Wolves' leader runs wild, but Cambridge girls capture team title

Maywood-Hayes Center Kiley Hejtmanek (above) dashes to the finish line just ahead of Cambridge senior Paige Sickels during Thursday’s RPAC 100-meter finals where they went 1-2. Above, Cambridge junior Kori Koeppen (below) just stays ahead of eventual 3200-meter champ Mariah Gardner from Wallace. Second photo below, the top four set an 800-meter pace with Hitchcock County senior Aimee Merrill, M-HC junior Ashlin Broz, freshman Reagan Stengel and champ Brenna Deterding from Cambridge.

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BERTRAND, Neb. — Maywood Hayes-Center junior Kiley Hejtmanek dashed to four RPAC championships while Cambridge took home the 2022 team title Thursday evening.

Hejtmanek won intense 100, 200 and 400-meter races where she edged several other top RPAC sprinters.

The three-sport athlete then ran on one of two M-HC RPAC champion relays.

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However, Cambridge unleashed everything from power to speed and blazed away with a 77-point victory over 13 other RPAC teams.

Senior Schyler Hoberty unleashed her best discus throw ever and classmate Autumn Deterding delivered a triple jump title.

Brenna Deterding also won the 800 meters over tough foes like Hitchcock County senior Aimee Merrill.

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Wallace senior Mariah Gardner took both distance race titles.

One more RPAC highlight was Southern Valley sophomore Ann Bose high jumping her career-best 5’4” to edge excellent returning state medalist and Eagle teammate Brianna Russell. Team scores, all champions and area top eight RPAC placers Thursday.

GIRLS

Teams: 1. Cambridge 164, 2. Maywood-Hayes Center 87, 3. Wallace 73, 4. Southern Valley 64, 5. Southwest 50.5, 6. Arapahoe 39, 7. Wauneta-Palisade 34, 8. Medicine Valley 30, 9. Alma 28, 10. Bertrand 27, 11. Paxton 25.5, 12. Hitchcock 19, 13. Maxwell 16, 14. Dundy County-Stratton 2.

100 meters: 1. Kiley Hejtmanek, M-HC, 13.22; 2. Paige Sickels, CAM, 13.61; 3. Ambie Custard, SW, 13.79; 5. Brooke Knotts, W-P, 13.92; 6. JoLie Farr, CAM, 13.95.

100-hurdles: 1. Kendyl Flaming, WAL, 17.54; 2. Autumn Deterding, CAM, 17.82; 3. Alexa Sandman, W-P, 18.04; 4. Anastasia Gallegos, SW, 18.13; 5. Brecklyn Hammond, SV, 18.14 (PR); 7. Heapy, MV, 18.61 (PR); 8. Jacey Kent, CAM, 18.92.

200 meters: 1. Kiley Hejtmanek, M-HC, 27.72; 2. Jalen Kent, CAM, 28.15; 3. Ellie Broz, M-HC, 28.85; 4. Sickels, CAM, 28.9; 5. Custard, SW, 29.02; 6. Knotts, W-P, 29.63; 7. Aimee Merrill, HC, 30.37.

300-hurdles: 1. Jalen Kent, CAM, 49.4 (PR); 2. Flaming, WAL, 49.81 (PR); 3. Heapy, MV, 51.95; 4. Gallegos, SW, 53.52; 5. Ann Bose, SV, 54.41 (PR); 6. Karlie Finley, WAL, 54.74; 7. Emerson Swanson, ARAP, 55.17.

400 meters: 1. Kiley Hejtmanek, M-HC, 1:03.72; 2. Brenna Deterding, CAM, 1:05.38 (PR); 3. Stella Heapy, MV, 1:05.6; 4. Reagan Stengle, M-HC, 1:06.21; 6. Jewel Holthus, W-P, 1:07.51 (PR); 7. Cierra Dringman, SV, 1:07.97 (PR); 8. Denay Pelster, WAL, 1:08.36 (PR).

800: 1. Brenna Deterding, CAM, 2:31.74 (PR); 2. Merrill, HC, 2:34.82; 3. Stengel, M-HC, 2:36.41; 4. Ashlin Broz, M-HC, 2:39.59; 6. Kassdy Hatfield, M-HC, 2:45.21 (PR); 7. Breelle Miller, CAM, 2:46.85.

1600: 1. Mariah Gardner, WAL, 5:57.94; 3. Koeppen, CAM, 6:11.05; 4. Rachel Harris, CAM, 6:11.21; 5. Ashley Robertson, WAL, 6:11.48; 6. Chayse Keith, HC, 6:14.17; 7. Tayley Becker, SV, 6:20.7; 8. Byanka Tyan, HC, 6:20.96.

3200: 1. Mariah Gardner, WAL, 13:20.18; 2. Koeppen, CAM, 13:27.91; 3. Robertson, WAL, 13:56.13; 4. Charlotte Broker, M-HC, 14:09.35; 5. C. Keith, HC, 14:11.78; 6. Pelster, WAL, 14:20.11 (PR); 7. Alina Sankey, M-HC, 14:23.77; 8. Harris, CAM, 14:33.45.

Relays

Top six with names for top three.

400 meters: 1. Cambridge 52.14 (JoLie Farr-Jalen Kent-Breelle Miller-Paige Sickels); 2. Southwest 53.22 (Payton Truksa-Gallegos-Allison VanPelt-Custard); 3. Wauneta-Palisade 54.9 (Sandman-Cali Cox-Halle Bardsley-Knotts); 4. Southern Valley 55.0; 5. Arapahoe 56.7; 6. Wallace 56.86. 1600-relay: 1. Maywood-Hayes Center 4:24.45 (Ellie Broz-Ashlin Broz-Kassidy Hatfield-Kiley Hejtmanek); 2. Cambridge 4:28.39 (Miller-A. Deterding-B. Deterding-Harris); 3. Arapahoe 4:40.68 (Naomi Gutierrez-Peyton Sich-Bahe-Sabrina Jacobsen); 4. Wallace 4:41.87; 5. Wauneta-Palisade 4:44.22. 3200: 1. Maywood-Hayes Center 10:34.69 (Ashin Broz-Ellie Broz-Olivia Hansen-Reagan Stengel); 3. Cambridge 10:53.94 (Harris-Leah Downer-Miller-B. Deterding); 4. Wallace 11:03.49; 6. Southwest 11:53.47.

Shot put: 1. Kaylyn Roblee, MV, 38’5” (PR); 2. Schyler Hoberty, CAM, 36’4 1/2” (PR); 3. Hope Koller, ARAP, 35’2 1/2”; 4. Peyton Cox, W-P, 34’9 1/2”; 6. Bailee Ahlemeyer, CAM, 32’6 1/2” (PR); 7. Maddie Doyle, M-HC, 32’4 1/2”; 8. Kiana Martin, SW, 30’2 1/2”.

Discus: 1. Schyler Hobarty, CAM, 114’11” (PR); 2. GraCee Goings, W-P, 99’1”; 4. Bryn Baily, SV, 97’7”; 6. Martin, SW, 94’1”; 7. Kyla Patel, M-HC, 91’9”; 8. Roblee, MV, 89’11”.

High jump: 1. Ann Bose, SV, 5’4” (PR); 2. Brianna Russell, SV, 5’2”; 3. Paige Klumpe, CAM, 5’2”; 4. Erin Johnson, CAM, 4’10”; 5. Heapy, MV, 4’10”; 6. P. Truksa, SW, 4’8”.

Pole vault: 1. J. High, BERT, 9’; 2. Dringmann, SV, 9’; 3. A. Deterding, CAM, 9’; 4. Custard, SW, 8’6”; 8. Ryleigh McCrumb, W-P, 7’6”.

Long jump: 1`. Jalen Kent, CAM, 16’7” (PR); 3. Russell, SV, 15’6” (PR); 5. Liz Meyers, SV, 14’10 1/2” (PR); 6. Finley, WAL, 14’10”; 7. Caylin Barnett, SW, 14’9 1/2”; 8. E. Broz, M-HC, 14’5”.

Triple jump: 1. Autumn Deterding, CAM, 32’9 1/2”; 2. Gutierrez, ARAP, 32’ 1/2”; 3. Jacobsen, ARAP, 31’9”; 4. Bahe, ARAP, 30’10”; 5. Krista Best, SV, 30’10”; 6. Gallegos, SW, 30’7”; 7. Brooke Bryant, WAL, 30’4”.