On Thursday, April 20, the Nemaha Central Middle School track team competed at the Wamego track meet. The teams attending the meet were the following: Abilene, Chapman, Clay Center Community, Concordia, Flint Hills Christian, Nemaha Central, Riley County, Rock Creek, and Wamego. Below are the results and placings from the meet.
8th Grade Boys:
100M Dash- Logan Richards, 6th, 13.18
200M Dash- Logan Richards, 5th, 26.46
400M Dash- Colton Blume, 6th, 1:02
800M Run- Brady Koch, 3rd, 2:25; Harry Langill, 6th, 2:32
1600M Run- Colten Corby, 4th, 5:42
3200M Run-Brady Koch, 2nd, 11:30; Harry Langill, 3rd, 11:33
4x200M Relay- Colton Blume, Kyler Ganstrom, Kalem Schmelzle, and Carson Edelman, 6th, 1:57
4x400M Relay- Brady Koch, Colton Blume, Logan Richards, and Will Young, 2nd, 4:09
Discus- Kyler Ganstrom, 4th, 99' 6"
Shot Put- Kyler Ganstrom, 3rd, 37' 9 ½”
Javelin- Kalem Schmelzle, 1st, 118’ 4”; Will Young, 6th, 110’ 11”
High Jump- Carson Edelman, 6th, 4' 8"
Long Jump- Colton Blume, 6th, 15' 3 ½”
Triple Jump- Mason Schultejans, 3rd, 35' 5 ¼”
8th Grade Girls:
100M Hurdles- Hailey Meyer, 4th, 19.75
Shot Put- Emma Hermesch, 2nd, 33' 1 ½ “
Javelin- Marin Heinen, 3rd, 79’ 1”; Hailey Meyer, 4th, 76’ 8”
High Jump- Payton Huerter, 3rd, 4’ 4”
“It was fun but we need to keep working hard,” said McKenzie Rottinghaus.
7th Grade Boys:
400M Dash- Dason Hill, 4th, 1:02
800M Run- Cole Ranieri, 5th, 2:31
1600M Run- Cormik Hajek, 4th, 5:47
4x100M Relay- Xavier Haverkamp, Noah Hilbert, Ryan Koch, and Jayson Kramer, 6th, 1:07
4x200M Relay- Dason Hill, Braden Macke, Camden Scism, and Cormik Hajek, 6th, 2:08
Shot Put- Will Deters, 6th, 28' 7"
Long Jump- Dason Hill, 5th, 13' 10 ½”
“It was a hard-fought track meet and we tried our best,” said Cole Ranieri.
7th Grade Girls:
400M Dash- Kennedy McKee, 3rd, 1:11; Bailey Snyder, 5th, 1:14
800M Run- Kennedy McKee, 3rd, 2:48
1600M Run- Macy Holthaus, 4th, 6:25
3200M Run- Wrigly Williams, 4th, 16:21
4x100M Relay- Meg Honeyman, Nola Sudbeck, Clare Wullschleger, and Bailey Snyder, 5th, 59.39
4x400M Relay- Meg Honeyman, Kennedy McKee, Macy Holthaus, and Bailey Snyder, 1st, 4:49
Shot Put- Kinsey Monier, 3rd, 30’ 8 ½”
Javelin- Bailey Snyder, 1st, 93’ 9”: Kinsey Monier, 5th, 70’ 7”
High Jump- Macy Holthaus, 3rd, 4' 8"
Long Jump- Nola Sudbeck, 1st, 13' 11 ½”; Meg Honeyman, 3rd, 13' 5 ½”
Triple Jump- Nola Sudbeck, 3rd, 26' 5 ¾; Kaydence Heiman, 4th, 26' 2 ½”
Overall the NCMS athletes did a good job competing at such a big meet. The eighth grade boys earned 67 points for 5th place and the eighth grade girls had 28 points for 8th place. The seventh grade boys had 15 points for 9th place and the seventh grade girls had 84 points to earn 1st place.
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