Lady Longhorns win Class B-6 District

By Paige Nicklesse
Imperial Republican Correspondent
This past Tuesday, the Lady Longhorns track team declared victory at the B6 District competition. This was the first year the Longhorns competed in this district due to being moved from Class C to Class B.  The final team points were 105, with the Bison in second place with 100.
Many individual events qualified, including Adele Eskew in Long Jump, Emily Randall in the 800-meter dash, Hayley Rusher in Pole Vault, the 100 and 200-meter dashes, Riley Rusher in the 100 and 200-meter dashes, Alayna Smith in the 3200 run, and Miranda Spady in Discus. All three relays qualified for State as well. Those members include Spady, Landree McNair, Elizabeth Hanna, and Randall for the 3200 meter relay, Ava McNair, R. Rusher, Eskew, and H. Rusher for the 400 meter relay, and R. Rusher, Spady, L. McNair, and Randall for the 1600 meter relay.
The state competition will take place at Omaha Burke. Half of the competition will take place on Wednesday, May 21st, and the other half on Thursday, May 22nd.
Girls qualifiers, rank
    Adelle Eskew, long jump, 16’ 8.25”, 17th; 4x100 relay, 49.80, 11th.
    Elizabeth Hanna, 4x800 relay, 9:40.72, 11th.
    Ava McNair, 4x100 relay, 49.80, 11th.
    Landree McNair, 4x400 relay, 4:05.08, 7th; 4x800, 9:40.72, 3rd.
    Emily Randall, 800 meter run, 2:21.51, 9th; 4x400 relay, 4:05.08, 7th; 4x800 relay, 9:40.72, 3rd.
    Hayley Rusher, pole vault, 10’ 2”, 9th, 100 meter dash, 12.71, 21st; 4x400 relay, 4:05.08, 7th; 4x800 relay, 9:40.72, 3rd.
    Riley Rusher, 100 meter dash, 12.53, 16th; 200 meter dash, 25.53, 7th; 4x100 relay, 49.80, 11th; 4x400 relay, 4:05.08, 7th.
    Alayna Smith, 3200 meter run, 12:55.38, 23rd.
    Miranda Spady, discus, 116’ 7.5”, 18th; 4x400 relay, 4:05.08, 7th; 4x800 relay, 9:40.72, 3rd.

Girls Varsity B-6 CC
100 Meter Dash—1st, Gabrielle Moreno Ger 12.48, 3rd, Riley Rusher CC 12.53, 4th, Hayley Rusher CC 12.71, 6th, Avery Beemer CC 12.97.
200 Meter Dash—1st, Riley Rusher CC 25.53, 3rd, Hayley Rusher CC 25.77, 5th, Avery Beemer CC 27.41.
400 Meter Dash—1st, Story Rasby Og 57.06, 4th, Kate Colson CC 1:04.04, 6th, Miranda Spady CC 1:04.96, 7th, Aria McNair CC 1:05.49.
800 Meter Run—1st, Emily Randall CC 2:21.51, 5th, Ashlyn Heermann CC 2:34.95, 7th, Kate Colson CC 2:37.84.
1600 Meter Run—1st, Emma Cappel MC 5:30.15, 4th, Tessa Smith CC 5:50.87, 6th, Elizabeth Hanna CC 5:55.37.
3200 Meter Run—1st, Scout Bell Got 12:33.87, 2nd, Alayna Smith CC 12:55.38, 4th, Tessa Smith CC 13:15.43.
100 Meter Hurdles—1st, Shaydyn Rasby Og 14.73, 7th, Peyton Owens CC 16.75.
300 Meter Hurdles—1st, Shaydyn Rasby Og 43.45, 6th, Peyton Owens CC 48.94.
4x100 Meter Relay1st, CC (Ava McNair, R. Rusher, A. Eskew, H. Rusher) 49.80.
4x400 Meter Relay—1st, Og 3:56.65, 3rd, CC (R. Rusher, M. Spady, L. McNair, E. Randall) 4:05.08.
4x800 Meter Relay—1st, MC 9:37.34, 2nd, CC (M. Spady, L. McNair, E. Hanna, E. Randall) 9:40.72.
Long Jump—1st,Addisyn Gruver Chad 17’ 2”, 3rd, Adelle Eskew CC 16’ 8.25”.
Shot Put—1st, Jaxie John Ger 41’ 2”.
Discus—1st, Amaiya Carlson Got 124’ 5”, 5th, Miranda Spady CC 116’ 7.5”.
Triple Jump—1st, Kylee Kampfe Sid 35’ 2.75”, 6th, Ava McNair CC 33’ 9”.
High Jump—1st, Halleigha Beavers MC 5’ 1”, 8th, Landree McNair CC 4’ 11”.
Pole Vault—1st, Leni Henderson MC 10’ 8”, 2nd, Hayley Rusher CC 10’ 2”.