Longhorn Girls place 1st at SPVA

By Paige Nickless
Imperial Republican
The Lady Longhorns asserted dominance last week at the SPVA conference, winning the team title by 160 points. Chase County had 240 points, with Perkins County in second with 80.
Many first-place finishes were to be celebrated for Chase County, such as all three relays. The 400-meter relay, which included Ava McNair, Riley Rusher, Adelle Eskew, and Hayley Rusher, won with a time of 50.65 seconds. The 1600-meter relay claimed victory with a time of 4:16.13, which included Avery beemer, Landree McNair, Emily Randall, and R. Rusher. The 3200-meter relay won with a little less than a whole minute lead. Those runners included Miranda Spady, L. McNair, Elizabeth Hanna, and Randall.
For open events, R. Rusher won the 200-meter dash with her sister, H. Rusher, right behind her. Spady won the 400. In the 800, the Longhorns placed 1-2-3. Those runners included Randall, L. McNair, and Ashlyn Heermann, respectively. For the 3200-meter run, Alayan Smith and Tessa Smith went 1-2 with a 23-second gap to third place. A few field events also claimed victory. Those included L. McNair in High Jump, H. Rusher in Pole Vault, Eskew in Long Jump, and A. McNair in Triple Jump.
Plenty of second-place finishes could be found as well, R. Rusher in the 100; Hanna in the 1600; Paige Owens in the 100 and 300 hurdles; Spady in Shot Put; and Beemer in Pole Vault; Eskew in Triple Jump; and A. McNair in Long Jump.
Up next for the Lady Longhorns is Best of the Midwest on Tuesday, May 6th. The meet is scheduled to begin at 3:00 pm at Sutherland. After the completion of that meet, they will then travel to Dundy County to compete at the Twilight Meet. The meet is scheduled on Friday, May 9th, and will start at 12:30 pm.
Girls Varsity SPVA-CC
100 Meter Dash—1st, Taylor Bright BP 12.63, 2nd, Riley Rusher CC 12.76, 3rd, Avery Beemer CC 12.79, 4th, Hayley Rusher CC 12.96.
200 Meter Dash—1st, Riley Rusher CC 26.27, 2nd, Hayley Rusher CC 26.35, 7th, Kadence Wallin CC 28.17.
400 Meter Dash—1st, Miranda Spady CC 1:05.20, 4th, Aria McNair CC 1:07.84, 8th, Danna Valdez Chavira CC 1:10.76.
800 Meter Run—1st, Emily Randall CC 2:27.95, 2nd, Landree McNair CC 2:30.46, 3rd, Ashlyn Heermann CC 2:32.38.
1600 Meter Run—1st, Madison Potts PC 5:48.89, 2nd, Elizabeth Hanna CC 5:52.14, 3rd, Tessa Smith CC 5:52.98, 5th, Kate Colson CC 6:09.50.
3200 Meter Run—1st, Alayna Smith CC 12:52.18, 2nd, Tessa Smith CC 13:12.70, 6th, Paige Nickless CC 15:27.91.
100 Meter Hurdles—1st, Ella Homan PC 16.85, 2nd, Paige Owens CC 17.47, 5th, Marley Randall CC 18.21.
300 Meter Hurdles—1st, Ella Homan PC 48.62, 2nd, Paige Owens CC 50.54, 3rd, Marley Randall CC 52.81.
4x100 Meter Relay 1st, CC (Ava McNair, Riley Rusher, Adelle Eskew, Hayley Rusher) 50.65.
4x400 Meter Relay—1st, CC (Avery Beemer, Landree McNair, Emily Randall, Riley Rusher) 4:16.13.
4x800 Meter Relay—1st CC (Miranda Spady, Landree McNair, Elizabeth Hanna, Emily Randall) 10:18.95.
Long Jump—1st, Adelle Eskew CC 16’ 9.5”, 2nd, Ava McNair CC 15’ 9.5”.
Shot Put—1st, Addison Frederick Her 35’ 1”, 2nd, Miranda Spady CC 34’ 8”, 7th, Mya White CC 31’ 5”.
Discus—1st, Addison Frederick Her 132’ 11”, 6th, Miranda Spady CC 98’ 2”.
Triple Jump—1st, Ava McNair CC 33’ 1.75”, 2nd, Adelle Eskew CC 32’ 8”, 5th, Marley Randall CC 31’ 2”.
High Jump—1st Landree McNair CC 5’, 7th, Paige Owens CC 4’ 6”.
Pole Vault—1st, Hayley Rusher CC 10’ 2”, 2nd, Avery Beemer CC 9’ 8”, 5th, Aria McNair CC 8’ 2”.
Team scores
    1. Chase County 240, 2. Perkins County 80, 3. Hershey 79, 4. Bridgeport 67, 5. North Platte St. Pats 40, 6. Kimball 18.