District meet Thursday at Sutherland

Where has the track season gone? With inclement weather affecting the first several weeks of the season, it’s hard to believe it’s time for district track. 

Perkins County’s boys and girls will be competing in the C9 district meet in Sutherland Thursday, vying for a berth in the state track meet next weekend. 

Head Track Coach Shayne Hite said his kids are ready to compete. 

A number of athletes competed in the Best of the Midwest meet in Sutherland May 4. As a result, he cut down the number of events those athletes competed in at the Dundy County Stratton twilight Friday.

His goal was to keep their legs fresh so they’re ready to compete Thursday at districts. 

Hite feels his team is ready for the meet and is optimistic there will be a number of state qualifiers. 

The first two places in each individual event qualify for state. 

In running events, there are an additional six qualifiers with the fastest non-qualifying times in the class. 

The same is true for the next six best marks in the long jump, triple jump, discus and shot. 

In pole vault and high jump the only additional qualifiers are those athletes which meet the minimum qualifying heights. 

For Class C boys, that’s 13-5 in the pole vault and 6-1 in the high jump. For the girls, it’s 9-10 in the pole vault and 5-0 in the high jump. 

In relays, the first place team automatically qualifies, along with the next seven times in the class, regardless of district finish. 

Going into districts, Colton Pouk has the fastest time in both the 800 and 1,600 at 2.05.65 and 5:01.78 respectively. Hite only put Pouk in the 1,600 at DCS, turning in his best time of the season. 

Casey Hanson stands second in the long jump with a season best of 20-8, along with the fourth-fastest time in the 400 at 53.29.

Hunter Garner is second in the high jump with a season best of 5-10. 

Chase Johnson sits fourth in the shot put with a best of 42-2.5  while Triston Hite is fifth in the triple jump with a 37-10 mark. 

The 4x100 relay goes in second in the district and Hite feels they may be able to qualify on time if they don’t finish first. 

The 4x400 relay comes in at third. 

On the girls side, Kailee Potts goes in second in the 300 hurdles at 49.32 and third in the 100 hurdles at 16.91. Ava Reese is fifth in the 100 hurdles at 17.27.

Autumn Anderson comes in fourth in the triple jump at 31-3 with Ryle Huff in seventh at 30-7.75.

Dani Burge is sixth in the discus at 102-4.

The 4x400 relay team goes in second in the district and will be looking to make state as an additional qualifier.

DCS Twilight meet

Hite said the younger members of his team showed up strong at the DCS meet. Pulling some of his state contenders from events enabled more kids the opportunity to compete. 

In total, 14 boys turned in personal bests in their events along with 8 girls. 

Best of the Midwest

Hanson and Pouk made the best showing at the Best of the Midwest. 

Hanson took second in the long jump and fifth in the 400 while Pouk took third in the 800 with his fastest time of the season. 

Hite was fourth in the triple jump, followed by Nolan Foster in seventh. 

Chase Johnson was seventh in the shot put with Hunter Garner finishing eighth in the high jump. 

Kailee Potts took fourth in both hurdle events, turning in a person best in the 300s. 

Both the boys 4x100 relay and the girls 4x400 finished fifth. 

Results from both meets appear below. 

DCS Twilight Meet

PC Boys 

100 Meters—1, Grant Walker, 11.35PR, Wauneta-Palisade; 6, Irvin Reyes, 11.87PR, Perkins County.

400 Meters—1, Cedric Maxwell, 53.29, Chase County; 5, Erik Snyder, 56.50PR, Perkins County.

800 Meters—1, Clay Meeske, 2:06.74, Chase County; 4, Antonio Lyon, 2:19.33, Perkins County.

1600 Meters—1, Trey Robertson, 4:57.20, Wallace; 2, Colton Pouk, 5:01.78PR, Perkins County; 4, Mason Toner, 5:35.75, Perkins County; 8, Trevor Cornelius, 5:58.73PR, Perkins County.

110m Hurdles—1, Travis Sandberg, 16.35PR, Dundy County Stratton; 7, Blake Garner, 20.84, Perkins County.

300m Hurdles—1, Travis Sandberg, 42.67PR, Dundy County Stratton; 6, Blake Garner, 45.97PR, Perkins County.

Shot Put—1, Delton Haines, 43-07.25PR, Dundy County Stratton; 5, Austin Meyer, 40-05.25PR, Perkins County; 7, Chase Johnson, 38-09.00, Perkins County.

Discus—1, Alek DaMoude, 136-05PR, Hershey; 8, Chase Johnson, 113-11PR, Perkins County.

Pole Vault—1, Brit Gockley, 12-00.00PR, Chase County Gockley; 3 Triston Hite, 11-00.00, Perkins County.

Long Jump—1, Coy Hale, 19-05.50PR, Maywood-Hayes Center; 4, Blake Garner, 18-03.75PR, Perkins County.

Triple Jump—1, Kyler Cox, 37-03.75PR, Maywood-Hayes Center; 7, Jeb Kohl, 34-01.50, Perkins County.

4x100 Relay—1, Chase County, 44.82, Chase County; 2,Perkins County, 45.48, Irvin Reyes, Casey Hanson, Triston Hite, Hunter Garner.

4x400 Relay—1, Chase County, 03:37.2, Chase County; 5, Perkins County, 03:56.7, Perkins County; Erik Snyder, Jeb Kohl, Antonio Lyon, Nolan Foster.

4x800 Relay—1, Dundy County Stratton, 8:58.03; 5, Perkins County, 11:03.92, Mason Toner, Trevor Cornelius, Henry Taylor, Casey Uehling.

Team scores—1. Chase County 164.5; 2. Dundy County Stratton, 97; 3. Hershey, 78; 4. Wallace 77; 5. Perkins County,67; 6. Maywood-Hayes Center, 55.5; 7. Wauneta-Palisade,50; 8. Cheylin,39; 9. Atwood-Rawlins Co., 23.

PC Girls

100 Meters—1, Kamrie Dillan, 12.64PR, Chase County; 8, Selah Richter-Martinez, 14.41PR, Perkins County.

800 Meters—1, Bryn McNair, 2:23.30, Chase County; 4, Meredith Gloy, 2:50.88, Perkins County.

3200 Meters—1, Lucy Spady, 13:12.16, Chase County; 5, Meredith Gloy, 15:06.21, Perkins County.

100m Hurdles—1, Jerzee Milner, 15.47PR, Chase County; 3, Ava Reese, 17.27PR, Perkins County, 8, Kailee Potts, 20.22a.

300m Hurdles—1, Jerzee Milner, 48.07, Chase County; Hallie Fisher, 53.82PR, Perkins County; 8, Ava Reese, 54.48PR, Perkins County.

Shot Put—1, Kaylie Lotspeich, 33-05.25, Chase County; 6, Dani Burge, 30-06.75PR, Perkins County.

Discus—1, Kaylie Lotspeich, 104-01, Chase County; 4, Dani Burge, 92-02, Perkins County.

Triple Jump—1, Liz Reeves, 30-11.25, Chase County; 2, Autumn Anderson, 30-07.25, Perkins County; 6, Rylee Huff, 30-00.00, Perkins County.

4x100 Relay—1, Chase County, 51.31, Chase County; 6, Perkins County, 56.72, Ava Reese, Hannah Kempf, Hallie Fisher, Mallory McClenahan.

4x400 Relay—1,Chase County, 4:09.94; 4, Perkins County, 4:37.63, Hannah Kempf,  Rylee Huff, Selah Richter-Martinez, Kailee Potts.

Team scores—1. Chase County 238; 2. Maywood-Hayes Center 68; 3. Wallace, 65; 4. Wauneta-Palisade 60; 5. Hershey, 59; 6. Atwood-Rawlins Co., 57; 7. Perkins County 44; 8. Dundy County Stratton 37; 9. Cheylin 6.

Best of the Midwest

PC Boys

400 Meters —1, Lucas Trujillo, 53.32PR, Creek Valley, 5, Casey Hanson, 54.06, Perkins County.

800 Meters—1, William Anderson, 2:03.39, Gothenburg, 3, Colton Pouk, 2:05.65PR, Perkins County.

Shot Put—1, Tad Dimmitt, 51-10, Sandhills Valley; 7, Chase Johnson, 39-11, Perkins County.

High Jump—1, Hayden Kramer, 6-0, Medicine Valley; 8, Hunter Garner, 5-8, Perkins County.

Long Jump—1, Hunter Cunningham, 19-11PR, Southwest Public, 2, Casey Hanson, 19-8, Perkins County.

Triple Jump—1, Wyat Lambertson, 41-4PR, Anselmo-Merna; 4, Triston Hite, 37-10PR, Perkins County; 7, Hayden Foster, 36-4, Perkins County.

4x100 Relay—1, Sandhills/Thedford, 45.22; 5, Perkins County, 45.88, Irvin Reyes, Casey Hanson, Triston Hite, Hunter Garner.

4x400 Relay—1, Gothenburg, 3:36.04, 6, 3:44.65, Perkins County, Casey Hanson,Erik Snyder, Ethan Sihm, Colton Pouk.

PC Girls

100m Hurdles—1, Jerzee Milner, 15.72, Chase County; 4, Kailee Potts, 17.06, Perkins County.

300m Hurdles—1, Aubrey O-Hare, 47.18PR, Gothenburg; 4, Kailee Potts, 49.32PR, Perkins County.

4x400 Relay—1, Chase County, 4:05.87; 5, Perkins County, 4:27.77, Hannah Kempf, Rylee Huff, Selah Richter-Martinez, Kailee Potts.