Chase County girls assert dominance at SPVA track

    Just when SPVA teams thought they’d spotted a weakness with the Chase County girls track team, the Longhorns sent a clear message that they are dominant team in the conference.
    With the conference title firmly in hand, CCS sent a new look 1,600-meter relay onto the track, freshman Dylan and Ashlyn Heermann and junior Hailey Markee with 4x400 regular sophomore Peyton Owens.
    Teams were licking there lips for a chance to take the relay crown from Chase County, but the quartet finished five seconds ahead of runner up Perkins County with the Longhorns’ third fastest 1,600 relay time of the year.
    Head Coach Troy Hauxwell said it was the cherry on top of the day.
    Seeing the way the team rallied around and celebrated with the relay team members made Hauxwell proud to be the team’s coach.
    CCS just missed the 200 point mark, beating runner up North Platte St. Pat’s 196-88.
    First place finishes came from Bryn McNair in the 800 and high jump. McNair set a new meet record, a moved to the top of the Class C leader board, with a jump of 5’7”. The previous record of 5’6” was set in 2015 by Chase County’s Katelyn Wheeler.
    Ali McNair cleared 8’7” to win pole vault.
    The Longhorns’ relay teams won all three races.
    Running the 400-meter relay were Hayley Rusher, Ella Colson, Ali McNair and Riley Rusher. In the 100-meter dash, Colson was third, H. Rusher fifth and A. McNair seventh. Chase County also had three runners in the finals of the 200, R. Rusher, H. Rusher and A. McNair.
    Making up the 3,200-meter relay was Olivia Spady, Miranda Spady, Landree McNair and A. Heermann.
    Plenty of second place finishes could be found as well, R. Rusher in the 400; L. McNair in the 1,600; Owens in the 300-meter hurdles, Kaylie Lotspeich in the shot put and Katelyn Stamm in the triple jump.
    Hurdlers Joee Clevenger and Tristan Nordhausen joined Owens with a strong day for Chase County, finishing 3-4-5 in the 100 hurdles and 2-3-4 in the 300 hurdles.
Up next
    The Longhorns took a good group to the Best of the Midwest Tuesday in Sutherland. Results will be available in next week’s Republican.
    Friday will be the annual Dundy County Stratton Twilight in Benkelman.
    The season’s final regular season meet will begin at 12:30 p.m.
    District track will be next Thursday at Perkins County. Girls events in Grant will begin at 10 a.m.
    The meet will have a session of field events followed by a session of running events.
    The second session of field events will begin at 2 p.m. with girls pole vault. Girls discus, pole vault and long jump will begin at 2:15 p.m. along with boys high jump, triple jump and shot put.
    Second session field events will start at 3:45 p.m.

SPVA Track Championships
Girls team results—1. CCS, 196; 2. NPSP, 88; 3. PCS, 73; 4. Bridgeport, 65; 5. Hershey, 53; 6. Sutherland, 39; 7. Kimball, 12.
Individual results
100 Meters—1. Mae Siegel, 12.78, NPSP; 3. Ella Colson, 13.43, CCS; 5. Hayley Rusher, 13.60, CCS; 7. Ali McNair, 13.92, CCS.
200 Meters—1. Story Rasby, 26.05, Sutherland; 3. Riley Rusher, 27.33, CCS; 4. Hayley Rusher, 28.08, CCS; 7. Ali McNair, 28.92, CCS.
400 Meters—1. Rasby, 59.49, Sutherland; 2. R. Rusher, 1:05.08, CCS; 5. Dylan Heermann, 1:07.21, CCS; 8. Hailey Markee, 1:08.21, CCS.
800 Meters—1. Bryn McNair, 2:22.79, CCS; 3. Ashlyn Heermann, 2:38.85,CCS; 4. Miranda Spady, 2:38.89, CCS.
1600 Meters—1. Braelyn Gifford, 5:48.85, NPSP; 2. Landree McNair, 5:59.66, CCS; 4. Tessa Smith, 6:13.31, CCS;7. McKenzie Vogt, 6:43.10, CCS.
3200 Meters—1. Gifford, 12:33.56, NPSP; 3. Smith, 13:39.82, CCS; 5. McKenzie Vogt, 14:08.17, CCS; 8. Paige Nickless, 16:42.35, CCS.
100m Hurdles—1. Kailee Potts, 16.73, PCS; 3. Peyton Owens, 17.03, CCS; 4.  Tristan Nordhausen, 17.29, CCS; 5. Joee Clevenger, 17.67, CCS.
300m Hurdles—1. Kailee Potts, 48.71, PCS; 2. Peyton Owens, 50.58, CCS; 3. Joee Clevenger, 52.13, CCS; 4. Tristan Nordhausen, 53.15, CCS.
4x100 Relay—1. CCS (H. Rusher, Colson, Ali McNair, R. Rusher), 52.47.
4x400 Relay—1. CCS (D. Heermann, Markee, A. Heermann, Owens), 4:19.40.
4x800 Relay—1. CCS (Olivia Spady, M. Spady, L. McNair, A. Heermann), 10:45.89.
Shot Put—1. Grace Dean, 37’8, Bridgeport; 2. Kaylie Lotspeich, 35’2, CCS; 4. Kylee Wiest, 32’11.5, CCS.
Discus—1. Ruthie Loomis-Goltl, 141’0, Bridgeport; 3. Lotspeich, 119’10, CCS; 6. Addi Leibbrandt, 105’6, CCS; 7. Wiest, 100’9, CCS.
High Jump—1. B. McNair, 5’7, CCS; 3. L. McNair, 4’9, CCS.
Pole Vault—1. Ali McNair, 8’7, CCS; 3. M. Spady, 8’1, CCS; 6. A. Heermann, 7’1, CCS.
Long Jump—1. Siegel, 16’11.75, NPSP; 4. Adelle Eskew, 14’10.25, CCS; 7. Katelyn Stamm, 14’4.75, CCS; 8. Ava McNair, 14’4, CCS.
Triple Jump—1. Siegel, 36’9.5, NPSP; 2. Stamm, 33’11.75, CCS; 4. Ava McNair, 31’6.5, CCS; 7. Eskew, 29’8, CCS.
North Platte JV Invite
Girls JV team scores—1. CCS, 191; 2. North Platte, 107; 3. McCook, 74; 4. Gothenburg, 63; 5. Lexington, 32; 6. Cozad, 18.
Individual results
100 Meters—1. Dylan Heermann, 13.81, CCS; 4. Hailey Markee, 14.22, CCS; 8. Navy Havel, 14.68, CCS.
200 Meters—1. Adelle Eskew, 27.84, CCS; 4. D. Heermann, 29.67, CCS; 6. Havel, 30.19, CCS
400 Meters—1. D. Heermann, 1:05.69, CCS; 2. Markee, 1:06.26, CCS; 3. Lexi Ringleman, 1:33.03, CCS.
800 Meters—1. Lindly Anderson, 2:41.75, Gothenburg; 4. Tessa Smith, 2:49.30, CCS; 6. Paige Nickless, 3:18.62, CCS; 7. Faith Hauxwell, 3:19.21, CCS.
1600 Meters—1. Brecken Gale, 6:19.81, McCook; 5. Anna Aragon, 7:27.89, CCS.
3200 Meters—1. Megan Miller, 15:34.87, McCook; 2. Paige Nickless, 17:05.39, CCS.
100m Hurdles—1. Karlie Anderson, 18.25, CCS; 3. Marley Randall, 20.29, CCS.
300m Hurdles—1. Randall, 54.72, CCS; 2. Karlie Anderson, 1:00.41, CCS.
4x100 Relay—1. CCS (D. Heermann, Anderson, Markee, Eskew), 54.53.
4x400 Relay—1. CCS (Randall,  Smith,  Hauxwell, Aragon), 5:04.73.
4x800 Relay—1. CCS (Aragon,  Hauxwell, Nickless, Smith), 13:01.21.
SMR 1600m—1. McCook, 4:59.18; 5. CCS (Maddie Clark, Brooke Schilke, Eskew, Smith), 5:20.04.
Shot Put—1. Halsey Thomalla, 32’1.5, Gothenburg; 2. Addi Leibbrandt, 30’11, CCS; 8. Clark, 26’3, CCS.
Discus—1. Schilke, 102’10, CCS; 4. Clark, 91’3, CCS; 7. Leibbrandt, 81’6, CCS.
High Jump—1. Anderson, 4’4, CCS.
Long Jump—1. Eskew, 15’6.5, CCS; 6. Navy Havel, 13’3, CCS.
Triple Jump—1. Eskew, 31’1.75, CCS; 4. Randall, 29’0, CCS; 7. Aragon, 27’6.5, CCS.