A variety of Northeast Conference track and field athletes took advantage of solid performances in region meets this past week to move up the Class A leaderboard heading into the state meet.
On the boys’ side, Aberdeen Roncalli’s Jayden Munroe had his best mark in the triple jump, vaulting into first place to go along with his class-leading long jump. Mike Smith of Tiospa Zina joined the leaders for the first time this season and is currently seventh in the long jump. Deuel’s Ricky Berndt clocked his best time in the 800-meter run and is fifth in that event, while teammate Oliver Fieber had his best time in the 200-meter dash and is in eighth. Milbank Area’s Payton Brown is sixth in the 3,200-meter run after his top time at the Region 1A meet.
A total of four relay squads also clocked season-best times at regions including Hamlin in the 800 and and 1,600, fourth in both events, Webster which is sixth in the 800 and Groton which is eighth in the 1,600.
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