Wildcats finish third in their final L&C track meet

PONCA — The Hartington-Newcastle track teams are reaping the rewards of patience and hard work.

The Wildcats finished third in the Lewis & Clark Conference Track and Field Meet held here April 27 just 7.5 points away from the runner-up trophy.

Ponca won the meet with 93.5 points, Bloomfield was second with 84 and Hartington- Newcastle posted 76.5.

Ponca also won the girls’ title with 99 points, Homer was second with 87, the Lady Wildcats were ninth with 31.

“We really rose to the occasion Saturday,” Hartington boys’ coach Dylan Behnk said. “A few athletes were put in different events than normal, they did so, not only willingly, but enthusiastically. I think that speaks volumes about our athletes’ eagerness to compete and do what is best overall for the team.”

Cole Rosener won a couple of gold medals in the meet with a first in the 200 in 23.48 and a first in the long jump with a leap of 20-feet-10-inches and also placed fourth in the 400.

Will Feilmeier was fifth in the 100, and sixth in the 200.

Mason Krause sailed 19-01.50 to take third in the long jump.

“Mason did a great job getting his personal best,” Behnk said. “And Cole continues too impress winning both events.”

Rosener also ran a leg in the Wildcats’ 4X100 relay team, along with Kale Korth, Feilmeier and Maximus McCray to grab second.

Korth paced an 18-point output in the pole vault, grabbing his own gold after clearing the bar at 12-feet, teammate Cole Heimes was right below him a 9-feet which was good for the silver medal. Korth also scored points in 110-meter hurdles where he placed fifth.

Brayden Lammers was eighth in the high jump and the triple jump to add to the team total.

The Wildcat 4X400 team of Lammers, Ty Opfer, Dane Gotch and Jason Heimes placed eighth as did the 4X800 squad of Isaac Santiago, Jason Heimes, Gabriel Reyes and Gotch.

The Lady Wildcats showed improvement in the meet which didn’t translate into medals or points.

Jade Ford placed third in the triple jump and sixth in the long jump.

Mani Lange was third in the pole vault after clearing the bar at 8-06 and Zoey Gratzfeld placed eighth in the triple jump.

Carmen Buschkamp placed seventh in the 3,200 but just missed a medal in the 1,600, placing ninth.

Maddie Steffen was eighth in the 800. The Lady Wildcat 4X100 team of Lange, Abi Rice, Hazel Hochstein and Madelyn Rosener was seventh as was the 4X800 squad of Karissa Bruning, Kora Kneifl, Ell Haug and Emily Climer.

Both teams will head to Norfolk for the Norfolk Catholic Invite on May 2 then host the D-3 District Meet May 8 at the Hartington Community Athletic Complex.

LEWIS & CLARK CONFERENCE TRACK Girls Team Results

1. Ponca 99; 2. Homer 87; 3. Bloomfield 81; 4. Plainview 79.5; 5. Tri County Northeast 66; 6. Wakefield 65; 7. Wausa 56; 8. Laurel-Concord-Coleridge 35; 9. Hartington-Newcastle 31; 10. Wynot 24; 11. Creighton 13.5; 12. Winnebago 12; 13. Winside 10; 14. Walthill 2.

Girls Individual Results (Top 2 and HNS/Wynot): 100 - 1. Brook Pinkelman (BLF) 13.12; 2. Kiya Tornez (TCNE) 13.20; 4. Myrah Sudbeck (WYN) 13.61; 8. Eliza Lange (WYN) 14.16; 11. Abi Rice (H-N) 14.05; 13. Madelyn Rosener (H-N) 14.21; 21. Kiera Heimes (WYN) 14.58.

200 - 1. Pinkelman (BLF) 27.51; 2. Tornez (TCNE) 27.78; 9. Lange (WYN) 28.68; 15. M. Rosener (H-N) 29.85; 17. Kiera Heimes (WYN) 29.97; 19. Rice (H-N) 30.24.

400 - 1. Jordan Metzler (WAK) 1:02.26; 2. Reagan Gillilan (WAU) 1:03.49; 9. Kinslee Heimes (WYN) 1:07.79; 11. Maddie Steffen (H-N) 1:10.70; 13. Annika Heimes (WYN) 1:12.93; 17. Joslyn Hochstein (WYN) 1:14.63; 22. Ell Haug (H-N) 1:20.10; 24. Kora Kneifl (H-N) 1:22.88.

800 - 1. Metzler (WAK) 2:24.39; 2. Avery McAfee (PON) 2:29.64; 4. Kinslee Heimes (WYN) 2:34.28; 8. Steffen (H-N) 2:43.18; 14. Annika Heimes (WYN) 2:50.01; 18. Carmen Buschkamp (H-N) 2:53.67.

1,600 - 1. Ellesyn Hrouda (PON) 5:51.42; 2.

Lilly Harris (HOM) 5:53.88; 9. Buschkamp (H-N) 6:18.59; 19. Emily Climer (H-N) 7:04.50.

3,200 - 1. Harris (HOM) 12:29.24; 2. Hrouda (PON) 12:43.20; 7. Buschkamp (H-N) 13:34.48.

100H - 1. Tali Erwin (LCC) 16.95; 2. Makinna Lovell (BLF) 17.30; 12. Mani Lange (H-N) 18.67; 18. Zoey Gratzfeld (H-N) 19.71.

300H: 1. Metzler (WAK) 47.03; 2. Teya Boyer (PLV) 48.12; 15. Gratzfeld (H-N) 56.78.

4X100 - 1. Tri County Northeast (Shantel Miller, Bre Millard, Rachel Bousquet, Kiya Tornez) 52.75; 2. Plainview (Peighton Arlt, Avery Hardisty, Emma Sauser, Boyer) 53.73; 4. Wynot (Kinslee Heimes, E. Lange, Sudbeck, Annika Heimes) 54.19; 7. Hartington-Newcastle (M. Lange, Rice, Hazel Hochstein, M. Rosener) 55.24.

4X400 - 1. Ponca (Olivia Taylor, Hrouda, Antonia Stevens, McAfee) 4:20.48; 2. Wynot (Kinslee Heimes, Lange, Sudbeck, Kiera Heimes) 4:29.93; 11. Hartington-Newcastle (Karissa Bruning, Olivia Grutsch, Kneifl, Lauren Howell) 5:38.11.

4X800 - 1. Ponca (McAfee, Ava Brennan, Ashtyn Pick, Hrouda) 10:42.91; 2. Wausa (Elle Brazel, Taylor Dawson, Kendall Story, Carlie Kleinschmit) 11:08.54; 7. Hartington-Newcastle (K. Bruning, Kneifl, Haug, Climer) 12:46.76.

HIGH JUMP - 1. Janessa Overgaard (HOM) 5-01; 2. Erwin (LCC) 5-00; 10. Steffen (H-N) 4-04.

POLE VAULT - 1. Olivia Kuhlman (CRE) 8-08; 2. Arlt (PLV) 8-06; 3. M. Lange (H-N) J8-06; 4. H. Hochstein 8-00.