OHS Jr. High Girls Compete At West Holt Track Invitational

EAGLE MADY HEISS recently broke the current Junior High Long Jump record with her 16'6 jump at the West Holt Invitational April 4. Photo Courtesy Emily Morrow.

On Thursday April 4, the O'Neill Lady Eagles Junior High Track team traveled to Atkinson to participate in the West Holt Invitational at the Roger Brink Track and Field complex. The lady Eagles competed against several area teams. While no team points were kept, the Eagles came away with many medals. 

Two stand out performances came from 8th graders Mady Heiss and Mariah Kallhoff. Heiss broke the O'Neill Junior High Long Jump record with a jump of 16'6 and secured gold in this event. This record was previously held by OHS alumni Meg Schulns with a jump of 15'9.5. Heiss also took first in the 100 meter dash with a time of 13.59 and she took first in the 200 meter dash with a time of 28.07. Heiss was also part of the 4x100M relay team that took 1st place. Heiss, Taylee Wade, Tatum Ickes and Blakely Sudbeck ran the relay in 55.90 seconds to claim gold. Other top performances on the track include Mariah Kallhoff in the shot put and discus. Kallhoff took gold in both events with a throw of 33'0 in shotput and 83'6 in discus. Kallhoff's shot put throw entered her in the record book in second place overall with the current first place junior high record being 33'1.25. 

Outside of these impressive finishes the Eagles also had many other top place medalists including Raegan Lindsay taking 1st in pole vault, Reese Boetcher finishing 3rd in the 400 meter dash, Blakely Sudbeck taking 2nd in the 100 meter dash, Kiarra Kennedy placing 2nd in the mile, Bailey Salers 3rd in the 100 meter high hurdles, Taylor Young placing 2nd in the shot put and discus, Bristol Scott placing 3rd in the shot put and Tenzlie Sorensen placing 2nd in the long jump. 

The Eagles will travel to Ainsworth to compete this week.

Other placers:

200 meters: Tenzlie Sorensen – 4th

800 meters: Raegan Kaufman – 5th

1600 meters: Emma French – 8th

100 M HH: Reese Boetcher – 6th

200 M Hurdles: Bailey Salers – 5th

4x100 Throwers Relay: Taylor Young, Polly Belmer, Mariah Kallhoff and Bristol Scott – 3rd

4x400 M Relay: Blakely Sudbeck, Reagan Lindsay, Bristol Scott and Calli Tomjack – 5th

4x800 M Relay: Lynn Miner, Raegan Kaufman, Elizabeth Sunum, Kiarra Kennedy – 3rd

Shot Put: Gracie Harris – 6th, Jozy York- 7th, Bristol Scott- 8th

Discus: Bristol Scott- 3rd, Jozy York- 6th

High Jump: Maliyah Mass- 5th, Calli Tomjack- 7th

Long Jump: Taylee Wade- 4th, Bristol Engelhaupt- 7th, Blakely Sudbeck- 8th

Triple Jump: Tatum Ickes- 6th, Addison Engelhaupt- 8th

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