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HARTINGTON — The Laurel-Concord-Coleridge Lady Bears are headed back to Omaha after turning in a dominant performance at the Class C-4 District Track and Field Meet May 14 at the Hartington Community Athletic Complex.
Powered by a balanced lineup that scored points across the track and field events, the Lady Bears captured the district team championship with 117 points, comfortably ahead of runner-up Pender at 96. Ponca and Cedar Catholic tied for third with 86 points.
LCC will send four girls and one boy to the Nebraska State Track and Field Championships this week at Burke Stadium in Omaha after athletes qualified in a combined nine events.
Taelynn Settje led the way for the Lady Bears, winning the 200-meter dash in 26.43 seconds while also qualifying for state in the 400-meter dash with a runner-up finish in 1:01.65. She added a third-place finish in the 100-meter dash to help pile up team points for LCC.
Boston Brown also had a huge day for the Bears. Brown captured a district title in the triple jump with a leap of 36-03 and qualified for Omaha in the 100-meter hurdles after placing second in 15.99. She also added a third-place finish in the 300 hurdles.
Carlie Kvols punched her ticket to state with a second-place finish in the 800-meter run, while Kate Tasler joins Brown, Kvols and Settje on the Lady Bear 4X400 relay team that claimed a district championship in 4:11.69.
Depth proved to be the difference for LCC throughout the meet.
Faith Galvin turned in a strong distance double by placing third in both the 1,600 and 3,200-meter runs. Justice Olson added a fifth-place finish in the 1,600 while Ava Christiansen was sixth in the 3,200.
Grace Galvin placed third in the long jump with a leap of 16-2 and Willa Roberts added a third-place finish in the pole vault.
Kloie Ferris scored valuable points in both hurdle races, placing fourth in the 100 hurdles and sixth in the 300 hurdles, while Jolynn Kinkaid added a fifth-place finish in the 400.
The Lady Bears also received key relay points from the 4X800 team of Tasler, Olson, Faith Galvin and Kvols, which placed third, while the 4X100 squad of Grace Galvin, Ferris, Roberts and Kinkaid finished fourth.
On the boys side, LCC finished sixth in the team standings with 33 points, led by standout hurdler and jumper Drey Puppe.
Puppe qualified for the state meet in three events. He captured a district championship in the 110-meter high hurdles with a winning time of 14.10 seconds, earned a state berth in the 300 hurdles with a third-place finish and also qualified in the high jump after clearing 6-feet to place second.
Shane Langford added a sixthplace finish in the 3,200-meter run and the LCC 4X800 relay team of Owen Johnson, Sebastian Van Drongelen, Hunter Benson and Langford placed fourth.
The Nebraska State Track and Field Championships are scheduled for May 20-24 in Omaha, with Classes C and D competing May 22-23.
2026 C-4 DISTRICT TRACK AND FIELD MEET
Girls Team Results 1. LCC 117; 2. Pender 96; 3. Ponca 86; 3.
Cedar Catholic 86; 5. Tri County Northeast 50; 6. Hartington-Newcastle 36; 7. Homer 35; 8. Winnebago 11; 9. Wakefield 9.
Girls Individual Results (1st Place and LCC performances) 100-Meter Dash: 1. Anisten Wortmann (CC) 12.06; 3. Taelynn Settje (LCC) 12.77; 7. Grace Galvin (LCC) 13.75.
200-Meter Dash: 1. Taelynn Settje (LCC) 26.43; 17. Willa Roberts (LCC) 30.59; 18.
Ruby Jonas (LCC) 30.90.
400-Meter Dash: 1. Anisten Wortmann (CC) 59.13; 2. Taelynn Settje (LCC) 1:01.65; 5. Jolynn Kinkaid (LCC) 1:07.13; 12. Tyler Recob (LCC) 1:10.04.
800-Meter Run: 1. Vayda Lippert (H-N) 2:22.10; 2.
Carlie Kvols (LCC) 2:58.59; 15. Abbie Brummels (LCC) 2:59.82.
1,600-Meter Run: 1. Ava Brennan (PON) 5:35.24; 3.
Faith Galvin (LCC) 5:50.51; 5. Justice Olson (LCC) 5:58.53; 9. Addy Hoeppner (LCC) 6:24.26.
3,200-Meter Run: 1. Ava Brennan (PON) 12:26.57; 3.
Faith Galvin (LCC) 12:53.88; 6. Ava Christiansen (LCC) 13:21.47; 8. Leah Gould (LCC) 13:29.20.
100-Meter Hurdles: 1. Anisten Wortmann (CC) 14.23; 2. Boston Brown (LCC) 15.99; 4. Kloie Ferris (LCC) 17.57.
300-Meter Hurdles: 1. Anisten Wortmann (CC) 44.60; 3. Boston Brown (LCC) 48.97; 6. Kloie Ferris (LCC) 51.61.
4X100 Relay: 1. Cedar Catholic 51.40; 4. Laurel-Concord- Coleridge (Grace Galvin, Kloie Ferris, Willa Roberts, Jolynn Kinkaid) 54.58.
4X400 Relay: 1. Laurel-Concord-Coleridge (Boston Brown, Kate Tasler, Carlie Kvols, Taelynn Settje) 4:11.69.
4X800 Relay: 1. Ponca 10:06.76; 3.
Laurel-Concord-Coleridge (Kate Tasler, Justice Olson, Faith Galvin, Carlie Kvols) 10:39.25.
Shot Put: 1. Ryann Volk (PEN) 34-03; 4. Aubri Kleinschmit (LCC) 32-11.50; 22.
Madyson Campbell (LCC) 24.05.
Discus: 1. Elsie Keller (PON) 139-03; 4. Madyson Campbell (LCC) 104-09; 8.
Justice Olson (LCC) 83-11; 12. Aubri Kleinschmit (LCC) 76-04.
High Jump: 1. Gianna Grant (BAGO) 5-03; 8. Tyler Recob (LCC) 4-07.
Long Jump: 1. Allie Rutar (PEN) 16-06.75;
3. Grace Galvin (LCC) 16-02; 7. Laney Folkers (LCC) 14-11.75.
Triple Jump: 1. Boston Brown (LCC) 3603; 11. Laney Folkers (LCC) 28-08.
Pole Vault: 1. Kinleigh Kramer (CC) 8-02; 3. Willa Roberts (LCC) 7-02.
2026 C-4 DISTRICT TRACK AND FIELD MEET Boys Team Results 1. Cedar Catholic 152; 2. Wakefield 83; 3. Hartington-Newcastle 72; 4. Ponca 62; 5. Pender 52; 6. LCC 33; 7. Homer 31; 8.
Winnebago 26; 9. Tri County NE 16.
Boys Individual Results (1st Place and LCC) 100-Meter Dash: 1. Adarius Flemister (BAGO) 11.01; 12. Weston Patefield (LCC) 12.06; 16. Nathan Boysen (LCC) 12.34.
200-Meter Dash: 1. Adarius Flemister (BAGO) 22.49; 21. Luke Jackson (LCC) 26.37; 22. Nolan Nordby (LCC) 26.79.
400-Meter Dash: 1. Cael Johnson (WAK) 50.35; 11. Nathan Boysen (LCC) 59.59; 16. Josiah Tasler (LCC) 1:02.67.
800-Meter Run: 1. Kighter Wortmann (CC) 2:01.04; 12. Sebastian Van Drongelen (LCC) 2:26.05.
1,600-Meter Run: 1. Gannon Pfister (PON) 4:41.51; 11. Owen Johnson (LCC) 5:10.47; 14. Luke Jackson (LCC) 5:45.90; 18. Dillion Sanderson (LCC) 5:58.45.
3,200-Meter Run: 1. Gannon Pfister (PON) 10:35.60; 6. Shane Langford (LCC) 11:48.38.
110-Meter High Hurdles: 1. Drey Puppe (LCC) 14.10.
300-Meter Hurdles: 1. Cael Johnson (WAK) 39.04; 3. Drey Puppe (LCC) 41.54.
4X100 Relay: 1. Cedar Catholic 43.54.
4X400 Relay: 1. Cedar Catholic 3:27.22; 7. Laurel-Concord-Coleridge (Hunter Benson, Nolan Nordby, Josiah Tasler, Nathan Boysen) 3:59.19.
4X800 Relay: 1. Cedar Catholic 8:22.77; 4. Laurel-Concord-Coleridge (Owen Johnson, Sebastian Van Drongelen, Hunter Benson, Shane Langford) 9:21.12.
Shot Put: 1. Jared Rutar (CC) 51-11; 9.
Cade Johnson (LCC) 40-00; 11. Jaylen Carpenter (LCC) 39-05.50; 13. Turner Thompson (LCC) 38-08.
Discus: 1. Jared Rutar (CC) 164-02; 12.
Kolten Settje (LCC) 111-11; 13. Turner Thompson (LCC) 111-09; 19. Cade Johnson (LCC) 104-03.
High Jump: 1. Brayden Lammers (H-N) 6-02; 2. Drey Puppe (LCC) 6-00.
Long Jump: 1. Mason Lamprecht (WAK) 21-03.25; 17. Weston Patefield (LCC) 17-03; 19. Noln Nordby (LCC) 16-11; 21.
Josiah Tasler (LCC) 16-02.
Triple Jump: 1. Nash Morgan (PEN) 4305; 9. Josiah Tasler (LCC) 36-09.25; 10.
Nolan Nordby (LCC) 36-01.50.
Pole Vault: 1. Ty Opfer (H-N) 12-02; 4.
Weston Patefield (LCC) 11-02.
