Kimball finishes fifth in WTC Conference Meet

Last weekend’s WTC Conference Track and Field meet at Bayard didn’t go according to plan for the Kimball Longhorns, as they finished fifth overall, as well as in both the male and female team scores.

However, 13 teams or individuals place in the top three of their respective events, which kept the Longhorns in competition throughout the day.

The varsity women’s 4x800 meter relay team placed third with a time of 12:12.70, coming in behind Gordon-Rushville and Bridgeport. The four girls who make up the relay team include Kailey Dickerson, Arica McCloud, Madison Snyder and Ireland Olson.

Ali Hunsaker placed third for Kimball in both the 400 meter run and the 200 meter dash, with respective times of 1:04.12 and 27.80 - the latter of which was just half a second from a first-place finish.

Junior Laura Flores placed third in the women’s 3200 meter run, with a time of 12:50.60, which earned the Longhorns six points.

Freshman Madison Biesecker finished second in the 300 meter hurdles event, finishing just .80 seconds behind Kelsy Wood of Hemingford.

In both the 4x100 meter relay and the 4x400 meter relay, Kimball girls came through with solid performances.

In the 4x100 meter relay, Kimball finished second, behind Bayard. Shelby Vogel, Biesecker, Brooke Hager and Kelly Green put together a time of 53.60.

In the 4x400 meter relay, Hunsaker, Flores, Biesecker and Mikayla Fiehtner finished with a time of 4:28.00, which was just two and a half seconds behind the victorious Mitchell squad.

Tessa Shaw placed second in varsity women’s pole vault, with a height of 7-06.00, which was one foot higher than the next highest jump by any competitor.

On the boy’s side, senior Caleb Reuter finished third in the men’s 800 meter with a time of 2:05.00, which was just over two seconds behind the first place finisher - Levi Avila of Mitchell.

The Kimball mens 4x100 relay team placed third behind Bayard and Morrill. The team is made up of Jake Reader, Reuter, Kenny McNeil and Angel Flores. The team finished with a time of 47.58.

Two of the top three finishers in the varsity mens pole vault were from Kimball, with both Austin Pile and Javier Figueroa putting up heights of 11-00.00.

In the varsity mens triple jump event, Dakota Jefferson finished second, with a mark of 38-03.00, which was only topped by the 40-04.50 of Adam Schlotthauer of Mitchell.

Kimball will be in action again on Thursday at Perkins County for the District Track Meet.

The meet is scheduled to begin at 9:00 a.m, and last throughout much of the day on May 9th.