Cardinals Dominate During Summerland Invite

Athletes from across the region gathered at Grand Island Northwest High School for the annual Dan Gee Track Invitational, where local competitors delivered strong performances across several events.

Maddie Heiss had an impressive showing on the track, placing 8th in the 100-meter dash and racing to a 3rd-place finish in the 200-meter dash, showcasing her sprinting versatility.

In the boys' 110-meter high hurdles, Pryor Mathews secured 3rd place, closely followed by teamma Summerland High School hosted their track invitational last Tuesday, Apr. 29. The St. Mary's Cardinals attended the meet and made a huge impression.

Overall, the boys and girls both had impressive showings. The boys took 4th place as a team, and the girls managed to climb their way to the top of the leaderboards.

The boys brought their A-game during the hurdles. Ben Barlow topped the competition in both the 110m and 300m events, with Ben Pongratz taking 9th in the 300m as well.

The lady Cardinals took over in many categories. Annabelle Barlow, Casey Clements and Pyper Ickes all secured top spots in the 200-meter dash.

During the hurdle events, the girls were at the top of their game, with Emerson Mlnarik taking 1st place in the 100m. She again topped the 300m event, with Barlow following close behind in 2nd.

The relay teams also had great performances, with everyone making it within the top three.

It was a great day for everyone, and it showed the strength of each and every one of these athletes.

Boys Results

1. Summerland 124

2. Hartington-Newcastle 114

3. Boyd County 74

4. St. Mary's 64

5. Chambers/Wheeler Centtral 44

6. Niobrara/Verdigre 44

8. Santee 3

Girls Results

1. St. Mary's 114

2. Niobrara/Verdigre 109

3. Hartington-Newcastle 93

4. Boyd County 76

5. Summerland 69

6. Chambers/Wheeler Central 41

7. Stuart 18

Boys 100 Meters

1. Hudson Hoffman, BC 11.56

2. Parker Napier, SL 12.20

3. Ben Schmitz, BC 12.23

13. Ben Pongratz, SMH 13.17

Boys 200 Meters

1. Hudson Hoffman, BC 23.53

2. Ben Paxton, ST 24.94

3. Kellen Vesely, N/V 25.49

12. Keigan Couch, SMH 26.72

Boys 400 Meters

1. Cole Rosener, H-N 53.23

2. Mason Krause, H-N 56.00

3. Preston Hoke, SL 56.46

12. Alex Otte, SMH 1:05.35

Boys 800 Meters

1. Cole Rosener, H-N 2:10.05

2. Max Berg, SMH 2:12.89

3. Jackson Wright, CWC 2:15.38

Boys 1600 Meters

1. Will Nelson, BC 4:44.64

2. Max Berg, SMH 4:48.46

3. Luke Wudwig, ST 5:10.81

9. Evan Cole, SMH 5:33.01

Boys 3200 Meters

1. Ethan Zeisler, BC 11:20.02

2. Aidan Anderson, H-N 12:01.44

3. Beau Butterfield, CWC 12:16.73

6. Evan Cole, SMH 12:46.61

Boys 110m Hurdles

1. Ben Barlow, SMH 16.90

2. Wyatt Shabram, N/V 17.20

3. Alec Schindler, SL 17.41

Boys 300m Hurdles

1. Ben Barlow, SMH 43.98

2. Alec Schindler, SL 44.75

3. Arlan Lammers, N/V 44.81

9. Ben Pongratz, SMH 47.77

Boys 4x100 Relay

1. Boyd County 46.44

2. CWC 47.96

3. Stuart 47.99

Boys 4x400 Relay

1. Stuart 3:45.93

2. Summerland 3:47.80

3. Hartington-Newcastle 3:54.84

Boys 4x800 Relay

1. Hartington-Newcastle 9:30.52

2. CWC 9:41.01

3. Summerland 9:41.27

Boys Shot Put

1. Gavin Whiting, SL 46'04.5

2. Cameron Kaup, ST 44'04

3. Dalton Herley, SMH 41'02.5

7. Eli Banks, SMH 37'06.5

Boys Discus

1. Cameron Kaup, ST 138'07

2. Jacob Motacek, N/V 137'03

3. Gavin Whiting, SL 136'05

4. Jace Rosenkrans, SMH 128'00

Boys High Jump

1. Ryan Rifer, SL 6'04

2. Ruger Switzer, SL 6'02

3. Ben Barlow, SMH 6'00

9. John Mlnarik, SMH 5'04

Boys Pole Vault

1. Parker Napier, SL 11'00

2. Ethan Kester, SL 10'06

3. Jason Heimes, H-N 10'06

6. Alex Otte, SMH 8'06

Boys Long Jump

1. Cole Rosener, H-N 20'03.75

2. Mason Krause, H-N 19'05.50

3. Adrien Baer, BC 19'04.75

12. Keigan Couch, SMH 16'07

Boys Triple Jump

1. Mason Krause, H-N 42'03

2. Gage Hedstrom, SMH 40'02.50

3. Maximus McCray, H-C 39'08.25

6. Ben Pongratz, SMH 37'09.50

Girls 100 Meters

1. Kaylee Warnke, BC 13.92

2. Emerson Mlnarik, SMH 14.03

3. Kyla McCarthy, BC 14.52

4. Pyper Ickes, SMH 14.40

Girls 200 Meters

1. Annabelle Barlow, SMH 27.55

2. Kaylee Warnke, BC 28.36

3. Casey Clements, SMH 29.73

9. Pyper Ickes, SMH 31.44

Girls 400 Meters

1. Taylen Stark, N/V 1:02.99

2. Vayda Lippert, H-N 1:03.18

3. Lizzie Gartner, CWC 1:05.00

4. Gracie Williamson, SMH 1:09.74

Girls 800 Meters

1. Vayda Lippert, H-N 2:35.23

2. Taylen Stark, N/V 2:36.72

3. Adyson Petersen, SMH 2:37.31

Girls 1600 Meters

1. Taylen Stark, N/V 5:57.56

2. Carmen Buschkamp, H-N 6:02.16

3. Karley Dawkins, SL 6:24.80

Girls 100m Hurdles

1. Emerson Mlnarik, SMH 17.16

2. Allison Sucha, N/V 17.57

3. Lenora Kester, SL 18.06

Girls 300m Hurdles

1. Emerson Mlnarik, SMH 47.65

2. Annabelle Barlow, SMH 49.23

3. Allison Sucha, N/V 49.79

Girls 4x100 Relay

1. Hartington-Newcastle 55.37

2. Summerland 56.45

3. St. Mary's 56.70

Girls 4x400 Relay

1. St. Mary's 4:21.49

2. CWC 4:39.70

3. Boyd County 4:41.34

Girls 4x800 Relay

1. Hartington-Newcastle 12:33.04

2. St. Mary's 13:06.09

Adyson Petersen, Elle Hoffman, Olivia Bauer, Addy Shald

3. Niobrara/Verdigre 13:12.31

Girls Discus

1. Elly Zeisler, BC 112'03

2. Jaylee Lechtenberg, BC 109'06

3. Chloe Hanzlik, N/V 101'00

6. Addy Shald, SMH 83'06

Girls High Jump

1. Lydia Robertson, SL 4'10

2. Caydence Schumacher, SL 4'08

3. Nora Kucera, N/V 4'08

Girls Pole Vault

1. Annabelle Barlow, SMH 9'06

2. Allison Sucha, N/V 8'00

3. Hazel Hochstein, H-N 8'00

Girls Long Jump

1. Allison Sucha, N/V 14'08

2. Jade Ford, H-N 14'07

3. Taylen Stark, N/V 13'09

Triple Jump

1. Lenora Kester, SL 32'00.50

2. Jade Ford, H-N 31'11.50

3. Gracie Williamson, SMH 31'00.50te Ian Yates, who finished 4th. Mathews also competed in the 300-meter intermediate hurdles, where he placed 8th against a competitive field.

The girls' 4×800-meter relay team — featuring Taya Dickau, Hannah Hilker, Ashley Sidak, and Molle Corkle — earned an 8th-place finish with a strong team effort.

In the field events, Mariah Kallhoff delivered a standout performance by taking 3rd place in the shot put and adding an 8th-place finish in the discus. Brook Cahoy also represented the team well in the pole vault, placing 5th.

The Dan Gee Track Invitational proved to be a day of strong performances, with local athletes earning top finishes and setting the tone for the remainder of the season.

Boys Results

1. Waverly 147

2. Norris 89

3. Cozad 81

4. Central City 55

5. Omaha Skutt Catholic 46

6. Northwest 45

7. Minden 33

8. Milford 32

8. Boone Central 32

10. Adams Central 25

11. Holdrege 24

11. Aurora 24

13. O'Neill 13

14. Grand Island Central Catholic

15. Broken Bow 6

Girls Results

1. Norris 127.5

2. Waverly 105

3. Northwest 65

4. Holdrege 52

5. Broken Bow 49

6. Aurora 47.5

7. Adams Central 38

8. GICC 31

9. Omaha Skutt Catholic 30

10. Boone Central 29

11. Minden 25

12. Central City 24

13. O'Neill 19

14. Milford 11

15. Cozad 10

Boys 100 Meters

1. Connor Schere, WV 11.05

2. Wyatt Dent, CC 11'06

3. Luke Findley, NR 11.13

22. Porter Mathews, OHS 11.99

Boys 200 Meters

1. Connor Schere, WV 22.44

2. Noah Waddel, NR 22.96

3. Bryson Snider, CZ 22.96

22. Porter Mathews, OHS 24.93

Boys 400 Meters

1. Braxton Smith, WV 49.61

2. Bryson Snider, CZ 51.31

3. Graham Stava, GICC 51.73

11. Trevor Alder, OHS 53.27

Boys 800 Meters

1. Gregory Cockerill, WV 2:00.05

2. Caden Jameson, MD 2:00.62

3. Jaden Hagemann, BC 2:01.28

28. Wade Krysl, OHS 2:27.25

Boys 1600 Meters

1. Jared Schroeder, WV 4:27.39

2. Cody Rice, OSC 4:28.66

3. Samuel McQuistan, HR 4:30.54

20. Tomas Arciniego, OHS 5:19.39

Boys 3200 Meters

1. Sam Robinson, NR 9:58.62

2. Lincoln Wolfe, OSC 10:01.96

3. Ethan Smith, NW 10:15.66

20. Brandon Romero, OHS 11:44.56

Boys 110m Hurdles

1. Braxton Badman, WV 14.76

2. Wyatt Liebentritt, OSC 15.08

3. Pryor Mathews, OHS 15.63

4. Ian Yates, OHS 16.18

Boys 300m Hurdles

1. Isaac Roth, MF 39.69

2. Braxton Badman, WV 40.17

3. Isaac Clarke, WV 40.29

8. Pryor Mathews, OHS 42.47

Boys 4x100 Relay

1. Central City 42.45

2. Waverly 42.52

3. Cozad 43.31

Boys 4x400 Relay

1. Waverly 3:24.07

2. Minden 3:25.07

3. Cozad 3:32.53

12. O'Neill 3:42.36

Pryor Mathews, Colten Shoemaker, Trevor Alder, Nate Brown

Boys 4x800 Relay

1. Waverly 8:06.71

2. Holdrege 8:15.85

3. Northwest 8:16.80

8. O'Neill 9:11.86

Nate Brown, Brock Latzel, Trevor Alder, Tomas Arciniego

Boys Shot Put

1. Chase Dittenber, WV 55'0.5

2. Preston Ozenbaugh, NR 54'10

3. Archie Mullin, NR 51'2

20. James Grenier, OHS 39'0.5

Boys Discus

1. Noah Shoemaker, CZ 166'10

2. Traelin Christensen, MD 156'0

3. Archie Mullin, NR 153'0

14. Bodie Latzel, OHS 127'7

Boys High Jump

1. Gavin McMillan, WV 6'2

2. Lenyn Ickler, BC 6'0

3. Jared Merced, CZ 5'10

12. Colten Shoemaker, OHS 5'6

Boys Pole Vault

1. Roe Patton, AR 15'7

2. Boston Irish, CZ 14'7

3. Rylan Landin, HR 14'1

16. Grady Welke, OHS 11'1

Boys Long Jump

1. Truman Ryan, CC 22'1.75

2. Nathan Axmann, WV 21'8

3. Wyatt Leibentritt, OSC 21'7.5

17. Ryder Sudbeck, OHS 18'9.5

Boys Triple Jump

1. Truman Ryan, CC 45'1

2. Kade Foust, NR 43'1.5

3. Vendall Juzyk, AR 42'7.5

19. Ian Yates, OHS 36'4

Girls 100 Meters

1. Landri Gates, NR 12.66

2. Kalli Grummert, NR 12.94

3. Allie Renken, WV 12.97

8. Madelynn Heiss, OHS 13.27

Girls 200 Meters

1. Landri Gates, NR 25.83

2. Morgan Trausch, AC 27.16

3. Madelynn Heiss, OHS 27.23

28. Tenzlie Sorensen, OHS 30.36

Girls 400 Meters

1. Alonna Depalma, WV 1:00.19

2. Ava Call, CC 1:00.33

3. Avery Ebke, NR 1:00.65

27. Calli Tomjack, OHS 1:13.72

Girls 800 Meters

1. Emma Steffensen, WV 2:14.58

2. Emily Stutzman, HR 2:22.23

3. Lydia Dominy, NR 2:24.65

13. Mollie Corkle, OHS 2:38.17

Girls 1600 Meters

1. Kendall Zavala, NR 5:09.25

2. Atlee Wallman, NR 5:18.06

3. Emma Steffensen, WV 5:21.50

Girls 3200 Meters

1. Kendall Zavala, NR 11:45.34

2. Kennedy Powell, NR 11:54.88

3. Gabi Westfall, OSC 12:09.54

4. Alexa Rogers, AC 12:12.02

Girls 100m Hurdles

1. Grace Johnson, GICC 15.62

2. Tahya Mrsny, WV 16.20

3. Klarissa Dowdy, BB 16.27

14. Madison Shoemaker, OHS 18.52

Girls 300m Hurdles

1. Grace Johnson, GICC 46.11

2. Klarissa Dowdy, BB 47.10

3. Addie West, OSC 48.14

15. Madison Shoemaker, OHS 53.85

Girls 4x100 Relay

1. Norris 48.93

2. Waverly 49.71

3. Northwest 50.42

Girls 4x400 Relay

1. Waverly 4:03.52

2. Norris 4:07.52

3. Broken Bow 4:12.89

12. O'Neill 4:31.70

Ashley Sidak, Mia Lindsay, Hannah Hilker, Mollie Corkle

Girls 4x800 Relay

1. Norris 10:01.54

2. Northwest 10:02.50

3. Waverly 10:12.13

8. O'Neill 10:30.89

Hannah Hilker, Taya Dickau, Ashley Sidak, Mollie Corkle

Girls Shot Put

1. Hope Paup, CC 43'8.25

2. Janae Marten, BB 37'9

3. Mariah Kallhoff, OHS 37'7.75

19. Taylor Young, OHS 30'9.5

Girls Discus

1. Taryn Chytka, CZ 126'6

2. Gabrielle Rooks, HR 125'10

3. Addyson Stutzman, HR 119'8

8. Mariah Kallhoff, OHS 114'1

Girls High Jump

1. Kinsie Land, MD 5'5

2. Tessa Scheer, NW 5'2

3. Makenna Starkey, MD 5'2

Girls Pole Vault

1. Amarae Krafka, NW 11'9

2. Kambryn Vaughn, HR 10'9

3. Julianna Anderson, GICC 10'9

5. Brooklynn Cahoy, OHS 9'9

Girls Long Jump

1. Landri Gates, NR 17'6

2. Annabelle Trausch, AC 17'3

3. Ava Call, CC 16'6

12. Madelynn Heiss, OHS 15'5.25

Girls Triple Jump

1. Kaitlyn Staehr, AR 35'5.5

2. Annie Harms, WV 35'0.75

3. Addison Fahrnbruch, AR 34'7

9. Serena Chavez, OHS 32'6.5

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