Northwest high school in Grand Island was host to the Grand Island Independent / Central Nebraska track and field championships on Monday. Several athletes from the KCNI/KBBN coverage area were among the competitors.
Among the area highlights, five individuals cleared the winning height of 13’9″ in the boys pole vault. Among those clearing the winning height were Coy Wardyn of Broken Bow and Quincy Ryker of Twin Loup. After the tie break criteria was sorted out, Wardyn was the boys pole vault champion and Ryker finished in a tie for third. Broken Bow claimed the top two spots in the boys shot put. Max Denson was the boys shot put champion with a winning effort of 54′ 8.75″ and Evan Cyboron was runner up with an effort of 51′ 11.25″. Cruze Safranek of Broken Bow took gold in the boys 100 meter dash with a winning time of 10.99. Maren Chapin of Broken Bow was champion in the girls 400 in a winning time of 59.92. Luke Bailey of Ansley/Litchfield won the boys 110 meter hurdles in a time of 15.51 seconds and was third in the 300 meter hurdles. Broken Bow placed third in the girls 4×800 meter relay. The team of Maren Chapin, Ashlyn Schauda, Addison Ellis, and Halle Quinn posted a time of 10:11.85. Broken Bow was third in the boys 4×100 meter relay. The team of Brice Chaplin, Coy Wardyn, Eli Coble and Cruze Safranek posted a time of 43.94.
Other top six area finishes included:
Max Denson of Broken Bow 5th in boys discus (146’11”)
Justin Folkers of Twin Loup 4th in boys high jump (6’2″)
Luke Bailey of Ansley/Litchfield 6th in boys triple jump (42’4.25″)
Chloe Carkoski of Arcadia/Loup City 5th in the girls discus (114’4″)
Quincy Ryker of Twin Loup 5th in the boys 100 (11.12)
Cruze Safranek of Broken Bow 6th in the boys 200 (23.55)
Isaac O’Brien of Ansley/Litchfield 6th in the boys 800 (2:04.84)
Ryan Bailey of Ansley/Litchfield 5th in the boys 300 meter hurdles (42.77)
Tayler Obermiller of Arcadia/Loup City 4th in the girls 400 (1:02.16) and 6th in the girls 800 (2:28.08)
Broken Bow (Ashlyn Schauda, Maren Chapin, Halle Quinn, Klarissa Dowdy) 6th in girls 4×400 (4:17.27)
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