Seventeen members of the Ord High Track and Field teams competed in the annual Central Nebraska Track Championships on Monday, April 20. Eleven girls and six boys qualified for the meet that was held at Northwest High School in Grand Island. Athletes from Ord competed in 17 different events and brought home medals from two of the events. “I was very pleased with the way our kids competed in this meet”, Coach Derry Trampe commented. “We had three personal best marks on the season and all our relays recorded their best times of the season. It looks like we are peaking at the right time of the season. It will be exciting to see how we finish the season.”
The boys 4 X 800 relay team of Garret Severance, Gunner Rice, Jace Geiser, and Elijah Pollard recorded the highest finish of the night as they placed second in the event in a season best time of 8:28.30. “All of the guys on this relay ran their best split of the season and dropped 20 seconds off their best time of the year”, Trampe said. “If we continue to run this competitively the rest of the season, good things could happen for this group.” Marin Reilly picked up a medal on the girls’ side of the meet as she threw a personal best toss of 125’ 3” to finish third in the discus. “It is great to have Marin back and competing again”, Coach Trampe noted. “She got hurt early in the season and missed about three weeks but has really come back strong. I was happy to see her win a medal.”
In addition to the medal winners, the Chants had several quality performances in the meet. Trinity Chatfield finished fourth in the high jump with a leap of 4’ 10”. Fifth place finishes went to Marin Reilly in the shot put with a toss of 35’ 3.5”, Natalie Williams in the 200 in a time of 27.08, Blake Hinrichs in the triple jump with a jump of 43’ 2.5”, and the girls 4 X 400 relay team of Natalie Williams, Claire Cargill, Elle Jess, and Maggie Fischer with a season-best time of 4:16.65. Lillie Shoemaker finished sixth in the shot put with a toss of 35’ 2” and the girls 4 X 800 relay team of Elle Jess, Piper Whited, Avery Bruha, and Izzy Jeffres also finished sixth with a season-best time of 10:42.12. Seventh place finishes went to Blake Hinrichs in the long jump with a jump of 20’ 0.5”, Natalie Williams in the long jump with a jump of 15’ 11”, and the boys 4 X 400 relay team of Blake Hinrichs, Garret Severance, Trent McCain, and Elijah Pollard with a season best time of 3:38.00. Elijah Pollard finished ninth in the 1600 in a time of 4:52.62, Gunner Rice finished tenth in the 3200 in a personal best time of 10:55.94, and Garret Severance was eleventh in the 800 in a personal best time of 2:08.53.