Track & Field - SDPB State Championship Coverage

Meet pole-vaulting sisters - Ciana, Kelsey, and Tenlee, and their dad and coach Chris Stiefel of Custer. You could say, pole-vaulting runs in their family.

The second day of the 2025 SDHSAA state track and field meet saw ten more state meet records broken through the prelims, field finals, and track finals.

Ashlyn Koupal, a junior from Wagner, has now won five ‘A’ state high jump championships. She claimed the title on Thursday in Sioux Falls at Howard Wood Field during the 2025 state meet.

On this edition of In Play, Craig Mattick talks with Terry Nielsen, John Papendick, and Alex Heinert about their relationship and memories of the Howard Wood Relays.