Northeast Track Medals in Three Events

May 29, 2015 Leave a comment


By Clare Wiltse, Sports Contributor

Northeast’s track team managed to bring home medals in three events at the State Track Meet held in Omaha last weekend.  The girls tallied 6 points for a 32nd place finish while the boys took 41st with 4 points.

 

Darcey Simonsen took third last year in the discus.   It looked like she was going to move up to the silver position until the final throw.  Darcey had a throw of 115 feet  3 inches to cement her position in second place with one throw to go.  Scribner-Snyder’s Peters, the classes top thrower this spring, got an three inch lead on her in the final throw to claim the silver medal.

 

Things did not go as well for Abby Peterson,.  The junior had been battling respiratory illness for over two weeks.  She was wore down a little and managed a twelfth place finish with a toss of  101 feet 10inches.

 

The third girl qualifier was Kelly Wakeley.  She had a scratch on her opening jump.  She long jumped 15 feet 2 3/4 inches on her second try and finished in the eighteenth place.  Coach Hosch said, ” I was so excited to have Kelly return to State- even though it was in a different event.   I am confident she can return next year.”

 

It was a shaky start for Jon Christiansen in the triple jump.  The sophomore opened with a 38 foot jump,  but was over two feet behind the board.  After another sub-par leap, his third attempt in the prelims got him into the finals.  It measured over 40 feet.

 

“I am  so happy that Jon finally got off a good jump,” said Coach Hosch.  “I am sure the excitement of the whole experience affected his approach.  We kept edging him forward in the finals.”

 

The coach’s advice propelled Jon into a medal position as he opened the finals with a career tying best of 41 feet 8 inches.  He moved up three places and finished with a sixth place medal.

 

The Cougars’ 400M runners faced a tough challenge as they both drew lane eight.  With the staggered start they have no runners in sight to set their pace.  “It is going to be really tough out there,” said Chevy Henneman.  The senior was at the lead with 200 meters to go.  In a photo finish Chevy ended up in fourth place .  His time of 53.22 missed making the finals by .13 seconds.

 

Brianne Haskell gave it her all.  “I was running with everybody, until the final curve and then they pulled away,”  She finished in eighth with a time of 1:06.16.

 

Dylan Hardeman ran the 800M on Saturday.  He finished tenth in his section with a time of 2:13.54.

 

The 4×400 Relay closed out the meet.  Northeast got strong legs from Jon Christiansen, Benny Estrada,  Dylan Hardeman, and Chevy Henneman and improved their season best by over five seconds.  It was a three team race in their heat with the Cougars taking third in 33:36..21.  All three teams earned medals with LDNE taking eighth place.

 

Coach Hosch commented. “We really worked on relay exchanges during the week for the 4×4 and it paid off.  Chevy really ran a stellar leg.  He pushed his first 200 faster than normal to keep contact with the leaders and still managed to finish strong.”

 

Hosch added, “It was a nice way for the three seniors, Chevy, Dylan, and Darcey, to go out.”

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Wakeley and Henneman Top Placers at O-C Invite

May 14, 2015 Leave a comment


By Clare Wiltse, Sports Contributor

Coach Steve Hosch used the O-C Invite for a tune up for the district track meet coming up on Wednesday May 13.  The Cougar boys scored in three individual events and skipped the relays.  They tallied 16 points and finished 8th.

 

Jon Christiansen competed in just the long jump and had P.R. leap of 19 feet 8 inches.  He placed fourth.

 

Chevy Henneman ran a 52.4 400M and took second.  Benny Estrada won his heat in a P. R. 54.3.  He finished in fifth place.

 

Joey O’Connor ran his best 3200M race of the season.  His clocked an 11:13.8 took the fifth place medal.  Dylan Hardeman ran a P.R. time of 2:12 in the 800M, but finished just out of the medals.

 

The Lady Cougars had nine scoring entries as they scored 35 points for a 7th place finish.

 

Kelly Wakeley took the silver in the long jump with a leap of 15 feet 6 inches.  Her triple jump of 32 feet 0.75 inch was good for fifth place.

 

The 1600M girls, Sophia Henneman and Tessie Collins both set P.R.s as they took third  and sixth place.    Sophia turned  in a 6:05.0 and Tessie a 6:12.0.  Coach Hosch was pleased to see how hard they competed to move up in the last lap.

 

In the sprints Northeast got a fifth in the 100M from Cierra French and a fourth from Brianne Haskell in the 200M. Cierra had a time of 13.5 and made the finals of the 200M with a P.R. of 28.2.  Brianne posted her career best of 27.9   The 400M relay team changed order with Cierra handing to Brianne followed by Madie Ronnfeldt and Kelly Wakeley and had their best time of the season at 54.2 for a 3rd place.

 

In the discus, Abby Peterson continued to improve as she threw 111 feet 7 inches and took fourth place.  It was a tough day for Darcey Simonson who had four throws sail out of bounds.  She took fifth on her one good toss of the day, 107 feet 4 inches.

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Cougars Have Season Bests at Wisner-Pilger Invite

May 8, 2015 Leave a comment


By Clare Wiltse, Sports Contributor

The Cougar track squads are peaking as the conference meet is nearing.  At the Wisner-Pilger Invitational Meet, on April 28, there were  three big P.Rs for individuals and the relays came together as there were three season bests.

 

The girls 400 relay broke 56 for the first times as they took second with as time of 55.5  The boys matched their placing with a 46.7.  They followed that up with a win in the 1600 relay in 3:41.8.  Team members for the girls were Brianne Haskell, Cierra French, Darcey Simonsen, and Kelly Wakeley.  Jon Christiansen, Benny Estrada, Dylan Hardeman, and Chevy Henneman made the both of the boys relays.

 

Dylan Hardeman knocked almost 2 seconds off his best in the 300 hurdles with 44.5 second place finish.  Kelly Wakeley broke through the sixteen foot barrier  and won the long jump with a 16m feet 0.5 inch effort.  Abby Peterson improved three feet in the shot put.  She took fourth with a 35 feet 8 inch toss.

 

The girls tallied 56 points for fifth place.  Two placed in the 100M with Cierra French taking fourth in 13.7 and Madie Ronnfeldt came back to form after injuries to place fifth in 13.9. Brianne Haskell took fifth in the 200 in 29.1.

 

Distance runners Sophia Henneman and Tessie Collins took second and third in the 1600M.  Sophia ran a 6:13.5 ad Tessie a 6:15.6.

 

Wakeley added a fifth in the triple jump with a mark of 32 feet 1.5 inches.  Peterson made a toss of 101 feetnm2  inches in the discus for another fifth.  Darcey Simonsen threw 116 feet and collected the silver.

 

The boys took sixth with 51 points.  Chevy Henneman had a second place in the 400M with a 52.9.  Jon Christiansen was second in the triple jump with a mark of 40 feet 0.50 inch and second in the long jump with a leap of 18 feet 11 inches.

 

Joey O’Connor placed six in the 3200M in 11.38.5.

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Cougars Try New Events, Earn Top Places at T-H Invite

April 28, 2015 Leave a comment


By Clare Wiltse, Sports Contributor

The coaches shuffled the events for several athletes at the Tiger Invitational Track meet at Tekamah.  They got a look at Chevy Henneman, Dylan Hardeman and Darcey Simonsen in new events and they came through with top places.

 

A sprinter during last season, Chevy has moved up to long sprints this year and has an impressive 52 second 400M run.  At Tekamah he ran his first 800M.  The senior came through in the longest race he has ever run with a second place time of 2:12.6.

 

Dylan Hardeman has been running the 800M and the 300 hurdles.  Because they follow one another he can’t run both in the same meet.  In the Tiger Invite he moved down to the 400M and posted a fifth place time of 56.6.  He came back later to place third in the 300M hurdles with a P.R. of 46.2.

 

Darcey Simonsen has been racking up points in the weight events.  Last Tuesday, she had season best throw of 119 feet 5 inches in discus which earned the silver medal.  She followed with a sixth in the shot put with a 33 feet 3.75 inch heave.  For the first time this spring she competed on the track as she teamed with Brianne Haskell, Cierra French, and Kelly Wakeley for a fourth place 400M relay.  They ran 56.0 as they just  nudge out by Bergan.

 

Jon Christiansen medaled in both the long and triple jumps.  He placed second in the triple with a leap of 41 feet.    In the long jump his 18 feet 7 inch effort placed sixth.

 

Joey O’Connor got third in the 3200 run.  His pace got him to the finish line in 11.30.6.

 

Abby Peterson had her best day ever in the field events.  The junior thrower had a P.R toss of 104 feet 7 inches in the discus.  She followed up with another P.R. in the shot put heave of 33m feet 5.5m inches.  Both Marks earned fifth place.  Libby Henneman got second in the shot with a heave of 33  feet 10.5 inches.

 

Kelly Wakeley got a third and fifth place in the jump pits.  Her hop, step, jump of 31 feet 11 inched netted the bronze and she leaped 15 feet 1.75 inches for fifth place.

 

The girls got points in two track events.  Cierra French placed fifth in the 100M with a time of 14.2.  Brianne Haskell ran a 1:08.5 400M for a sixth place.

 

In the team competition the Cougars placed sixth with 31 points.  The Lady Cougars tallied 36 points and finished seventh.

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Cougars Host Invite, Both Teams Place 6th

April 22, 2015 Leave a comment


By Clare Wiltse, Sports Contributor

Northeast High School hosted their Cougar Invitational Track Meet on April 14.  LDNE’s girls claimed sixth place with 53 points.  The boys tied for sixth with 47 points.  Oakland-Craig claimed both the both and girls crowns.  Three Meet Record were established.  Ashleigh Carr of  O-C put her name on both hurdle events while Bradley Bunner of Clarkson/Leigh eclipsed, LDNE athlete, Joel Bacon’s mark  with a 22.6 time in the 200M dash.

 

It was a big day for the Lady Cougars’ weight throwers.  They scored 26 of the team’s 53 points.  Darcey Simonsen had a season’s best toss of 116 feet 4 inches in the discus for a second place.  She had a P.R. of 34 feet 7.5 inches in the shot and took fourth place.

 

Libby Henneman had a P.R. toss of 35 feet 1 inch in the shot which placed third.  A P.R. of 97 feet in the discus took fifth place.  Abby Peterson took seventh in the discus and eighth in the shot with throws of 94 feet and 31 feet 10 inches respectively.

 

Kelly Wakeley and Brianne Haskell scored in four events.  Kelly took fifth in the long jump with a leap of 15 feet 5 inches and sixth in the triple jump with a 31 foot 10 inch mark.  Brianne ran a 1:06.6 400M and a 29.1 200M for a sixth and eighth place.  The two were part of the 400 and 1600 relays.  Together with Cierra and Destanie French  they placed 4th in the 400 relay in57.6 and 6th in the 1600 relay in 4:51.4.  Cierra added a seventh in the 100M dash with a 13.4.

 

Natalie Castle-Gosch placed fifth in the 3200 M run in 14:01. and Sophie Henneman scored a seventh in the 1600M run with a 6:22.5.

 

Jon Christiansen claimed the Cougar’s only gold medal with as 41 foot 1m inch effort in the triple jump.

 

Chevy Henneman placed third in the 400M dash.  The top three runners blanketed the finish line within 0.03 second of one another.  His time of 52.1 was a P.R. by over two seconds.

 

Joey O’Connor took second in the 3200M run and eighth in the 1600M run.  His times were 11:38 and 5:40.   Benny Estrada added a sixth in the 200M dash with a 24.1 and Dylan Hardeman placed third in the 800M run with a 2:15.7

 

The relays gave the Cougars some valuable points.  The 4×100 took fourth in 47.3 and the 4×400 placed second in a season’s best 4:45.8.  Jon Christiansen, Benny Estrada, Dylan Hardeman, and Chevy Henneman were the team members.

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Cougars Face Tough Competition at Tiger-Cadet Meet

April 14, 2015 Leave a comment


By Clare Wiltse, Sports Contributor

The Tiger-Cadet Track Meet gave the Cougar athletes some tough competition in the ten team meet.  Wahoo and Arlington won the girls and boys divisions respectively.  The Northeast boys racked up 24 points for an eighth place finish.  The Lady Cougars placed ninth with 15 points.

 

Jon Christiansen got his first gold medal in the triple jump. The sophomore took the title with a 41foot 7 inch leap.

 

Chevy Henneman placed second in the 400M dash.  He had P.R. with his time of 54.56.  He was .65 seconds ahead of third place.

 

Darcey Simonsen  took the bronze in the discus throw.  Her best mark was 113 feet 8 inches.  She was the top finisher for Northeast in the sot put, but finished out of the medals with a 32 foot 1 inch put.

 

Freshman Sophia Henneman was in the thick of it in a four competitor sprint to the finish in the 1600M run.  She came in third, one second behind first place.

 

Dylan Hardeman placed fifth in the 800M run with a time of 2:16.3.

 

The girls got six place finishes from Brianne Haskell and Cierra French.  Brianne ran 1:07. 7 in the 400M dash.  Cierra sprinted a 14.31 100M.  Natalie Castle-Gosch had a career best 13:55.7 in the 3200M run. She also finished sixth.

 

The boys capped of their scoring with a fourth place finish in the 4×400 relay.  Team members were Jon Christiansen, Dylan Hardeman, Chevy Henneman, and Benny Estrada.  Their time was 3:50.9.

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Oakland-Craig Hosts East Husker Track Meet

May 5, 2014 Leave a comment


Alec Anderson Wins his heat of the 1600 run in a personal best of 5:30. Photo Credit/Clare Wiltse, Sports Contributor.

Alec Anderson Wins his heat of the 1600 run in a personal best of 5:30. Photo Credit/Clare Wiltse, Sports Contributor.

The 2014 East Husker Track Meet was held at Oakland-Craig on Saturday.  This is the first time that the enlarged membership of sixteen teams have competed for the championship.  It made for a ten hour meet in which the competition was fierce. Two new records were established and two others tied.  Thirty-six of the placing marks rank in the top eight from class competition from across the State of Nebraska.

 

Host Oakland-Craig won both boys and girls title.  Northeast High is the smallest school in the EHC, but represented itself well as the boys took twelve place with 25 points while the girls finished in fourteenth place with 8 points.

 

Senior Taylor Fuston got a personal record on his first attempt in the long jump.  He had a measurement of 20 feet 2 inches which tied for first place.  He lost the gold medal as the second best jump was the tied breaker to decide winner.

 

In the triple jump, freshman Jon Christiansen showed the upper classmen that he was up to the challenge.  Jon did the hop, step, and jump to a distance of 40 feet 6.4inches.  He placed sixth.

 

Chevy Henneman had a pair of fifth place finishes in the sprints.  He ran 11.7 in the 100M dash and 23.9 in the 200M dash.

 

The girls scored their points in the field events.  Freshman Kelly Wakeley returned to form and posted a career best of 33 feet 5.5 inches in the triple jump.  She placed sixth.  Also getting sixth was Darcey Simonsen in  the discus.  Her best throw was 110 feet 2 inches.

 

The boys relays did well.  The 400 relay was a tick of the clock from third place.  Jon Christiansen closed hard on Madison, but ended up  0.1 of the Dragon’s anchor.  Their time of 46.3 was a new season best.  Taylor Fuston, Chevy Henneman, and Benny Estrada  are the other team members.

 

The 1600 relay had a time of 3:48.7.   Dylan Hardeman, Chevy Henneman, Benny Estrada , and Taylor Fuston are team members.

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