Arcadia/Loup City and South Loup will look to qualify athletes for the Class C state track and field championships as they compete in district competition today. ALC will compete at the C6 district meet hosted by Centennial High School. South Loup will compete at the C8 district meet at Southern Valley.
The goal will be to qualify for the Class C state track and field championships which will take place May 19th and 20th at Burke Stadium in Omaha. The winners of the first two places in each running event today will qualify for the state meet plus the next six fastest times of the non qualifiers across all districts. In the relays, the winning team will automatically qualify plus the next seven fastest times of the non qualifiers across all districts. In the field events (long jump, triple jump, shot put, discus) the first two places will qualify plus the next six best performances of the non qualifiers across all districts. The top two places in the pole vault and high jump will qualify plus those who equal or exceed the additional qualifier mark. The additional qualifying marks for Class C are as follows. Boys pole vault – 13′ 1″ / Boys high jump – 6′ 1″ / Girls pole vault – 10′ 2″ / Girls high jump – 5′ 1″.
