Boys 18th, girls tie for 31st at State Track

By Alan Carman
The Imperial Republican
    The Chase County Boys and Girls track teams competed in Omaha, Wednesday and Thursday, May 21-22. The boys were going for a three-peat, but moving up to class B may have something to do with them not being able to pull it off.
    The boys still finished in a solid 18th place, scoring 15 points. The girls finished in a three way tie for 31st, with four points.
    Scoring for the boys were Noah Rau, Kole Clevenger and Tate Hubbard. For the girls, it was Emily Randall and the 4x400 and 4x800 relay teams.
    In the boys discus throw, junior Noah Rau had a large crowd gathered to watch his performance and they got a great show. Rau stepped up on his second throw and set a new meet and State record, launching the discus 203’ 9”, beating the old State record set by Larry Station of Omaha Central in 1982 of 202’ 1”. The State Meet record was previously held by Scott McPherren of Lincoln East, at 198’ 9”, set in 1993.
    Rau’s throw is the ninth longest throw by a high school student in the U. S. and scored the team 10 points.
    Senior, Kole Clevenger finished in sixth place in the boys long jump with a leap of 22’ 3.25”, earning the team three points.
    Rounding out the scoring for the boys was sophomore Tate Hubbard, vaulting 14’ 6” in the pole vault to take seventh place and score two team points.
    For the girls, Emily Randall finished eighth in the 800 meter run with a time of 2:21.09, scoring one point for the team.
    The girls 4x400 relay team, (Riley Rusher, Miranda Spady, Landree McNair, Emily Randall), finished seventh with a time of 4:03.20, earning two team points.
    The final point came from the girls 4x800 relay team, (Miranda Spady, Landree McNair, Elizabeth Hanna, Emily Randall), finished eighth with a time of 9:44.10.
Boys team scores
    1. Waverly 73, 2. Gretna East 64, 3. Omaha Skutt Catholic 37, 3. Central City 37, 5. Elkhorn North 35, 5. Lincoln Pius X 35, 7. Sidney 31.5, 8. Cozad 25, 9. Wahoo 23, 10. Elkhorn 22, 11. Norris 21, 11. Aurora 21, 13. Platteview 20, 14. Ashland-Greenwood 17, 15. Seward 16.5, 16. Blair 16, 16. Beatrice 16, 18. Chase County 15, 19. Minden 12, 19. Hastings 12, 19. Holdrege 12, 22. Douglas County West 10, 22. McCook 10, 22. Adams Central 10, 25. Northwest 8, 26. Standing Bear 7, 26. Gothenburg 7, 26. Milford 7, 29. Pierce 6, 29. Scottsbluff 6, 31. O’Neill 5, 32. Gering 3, 33. Omaha Roncalli Catholic 3, 33. Gretna 3, 33. Wayne 3, 33. Auburn 3, 33. Bennington 3, 38. Columbus Lakeview 2, 38. Lincoln Northwest 2, 38. Lexington 2.
Girls team scores
    1. Bennington 80, 2. Waverly 69, 3. Norris 58, 4. Seward 48, 5. Northwest 41.5, 6. Gretna 36.5, 7. Elkhorn North 33, 8. Elkhorn 30, 9. Ogallala 29, 10. Omaha Roncalli Catholic 20, 11. Auburn 18, 12, Omaha Skutt Catholic 14, 13. McCook 13, 13. Blair 13, 15. Holdrege 12, 15. Hastings 12, 17. Minden 11.5, 18. Columbus Lakeview 11, 19. Lincoln Pius X 8, 19. Boys Town 8, 19. Ashlan-Greenwood 8, 19. Fairbury 8, 19. Aurora 8, 24. Plattsmouth 7.5, 25. Lexington 6, 25. Pierce 6, 25. Gering 6, 25. Gretna East 6, 29. Chadron 5, 29. Crete 5, 31. Broken Bow 4, 31. West Point-Beemer 4, 31. Chase County 4, 34. O’Neill 3, 34. York 3, 34. Scottsbluff 3, 34. Central City 3, 34. Lincoln Northwest 3, 39. Fort Calhoun 2, 39. Wahoo 2, 41. Scotus Central Catholic 1.

Chase County placings
    Girls 100M: 10th, Riley Rusher 12.60, 15th, Hayley Rusher 12.68.
    Boys 110M Hurdles: 15th, Lukas Fries 15.30.
    Girls 200M: 9th, Hayley Rusher 25.89, 12th, Riley Rusher 26.07.
    Boys 300M Hurdles: 21st, Lukas Fries 43.51.
    Boys 400M: 15th, Camron Lempke 52.10.
    Boys 800M: 17th Tristan Jablonski 2:00.71.
    Girls 800M: 8th, Emily Randall 2:21.09.
    Boys 3200M: 15th, Haven Hauxwell 10:02.41.
    Girls 3200M: 23 Alayna Smith 12:43.60.
    Boys Discus throw: 1st Noah Rau 203’ 9”. New Meet and State record.
    Girls Discus throw: 18th Miranda Spady 103’ 3”.
    Boys high jump: 15th Lukas Fries 6’, 17th James Bomba 5’ 10”.
    Boys long jump: 6th Kole Clevenger 22’ 3.25”, 24th Camron Lempke 19’ 3.75”.
    Girls long jump: 15th Adelle Eskew 16’ 4.5”.
    Boys pole vault: 7th Tate Hubbard 14’ 6”, 17th Spencer Kelley 12’ 6”.
    Girls Pole Vault: 10th Hayley Rusher 10’.
    Boys shot put: 11th Noah Rau 49’ 3”.
    Boys 4x100: 11th Austin Smith, Tucker Mollendor, Thomas Reeves, Camron Lempke 43.63.
    Girls 4x100: 10th Ava McNair, Riley Rusher, Adelle Eskew, Hayley Rusher 50.03.
    Boys 4x400: 10th Kole Clevenger, Tristan Jablonski, Thomas Reeves, Camron Lempke 3:26.48.
    Girls 4x400: 7th Riley Rusher, Miranda Spady, Landree McNair, Emily Randall 4:03.20.
    Boys 4x800: 16th Haven Hauxwell, Brextin Moreno, Kreyton Paisley, Tristan Jablonski 8:28.14.
    Girls 4x800: 8th Miranda Spady, Landree McNair, Elizabeth Hanna, Emily Randall 9:44.10.