Colman-Egan at Howard Wood

SIOUX FALLS – The 100th running of the Howard Wood Dakota Relays was one for the books. Several personal records, school records and meet records were marked in the book as athletes competed in ideal conditions – sunny temps in upper 60s, no gale force winds and top-notch competition.
Colman-Egan shined on the track both in boys and girls relays bringing home five Class B gold medal performances with one of them a Dakota Relays meet record.
The girls 4x200 meter relay team had a great day setting a new Howard Wood Meet record with a time of 1:46.65. Crystal Silva-Dominguez, Finley Luze, Brynlee Landis and Jolie Flatten flew to the gold and the podium. Their winning time is also the top in the Class B performance list.
The Luze sisters swapped for the 4x400 meter relay event and the team had the winning time at 4:08.24. Members were Presley Luze, Silva-Dominguez, Landis and Flatten.
The girls team had two other place winners.
The sprint medley team of Avery Baumberger, Finley Luze, Silva-Dominguez and Landis took second marking a time of 4:22.25.
Colman-Egan’s girls 4x800 meter relay team of Presley Luze, Anya Hemmer, Finley Luze and Brynlee Landis took eighth recording a time of 10:29.62
Not to be outdone, the Hawk boys won the 4x100, 4x200 and medley relays running in some very good races and setting two school records.
The foursome of Jase Mousel, Mikano Lee, Jackson Zwart and Jack Mousel ran to the HW winning time of 1:31.8 to win the Class B 4x200 relay. The time was just shy of one they ran a couple of weeks ago which put them on top of the boys Class B performance list.
Zwart and the Mousel brothers teamed with Sutton Bunde to win the Class B Medley relay timed at 3:38.01 with Bunde running a very strong 800 to lead the team.
The speedy Colman-Egan 4x100 team keeps lowering their time with each race. Saturday, Hayden Pearson, Zwart and the Mousels ran a 43:73 to win that race.

As of Monday, Colman-Egan boys have three relay teams that are ranked number one in South Dakota Class B Performance Lists: 4x100, 4x200 and the sprint medley.
The girls 4x200 is currently the top ranked and the sprint medley is number two.
Other top 15 finishes at the Howard Wood Relays:
Girls Open 400: 15th Jolie Flatten 59.42
Girls Open High Jump: 12th CE Quinn Meyer 5’2”
Boys Open High Jump: 10th Jack Mousel 6’2”

Flandreau at Howard Wood

SIOUX FALLS – The Flandreau track and field participants at the 100th annual running of the Howard Wood Dakota Relay took advantage of the beautiful weather and the big stage.
Most notable performance was the girls medley team winning their event in meet record time and erasing their own school record.
Coach Parsley had a pre-race pep talk with his four Class A medley relay girls.
“I told them,” he said, “they needed to own this race. To be afraid of nobody and to run to win.”

“We asked God to help them to run well - for each other and for Him. Then they went and did it. Everyone executed perfectly. And slashing 8.66 seconds off their previous sprint medley best, that was incredible. And to have it be a Howard Wood Dakota Relays meet record? Absolutely bananas,” stated an excited Parsley.
His record setting medley relay team are Ella Hoffman and Morgan Sheppard running the 200s, Kiley Westberry, running the 400 and Faith Wiese closing it out with an 800. Their time was 4:10.76 nicking the previous mark set in 2023 by a team of Mt. Vernon/Plankinton (4:10.97).Their old school record mark was 4:19.42 set last season.
The Flier girls had a couple more relay teams running well at the Dakota Relays.
The 4x400 relay team of members Rhegan Sheppard, Westberry, Hoffman and Morgan Sheppard placed eighth turning in a time of 4:12.81.
The 4x800 relay team just missed placing (came in 9th) but turned in a good time of 10:02.94 which ranks them fifth in the state. Team members were Westberry, Morgan Sheppard, Josie Hamilton and Wiese.
Wiese also broke two of her own school records in individual distance races which were open to all classes. She came in sixth in the Open 1600 meter run with a time of 5:02.33 and ran to a seventh place finish in the 3200 meter run. She broke her own school record set a couple of weeks ago by another 13 seconds with the new mark of 10:35.40.
“She is running incredibly well and it's so exciting as it's only early May,” said Parsley.
While they didn’t place, the boys 4x400 relay ran their best time yet. Team members Micah Otto, Paul Parsley, Ben Kulm and Brenton Westberry turned in a time of 3:31.29 coming in 12th.
“Ben and Micah had their best splits yet and Paul kept guys behind him that tried to pass, while Brenton anchored us to a record time for the quartet,” noted Parsley.
“They ran smart, strong races, and they ran defensively, fighting for position and not letting anyone break their stride. Coach Liam Streitz has set them up for success and with each race they are getting stronger. The end of this season will be so exciting for these four."