The high school track and field teams had another solid outing this past Thursday at the 61st annual O’Neill Invitational. The girls’ team put 89 points on the board to finish 2nd in the 12-team field. South Sioux City won the team title with 105 points. “I was pleased with how our girls competed in this meet”, Coach Derry Trampe commented. “We had a lot of quality performances on the day, and we had some girls that made big improvements from where we were earlier in the year. We are headed in the right direction.” Rounding out the team scoring were: Valentine (73), O’Neill (55.5), Norfolk Catholic (52), Ainsworth (48.5), North Central (37), Summerland (33), St. Mary’s (26), Wausa (6), Chambers/Wheeler Central (1), and Boyd County (0).
The Chanticleer boys finished 5th in a tight team race with 74 points. “Our boys were right in the thick of the team race”, Coach Trampe said. “We scored well on the day, and I am happy with how many points we were able to score. We are still missing a few key contributors to our team because of injuries. Hopefully, they will be cleared soon, and we can get them competing for us again. They will add a lot of points to our total.” South Sioux City won the boys meet as well with a total of 95 points. Norfolk Catholic was second with 83 points followed by Ainsworth with 79 and O’Neill with 76. Rounding out the team scores were: North Central (38), Summerland (27), Chambers/Wheeler Central (22), Valentine (20), Wausa (8), St. Mary’s (5), and Boyd County (0).
Leading the way for the boys was triple gold medal winner John DeRiso. DeRiso won the 400 in a season best time of 52.22, the 800 in a personal best time of 2:05.12 and was the lead off leg on the winning 4 X 400 relay team. DeRiso teamed with Calen Pollard, Jace Geiser, and Owen Lane to win the relay in a time of 3:46.65. Third place medals were won by Will Grint in the shot put (47’ 9.5”) and discus (135’ 7”) and Dylan Hurlburt in the long jump (18’ 9.5”). Fourth place awards went to Calen Pollard in the 3200 (10:50.98 PB), Jacob Stam in the shot put (44’ 8.75”), Sam Boettcher in the discus (134’ 7”), Blake Wells in the pole vault (12’ 0”), and the 4 X 800 relay team of Elijah Pollard, Maddox Bennett, Braden Bruha, and Grady Moudry (9:49.12). Owen Lane picked up fifth place medals in the 400 (54.11) and the 800 (2:13.03 PB). The 4 X 100 relay team of John DeRiso, Owen Lane, Dylan Hurlburt, and Gage Racek also finished fifth in a time of 47.22.
The girls had two gold medal performers on the day with Britta Deden winning the 100 HH in a time of 16.80 and Journi Moran winning the triple jump with a leap of 32’ 8.25”. Second place medal winners for the team were Britta Deden in the 300 LH (51.56), Lexi Vancura in the triple jump (32’ 8”), and Kaidence Wilson in the high jump (4’ 10”). Third place went to Lexi Vancura in the long jump (16’ 0.5”) and the 4 X 400 relay team of Nikie Nelson, Kaidence Wilson, Claire Cargill, and Nikie Nelson (4:39.76). Fourth place awards went to Nikie Nelson in the 400 (65.00 PB), Piper Whited in the 1600 (6:19.97), Allie Moudry in the shot put (35’ 4”), Brookelyn Fox in the pole vault (8’ 6”), the 4 X 100 relay team of Lexi Vancura, Journi Moran, Kaidence Wilson, and Nikie Nelson (53.86), and the 4 X 800 relay team of Piper Whited, Macy Warner, Izzy Jeffres, and Claire Cargill (11:27.36). Marin Reilly finished fifth in both the shot put (33’ 6”) and discus (105’ 10” PB). Journi Moran earned a 5th place finish in the long jump (15’ 7”) and Lexi Vancura tied for 5th-7th in the high jump (4’ 8”). Sixth place medals were won by Britta Deden in the 200 (27.65) and Jocelyn Hinrichs in the triple jump (31’ 2”).
Additional Ord Results: Girls: 100 meter dash—Journi Moran 14.37, Allie Miller 14.95 PB, Rilynn Veskerna 18.01; 200 meter dash—Kaidence Wilson (28.83), Allie Miller 31.78 PB; 400 meter dash—Shaylee Thomsen 73.67; 800 meter run—Elisabeth Bengston 4:31.22; 1600—Macy Warner 6:45.56, Izzy Jeffres 6:53.87; 3200—Macy Warner 14:46.52, Valeria Arellano 14:48.99 PB; 100 meter HH—Jocelyn Hinrichs 19.20, Linnea Clemens 23.41; 300 meter LH—Jocelyn Hinrichs 57.86; Shot put—Juls Gonzales 29’ 5”; Discus—Allie Moudry 95’ 7”, Bailey Setlik 62’ 6”; Long Jump—Shaylee Thomsen 12’ 3.75”; Pole Vault—Piper Whited MOH 7’ 0”; Linnea Clemens MOH 7’ 0”. Boys: 100 meter dash—Gage Racek 12.43, Dylan Hurlburt 12.75, Gage Kolar 13.70; 200 meter dash—Ryan Gabriel 25.44 PB, Trent McCain 26.17 PB, Elliot Baker 29.77 PB; 400 meter dash—Ryan Gabriel 57.86 PB; 800 meter run—Braden Bruha 2:42.57; 1600 meter run—Calen Pollard 5:14.23, Elijah Pollard 5:27.74, Brodie Klimek 5:54.67; 3200 meter run—Jericho Smith 13:02.43; 300 meter IH—Jace Geiser 54.06; Shot Put—Sam Boettcher 43’ 6.25”; Discus—Cainan Rogers 118’ 2”; Long jump—Ryan Gabriel 17’ 10”; Triple jump—Dylan Hurlburt 35’ 4.5”, Trent McCain 34’ 4.75”, Gage Kolar 30’ 4”; Pole Vault—Jace Geiser 10’ 6” PB; Gage Kolar MOH 10’ 0”.