2026 C-9 Girls District Champion, Chase County Longhorns.
2026 C-9 Boys District Champion, Chase County Longhorns.
CCS Track sweeps C-9 District Track
By Alan Carman
The Imperial Republican
Thursday, May 14, was a beautiful day for the C-9 District Track Meet held in Grant. Both the boys and girls teams from Chase County brought home the C-9 District Champion Title.
In doing so, the Longhorn Boys qualified competitors in 12 events and three relays at the State Track Meet in Omaha on Friday and Saturday, May 22-23. The Girls Team qualified in 11 events and all three relays.
Tate Hubbard broke his own CCS Pole Vault record with a vault of 15’ 2” and taking the championship. Lukas Fries was first in the 300 meter hurdles with a time of 39.71.
Noah Rau won the shot put with a personal best throw of 59’ 9.75” and won the discus, throwing 203’ 7”
Taking championships for the girls were Emily Randall in the 800, running it in 2:24.48, Addison Hauxwell in the 1600 in a time of 5:44.12. Hayley Rusher was champion pole vaulter, going 11’2”.
The boys won the 4x400 and 4x800 relays, while the girls won the 4x100 and 4x800.
Boys Team scores
1. Chase County 140, 2. North Platte St. Pats 91.5, 3. Hershey 79, 4. Ogallala 41.5, 5. Hemingford 41, 5. Bridgeport 41, 7. Kimball 31, 8. Mitchell 28, 9. Gordon-Rushville 22, 10. Perkins County 12.
Girls Team scores
1. Chase County 156, 2. Ogallala 72, 3. North Platte St. Pats 59, 4. Perkins County 54, 5. Mitchell 50, 6. Hershey 41, 7. Gordon-Rushville 35, 8. Kimball 31, 9. Bridgeport 28, 10. Hemingford 1.
Boys Individual results
100 M: 1. Mason Giebler NPSP 10.58, 2. Austin Smith CC 10.80 Q.
200 M: 1. Mason Giebler NPSP 21.77, 2. Austin Smith CC 22.08 Q.
400 M: 1. Cole Murdock HER 51.26, 2. Brandon Chavira Sanchez CC 52.06 Q, 3. Jackson Cyboron CC 53.86.
800 M: 1. Zaiden Peterson OG 1:59.95, 6. Krayton Paisley CC 2:10.86.
1600 M: 1. Coltan Ham NPSP 4:39.57, 3. Haven Hauxwell CC 4:49.82.
3200 M: 1. Coltan Ham NPSP 9:57.05, 4. Haven Hauxwell CC 10:24.03 Q, 7. Bryce Mandeville CC 11:21.38.
110 M Hurdles: 1. Xavier Galloway MIT 14.71, 2. Lukas Fries CC 14.78 Q, 4. Hayden Worth CC 15.48 Q.
300 M Hurdles: 1. Lukas Fries CC 39.71 Q, 4. Hayden Worth CC 42,44.
4x100 M Relay: 1. Her 42.78, 4. Chase County (Tate Hubbard, Brextin Moreno, Austin Smith, Kacen Wenzlick) 44.10.
4x400 M Relay: 1. Chase County (Austin Smith, Brextin Mopreno, Brandon Chavira Sanchez, Lukas Fries) 3:27.69 Q.
4x800 M Relay: 1. Chase County (Krayton Paisley, Brextin Moreno, Brandon Chavira Sanchez, Haven Hauxwell) 8:23.35 Q.
Shot Put: 1. Noah Rau CC 59’ 9.75” Q.
Discus: 1. Noah Rau CC 203’ 7” Q, 4. Trace Terryberry CC 140’ 5”, 5. Cristobal Tarango CC 138’ 1”.
High Jump: 1. Cy Lowery OG 6’ 4”, 2. Lukas Fries CC 6’ 2” Q, 7. James Bomba CC 5’ 8”.
Pole Vault: 1. Tate Hubbard CC 15’ 2” Q, 5. Spencer Kelley CC 13’ 2” Q, 7. Dylan Miscles Gamboa CC 12’ 2”.
Triple Jump: 1. Braylon Holston G-R 41’ 10”, 6.Adan Mireles CC 38’ 11”.
Girls Individual results
100 M: 1. Sydney Lake NPSP 12.11, 3. Avery Beemer CC 12.55 Q.
200 M: 1. Sydney Lake NPSP 25.10, 2. Riley Rusher CC 25.65 Q, 8. Kate Colson CC 28.48.
400 M: 1. Aniston O’Neil OG 58.57, 7. Danna Valdez Chavira CC 1:06.09.
800 M: 1. Emily Randall CC 2:24.48 Q, 3. Ashlyn Heermann CC 2:36.70, 4. Aria McNair CC 2:37.82.
1600 M: 1. Addison Hauxwell CC 5:44.12 Q, 4. Tessa Smith CC 6:20.24.
3200 M: 1. Madison Potts PC 12:24.85, 2. Addison Hauxwell CC 12:31.25 Q, 7. Tessa Smith CC 13:48.08, 8. Alayna Smith CC 13:55.96.
100 M Hurdles 1. Shaydyn Rasby OG 14.65, 2. Mia Fries CC 15.61 Q, 3. Marley Randall CC 16.21.
300 M Hurdles: 1. Shaydyn Rasby OG 43.45, 3. Mia Fries CC 48.88, 6. Marley Randall CC 52.03.
4x100 M Relay: 1. Chase County (Avery Beemer, Riley Rusher, Kadence Wallin, Hayley Rusher) 49.73 Q.
4x400 M Relay: 1. OG 4:02.44, 2. Chase County (Riley Rusher, Emily Randall, Hayley Rusher, Avery Beemer) 4:05.24 Q.
4x800 M Relay: 1. Chase County (Addison Hauxwell, Ashlyn Heermann, Aria McNair, Emily Randall) 10:02.84 Q.
Shot Put: 1. Laney Caskey OG 37’ 4”, 2. Miranda Spady CC 36’ 3” Q.
Discus: 1. JaLeigh Bohac KIM 122’ 3”, 2. Miranda Spady CC 121’ 11” Q, 7. Taya Stromberger CC 103’ 10”.
High Jump: 1. Addisyn Olson KIM 4’ 11”, 7. Mia Fries CC 4’ 7”.
Pole Vault: 1. Hayley Rusher CC 11’ 2” Q, 2. Avery Beemer CC 11’ 2” Q, 4. Avery Cyboron CC 8’ 8”.
Long Jump: 1. Kate Pieper MIT 17’ 0.25”, 3. Kadence Wallin CC 15’ 7.5”.
Triple Jump: 1. Zaleah Cartwright NPSP 34’ 2.25”, 6. Kadence Wallin CC 30’ 11.5”, 7. Marley Randall CC 30’ 11.25”.
CCS Athletes that qualified for State-Boys
Brandon Chavira Sanchez, Lukas Fries, Haven Hauxwell, Tate Hubbard, Spencer Kelley, Brextin Moreno, Krayton Paisley, Noah Rau, Austin Smith, Kacen Wenzlick and Hayden Worth.
CCS Girls
Avery Beemer, Mia Fries, Addison Hauxwell, Ashlyn Heermann, Aria McNair, Emily Randall, Hayley Rusher, Riley Rusher, Miranda Spady, Kadence Wallin and Liz Hanna.
Championship schedule
The first day of Class C competition will start Friday, May 22, at Omaha Burke Stadium. Field events begin at 9:00 a.m. Running events will start at 1:30 p.m.
Saturday, May 23, the schedule will be the same times for field events and running events.
All tickets are mobile tickets only at a price of: Adults $12 per day and Students $9 per day. Check the NSAA Track and Field website for more information.
Cutlines for pictures below, from left to right
Addison Hauxwell held off Madison Potts of Perkins County to win the 1600 meter run.
Brandon Chavira Sanchez makes a clean baton pass to Lukas Fries in the 4x400 relay. The Longhorns went on to win the race.
Hayley Rusher powers across the finish line to finish in first place in the 4x100 meter relay.
Lukas Fries won the 300 meter hurdles by more than a second over second place,
Emily Randall gets the baton from Riley Rusher to start the second leg of the 4x400 meter relay. The Longhorns finished second to Ogallala, but still qualified for the State Meet.