PIERRE — A trio of first-place runs by Nathan McCormick paced the Mitchell track and field team on Monday at the Pierre Legion Relays.

McCormick ran a personal record of 22.21 seconds in the 200-meter run, a season-best 11.17 in the 100-meter dash and a 51.34 in the 400 meter, all of which were top finishes, to secure 30 of the Kernel boys’ 72 points on the day.

The Mitchell boys and girls both placed fifth in the meet, with the girls scoring 68.5 points.

Other schools competing were Brandon Valley, Sioux Falls Washington, Pierre, Custer, Yankton, Sioux Falls Jefferson, Huron and Stanley County. The meet was rescheduled from Friday due to poor weather.

Brandon Valley won the meet for both the girls (176) and boys (105), while Washington was second for the girls (104.5) and Pierre was second for the boys (103).

The Kernel girls cashed in on the relays, placing in the top-three in four of the five team races.

Danny Borja, Avrie London, Carsyn Weich and Addie Siemsen helped Mitchell to a first-place finish in the 4×200 relay (1:49.09), while a 1600-meter sprint medley relay team of Siemsen, London, Weich and Emerson Smith was second (4:26.03).

A 4×100 relay team of Borja, Siemsen, Ava Brannan and Lainee Forst ran a 52.2 to place third, and Weich, Smith, Forst and Londyn Schroeder placed third in the 4×400 relay (4:17.72).

Other top finishers for the girls were Taylor DeJong, who placed second in both the shot put (35-05.5) and the discus (110-11.5), and Schroeder, who was third in the 1600 meter with a personal record of 5 minutes and 31 seconds.

For the Kernel boys, Connor Singrey was second in the 200 meters (22.37), Carter Harris placed second in the pole vault with his outdoor best of 13-3 and Mitchell’s Bryer Stach was third in the discus with a top throw of 123-10.

Mitchell track and field will compete next in the First Dakota Relays on Thursday, April 25, in Yankton.

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