IHS Boys regional track champs

Ipswich had a busy day at the Region 2B high school school track and field meet in Gettysburg last Thursday. The Tiger boys indeed overwhelmed second-place Potter County 213.5 to 85 with North Central narrowly in third at 84.5. Though the host team countered with a 158.5 to 140 girls' team championship victory over runner-up Ipswich, that still left the IHS thinclads with a healthy lead in the combined girls/boys team-point results.

The Tigers boys displayed their depth in both track and field events! Eric Severson won the discus at 142-02, where Zach Geditz was second at 139-07. Then in the shot put Lucas Roland was second at 41-07.00. Tyler Hettich was first in the high jump at 5-10.00, followed closely by Josh McQuarie, second at 5-06.00. Ipswich also featured a long jump win by Carson Gohl at 20-02.00. And how about the pole vault? The Tigers nearly dominated that event, led by Darrel Yost first at 9-03.00 and Rasmus Loken's second at 9-03.00.

That track? Ty Kadlec topped the 100-meter dash finals at :11.35. He was also second in the 200 at :23.01. McQuarie had an impressive day there with a 110-meter high hurdles win in :16.04 and a second-place outcome in the low hurdles at :46.57.

Their 4x100-meter relay team won it in :45.65, featuring Dylan Owens, Gohl, Matthew Hettich and Kadlec. That same foursome would also claim victory in the 4x200-meter relay in 1:34.88.

The girls' top efforts happened in field events. Gracie Lange and Paige Mehlberg were tied for second in the high-jump finals at 4-09.00 and Lange also captured a second in the long jump, measured at 15-10.25. Quincy Olivier was able to finish second in the pole vault with a 8-06.00 height.

The State B will be held both days in Rapid City on May 28-29 at the SDSMT O'Hara Stadium. This year there will be a new format where all the state event qualifiers are narrowed down to a list of Top 24 that have been compiled beginning throughout the regular season that also included the regionals.

Other IHS Reg. 2B Top-Eight placements last Thursday on a windy day in Gettysburg:

GIRLS

200-Meter Dash: 5, Paige Mehlberg, :28.84; 6, Vanesa Diaz, :29.08.

400-Meter Dash: 5, Hailey Bierman, 1:11.54; 6, Kaylin Onken, 1:14.27.

800-Meter Run: 5, Hailey Bierman, 2:56.30; 8, Madison Geditz, 3:02.41.

1,600-Meter Run: 7, Madisyn Gellhaus, 6:43.01.

3,200-Meter Run: 3, Ashlinn Hartwell, 14:14.03; 4, Gracyn Kadlec, 14:28.79; 6, Baylee Kulesa, 15:57.30.

100-Meter Hurdles: 6, Marley Guthmiller, :20.00; 7, Sienna Kessler, :20.04.

300-Meter Hurdles: 5, Sienna Kessler, :58.20.

4x100-Meter Relay: 3, Ipswich, :54.79.

4x200-Meter Relay: 6, Ipswich, 2:04.01.

4x400-Meter Relay: 4, Ipswich, 4:43.39.

4x800-Meter Relay: 3, Ipswich, 11:33.02.

Medley Relay: 5, Ipswich, 5:15.15.

Shot Put: 4, Katelyn Geditz, 30-02.50.

Discus: 4, Katelyn Geditz, 93-07.

High Jump: 4, Marley Guthmiller, 4-07.00.

Pole Vault: 3, Kaitlyn Williams, 8-03.00; 4, Marley Guthmiller, 7-09.00.

Triple Jump: 3, Gracie Lange, 31-03.75; 4, Katie Bierman, 27-05.00; 6, Jayda Gisi, 25-10.75.

BOYS

100-Meter Dash: 3, Matthew Hettich, :11.71; 4, Tyler Hettich, :11.83.

200-Meter Dash: 4, Dylan Owens, :23.62; 6, Colby Sylte, :24.47.

400-Meter Dash: 8, Trevor Heinz, 1:03.34.

3,200-Meter Run: 4, Dylan Wald, 12:27.77; 5, Xavier Kadlec, 12:36.04; 6, Taylor Thorson, 12:54.62.

110-Meter Hurdles: 4, Lance Parks, :18.16; 6, Preston Martin, :20.98.

300-Meter Hurdles: 5, Lance Parks, :48.58; 6, Preston Martin, :50.90.

4x400-Meter Relay: 5, Ipswich, 3:53.00.

Medley Relay: 5, Ipswich, 4:18.65.

Shot Put: 4, Zach Geditz, 41-03.50; 7, Eric Severson, 38-09.00.

Discus: 6, Jordan Nierman, 117-11.

High Jump: 6, Preston Martin, 5-00.00.

Pole Vault: 3, Taylor Thorson, 8-03.00.

Long Jump: 5, Trevor Heinz, 18-07.00; 6, Tyler Hettich, 17-11.25.

Triple Jump: 4, Josh McQuarie, 37-05.50.