Several area athletes competed at the D-8 district track and field championships in Paxton on Wednesday. Elm Creek was the girls team champion with 135 points. Overton was runner up with 73 points followed by Mullen in third with 52. Paxton was 4th with 51 points and Sandhills/Thedford was fifth in the girls standings with 48. Overton was the boys team champion with 97 points followed by Mullen in second with 74 points. Ansley/Litchfield was third with 56 points followed by Sandhills Valley in fourth with 52 and Elm Creek was fifth with 50 points.
Among the area highlights, Peyton Paxton of Mullen was district champion in both the girls 3200 and 1600 to qualify for state in both events. Chase Gracey of Mullen was district champion in both the 110 meter hurdles and 300 meter hurdles. Kyle Finney of Mullen won both the boys 3200 and 1600 meter runs to qualify for state. The Mullen team of Justin French, Chase Gracey, Brandon Hardin, and Alex Werner won the boys 4×400 meter relay to qualify for state. Cohen Rohde of SEM was district champion in the boys discus and is headed to state. Rohde also qualified for state in the boys shot put based on his district performance. Taryn Arbuthnot of SEM won the girls high jump and was also an automatic state qualifier in the girls long jump where she finished 2nd. Arbuthnot also qualified for the girls 200 based on time. Isaac O’Brien of Ansley/Litchfield was the district champion in the boys 800 meter run and Harper Andersen of Mullen was champion in the girls 800. Sandhills Valley qualified for state in the boys 4×800 as the team of Colin Rooney, Leyton Connell, Cameron Berliner, and Isaac Goosey posted the winning time. Coby Higgins of Sandhills/Thedford was the district champion in the boys triple jump and also qualified for state in the boys 110 meter hurdles based on time.
Other state qualifiers from the KCNI/KBBN coverage area included:
Anselmo-Merna
Makenna Miller – girls 100 meter hurdles
Lily Thornton – girls discus
Ansley/Litchfield
Kerry Ryan – girls high jump
Luke Bailey – boys 110 meter hurdles and 300 meter hurdles and boys triple jump
Ryan Bailey – boys 300 meter hurdles
Sandhills Valley
Colton Miller – boys shot put
Leyton Connell – boys 1600
Isaac Goosey – boys 800
Sandhills/Thedford
Kyle Cox – boys long jump
Jaylyn Dimmitt – girls shot put
Arena Fetty – girls discus
Anna Clark – girls 400
Brodie Stengel – boys 3200
Girls 4×100 meter relay (Anna Clark, Charlsie Teahon, Dayle Haake, Kallan Cox)
Girls 4×400 meter relay (Charlsie Teahon, Haylee Dimmitt, Dayle Haake, Anna Clark)
SEM
Rilyn Schledewitz – girls 3200
Mullen
Alex Werner – boys 400
Girls 4×800 meter relay – (Peyton Paxton, Orabella Heaton, Riley Hegland, Harper Andersen)
For full results of D-8 district meet click here
Twin Loup and Burwell were among the teams that competed at the D-5 district meet.
State qualifiers for Twin Loup included:
Quincy Ryker – boys 100, 200 and boys pole vault
Justin Folkers – boys high jump and boys long jump
Elissa Kipp – girls shot put
State qualifiers for Burwell included:
Cy Feeken – boys discus
Mieke Van Der Walt – girls 100 meter hurdles and girls 300 meter hurdles
Avery Mann – girls shot put and girls discus
Katelynn Simon – girls pole vault
Girls 4×100 meter relay (Katie Hughes, Regan Smith, Aiva Koenigsberg, Mieke Van Der Walt)
For full results of the D5 district meet click here
*Information regarding additional state qualifiers was taken from results posted through the NSAA website. Those results can be viewed in the links supplied above.
