McCook boys blaze through SWC field

Junior TJ Renner starts McCook on a Southwest Conference 3200-meter relay championship Saturday afternoon. The Bison finished about 13 seconds faster than their closest contender en route to helping McCook win another team title.

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COZAD, Neb. — Consider McCook ran two of Class B’s four fastest recorded 100 meters on Saturday — and those weren’t even part of the Bison point team total!

That’s how dominant the McCook boys were again while winning a Southwest Conference team title with 180 points.

The Bison won eight events as seniors Seth Dugger, Morgan Fawver, Gabe Sehnert and power thrower DJ Gross all took home two titles.

Gross remains No. 1 among all Class B shot putters while senior Morgan Fawver leads the long jump this spring.

Senior Colin Giron didn’t win any titles on Saturday, yet he’s No. 3 in both shot and discus where Gross (163’4”) is currently No. 2 behind Scottbluff’s Tanner Scow.

Yet perhaps McCook’s most impressive effort didn’t even appear among the final results on Saturday.

During race prelims, junior Corban Jernigan blazed 100 meters to a time of 10.9 — second behind only Seward’s Davon Bess (10.88) among Class B this spring.

Senior Alec Bunger was also zooming through this race and finished in 10.94 seconds.

Only Bess, Jernigan and Scottsbluff star Christopher Busby (10.9) have ran faster than Bunger all spring.

Both those times have earned ALL-CLASS t op 10 spots where Class A Kearney Bearcat Miko Maeesner holds the fastest time of 10.6.

The speed-demon duo cooled a little as they ran Saturday’s finals. However, Jernigan (11.44) and Bunger (14.5) still joined Fawver (11.1) as three of the fastest four SWC sprinters.

Fawver’s 11.1 represents his career-best time. The Bison dominated other events especially shot put where Gross. Giron and Torrington Ford finished 1-2-3. All top six placers:

sTeams: 1. McCook 180, 2. Minden 108, 3. Ogallala 66, 4. Gothenburg 65, 5. Cozad 40, 6. Ainsworth 37, 7. Valentine 21, 8. Broken Bow 9.

100 meters: 1. Morgan Fawver, MC, 11.1 (PR); 2. M. Chasek, MIND, 11.41; 3. Corban Jernigan, MC, 11.44; 4. Alec Bunger, MC, 11.5. 110-hurdles: 1. Chasek, MIND, 14.3; 5. Gabe Sehnert, MC, 16.38.200: 1. E. McCrickard, COZ, 23.51; 3. James Mockry, MC, 23.83. 300-hurdles: 1. Gabe Sehnert, MC, 40.86 (PR); 2. Chasen, MIND, 42.17. 400 meters: 1. T. Harbur, GOTH, 52.81. 800: 1. J. Tuttle, OGA, 2:95.44; 5. Cameryn Berry, MC, 2:09.81; 6. TJ Renner, MC, 2:11.71. 1600: 1. B. Arens, AINS, 4:34.11; 4. Josh Hegwood, MC, 4:53.98 (PR). 3200: 1. A. Wheelock, MIND, 10:14.86; 3. Riley Mai, MC, 10:47.73.

400-relay: 1. Gothenburg 43.63; 2. McCook 44.16 (Jernigan-Bunger-Seth Dugger-Fawver). 1600-relay: 1. McCook 3:35.46 (Isaac Hegwood-Brandon Tucker-Seth Dugger-Gabe Sehnert); 2. Minden 3:39.71. 3200-relay: 1. McCook 8:46.23 (TJ Renner-Isaac Hegwood-Cameryn Berry-Brandon Tucker); 2. Ainsworth 8:59.14.

Shot put: 1. DJ Gross, MC, 54’5 1/2”; 2. Colin Giron, MC, 51’ 1/2”; 3. Torrington Ford, MC, 46’8 3/4” (PR). Discus: 1. DJ Gross, MC, 163’4”; 2. Giron, 163’1” (PR); 5. Paxton Terry, MC, 136’11”. High jump: 1. C. Raffaeli, OGA, 6’1”; 2. Mark Arp, MC, 5’11”; 3. Ty Stevens, MC, 5’11’ (PR). Pole vault: 1. T. Hruza, GOTH, 16’1”; 2. Tyler Lytle, MC, 13’9”; 4. Branson McDonald, MC, 12’9”. Long jump: 1. Morgan Fawver, MC, 21’5 3/4”; 2. Bunger, MC, 20’5 1/2”. Triple jump: 1. Seth Dugger, MC, 42’4 3/4”; 2. C. Raffaeli, OGA, 40’7”; 5. Mockry, MC, 40’1 1/2”; 6. Bryce Dutton, MC, 37’11 3/4”.