Nobody's catching Chase girls in outdoor opener

GRANT, Neb. — Nothing like outscoring four other teams’ total while winning the first meet of a track and field season.

The Chase County girls achieved that feat on Thursday with 249 team points which topped Dundy County-Stratton (76), Wauneta-Palisade (64), South Platte (59) and Perkins County (28) in a Perkins County Pre-Season Meet.

They also showed amazing balance as nine different Longhorns won eight individual events.

Only senior Sarah Allen was a double-event champion in both the long jump and triple jump.

Chase County’s four foes tallied 227 points total. Both Wauneta-Palisade junior Faith Simpson and DC-S senior Madison Lambley earned a pair of championships.

Here are the top placers in each event from McCook-area schools. All races were measured by meters:

100: 1. Adaelaide Maxwell, Chase, 13.81; 2. Sarah Allen, Chase, 14.15; 3. Jessie Freeland, DC-S, 14.76; 6. Madison Shuller, Chase, 15.52. 100-hurdles: 1. Faith Simpson, Wa-Pa, 17.71; 2. Megan Engbrecht, Chase, 19.82; 3. Grace Frederick, DC-S, 19.85; 4. Michaela Dukes, Wa-Pa, 20.26; 5. Ragan Nickless, Chase, 20.45; 6. Macey Coleman, Chase, 20.93. 200: 1. Katelyn Wheeler, Chase, 27.61; 2. Maxwell, Chase, 27.98; 3. Sophie Spady, Chase, 31.56; 4. Alejandra Almanza, Wa-Pa, 31.87. 300-hurdles: 1. Sable Lambley, DC-S, 52.27; 2. Dukes, Wa-Pa, 56.39; 3. Nickless, Chase, 56.62; 4. Engbrecht, Chase, 57.47; 5. Coleman, Chase, 1:00.07. 400: 1. Kadyn Milner, Chase, 1:05.78; 5. Giovanna Welsh, Chase, 1:18.83. 800: 1. Destiny Reinke, Chase, 2:26.43; 2. Spady, Chase, 2:37.04; 3. Madison Brown, Chase, 2:38.5; 4. Brooklyn Christensen, Chase, 2:56.42. 1600: Madison Lambley, DC-S, 5:47.4; 2. Brown, Chase, 6:01.87; 3. Kaley Hauxwell, Chase, 6:17.46; 4. Almanza, Wa-Pa, 6:42.88; 5. Kaylee Meeske, Chase, 6:50.21.

400-relay: 1. Chase County, 51.0 (Taylor Williams-Taylin McNair-Wheeler-Maxwell); 2. Dundy County-Stratton, 56.48 (Sable Lambley-Sydney Reichert-Freeland-Adalene Krutsinger); 4. Wauneta-Palisade, 1:01.12 (JoAnna Lawler-Haylee Dike-Dukes-Dakota Ingold). 3200-relay: 1. Chase County, 10:01.1 (Reinke-Mallie McNair-Milner-Taylin McNair).

Shot put: 1. Payton Zarkowski, DC-S, 35’10”; 2. Simpson, Wa-Pa, 35’9”; 3. Allison Owings, Chase, 35’2”; 6. Citori Lutz, DC-S, 30’3”. Discus: 1. Simpson, Wa-Pa, 123’4”; 2. Owings, Chase, 108’9”; 3. Zarkowski, DC-S, 108’4”; 4. Andrea Page, Chase, 103’8”; 5. Reichert, DC-S, 88’1”. High jump: 1. Wheeler, Chase, 5’5”; 2. Simpson, Wa-Pa, 4’10”; 3. Mallie McNair, Chase, 4’10”; 4. Schuller, Chase, 4’6”; 5. Molly Luhrs, Chase, 4’6”; 6. Nickless, Chase, 4’6”. Pole vault: 1. Josie Peterson, Chase, 9’6”; 4. Christensen, Chase, 7’6”; 5. Reichert, DC-S, 7’6”. Long jump: 1. Allen, Chase, 14’5 1/2”; 2. Freeland, DC-S, 14’; 3. Williams, Chase, 13’5 1/2”; 4. Dukes, Wa-Pa, 13’2”; 5. Ashley Bubak, Chase, 12’10 1/2”. Triple jump: 1. Allen, Chase, 31’10 1/2”; 4. Bubak, Chase, 29’7 1/2”; 5. Coleman, Chase, 28’11 1/2’; 6. Freeland, DC-S, 27’6 1/2.”