Area athletes excel in Best of The Midwest

Wauneta-Palisade senior Faith Simpson was second in the shot put and dominated discus on Tuesday at Sutherland.

Gabe Gauthier/McCook Gazette

SUTHERLAND, Neb. — Chase County won six events to lead a strong contingent of area placers at Tuesday’ “Best Of The Midwest” track-field meet.

Allison Owings (shot put) and Mallie McNair (400 meters) won individual titles while representing the two-time Class C state champion Longhorns.

Chase County boys captured both the 400 and 1600-meter relays besides Kaiden Vrbas claiming a 100-meter dash victory.

Vrbas started the winning 400-meter relay which also featured Scott Wheeler, Shane Rowley and Juan Venegas.

Venegas, Caleb Weiss, Wheeler and Francisco Barrientos were 1600-relay winners.

Wauneta-Palisade senior Faith Simpson powered her way to the discus title. She also took second among discus throwers.

Athletes are building momentum for district meets now just more than one week away.

A rundown of all area top six placers at Tuesday’s elite meet:

GIRLS

100-hurdles: 1. S. Moore, Mullen, 16.2; 4. Faith Simpson, Wauneta-Palisade, 17.38. 200 meters: 1. J. Bubak, South Loup, 26.22; 4. Kyleigh Scott, Hitchcock County, 27.69. 300-hurdles: 1. H. Homan, North Platte St. Pat, 49.17; 5. Avery Johnson, Maywood-Hayes Center, 51.5. 400 meters: 1. Mallie McNair, Chase County, 59.98; 2. E. Swan, Brady, 1:00.53; 4. Jayden Widener, Maywood-Hayes Center, 1:03.47. 800: 1. Swan 2:25.33; 5. Amanda Mote, Hitchcock County, 2:37.29. 1600: 1. T. Botts, Maxwell, 5:40.8; 3. Kayla Minary, Maywood-Hayes Center, 5:48.03. 3200: 1. A. Eakins, Paxton, 12:32.58; 6. Kaley Hauxwell, Chase County, 13:01.28.

400-relay: 1. Cozad 51.31; 2. Chase County 51.45 (Peyton Fiedler-Adelaide Maxwell-Sophie Spady-Kamrie Dillan). 1600-relay: 1. Chase County 4:11.83 (Sophie Spady-Maddi Brown-Ragan Nickless-Mallie McNair); 2. Gothenburg 4:12.25; 4. Maywood-Hayes Cener 4:23.03 (Jaycee Widener-Johnson-Minary-Jayden Widener). 3200-relay: 1. Gothenburg 9:51.47; 2. Chase County 10:07.89 (Spady-Brown-Kora Weiss-McNair_; 5. Maywood-Hayes Center 10:33.97 (Minary-Jaycee Lapp-Johnson-Jayden Widener).

Shot put: 1. Allison Owings, Chase County, 39’10”; 2. Simpson, W-P, 39’8 3/4”. Discus: 1. Faith Simpson, Wauneta-Palisade, 143’2”; 2. Andrea Page, Chase County, 117’2”; 3. Owings, CC, 110’. High jump: 1. K. Berreckman, Cozad, 5’1”; 2. Nicole Dewey, SW, 5’; 4. Simpson, W-P, 4’10”; 5. Jasmine Youngquist, Hitchcock County, 4’10”. Pole vault: 1. G. Rippen, North Platte, St. Pat’s 9’8”; 2. Fiedler, CC, 9’4”; 5. Scott, HC, 8’6”.

BOYS

100 meters: 1. Kadin Vrbas, Chase County, 11.52; 2. N. Marten, Sandhills-Thedford, 11.57; 4. Ryan Van Pelt, Southwest, 11.7. 110-hurdles: 1. M. Chasek, Minden, 15.02; 5. Evan Fisher, Chase County, 16.24; 6. Derek Greenlee, Southwest, 16.79. 200 meters: 1. M. Swedburg, Wallace, 23.08; 2. Van Pelt, SW, 23.57; 4. Chase Rowley, Chase County, 23.76. 300-hurdles: 1. Chasek 40.36; 5. Logan Jussel, Chase County, 44.13. 400 meters: 1. Swedburg 51.6; 2. Francisco Barrientos, Chase County, 52.82; 3. Caleb Weiss, Chase County, 53.09. 800: 1. L. Christen, Mullen, 2:02.44; 6. Yordi Gutierrez, Arapahoe, 2:09.23. 1600: 1. E. Huebner, Hershey, 4:44.22; 5. Cash Yearous, Wauneta-Palisade, 4:56.75; 6. Kalen Wallin, Chase County, 5:05.39. 3200: 1. A. Wheelock, Mnden, 9:58.3; 2. Will Kuenne, Chase County, 10:23.93; 3. Nathan Nicklas, Medicine Valley, 10:32.12.

400-relay: 1. Chase County 44.64 (Kadin Vrbas-Scott Wheeler-Scott Rowley-Juan Vengas); 2. Minden 44.92. 1600-relay: 1. Chase County 3:29.72 (Juan Venegas-Caleb Weiss-Scott Wheeler-Francisco Barrientos; 2. Perkins County 3:32.93; 6. Medicine Valley 3:39.31 (names not obtained). 3200-relay: 1. South Loup 8:26.28; 6. Arapahoe 9:07.27 (Jackson Koller-Brandon Tucker-Carson Schroeder-Gutierrez).

Long jump: 1. L. Edis, Mullen, 21’2”; 3. Derek Greenlee, SW, 20’3”; 4. Chase Newcomb, Medicine Valley, 20’1”; 6. Logan Greenlee, Southwest, 19’9”. Triple jump: 1. G. Edgecombe, Mullen, 41’10 1/4”; 3. Derek Greenlee, SW, 40’8 1/4”; 5. Braden Space, Chase County, 39’10”. Shot put: 1. E. Purdy, North Platte, 53’9 1.2”; 6. Eli Hinojosa, Chase County, 44’8”. Discus: 1. J. Larson, North Platte, 160’4”; 3. Jack Bauerle, Chase County, 152’5”; 6. Fisher, CC, 137’8”. Pole vault: 1. T. Hruza, Gothenburg, 15’6”; 4. Logan Greenlee, SW, 13’.