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Dundy County Stratton Hosts Track Invite Tuesday

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What started as a chilly morning turned into a great day for track. Six RPAC teams competed on Tuesday at the Dundy County Stratton Invite. Several meet and school records fell, as there were many great performances. Check out the full recap below.


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Girls Team Scores

  1. Wauneta-Palisade - 136

  2. Cambridge - 133

  3. Dundy County Stratton - 110

  4. Perkins County - 101.5

  5. Arapahoe - 71

  6. Southwest - 57

  7. Sutherland - 22.5


In the 100-meter dash, Molly Yearous of Wauneta-Palisade placed 1st with a personal best time of 13.60, Emma Baldeh of DCS placed 2nd with a time of 13.77, McKenna Doetker of Wauneta-Palisade placed 3rd with a time of 13.94, Lilah Baldeh of DCS placed 5th with a personal best time of 14.04, Addisyn Gunderson of Sutherland placed 6th with a time of 14.08, and Char Lutz of DCS placed 8th with a time of 14.54.


The 200-meter dash was scorching, with nearly every placer setting a new personal best. Doetker of Wauneta-Palisade took 1st with a personal best time of 28.36, Kamryn Fanning of Wauneta-Palisade placed 2nd with a personal best time of 28.41, Suttyn Shafer of Arapahoe had a personal best time of 28.83, Natalie Walker of Wauneta-Palisade placed 5th with a personal best time of 29.02, and L. Baldeh of DCS placed 8th with a personal best time of 29.51.


In the 400-meter dash, Abi Spargo of DCS placed 1st and broke the meet record with a personal best time of 56.10, which is the fastest time in the state among all classes by 2.5 seconds at the time of writing this. That time is also the 2nd-fastest in Class D history, behind her sister Clara (55.94). The previous record, before Clara broke it, was 57.67.

Jensyn Weiss of Cambridge placed 2nd with a time of 67.25, Walker of Wauneta-Palisade placed 3rd with a time of 67.83, Addalyn Einspahr of Wauneta-Palisade placed 4th with a time of 68.19, E. Baldeh of DCS placed 5th with a time of 70.45, Zoey Rogers of DCS placed 6th with a personal best time of 70.83, and Regina Pena of Cambridge placed 7th with a personal best time of 71.83.


Check out the video of Abi's 400 here:

Video Credit: Mike Spargo


In the 800-meter run, it came down to the final steps. Lydia McGowen of Cambridge outleaned Emily Schack of DCS to take 1st, as they shared the time of 2:32.73, a new personal best for McGowen. Andrea Almanza of Wauneta-Palisade placed 3rd with a time of 2:40.48, Meg Hilker of Arapahoe placed 5th with a time of 2:52.29, Alaina Leising of Arapahoe placed 6th with a time of 2:56.04, Tristin Fleharty of Sutherland placed 7th with a time of 2:59.32, and Kate Salberg of Cambridge placed 8th with a personal best time of 3:02.34.


In the 1600-meter run, McGowen placed 1st with a personal best time of 5:24.00. That time set a new meet record and broke the Cambridge school record of 5:35.6, set in 1992. Schack of DCS placed 3rd with a personal best time of 5:51.06, Annaly Ramirez of Wauneta-Palisade placed 4th with a time of 5:57.59, Hilker of Arapahoe placed 5th with a time of 6:26.66, Leising of Arapahoe placed 6th with a time of 6:31.88, and Briar Gunderson of Cambridge placed 7th with a time of 7:04.46.


In the 3200-meter run, McGowen of Cambridge placed 2nd with a time of 13:02.00, Ramirez of Wauneta-Palisade placed 3rd with a time of 13:24.55, Gunderson of Cambridge placed 4th with a time of 15:48.65, and Irmina Cramer of Cambridge placed 5th with a personal best time of 18:14.71.


In the 100-meter hurdles, Spargo of DCS placed 1st with a time of 15.83, Ellyana Walkington of Southwest placed 2nd with a time of 17.67, Emma Strand of Arapahoe placed 4th with a time of 18.59, Emma Acton of Wauneta-Palisade placed 6th with a time of 19.08, Ruth Harris of Cambridge placed 7th with a personal best time of 19.66, and Chloe Gooden of Arapahoe placed 8th with a time of 19.78.


In the 300-meter hurdles, Shafer of Arapahoe placed 2nd with a time of 50.36, Aspen Billeter of Southwest placed 3rd with a time of 51.65, Walkington of Southwest placed 4th with a personal best time of 54.61, Brooklyn Holtze of Cambridge placed 5th with a time of 54.79, Harris of Cambridge placed 6th with a time of 55.03, and Strand of Arapahoe placed 8th with a time of 55.30.


We caught up with Suttyn Shafer of Arapahoe after the 300-meter hurdles. Interviews are brought to you by Acme Printing Company.

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In the 4x100-meter relay, Wauneta-Palisade placed 1st with a time of 53.91, which was run by Walker, Yearous, Fanning, and Doetker; DCS placed 2nd with a time of 54.22, which was run by E. Baldeh, Spargo, L. Baldeh, and Lutz; Southwest placed 4th with a time of 55.89, which was run by Walkington, Capri Sayer, Billeter, and Alyssa Koch; Arapahoe placed 5th with a time of 56.93, which was run by Gooden, Ruby McCune, Strand, and Shafer; and Sutherland placed 6th with a time of 57.16, which was run by Leah Harper, Gunderson, Kate Dyer, and Drew Rotert.


In the 4x400-meter relay, Wauneta-Palisade placed 1st with a time of 4:26.46, which was run by Almanza, Einspahr, Fanning, and Yearous; Arapahoe placed 2nd with a time of 4:35.80, which was run by Grace Andrews, Strand, McCune, and Shafer; Cambridge placed 3rd with a time of 4:37.65, which was run by Weiss, Joslyn Holtze, B. Holtze, and Harris; DCS placed 4th with a time of 4:44.68, which was run by E. Baldeh, Ava Lutz, Rogers, and Schack; and Sutherland placed 5th with a time of 5:00.70, which was run by Gunderson, Fleharty, Rotert, and Dyer.


In the 4x800-meter relay, Wauneta-Palisade placed 1st with a time of 11:00.31, which was run by Ramirez, Einspahr, Fanning, and Almanza; Arapahoe placed 2nd with a time of 11:28.58, which was run by Hilker, Leising, Desi Farner, and Andrews; and Cambridge placed 3rd with a time of 12:35.57, which was run by Gunderson, Cramer, Salberg, and Pena.


In shot put, Kennedy Bailey of DCS placed 1st with a throw of 44'2.5", Maelee Forch of DCS placed 2nd with a personal best throw of 33'6", Elisabeth Kubik of Cambridge placed 3rd with a throw of 33'5.5", Clara Hilker of Arapahoe placed 4th with a throw of 32'5", MadaLynn Benson of Cambridge placed 6th with a throw of 28'11.25", and Peyton Dyer of Wauneta-Palisade placed 7th with a throw of 28'9.5".


In discus, Bailey of DCS placed 1st with a toss of 146'10", Schack of DCS placed 2nd with a personal best throw of 98'6", LiLeigh Littrel of Wauneta-Palisade placed 3rd with a toss of 94'1", Maggie Dewester of Wauneta-Palisade placed 4th with a personal best throw of 92'7", Morgan Krajewski of Sutherland placed 5th with a toss of 92'5", Forch of DCS placed 6th with a throw of 92'2", Kubik of Cambridge placed 7th with a toss of 92'2", and C. Hilker of Arapahoe placed 8th with a personal best throw of 86'9".


In high jump, Billeter of Southwest placed 1st with a jump of 5'0", Weiss of Cambridge placed 2nd with a jump of 4'8", Kaia Applegarth of Wauneta-Palisade placed 3rd with a jump of 4'8", Lillian Dinnel of Wauneta-Palisade placed 4th with a jump of 4'6", Romalie Williamson of Arapahoe placed 5th with a jump of 4'4", and J. Holtze in Cambridge placed 7th with a jump of 4'2".


In pole vault, Koch of Southwest placed 1st with a vault of 9'6", Yearous of Wauneta-Palisade placed 2nd with a vault of 9'0", Salberg of Cambridge placed 3rd with a personal best vault of 8'6", Harper of Sutherland tied for 4th with a vault of 7'0", and Walkington of Southwest placed 7th with a vault of 6'6".


In long jump, J. Holtze of Cambridge placed 1st with a jump of 14'10.25", B. Holtze of Cambridge placed 2nd with a jump of 14'10", Brionna Tracy of Arapahoe placed 3rd with a personal best jump of 13'10.5", Payton Rockenfield of Southwest placed 6th with a personal best jump of 12'3.75", Rotert of Sutherland placed 7th with a jump of 12'1", and AnnaLee Shapley of DCS placed 8th with a jump of 11'9.75".


In triple jump, B. Holtze of Cambridge placed 1st with a jump of 32'10", Billeter of Southwest placed 2nd with a jump of 32'6.5", Walker of Wauneta-Palisade placed 4th with a jump of 31'4", J. Holtze of Cambridge placed 5th with a jump of 30'10.5", Harris of Cambridge placed 6th with a personal best jump of 30'8", and Kirah Baker of DCS placed 7th with a jump of 29'0.75".


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Boys Team Scores

  1. Dundy County Stratton - 157

  2. Arapahoe - 90

  3. Wauneta-Palisade - 88

  4. Perkins County - 84

  5. Sutherland - 77

  6. Southwest - 59

  7. Cambridge - 50


In the 100-meter dash, Kevin Garcia of DCS placed 1st with a personal best time of 11.42, Noah Zoltenko of DCS placed 2nd with a time of 11.63, Jack Wallace of Sutherland placed 3rd with a time of 12.01, Kreyton Wiese of Wauneta-Palisade placed 4th with a time of 12.05, Henry Shoemaker of Cambridge placed 5th with a time of 12.35, Bo Truksa of Southwest placed 6th with a personal best time of 12.47, and Aiden Kane of DCS placed 8th with a personal best time of 12.71.


In the 200-meter dash, Ethan Latta of DCS placed 1st with a time of 23.13, Hayden Sich of Arapahoe placed 2nd with a personal best time of 23.58, Kameran McCrumb of Wauneta-Palisade placed 3rd with a personal best time of 24.08, Wiese of Wauneta-Palisade placed 4th with a time of 24.52, Wallace of Sutherland placed 5th with a personal best time of 24.74, and Shoemaker of Cambridge placed 6th with a time of 24.81.


In the 400-meter dash, Rigley McDonald of Arapahoe placed 1st with a personal best time of 53.30, David Bryner of Wauneta-Palisade placed 2nd with a personal best time of 53.72, Cooper Shaw of DCS placed 4th with a personal best time of 56.15, Shoemaker of Cambridge placed 5th with a time of 56.62, and Liam Dinnel of Wauneta-Palisade placed 8th with a personal best time of 60.25.


In the 800-meter run, Braden Sandfort of Cambridge placed 1st with a personal best time of 2:17.41, Kale Martinez of Sutherland placed 2nd with a personal best time of 2:24.00, Hunter Larson of Arapahoe placed 4th with a time of 2:27.95, McDonald of Arapahoe placed 5th with a time of 2:34.84, Hudson Sich of Arapahoe placed 6th with a personal best time of 2:34.92, Caleb Heskett of Southwest placed 7th with a time of 2:36.15, and Aiden Guilliams of Southwest placed 8th with a personal best time of 2:29.94.


In the 1600-meter run, Sandfort of Cambridge placed 2nd with a personal best time of 5:07.11, Xander Cardoza of DCS placed 4th with a personal best time of 5:09.40, Heskett of Southwest placed 5th with a time of 6:00.72, Reid Huxoll of Cambridge placed 6th with a personal best time of 6:19.43, Guilliams of Southwest placed 7th with a personal best time of 6:19.65, and Evan Bryner of Wauneta-Palisade placed 8th with a personal best time of 6:46.01.


In the 3200-meter run, Cardoza of DCS placed 1st with a personal best time of 11:16.59, Sandfort of Cambridge placed 3rd with a time of 11:50.37, Bryner of Wauneta-Palisade placed 5th with a personal best time of 14:31.41, Huxoll of Cambridge placed 6th with a time of 14:33.99, and Noah Koch of Southwest placed 7th with a time of 15:29.07.



In the 110-meter hurdles, Hayden Sich of Arapahoe placed 1st with a personal best time of 18.82, Zachary Einspahr of Arapahoe placed 2nd with a personal best time of 21.40, and Tyler Kelley of Southwest placed 3rd with a time of 22.35.


In the 300-meter hurdles, Garcia of DCS placed 1st with a new personal best and meet record time of 39.40, Hayden Sich of Arapahoe placed 2nd with a personal best time of 42.33, Easton Dancer of Sutherland placed 3rd with a personal best time of 47.41, Konner McCrumb of Wauneta-Palisade placed 4th with a time of 48.13, and Einspahr of Arapahoe placed 5th with a personal best time of 52.65.


In the 4x100-meter relay, DCS placed 1st with a time of 44.94, which was run by Zoltenko, Garcia, August Shaw, and Latta; Wauneta-Palisade placed 2nd with a time of 45.85, which was run by Kameran McCrumb, Bryner, Wyatt Hilbert, and Wiese; Arapahoe placed 3rd with a time of 47.76, which was run by 47.76, which was run by Cian McCorkle, McDonald, and Trey Downey; Sutherland placed 4th with a time of 47.85, which was run by Dancer, Wallace, Tristan Woolf, and Martinez; and Southwest placed 5th with a time of 49.37, which was run by Brody Hammond, Truksa, Connor Weaver, and Gage Hammond.


In the 4x400-meter relay, DCS placed 1st with a time of 3:35.09, which was run by Garcia, C. Shaw, A. Shaw, and Latta; Wauneta-Palisade placed 2nd with a time of 3:44.20, which was run by Bryner, Hilbert, Konner McCrumb, and Kameran McCrumb; Sutherland placed 4th with a time of 4:15.87, which was run by Jackson Saner, Brycen Wever, Ben Frame, and Jonah Saner; and Arapahoe placed 5th with a time of 4:16.38, which was run by Hunter Larson, Hudson Sich, Graham Sisson, and Einspahr.


In the 4x800-meter relay, DCS placed 1st with a time of 9:25.83, which was run by Cardoza, C. Shaw, Reid Mathews, and A. Shaw; Sutherland placed 2nd with a time of 9:44.20, which was run by Wever, Frame, Martinez, and Woolf; and Arapahoe placed 3rd with a time of 9:48.79, which was run by Larson, McDonald, Sisson, and Hudson Sich.


In shot put, Brock Bailey of DCS placed 1st with a new meet record of 61'4", Carlos Diaz of DCS placed 2nd with a throw of 48'8.75", Evan Krajewski of Sutherland placed 4th with a personal best throw of 40'4", Noah Sandman of Wauneta-Palisade placed 5th with a personal best throw of 39'7", Kane of DCS placed 6th with a personal best throw of 39'3.5", Weaver of Southwest placed 7th with a personal best throw of 39'1.25", and Zayn Green of Sutherland placed 8th with a personal best throw of 38'4.25".


In discus, Bailey of DCS placed 1st with a new meet record toss of 173'10", Draven Miner of Wauneta-Palisade placed 2nd with a throw of 130'7", Wiese of Wauneta-Palisade placed 4th with a throw of 122'11", Ben Harris of Cambridge placed 5th with a throw of 119'2", Aaden Wheeler of Wauneta-Palisade placed 6th with a throw of 118'5", Weaver of Southwest placed 7th with a personal best throw of 117'5", and Jackson Saner of Sutherland placed 8th with a throw of 115'5".


In high jump, Latta of DCS placed 1st with a jump of 6'0", Truksa of Southwest placed 2nd with a jump of 5'6", Hilbert of Wauneta-Palisade placed 3rd with a jump of 5'2", Dairian Jarmin of DCS placed 5th with a jump of 5'0", and McCorkle of Arapahoe placed 6th with a jump of 5'0".


In pole vault, G. Hammond of Southwest placed 1st with a vault of 13'6", Jackson Saner of Sutherland placed 2nd with a vault of 13'0", Wallace of Sutherland placed 3rd with a vault of 12'6", Kaden Klumpe of Cambridge placed 4th with a vault of 12'0", B. Hammond of Southwest placed 5th with a personal best of 11'6", Konner McCrumb of Wauneta-Palisade placed 6th with a vault of 10'6", Einspahr of Arapahoe placed 7th with a vault of 8'0", and Houston Larson of Arapahoe placed 8th with vault of 7'6".


We caught up with Gage Hammond of Southwest after pole vault. Interviews are brought to you by Acme Printing Company.


In long jump, Zoltenko of DCS placed 1st with a jump of 20'1.5", A. Shaw of DCS placed 2nd with a jump of 18'10", Woolf of Sutherland placed 3rd with a jump of 17'9", Kameran McCrumb of Wauneta-Palisade placed 4th with a jump of 17'7", Ethan Leauge of Southwest placed 6th with a jump of 16'0.5", Hilbert of Wauneta-Palisade placed 7th with a jump of 15'10", and Dinnel of Wauneta-Palisade placed 8th with a jump of 15'6".


In triple jump, Dancer of Sutherland placed 1st with a personal best jump of 38'3", League of Southwest placed 3rd with a jump of 33'10", Jarmin of DCS placed 4th with a personal best jump of 33'5", and Sisson of Arapahoe placed 5th with a jump of 30'3.5".


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According to each school's calendar, Cambridge will host the Don Stine Invite on Saturday, with Arapahoe, Dundy County Stratton, Southwest, and Wauneta-Palisade all in attendance. Sutherland is off until they host their home invite on Friday, April 17th.

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