Longhorns have three state track qualifiers in four events

The Kimball High Track Team ended

up with 3 State Track qualifiers,

in 4 events, from the Class C-9 District

Meet held at Sutherland this past

Thursday. Brady Kilgore, a junior,

qualified in 2 events winning the boy's

high jump at 5'10" and running 2nd in

the 110 meter high hurdles in 15.08,

nipped at the finish line by McKade

Smith of Hershey, who was timed at

15.05. Brady will be making his third

consecutive trip to the State Meet

and after just missing out on a medal

his freshman year, brought home 5th

place last season. Hannah Biesecker,

a senior, is also going to Omaha for

her third straight year after finishing

2nd at the District meet in the long

jump. The talented jumper wasted no

time making sure she was going to the

Big Show by going past the automatic

qualifying mark of 15'9" for Class C

with her 16'4" jump on her very first

attempt in the prelims. She ended up

improving that mark to 16'8", which

was 2nd only to the winning mark of

17'8.5" by Bailee Fear of Sutherland.

Coach Gene Mohr had to wait until

the following day to learn that he had

yet another state qualifier when it was

announced that senior, Kaden Adrian,

had also made the list with an additional

fastest time from all districts in

the boy's 800 meter run. Kaden finished

5th at Sutherland with his time

of 2:04.59, but the fast times at the

C-9 District will send 5 runners to the

State meet, rather than just the usual

top 2 individual places!

Kimball finished 8th in both the

girls and boys team points at Sutherland,

scoring 30 points in the boys

division and 26 in the girls division.

Chase County won both divisions

with their talented track squad. They

ran away from everyone in the boys

division, scoring 143 points with

Mitchell a distant 2nd with 76. It

was closer in the girls division, where

Chase County scored 147 and Mitchell

was runner-up with 118. There

were 10 schools involved.

Other highlights on the day for

Kimball saw Biesecker take home

the 8th place medal in the 100 meter

dash, with her time of 13.49 and also

ran a leg on the 3rd place 4x100 relay

team, joining up with Sam Bemis,

Jenna Greenwood and Megan Spicer

to run a time of 53.11. Spicer was

close to qualifying in the long jump as

the freshman finished 4th with a leap

of 15'6.75", just shy of the automatic

mark of 15'9". Kimball got 3 medals

in the triple jump with Bemis 5th

at 32'9.25", Spicer 7th at 32'4" and

Greenwood 8th at 31'11.25". Greenwood

also placed 5th in the high jump

at 4'6" and Bemis was 4th in the pole

vault with a PR of 8'10". Carli Wurdeman

was 8th in the discus throw of

94'7".

Additional highlights for the Kimball

boys saw Beau Hanks place 4th

in the triple jump, getting out past

the 40 feet mark at 40'1/2". Paycen

Harroun came close to the automatic

mark of qualifying in the pole vault

clearing 13'9", but not quite making

the needed 13'4". On the vault where

he cleared 13', he clearly would have

made the 13'4" mark, and maybe

even the 13'6" mark he was after all

season, which would equal the school

record. There were 4 vaulters at 14'

or better at Sutherland with the winning

height at 14'8".

Kimball had two relay teams place

with the 4x100 relay team finishing

5th with a time of 46.80. Team

members were Brayden Tyan, Byron

Rowley, Christian Allen-Van Pelt

and Brady Kilgore. The 4x800 relay

team of Zachery Wagner, Stephen

Bateman, Sam Cajero and Nicholas

Thomas-Lewis also ran 5th their time

of 9:29.93.

The 2018 Nebraska State Track

Meet will take place this Friday-Saturday,

May 18-19, at Omaha's Burke

Stadium.