Two Kernels claim individual ESD middle school track titles in Pierre
May 15—PIERRE — Mitchell's Kynslee Tronnes and Nova Long were champions at the Eastern South Dakota Conference middle school track and field meet Friday at Hollister Field. Tronnes, a Kernel seventh-grader, won the 800-meter run in a personal-best time of 2:25. 96, setting a new meet record, besting the mark from Harrisburg's Bria Miller from 2022 (2:27.
79). The eighth-grader Long won the 100-meter hurdles in 16. 59 seconds.
She was also second in the 200 hurdles (31. 69). Kapri Herges had a pair of fifth-place finishes for Mitchell, including in the 800 (2:32.
08) and the 1,600 run (5:40. 44). Mitchell's best girls relay performance came from Long, Piper Schoenfelder, Tronnes and Emerson Lingemann in the 4x100-meter relay, finishing in sixth place with a time of 54.
63 seconds. In the boys competition, Liam Catron secured two second-place individual finishes for Mitchell, taking second in the 100-meter dash (11. 62 seconds) and the 200-meter dash (24.