RAPID CITY - Pierre's Matt Tetzlaff doesn't have a whole lot left to prove on the South Dakota track and field stage.

The junior has already been a member of two state championship-winning teams as a freshman and sophomore, won two individual events at last year's state meet - the 110- and 300-meter hurdles - has another individual state title as a freshman in the 110-meter hurdles and holds the state record in that event just for good measure.

And that's all in addition to him being a starter for the Governors on the football field and basketball court as well?

But all that athletic success doesn't stop Tetzlaff from working every day to improve. He's the type of athlete that can step off the track with a win and still be a little upset. Take, for example, his win in the 110-meter hurdles at the Rapid City Track-O-Rama. Tetzlaff won the race, but he was obviously a little unhappy with his time of 14.78 seconds.

"It was a good time, but I know I can do a lot better than that," Tetzlaff said. His state record time in the event is 14.04, set last year as a sophomore.

"I just want to keep cutting that time down," Tetzlaff said. "My goal for this year is to get in the 13s (seconds) and in the 300 to get into the 37s."

Tetzlaff has plenty of time to do just that before deciding what he plans to do for college. Wherever he goes, he knows that it's going to involve track and hurdles.

"It's still wide open," Tetzlaff said of his college plans. "I haven't decided on anything yet, but I do know that it's going to be track in college."

That means he's going to really try to savor his last football season next fall, where he lines up as a wide receiver and defensive back.

"It's so intense," Tetzlaff said. "I just love being out on a football field."