Cougars Face Tough Competition at Tiger-Cadet Meet

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.