The Briar Cliff track and field team closed out the South Dakota Challenge Saturday. The Chargers battled windy conditions but still set season PRs, including a new school record from Ben Jefferies.
 
"We continued to make great improvements this meet, started off with our throwers hitting season PRs," said head coach Scott Barnes. "Our women's 4x1 had a season best and ran a great race. Paxon broke a big barrier today by going under 15 seconds in the 110 hurdles. The 4x4 had a season best and are only about 2.5 seconds off of qualifying. To get that close to a national qualifying standard with today's conditions, shows how amazing of a race they had today. The wind made most of our events tougher to set season PRs, and it shows how tough and competitive this group is!"
 
Jasmine Joseph ran a 13.31 100-meter dash and Ariyah Williams finished in 13.49. Vereen ran her 400-meter at 1:06.21. Pross finished in 1:08.79 and Weber had a time of 1:14.33.
 
The Charger 4x100 team of Vereen, Joseph, Williams and Isabel Sayler ran a time of 52.28 seconds, which was a second and half new personal best. Sayler placed 12th in the triple jump with a leap of 10.67 meters. Hope Wagner was 15th in the shot put with a mark of 12.77 meters. 
 
Jefferies took second in the 100-meter dash with a new school record time of 10.36 seconds. He was .09 sceonds off the first-place finisher, Dylan Kautz of South Dakota. 
 
Dominic Archer was 13th in the 100 with a time of 10.76 and Ryan Kotey ran his race in 10.97 seconds. Osiel Ochoa placed 14th in the 400 with a time of 52.21. Tulsa Janish and Robert Amaro finished 21st and 22nd, respectively. 
 
Paxon Fleming set a new personal record in his fourth-place 110-meter hurdles race. He crossed the finish line in 14.98 seconds. Fleming also took seventh in the 400 hurdles with a time of 56.41 seconds. 
 
The men's 4x400 team of Fleming, Archer, Kotey and Jefferies time of 3:20.25 was good for a second-place finish. Damond Anderson was 19th in the long jump with a leap of 6.22 meters. Anderson placed ninth in the triple jump at 13.16 meters. Dominic Archer was 21st at 6.10 meters.
 
The Charger track and field team are back in action next Wednesday at the Mount Marty Invite.