; 6, Custer, 77.333; 7, Mobridge-Pollock, 39; 8, Hot Springs, 28; 9, Huron, 21; 10, Webster Area, 18; 11, Winner, 7; T-12, Dupree, 6; T-12, Herreid/Selby Area, 6.

110-Meter High Hurdles: 1, Aidan Hedderman, Sturgis, :14.94; 2, Aaron VanHemert, Brandon Valley, :15.62; 3, Miles Hunt, Brandon Valley, :15.92; 4, Greyson Schuetzle, Pierre, :16.03; 5, Luke Olson, Pierre, :16.91; 6, Remmi Ford, Mobridge-Pollock, :17.18; 7, Mical Grace, Custer, :17.35; 8, Kayden Hansen, Hot Springs, :17.44.

300-Meter Intermediate Hurdles: 1, Aiden Heimann, Aberdeen Central, :40.28; 2, Simon Fried, Mobridge-Pollock, :41.04; 3, Aaron VanHemert, Brandon Valley, :41.05; 4, Bryce Palmer, Mitchell, :41.70; 5, Deegan Houska, Pierre, :41.83; 6, Greyson Schuetzle, Pierre, :43.07; 7, Miles Hunt, Brandon Valley, :43.52; 8, Nathanael Jones, Sturgis, :44.04.

100-Meter Dash: 1, Blake Boyster, Custer, :10.93; 2, Nathan McCormick, Mitchell, :11.27; 3, Braden Peterson, Hot Springs, :11.35; 4, Lukas Bennett, Mitchell, :11.36; 5, Caden Thompson, Pierre, :11.39; Avery Ligon, Aberdeen Central, :11.43; 7, Ahmed Juma, Brandon Valley, :11.54; 8, Danny Immormino, Custer, :11.64.

200-Meter Dash: 1, Blake Boyster, Custer, :22.45; 2, Nathan McCormick, Mitchell, :23.38; 3, Landon Bertram, Pierre, :23.45; 4, Ahmed Juma, Brandon Valley, :24.25; 5, Jack Thue, Brandon Valley, :24.98; 6, Bryce Palmer, Mitchell, :25.02; 7, Tayshaun Agard, Pierre, :25.08; 8, Kincade Lehman, Custer, :25.17.

400-Meter Dash: 1, Drew Salfrank, Aberdeen Central, :50.63; 2, Carter Dingman, Aberdeen Central, :51.55; 3, Carson Stoeser, Pierre, :51.70; 4, Nathan McCormick, Mitchell, :52.31; 5, Alexier Padilla, Mitchell, :52.99; 6, Sam Gaulke, Custer, :53.12; 7, Jagger Tyler, Mitchell, :53.82; 8, London Watson, Brandon Valley, :54.05.

800-Meter Run: 1, Matt Close, Hot Springs, 2:00.58; 2, Simon Fried, Mobridge-Pollock, 2:05.54; 3, Paul Kern, Brandon Valley, 2:06.55; 4, Jackson Dathe, Brandon Valley, 2:07.94; 5, Tyler Groen, Brandon Valley, 2:08.81; 6, Jackson Wiles, Custer, 2:09.12; 7, Jessup Pederson, Dupree, 2:10.29; 8, David VanVeen, Aberdeen Central, 2:10.34.

1,600-Meter Run: 1, Jared Lutmer, Pierre, 4:33.42; 2, Joe Perkins, Aberdeen Central, 4:51.19; 3, Cheech Harman, Huron, 4:53.01; 4, Caleb Morris, Pierre, 4:54.43; 5, Jessup Pederson, Dupree, 4:54.59; 6, Hunter Patton, Mitchell, 4:55.49; 7, Beck Bruch, Sturgis, 4:58.04; 8, Camden Coughlin, Brandon Valley, 4:58.35.

3,200-Meter Run: 1, Jared Lutmer, Pierre, 9:53.82; 2, Ty Petrocco, Sturgis, 10:09.95; 3, Gage Grohs, Custer, 10:13.45; 4, Deron Graf, Sturgis, 10:14.56; 5, Quinn Bruch, Sturgis, 10:24.34; 6, Christian Wells, Aberdeen Central, 10:46.81; 7, Hunter Patton, Mitchell, 10:50.54; 8, Logan Brendsel, Brandon Valley, 11:13.74.

Shot Put: 1, Jason Maciejczak, Pierre, 60-9; 2, Brayden Cline, Brandon Valley, 51-7; 3, Brian Johnson, Aberdeen Central. 48-9.50; 4, Brenden Begeman, Herreid/Selby Area, 47-0.50; 5, Bryan Ramirez, Huron, 46-8; 6, Coppola Colton, Custer, 46-0; 7, Carter Hinsz, Mobridge-Pollock, 45-8.50; 8, Lucas Colman, Pierre, 41-9.50.

Discus: 1, Jason Maciejczak, Pierre, 172-8; 2, Tristan Niewenhuis, Brandon Valley, 158-8; 3, Brayden Cline, Brandon Valley, 143-9; 4, Brian Johnson, Aberdeen Central, 136-10; 5, Bryan Ramirez, Huron, 133-9; 6, Nathan VanDeBerg, Brandon Valley, 129-2; 7, Riley Kerner, Mobridge-Pollock, 119-4; 8, Jack Bertsch, Aberdeen Central, 117-3.

High Jump: 1, Tyler Bain, Aberdeen Central, 6-0; 2, Wyatt Melcher, Brandon Valley, 6-0; 3, Chayton Peterson, Sturgis, 5-10; 5, Teigen Wormstadt, Sturgis, 5-10; 5, Carter Tennyson, Custer, 5-8; 6, Bergen Irey, Brandon Valley, 5-8; 7, Andrew Campea, Pierre, 5-8; 8, Kolton Ogle, Huron, 5-8.

Long Jump: 1, Treyson Schulz, Mitchell, 21-5; 2, Greyson Schuetzle, Pierre, 20-7.25; 3, Trey Lewis, Pierre, 20-1.50; 4, Andrew Campea, Pierre, 19-10.25; 5, Braden Peterson, Hot Springs, 19-6.50; 6, Grayden Binger, Brandon Valley, 19-4.50; 7, Carsen Wolter, Sturgis, 19-2.75; 8, Nathan McCormick, Mitchell, 19-0.75.

Triple Jump: 1, Wyatt Melcher, Brandon Valley, 43-2.25; 2, Kincade Lehman, Custer, 41-11.75; 3, Treyson Schulz, Mitchell, 40-4.25; 4, Grayden Binger, Brandon Valley, 39-5; 5, Spencer Easland, Pierre, 38-11; 6, Cale Jolley, Sturgis, 38-10; 7, Deegan Houska, Pierre, 38-7.25; 8, Jesse Blok, Brandon Valley, 38-0.25.

Pole Vault: 1, Drew Reetz, Webster Area, 13-6; 2, Kaiden McCreary, Webster Area 13-0; 3, Aidan Hedderman, Sturgis, 12-6; 4, Dylan Paauw, Brandon Valley, 12-6; 5, Carter Harris, Mitchell, 12-0; 6, Ethan Fergel, Aberdeen Central, 11-6; 7, Gabe Johnson, Aberdeen Central, 11-6; T-8, Brock Moser, Pierre, 11-0; T-8, Chase Temple, Sturgis, 11-0; T-8, Joel Tramp, Custer, 11-0.

Javelin: 1, Brayden Cline, Brandon Valley, 162-6; 2, Levi Brant, Sturgis, 145-4; 2, Jaxon Ladner, Aberdeen Central, 140-5; 4, Gunner Rohloff, Sturgis, 139-9; 5, Jett Carlson, Aberdeen Central, 134-9; 6, Dustin Hermansen, 132-6; 7, Tyson Pfitzer, Huron, 130-11, 8, Colter Babcock, Pierre, 122-6.

400-Meter Relay: 1, Brandon Valley (Aaron VanHemert, Joey DeWitt, Nate Andresen, Landon Dulaney), :43.80; 2, Aberdeen Central, :44.91; 3, Pierre, :45.76; 4, Sturgis, :47.18; 5, Custer, :48.91; 6, Hot Springs, :49.78; 7, Mobridge-Pollock, :50.18; 8, Winner, :50.31.

800-Meter Relay: 1, Brandon Valley (Miles Hunt, Joey DeWitt, Nate Andresen, Landon Dulaney), 1:30.11; 2, Aberdeen Central, 1:31.39; 3, Pierre, 1:34.52; 4, Mitchell, 1:34.74; 5, Custer, 1:34.79; 6, Sturgis, 1:34.97; 7, Hot Springs, 1:39.47; 8, Mobridge-Pollock, 1:42.33.

1,600-Meter Relay: 1, Aberdeen Central (Aiden Heimann, Gabe Johnson, Carter Dingman, Drew Salfrank), 3:28.18; 2, Brandon Valley, 3:32.06; 3, Custer, 3:34.22; 4, Mitchell, 3:38.09; 5, Sturgis, 3:39.27; 6, Mobridge-Pollock, 3:45.75; 7, Hot Springs, 3:47.33; 8, Huron, 3:57.29.

Sprint Medley Relay: 1, Custer (Danny Immormino, Kincade Lehman, Alex Van Horn, Drew Lehman), 3:43.53; 2, Sturgis, 3:47.00; 3, Winner, 3:55.59; Mobridge-Pollock, 3:55.87; 5, Aberdeen Central, 3:57.81; 6, Mitchell, 4:11.13.

3,200-Meter Relay: 1, Sturgis (Deron Graf, Quinn Bruch, Ty Petrocco, Owen Koontz), 8:24.12; 2, Aberdeen Central, 8:31.10; 3, Brandon Valley, 8:31.70; 4, Mobridge-Pollock, 8:50.00; 5, Pierre, 8:58.86; 6, Huron, 9:22.95; 7, Custer, 9:54.16; 8, Herreid/Selby Area, 10:30.43.