Track team competes in two meets
By Emmalee Parsley Stevens
Grant Tribune
The Plainsmen Track Team competed in two meets this week. The first meet was in Dundy County on April 8th. Then they competed on their home turf at the E. Lee Todd invitational on April 12.
Dundy County Stratton Meet
In the Men’s 100 Meter Dash, Senior Ryder Potts took second place. He also took second in the 200 Meter dash.
Three out of six gentlemen who competed in the 400 meter dash placed in the top five. Junior Kolton Kroeker earned second place. Green placed third and Senior Brock Tines ran for fourth place.
Plainsmen dominated the 800 Meter dash with two Plainsmen in the top two. Sophomore Logan Barry earned himself the first place title, followed by Senior Colson Uehling running for second place.
Plainsmen also swept the floor in the 1600 meter dash. Ten athletes competed in this event all together and Plainsmen boys held all five top positions. Senior Mason McGreer earned first place followed by Elijah Goodell, Ethan Swesey, Barry, and Cooper Kroeker respectively.
McGreer, Goodell, and Swesey placed in the top three respectively in the 3200 Meter dash. Cooper Kroeker took fifth.
Freshman Luke Minster took second in the 110 Meter Hurdles. He also took fourth in the 300 Meter hurdles.
Plainsmen earned a new personal record for their 4x400 meter relay team. They placed first. The relay team was made up of Junior Rylee Shrotberger, Colton Kroeker, Tines, and Potts.
Goodell, Tines, Shrotberger, and McGreer ran in the 4x800 Meter Relay and they finished first with a time of 8 minutes and seventeen seconds.
Junior Alec Reese placed third in the Shot Put,
Sophomore Alex Cole placed third in the High Jump.
As for the Women’s events, Senior Libby Cole placed second in the 400 meter dash.
Senior Emily Cornelius placed fourth in the 800 Meter dash.
Sophomore Madison Potts won the 1600 Meter dash as well as the 3200 Meter dash where Sophomore Savannah Miller took third. Sophomore Ella Homan finished third in 100 Meter Hurdles and second in 300 Meter Hurdles.
Cole, Senior Kenna Busick, Sophomore Haylea McGreer, and Homan earned a personal record in the 4x400 meter relay which earned them third place.
Busick, Cornelius, Miller, and McGreer earned second place in the 4x800 Meter relay.
Junior Jacqueline Gloy placed third in the Shot Put. She then placed fifth in the Discus.
Freshman Kam Klockman placed third in the High Jump.
Sophomore Lauren Bishop placed fourth in the Triple Jump.
Head Coach Shayne Hite said, “Tuesday was good. We had good weather again and had some good performances. Everything was just finals and not many teams so another good early meet but with good competition. The boys 4x8 set a meet record running 8:17.53. Mason M. and Eli G. both ran under the school record in the 3200m with Mason getting the meet and school record with a time of 9:52.15.”
E. Lee Todd Invite
In the mens 100 meter dash, Ryder Potts won second place, as well as second place in the 200 meter dash.
Colton Kroeker won second in the 400 meter dash followed by Freshman Carson Green, and Brock Tines respectively.
In the 800 meter dash Logan Barry and Colson Uehling took first and second respectively.
Plainsmen dominated the 1600 meter dash. Mason McGreer, Elijah Goodell, Ethan Swesey, Barry, and Cooper Kroeker took placings 1-5 in order.
In the 3200 Meter race, McGreer took first palce followed by Goodell taking second, Swesey taking third and Cooper Kroeker taking fifth.
Luke Minster took second in the 110 meter hurdles and fourth in the 300 meter hurdles.
In the 4x400 meter relay, the team of Shrotberger, Colton Kroeker, Tines and Potts took first place.
In the 4x800 meter relay, the team of Goodell, Tines, Shrotberger, and McGreer, won first place.
Alec Reese took third in shot put.
Alex Cole earned third in high jump.
In the Women’s 400 meter dash, Libby Cole won second place.
In the 800 meter dash Emily Cornelius won fourth place.
Madison Potts won both the 1600 meter race and the 3200 meter race. Savannah Miller took third in the 3200 meter race.
Ella Homan took third and second in the 100 meter hurdles and the 300 meter hurdles.
In the 4x400 relay the team of Cole, Busick, McGreer, and Homan, earned third place.
In the 4x800 relay, the team of Busick, Cornelius, Miller, and McGreer, earned second place. \
Jacqueline Gloy earned third in the Shot Put and fifth in the Discus.
Kam Klockman won third in the High Jump.
In the Triple Jump, Lauren Bishop placed fourth.
“We had a really good day Saturday I thought. It was kind of a double-edged sword by moving our meet. We had better weather but didn’t have as many teams. The weather is helping in many ways. One, it’s helping get our kids in shape faster, both in the meets and at practice. No wind is allowing us to get more PR’s. Saturday the boys had 26 PR’s while the girls had 30. Not having as many teams allowed some of our younger athletes to place and earn medals where as in a larger meet they may not. We had two meet records set and one school record broken. Mason M. broke the meet record in the 800m dash with a time of 1:58.55. The previous record holders were Mark Perlinger of Paxton and Max Lindgren of Ogallala with times of 2:00.0. The boy’s 3200m relay team of Eli G., Brock T., Rylee S., and Mason M. broke the meet and school record with a time of 8:08.35. The previous record holder for the meet was Ogallala with a time of 8:25.9 back in 1990. The school record was held by Brock, Rylee, Colton K., and Mason from last year. I told the kids this was our last tune-up meet. Now things get a lot tougher so we need to keep working hard in practice and getting better each week. We are starting week 6 today so the rest of this season is going to go fast,” said Hite.
Next Action
The Plainsmen track team will now prepare to go to the Chase County Invite Track Meet. It will be held on April 15th starting at 10 AM. The meet will take place at Enders Golf Course.