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WAYNE - The Cedar Catholic Trojan and Lady Trojan track teams opened the 2025 track and field season in the Wayne State High School Indoor Meet on March 21 in the brand new Wayne State Dome on the campus of Wayne State College.
No team scores were kept in the meet, but both Cedar Catholic squads had rather productive performances.
“I thought we competed very well,” said Cedar Catholic coach, Blair Kalin. “It was an early meet so we just had kids do a couple of events. Our girls have a chance to be a strong team if we keep improving and working hard. Our boys are a little behind due to state basketball, but should start improving with more practice time.
The Lady Trojans earned a couple of first-place finishes from sophomore Anisten Wortmann.
Wortmann raced 200 meters in 26.68 seconds for the win over Maya Dolliver from Pender who clocked a 27.11.
Wortmann also won the long jump hitting the sand after a leap of 16-feet-10-inches.
Lauren Bernecker won the open 400 with a time of 1:02.72.
The Lady Trojan 4X400 relay quartet of Kally Becker, Brynn Bernecker, Wortmann and Lauren Bernecker placed third as did the
4X800 squad of Becker, Madison Eickhoff, Kendra Schmit and Claire Rolfes.
Eickhoff was fourth in the 800 with Rolfes right behind in sixth, Brynn Bernecker placed sixth in the 200 meters.
For the Trojans, the 4X800 relay team of Nolan Becker, Hunter Kuchta, Matthew Loecker and Kighter Wortmann won with a time of 8:49.69, nearly 20 seconds in front of the runner-up, Stuart.
The 4X400 relay team of Myles Baller, Kuchta, Cooper Hochstein and Loecker placed fourth.
Kighter Wortmann and Quinn Hochstein were both third in the 800-meter run and the pole vault respectively, while Kuchta was fifth in the 400.
Booker Hochstein was fourth in the long jump with a best of 18-04.25 and Alex Elks placed fifth in the 1,600 as did Jared Rutar in the shot put.
Nolan Heimes was sixth in the triple jump. Cedar Catholic will resume its track season in another indoor meet at Mount Marty in Yankton, SD on March 27.
WAYNE STATE COLLEGE INDOOR MEET Girls Individual Results (Top 2 and Cedar Catholic finishes):
60-Meter: 1. Galyen Ainsley (West Holt) 8.00;
2. Maya Dolliver (Pender) 8.28; 27. Kinleigh Kramer (Cedar Catholic) 9.71.
200-Meter: 1. Anisten Wortmann (Cedar Catholic) 26.68; 2. Maya Dolliver (Pender) 27.11; 6. Brynn Bernecker (Cedar Catholic) 28.41; 25. Kinleigh Kramer (Cedar Catholic) 32.49.
400-Meter: 1. Lauren Bernecker (Cedar Catholic) 1:02.72; 2. Hollynn Conrad (West Holt)
1:02.79.
800-Meter: 1. Pavan Larson (West Holt)
2:30.94; 2. Kyla Krusemark (Pender) 2:33.16; 4. Madison Eickhoff (Cedar Catholic) 2:39.14; 6. Claire Rolfes (Cedar Catholic) 2:45.84.
1,600-Meter: 1. Hadley Walsh (Pender) 5:59.39;
2. Jaedyn Bousquet (Homer) 6:03.37.
3,200-Meter: 1. Megan Breitbarth (Pender)
13:03.20; 2. Jaedyn Bousquet (Homer)
13:19.53.
60-Meter Hurdles: 1. Hollynn Conrad (West Holt) 10.37; 2. Allison Hoefling (Hinton) 10.40.
4X400 Relay: 1. West Holt 4:07.45; 2. Pender
4:18.06; 3. Cedar Catholic (Kally Becker, Brynn Bernecker, Anisten Wortmann, Lauren Bernecker) 4:22.33.
4X800 Relay: 1. Pender 10:18.25; 2. Canton 11:09.73; 3. Cedar Catholic (Kally Becker, Madison Eickhoff, Kendra Schmit, Claire Rolfes)
11:09.80.
High Jump: 1. Lydia Robertson (Summerland)
4-08; 2. Caydence Schumacher (Summerland)
J4-08; 10. Madison Eickhoff (Cedar Catholic)
J4-04.
Pole Vault: 1. Rylan Hansen (Stanton) 8-06; 2. Berkleigh Dvorak (West Holt) 8-00; 5. Kinleigh Kramer (Cedar Catholic) 5-06.
Long Jump: 1. Anisten Wortmann (Cedar Catholic) 16-10; 2. Olivia Hupp (Stanton) 15--
07.25; 18. Kassydi Sudbeck (Cedar Catholic)
10-06.50.
Triple Jump: 1. Samantha Kinning (Pender)
32-06.25; 2. Allie Rutar (Pender) 32-04.
Shot Put: 1. Morgan Divis (Hinton) 37-08.25;
2. Avery Nemetz (West Holt) 34-11; 28. Elsie Haahr (Cedar Catholic) 22-03.
Boys Individual Results (Top 2 and Cedar Catholic finishes):
60-Meter: 1. Brody Galyen (West Holt) 7.17; 2. Kayde Ramm (Stuart) 7.36; 10. Booker Hochstein (Cedar Catholic) 7.66; 15. Nolan Heimes (Cedar Catholic) 7.81.
200-Meter: 1. Lincoln Conrad (West Holt)
23.74; 2. Becker Pohlman (Stanton) 24.36; 11. Aiden Walter (Cedar Catholic) 25.86; 22. Wes Pinkelman (Cedar Catholic) 28.38.
400-Meter: 1. Brody Galyen (West Holt) 50.63;
2. Josue Munoz (Homer) 53.07; 5. Hunter Kuchta (Cedar Catholic) 56.34.
800-Meter: 1. Andrew Rentschler (West Holt)
2:09.46; 2. Braiden Allvin (Pender) 2:09.81; 3.
Kighter Wortmann (Cedar Catholic) 2:13.82; 9. Myles Baller (Cedar Catholic) 2:23.78.
1,600-Meter: 1. Drew Martin (West Holt)
5:01.70; 2. Caden Barclay (Homer) 5:08.03; 5. Alex Elks (Cedar Catholic) 5:20.06.
3,200-Meter: 1. Caleb Bower (Hinton) 11:29.25;
2. Evan Merrihew (Hyannis) 11:34.24; 7. Joe Bowen (Cedar Catholic) 12:46.23.
60-Meter Hurdles: 1. Hunter Wettlaufer (West Holt) 8.80; 2. Tripp Uecker (West Holt) 8.85.
4X400 Relay: 1. Hinton 3:35.64; 2. West Holt
3:43.16; 4. Cedar Catholic (Myles Baller, Hunter Kuchta, Cooper Hochstein, Matthew Loecker)
3:44.08.
4X800 Relay: 1. Cedar Catholic (Nolan Becker, Hunter Kuchta, Matthew Loecker, Kighter Wortmann) 8:49.69; 2. Stuart 9:09.35.
High Jump: 1. Ryan Rifer (Summerland) 6-02;
2. Ruger Switzer (Summerland) 6-00.
Pole Vault: 1. Jamison Slaymaker (West Holt)
11-00; 2. Carter Wettlaufer (West Holt) 10-00; 3. Quinn Hochstein (Cedar Catholic) 9-06. Long Jump: 1. Ruger Switzer (Summerland)
19-06.25; 2. Austin Claussen (Stanton) 19-03;
4. Booker Hochstein (Cedar Catholic) 18-04.25;
7. Cooper Hochstein (Cedar Catholic) 17-11.25;
13. Aiden Walter (Cedar Catholic) J16-08.
Triple Jump: 1. Tripp Uecker (West Holt)
40-08.50; 2. Nash Morgan (Pender) 38-04; 6. Nolan Heimes (Cedar Catholic) 36-02.50.
Shot Put: 1. Barrett Wilke (Stanton) 62-11.50; Carson Divis (Hinton) 52-11.25; 5. Jared Rutar (Cedar Catholic) 44-04.75; 16. Sam Wiebelhaus (Cedar Catholic) 38-04.50; 21. Gus Lammers (Cedar Catholic) 34-00.75.
