Records and Top Performances Marked Howard Wood Dakota Relays

The 2011 Howard Wood Dakota Relays was a record-breaking affair and one that includes top performances nationally at the both the collegiate and high school levels.

In total, 21 Howard Wood Dakota Relays record fell with five stadium marks also going by the wayside. The event featured 29 top-100 performances according to http://www.dyestat.com/ (keeper of high school marks) and another -- college DI or DII marks. Breaking down the records shows that there were seven collegiate records with nine high school boys marks and five high school girls marks.

Here is a look at the records and top performances with notes included with each mark.

Howard Wood Relays --

Collegiate Records --

Men's High Jump: Randall Carter, unattached, 7'04.25. Old mark: Randall Carter, unattached, 2010; Cameron Helder, SDSU, 2009; Ben Jasinski, SDSU, 2009, 7-0 1/2.
Notes: Carter likely qualified for the Olympic Trials with the jump. He has not attended college since graduating from Papillon-LaVista, Neb., high school where he went 7-04 and set the Nebraska high school high jump mark with the nation's top performance by a prep athlete. He had gone 7-03 at the DakotaDome in March but recorded the top high jump performance ever on South Dakota soil at the Wood Relays.

College Men 3000-meter Steeplechase: Tom Karbo, Augustana College, 8:55.91. Old mark: Valentine, Northern Colorado, 1988, 9:00.04.
Notes: Karbo's performance ranks sixth in NCAA Division II. His clocking is an A standard and an automatic qualifying berth for the NCAA DII nationals.

College Women's Pole Vault: Bethany Buell, University of South Dakota, 13'09.25 (4.20m). Old mark: Leslie Brost, unattached, 2010, 13-7 3/4.
Notes: Buell, coached by two-time Olympian Derek Miles at USD, broke her own USD record and had the best pole vault ever by a women's vaulter in South Dakota. She broke the mark of former Watertown prep standout Leslie Brost who compete at North Dakota State. Her vault is the 12th best in D1.

College Women's 1500-meter run: Runa Falch, Augustana, 4:27.09. Old mark: Noel, Nebraska, 4:29.47.
Notes: Falch clocked the fourth best time in NCAA DII at the Wood Relays She was just .07 from third with her performance which was an A standard and an NCAA DII automatic qualifying time.

College Women's 3,000-meter run: Runa Falch, Augustana, 9:37.84. Old mark: Tina Fenske, University of South Dakota, 1999, 9:50.49.
Notes: This event is not part of the national rankings at DII. However, Falch's second record-breaking performance at The Wood broke the previous mark by USD All-American Tina Fenske by 12.64 seconds.

College Women's 3,000-meter steeplechase: Kyle Blakeslee, Augustana, 10:40.85. Old Mark: Reuter, NDSU, 2010, 10:53.19.
Notes: Blakeslee's time is the ninth best time in NCAA DII. However, Blakeslee has run a 10:36.64 at the Drake Relays, a time that ranks fifth in DII.

College Women's 4x100m relay: South Dakota State University (Heather Wollman, Ashley Odegaard, Megan Bren, and Brittany Garner), :46.08. Old mark: The University of South Dakota (Heidi Muellenberg, Janessa Filler, Amanda Adamson, Stephanie Gebhart), 2006, :46.29.
Notes: The SDSU team of Wollman, Odegaard, Bren and Garner are all South Dakota natives as were the USD team of Muellenberg, Filler, Adamson and Gebhart that set the record in 2006.

HS Boys Shot Put: Kyle McKelvey, Beresford HS, 69-03. Old mark: Eric Flores, Custer, 2006, 67-4 1/2.
Notes: McKelvey's effort broke his own state of South Dakota all-time record (68-0) and ranks third in the high school ranks. According to Dyestat.com, Nick Venea of Morristown, N.J., has a throw of 75-09 on May 9 and Ryan Crouser of Sam Barlow, Ore., had a throw of 72-7 1/2 on April 23 at the Centennial Invitational in Oregon. Interestingly, Tyler Schultz of Custer had a toss of 60-0 which ranks 35th in the prep ranks. However Schultz threw the shot put 63-08 1/2 at the Queen City Classic on April 8 which places him ninth nationally. South Dakota has two of the top 10 shot put performers in the nation.

HS Boys 300-meter hurdles: Jason Greenway, Mitchell, :37.89. Old mark: Matt Dunbar, Dell Rapids, 2010, :38.51.
Notes: Greenway, who recorded the 35th best prep time this spring, tied the all-time South Dakota mark held by Tom Taylor of Sioux Falls Lincoln in 1988. It also should be noted that Erik Hill of Tea HS had a 38.11 clocking that ranks 55th nationally and Lukas Bernard of Watertown HS had a :38.38 clocking that ranks 90th in the prep ranks. Both Hill and Bernard had times better than Dunbar's 2010 record at the Dakota Relays. Hill is ranked in the top 100 in both hurdle events (28th in the 110m-+ hurdles and 55th in 300m hurdles).

HS Boys 4x400-meter relay: Watertown (Kirk Gilbertson, Collin Schull, Levi Winkels, Lukas Bernard), 3:19.27. Old mark: Sioux Falls Washington (Gerry, McMartin, Gebhart, Shade), 2009, 3:19.37.
Notes: Watertown broke the mark of SF Washington by .10 and set an all-time record in South Dakota. The performance ranks in Dyestat's Elite 100 performances at 84th place, just .02 from 81st.

HS Boys 4x100m Relay (AA): Sioux City West (Antonio Anderson, James Burton, Datrick Hollis, Darius Pearson), :42.34. Old mark: Aberdeen Central HS (Kono, Ford, Johnston, Schwan), 2002, :43.19.
Notes: Sioux City West ranks 232nd in the nation with this performance.

HS Boys 4x200m Relay (AA): Sioux City West (Antonio Anderson, Darius Peterson, Daquane Triplett, Datrick Hollis), 1:28.22. Old mark: Yankton HS (Johnson, Nelson, Tolsma, Fisher), 1994, 1:28.92.
Notes: Sioux City West, who set records in both the 4x100m relay and the 4x200m relay, ranks 94th in the country with his 4x200m relay performance at The Wood.

HS Boys 4x200-meter relay: Dakota Valley (Matt Lupkes, Evan Hendricks, Zach Sexton, Taylor White), 1:30.20. Old mark: Dell Rapids (Dunbar, Curry, Huska, Tibke), 2009, 1:30.22.
Notes: Nationally the time by Dakota Valley ranks 397th.

HS Boy 110 Hurdles: Erik Hill, Tea HS, 14.24 (prelims). Old mark: Matt Dunbar, Dell Rapids, 2010, 14.37.
Notes: Hill finished second in the finals to Parker McKittrick, Pierre, 14:34 but broke off a record-breaking run in the preliminary round. Hill's performance ranks 28th nationally. McKittrick's clocking is ranked 36th by Dyestat.com.

HS Boys Pole Vault: Brock Larson, Fargo South HS (ND), 16-0. Old mark: Henrichsen, Rapid City Stevens, 1995, 15-6.
Notes: Larson's vault ranks 30th in high school rankings this spring.

HS Boys 1600-meter sprint medley relay (class A): Worthington (MN) HS (Danny Rodriquez, Will Collin, Jeremy Clark, OJ Ogulla), 3:36.87. Old mark: Parkston (Wegehaupt, Conner, Duba, Muntefering), 2009, 3:37.79.
Notes: Both Worthington and Tea Area HS had marks better than the record and put together performances that rank in Dyestat's Elite 100. Worthington's time ranks 74th and Tea Area HS had a clocking that was 95th. 

HS Girls 400-meter run: Morgan Milbrath, Minot Magic HS (ND), :53.98. Old mark: Laura Roesler, Fargo, N.D., 2008, :55.42.

Notes: Milbrath, who was part of three winning events (400, 4x200 meter relay, 200m) set an all-time mark in South Dakota, while recording the fifth fastest prep time this spring. Milbrath, just a sophomore, crushed Oregon standout Roesler by nearly a second and half and became the only female runner at the high school or collegiate ranks to break 54 seconds in the 400 meters. Her time beat USD and Elkton (SD) standout Stephanie Gebhart's Howard Wood Stadium mark of :54.08. Milbrath's time was just .07 behind the top prep time of Robin Reynolds of Miami Jackson HS (FL) of :53.91 set at the Florida 3A State Meet. All five prep runners with sub-54 clockings are either sophomores or juniors.

HS Girls 4x200m relay (A): West Central (Sieheh Mulbah, Shelby Sieverding, Maty Skinner, Sami Galliger), 1:45.78. Old mark: Miller (Schaaf, Danberg, Letche, Istus), 1987, 1:46.02).
Notes: West Central ranks 419th in prep ranks for the event.

HS Girls 4x100 relay (A): West Central (Sienah Bulbah, Allie MacDonald, Alyssa Hellvig, Sami Galliger).sprint
Notes: Bulbah and Galliger ran on both West Central record-breaking relays at the Dakota Relays.

HS Girls 1600m sprint medley (A): Luverne (MN) HS (Taylor Peterson, Katlyn Sawtelle, Paige  Nath, Anne Tofteland), 4:17.34. Old mark: Vermillion HS (Walker, Roche, Brown, Day), 2007, 4:20.43.

HS Girls 4x800m relay: Adrian (MN) HS (Hailee Heitkamp, Nicole Slater, Jordin Kopplow, Austin Thier), 9:39.98. Old mark: Luverne (MN) HS, 2007, 2:45.60.
Notes: The Adrian HS team is ranked 186th on the Dyestat.com rankings. Interesting that a Minnesota school broke a mark at a South Dakota held previously by another Minnesota school.

Howard Wood Stadium Marks

HS Girls 400-meters: Morgan Milbrath of Minot Magic HS (ND) broke the Howard Wood Stadium record for high school girls and now owns the mark for fastest time in the stadium with her clocking of :53.98.

College Women's Pole Vault: Bethany Buell of The University of South Dakota set a Wood Stadium record by going 13'09 1/4 in the college women's pole vault. The effort broke the stadium mark by Leslie Brost, who competed unattached in 2010 and set the record at 13-7 3/4.

College Men's High Jump: Randall Carter, unattached, set a stadium mark by going 7'04 1/2. His jump is the best ever on South Dakota soil.

Top 100 Performances -- High School (http://www.dyestat.com/, as of May 9, 2011)

HS Boys

Shot Put
Kyle McKelvey, Beresford (SD) HS, 69-03, Ranking -- 3rd.
Tyler Schultz, Custer (SD) HS, 60-0, Ranking -- 35th.
(Schultz's best throw this season is 63-8 1/2, at the Queen City Classic in Spearfish, S.D., and ranks ninth nationally).

Pole Vault
Brock Larson, Fargo South (ND) HS, 16-0. Ranking -- 30th.

High Jump
Trevor Yedoni, Benilde St. Margaret (MN), 6-11. Ranking -- 11th.
Christian Parker, Sioux Falls (SD) Washington, 6-09. Ranking -- 39th.

110M Hurdles
Erik Hill, Tea (SD) Area HS, :14.24. Ranking -- 28th.
Parker McKittrick, Pierre (SD) Riggs HS, :14:34. Ranking -- 36th.

300M Hurdles
Jason Greenway, Mitchell (SD) HS, :37.89. Ranking -- 35th.
Erik Hill, Tea (SD) Area HS, :38.11. Ranking -- 55th.
Lukas Bernard, Watertown (SD) HS, :38.38. Ranking -- 90th.

3200M Run
Tony Smoragiewicz, Rapid City (SD) Central, 9:12.87. Ranking -- 67th.
(Smoragiewicz ranks eighth nationally with his 8:57.65 at the Arcadia Invitational in California in April.)
Jake Leingang, Bismarck (ND) HS, 9:14.93. Ranking -- 88th.

4x800M Relay
Sioux Falls (SD) Roosevelt (Matt Horan, Ethan Tabbert, Dylan Slaba, Tanner Ahrendt), 7:53.89. Ranking -- 31st.

4x400M Relay
Watertown (SD) HS (Kirk Gilbertson, Collin Schull, Levin Winkels, Lukas Bernard), 3:19.27. Ranking -- 84th.

4x200M Relay
Sioux City (IA) West (Antonio Anderson, Darious Peterson, Daquane Triplett, Datrick Hollis), 1:28.22. Ranking -- 94th.

1600M Sprint Medley Relay
Sioux Falls (SD) Washington HS (Serkout Aware, Nate Gerry, Scott Strand, Alex Waddell), 3:30.38. Ranking -- 6th.
Watertown (SD) HS (Sean Langnen, Levi Winkels, Collin Schull, Kirk Gilbertson), 3:32.57. Ranking: 16th.
Kelvin Manitoba (Canada) HS (Patrick Duncan, Riel Willmont, Matthew Fitkowsky, Levi Neufeld), 3:33.20. Ranking -- 25th.
Hopkins (MN) HS (Ralph Welwean, Austin Salargo, Julius Williamson, Sam Jacobwith), 3:34.50. Ranking -- 38th.
Worthington (MN) HS (Danny Rodriquez, Will Collin, Jeremy Clark, OJ Ojulla), 3:36.87. Ranking -- 74th.

HS Girls

400M
Morgan Milbrath, Minot Magic City (ND) HS, :53.98. Ranking -- 5th.
Kari Heck, Sioux Falls (SD) Washington HS, :55.62. Ranking -- 54th.

Shot Put
McKenzie Johnson, Rapid City (SD) Central, 44-03 1/4. Ranking -- 53rd.

Pole Vault
Brittany Stangl, Watertown (SD) HS. Ranking -- 52nd
(Stangl is ranked 26th nationally with her vault of 12-6 at the Thundering Herd Classic in ND).

1600M Run
Brecca Wahlund, Minot Magic City (ND) HS, 4:58.94. Ranking -- 56th.

3200M Run
Brecca Wahlund, Minot Magic City ND) HS, 10:41.76. Ranking -- 32nd.

1600M Sprint Medley Relay
Sistler Manitoba (Canada) HS (Sylvia Kajetaniak, Tanisha Roberts, Meagan Paracholski, Carly Paracholski), 4:07.28. Ranking -- 6th.
Spearfish (SD) HS (Becca Scheetz, Miranda Meeker, Kelsey Lamb, Darian Thompson), 4:14.38. Ranking -- 29th.
Sturgis (SD) HS (Lindsay Sanftner, Tessa Tierney, Brooke Ireland, Madeline Takahashie), 4:14.76. Ranking -- 35th.

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