SIOUX FALLS – Flandreau was at the O’Gorman Invitational track meet and participated in the 99th annual Howard Wood Dakota Relays over the weekend.
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SIOUX FALLS – Flandreau was at the O’Gorman Invitational track meet and participated in the 99th annual Howard Wood Dakota Relays over the weekend.
Finally a couple days of nicer weather allowed the track and field members to show their stuff. Head Coach Owen Parsley reported there were 23 Personal Records (PRs) marked up at the two events
He also stated two school records were broken – one from a year old and the other, from four decades ago. Both were set at Howard Wood.
Eclipsing a 36-year old 4x800 meter relay record at Howard Wood were Kiley Westberry, Morgan Sheppard, Josie Hamilton and Faith Wiese, lowering it by nearly 14 seconds to 9:54.21 (from 10:08.1). They placed fifth and the time moves them to number five in that Class A race.
“Breaking the girls 4x800 1988 record of 10:08.1 was a mission we’ve been focused on for the last four years,” said Parsley.
“We narrowly missed it in 2021 by 2/100ths of a second and then missed it again in 2022 by half a second, but this year the gals had a vendetta to demolish that record. They knew they’d have to all put their best splits together, and they did just that on Friday at Howard Wood, by running 9:54.21. Those ladies came in with confidence, knowing they could do it, and they ran so well for each other and for their town.
Also, about 45 min to an hour after accomplishing their record breaking performance, Morgan Sheppard went back across town to O’Gorman and won the girls 200M race and Josie Hamilton ran her best 3200M time of 12:22.72, putting her at #6 all time on the Flandreau Flier Girls Top Ten list,” he added.
Colleen Shaeffer, Julie LeBrun, Lisa Gullickson and Kara Johnston were the previous record holder setting it in 1988.
Flier sophomore Wiese broke her own school record in the 1600 meter run. She lowered her time slightly going from 5:07.9 to 5:07.24 and placed eighth at the meet.
“Despite being frustratingly boxed in for half the race, Wiese broke free during the third lap of the open 1600M at Howard Wood.”
“Seeing her place top eight against South Dakota B, A, and AA competition, as well as incredible athletes from North Dakota and Minnesota, is a remarkable accomplishment. She ran a mentally and physically tough race, and held off an outstanding field to capture that 8th place finish and wound up earning four Howard Wood medals for the weekend,” said Parsley.
She’s now has the third fastest time in the state for the mile run in Class A.
At the Sioux Falls O’Gorman Invitational, the Fliers earned several top six finishes. Both Class A and AA divisions were held.
Morgan Sheppard was the lone first place winner taking the girls 200 meter dash. Ella Hoffman was third in the 100, 13.72 and came in sixth in the 400 meter dash at 1:05.73.
A medley relay team of Hailieanne Schepel, Sheppard, Claire Wegner and Dreamer Cournoyer ran a 5:17.14 for fifth and Diamond Roy ran a 2:42.65 in the 800 taking sixth.
“The quick and committed Brenton busted through 24 seconds to earn second (23.94). He’s showing such promise in the sprints and I can’t wait to see how this season finishes up for him,” said Parsley
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