Kimball With Six Qualifiers for State Track

The Kimball High Track and Field Team will be sending 6 district qualifiers to the Nebraska State Track and Field Championships being held this weekend at Omaha Burke Stadium, including 5 girls and 1 boy, all in individual events.

The triple jump proved to be the most successful event for the Longhorns at the District meet in Bayard as senior Shelby Vogel won the girls' event with an all time personal best of 33'9 1/2" to better her school record, and freshman Jaden Withrow also cranked out his all time best jump of 43'3" to win the boys' event and is now ranked #4 on the school's all time best jump list trailing only Harper High at 43'9", Jay Staehr 44'6 1/4", and Dave Wasser at 45'7". With the state meet remaining this year, and three more years ahead of him, look out record books!

Sophomore Ali Hunsaker will represent Kimball at the state meet in the 200 meter dash running 2nd at district with a time of 27.64, sophomore Madison Biesecker will make the trip in the 300 meter hurdles after finishing 2nd at district with a good time of 48.93, senior Brooke Hager goes in the long jump after finishing 2nd at 14'8 1/2", and senior Laura Flores is making the trip by virtue of her second fastest,third place finish, in the 3200 meter run with a time of 12:49.41. Flores had to wait out the results of all district before finding out she had ran the second fastest, 3rd place time, of all districts which gave her a qualifying spot for the state meet. In Class C, the top two in all events, plus the winning relay teams, along with some automatic qualifying marks, and additional qualifiers from fastest, or best marks, from all districts.

The C-ll District meet was without a doubt one of the most talented districts in Class C state wide and it was a great accomplishment to finish in the top two at the meet in Bayard on a very pleasant weather-wise day. Chase County won both the boys and girls team titles. In the girls' team standings they won with 135.5 points followed by Dundy County-Stratton with 104, Bayard 88, Kimball 66.5, Bridgeport 43, Gordon-Rushville 35, Hemingford 28, and Perkins County 27.

Other non-qualifying places for the Kimball girls saw Biesecker run 6th in the 100 meter dash in 13.66. Hunsaker was 4th in the 400 in 1:02.91. Flores 4th in the 1600 in 5:59.37. The 4 x 100 relay team of Vogel, Biesecker, Hager, and Kelly Green ran 4th in 52.89, and the 4 x 400 relay team of Hunsaker, Flores, Biesecker, and Jannell Fiehtner ran 3rd in 4:25.48. The 4 x 800 relay team of Ivana Valle, Olivia Ryschon, Ireland Olson, and Kailey Dickerson was one place out finishing 7th in 12:19.59. Danika Daum was 6th in the shotput at 31'6 1/2", Jessica Hanks 4th in the discus at 103'0", Hunsaker 5th in the pole vault at 8'0", Audrey McDowall 6th in the long jump at 13'8 1/4".

In the boys' division Chase County won with 141 points with Bridgeport a distant runnerup with 92 followed by Hemingford 77, Dundy County-Stratton 73, Kimball 50, Perks in County 48, Gordon-Rushville 36, and Bayard 10.

Ryan Muneio ran 4th in the 400 in 53.36, freshman Brandon Barker 6th in the 1600 in 5:16.40, Mitchell Shields 4th in the 3200 in 11:39.82, the 4 x 100 relay team of Jake Reader, Jon Withrow, Angel Flores, and Colton Stull 3rd in 47.02, the 4 x 800 relay team of Brandon Barker, Colt Lewis, Ruger Lewis, and Creg Barker 5th in 10:00.03, Damien Rutledge 4th in the shotput at 43'1 1/2", Ethan Land 4th in the high jump at 5'9" and Dakota Jefferson 6th at 5'9", Trent Rutledge 3rd in the pole vault at 11'6" and Tyrus Gawith 5th at 11'6", the same height as the

2nd place qualifier but number of misses giving the qualifying spot to another vaulter, other than Kimball. Colton Stull just missed in the long jump with his personal best leap of 19'8" taken out of the qualifying spot on a last jump by Linch of Bridgeport who got out 19'10", leaving Stull in 3rd. Jon

Withrow joined his brother Jaden with a place in the triple jump finishing 6th at 38'5".

Coach Gene Mohr said Kimball will do the tunnel walk at the school on Thursday morning at 8 a.m. and then head for Omaha where the meet begins on Friday and continues on Saturday.

BOYS WINNING MARKS

100 Sis-Perkins County 11.25

200 Turek-Hemingford 22.86

400 Skinner-Hemingford 51.13

800 Almanza-Chase County 2:04.88

1600 Dreilling-Chase County 4:54.37 3200 Smith-Chase County 11:01.22

110 hurdles German-Chase County 15.37 300 hurdles German-Chase County 41.46

4 x 100 relay Dundy County 44.63

4 x 400 relay Hemingford 3:31.03

4 x 800 relay Chase County 8:48.24 shotput Wallin-Chase County 50'4 1/2"

discus Wallin-Chase County 143'10"

high jump Luhrs-Chase County 6'3"

pole vault Milner-Chase County 11'10" long jump Gonzales-Bridgeport 21'7"

triple jump Jaden Withrow-Kimball 43'3"

GIRLS WINNING MARKS

100 Duvel-Dundy County 13.27

200 Duvel-Dundy County 27.33

400 Smith-Bayard 58.98

800 Smith-Bayard 2:18.48

1600 Lambley-Dundy County 5:43.52

3200 Lambley-Dundy County 12:24.13

100 hurdles Jussel-Chase County 16.45 300 hurdles Jussel-Chase County 48.35

4 x 100 relay Bayard 51.26

4 x 400 relay Chase County 4:07.67 4 x 800 relay Chase County 10:06.60

shotput Cervantes-Chase County 38'6 and 3/4"

discus Ragsdale-Dundy County 114'11"

high jump Vera-Bayard 5'1"

pole vault Stuart-Bayard 9'6"

long jump Vera-Bayard 15'9 1/2"

triple jump Shelby Vogel-Kimball 33'9 1/2"