Dundy County Stratton Sweeps Team Titles, Earning First In School History
Evan Jones- May 25
- 7 min read
What a weekend. The RPAC claimed 19 gold medals, 12 silver medals, and one All-Class Gold medal at the 2025 NSAA State Track Meet for Classes C and D on Friday and Saturday. The weather was much better today, and the rain held off. However, we did encounter a little moisture on Saturday, but not like the rain from Friday. Check out the full recap from Saturday's action in the blog.
To recap Friday's action, you can click here to read the full article.
Both the Dundy County Stratton boys and girls teams ran away with the team titles to clinch their first-ever team titles. Based on our research, Max was the Boys 1932 State Track Champions, but these titles are the first in school history for Dundy County Stratton.
We chatted with Coach Mike Spargo about the team titles. "You look around at all the state championship banners, and you look back at the last girls and boys title was (went to the same school), and we are kind of in a special group, and this is a special group, so it's kind of a fitting end to the year," said Spargo.
Looking at the NSAA History page, in Class D, North Platte St. Pat's boys and girls swept the team titles in 2022 and Giltner in 2015.
"Everyone says track is an individual sport. We try to preach it as a team, starting with the relay groups and understanding that it takes four people to work together to win and achieve. Yeah, we all do individual events, but you look at where the team scores go and how the points add up. It takes everyone and every point to win the state championship," added Spargo.
Class C Girls
Team Scores
Southern Valley tied for 9th with 22 points
Alma tied for 43rd with 1 point
In shot put, Tori Bose of Southern Valley finished 13th with a toss of 34'2".
In the 800-meter run, Kamryn Scott of Alma placed 8th with a time of 2:21.44.
In the 100-meter dash finals, Adi Hunt of Southern Valley placed 3rd with a time of 12.52.
In the 300-meter hurdles, Tierston Moore of Alma finished 11th with a time of 47.14, and Ellaray Koch of Hi-Line ran a time of 49.26.
In the 200-meter dash finals, Adi Hunt of Southern Valley was the State Runner-up with a time of 24.83.
We caught up with Adi after the 200 to chat about the weekend. Our interviews are brought to you by Acme Printing Company.
Class D Girls
Team Scores
Dundy County Stratton - State Champions - 86 points
Maywood-Hayes Center placed 4th with 33 points
Bertrand tied for 6th with 25 points
Cambridge and Wallace tied for 15th with 18 points
Southwest finished 21st with 10.5 points
Arapahoe finished 27th with 8 points
Hitchcock County and Paxton tied for 34th with 4 points
In the high jump, Aspen Billeter of Southwest tied for 4th with a jump of 5'1". Emory Christensen of Maxwell and Cayla Peterson of Paxton both competed but didn't make the opening height.
In shot put, Kennedy Bailey of Dundy County Stratton earned the gold with a throw of 43'4.25", and Reece Glinn of Paxton placed 5th with a throw of 38'7.75". Mesa Cox of Wauneta-Palisade finished 9th with a throw of 35'4.50", and Remmi Stout of Medicine Valley threw 33'0". Bailey also clinched the All-Class Gold Medal.
In the triple jump, Brooklyn Holtze of Cambridge jumped 32'10.25, and Madysen Carlson of Hitchcock County jumped 32'4.5".
In the 800-meter run, Shelby Schoene of Bertrand was the State Runner-up with a time of 2:21.68, Addison Richards of Maywood-Hayes Center placed 4th with a time of 2:23.13, and Rachel Harris of Cambridge placed 8th with a time of 2:25.35. Caylie Softley of Maywood-Hayes Center ran a time of 1:26.75, and LaChelle Benitez of Maxwell ran a time of 2:28.11.
We caught up with Shelby after the 800.
In the 4x100-meter relay, Dundy County Stratton earned the gold with a new meet record time of 49.50, which was run by Kennedy Bailey, Abi Spargo, Emma Baldeh, and Clara Spargo, and Cambridge placed 8th with a time of 51.73, which was run by Brooklyn Holtze, Rachel Harris, Joslyn Holtze, and JoLie Farr. Southwest finished 9th with a time of 51.76, which was run by Rylan Custard, Alyssa Koch, Allison VanPelt, and Anastaisa Gallegos, and Wauneta-Palisade finished 10th with a time of 51.93, which was run by Emma Acton, Mesa Cox, Kamryn Fanning, and McKenna Doetker.
In the 100-meter hurdle finals, Abi Spargo earned the silver medal with a time of 15.32, and Anastasia Gallegos of Southwest placed 4th with a time of 16.05.
In the 100-meter dash finals, Clara Spargo of Dundy County Stratton was crowned the State Champion with a time of 12.51, and JoLie Farr of Cambridge placed 3rd with a time of 12.89.
In the 1600-meter run, Ashley Robertson of Wallace clinched the gold to secure a back-to-back title. She set a new school record with a time of 5:20.24. Shelby Schoene of Bertrand placed 3rd with a time of 5:27.99, and Caylie Softley of Maywood-Hayes Center placed 7th with a time of 5:34.75. Annaly Ramirez of Wauneta-Palisade finished 10th with a time of 5:38.38.
We chatted with Ashley after the race.
In the 300-meter hurdles, Abi Spargo tied the state meet record with a time of 44.90 to be named the State Champion. Anastasia Gallegos of Southwest finished 9th with a time of 47.85, and Suttyn Shafer of Arapahoe ran a time of 54.01.
In the 200-meter dash finals, Clara Spargo earned gold medal number four with a new state and state meet record time of 24.63. JoLie Farr of Cambridge placed 3rd with a time of 26.19.
We chatted with Clara after the 200-meter dash.
In the 4x400-meter relay, Maywood-Hayes Center claimed gold with a time of 4:06.82, which was run by Blayklee Farr, Addison Richards, Reagan Stengel, and Ava Messersmith; Arapahoe was the State Runner-up with a time of 4:08.22, which was run by Sawyer Shafer, Ruby McCune, Suttyn Shafer, and Desi Farner; and Cambridge placed 5th with a time of 4:12.82, which was run by Jensyn Weiss, Joslyn Holtze, JoLie Farr, and Rachel Harris. Wauneta-Palisade ran a time of 4:19.90, which was run by Addalyn Einspahr, Emma Acton, Jewel Holthus, and Molly Yearous.
Class C Boys
Team Scores
Alma tied for 12th with 19 points
Hi-Line tied for 41st with 3.5 points
In pole vault, Cooper Knackstedt of Hi-Line tied for 5th with a vault of 13'0". West Bennett of Alma tied for 11th with a vault of 12'6".
In the long jump, Zavier Mitchell of Alma clinched the gold with his final jump of. 22'6.5".
We chatted with Zavier after his gold medal jump.
In the 800-meter run, Isaiah Neal of Alma ran a time of 2:08.34.
In the 110-meter hurdle finals, Zavier Mitchell of Alma placed 7th with a time of 15.65.
In the 300-meter hurdles, Zavier Mitchell of Alma placed 8th with a time of 40.74.
Class D Boys
Team Scores
Dundy County Stratton - State Champions - 87 points
Medicine Valley placed 6th with 25.5 points
Arapahoe placed 7th with 24 points
Bertrand finished 19th with 12.5 points
Southwest tied for 23rd with 10 points
Sutherland finished 27th with 8 points
Hitchcock County tied for 28th with 4 points
Wauneta-Palisade tied for 49th with 1 point
In long jump, Noah Zoltenko of Dundy County Stratton placed 5th with a jump of 20'9.5", and Thunder Nelson of Bertrand placed 7th with a jump of 20'5.5". Cooper Langford of Bertrand jumped 17'10.5".
In the pole vault, Gage Hammond of Southwest clinched the gold with a vault of 13'6", Jackson Saner of Sutherland was the State Runner-up with a vault of 13'6", Isaac Hernandez tied for 4th with a vault of 13'0", and Aiden Jones of Medicine Valley tied for 7th with a vault of 12'6". Noah Coppersmith of Paxton vaulted 10'6".
We chatted with Gage after winning the pole vault.
In discus, Brocky Bailey of Dundy County Stratton snatched the gold with a throw of 160'4". Adam Kisker of Hitchcock County threw 142'11", Carlos Diaz of Dundy County Stratton threw 130'6", and Draven Miner of Wauneta-Palisade threw but fouled his throws.
In the 800-meter run, Kael Garrett of Medicine Valley placed 3rd with a time of 2:01.31, and Jayce Hauxwell of Hitchcock County placed 5th with a time of 2:01.72. Jesse Reyes of Maxwell ran a time of 2:05.51.
In the 4x100-meter relay, Dundy County Stratton took home the gold and set a new state meet record with a time of 42.88. Kevin Garcia, Blaine Aldridge, Ethan Latta, and Laken Wissink ran the relay. Bertrand ran a time of 45.37, which was run by Eric Wood, Matthew Millers, Kayden Hatfield, and Thunder Nelson.
Check out our interview with the DCS 4x100-meter relay team.
In the 110-meter hurdle finals, Kevin Garcia of Dundy County Stratton is the State Runner-up with a time of 15.35.
In the 100-meter dash finals, Laken Wissink of Dundy County Stratton ran a time of 11.07 to win the gold medal, and Will Cacy of Arapahoe placed 5th with a time of 11.47.
In the 1600-meter run, Kael Garrett of Medicine Valley placed 1st to be crowned the State Champion with a time of 4:35.37. Landon Drews of Paxton ran a time of 4:56.81, and Gavin Gunderson of Cambridge ran a time of 4:57.59.
We caught up with Kael after his win.
In the 300-meter hurdles, Kevin Garcia of Dundy County Stratton earned the silver with a time of 40.13 to be named the State Runner-up. Sawyer Dibbern of Maywood-Hayes Center ran a time of 42.96.
In the 200-meter dash finals, Laken Wissink of Dundy County Stratton earned his third gold medal with a time of 21.87, Will Cacy placed 4th with a time of 22.57, and Ethan Latta of Dundy County Stratton placed 6th with a time of 22.82.
We chatted with Laken following the 200.
In the 4x400-meter relay, Dundy County Stratton placed 3rd with a time of 3:30.30, which was run by August Shaw, Kevin Garcia, Noah Zoltenko, and Ethan Latta; and Arapahoe placed 4th with a time of 3:30.83, which was run by Hayden Sich, Alex Diaz, Grayson Koller, and Will Cacy.
Be sure to check out this upcoming week's track and field results blog as it will have even more from the 2025 NSAA State Track and Field Championships.
