Howard Wood Dakota Relays

Special shoutout to some of our major milestone volunteers!! How about these years of service - wow! 👏👏

Jim Ricketts Sr. - 45 years
Pam Hoiland - 45 years
Terry Prendergast - 45 years
Linda Nielsen - 25 years
Randy Marso - 25 years

Dakota Relays 2nd and Final Day! So many fantastic performances this weekend! Congratulations to all the athletes who performed!

Congratulations to our 2026 Honorary Referees ReNae Hays & Terry Prendergast! Both have dedicated decades of time to the track community, Howard Wood Board and so much more!

RECORD ALERT! George Little Rock wins the boys Class B 4x400m relay clocking a 3:27.65!!!

RECORD ALERT! Our 12th record of the meet comes from this foursome from RC Stevens wins the girls Class AA 4x100m relay in a blazing 47.54s!

RECORD ALERT! Our 11th record... Tenlee Stiefel of Custer wins the girls Pole Vault in a record jump of 13-01.00!

RECORD ALERT! We are into double digits! With our 10th record of the meet... SF Christian's Ellie Maddox wins the girls 1600m in a record clocking of 4:46.95

Congratulations to Heather Sieler Goehner (.goehner) on her induction to the Howard Wood Dakota Relays Hall of Fame! 👏🤩

A 2021 SD Sports Hall of Fame Inductee, 2002 Huron HS grad, won the 1998 Girls Special 800M at HW Relays as an 8th grader. Also 7 state gold medals along with a team state runner-up in 1998. Was a star volleyball and basketball player at Huron HS. SDSU grad, excelled in basketball while there.

Congratulations to Bob Bennett on his Howard Wood Dakota Relays Hall of Fame Induction! 👏👏

Arlington HS 1970 grad; holds the school record for the 100M dash and set the state meet record for the 100M dash in 1970. DSU grad and Hall of Fame Inductee, tied for #1 in SD college 100M dash. Coached track for 37 years at Garretson HS with 18 state track champions.

RECORD ALERT! Now that he has won the boys 100m dash final, we can award our 1st record of the meet. In the preliminaries yesterday Legacy's Zayden Horne blazed to a record time of 10.43s!