Broncos build confidence with districts ahead

    The Wauneta-Palisade track teams are hitting their peaks at just the right time.
    With the D7 district meet Wednesday this week, the Broncos were at the Best of the Midwest May 2 and used the Dundy County Stratton Twilight last Friday to prepare for districts.
    Head Coach Dawn Doetker said the Dundy County Stratton meet was a great meet before this week’s district meet and gave her athletes some confidence going into districts.
    “We are peaking right where we want to be. Our field events are very strong,” Doetker said.
    Wauneta-Palisade had 15 personal records at DCS, while using the meet as a speed conditioning day.
    The girls 400-meter relay, McKenna Doetker, Cheyenne Parrish, Ryleigh McCrumb and Halle Bardsley, placed second with a season’s best time.
    Lillian Dinnel finished second in the high jump with a PR of 5’0” and Peyton Cox placed second in the shot put.
    Parrish made the finals of both the 100 and 200-meter dashes. Parrish also placed third in the triple jump with a PR of 31’6”.
    McCrumb took third place in the girls’ pole vault.
    For the boys, Kyle Jutten matched his personal best and was second in the high jump. Aden Acton placed third for the Broncos.
    Jacksen Littrel was third in the discus with a PR of 133’1” and finished fourth in the shot put.
    Sophomores Gabriel McCrumb qualified for the finals of the 100-meter dash and Collin Bley qualified for the 200 finals.
    Jutten, Littrel and Cox also competed at the Best of the Midwest in Sutherland.
    Jutten had WP’s best finish, taking second place in the high jump.
    Cox and Littrel both threw the shot put. Cox finished fourth and Littrel placed seventh with a PR of 45’2”.
    Doetker said the competition was tough at the all-class, invitation-only event.
    “I thought the kids did very well,” Doetker said.
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    The D7 district in Cambridge Wednesday included 10 RPAC schools, Arapahoe, Bertrand, Cambridge, Dundy County Stratton, Hitchcock County, Loomis, Maywood-Hayes Center, Medicine Valley, Southwest, Wallace and the Broncos, plus Loomis.
    Field events were to run in back-to-back sessions. The girls’ pole vault, triple jump and shot put with boys high jump, long jump and discus were scheduled for a 10 a.m. start.
    At 11:30 a.m. girls’ high jump, long jump and discus, as well as boys’ pole vault, triple jump and shot put were to begin.
    First session of field events started at 1 p.m., along with the 3200-meter relay, prelims of the 100-meter hurdles, 110-meter hurdles and 100-meter dash, the 400, 3,200 and prelims of the 200.
    Starting at 3:30 p.m. were the 100-meter hurdles, 110-meter hurdles and 100 finals followed by the 800, 300-meter hurdles, 200 finals, 1,600 and the final relays.
Best of the Midwest
Shot Put—1. Tad Dimmitt, 54’1, Sandhills Valley; 7. Jacksen Littrel, 45’2, Wauneta-Palisade.
High Jump—1. Max Negley, 6’1, North Platte; 2. Kyle Jutten, 5’10, Wauneta-Palisade.
Shot Put—1. Kori Rippen, 37’10.5, McCook; 4. Peyton Cox, 37’0, Wauneta-Palisade.
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, Chase County; 7. Gabriel McCrumb, 12.54, Wauneta-Palisade.
200 Meters—1. Tucker Mollendor, 24.26, Chase County; 7. Collin Bley, 28.55, Wauneta-Palisade; .
400 Meters—1. Stephen Murray, 52.82, Chase County; 6. Ashton Wheeler, 57.74, Wauneta-Palisade.
1600 Meters—1. Haven Hauxwell, 5:05.10, Chase County; 7. Ashton McCrumb, 8:00.58, Wauneta-Palisade.
4x100 Relay—1. Chase County, 44.11; 5. Wauneta-Palisade (G. McCrumb, Kyle Jutten, Jacksen Littrel, Wheeler), 49.41.
4x400 Relay—1. Chase County, 3:33.66; 5. Wauneta-Palisade (Aden Acton, Wheeler, Bley, Jutten), 4:13.02.
Shot Put—1. Jaret Peterson, 46-06.00, Chase County; 4. Littrel, 42-02.00, Wauneta-Palisade.
Discus—1. Peterson, 151-11, Chase County; 3. Jacksen Littrel, 133-01, Wauneta-Palisade.

High Jump—1. Ethan Latta, 6-00.00, DCS; 2. Jutten, 6-00.00, WP; 3. Aden Acton, 5-08.00, WP.
Pole Vault—1. Mason Wallin, 13-01.00, CCS; 6. Bley, 8-00.00, WP; 7. Konner McCrumb, 8-00.00, WP.
Triple Jump—1. Kade Anderson, 41-02.50, CCS; 7. Acton, 36-10.00, WP.
Girls team scores—1. CCS, 274; 2. Perkins County, 69; 3. Maywood-Hayes Center, 65; 4. Atwood-Rawlins County, 64; 5. WP, 58.5; 6. DCS, 55.5; 7. Cheylin, 24.
Individual results
100 Meters—1. Michaela Rippe, 13.36, Atwood-Rawlins County; 7. Cheyenne Parrish, 14.16, WP.
200 Meters—1. Riley Rusher, 27.52, CCS; 5. Cheyenne Parrish, 29.29, WP.
400 Meters—1. Bryn McNair, 59.41, CCS; 6. Ryleigh McCrumb, 1:10.37, WP.
800 Meters—1. B. McNair, 2:23.17, CCS; 7. Jewel Holthus, 3:09.69, WP; 8. Lillian Dinnel, 3:11.83, WP.
4x100 Relay—1. CCS, 53.17; 2. WP (McKenna Doetker, Parrish, McCrumb, Halle Bardsley), 55.00.
Shot Put—1. Abby Micek, 39-10.00, Atwood-Rawlins County; 2. Peyton Cox, 36-09.00, WP; 8. GraCee Goings, 31-02.00, WP.
Discus—1. Kaylie Lotspeich, 123-06, CCS; 6. Goings, 96-00, WP; 7. Doetker, 91-01, WP; 8. Cox, 90-06, WP.
High Jump—1. B. McNair, 5-04.00, CCS; 2. Dinnel, 5-00.00, WP.
Pole Vault—1. Ali McNair, 9-06.00, CCS; 3. McCrumb, 6-00.00, WP.
Triple Jump—1. Katelyn Stamm, 33-04.50, CCS; 3. Parrish, 31-06.00, WP; 6. Dinnel, 30-01.00, WP.