The Southwest Conference track and field championships took place Saturday at Minden. Gothenburg was the boys team champion and McCook won the girls team title. Broken Bow finished fourth overall in the boys team standings and was 5th in the girls standings less than a point behind Ogallala for fourth and less that two points behind Holdrege for third.
Among the individual highlights for the Indians, Cruze Safranek was the conference champion in the boys 100 with a winning time of 11.02 seconds. Safranek was runner up in the 200 with a time of 22.71. Broken Bow claimed the top two spots in the boys shot put. Max Denson was the conference champion with a winning effort of 53’8″ and Evan Cyboron was runner up with an effort of 50’5.75″. Maren Chapin was the conference champion in the girls 400 in a winning time of 1:02.19. Coy Wardyn was runner up in the boys pole vault clearing 13’8″ and Janae Marten of Broken Bow was runner up in the girls shot put with an effort of 37’1.5″.
Other top six finishes for the Broken Bow included:
Maren Chapin 3rd in the girls 800 (2:37.59)
Halle Quinn 3rd in the girls 1600 (5:54.83)
Klarissa Dowdy 3rd in the girls 300 meter hurdles (48.58)
Taylor Schaaf 4th in the girls discus (117’5″)
Klarissa Dowdy and Olivia Neely among a group in 4th in girls high jump (4’9″)
William Monninger 4th in the boys 400 (53.75)
Ashlyn Schauda 4th in the girls 3200 (12:36.16)
Ashlyn Schauda 5th in the girls 1600 (5:59.21)
Halle Quinn 5th in the girls 3200 (12:52.8)
Eli Coble 5th in the boys long jump (20’2.25″)
Eli Coble 5th in the boys triple jump (39′)
Brice Chaplin 5th in the boys shot put (46′)
Max Denson 5th in the boys discus (147’3″)
Ansely Campbell 6th in the girls triple jump (30’7″)
Boys 4×100 meter relay (Brice Chaplin, Coy Wardyn, Eli Coble, Cruze Safranek) 2nd (44.9)
Boys 4×800 meter relay (Brock Oeltjen, Tallen Harrold, Brian Fox, Michael Forster) 5th (9:06.82)
Girls 4×400 meter relay (Ashlyn Schauda, Halle Quinn, Maren Chapin, Klarissa Dowdy) 5th (4:27.48)
Girls 4×800 meter relay (MaKinley Tobey, Addison Ellis, Gaby Staples, Jaden Gaffney) 4th (10:57.24)
For full results of the SWC meet click here
SWC track pictures taken by Dean Ringlein
