Christiansen Earns Only Gold Medal For Northeast Track Team

April 14, 2016 Leave a comment


By Clare Wiltse, Sports Contributor

After  weather cancelled the Stanton meet the Cougars finally got to  compete in the  outdoors at the Tiger-Cadet Invitational held at West Point on April 5.  The boys were shorthanded but ‘came in eighth with 25 points.  The Ladies took fifth with 44 points.

Jon Christiansen was the lone Gold medalist for Northeast.  He took first in the triple jump with a leap of 43 feet 2 inches.  He added a fourth in the long jump.  His distance was 19 feet six inches.  In the 100 meter dash Jon placed  third in 11.86.

The boys scored five points in the shot put.  Cole Christoffersen took fourth in his debut as a track weight man.  He heaved the 12 pound ball 45 feet.   Marcus Hegy gained a sixth place with a 43 foot 5 inch  toss.

Although the girls had no event winners they had two silver medalist.  Tessie Collins took second in the 3200 run.  She was five seconds behind the winner with her 13:43.93 clocking.  Brianne Haskell ran 1:06.1 in the 400 meter dash for a second place.

Sophia Henneman added a third place finish in the 800 run.  She did the two laps in 2:47.58  Brandi Simonsen’s 13.81 in the 100 dash  also took third.   Brandi teamed with Brianne Haskell,  Sophia Henneman and Kelly Wakeley for a third in the 4×100 relay.  Their time was 54.60.

In the field Simonsen and Wakeley took fourth and sixth in the long jump respectively.  Brandi leaped 15 feet 10.5 inches and Kelly soared 15 feet 3 inches.  Brandi added a fifth in the triple jump with a distance of 32 feet 4 inches.  Kelly missed scoring with a seven place.

Libby Henneman took sixth in the shot.  Her best throw was 33 feet 3 inches.  In the discus she came up with no points for an eighth place, but Abby Peterson took fifth was a 110 foot toss.

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Cougar Track Teams Post Person Bests

April 29, 2014 Leave a comment


By Clare Wiltse, Sports Contributor

The Tiger Invite was held during one of the best weather days of the spring season and the Cougar track teams took advantage of it to post several personal bests.  The boys and girls both placed seventh with 26 points by the girls and 30 by the boys.

 

After a disastrous Cougar Invite, Darcey Simonsen threw a career best at Tekamah.  At the home meet last week,  the junior had no measurable throws in the prelims with a foul and two out of bounds tosses.  Darcey was the class of the field last Tuesday with a winning toss of 118 feet 4 inches.  The mark is among the top distances in Class D.

 

Freshman Jon Christiansen was the winner in the boy’s triple jump.  He broke through the forty foot barrier at the meet.  He got a leap of 40 feet 8 inches in the early jumps.  In the finals he followed that with the winning distance of 41 feet even.

 

Taylor Fuston ran his first open 400 meter dash of the year.  Fuston picked up a second place with as time of 54.6.  The senior also placed fourth in the long jump with a leap of 19 feet 9.25 inches.

 

Chevy Henneman earned two medals in the sprints.  He placed fourth in the 100 M in 11.6  and sixth in the 200 M in 24.6.

 

Joey O’Connor had an improvement of over twenty seconds in the 3200 M run.  The freshman took fifth in 12:07.5.  David Bishop added a sixth in the 800 M with a time of 2:19.4.

 

Libby Henneman followed up her big throw at the Cougar Invite with another solid effort.  She heaved the shot put 33feet 11.24 inches.  Libby placed third.

 

Kelly Wakeley added a fourth place in the girl’s triple jump.  She had a best jump of 31 feet 7 inches.

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