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PONCA — The Laurel-Concord-Coleridge track teams traveled to Ponca May 15 for the C-3 Track Meet and came away from the day with four athletes in five events extending their seasons by qualifying for the Nebraska Track and Field Championships May 23 and 24 at Omaha’s Burke Stadium.
“We had a great day at the district meet,” said LCC coach, Shannon Benson. “We had multiple best marks by a number of athletes.
It’s always nice to have your best day on the most important day.”
The Bears and Lady Bears both ended up seventh in the team standings with the Bears posting 29.5 points and the Lady Bears accumulated 46.
Cedar Catholic won the boys’ crown with 151 points just doubling runner-up Homer which finished with 75.
Pender won the girls’ title with 124.33 points with Wisner-Pilger second with 76.33.
Freshman, Drey Puppe was the top Bear, qualifying for Omaha in two events.
Puppe, one of the front runners in the state in the 110-meter high hurdles, won that event with a time of 15.28 seconds despite nursing a slight injury and was second in the high jump based on misses as he tied Tri County Northeast’s Jackson Belt after clearing the bar at 5-feet-11-inches.
“My hip has been bothering me but I wanted to make sure I got down to Omaha,” Puppe said. “I don’t really feel it so much during the race but as soon as its over it kind of hutst, it kind of bothers me a little.”
“Drey has worked hard all season and pushes himself hard,” said Benson. “He has put in a lot of time and has high goals. This is just the beginning for him.”
The Bears also got points from Jaylen Carpenter in the shot put who used a heave of 46-02 to take third and gather six team points.
Dayton Korth also got sixth in the pole vault.
The Bear’s 4x800 relay squad of Hunter Benson, Sebaastian Van Drongelen, Shane Langford and Carter Korth placed fourth with a time of 9:34.25 and the 4x100 team of Nathan Boysen, Weston Patefield, Benson and Hunter McGhee placed sixth in 50.36 seconds.
Tali Erwin earned a seat in the van for the third time in her career, winning the high jump at the district meet after clearing 5-02.
“Making it for the third time is a great way to end her career and senior year,” the coach said.
“She has consistently been a great scorer for us since she set foot on the track.”
Kate Tasler and Faith Galvin each qualified in the distance races. Tasler was third in the 1,600 with a time of 5:45.73.
“Kate has been a leader of our team all season and has pushed herself to get better,” Benson said. “She was the GNAC champ and making it to state was a great way to end a super season.”
Galvin was third in the 3,200 with a 13:11.08 and, along with Tasler, made it to Omaha as one of the six fastest times in the district meets that finished outside of the top two in each district.
“Faith has had a great season and saved her best day to run her best run,” the coach said.
“She has been to state cross country and state track will be another great experience for her.”
Freshman,Taelynn Settje also had a fine day in her first ever district track meet.
Although not making it to Omaha, she set herself up to be a front runner next season.
Settje earned a couple of medals in the sprints and just missed a long jump medal.
“Getting third in the 100 was really great and to run my best time of the year makes it even better,” Settje said. “This makes me hungry for next year. I’m going to work really hard to get better and get down to the state meet.”
The Lady Bear youngster ran the 100 in 13.46 seconds for third, and the 200 in 27.72 seconds for fifth. She also finished seventh in the long jump, just one spot out of the hardware.
The Lady Bears also earned points from their three relay teams including a runner-up finish in the 4x100 relay.
Hattie McCorkindale, Settje, Grace Galvin and Jolynn Kinkaid circled the track in 53.91 seconds for second behind Tri County NE.
The 4x800 squad of Tasler, Justice Olson, Tyler Recob and Carlie Kvols covered the distance in 10:42.84 for fourth and the 4x400 group of McCorkindale, Erwin, Recob and Kvols placed sixth.
“I’m very rpoud of our team and how hard they worked throughout the season and how we performed,” said Benson. “We have a bright future and some great talent. I would like to say a big ‘thank you’ to my assistant coaches, the parents, the school and the community for all of their support.”
BOYS Team Scoring: Cedar Catholic 151; Homer 75; Ponca 74; Wakefield 58; Tri County Northeast 53; Pender 48; Laurel-Concord-Coleridge 29.5; Winnebago 22; Wisner-Pilger 16.5.
State Qualifiers/ LCC Results: 100: 1. Braeden Reifenrath (CC) 11.24; 2. Isaac Barclay (HOM) 11.47/ 19. Nathan Boysen (LCC) 12.97; 21. Ian Sohler (LCC) 13.08; 22. Hunter McGhee (LCC) 13.08 200: 1. Isaac Barclay (HOM) 22.97; 2. Braeden Reifenrath (CC) 23.03/ 17. Nathan Boysen (LCC) 26.30; 20. Weston Patefield (LCC) 26.92.
400: 1. Zyan Conrad (PON) 50.56; 2. Josue Munoz (HOM) 51.95/ 14. Hunter Benson (LCC) 1:00.50; 16. Nathan Boysen (LCC) 1:02.42.
800: 1. Zyan Conrad (PON) 2:03.60; 2. Kighter Wortmann (CC) 2:04.26/ 8. Carter Korth (LCC) 2:19.19; 12. Shane Langford (LCC) 2:22.16; 17.
Sebaastian Van Drognelen (LCC) 2:35.53.
1,600: 1. Gannon Pfister (PON) 4:55.80; 2.
Braeden Allvin (PEN) 5:05.75/ 7. Shane Langford (LCC) 5:26.10; 13. Sebastian Van Dregelen (LCC) 5:58.07; 17. Dillion Sanderson (LCC) 6:29.12.
3,200: 1. Gannon Pfister (PON) 10:47.24; 2.Alex Elks (CC) 10:54.62/ 9. Luke Jackson (LCC) 13:20.00.
110HH: 1. Drey Puppe (LCC) 15.28; 2. Bryan Isom (TCNE) 15.31.
300H: 1. Bryan Isom (TCNE) 41.11; 2. Aayden Harris (HOM) 42.70; 9.
4x100: 1. Cedar Catholic (Booker Hochstein, Cooper Hochstein, Mason Baller, Braeden Reifenrath) 44.40/ 6. Laurel-Concord-Coleridge (Natahn Boysen, Weston Patefield, Hunter Benson Hunter McChee) 50.36.
4x400: 1. Homer (J Snowball, A Harris, E Caskey, J Munoz) 3:31.14/ 7. LCC (Hunter McGhee, Carter Korth, Hunter Benson, Josiah Tasler) 4:00.90.
4x800: 1. Homer (J Snowball, R Parker, J Snowball, J Munoz) 2:02.57/ 4. LCC (Hunter Benson, Sebastian Van Drongelen, Shane Langford, Carter Korth) 9:34.25.
SHOT PUT: 1. Zach Luze (PON) 51-08.5; 2. Jared Rutar (CC) 49-08/ 3. Jaylen Carpenter (LCC) 46-02.
DISCUS: 1. Jesse Lundahl (WAK) 162-10; 2. Jared Rutar (CC) 155-01/ 16. Jaylen Carpenter (LCC) 94-10.
HIGH JUMP: 1. Jackson Belt (TCNE) 5-11; 2. Drey Puppe (LCC) J5-11.
POLE VAULT: 1. Walker Ott (W-P) 12-04; 2. Keyton Arens (CC) 11-10/ 6. Dayton Korth (LCC) 8-10.
LJ: 1. Mason Lamprecht (WAK) 20-04.25; 2. Brady Hochstein (CC) 19-07.50/ 11. Weston Patefield (LCC) 15-07.75; 15. Hunter McGhee (LCC) 15-00.25.
TJ: 1. Bryan Isom (TCNE) 43-11; 2. Nash Morgan (PEN) 41-06.50/ 8. Dayton Korth (LCC) 34-11; 9.
Josiah Tasler (LCC) 34-03.
Girls Team Scoring: Pender 124.33; Wisner-Pilger 76.33; Homer 66; Ponca 61; Cedar Catholic 59; Tri County NE 50; LCC 46; Wakefield 36.33; Winnebago 6; Omaha Nation 2.
State Quailifiers/LCC Results: 100: 1. Maya Dolliver (PEN) 12.93; 2. Kiya Tronez (TCNE) 13.10/ 3. Taelynn Settje (LCC) 13.46; 14. Grace Galvin (LCC) 14.56; 18. Laney Folkers (LCC) 15.25; 200: 1. Maya Dolliver (PEN) 25.96; 2. Kiya Tornez (TCNE) 26.93/ 5. Taelynn Settje (LCC) 27.72; 11. Jolynn Kincaid (LCC) 29.53.
400: 1. Jala Krusemark (PEN) 1:01.15; 2. Kyla Krusemark (PEN) 1:01.34.
800: 1. Kyla Krusemark (PEN) 2:26.11; 2. Jala Krusemark (PEN) 2:26.34; 3. Lauren Bernecker (CC) 2:27.31/ 11. Justice Olson (LCC) 2:46.03.
1,600: 1. Ava Brennan (PON) 5:37.05; 2. Hadley Walsh (PEN) 5:44.17; 3. Kate Tasler (LCC) 5:45.73; 4. Lilly Harris (HOM) 5:59.82/ 8. Faith Galvin (LCC) 6:09.77; 13. Leah Gould (LCC) 6:41.91.
3,200: 1. Lilly Harris (HOM) 12:26.85; 2. Jaeden Bousquet (HOM) 12:34.31; 3. Faith Galvin (LCC) 13:11.08/ 9. Ava Christiansen (LCC) 14:16.79; 14. Addy Hoeppner (LCC) 15:25.99 100H: 1. Anisten Wortmann (CC) 14.85; 2. Boston Brown (WAK) 16.27/ 14. Grace Galvin (LCC) 21.17.
300H: 1. Anisten Wortmann (CC) 45.86; 2. Boston Brown (WAK) 47.81.
4x100: 1. Tri County NE (Rachael Bousquet, Bre Millard, Joslyn Mackling, Kiya Tornez) 51.03/ 2. LCC (Hattie McCorkindale, Taelynn Settje, Grace Galvin, Jolynn Kincaid) 53.91.
4x400: 1. Cedar (Lauren Bernecker, Brynn Bernecker, Anisten Wortmann, Kally Becker) 4:08.17/ 6. LCC (Hattie McCorkindale, Tali Erwin, Tyler Recob, Carlie Kvols) 4:27.71.
4x800: 1. Ponca (E Hrouda, A McGhee, A McAfee, A Brennan) 9:53.30/ 4. LCC (Kate Tasler, Justice Olson, Tyler Recob, Carlie Kvols) 10:42.84.
SHOT PUT: 1. Charli Jacobs (W-P) 34-04; 2. Anastin Geisert (PEN) 33-02/ 17. Madyson Campbell (LCC) 26-05; 20. Aubri Kleinschmit (LCC) 25-07; 22. Alyza Leonard (LCC) 24-09.
DIS: 1. Elsie Keller (PON) 121-02; 2. Charli Jacobs (W-P) 116-03; 3. Addison Stewart (PON) 114-06/ 15. Madyson Campbell (LCC) 71-00; 16. Aubri Kleinschmit (LCC) 69-08.
HJ: 1. Tali Erwin (LCC) 5-02; 2. Tori Walker (HOM) J502; 2. Janessa Overgaard (HOM) J5-02/ 11. Brynlee Stanley (LCC) 4-04.
POLE VAULT: 1. Riley Ross (W-P) 8-04; 2. Dylann Ott (W-P) 7-10/ 6. Faith Galvin (LCC) 6-10.
LONG JUMP: 1. Anisten Wortmann (CC) 17-09.25; 2. Allie Rutar (PEN) 16-01/ 7. Taelynn Settje (LCC) 1408.25; 13. Karli Ferris (LCC) 13-03; 14. Grace Galvin (LCC) 13-02.25/ 9. Karli Ferris (LCC) 27-06.25.
TJ: 1. Haley Kneifl (W-P) 35-07; 2. Boston Brown (WAK) 35-02.50.
