Grant Strunk/McCook Daily Gazette Rain doesn't slow down Chase County senior Erica Pirog in the 300 meter hurdles. Pirog placed third in the 400 and fourth in the 300 hurdles last year at state in the State Class B State Championship in Omaha. For more photos go to www.mccookgazette.com [Click to enlarge]

HERSHEY -- Southwest Nebraska athletes unleashed their talent at the C-10 District Track and Field meet at Hershey Thursday.

Chase County senior Erica Pirog showed why she is at the top of the state charts, grabbing four gold medals.

Pirog won the 400 meter dash in 60.30, 100 meter hurdles in 16.00, the 300 meter hurdles in 47.00 and was the anchor leg of the 1600 relay.

Pirog is at the top of the state charts in Class C with a 46.1 in the 300 hurdles and second in the 400 posting a time of 58.9.

Pirog teamed up with Nichole Dickey, Tabitha Russell and Cara Kunnemann to win the 1600 meter relay with 4:15.10. The Chase County team leads the charts in Class C with a 4:10.8 ran earlier this year.

Kunnemann and Southwest runner Layne McConville went head-to-head in the 1600 and the 3200 meter runs.

Kunnemann won the 1600 in 5:35.90 and McConville won the 3200 in 12:03.20.

In the 800 meter run, Kunnemann finished second behind North Platte St. Pat's Megan Mroczek who won the event in 2:25.20. McConville finished third. All three qualify for state.

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Southwest leaper Lisa Lord picked up gold in the long jump at 16-1 3/4 and the triple jump at 34-7 1/2.

Lord leads the state Class C in the triple jump at 36-8 1/2.

"I jumped about average. I felt good about how I performed in the rain," said Lord. "I felt more comfortable in the triple jump. It was more natural."

Carlie and Jenni Sis of Perkins County dominated the sprints, placing one and two in the 100 and 200. Carlie winning the 100 in 12.70 and Jenni winning the 200 in 27.00.

RyAnn Spady of Chase County won the discus with a throw of 119-3.

Sutherland's Lory Johnson won the shot put at 40-1 3/4.

Sarah Kennedy of Sutherland won the high jump at 5-2.

Hershey' Josey Schomp won the pole vault at 10 feet.

Sarah Kennedy of Sutherland won the high jump, clearing 5-2.

Dundy County's 400 meter relay team of Taylor Lutz, Brooke Hansen, Amanda Downey and Cassandra Starks won with a time of 52.40.

Southwest won the 3200 meter relay in 10:08.60, with the team of Morgan Potthoff, Miranda Sheets, Abby Houghtelling and McConville.

Cambridge boys second

DCSHS places third

Cambridge's Lance Shifflet won a pair of golds in the 100 meter dash breaking the barrier at 10.90, and the 300 meter hurdles in 41.50.

Shifflet teamed up with Terry Mowry, Andrew Carpenter and Drew Cramer to qualify in the 1600 meter relay with a time of 3:33.90.

"I had a pretty good day," said Shifflet. "I ran a personal best in the 100 and qualified in three events, just missed in the 200.

"We have a good chance of placing high at state. We qualified some good guys."

Kyle Glidden of Dundy County won the weight events, throwing the shot 48-3 1/2 and the discus with a toss of 148-8.

Glidden placed fifth in Class D at the state championships last year in the discus with the same throw.

Cambridge 800 runners Drew Cramer and Terry Mowry swept the race with Cramer getting the win in 2:03.20.

Cramer placed fourth in the 800 Class D last year with a time of 2:02.872.

Cramer and Mowry teamed up with Cletus Macke and Hayden Ekberg to win the 3200 meter relay, posting a time of 8:26.10.

The same Cambridge 3200 relay team placed fourth in Class D at state last year.

Ekberg put another gold under his belt with a win in the 1600 meter run with a 4:40.90.

Dundy County's running duo of Jared Shillington and Brandon Shirkey placed first and second in the 3200 with Shillington getting the gold in a time of 10:25.60.

Shirkey placed second in the 3200 last year and fourth in the 1600 at the state meet.

Shillington qualified in the 1600 behind Ekberg with a time of 4:42.40.

Josh Wall of Perkins County won the 200 in 22.70 and the 400 in 50.80.

Chase County senior Trevor Roenfeldt picked up a gold in the 110 meter hurdles with a time of 15.60.

Kevin Barnard of Chase County cleared 13-4 to win the pole vault.

North Platte St. Pat's Steve Jones won the high jump at 6-2.

Randon McKain of Sutherland won the long jump with a jump of 21-1 1/2 and the triple jump at 42 feet.

The Perkins County 400 relay team of Josh Wall, Jacob Wall, Curt Softley and Timothy Burge won in 45.00.