Broncos score well in field events at RPAC

    The Wauneta-Palisade track teams picked up an RPAC individual first place finish from Peyton Cox and got second place performances from Jacksen Littrel and Kyle Jutten at Thursday’s championships in Benkelman.
    Cox broke 38’ for the first time this season, winning the shot put title by more than three feet.
    Head Coach Dawn Doetker said Cox is really being aggressive with her throws.
    Jacksen Littrel placed second in the shot put, 44’11”, and discus, 132’4”, behind Hitchcock County’s Keegan Shuler. Littrel also PRed in both events.
    Kyle Jutten jumped a personal best of 6’0” to lock down second place in the high jump.
    Jutten and Littrel are seniors and Cox is a junior. Doetker said her upperclassmen are giving strong performances and are where they need to be.
    Also finishing in the top eight were Cheyenne Parrish in the 100 and 200-meter dashes, Lillian Dinnel in the triple jump and high jump and GraCee Goings in the discus and shot put.
    The girls’ 400-meter relay, McKenna Doetker, Parrish, Ryleigh McCrumb and Halle Bardsley, placed fourth, while the boys’ relay, Gabriel McCrumb, Jutten, Littrel and Ashton Wheeler, placed seventh.
    Doetker said she loves how her teams have stayed strong together.
    The Broncos are averaging 15 personal bests each meet, showing how hard they’re working.
Up next
    WP will spend the week fine tuning field events and doing block work, Doetker said.
    Several Broncos competed at the Best of the Midwest Tuesday, including Cox and Littrel in the shot put and Jutten in the high jump.
    Friday will be the last regular season meet, the Dundy County Stratton Twilight in Benkelman. The meet will start at 12:30 p.m.
    District track will be next Wednesday in Cambridge. Also attending the D7 district will be Arapahoe, Bertrand, Cambridge, Dundy County Stratton, Hitchcock County, Loomis, Maywood-Hayes Center, Medicine Valley, Southwest and Wallace.
RPAC track championships
Boys team scores—1. Hitchcock County, 111; 2. Bertrand, 75; 3. Cambridge, 62.5; 4. Dundy County Stratton, 61; 5. Arapahoe, 50; 6. Paxton, 46; 7. Alma, 45; 8. Wallace, 41; 8. Maxwell, 41; 10. Medicine Valley, 40; 11. Southwest,  34; 12. WP, 28.5; 13. Southern Valley, 17; 14. MHC, 11.
4x100 Relay—1. Hitchcock Co. 47.38; 7. WP (Gabriel McCrumb, Kyle Jutten, Jacksen Littrel, Ashton Wheeler), 48.97.
Shot Put—1. Keegan Shuler, 53-11.00, Hitchcock Co.; 2. Littrel, 44-11.00, WP.
Discus—1. Shuler, 152-03, Hitchcock Co.; 2. Littrel, 132-04, WP.
High Jump—1. Peyton Herrick, 6-05.00, Alma; 2. Jutten, 6-00.00, WP.
Girls team results—1. Cambridge, 120.14; 2. Wallace, 86.14; 3. MHC, 75; 4. Southern Valley, 70; 5. Medicine Valley, 42; 6. Bertrand, 39; 7. Paxton, 36.14; 8. Southwest, 34.28; 9. Hitchcock County, 34; 10. Dundy County Stratton, 33; 11. WP, 31.14; 12. Alma, 22.5; 13. Arapahoe, 20.5; 14. Maxwell, 17.14.
Individual results
100 Meters—JoLie Farr, Cambridge, 13.09; 7. Cheyenne Parrish, 14.31.
200 Meters—1. Adi Hunt, 26.76, SV; 7. Parrish, 29.19, WP.
4x100 Relay—1. Hitchcock Co., 55.95; 4. WP (McKenna Doetker, Parrish, Ryleigh McCrumb, Halle Bardsley), 56.61.
Shot Put—1. Peyton Cox, 38-08.50, WP; 5. GraCee Goings, 32-05.50, WP.
Discus—1. Brynn Baily 111-10, SV; 4. Goings 105-05, WP.
High Jump—1. Ann Bose, 5-00.00, SV; 8. Lillian Dinnel, 4-06.00, WP.
Triple Jump—1. Adi Hunt, 34-03.00, Southern Valley; 6. Lillian Dinnel 30-08.50, WP.