Plainsmen to host districts Thursday

By Diane Stamm

Grant tribune-sentinel

The Perkins County track will be a busy place Thursday when the Plainsmen host the C9 district track meet.

Joining PCS will be Bayard, Bridgeport, Chase County, Gordon-Rushville, Hemingford, Kimball, Mitchell and Morrill.

The meet will begin with boys pole vault at 9:45 a.m. followed 15 minutes later by boys discus and long jump, as well as girls high jump, shot put and triple jump.

The first session of track events will begin at 11:30 a.m., 3200 meter relay, prelims of the 100 meter hurdles, 110 meter hurdles and 100 meter dash. Finals for the 400 meter dash and 3200 meter run will happen before the session ends with the 200 prelims.

Girls pole vault kicks off the afternoon field events at 2:00 p.m. The remaining field events, boys high jump, triple jump and shot put plus girls discus, pole vault and long jump, start at 2:15 p.m.

The remaining running events will begin at 3:45 p.m.

Plainsmen Head Coach Shayne Hite said it will be very nice not to travel for the meet.

Last year Perkins County went to Mitchell.

Final two
regular season meets

The Plainsmen competed in nine events at the invitation-only Best of the Midwest May 2 in Sutherland.

Hite said it can be tricky because everything is finals only and the events are close together.

Mason McGreer only ran one individual event each because  the lack of time between events makes it hard to compete at a high level. Kailee Potts was also in only one individual event to protect a sore calf.

Mason McGreer won the 3200 meter run with a season best effort and ran the opening leg on the 3200 meter relay that finished second, also with a season best time.

Colton Kroeker, Rylee Schrotberger and Brock Tines joined McGreer to shave off nearly 30 seconds from their previous best.

For the Plainmen girls, the 3200 meter relay, Kenna Busick, Meredith Gloy, Charis Goodell and Libby Cole, was third.

The 1600 meter relay, Busick, Katie Cook, Cole and Kailee Potts, placed fifth.

Individually, Potts was fourth in the 300 meter hurdles, Cole fourth in the high jump and Ava Reese was sixth in the 100 meter hurdles.

Blake Garner was sixth in the triple jump and Conner Tyerman was seventh in the discus.

Perkins County was at the Dundy County Stratton Twilight Friday.

Hite said coaches went into the meet with their eyes on districts.

“At DCS we started to back people off a little especially the jumpers to let their bodies start to recover and be at full strength next week at district,” he said.

Both Plainsmen teams finished second overall. The girls team took second by four points over Maywood/Hayes Center.

McGreer won the 800 with a school and meet record time, 1:59.74.

The same 3200 meter relay quartet also claimed first.

Reese ran a PR and won the 100 meter hurdles and Potts took the 300 meter title.

Garner, Ethan Sihm and Oscar Bolt finished 2-3-4, respectively, in the 100.

Earning second place finishes were Busick, 800; Cole, high jump; and Preston Schwanebeck, pole vault.

Perkins County’s relays also ran well.

The girls 3200 meter relay placed second with a school record effort and the 400 meter relay and 1600 meter relays were third.

The boys 400 meter relay placed second and the 1600 meter relay was third.

Best of the Midwest

Boys results

3200 Meters—1. Mason McGreer, 10:08.03, PCS.

4x800 Relay—1. CCS, 8:30.55; 2. PCS (McGreer, Colton Kroeker, Rylee Schrotberger, Brock Tines), 8:38.43.

Discus—1. Jaden Vollenweider, 160’6, Cozad; 7. Conner Tyerman, 130’8, PCS.

Triple Jump—1. Adam Dugger, 44’5, McCook; 6. Blake Garner, 41’2.5, PCS.

Girls results

100m Hurdles—1. Aubrey O’Hare, 15.34, Gothenburg; 6. Ava Reese, 16.65, PCS.

300m Hurdles—1. Karyn Burkholder, 44.85, Cozad; 4. Kailee Potts, 47.43, PCS.

4x400 Relay—1. CCS, 4:05.69; 5. PCS (Kenna Busick, Katie Cook, Libby Cole, Potts), 4:20.98.

4x800 Relay—1. McCook, 9:52.97; 3. PCS (Busick, Meredith Gloy, Charis Goodell, Cole), 10:16.36.

High Jump—1. Bryn McNair, 5’4, CCS; 4. Cole, 4’10, PCS.

DCS Twilight

Boys team scores—1. Chase County, 293; 2. Perkins County, 91; 3. Dundy County Stratton, 63; 4. Wauneta-Palisade, 49; 5. Atwood-Rawlins Co, 46; 6. Cheylin, 39; 7. Maywood-Hayes Center, 29.

Individual results

100 Meters—1. Thomas Reeves, 11.70, CCS; 2. Blake Garner, 11.92, PCS; 3. Ethan Sihm, 12.03, PCS; 4. Oscar Boldt, 12.15, PCS.

400 Meters—1. Stephen Murray, 52.82, CCS; 3. Dawson Tjaden, 54.93, PCS.

800 Meters—1. Mason McGreer, 1:59.74, PCS; 4. Colton Kroeker, 2:16.59, PCS; 5. Colson Uehling, 2:24.55, PCS.

1600 Meters—1. Haven Hauxwell, 5:05.10, CCS; 6. Johan Mireles, 6:52.68, PCS.

300m Hurdles—1. Easton Fries, 40.25, CCS; 7. Ethan Dickinson, 49.75, PCS.

4x100 Relay—1. CCS, 44.11; 2. PCS (Brock Tines, Boldt, Sihm, Garner), 45.33.

4x400 Relay—1. CCS, 3:33.66; 3. PCS (Tjaden, Rylee Schrotberger, Tines, Garner), 3:43.31.

4x800 Relay—1. PCS (McGreer, Kroeker, Schrotberger, Tines), 8:48.64

Shot Put—1. Jaret Peterson, 46-06.00, CCS; 8. Preston Schwanebeck, 36-09.00, PCS.

Discus—1. Peterson, 151-11, CCS; 4. Conner Tyerman, 132-08, PCS; 6. Nolan Foster, 116-09, PCS.

Pole Vault—1. Mason Wallin, 13-01.00, CCS; 2. Schwanebeck, 10-00.00, PCS; 8. Colson Uehling, 7-06.00, PCS.

Girls team scores—1. Chase County, 274; 2. Perkins County, 69; 3. Maywood-Hayes Center, 65; 4. Atwood-Rawlins Co, 64; 5. Wauneta-Palisade, 58.5; 6. Dundy County Stratton, 55.5; 7. Cheylin, 24.

Individual results

100 Meters—1. Michaela Rippe, 13.36, Atwood-Rawlins Co; 8. Carlie Homan, 14.17, PCS.

800 Meters—1. Bryn McNair, 2:23.17, CCS; 2. Kenna Busick, 2:30.00, PCS.

3200 Meters—1. Tessa Smith, 14:00.13, CCS; 3. Madi Swesey, 15:45.00, PCS.

100m Hurdles—1. Ava Reese, 16.63, PCS; 7. Ava Seger, 20.26, PCS.

300m Hurdles—1. Kailee Potts, 48.38, PCS; 7. Reese, 56.36, PCS; 8. Seger, 58.77, PCS.

4x100 Relay—1. CCS, 53.17; 3. PCS (Katie Cook, Reese, Tessa Uehling, Homan), 55.17.

4x400 Relay—1. CCS, 4:15.94; 3. PCS (Busick, Libby Cole, Cook, Homan), 4:23.02.

4x800 Relay—1. CCS, 10:02.71; 2. PCS (Busick, Meredith Gloy, Charis Goodell, Cole), 10:12.61.

High Jump—1. McNair, 5-04.00, CCS; 2. Libby Cole, 5-00.00, PCS.

Long Jump—1. Michaela Rippe, 16-01.00, Atwood-Rawlins Co; 8. Carlie Homan, 13-01.00, PCS.

Triple Jump—1. Katelyn Stamm, 33-04.50, CCS; 8. Maggie Fisher, 25-03.75, PCS.