Plainsmen compete in Ed Moore Invitational

Perkins County’s track teams faced some competition from a number of larger schools at the Ed Moore Invitational at Ogallala Saturday. 

Track Coach Shane Hite said the field of larger schools would give him a good idea of where his team stood this early in the season. 

Normally, the Plainsmen open the season with the E. Lee Todd Invitational on their home track. However, conflicts with the Easter holiday forced Perkins County to cancel this year’s invitational.

As a result, the Plainsmen took part in the Ogallala meet. 

The teams will get some time to work on getting in better shape and honing their events since they will be idle until April 12.

That’s when they will travel to Chappell for the Creek Valley twilight meet.

Colton Pouk earned the best finish on the boys’ side with a third place finish in the 800. 

Casey Hanson placed in the 100 and triple jump with Triston Hite and Hunter Garner taking medals in the pole vault and high jump respectively.

The 4x100 and 4x400 relayteams placed fifth and seventh respectively. 

In girls competition, Kailee Potts finished with a second place effort in the 100 meter hurdles. 

Hallie Fisher took seventh in the 100 hurdles and an eighth place finish in the 300 hurdles.

Autumn Anderson took sixth in the triple jump to round out the individual scoring. 

Both the 4x100 and 4x400 relays finished eighth. 

Results of the Ed Moore Invitational are as follows:

Boys

100 Meters—7, Casey Hanson, 11.97, Perkins County; Winning time: Kadin Perez, 11.35, Mitchell.

800 Meters—3, Colton Pouk, 2:09.21, Perkins County; Winning time: Daniel Bashtovoi, 2:04.08, Sidney.

High Jump—8, Hunter Garner, 5-6, Perkins County; Winning height: Sawyer Dickman, 6-2, Sidney.

Pole Vault—5, Triston Hite, 11-0, Perkins County; Winning height: Jake Burge, 13-0, Gothenburg.

Long jump—7, Casey Hanson, 18-8.25, Perkins County; Winning Jump: Ryan Bernhardt, 20-5.25, Chase County.

4x100 Relay—5, Perkins County, 45.92, Triston Hite, Casey Hanson, Hunter Garner; Winning time: Mitchell, 44.95.

4x400 Relay—7, Perkins County, 3:46.60, Hunter Garner, Erik Snyder, Triston Hite, Casey Hanson; Winning time: Dundy County Stratton, 3:38.93. 

Team scores—1, Sidney, 144.5; 2, Ogallala, 92.5; 3, Mitchell, 76.5; 4, Chase County, 74.5; 5, Gothenburg, 68; 6, Chadron, 62.5; 7, Dundy County Stratton, 56; 8, Alliance, 37.5; 9, Cozad, 29.5; 10, Perkins County, 20.5.

GIRLS

100m Hurdles—2, Kailee Potts, 17.25, Perkins County 7, Hallie Fisher, 18.69, Perkins County; Winning time: Jerzee Milner, 15.95, Chase County.

300m Hurdles—8, Hallie Fisher, 54.99, Perkins County; Winning time: Jerzee Milner, 49.36, Chase County.

Triple Jump—6, Autumn Anderson, 31-2, Perkins County; Winning Jump: Jordan Hughes, 33-11, Ogallala.

4x100 Relay—8, Perkins County, 56.51, Hannah Kempf, Rylee Huff, Hallie Fisher, Kailee Potts; Winning time, Ogallala, 50.89.

4x400 Relay—8, Perkins County, 4:39.96, Meredith Gloy, Hannah Kempf, Rylee Huff. Kailee Potts, Winning time, Cozad, 4.17.15.

Team scores—1, Chase County, 156; 2, Ogallala, 114; 3, Sidney, 106; 4, Gothenburg, 88; 5, Cozad, 65; 6, Chadron, 49; 6, Alliance, 49; 8, Perkins County, 16; 9, Mitchell, 12; 10, Dundy County Stratton, 5.