Bronco girls come from behind to win SNC championship

Posted Wednesday, May 11, 2022 3:00 pm

Results

Southern Nebraska Conference

Girls’ team scores—Centennial 80, Superior 78, Fairbury 78, Sandy Creek 59, Milford 52, Sutton 46, Thayer Central 36, Wilber-Clatonia 34, David City 33, Fillmore Central 20, Heartland 11

100-meter dash—Savannah Horne (C), 13.5 prelim/12.9 final, first; Sydney Stelling (M) 13.95; Macy Stutzman (M) 14.47; Kali Fickel (C) 14.69; Ally Taylor (M) 15.01

200-meter dash—Horne (C), 28.2 prelim/26.71 final, second; Stelling (M) 29.49; Fickel (C) 30.58; Sarah Spahr (M) 30.65; Stutzman (M) 31.2

400-meter dash—Cora Payne (C), 1:06.48, fifth; Celia Bontrager (M) 1:09.99; Myranda Schildt (M) 1:13.18; Victoria Mink (M) 1:14.08

800-meter run—Molly Prochaska (C), 2:33.2, first; Bontrager (M) 2:41.33, fourth

1,600-meter run—Lilly Kenning (M), 5:52.66, first; Grace Schernikau (C), 6:15.4, second; Ella Wambold (C), 6:21.48, fifth; Madison Brandenburgh (C), 6:21.82, sixth; Eliza McGuire (M) 6:28.93

3,200-meter run—Kenning (M), 12:38.81, first; Brandenburgh (C), 13:32.45, third; Wambold (C) 14:09.51; Josie Turnbull (C) 14:34.94

100-meter hurdles—Hannah Schilz (M) 18.57, Izzy Yeackley (M) 18.69, Cambria Saunders (C) 18.84, Ellison Piening (M) 19.01

300-meter hurdles—Saunders (C), 53.66, sixth; Josie Hansen (M) 56.07; Schilz (M) 56.3; Piening (M) 56.54

4x100-meter relay—Centennial, 54.14, third (Saunders, Karley Naber, Samara Ruether, Horne); Milford 55.92 (Yeackley, Spahr, Stutzman, Stelling)

4x400-meter relay—Centennial, 4:24.63, first (Payne 1:06.64, Gracen Fehlhafer 1:07.65, Prochaska 1:05.92, Horne 1:04.08); Milford 5:01.13 (Bontrager 1:10.2, Schildt 1:16.19, Mink 1:16.6, McGuire 1:17.59)

4x800-meter relay—Centennial, 10:58.77, first (Payne 2:42.03, Schernikau 2:46.35, Lillian Butzke 2:49.21, Prochaska 2:40.75)

Long jump—Naber (C) 13-7.75, Piening (M) 13-2, Caylie Clouse (C) 12-3.25, Taylor (M) 12-0

Triple jump—Saunders (C), 31-3, fourth; Catelynn Bargen (C) 29-3.5; Hannah Wittstruck (M) 29-1.5; Piening (M) 28-6.5; Clouse (C) 28-1.5; Taylor (M) 26-10.5

High jump—Marissa Walker (M), 5-2, first; Brooklyn McDonald (M), 4-10, second; Spahr (M), 4-8, fourth

Pole vault—Ruether (C) 9-0, Fehlhafer (C) 8-0, Kate Luebbe (C) 7-6, Abby Svik (M) 7-6

Shot put—Halley Heidtbrink (C), 33-3.5, fifth; Addi Mowinkel (M) 31-8; Alex Galavez (C) 29-8.5; MacKenzie Watenpaugh (M) 28-7.5; Cora Hoffschneider (C) 25-11; Karlee Kuklis (M) 24-8.5

Discus—Camille Stauffer (M), 115-10, third; Heidtbrink (C) 92-0; Lauryn Breitkreutz (C) 85-0; Avery Roth (M) 77-3; Hoffschneider (C) 65-5

Boys’ team scores—Wilber-Clatonia 131, Milford 81, Superior 63, David City 52, Thayer Central 42, Sandy Creek 33, Centennial 33, Fairbury 32, Fillmore Central 31, Sutton 21, Heartland 8

100-meter dash—Ayden Shook (M), 11.42 prelim/11.31 final, second; Tyce Lopez (M) 12.36; Oscar Glerup (C) 12.92; Ryan Richters (C) 12.99; Justin Rumery (C) 13.41

200-meter dash—Shook (M), 23.69 prelim/22.95 final, second; Lopez (M) 25.39; Dane Kolb (M) 25.44; Glerup (C) 26.2; Rumery (C) 27.62

400-meter dash—Carter Springer (M) 54.95; Jordan Wagner (C) 1:02.76

800-meter run—Carter Roth (M), 2:02.71, first; Hudson Mullet (M) 2:10.6, fourth; John Fehlhafer (C) 2:22.29

1,600-meter run—Roth (M), 4:49.33, first; Mullet (M), 5:01.55, fourth; Clinton Turnbull (C) 5:17.63; Matthew Hoops (C) 5:50.96

3,200-meter run—Kaleb Eickhoff (M), 10:25.87, second; Turnbull (C), 10:58.2, third; Gavin Dunlap (M), 11:04.9, fourth; Hoops (C) 12:01.24

110-meter hurdles—Caden Nelson (M), 16.89 prelim/16.75 final, fourth; Gavin Piening (M), 16.92 prelim/16.9 final, sixth

300-meter hurdles—Jake Bargen (C), 43.43, third; Nelson (M) 45.84; Piening (M) 45.86; Jordan Wagner (C) 51.13

4x100-meter relay—Milford, 46.4, second (Nelson, Lopez, Springer, Shook); Centennial, 49.59 (Richters, Wagner, Connor Clouse, Glerup)

4x400-meter relay—Milford, 3:42.51, third (Springer 55.5, Piening 56.32, Mullet 55.94, Roth 54.67); Centennial, 3:52.64, fifth (Bargen 56.43, Camden Winkelman 57.29, Isak Grue 59.62, Clouse 59.06)

4x800-meter relay—Centennial, 9:47.4, sixth (Winkelman 2:19.93, Wagner 2:28.24, Grue 2:34.44, Fehlhafer 2:24.41)

Long jump—Kolb (M) 17-10, Bo Kepler 16-8.5, Clouse (C) 16-8, Rumery (C) 15-11

Triple jump—McDonald (M) 36-3.75, Clouse (C) 34-11.5

High jump—Shook (M), 6-2, third; Bargen (C) 5-10, fifth; Dylan McDonald (M) 5-6; Grue (C) 5-4

Pole vault—Trace Rowland (M) 10-6, Keenan Kosek (C) 9-0

Shot put—Carson Fehlhafer (C), 51-1.25, third; Bargen (C) 43-6.25; Jayde Gumaer (C) 40-5.5; Trey Lyons (M) 37-4.5; Hunter Oborny (M) 32-3; Hunter Dickinson (M) 26-5

Discus—C. Fehlhafer (C), 163-3, second; Gumaer (C), 131-7, fifth; Xavier Ettwein (C) 116-6; Oborny (M) 114-7; Dickinson (M) 65-3

by Stephanie Croston, scroston@sewardindependent.com

The Centennial girls needed all their places at the Southern Nebraska Conference track meet to win the meet May 3.

The Broncos were in fourth place for most of the day Coach Rob Johansen said. After all three runners placed in the 1,600-meter run, CHS pulled into third place.

“That race was huge in starting the comeback,” Johansen said.

Grace Schernikau was seeded 10th and finished second in 6:15.4. Ella Wambold was fifth and Madison Brandenburgh was sixth.

Centennial scored 11 team points in the race and trailed Superior by 12 points with two events left – the 4x100- and 4x400-meter relays.

In the 4x100, Johansen said, Horne got the baton in sixth place and finished third, pulling Centennial within eight.

The 4x400 team needed to win and have the other two schools finish no better than fifth, Johansen said.

Horne joined Cora Payne, Gracen Fehlhafer and Molly Prochaska, running the anchor leg, and the quartet ran a season-best time of 4:24.63 to win.

“A lot of things had to go right for all of the pieces to fall into place,” Johansen said. “It was a great team win for the girls. All those fifth and sixth places can help add up to team wins.”

The 4x800-meter relay team of Payne, Grace Schernikau, Lillian Butzke and Prochaska also won in 10:58.77.

Horne picked up gold in the 100-meter dash, finishing in 12.9 seconds, and Prochaska won the 800-meter run in 2:33.2.

The Broncos edged Superior and Fairbury by two points for the team title.

In the boys’ competition, Carson Fehlhafer led the Broncos with a season-best throw of 163-3 to place second in the discus. He was also third in the shot put with a 51-1.25 throw.

“Really pleased with those throws going into the end of the year,” Johansen said.

Clinton Turnbull ran a personal best 10:58.2 to finish third in the 3,200-meter run. Jake Bargen placed third in the 300-meter hurdles in 43.43 seconds.

The Broncos will be in the District C1 meet Thursday, May 12, at Malcolm. Teams in the field are Conestoga, Elmwood-Murdock, Freeman, Johnson County Central, Lincoln Lutheran, Lourdes Central Catholic, Palmyra and Parkview Christian. Events start at 10 a.m.

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