O’NEILL — The Wolfpack girls finished seventh and the boys track team finished ninth at the O’Neill Invitational held Thursday.
Battling some of the best teams in the area, the Wolfpack found success in a variety of events. Leading the way were sophomore Liz Selting who placed third in the triple jump.
Teammate Taylor Schumacher finished third in the pole vault.
Jill Schindler placed in both the 100 and 200 meter dash events.
For the boys, Ryan Pelster led the way with a second place finish in the 1600 meter run. Earlier, Pelster took third in the 3200 meter run.
In the boys team competition, Wausa won with 98 points. followed by Chambers/Wheeler Central 80.5, Creighton 75, Elkhorn Valley 72, North Central 63, Boyd County 47, Bloomfield 32, Humphrey St. Francis 21, EPPJ 17, Clearwater/Orchard 11.5, Ewing 6, Spalding Academy 3 and St. Mary’s 1.
St. Mary’s won the girls team title with 129 points followed by North Central 89, Clearwater/Orchard 69, Creighton 42, Ewing 32, Chambers/Wheeler Central 30, EPPJ 29, Spalding Academy 28, Humphrey St. Francis 27, Boyd County 26, Elkhorn Valley 10, Wausa 9, Niobrara/Verdigre 6 and Bloomfield 1.
Competing in Division Two, here are the Wolfpack individual results:
Girls
100 meter dash — 1. Bridget Schneider, St. Mary’s, 13.58 seconds; 4. Jill Schindler, EPPJ, 14.05
200 meter dash — 1. Kinzly Macke, Clearwater/Orchard, 27.78 seconds; 4. Jill Schindler, EPPJ, 29.09
400 meter dash — 1. Kylie Thiele, Clearwater/Orchard, 1:01.30; 6. Lydia Behnk, EPPJ, 1:06.56
800 meter run — 1. Kylie Thiele, Clearwater/Orchard, 2:27.28
1600 meter run — 1. Lexy Heyden, North Central, 5:47.94; 5. Jenna Parks, EPPJ, 6:13.18
3200 meter run — 1. Lexy Heyden, North Central, 12:26.98; 6. Sydney Kerkman, EPPJ, 14:23.55
100 meter hurdles — 1. Rachel Stewart, North Central, 16.46 seconds
300 meter hurdles — 1. Rachel Stewart, North Central, 50.07 seconds
400 meter relay — 1. St. Mary’s, 53.94 seconds
1600 meter relay — 1. Clearwater/Orchard, 4:20.87; 6. EPPJ (Lydia Behnk, Baylee Wemhoff, Liz Selting, Jenna Parks), 4:36.18
3200 meter relay — 1. St. Mary’s, 10:28.89; 5. EPPJ (Jenna Parks, Liz Selting, Baylee Wemhoff, Taylor Schumacher), 11:50.84
High jump — 1. Rachel Stewart, North Central, 5’1”
Pole vault — 1. Mackenzie Wecker, St. Mary’s, 9’6”; 3. Taylor Schumacher, 7’6”; 5. Jordan Mescher, EPPJ, 7’
Long jump — 1. Rebecca Eggerling, Creighton, 15’4 3/4”
Triple jump — 1. Ranee Keehn, Elkhorn Valley, 34’; 3. Liz Selting, EPPJ, 31’9”
Shot put — 1. Addie Shaw, North Central, 40’6”
Discus — 1. Emily Pongratz, St. Mary’s, 108’10”
Boys
100 meter dash — 1. Austin Hegge, Wausa, 11.61 seconds; 6. Austin Meis, EPPJ, 12.28
200 meter dash — 1. Austin Hegge, Wausa, 23.42 seconds; 6. Austin Meis, EPPJ, 24.83
400 meter dash — 1. Brook Baller, Creighton, 53.16 seconds
800 meter run — 1. Caleb Rihanek, Boyd County, 2:11.22
1600 meter run — 1. Colin Erickson, North Central, 4:49.49; 2. Ryan Pelster, EPPJ, 4:58.60
3200 meter run — 1. Colin Erickson, North Central, 10:19.13; 3. Ryan Pelster, EPPJ, 10:41.76
110 meter hurdles — 1. Kyle Kleinschmit, Wausa, 17.06 seconds
300 meter hurdles — 1. Kyle Kleinschmit, Wausa, 44.71 seconds
400 meter relay — 1. Elkhorn Valley, 46.89 seconds; 6. EPPJ (Andrew Fangman, Dylan Behnk, Kyle Kallhoff, Austin Meis), 48.92
1600 meter relay — 1. North Central, 3:41.53
3200 meter relay — 1. Chambers/Wheeler Central, 8:57.80
High jump — 1. Jagger Smith, Clearwater/Orchard, 5’8”
Pole vault — 1. Kyle Young, Bloomfield, 9’6”
Long jump — 1. Austin Hegge, Wausa, 20’3”
Triple jump — 1. Austin Hegge, Wausa, 41’8”
Shot put — 1. Jayle Hinkle, Chambers/Wheeler Central, 50’0 1/4”
Discus — 1. Jayle Hinkle, Chambers/Wheeler Central, 140’1”
