Seven RPAC Teams Compete at Southern Valley on Friday
- Evan Jones
- Mar 29
- 12 min read
Southern Valley hosted Alma, Bertrand, Dundy County Stratton, Hi-Line, Medicine Valley, and Southwest on a windy and hot Friday afternoon. It's not your typical late March weather, but we will take it. We also saw some school records broken. Let's dive into the results.
No team scores were kept.
BOYS RESULTS
In the 100-meter dash, Laken Wissink of DCS placed 1st with a time of 11.01, Asher Hecox of Hi-Line placed 2nd with a time of 11.05, Blaine Aldridge of DCS placed 3rd with a time of 11.51, Justin Ervin of Hi-Line placed 4th with a time of 11.74, Noah Zoltenko of DCS placed 5th with a time of 11.85, Kayden Hatfield of Bertrand placed 6th with a time of 11.95, Finn Kerznar of Hi-Line placed 7th with a time of 12.29, and Chase Vosler of Bertrand placed 8th with a time of 12.31.
In the 200-meter dash, Wissink of DCS placed 1st with a time of 22.76, Blaine Aldridge of DCS placed 2nd with a time of 22.93, Thunder Nelson of Bertrand placed 3rd with a time of 23.23, Ethan Latta of DCS placed 4th with a time of 23.30, Tucker Biskup of Alma placed 5th with a time of 24.35, Justin Ervin of Hi-Line placed 6th with a time of 24.71, Aiden Jones of Medicine Valley placed 7th with a time of 24.91, and Kerznar placed 8th with a time of 25.31.
In the 400-meter dash, Gage Rupp of Hi-Line placed 1st with a time of 56.02, Barrett Zikmund of Alma placed 2nd with a time of 56.36, Isaac Hamilton of Southern Valley placed 3rd with a time of 56.57, Jacob Barber of Southwest placed 4th with a time of 58.06, Preston Howart of Southern Valley placed 5th with a time of 58.71, Noah Zoltenko of DCS placed 6th with a time of 59.54, Cooper Shaw of DCS placed 7th with a time of 59.74, and Kerznar of Hi-Line placed 8th with a time of 62.52.
In the 800-meter run, Kael Garrett of Medicine Valley placed 1st with a time of 2:10.52, Isaiah Neal of Alma placed 2nd with a time of 2:16.75, Creighton Lynch of Alma placed 3rd with a time of 2:20.99, Tagen Yrkoski of DCS placed 4th with a time of 2:25.23, Nolan Pfeil of Alma placed 5th with a time of 2:25.71, Josiah Dowell of Southern Valley placed 6th with a time of 2:26.47, Kane Cochrane of Hi-Line placed 7th with a time of 2:37.72, and Beau Kerznar of Hi-Line placed 8th with a time of 2:45.38.
Check out our interview with Kael after his races today.
In the 1600-meter run, Garrett of Medicine Valley placed 1st with a time of 5:02.81, Marcus Hernandez of Bertrand placed 2nd with a time of 5:22.65, Vaughn Fennel of Alma placed 3rd with a time of 5:35.82, Cochrane of Hi-Line placed 5th with a time of 5:42.56, Bryson Shriver of Alma placed 6th with a time of 5:42.88, Xander Cardoza of DCS placed 7th with a time of 6:03.58, and Shya Gudaitis of Medicine Valley placed 8th with a time of 6:06.87.
In the 3200-meter run, Hernandez of Bertrand placed 1st with a time of 12:47.73, Shriver of Alma placed 2nd with a time of 12:59.73, Cardoza of DCS placed 3rd with a time of 13:19.18, Fennel of Alma placed 4th with a time of 13:39.68, Gudaitis of Medicine Valley placed 5th with a time of 14:32.91, Tayvian Sharp of Alma placed 6th with a time of 14:45.11, Creston Wagner of Bertrand placed 7th with a time of 15:06.26, and Trent Shockman of Southern Valley placed 8th with a time of 15:28.36.
In the 110-meter hurdles, Kevin Garcia of DCS placed 1st with a time of 15.38, Zavier Mitchell of Alma placed 2nd with a time of 15.45, Chase Beitler of Hi-Line placed 3rd with a time of 17.42, Traevyn Koch of Hi-Line placed 4th with a time of 17.55, Breck Horner of DCS placed 5th with a time of 19.83, Shochman of Southern Valley placed 6th with a time of 20.22, and Tyler Kelley of Southwest placed 7th with a time of 22.20.
In the 300-meter hurdles, Garcia of DCS placed 1st with a time of 42.91, Mitchell of Alma placed 2nd with a time of 45.06, Beitler of Hi-Line placed 3rd with a time of 45.09, Koch of Hi-Line placed 4th with a time of 45.28, Horner of DCS placed 5th with a time of 49.12, Mason Roblee of Medicine Valley placed 6th with a time of 51.01, Shockman placed 7th with a time of 51.04, and Jesse Hazen of Medicine Valley placed 8th with a time of 52.11.
In the 4x100-meter relay, DCS placed 1st with a time of 45.27 and was run by Garcia, Aldridge, Zoltenko, and Wissink; Hi-Line placed 2nd with a time of 45.80 and was run by Beitler, Rupp, Cooper Knackstedt, and Hecox; Bertrand placed 3rd with a time of 45.88 and was run by Eric Wood, Matthew Millers, Hatfield, and Nelson; Alma placed 4th with a time of 49.25 and was run by West Bennett, Biskup, Archer Goosic, and Mitchell; and Medicine Valley placed 5th with a time of 52.71 and was run by Hazen, Payton Newcomb-Snyder; Roblee, and Aiden Jones.
In the 4x400-meter relay, DCS placed 1st with a time of 3:40.17, which was run by Alridge, Garcia, August Shaw, and Latta; Alma placed 2nd with a time of 3:49.98 and was run by Bennett, Zane Clark, Lynch, and Neal; Bertrand placed 3rd with a time of 3:57.07 and was run by Wood, Millers, Hatfield, and Hernandez; Hi-Line placed 4th with a time of 3:57.40 and was run by Beitler, Cole Dean, Knackstedt, and Rupp; Southern Valley placed 5th with a time of 4:05.41 and was run by Hamilton, Howart, Hayden Lans, and Dowell; and Medicine Valley placed 6th with a time of 4:18.40 and was run by Hazen, Newcomb-Snyder, Ethan Brown, and Jamey Ruppert.
In the 4x800-meter relay, Alma placed 1st with a time of 9:33.60, run by Clark, Lynch, Neal, and Zikmund, and DCS placed 2nd with a time of 9:43.80, run by Yrkoski, A. Shaw, C. Shaw, and Latta.
In high jump, Latta of DCS placed 1st with a jump of 6'2", Roblee of Medicine Valley placed 2nd with a leap of 6'0", Bladyn Herrick of Alma placed 3rd with a jump of 6'0", Cochrane of Hi-Line placed 4th with a jump of 5'10", Clark of Alma placed 5th with a jump of 5'8", Vosler of Bertrand placed 6th with a leap of 5'6", Koch of Hi-Line placed 7th with a jump of 5'4", and Barber of Southwest and Millers of Bertrand tied for 8th with jumps of 5'2"
In the pole vault, Hernandez of Bertrand set a new school record with a vault of 14'9" and placed 1st. Check out our interview with Marcus about breaking the school record.
Also in pole vault, Knackstedt of Hi-Line placed 2nd with a vault of 12'6", Gage Hammond of Southwest placed 3rd with a vault of 11'6", Jones of Medicine Valley placed 4th with a vault of 11'6", Wood of Bertrand placed 5th with a vault of 11'0", Pfeil of Alma placed 6th with a vault of 11'0", Howart of Southern Valley placed 7th with a vault of 11'0", and Bennett of Alma placed 8th with a vault of 10'6".
In long jump, Mitchell of Alma placed 1st with a jump of 21'1", Zoltenko of DCS placed 2nd with a jump of 20'7.5", A. Shaw of DCS placed 3rd with a jump of 20'0.25", Hecox of Hi-Line placed 4th with a leap of 19'7", Rupp of Hi-Line placed 5th with a jump of 18'8.25", Millers of Bertrand placed 6th with a leap of 17'9.5", Hatfield of Bertrand placed 7th with a jump of 17'8.75", and Howart of Southern Valley placed 8th with a jump of 18'8.75".
In triple jump, Nelson of Bertrand placed 1st with a jump of 40'8.5", Biskup of Alma placed 2nd with a jump of 39'3.50", Vosler of Bertrand placed 3rd with a jump of 39'2", Clark of Alma placed 4th with a leap of 38'7.25", Lane Bybee of DCS placed 5th with a jump of 38'6.75, Wood of Bertrand placed 6th with a jump of 38'0", Hamilton of Southern Valley placed 7th with a jump of 37'3.5", and Newcomb-Snyder of Medicine Valley placed 8th with a leap of 36'5.35".
In the shot put, Brock Bailey of DCS placed 1st with a toss of 58'8.25", Carlos Diaz of DCS placed 2nd with a toss of 48'7.5", Ryan Oberg of Hi-Line placed 3rd with a toss of 44'11.5", Spencer Gehrig of Alma placed 4th with a toss of 40'9", Logan Turley of Southwest placed 5th with a toss of 40'5.5", Horner of DCS placed 6th with a toss of 38'10.5", Ryan Maly of Alma placed 7th with a toss of 38'00", and Deric Kelley of Southwest placed 8th with a toss of 34'3".
In discus, Bailey of DCS placed 1st with a throw of 157'1", Gerhig of Alma placed 2nd with a throw of 132'7", Diaz of DCS placed 3rd with a throw of 126'11", Oberg of Hi-Line placed 4th with a throw of 120'9", Maly of Alma placed 5th with a throw of 113'10", Lynch of Alma placed 6th with a throw of 113'0", Judd Johnson of DCS placed 7th with a throw of 95'11", and Kelley of Southwest placed 8th with a throw of 94'0".
GIRLS RESULTS
In the 100-meter dash, Adi Hunt of Southern Valley set a new school record with her 1st place finish and time of 12.07.
Placing 2nd in the 100-meter dash was Clara Spargo with a time of 12.28, Alyssa Koch of Southwest placed 3rd with a time of 13.65, Rylan Custard of Southwest placed 4th with a time of 13.70, Brecklyn Hammond of Southern Valley placed 5th with a time of 13.72, Allison VanPelt of Southwest placed 6th with a time of 14.02, Ellaray Koch of Hi-Line placed 7th with a time of 14.05, and Sophia Cunningham of Southern Valley placed 8th with a time of 14.11.
In the 200-meter dash, Hunt of Southern Valley also set a new school record with her 1st-place finish time of 24.57, Spargo of DCS placed 2nd with a time of 24.90, Custard of Southwest placed 3rd with a time of 28.28, Natalee Holstee of Southern Valley placed 4th with a time of 29.36, VanPelt of Southwest placed 5th with a time of 30.01, Cunningham of Southern Valley placed 6th with a time of 30.05, Kamree Elsten of Medicine Valley placed 7th with a time of 30.22, and Maryah Oberg of Hi-Line placed 8th with a time of 31.25.
In the 400-meter dash, Hunt of Southern Valley placed 1st with a time of 59.73, Tayley Becker of Southern Valley placed 2nd with a time of 68.38, Emercen Lovitt of Southern Valley placed 3rd with a time of 68.91, Bentley Stubbs of Hi-Line placed 4th with a time of 72.84, Zoey Rogers of DCS placed 5th with a time of 73.84, and Whitney Page placed 6th with a time of 81.00.
In the 800-meter run, Kamryn Scott of Alma placed 1st with a time of 2:40.89, Emily Schack of DCS placed 2nd with a time of 2:48.19, Livia Philips of Bertrand placed 3rd with a time of 2:53.24, Autumn McNierney of Bertrand placed 4th with a time of 2:57.99, Zoe Trimble of Medicine Valley placed 5th with a time of 3:00.48, Hailey Edwards of Hi-Line placed 6th with a time of 3:03.31, Stella Minarik of Southern Valley placed 7th with a time of 23:05.43, and Hayden Deyle of Alma placed 8th with a time of 3:05.43.
In the 1600-meter run, Shelby Schoene of Bertrand placed 1st with a time of 5:50.25, Edwards of Hi-Line placed 2nd with a time of 6:38.01, Harper Fennel of Alma placed 3rd with a time of 6:44.05, Olivia Wall of Hi-Line placed 4th with a time of 6:50.28, Ashlynn Edgren of Bertrand placed 5th with a time of 6:51.62, and Natalie Mortensen of Medicine Valley placed 6th with a time of 8:38.89.
In the 3200-meter run, Edgren of Bertrand placed 1st with a time of 15:46.08 and Fennel of Alma placed 2nd with a time of 16:15.45.
In the 100-meter hurdles, Tierston Moore of Alma placed 1st with a time of 15.82, Abi Spargo of DCS placed 2nd with a time of 15.97, Anastasia Gallegos of Southwest placed 3rd with a time of 16.39, RiLee Schutz of Hi-Line placed 4th with a time of 17.73, Hammond of Southern Valley placed 5th with a time of 17.85, Aspen Billeter of Southwest placed 6th with a time of 18.18, Kamri Neal of Alma placed 7th with a time of 19.62, and McNierney of Bertrand placed 8th with a time of 19.80.
In the 300-meter hurdles, Spargo placed 1st with a time of 47.83, Moore of Alma placed 2nd with a time of 49.56, Scheone of Bertrand placed 3rd with a time of 53.53, Koch of Hi-Line placed 4th with a time of 58.28, Schutz of Hi-Line placed 5th with a time of 58.34, and Neal of Alma placed 6th with a time of 60.76.
In the 4x100-meter relay, DCS placed 1st with a time of 50.72 and was run by Kennedy Bailey, A. Spargo, Schack, and C. Spargo; Southwest placed 2nd with a time of 52.69 and was run by R. Custard, Ambie Custard, Koch, and Gallegos; Hi-Line placed 3rd with a time of 55.51 and was run by Schutz, Stubbs, Oberg, and Koch; Southern Valley placed 4th with a time of 55.52 and was run by Cunningham, Hammond, Holste, and Lorelie Howart; Medicine Valley placed 5th with a time of 55.59 and was run by Remmi Stout, Oakley Stout, Elsten, and Delaney Evans; and Alma placed 6th with a time of 60.45 and was run by Deyle, Alexa Miller, Neal, and Taylor Pool.
In the 4x400-meter relay, DCS placed 1st with a time of 4:34.22 and was run by A. Spargo, Schack, Rogers, and C. Spargo; Southwest placed 2nd with a time of 4:39.72 and was run by A. Custard, Billeter, VanPelt, and Gallegos; Alma placed 3rd with a time of 4:45.26 and was run by Fennel, Miller, Moore, and Scott; Bertrand placed 4th with a time of 5:54.87 and was run by Philips, Malia Brown, McNierney, and Schoene; Southern Valley placed 5th with a time of 5:04.05 and was run by Becker, Minarik, Paisley Hammond, and Lovitt; Hi-Line placed 6th with a time of 5:13.69 and was run by Stubbs, Wall, Schutz, and Edwards; and Medcine Valley placed 7th with a time of 5:15.85 and was run by O. Stout, Trimble, Delaney Evans, and Natalie Mortensen.
In the 4x800-meter relay, Southern Valley placed 1st with a time of 12:30.63 and was run by Becker, Payton Adams, Minarik, and Lovitt.
In high jump, Billeter of Southwest placed 1st with jump of 4'10", Alexys Eckmann of Alma placed 2nd with a jump of 4'10", Adams of Southern Valley placed 3rd with a jump of 4'6", Lovitt of Southern Valley placed 4th with a jump of 4'4", Ivy Nelson of Bertrand placed 5th with a leap of 4'4", Miller of Alma placed 6th with a jump of 4'2", and Edgren of Bertrand placed 7th with a jump of 3'10".
In pole vault, A. Custard placed 1st with a vault of 10'0", Schoene of Bertrand placed 2nd with a vault of 9'6", Koch of Hi-Line placed 3rd with a vault of 8'6", Koch of Hi-Line placed 4th with a vault of 8'6", R. Custard placed 5th with a vault of 8'0", Philips of Bertrand placed 6th with a vault of 7'6", Trimble of Medicine Valley placed 7th with a vault of 7'6", and Minarik of Southern Valley placed 8th with a vault of 6'6".
In long jump, Hunt of Southern Valley placed 1st with a jump of 17'4", O. Stout placed 2nd with a jump of 15'1", Holstee of Southern Valley placed 3rd with a jump of 14'7", Stubbs of Hi-Line placed 4th with a leap of 14'6", Elsten of Medicine Valley placed 5th with a jump of 14'5", Ella Brown of Bertrand placed 6th with a jump of 14'3", Cunningham of Southern Valley placed 7th with a jump of 13'7", and Julea Moore of Hi-Line placed 8th with a leap of 13'5".
In triple jump, Billeter placed 1st with a jump of 32'4.5", Holste of Southern Valley placed 3rd with a jump of 30'9", Howart of Southern Valley placed 4th with a jump of 29'9", O. Stout placed 5th with a jump of 29'5", Philips of Bertrand placed 6th with a jump of 29'5", Brown of Bertrand placed 7th with a jump of 28'7.5", and P. Hammond of Southern Valley placed 8th with a jump of 28'3".
In shot put, Bailey of DCS set a new school record with a throw of 43'11" and placed 1st, Brynn Baily of Southern Valley placed 2nd with a throw of 34'9", R. Stout of Medicine Valley placed 3rd with a throw of 34'6.5", Tori Bose of Southern Valley placed 4th with a throw of 32'8", Malia Viter of Hi-Line placed 5th with a throw of 31'7", Atleigh Nelms of Southwest placed 6th with a throw of 30'7.75", Makenna Collier of DCS placed 7th with a throw of 30'3", and Gracey Hinson of Bertrand placed 8th with a throw of 30'2".
Check out our interview with Kennedy about her early success this season, and areas that she wants to continue to focus on for improvement.
In discus, Bailey of DCS placed 1st with a toss of 121'2", Baily of Southern Valley placed 2nd with a toss of 111'3", R. Stout of Medicine Valley placed 3rd with a toss of 99'1", Viter of Hi-Line placed 4th with a toss of 91'5", Nelms of Southwest placed 5th with a toss of 84'8", Kyra Nelms placed 6th with a toss of 84'5", Hinson of Bertrand placed 7th with a toss of 84'5", and Bose of Southern Valley placed 8th with a toss of 83'6".
Hi-Line hosts their home meet in Elwood on Tuesday, April 1st. Alma, Bertrand, Medicine Valley, and Southwest also attend that meet. DCS will be back in action on Saturday, April 5th at Perkins County.
