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Friday's Action in Lennox
 
Boys 4x800 meter relay:
The boy's 4x800 meter relay team of Nash Koel (2:11) , John Bintliff (2:12), Clint Lewis (2:20) and Andy Quenzer (2:12) finished as the 12th best 3200 relay team in Class A.  The four dipped under the 9:00 barrier to run 8:56.7.  This race capped a season of great improvement for each of the four athletes on this team. All four runners return next season.
 
Girls 4x800 meter relay:
Hill City girls smashed their previous best 3200 relay time and went on to win heat #1 to finish 7th overall, just 4 seconds from the school record.  Runners were: Freshman, Mariah Asheim (2:31), 8th grader Makenzie Swanson (2:41), Freshman, Alise Kelting (2:32) and 8th grader Stephanie Qualm (2:27). An amazing effort by these young ladies!!  With the oldest runner(s) on this team being just freshman, expect to see great results in the coming years from these talented girls!
 
4x800 meter relay - Clark 9:55.09; Aberdeen Roncalli 9:56.07; Garretson 10:00.51; Parkston 10:02.95; Sioux Valley 10:02.98; Britton-Hecla 10:06.33; Hill City 10:11.79; Madison 10:14.66.
 
Boys 400 meter prelims:
Andy Coy finished 2nd in heat #3 to advance to the finals.  Coy ran 50.89 to grab lane #2 in the finals.  Congratulations, Andy, for making the finals!
 
Boys 400 Meter Dash Class A
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    Name                    Year School                  Seed    Prelims  H#
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Preliminaries
  1 Velgersdyk, Brady         11 Sioux Falls Chri       50.20      50.34Q  1
  2 Koth, Colin               11 Sioux Falls Chri       51.60      50.37Q  2
  3 Kratovil, Corbin          11 Bennett County         50.40      50.78Q  3
  4 Leischner, Luke           11 Parkston               50.30      50.59q  2
  5 Coy, Andy                 10 Hill City              50.50      50.89q  3
  6 Schneller, Jake           12 Canton                 50.80      51.54q  1
  7 Blindert, Zach            11 McCook Central         51.35      51.72q  2
  8 Peterka, Adam             12 Miller                 51.80      51.92q  1
  9 DeMers, Chas              12 Winner                 50.60      51.95   2
10 Powell, Ryan              12 Vermillion             51.40      52.39   3
11 Foote, Jared              11 Custer                 51.10      52.44   1
12 Hoyer, Skyler             12 Howard                 52.20      52.73   1
13 Lueck, Brett              12 Flandreau              53.70      52.82   2
14 Zuege, Zach               11 Hot Springs            51.60      53.04   3
15 McGregor, Beau            10 McCook Central         53.60      53.46   1
16 Scheider, Brian           12 Britton-Hecla          53.30      54.45   3
17 Osterloh, Dominic         11 Alcester-Hudson        53.30      55.01   3
18 Monson, Brett             12 Webster                52.90      55.16   2
19 McClanahan, Shae           9 Lyman                  55.60      57.56   2
 
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Boys 800 meter run:
Sophomore Andy Coy and junior Hudson Koel pick up third and fourth place finishes in the 800 meter run.  The 800 featured the deepest, most talented 800 field in recent state meet history.  Koel set an early pace for the field and led through about 500 meters. Coy was about 3 seconds off the leaders going into the final 200 meters, yet finished just .46 from winning the race.  Just a junior, this was Koel's first individual state track meet medal.  Excellent race guys!!!!
 
800 - Justin Schrepel (Madison) 1:56.84; Nick Lopez-Prelle (Hot Springs) 1:57.19; Andy Coy (Hill City) 1:57.30; Hudson Koel (Hill City) 2:00.31; Jake Schneller (Canton) 2:00.34; Alexander Wilson (Pine Ridge) 2:01.23; Adam Peterka (Miller) 2:01.95; Jacob Hudelson (Elk Point-Jefferson) 2:04.27.
 
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Boys 4x400 meter relay:
The foursome of Hudson Koel, Nash Koel, Chance Clason and Andy Coy ran 3:34.78 to finish 4th in their heat, but still managed to make the finals with the seventh fastest preliminary time.  Congratulations on making finals!
 
Boys 4x400 Meter Relay Class A
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    School                                               Seed    Prelims  H#
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  1 Sioux Falls Christian                             3:31.60    3:29.92Q  1
  2 Dell Rapids                                       3:30.60    3:31.67Q  3
  3 Elk Point-Jefferson                               3:33.20    3:32.24Q  2
  4 Aberdeen Roncalli                                 3:34.60    3:30.98q  1                 
  5 Madison                                           3:31.30    3:32.94q  2
  6 Vermillion                                        3:32.20    3:33.89q  1
  7 Hill City                                         3:29.90    3:34.62q  1
  8 Custer                                            3:30.20    3:35.18q  2
  9 Lennox                                            3:30.90    3:35.50   3
10 Chamberlain                                       3:36.60    3:39.52   2
11 Garretson                                         3:33.30    3:39.91   3
12 Todd County                                       3:42.60    3:40.65   2
13 Elkton                                            3:39.10    3:41.25   3
14 Canton                                            3:34.40    3:42.69   2
15 Flandreau                                         3:42.60    3:43.64   1
16 West Central                                      3:40.60    3:45.38   1
17 Winner                                            3:43.20    3:46.41   3
18 Milbank                                           3:35.20    3:46.93   1
 
 
 
Saturday's Results from Sioux Falls
 
Girls High Jump:
 
Kati Ginsbach picked the right time to have her best jump of the year and came within an inch of becoming a state champion!  Ginbach placed runner-up in the girls high jump with a leap of 5'4" and just missed on her 2nd attempt at 5'5".  Ginsbach is one of the few seniors on the Ranger track team and will be missed in the 2008 season.  Congratulations Kati on an amazing season and good luck!
 
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Girls High Jump Class A
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  State Meet: *  5-09  1985        Stacey Johnson, Platte                     
    Name                    Year School                  Finals  Points
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  1 Ostarello, Sam            10 Stanley County         5-05.00    10 
  2 Ginsbach, Kati            12 Hill City              5-04.00     8 
  3 Sokolowski, Katie         11 Irene/Wakonda          5-03.00     6 
  4 Wilkinson, Hannah         11 Elk Point-Jeffer       5-01.00     4.5
  4 Powell, Kara              11 Hot Springs            5-01.00     4.5
  6 Waldner, Adrienne         10 Sioux Valley          J5-01.00     2.5
  6 Marvin, Lindsay           11 Dakota Valley         J5-01.00     2.5
  8 Shearer, Lora             12 McCook Central        J5-01.00     1 

 
Girls 1600 meters:
8th grader Stephanie Qualm ran a gutsy race in the 1600 meters.  Qualm was sick throughout the week and friday's 4x800 took a lot out of Stephanie's tank.  However, Stephanie still ran strong, finishing 13th in the girls race.  Excellent, Stephanie!
 
Girls 1600 Meter Run Class A
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  State Meet: * 5:03.16  1991        Heidi Reed, Canton                       
    Name                    Year School                  Finals  Points
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  1 Wohlleber, Jordan          9 Cheyenne-Eagle B       5:21.73    10 
  2 Barondeau, Mikayla        11 Leola/Frederick        5:23.52     8 
  3 Wolles, Laura             10 Chester Area           5:35.69     6 
  4 Barret, Kelsey             7 Britton-Hecla          5:37.64     5 
  5 Wiederholt, Daysia         7 Mobridge               5:38.17     4 
  6 Weiss, Randi               9 Hot Springs            5:39.67     3 
  7 Konkol, Karlie             7 Custer                 5:39.92     2 
  8 Ronke, Tara                7 Bon Homme              5:41.68     1 
  9 Kuhle, Jenna               9 Howard                 5:42.51 
10 Ackerman, Alayna           8 St. Thomas More        5:43.78 
11 Bertram, Kirby             8 Winner                 5:44.61 
12 Ford, Lydia               11 Vermillion             5:45.18 
13 Qualm, Stephanie           8 Hill City              5:47.97 
14 Fideler, Erica             9 Sioux Valley           5:51.71 
15 Marshall, Kyla             9 Todd County            5:52.96 
16 Bahnson, Anna              9 West Central           5:55.35 
17 Hintz, Karli               7 Deuel                  5:55.98 
18 Donnelly, Jenna            8 Elk Point-Jeffer       5:56.29 
19 Cuka, Alaina               8 Wagner                 5:56.89
 
Boys 1600 meters:
 
Hudson Koel ran his smartest and fasted 1600 meter run of the year, finishing with the bronze medal in the 1600 with a personal best time of 4:34.21.  Koel gradually made a move on the field after a fast opening lap left many of the early leaders struggling at the midway point.  Koel moved into second place for nearly all of the last lap, and nearly held on for a silver medal.  Great race Hudson!
 
Boys 1600 Meter Run Class A
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  State Meet: * 4:22.11  1986        Carl Fritz, Lennox                       
    Name                    Year School                  Finals  Points
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  1 Lopez-Prelle, Nick        12 Hot Springs            4:27.83    10 
  2 Entwisle, Eamin           11 Hot Springs            4:32.42     8 
  3 Koel, Hudson              11 Hill City              4:34.21     6 
  4 Schneller, Jake           12 Canton                 4:35.00     5 
  5 Harrison, Ben             12 Canton                 4:35.52     4 
  6 Wilson, Alexander         12 Pine Ridge             4:36.24     3 
  7 Schrepel, Justin          12 Madison                4:37.20     2 
  8 Fideler, Matt             12 Sioux Valley           4:40.90     1 
  9 Muth, Phil                12 Britton-Hecla          4:45.36 
10 Noyes, Joe                11 Redfield               4:45.97 
11 Hellevang, Steel          11 Belle Fourche          4:46.75 
12 Whirlwind Soldier, Marc    9 Todd County            4:47.59 
13 Hoffman, Phil             12 Parkston               4:48.51 
14 Gunderson, Cory           11 Sioux Valley           4:53.53 
15 Kraft, Kent               12 Mobridge               4:54.66 
16 Peterka, Ryan              9 Miller                 4:56.67 
17 Red Elk, Philip           12 West Central           4:56.78 
18 Ward, Chase               10 Garretson              4:57.31  

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Boys 400 meter dash:
Andy Coy placed 6th in this year's 400 meter finals.  Coy ran with a lot of heart in the race, but was clearly fatigued from friday's 400/800 double, the toughest in track and field (Coy ran 50.89 and 1:57.30 all within a little less than 80 minutes).  Coy, a sophomore, has now placed two consecutive years in the 400 meters.  Gutsy performance, Andy!
 
Boys 400 Meter Dash Class A
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  State Meet: * 48.23  1986        Eric Mundt, Spearfish                      
    Name                    Year School                  Finals  Points
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  1 Kratovil, Corbin          11 Bennett County           49.76    10 
  2 Velgersdyk, Brady         11 Sioux Falls Chri         49.81     8 
  3 Leischner, Luke           11 Parkston                 50.46     6 
  4 Koth, Colin               11 Sioux Falls Chri         50.47     5 
  5 Schneller, Jake           12 Canton                   51.51     4 
  6 Coy, Andy                 10 Hill City                51.73     3 
  7 Blindert, Zach            11 McCook Central           52.78     2 
  8 Peterka, Adam             12 Miller                   52.99     1
 
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Boys 4x400 relay:
 
The boy's 4x400 meter relay team of Hudson Koel (jr.), Nash Koel (so.), Chance Clason (fr.) and Andy Coy (so.) finished in 8th place in the 2007 South Dakota State Track meet's final event.  The young relay team ran with everything they had and came away with the 8th place medals.  All of these runners will be back in uniform for the Rangers next year!  Thank you for a great season, guys!
 
Boys 4x400 Meter Relay Class A
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  State Meet: * 3:22.51  1986        Canton, Canton                           
                         Ulrickson, Hertin, King, Sieverson               
    School                                               Finals  Points
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  1 Dell Rapids  'A'                                    3:29.42    10            
  2 SF Christian  'A'                                   3:29.46     8 
  3 Aberdeen Roncalli  'A'                              3:34.15     6 
  4 Madison  'A'                                        3:34.40     5 
  5 Vermillion  'A'                                     3:34.98     4 
  6 Elk Point-Jefferson  'A'                            3:37.03     3 
  7 Custer  'A'                                         3:37.35     2 
  8 Hill City  'A'                                      3:37.78     1