State Track Schedule

By Clare Wiltse, Sports Contributor

It will be a busy Friday afternoon for the State Qualifiers from Northeast’s track team.  The Class D prelims are set to start at 3:30 P.M. on May 23 at Burke Stadium in Omaha..  

LDNE has two athletes in the 400 meter dash which starts at 5::45 P.M.  Brianne Haskell will run in lane 8 of  the third heat.  Chevy Henneman  also lines up in lane 8 of second heat of the boys’ race.  The top eight times will advance to the finals on Saturday at 12:55 P.M.

Jon Christiansen will get the jump on the track athletes as his event, the triple jump, starts at 3:00 P. M.  Jon is in the third flight which has the top eight marks from the district meets.

LDNE’s other jumper, Kelly Wakeley competes at 5:30 P. M.    She will be in he second flight of the girls’ long jump.

Northeast has both of its discus throwers in the third flight.  Abby Peterson and Darcey Simonsen are seeded at fourth and eighth in the competition which starts at 5:30.

On Saturday,  Dylan Hardeman starts Northeast’s day with an 800 meter race at 9:30 A.M.   He runs in section one of the race.

The 4×400 meter relay is the last event on Saturday.   Jon Christiansen, Benny Estrada, Dylan Hardeman, and Chevy cap off a successful season as they race in Section 1 at 3:55 P.M.