Junior Danie Parrott ran in the 600m, where she broke the meet record.
On Feb. 14 and 15, both Men’s and Women’s Track & Field teams traveled to Mitchell, South Dakota, to compete in the Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) Championships, where both teams walked away as champions.
Starting in the Women’s 60m was sophomore Neryah Hekl, who took first place with a time of 7.58. Also competing was sophomore RaeAnn Thompson, who placed third with a time of 7.68. Running in the 200m was junior Kat Vogt, who had a time of 25.96, placing her fourth, and Thompson, with a time of 26.03, which placed her sixth. Taking second in the 400m was Vogt, who had a time of 58.36.
Crossing the finish line first in the 600m was junior Danie Parriott, who had a time of 1:34.05, along with sophomore Chaney Nelson, who had a time of 1:42.14, placing her sixth. Parriott also took home first in the 1000m with a time of 3:02.31. Walking away with sixth in the 5000m was freshman Kenzy Lippold, who had a time of 19:32.88.
Running over the hurdles in the 60m was junior Josie Garrett, who had a time of 8.94, which placed her third. Placing fifth in the 4×400 were Vogt, Nelson, sophomore Kiley Hejmanek and Parriott, who combined for a time of 4:06.79. Running in the 4×800 were freshman Allison Ernst, junior Maddy Ramey, sophomore Madison Lytle and freshman Marissa Miles, who ended with a time of 10:19.51, placing them fourth.
Competing in the pole vault was sophomore Kaylee Pribyl, who placed first with a mark of 3.97m and beat the school record as well. Junior Kennedy Stanley, who had a mark of 3.45m, placed second. Jumping in the long jump was Garrett, who had a mark of 5.48m, placing her fifth. Also competing in the long jump was junior Rosalyn Roggasch, who had a mark of 5.33m, placing her sixth.
Kaylee Pribyl breaks the school record in pole vault.
Taking home first in the triple jump was Garrett, who had a mark of 11.58m and placing third was Roggasch, who had a mark of 11.44m. Finishing up the triple for the Tigers was junior Kyla Davis, who had a mark of 11.08m, placing her sixth.
Throwing the shot put were seniors Madison Sutton, who placed second with a mark of 14.25m and Alivia Baucom, who had a mark of 14.13m, which placed her fourth. Taking home first in the weight throw was Sutton, who had a mark of 18.93m. Finishing in fourth was sophomore Kaylie Lotspeich, who had a mark of 16.92m. Finishing up for the women’s side was Nelson, who took home fourth in the pentathlon with 3,037 points.
With this, the Women’s team ended with 163.00 points, which placed them first and is the first time they have been conference champions since 2018.
Transitioning over to the Men’s side, starting off in the 60m was sophomore Devon Jackson, who finished sixth with a time of 7.04. Running in the 400m and taking home second was junior Caleb Mulder, who had a time of 50.37. Placing third in the 600m was junior Joaquin Gutierrez, who had a time of 1:20.48. In the 800m was junior Emmanuel Yego, who had a time of 1:57.56, which placed him third.
Junior Caleb Mulder ran in the 400m.
Placing second in the 1000m was junior Michael Grigsby, who had a time of 2:32.16, and finishing in fifth was junior Will Dawes, who had a time of 2:36.00. Also running in the mile was Grigsby, who had a time of 4:16.95, which placed him first. Competing in the same race was freshman Porter Bickely, who had a time of 4:26.63, which placed him sixth. In the 3000m, freshman Jayden Wall placed first with a time of 8:47.86; his teammate Bickley, who had a time of 8:52.84, placed fourth.
Running over the hurdles in the 60m was senior Zach Turner, who had a time of 7.75, which placed him first. Placing second was freshman Andrew Brown, who had a time of 8.04, placing him second. Running in the 4×400 were Gutierrez, Mulder, sophomore Parker Gaston and junior Emmanuel Yego, who combined for a time of 3:26.45, placing them fourth.
Running in the 4×800 were Yego, Dawes, freshman Alex Fowler and sophomore Nate O’Brien, who had a time of 7:57.90, which placed them third. Jumping in the high jump were senior Dylan Starr, who placed second with a mark of 2.06m and senior Carter Reckling, who had a mark of 2.06m. Finishing in fifth was freshman Jackson Kessler, who had a mark of 1.98m; sophomore Peyton Herrick, who had a mark of 1.93m, placed sixth.
Sophomore Eli Marez competes in the 600m, where he placed ninth.
Competing in the pole vault was senior Drew Garrison, who had a mark of 4.30m, which placed him fifth. Also jumping in the long jump were freshman Brian Cech, who placed third with a mark of 7.23m, and sophomore Andrew Harms, who had a mark of 6.93m, placing him fifth. Jumping in the triple were Cech, who placed first with a mark of 14.27m and Brown, who had a mark of 14.09m, which placed him second.
Throwing in the shot put was junior Andrew Schmitz, who had a mark of 15.88m, which placed him second, alongside junior Christopher Brown, who had a mark of 15.82m, which placed him third. Placing fourth was junior Cale Bessler, who had a mark of 15.39m, and finishing in fifth was sophomore Colton Dillno, who had a mark of 15.35m.
Placing first in the weight throw was senior Trey Dickey, who had a mark of 19.75m. Schmitz, with a mark of 18.92m, placed second. Finishing up for the weight throw was sophomore Jaden Vollenweider, who had a mark of 18.00m, which placed him fourth.
Finishing up for the heptathlon was Harms, sophomore Addison Croghan and senior Zach Fye. Harms had a total of 4,679 points, which placed him second. Croghan had a total of 4,608, which placed him third. And Fye had a total of 4,548 points, which placed him fourth. The Men’s team ended with a total of 220.5 points, which earned them first place.
The men’s had 33 men make the all-conference team and the women’s team had 22 women make the all-conference team, which is accomplished by placing in the top-eight in a given event.
On Feb. 27-28, both the Men’s and Women’s teams will be traveling to Gainesville, Florida, to compete in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) Championships.
