On Tuesday, March 31, 2026, the Spartans traveled to Mitchell to participate in the DWU Indoor Meet.
On the girls’ side, Kenzie Kolousek, Kendall Kolousek, Masynn Mebius and Ella Kolousek ran the 2-mile relay in 12:00.04. Aunnika Heumiller ran the 60m hurdles in 12.38. In the 60m dash, Logan Mohling ran 9.47 and Brooke Mohling ran 9.52.
Alexis Roesler was tripped and went down in the mile run, but she got back up and finished the race in 7:15.43. Unfortunately, she needed bandages on her knee and was unable to run in the 3000m later in the day.
Kenzie Kolousek was in the first heat of the 400m dash and made it count. She won her heat in 1:00.89, and that time held through the next 16 heats as the fastest overall. Kenzie captured first place in the 400m dash.
Aunnika Heumiller ran 2:58.06 in the 800m. Brooke Mohling ran 32.49 and Kendall Kolousek ran 33.86 in the 200m dash. Masynn Mebius placed sixth in the 3000m with a time of 14:22.89. The mile relay team of Kendall Kolousek, Ella Kolousek, Logan Mohling and Kenzie Kolousek ran 4:43.39.
The only field event for the Spartans was shot put, where Anna Arhart waited most of the day for her throws. Her mark of 34’0.75” earned her sixth place.
On the boys’ side, three Spartans competed in shot put. Brett Miller and Jaspur Gran were both in flight three of six. Miller’s best throw was 33’7.5”, while Gran’s best was 40’10”. Grady Gran, competing in flight six, recorded a throw of 36’7.75”. Jaspur’s throw placed him 15th out of 82 competitors.
Grason Finn was unable to record a mark in the long jump. In the high jump, Damien Knippling and Chase Wenzel did not clear the opening height of 4’10”. Keaton Hasty cleared 4’10” and 5’1”, but the bar fell before he cleared the mat. Carson Finn passed on the opening height, then cleared 5’1”, 5’4” and 5’6”, but was unable to clear 5’8”, tying for 12th place.
The boys’ 2-mile relay team of Sutten Jensen, Carson Finn, Max Mebius and Damien Knippling ran 9:27.22 to place fourth. The Spartans had six runners in the 60m dash: Will Grohs (7.82), Nathan Gaikowski (7.84), Wesley Molnar (8.15), Casen Waters (8.32), Kohen Mebius (8.86) and Chase Dunsmore (9.15).
In the mile run, Ethan Heumiller ran 6:00.14 and Lorin Schaller finished in 6:40.13.
Four Spartans competed in the 400m: Grason Finn (1:03.47), Ezra Anson (1:04.71), Chase Dunsmore (1:09.42) and Zandon Beyer (1:19.92).
The Spartans also had six runners in the 200m dash. Will Grohs and Nathan Gaikowski both ran 25.79. Chase Wenzel and Keaton Hasty each ran 28.54, Ezra Anson ran 28.64 and Kohen Mebius finished in 28.96.
Sutten Jensen ran a consistent race in the 3000m, placing fourth in 10:40.68. The Spartans entered two teams in the mile relay. Max Mebius, Wes Molnar, Carson Finn and Damien Knippling ran 3:54.53. The second relay team of Keaton Hasty, Chase Wenzel, Ethan Heumiller and Casen Waters finished in 4:24.51.
Overall, I am very proud of the Spartans. For many of these athletes, it was their first track meet, and they competed well against athletes from all three classes.
We also received word that the track meet in Parkston on Tuesday, April 7, 2026, has been canceled due to low temperatures and gusty winds. The Spartans have added the Huron meet on Friday, April 10, 2026, weather permitting.