SIOUX FALLS — Four area athletes earned most valuable honors after recording outstanding performances in the three-day South Dakota State High School Track and Field Championships .

The meet ran Thursday through Saturday, May 29-31, 2025, at Howard Wood Field in Sioux Falls.

Malia Kranz of Watertown (co-Class AA girls field), Oliver Fieber of Deuel (co-Class A boys track), Spencer Melius of Faulkton Area (Class B boys track) and Ella Boekelheide of Northwestern (co-Class B girls track) all were chosen for MVP honors.

Kranz won the Class AA girls' discus on Friday after placing third in the shot put on Thursday. Fieber won the Class A boys' 100- and 200-meter dashes and anchored Deuel's winning 400 and third place 800 relay. Melius swept the Class B boys' 110 and 300 hurdles on Satur

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