Mitchell's Audrey Miller finishes prep triple jump career at Nike Nationals
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Jun. 21—EUGENE, Ore. — Audrey Miller wrapped up her high school track and field career by competing at the Nike Outdoor Nationals on Saturday at Hayward Field.
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The Mitchell High School class of 2026 graduate recorded a best leap of 35 feet and 5.25 inches (10.80 meters), as she finished 27th out of 54 jumpers who started in the Emerging Elite division of the girls triple jump. Miller recorded successful jumps with all three of her attempts, each reaching at least 34-9.
Miller's season and career best from South Dakota high school meets was 36 feet, 6 inches. Saturday's effort tied for the fourth-best jump of Miller's 2026 campaign, matching the mark she posted at the Eastern South Dakota Conference championship meet on May 16.
The division was won by Annalise Horn, of Larkspur, California, with a top leap of 38 feet, 3.5 inches, as Sophie Hart, of South St. Paul, Minnesota, matched the mark and took second place. They were 6.75 inches up on the rest of the field as the only athletes to reach 37-9 or further.
Three other South Dakotans were in the field. Sioux Falls Christian's Katie Humpal (35-9.5) was the top performer among them, coming in 21st place, while Yankton's Quinn Brinkman (33-7.25) was 46th. Harrisburg's Aesia Aldridge, formerly of Mitchell, was one of four athletes slated to compete who did not start on Saturday.
EDITOR'S NOTE: Trent Singer, of Sioux Falls Live, contributed to this report.
A pair of Sioux Falls Lincoln boys relays claimed national titles in the Championship division on Thursday, June 18, at Hayward Field.
Only five total runners comprised the two four-man squads, with three racers — Javon Haukaas, Evan Abild and Isaac Herrboldt — competing in both relays, the 1,600-meter sprint medley and the 4x200-meter relay. Everett Herrboldt completed the 4x200-meter relay, while Zyan Conrad rounded out the sprint medley squad.
Haukaas, Conrad, Abild and Isaac Herrboldt delivered a first-place result in the 1,600-meter sprint medley relay, finishing with a time of 3:27.50. It was more than two seconds faster than the runner-up team from Cambridge-Isanti (Minn.).
Later, in the 4x200-meter relay, Haukaas, Isaac Herrboldt, Abild and Everett Herrboldt claimed a second national title with a first-place time of 1:25.08. Once again, it was nearly 2.5 seconds ahead of the second-place team out of Parrish, Florida.
Championship division
* Brandon Valley's Mikah Peters was the runner-up in the boys two-mile run, clocking a time of 8:45.62. He came in less than a second behind winner Dylan Rowell (8:44.65), of Anacortes, Washington.
* Spearfish's Peyton VanDeest (2:08.11) claimed sixth place in the girls 800-meter run, and Northwestern's Ella Boekelheide (2:12.53) was 41st. Adriana Pettinelli, of Scarsdale, New York, won the title in 2:06.18.
* Sioux Falls Christian's Ellie Maddox (10:08 67) crossed seventh in the girls two-mile run, with Spearfish's Peyton VanDeest (10:13.60) close behind in ninth. Leah Starkey, of Ocean, New Jersey, cruised to the victory in 9:46.57, finishing nearly 20 seconds ahead of second place.
* Aberdeen Central's Taryn Hermansen finished in 13th place for the girls shot put with a heave of 44 feet, 11 inches. Jaslene Massey, of Aliso Viejo, California, won the title with a throw of 54-2.5, more than 5 feet further than second place.
* Sioux Falls Christian's Halle Braun came in 13th in the girls 400-meter dash with a time of 55.36 seconds. Natalie Dumas, of Voorhees Township, New Jersey, won the race in 52.21 seconds. Braun also raced in the 100-meter hurdle prelims, ending in 43rd with a time of 14.95 seconds.
* Sioux Falls Christian's Marcus Furth checked in at 16th place in the boys shot put with a mark of 60 feet, 11.5 inches. CJ Williams, of Cedar Hill, Texas, threw 71 feet, 7.25 inches, to win the title by more than 5 feet.
* Sioux Falls Lincoln's Evan Abild (48.08) was 23rd and teammate Zyan Conrad (48.54) was 35th in the boys 400-meter dash. Jayson Jones, of Winder, Georgia, won the race in 45.99 seconds.
* Yankton's Quinn Brinkman was 30th in the girls high jump, clearing 5 feet, 3 inches. Bailey Hensgens, of St. Louis, Missouri, leaped 5 feet, 10.75 inches, to win the title.
* Watertown's Malia Kranz was 30th in the girls discus with a mark of 131 feet, 4 inches. Jaslene Massey, of Aliso Viejo, California, won the title with a throw of 180 feet, 3 inches.
* Sioux Falls Lincoln's Javon Haukaas raced in the boys 100-meter dash prelims, coming in 32nd at 10.75 seconds.
* Brandon Valley's Uriah Dixon qualified for the boys pole vault but did not start.
* Sioux Falls Lincoln's Dexter Johnson qualified for the boys high jump but did not start.
* The Philip quartet of Tyce Gropper, Teagan Gropper, David McKinley and Baylor Burns raced in a pair of boys relays, taking 19th in the 1,600-meter sprint medley (3:41.86) in the Championship division, as well as 14th in the 4x200 (1:33.55) in the Emerging Elite division.
* Sioux Falls Washington's Griffin Miller, Ben Parsons, Jackson Boltjes and Cole Reilly came in eighth place for the boys 4x800-meter relay with a time of 7:47.35.
Emerging Elite division
* Sioux Falls Lincoln's Isaac Herrboldt finished as the runner-up in the boys 400-meter dash, crossing in 48.65 seconds. Sullivan Riley, of Richardson, Texas, won the race in 48.15 seconds.
* Dakota Valley's Alex McCullough (2:14.82) took 10th place at 800 meters for the girls emerging elite division. Sophie Peterson, of Houston, Texas, won the race in 2:11.94.
* Sioux Falls Washington's Griffin Miller (1:56.57) was 46th in the boys 800-meter run. Jackson Miller, of St. Louis, Missouri, won the race in 1:52.38.
* Sioux Falls Washington's Cole Reilly (9:36.18) was 53rd in the boys two-mile run. Preston Spangler, of Nokesville, Virginia, won the race in 9:05.15.