The annual South Loup track and field invite took place Friday in Arnold. Fourteen teams competed including area teams Anselmo-Merna, Ansley/Litchfield, Arcadia/Loup City, Burwell, Mullen, Sandhills/Thedford, South Loup, and Sandhills Valley. South Loup won the girls team championship with 87.5 points followed by Mullen in second with 77.5 points. It was a tight boys team race that came down to the final event as Arcadia/Loup City edged South Loup for the boys team title. ALC finished with 82 points and South Loup was runner up with 80 points. Sandhills Valley finished third with 63 points.
Among the area highlights, the following from the KCNI/KBBN coverage area claimed individual event titles.
Girls
Kerry Ryan (Ansley/Litchfield) in high jump (5’2″)
Lily Thornton (Anselmo-Merna) in discus (111’4.5″)
Tayler Obermiller (Arcadia/Loup City) in 400 (1:02.69) and 800 (2:26.55)
Olivia Fitzgerald (South Loup) in 100 (13.31)
Mieke Van der Walt (Burwell) in 100 meter hurdles (15.92) and 300 meter hurdles (48.84)
Peyton Paxton (Mullen) in 3200 (12:33.71) and 1600 (5:56.57)
Erin Fitzgerald (South Loup) in 200 (27.85)
Boys
Eli Jaixen (Arcadia/Loup City) in pole vault (11’6″)
Ethan Furne (South Loup) in long jump (21’4″)
Wyatt Stieb (Arcadia/Loup City) in discus (134’3″) and shot put (45’10”)
Trevor Duryea (Anselmo-Merna) in triple jump (42’2.5″)
Alex Werner (Mullen) in 400 (51.59)
Luke Bailey (Ansley/Litchfield) in 110 meter hurdles (15.31) and 300 meter hurdles (40.46)
Tyce Calleroz (Arcadia/Loup City) in 100 (11.47) and 200 (23.71)
Isaac Goosey (Sandhills Valley) in 800 (2:06.56)
Relays – Area gold medal winners
Girls 4×800 Mullen (Peyton Paxton, Ady Hampton, Riley Hegland, Harper Andersen) 10:32.43
Boys 4×800 South Loup (Walter Bierman, Josiah Coleman, Elijah Cool, Eli Rogers) 9:08.38
Girls 4×100 South Loup (Olivia Fitzgerald, Jimi Fletcher, Asa Starr, Erin Fitzgerald) 52.90
Boys 4×100 South Loup (Ethan Furne, Dylan Pandorf, AJ Starr, Conner Paulsen) 45.85
Girls 4×400 Burwell (Laurel Mann, Addie Critel, Jessica Dawe, Mieke Van der Walt) 4:29.62
Boys 4×400 Arcadia/Loup City (Tyce Calleroz, Eli Jaixen, Dutch Miller, Markus Bester) 3:44.87
For full results of the South Loup Invite click here
