Lennox track & field teams off to a strong start; Musser breaks long jump record

The Lennox High School track and field teams put together an impressive showing at the Elk Point Jefferson meet on Tuesday, April 8, with both the boys’ and girls’ squads capturing the team titles. The Lennox boys took first with 134 points and the Lennox girls captured first with 135 points.

Eighth grader Bergan Musser highlighted the day with a record-breaking leap of 18 feet, 2 inches in the long jump, setting a new school record and securing first place in the event. Musser also sprinted her way to two more top performances, taking first in both the 100m (12.21) and 200m dash (25.11 - a personal record). Teammate Jayla DeCou earned second place in the 100m dash (12.84) and took first in the 400m (1:03.83), helping secure that team title. 

In the hurdles, Tori Gerdes swept both the girls’ 100m (16.86) and 300m (48.27) hurdles. Other event winners  for the girls included Adie McVey in the girls’ 1600m who captured first with a personal best 5:25.61. McVey was also a part of the girls’ 4x400 meter relay team of Karlie Bosma, Haven Larson, and Lucy Carlson, who captured second place with a time of 4:35.45. 

The girls’ 4x800 meter relay team of Sophia Johnson, Josephine Plucker, Allison Loewe, and Kelsey Schmidt, captured second place honors with their time of 11:02.10. 

In the girls’ field events, Addison Martz had a strong day with a third-place finish in both the discus (107’4”) and shot put (34’0”). Lilly Meyer earned a third-place finish in the javelin (97’2”).

On the boys’ side, Cloy McVey led a strong middle-distance group, winning the 800m in 2:01.95. Teammate Cade Sherard was close behind in second. McVey also anchored the winning 4x400m relay team with Sherard, Noah Sayler, and Chett Jibben (3:36.93). Sayler earned individual honors as well, winning the 1600m in 4:48.21, with Chett Jibben following in second with a personal best.

Drake Mikkelsen claimed first in the boys’ 300m hurdles (42.11), while Wyatt Bult and Joey Boysen finished 4th (17.25) and 5th (17.69) respectively in the 110m hurdles. Boysen took sixth in the 300 meter hurdles (47.82). 

Tate Gerdes and Layton Smith both cleared 6’0” to share first place honors in the boys’ high jump.

The boys’ 4x200m relay team of Boston Katzer, Teegan Musser, Jaxson Bittner, and Mikkelsen also claimed first place with a time of 1:33.17.

The boys’ 1600m Sprint Medley relay team of Ben Dejong, Elijah Johnson, Landon Strasser and Isaac Booker, took second place honors with a time of 4:10.47. 

In the field events for the boys Emory Lefers took second in the boys’ shot put (43’8”), and Nate Haar placed third in the discus with a personal best of 126’5”. 

On Thursday, Apr. 10 the LHS track and field team traveled to Vermillion. Once again they found success with Musser taking top honors in the girls’ 200 meter dash, lowering her school record with a time of 25.09 seconds. Musser also helped the girls’ 4x200 meter relay team of (Gerdes, Bosma, and DeCou) to a first place finish with a time of 1:47.36. 

Also claiming top honors for the girls was Gerdes in the 200 meter hurdles. Gerdes clocked a season’s best 47.85 to win the event. Schmidt took first in the 1600 meter run with a time of 5:32.53. McVey claimed top honors for the girls in the 3200 meter run with a time of 11:45.89. 

In field events, Martz took second in the girls’ discus throw, throwing a distance of 111’08” in the event. Martz took second in the shot put, with a throw of 34’9”, a season’s best and she claimed third place in the javelin throw with a toss of 94’2”. 

For the LHS boys, McVey took top honors in the 800 meter run with a time of 2:00.41, setting a new personal record. Sayler took second with a time of 2:07.10 and Jibben fifth (2:09.16). 

In the boys’ high jump, Gerdes cleared 6’2” to claim top honors. Smith cleared 6’ to take second. Gerdes also claimed third place honors in the triple jump, jumping 28’3”. Musser took second in the boys’ long jump, jumping a distance of 20’8”, Bitter claimed third in the event with a jump of 20’5.5”. 

The boys’ 4x400 meter relay team of Sayler, Sherard, Jibben and Booker took second place honors with a time of 3:38.31. 

At Vermillion the boys and girls finished second as a team, behind Sioux Falls Christian. 

The Orioles were scheduled to compete in the Titan Relays in Tea on Tuesday, Apr. 15 and will be at home on Thursday, Apr. 17 when they compete in the Lennox Invite. 

Complete results from the EPJ meet are as follows: 

Boys 100m Dash—Ben Dejong – 12.04 (11th place); Elijah Johnson – 13.10 (23rd place) PR; Andrew Stensaas – 13.31 (24th place)

Girls 100m Dash—Bergan Musser – 12.21 (1st place); Jayla DeCou – 12.84 (2nd place); Adelynn Timmermans – 14.27 (12th place)

Girls 100m Hurdles—Tori Gerdes – 16.86 (1st place); Briana Slack – 20.66 (7th place); Liv Burggraaf – 23.09 (10th place)

Boys 110m Hurdles—Wyatt Bult – 17.25 (4th place) PR; Joey Boysen – 17.69 (5th place); Kedren Fergen – 19.45 (6th place)

Boys 200m Dash—Teegan Musser – 24.02 (9th place) PR; Boston Katzer – 24.04 (10th place) PR; Brennan Juffer – 25.13 (15th place)

Girls 200m Dash—Bergan Musser – 25.11 (1st place) PR; Kaydence Gerry – 35.73 (22nd place)

Boys 300m Hurdles—Drake Mikkelsen – 42.11 (1st place); Joey Boysen – 47.82 (6th place); Kedren Fergen – 49.09 (10th place)

Girls 300m Hurdles—Tori Gerdes – 48.27 (1st place); Briana Slack – 57.90 (6th place) PR; Liv Burggraaf – 1:02.55 (9th place) PR

Boys 400m Dash—Isaak Booker – 58.03 (9th place) PR; Noah Wood – 1:00.32 (12th place); Andrew Stensaas – 1:01.88 (16th place)

Girls 400m Dash—Jayla DeCou – 1:03.83 (1st place); Josephine Plucker – 1:08.99 (7th place); Allison Loewe – 1:10.15 (9th place)

Boys 800m Run—Cloy McVey – 2:01.95 (1st place); Cade Sherard – 2:05.44 (2nd place); Aiden Hanssen – 2:17.30 (6th place)

Girls 800m Run—Karlie Bosma – 2:24.14 (3rd place); Sophia Johnson – 2:48.00 (6th place); Haven Larson – 2:56.59 (8th place)

Boys 1600m Run—Noah Sayler – 4:48.21 (1st place); Chett Jibben – 4:51.06 (2nd place) PR; Leo Aesoph – 5:31.64 (9th place) PR

Girls 1600m Run—Adie McVey – 5:25.61 (1st place) PR; Kamille Schmidt – 6:23.85 (9th place); Lucy Carlson – 6:26.13 (10th place) PR

Boys 3200m Run—Jackson Schmidt – 11:46.09 (5th place); Maverick Horst – 12:02.82 (6th place)

Girls 3200m Run—Kelsey Schmidt – 11:48.85 (3rd place)

Boys Discus—Nate Haar – 126’5” (3rd place) PR ; Emory Lefers – 117’0” (7th place); David Bartscher – 98’10” (19th place)

Girls Discus—Addison Martz – 107’4” (3rd place); Natalie Andernacht – 66’3” (19th place); Sydney Johnson – 59’9” (21st place)

Boys High Jump—Tate Gerdes – 6’0” (1st place); Layton Smith – 6’0” (1st place); Maverick Stockwell – 5’6” (6th place)

Girls High Jump—Holly Gillick – 5’0” (4th place); Jaelyn Fergen – 4’6” (9th place); Ryan Hanssen – 4’6” (10th place)

Boys Javelin—Brennan Juffer – 128’7” (8th place); Eli Highum – 124’5” (10th place); Maxwell Weeldreyer – 100’8” (15th place)

Girls Javelin—Lilly Meyer – 97’2” (3rd place); Addison Martz – 87’2” (5th place); Ryan Hanssen – 82’1” (8th place)

Boys Long Jump—Jaxson Bittner – 20’0” (3rd place); Logan VonHaden – 18’8” (8th place); Maverick Stockwell – 17’5.5” (15th place)

Girls Long Jump—Bergan Musser – 18’2” (New School Record) (1st place); Holly Gillick – 15’5.75” (5th place); Adelynn Timmermans – 13’5.75” (14th place)

Boys Shot Put—Emory Lefers – 43’8”  (2nd place); Leif Karlson – 36’9”  (16th place); David Bartscher – 36’6” (17th place)

Girls Shot Put—Addison Martz – 34’0” (3rd place); Mia Hanisch – 32’2” (6th place); Sydney Johnson – 28’5” (14th place)

Boys Triple Jump—Wyatt Bult – 35’6” (6th place); Logan VonHaden – 34’7” (7th place)

Relays: 

Boys 1600m Sprint Medley – 4:10.47 (Ben Dejong, Elijah Johnson, Landon Strasser, Isaac Booker)— 2nd place

Girls 1600m Sprint Medley – 5:40.18 (Adelynn Timmermans, Jaelyn Fergen, Kaydence Gerry, Alissa Johansson)— 6th place

Boys 4x100m Relay – 46.62 (Layton Smith, Tate Gerdes, Jaxson Bittner, Brennen Juffer)— 4th place

Boys 4x200m Relay – 1:33.17 (Boston Katzer, Teegan Musser, Jaxson Bittner, Drake Mikkelsen) — 1st place

Boys 4x400m Relay – 3:36.93 (Cloy McVey, Cade Sherard, Noah Sayler, Chett Jibben)— 1st place

Girls 4x400m Relay – 4:35.45 (Karlie Bosma, Haven Larson, Adie McVey, Lucy Carlson)— 2nd place

Boys 4x800m Relay – 9:24.57 (Isaac Booker, Leo Aesoph, Jackson Schmidt, Landon Strasser)— 4th place

Girls 4x800m Relay – 11:02.10 (Sophia Johnson, Josephine Plucker, Allison Loewe, Kelsey Schmidt) — 2nd place

Complete results from the Vermillion meet are as follows:

Boys 100m Dash—Jaxson Bittner – 11.48 (6th place) PR; EJ Dendy – 11.95 (21st place); Ben Dejong – 12.09 (28th place)

Girls 100m Dash—Ryan Hanssen – 13.70 (19th place) PR; Holly Gillick – 13.88 (24th place) PR; Adelynn Timmermans – 14.36 (32nd place); Jaelyn Fergen – 15.15 (42nd place)

Boys 110m Hurdles—Joey Boysen – 17.29 (13th place) SB; Wyatt Bult – 17.32 (15th place); Kedren Fergen – 19.65 (21st place)

Girls 100m Hurdles—Briana Slack – 19.18 (16th place) SB; Liv Burggraaf – 23.31 (26th place)

Boys 200m Dash—Boston Katzer – 23.53 (8th place) PR; Cade Sherard – 24.31 (15th place) PR

Girls 200m Dash—Bergan Musser – 25.09 (1st place) PR; Sophia Johnson – 30.38 (25th place); Josephine Plucker – 30.52 (26th place); Allison Loewe – 32.07 (37th place)

Boys 300m Hurdles—Kedren Fergen – 51.75 (19th place); Joey Boysen – 52.82 (21st place)

Girls 300m Hurdles—Tori Gerdes – 47.85 (1st place) SB; Briana Slack – 59.19 (13th place); Liv Burggraaf – 1:04.45 (20th place)

Boys 400m Dash—Drake Mikkelsen – 51.45 (2nd place); Noah Sayler – 53.86 (5th place); Cade Sherard – 54.24 (7th place); Chett Jibben – 54.97 (8th place)

Girls 400m Dash—Karlie Bosma – 1:03.68 (3rd place); Jayla DeCou – 1:04.78 (4th place); Sophia Johnson – 1:09.46 (12th place); Haven Larson – 1:13.35 (19th place)

Boys 800m Run—Cloy McVey – 2:00.41 (1st place) PR; Noah Sayler – 2:07.10 (2nd place); Chett Jibben – 2:09.16 (5th place); Aiden Hanssen – 2:13.93 (10th place) PR

Girls 800m Run—Kelsey Schmidt – 2:31.12 (5th place); Haven Larson – 2:59.10 (20th place); Kaydence Gerry – 3:10.77 (25th place); Alissa Johansson – 3:22.45 (28th place)

Boys 1600m Run—Aiden Hanssen – 5:17.69 (10th place); Jackson Schmidt – 5:23.78 (14th place); Maverick Horst – 5:27.21 (16th place)

Girls 1600m Run—Kelsey Schmidt – 5:32.53 (1st place); Allison Loewe – 6:17.91 (7th place); Josephine Plucker – 6:26.41 (10th place)

Boys 3200m Run—Leo Aesoph – 11:18.17 (5th place)

Girls 3200m Run—Adie McVey – 11:45.89 (1st place); Kamille Schmidt – 13:27.03 (5th place); Lucy Carlson – 13:45.89 (6th place)

Boys Discus Throw—Nate Haar – 127-06 (5th place) PR; Jevyn Leffers – 127-03 (6th place); Jacob Richert – 106-00 (16th place)

Girls Discus Throw—Addison Martz – 111-08 (2nd place); Natalie Andernacht – 62-07 (31st place); Madison Buehner – 51-08 (38th place)

Boys High Jump—Tate Gerdes – 6-02.00 (1st place); Layton Smith – 6-00.00 (2nd place) SB; Maverick Stockwell – 5-08.00 (5th place)

Girls High Jump—Holly Gillick – 5-00.00 (6th place) SB; Bergan Musser – 4-10.00 (7th place); Ryan Hanssen – 4-08.00 (10th place) SB

Boys Javelin Throw—Eli Highum – 115-09 (13th place); Corban Hanneman – 114-07 (14th place); Maxwell Weeldreyer – 110-02 (17th place) SB

Girls Javelin Throw—Addison Martz – 94-02 (3rd place); Lilly Meyer – 91-11 (4th place); Ryan Hanssen – 80-04 (9th place)

Boys Long Jump—Teegan Musser – 20-08.00 (2nd place); Jaxson Bittner – 20-05.50 (3rd place); Layton Smith – 19-01.00 (9th place)

Girls Long Jump—Holly Gillick – 15-05.00 (9th place); Jaelyn Fergen – 14-00.50 (21st place); Adelynn Timmermans – 13-06.00 (23rd place)

Boys Pole Vault—Elijah Johnson – 9-00.00 (11th place); Noah Wood – 8-06.00 (13th place); Kedren Fergen – 8-06.00 (13th place)

Boys Shot Put—Emory Lefers – 42-08.00 (7th place); Nate Haar – 38-05.00 (16th place); Preston Sandal – 35-04.00 (27th place)

Girls Shot Put—Addison Martz – 34-09.00 (2nd place) SB; Mia Hanisch – 32-00.00 (8th place); Sydney Johnson – 28-08.00 (15th place) SB

Boys Triple Jump—Tate Gerdes – 38-03.00 (3rd place)

Relays: Boys 1600m Sprint Medley— 4:11.18 – 6th place (Team A – M. Stockwell, G. Scott, I. Booker, L. Strasser); 4:21.47 – 9th place (Team B – M. Warren, E. Dendy, J. Schmidt, A. Stensaas)

Boys 4x100m Relay—46.04 – 5th place (Team A – T. Musser, J. Bittner, T. Gerdes, B. Katzer); 52.80 – 19th place (Team B – G. Scott, J. Hopf, M. Bisschop, E. Dendy)

Boys 4x200m Relay—1:38.88 – 5th place (Team A – B. Dejong, B. Juffer, D. Mikkelsen, M. Stockwell); 1:52.63 – 18th place (Team B – G. Scott, M. Bisschop, J. Hopf, M. Warren)

Girls 4x200m Relay—1:47.36 – 1st place (Team A – T. Gerdes, B. Musser, K. Bosma, J. DeCou)

Boys 4x400m Relay—3:38.31 – 2nd place (Team A – N. Sayler, C. Sherard, C. Jibben, I. Booker)

Girls 4x400m Relay—4:16.84 – 3rd place (Team A – J. DeCou, K. Bosma, T. Gerdes, S. Johnson)

Boys 4x800m Relay—9:29.88 – 5th place (Team A – L. Aesoph, I. Booker, J. Schmidt, L. Strasser)

Girls 4x800m Relay—12:25.18 – 8th place (Team A – L. Carlson, K. Schmidt, K. Gerry, A. Johansson)