Asher Hauert, Halle Braun voted Argus Leader Athletes of the Week (original) (raw)

June 9, 2026, 12:35 p.m. CT

Harrisburg's Asher Hauert and Sioux Falls Christian's Halle Braun were voted by readers as the Argus Leader's Athletes of the Week from May 25 to 30.

Hauert won the boys Athlete of the Week with 56.0% of the vote.

Hauert impressed in the 110-meter hurdles prelims, but ran the second-fastest time in South Dakota history (14.05) to win the Class AA event and take the all-class gold medal. He also helped Harrisburg finish fifth in the 4x100-meter relay and 4x200-meter relay and sixth in the sprint medley relay.

Braun won the girls Athlete of the Week with 70.06% of the vote.

Sioux Falls Christian Halle Braun races in the Girls 4x400meter relay during the South Dakota state high school track and field meet on Saturday, May 30, 2026, at Howard Wood Field in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

Braun won four Class A state championships on Saturday, May 30, including setting three meet records and one state record. The Pepperdine commit broke her own state mark in the 300-meter hurdles prelims (42.32) before winning the event with a 43.22 in the finals. She also won the all-class gold medal in the 200-meter dash (24.23), and set the meet record in both the 200-meter dash and 100-meter hurdles (14.41). She was also on the 4x400-meter relay team that won Class A.