State Track Schedule

May 18, 2015 Leave a comment


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.

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Cougars Qualify Eight for State Track

May 18, 2015 Leave a comment


By Clare Wiltse, Sports Contributor

Cougar Track and Field will have eight representatives at the State Track Meet next Friday at Burke Stadium in Omaha.  “It was a very competitive meet as the teams had to battle a brutal wind,” said Coach Hosch. The Lady Cougars finished in third place with 71 points.  They trailed Allen who scored 124 and Wynot with 86  points.  The boys finished in fourth with 55 points. Wausau was the winner with 133 points followed by Randolph with 84.

 

Three Athletes are making a return trip to Burke Stadium.  Darcey Simonsen is going back for the third time.  She placed third last year in the discus..  Chevy Henneman and Kelly Wakeley are competing in different events this year.  Chevy moves up from the 100M to the 400 M.  Kelly switches from the triple jump to the long jump.

 

The girls got a big boost from the discus competition.  Northeast throwers took the top two positions.  Abby Peterson was a surprise winner.  She had been battling illness all week, but came through with a personal best by eight feet to take the gold.  Her winning mark was 119 fee 3 inches.  Darcey Simonsen took the other qualifying position with a toss of 113 feet 6 inches.

 

Brianne Haskell fought the wind and a B-R runner down the stretch in the 400 M dash.   She got the edge with fifteen meters left and held on to place second place in 1:07.1. After sitting out last year because of a basketball injury it was a sweet feeling to qualify for the first time.   In the boys’ race, Chevy Henneman found himself  behind coming off the final curve.  He battled to the lead coming down the stretch, loss it, and surged at the end to take a photo finish win in a slow time for him of 55.4.

 

Jon Christiansen made up for the disappointment of taking third in the triple jump as a freshman.  He had a career best of 41 feet 8 3/4 inches to place second to one of the best jumpers in the state from Wausau.

 

Dylan Hardeman raced to a second place finish in the 800 M run.  It was a three man race to finish and the senior had the fortitude to claim the second qualifying position with a time of 2:13.2.

 

The boys’ relays had one victory and one disappointment.  After a disastrous first hand off the 4×400 team had to play catch up to the team from Allen.  A strong  anchor leg by Chevy Henneman got the team the lead with 60 meters to go.  They won in  3:44.0.  The team  included Jon Christiansen, Benny Estrada, and Dylan Hardeman.  The same foursome had lined up the race before, the 4×100,  and lost to Randolph as the Cardinal anchor edged out Chevy by one tenth of a second.   The Cougars’ time was 47.4.

 

Northeast had several place in non qualifying places.  Madie Ronnfeldt took fourth in the 100M with a time of 13.3.  Cierra French took fifth in the 400M in 1:09.4 and added a fifth in the 200M with clocking of  28.7.  In the 1600M, Sophia Henneman placed fourth in 6:25.9 and Tessie Collins added a fifth with a 6:38.1.  The 4×100 Relay took third in 55.3.  French, Haskell, Ronnfeldt, and Wakeley made carries.

 

The shot put supplied eleven points  with Darcey in third with a 33 feet 10 1/4 inch toss.  Libby Henneman got fourth with a 33 feet 4 inch effort, and Abby P added a sixth at 32 feet 9 inches.  Kelley Wakeley placed third in the triple jump with a best mark of 31 feet 9 inches.

 

The Cougar boys got a third in the 400 M by Benny Estrada.  He timed at 59.2.  Jon Christiansen took fourth in the 200M with a 24.4   Joey O’Connor added a sixth in the 3200m run.  His time was 12:17.4

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Simonsen Carries on Family Tradition at State Track

May 28, 2014 Leave a comment


Northeast’s track teams concluded their season with the State Meet held at Burke Stadium in Omaha last weekend.  Both the boys and girls had a medalist as the girls scored  six points and tied for 25th in Class D and the boys had one point placing them in a tie for 47th position.

 

Darcey Simonsen continued the family tradition as she came up with as big final throw.  She had a toss of 113 feet 1 inch in the prelims.  This put her in the final medal position going into the finals.  She still sat in eighth place until on her sixth try she had a heave of 119 feet 2 inches.  She moved up five places.  None of the  other contestants changed positions in the final round and Darcey finished in third place.

 

For the Simonsen family this is their second State medalist.  Darcey’s uncle, Brock was a three time medalist.  In 2004, he took the Class C gold, but had to settle for the silver in 2005.

 

Taylor Fuston made his third appearance at State.  In his third  400M dash at Burke Stadium he a had a non qualifying time of 54.57.

 

Taylor made the most of his first attempt in the long jump field.  The senior jumper opened with a leap of 20 feet  0.75 inches.  This mark stood up as the eighth best in the Class D field, 0.25 inches ahead of ninth place.

 

The four first timers at State failed moved out of qualifying rounds in their events.
Chevy Henneman had the twentieth best time in the boys’ 100M dash.  Libby Henneman placed fourteenth in   the shot put with a heave of 34 feet 1.25  inches.  Also in fourteenth place was freshman Kelly Wakeley in the triple jump.  Her best mark was 33 feet 8.5 inches.  Tessie Collins ran a time of 6:40.53 in the 1600M run.  She came in twenty-third place.

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Cougar State Track Schedule

May 20, 2014 Leave a comment


With athletes competing in seven events the State Track meet will have special interest for local supporters.  The meet takes place at Burke Stadium in Omaha on May 23 and 24.

 

By Clare Wiltse, Sports Contributor

The Class D prelims will be in the morning session on Friday, May 23.  The action starts at 9:00 A.M.

 

First up on the track will be Chevy Henneman in the 100M dash.  Heats for the 100M start with the girls going first at 9:55 A.M.  Chevy will be in the first boys’ heat. Look for him in lane one.

 

The 400M dash prelims will be contested at 11:15 A.M.  Taylor Fuston is in heat two.  The Lyons-Decatur district champ will start out of lane seven.

 

The field events are spread out over the two day affair.  Darcey Simonsen will be competing on Friday at 9:00 A.M.  Darcy had the sixth best mark in district competition. She throws in the third flight.

 

Saturday day will have four events of interest for the Cougar following.  It will be an early start for Libby Henneman who throws the shot put at 8:30 A.M.  She is the last thrower in the second flight.

 

Taylor Fuston had the fourth best mark from the eleven district meets in the long jump.  He will be in the third flight of the Class D long jump which begins at 1:00 P.M.

 

Freshman Kelly Wakeley will get her first taste of State competition at 3:30 P.M.  She is in the second flight of the triple jump

 

Tessie Collins will compete in the 1600M run at 3:55 P.M.  She starts in the second row of the twenty-four runners.

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