Action gets underway Thursday in Sioux Falls
SIOUX FALLS – It will be a three-day track and field festival, with champions to be crowned all over Howard Wood Field this week at the 117th annual South Dakota state high school track and field meet.
Aside from the format of the meet changing, with the entire 
meet taking place in one location and being spread over three days, there are a bevy of captivating storylines in place. Nearly 2,800 athletes will be in action in Sioux Falls, so here’s a look at what to watch for at the state meet:
Record breakers
There is once again star power in the South Dakota state track and field meet, mainly in those who have broken records already this season.
Rapid City Stevens distance runner Simeon Birnbaum might take the cake. He enters as the favorite in the distance races, starting with the 800-meter run, where he seems likely to threaten the state meet record of 1:. Birnbaum’s season-best in the race is 1:. Continue reading “Expanded three-day meet provides for plenty of storylines at South Dakota state track meet”