Cambridge boys, Bertrand girls claim RPAC track titles

Steve Kodad/McCook Daily Gazette Alexis Bantz (left) of Hitchcock County grimaces as she stays ahead of Halsie Large of Hayes Center in the girls 200-meter dash preliminaries at the Republican Plains Activities Conference April 29 at Arapahoe. Both advanced to the finals, where Bantz finished third and Large was fifth.

ARAPAHOE, Nebraska -- One of the toughest track and field meets in Nebraska's Class C and D ranks was held last Friday at the Arapahoe High School facility.

When the dust settled, the Cambridge boys and Bertrand girls won team titles in the annual Republican Plains Activities Conference (RPAC) meet.

Cambridge won the boys team championship with a total of 133 points, 20 points ahead of runner-up Bertrand. Dundy County-Stratton was third with 78 points, as the Tigers nipped Alma by a single point. Paxton was fifth with 75 points.

Steve Kodad/McCook Daily Gazette Kaden Huxoll of Cambridge cruises to the finish line in the boys 200-meter dash preliminaries at the Republican Plains Activities Conference track meet in Arapahoe April 29. Huxoll won three events to lead the Trojans to the boys team title.

Bertrand outran Southwest and Dundy County-Stratton in the girls division. Bertrand totaled 112.5 points, with Southwest second at 80.5, one point ahead of the DCS girls. Hitchcock County was fourth with 71.5 points, and Arapahoe fifth with 61.

The RPAC meet features 14 Class C and D schools spread across southwest Nebraska.

New meet records

Steve Kodad/McCook Daily Gazette Shaylee Schroeder (left) of Medicine Valley and Brooke Juhl of Cambridge battle in a runoff for the eighth spot in the girls 100-meter hurdle finals at the RPAC meet in Arapahoe April 29. Juhl nipped Schroeder in the runoff, then the Cambridge runner finished eighth in the finals.

Several new meet records were established during Friday's competition.

Mike Shoff of Cambridge continued his strong effort in the throwing events. Shoff hit the state's top mark in the shot put at 58 feet, 11 inches at the Mather Invitational in Arapahoe a week earlier. Shoff set a new RPAC record with his winning mark of 57-1 1/2 Friday. Shoff also won the boys discus with a throw of 147-7.

Tylan Petersen of Medicine Valley broke the RPAC record in the boys pole vault when he cleared 13 feet, 6 inches.

Cambridge sprinter Kaden Huxoll won three events. Huxoll was first in the 100-meter dash finals with his time of 11.2 seconds. Kaden also won the 200 at 23.0 and the 400 at 52.2. Teammate Gus Petersen was first in the 110-meter high hurdle finals with a time of 15.5 seconds.

Cambridge also won the boys 400 relay with the fastest time of the event, 45.4 seconds.

Girls division area winners

In the girls division, Kate Kelley established a new RPAC record when she cleared 5 feet, 1 inch to win the high jump. Kelley also claimed the gold medal in the 400-meter dash with her time of 1 minute, 1.7 seconds.

Laramey Lewis of Hitchcock County was a double winner. Lewis won the 100 in 12.8 seconds, nipping Cayla Polston of Arapahoe by a tenth of a second. Lewis also won the 200 in 26.5 seconds, with Kelley of Southwest second at 26.8.

Hitchcock County's Jacee Kershaw also claimed a gold medal in the 100 hurdles as she covered the 10 flights of hurdles in 16.1 seconds in the finals.

Gabby Mullanix of DCS established a meet record in the 3,200-meter run with her winning time of 12 minutes, 5.2 seconds. Mullanix trailed former RPAC record holder Kenzie Kaps of Bertrand for most of the eight-lap race, before Mullanix overtook Kaps on the final lap and won going away.

Nicole Hearon of DCS was first in the 300 hurdles at 49.5 seconds. Teammate Shayla Tucker hit a mark of 35 feet, 2 1/4 inches to finish first in the shot put.

Wauneta-Palisade had a pair of girls win RPAC gold medals. Shelby Hamilton was first in the discus at 106-1, and Abbie Fanning won the 800-meter run with a time of 2:35.4. Kattie Sadd of Southern Valley was first in the girls triple jump at 33-4.

The Arapahoe girls won the 400 relay and set a new RPAC record with a time of 52.0 seconds.

REPUBLICAN PLAINS ACTIVITIES CONFERENCE TRACK & FIELD MEET

Team Standings -- Bertrand 112.5, Southwest 80.5, Dundy County-Stratton 79.5, Hitchcock County 71.5, Arapahoe 61, Wauneta-Palisade 53, Southern Valley 45.5, Cambridge 44, Alma 24, Maywood 24, Paxton 22, Wallace 20, Hayes Center 16.5, Medicine Valley 8.

Field Events

Shot put -- 1. Shayla Tucker, DCS, 35-2 1/4; 2. Faith Stroup, DCS, 34-9 1/4; 3. Shanice Harris, Wallace, 34-4 1/2; 4. Shelby Hamilton, W-P, 33-4; 5. Kayla Banzhaf, Cambridge, 32-8 3/4; 6. Taylor Sandoe, Med. Valley, 32-4 1/4; 7. Lana Wells, Alma, 31-10 1/2; 8. Carli Holz, Paxton, 31-3 1/2.

Discus -- 1. Shelby Hamilton, W-P, 106-1; 2. Rebecca Strand, W-P, 97-7; 3. Emily Whipple, Cambridge, 97-0; 4. Taylor McCauley, Hitchcock Co., 96-11; 5. Jordan Paine, So. Valley, 91-11; 6. Courtney Kresser, So. Valley, 90-1; 7. Brianna Baughman, Hitchcock Co., 89-9; 8. Kayla Banzhaf, Cambridge, 89-7.

Long jump -- 1. Payton Peterson, Bertrand, 15-11 3/4; 2. Cayla Polston, Arapahoe, 15-4 3/4; 3. Halsie Large, Hayes Center, 15-3 1/2; 4. Emma Skelton, W-P, 14-11 3/4; 5. Jordin Wasson, Cambridge, 14-10; 6. Kattie Sadd, So. Valley, 14-8 1/4; 7. Alissa Brooks, So. Valley, 14-7; 8. Brooke Tripe, Alma, 14-5 1/2.

Triple jump -- 1. Kattie Sadd, So. Valley, 33-4; 2. Brittany Shipp, Bertrand, 32-6; 3. Jordin Wasson, Cambridge, 32-2 1/4; 4. Alexa Whipple, Arapahoe, 31-6 1/4; 5. Laura O'Brien, Wallace, 31-3; 6. Michele Borden, Arapahoe, 31-2 1/2; 7. Katie Johnson, Alma, 30-8; 8. Haley Samuelson, Bertrand, 30-6.

High jump -- 1. Kate Kelley, Southwest, 5-1; 2. Brekkan Martinosky, Paxton, 5-0; 3. Kenzie May, Southwest, 5-0; 4. Rochelle Wendland, Arapahoe, 4-10; 5. Cayla Polston, Arapahoe, 4-10; 6. Jonee Maris, W-P, 4-10; 7. Ashia Love. Hitchcock Co., 4-10; 8. Mikaela Hoxmeier, So. Valley, 4-10.

Pole vault -- 1. Dekota Lundy, Bertrand, 10-0; 2. Allison Mason, Bertrand, 9-0; 3. Shelby Gardine, Bertrand, 8-6; 4. Sara Lennemann, So. Valley, 8-6; 5. Brooke Juhl, Cambridge, 8-0; 6. Jordin Wasson, Cambridge, 7-6; Taylor Propp, Hitchcock Co., 7-0; 8. Cassie Starks, DCS, 7-0.

Running Events

3,200-meter relay -- 1. Bertrand, 10:46.8; 2. Southwest, 11:07.0; 3. Alma, 11:17.7; 4. Cambridge, 11:28.0; 5. Dundy County-Stratton, 11:40.4; 6. Wallace, 11:48.5; 7. Arapahoe, 12:18.9.

100-meter intermediate hurdles -- 1. Jacee Kershaw, Hitchcock Co., 16.1; 2. Nicole Hearon, DCS, 16.6; 3. Hailee Moore, Maywood, 16.8; 4. Hannah Stroup, DCS, 17.1; 5. Brandi Klotthor, Alma, 17.2; 6. Emma Skelton, W-P, 17.7; 7. Bailey Schow, Paxton, 18.0; 8. Brooke Juhl, Cambridge, 18.1.

100-meter dash -- 1. Laramey Lewis, Hitchcock Co., 12.8; 2. Cayla Polston, Arapahoe, 12.9; 3. Nicole Hearon, DCS, 13.0; 4. Halsie Large, Hayes Center, 13.1; 5. Kelsey Longnecker, Southwest, 13.3; 6. Ashia Love, Hitchcock Co., 13.3; 7. Cassie Starks, DCS, 13.7; 8. Alexa Whipple, Arapahoe, 13.8.

400-meter dash -- 1. Kate Kelley, Southwest, 1:01.7; 2. Laramie Lewis, Hitchcock Co., 1:02.7; 3. Rochelle Wendland, Arapahoe, 1:02.8; 4. Kenzie May, Southwest, 1:03.6; 5. Abbie Fanning, W-P, 1:03.7; 6. Sara Lennemann, So. Valley, 1:04.1; 7. Whitney Smith, Wallace, 1:04.7; 8. Bailey Schow, Paxton, 1:05.0.

3,200-meter run -- 1. Gabby Mullanix, DCS, 12:05.2; 2. Kenzie Kaps, Bertrand, 12:26.2; 3. Justine Stone, Maywood, 12:57.5; 4. Cassa McConville, Southwest, 13:24.0; 5. Jessica Madson, Med. Valley, 13:32.3; 6. Emma Dannehl, Bertrand, 13:51.4; 7. Molly Glur, So. Valley, 14:21.7; 8. Brekkan Martinosky, Paxton, 14:32.2.

200-meter dash -- 1. Laramey Lewis, Hitchcock Co., 26.5; 2. Kate Kelley, Southwest, 26.8; 3. Alexis Bantz, Hitchcock Co., 27.1; 4. Rochelle Wendland, Arapahoe, 27.3; 5. Halsie Large, Hayes Center, 27.5; 6. Paige Jenkins, Arapahoe, 28.1; 7. Brittany Shipp, Bertrand, 28.2; 8. Alexa Whipple, Arapahoe, 28.3.

800-meter run -- Abbie Fanning, W-P, 2:35.4; 2. Kenzie Kaps, Bertrand, 2:38.6; 3. Cassa McConville, Southwest, 2:42.0; 4. Danielle Carpenter, Cambridge, 2:43.8; 5. Lora Taylor, Cambridge, 2:44.1; 6. Taylor Holzfaster, Paxton, 2:44.3; 7. Mariah Heft, Alma, 2:44.4; 8. Mattison Peterson, Bertrand, 2:45.0.

300-meter low hurdles -- 1. Nicole Hearon, DCS, 49.5; 2. Allison Mason, Bertrand, 49.7; 3. Bailey Schow, Paxton, 50.5; 4. Jacee Kershaw, Hitchcock Co., 51.9; 5. Hailee Moore, Maywood, 53.0; 6. Emma Skelton, W-P, 54.0; 7. Jessica Porter, Southwest, 54.2; 8. Angela Crouse, DCS, 54.4.

1,600-meter run -- 1. Kenzie Kaps, Bertrand, 5:39.5; 2. Justine Stone, Maywood, 5:46.7; 3. Gabby Mullanix, DCS, 5:56.8; 4. Cristina Murillo, Bertrand, 6:02.3; 5. Cassa McConville, Southwest, 6:05.0; 6. Taylor Brooks, Southwest, 6:12.0; 7. Molly Glur, So. Valley, 6:18.0; 8. Lora Taylor, Cambridge, 6:18.6.

400-meter relay -- 1. Arapahoe, 52.0; 2. Hitchcock County, 52.1; 3. Dundy County-Stratton, 53.0; 4. Bertrand, 53.1; 5. Southern Valley, 54.2; 6. Alma, 54.6; 7. Hayes Center, 55.2; 8. Southwest, 55.2.

1,600-meter relay -- 1. Bertrand, 4:27.2; 2. Southwest, 4:27.3; 3. Southern Valley, 4:34.3; 4. Wallace, 4:36.6; 5. Alma, 4:46.0; 6. Dundy County-Stratton, 4:46.3; 7. Wauneta-Palisade, 4:46.3; 8. Medicine Valley, 4:47.3.

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BOYS DIVISION

Team Standings -- Cambridge 133, Bertrand 113, Dundy County-Stratton 78, Alma 77, Paxton 75, Medicine Valley 57, Arapahoe 40, Wallace 34, Hitchcock County 17, Hayes Center 11, Southern Valley 11, Wauneta-Palisade 7, Southwest 6, Maywood 4.

Field Events

Shot put -- 1. Mike Shoff, Cambridge, 57-1 1/2; 2. Trev Haussler, Arapahoe, 49-9 1/2; 3. Kai Wolfe, 49-5 1/4; 4. Walter Zarkowski, DCS, 49-1; 5. Zane Petersen, Cambridge, 45-6 1/2; 6. Shawn Christensen, Wallace, 45-1/2; 7. Taylor Kugler, Bertrand, 44-4 3/4; 8. Adam Lawson, Hayes Center, 43-9 3/4.

Discus -- 1. Mike Shoff, Cambridge, 147-7; 2. Kai Wolfe, Alma, 142-7; 3. Walter Zarkowski, DCS, 129-7; 4. Trev Haussler, Arapahoe, 127-8; 5. Justin Malleck, Southwest, 120-9; 6. Shawn Christensen, Wallace, 118-1; 7. Wade Waugh, Paxton, 117-10; 8. Colby Shelton, W-P, 113-3.

Long jump -- 1. Bryce Mason, Bertrand, 20-7 3/4; 2. Tylan Peterson, Med. Valley, 19-11 1/4; 3. Dakota Best, So. Valley, 19-4 1/4; 4. Tommy Estrada, DCS, 19-2; 5. Tyler Rehbein, Hayes Center, 19-1; 6. Austin Hyke, Arapahoe, 18-11 1/2; 7. Jarrod Bantam, Alma, 18-2; 8. Alec McKillip, Hayes Center, 18-1/2.

Triple jump -- 1. Bryce Mason, Bertrand, 43-8 1/4; 2. Marty Warneke, Med. Valley, 41-7 1/2; 3. Gus Petersen, Cambridge, 41-1/4; 4. Dakota Best, So. Valley, 40-7 1/4; 5. Austin Hyke, Arapahoe, 39-7; 6. Tyler Rehbein, Hayes Center, 39-4 1/2; 7. Jordan Faimon, DCS, 39-2 1/2; 8. Jarrod Bantam, Alma, 38-9 3/4.

High jump -- 1. Jeffrey Bantam, Alma, 6-4; 2. Tristan Brott, Paxton, 6-2; 3. Garth Walbridge, Arapahoe, 5-10; 4. Rayce Dauwen, Cambridge, 5-8; 5. Jarrod Bantam, Alma, 5-8; 6. Michael Bishop, Hayes Center, 5-6; 7. Marty Warneke, Med. Valley, 5-6; 8. Austin Christensen, Alma, 5-6.

Pole vault -- 1. Tylan Peterson, Med. Valley, 13-6; 2. Tanner Nelson, Bertrand, 13-0; 3. Lukas Cox, Alma, 12-6; 4. Chance Younger, Bertrand, 12-6; 5. Austin Johnson, DCS, 11-6; 6. Kalen Farr, Cambridge, 11-6; 7. Tyler Freeland, DCS, 11-0; 8. Alan Christensen, Alma, 10-6.

Running Events

3,200-meter relay -- 1. Paxton, 8:35.4; 2. Dundy County-Stratton, 8:45.6; 3. Cambridge, 9:05.8; 4. Wauneta-Palisade, 9:06.9; 5. Medicine Valley, 9:17.6; 6. Bertrand, 9:29.0; 7. Alma, 9:59.8; 8. Hitchcock County, 10:30.6.

110-meter high hurdles -- 1. Gus Petersen, Cambridge, 15.5; 2. Chance Younger, Bertrand, 15.6; 3. Ryan Dahlgren, Bertrand, 15.7; 4. Lucas Gleisberg, Med. Valley, 15.9; 5. Jordan Faimon, DCS, 16.1; 6. Jeffrey Bantam, Alma, 16.1; 7. Gage Schutz, Arapahoe, 16.3; 8. Tristan Brott, Paxton, 16.8.

100-meter dash -- 1. Kaden Huxoll, Cambridge, 11.2; 2. Sean May, Wallace, 11.4; 3. Isaac Johnson, Cambridge, 11.5; 4. Garrett Schimonitz, Paxton, 11.6; 5. Landon Swedberg, Wallace, 11.7; 6. Tommy Estrada, DCS, 11.8; 7. Devin Hicks, Paxton, 12.0; 8. Clive Brown, Hitchcock Co., 12.1.

400-meter dash -- 1. Kaden Huxoll, Cambridge, 52.2; 2. Sean May, Wallace, 52.7; 3. Jay Kindler, Alma, 52.8; 4. Aaron Baney, DCS, 53.2; 5. Brady Stuhmer, Alma, 53.3; 6. Garrett Schimonitz, Paxton, 53.8; 7. Austin Blume, Hitchcock Co., 54.8; 8. Kris Brown, Arapahoe, 55.0.

3,200-meter run -- 1. Brock Taute, Bertrand, 10:29.7; 2. Koby Archuletta, Paxton, 10:34.9; 3. Brian Custer, Cambridge, 10:47.5; 4. Garrett Perlinger, Paxton, 10:48.3; 5. Brent Janssen, Alma, 10:50.0; 6. Maclane Scott, Arapahoe, 10:58.9; 7. Levi White, Maywood, 10:59.9; 8. Jacob Maris, W-P, 11:09.2.

200-meter dash -- 1. Kaden Huxoll, Cambridge, 23.0; 2. Garrett Schimonitz, Paxton, 23.3; 3. Isaac Johnson, Cambridge, 23.4; 4. Angel Murillo, Bertrand, 23.6; 5. Tommy Estrada, DCS, 23.9; 6. Marty Warneke, Med. Valley, 24.0; 7. Landon Swedberg, Wallace, 24.2; 8. Max Boehler, Alma, 24.3.

800-meter run -- 1. Brock Taute, Bertrand, 2:04.1; 2. Brian Custer, Cambridge, 2:04.7; 3. Austin Blume, Hitchcock Co., 2:07.3; 4. Levi Swenson, DCS, 2:07.6; 5. Collin Perlinger, Paxton, 2:11.2; 6. Jeremy Castillo, DCS, 2:14.4.; 7. Ryan Gardner, Arapahoe, 2:15.7; 8. Tyler Cassell, Paxton, 2:16.2.

300-meter intermediate hurdles -- 1. Ryan Dahlgren, Bertrand, 41.1; 2. Aaron Baney, DCS, 42.6; 3. Gus Petersen, Cambridge, 43.0; 4. Lucas Gleisberg, Med. Valley, 43.1; 5. Austin Christensen, Alma, 43.6; 6. Chance Younger, Bertrand, 43.7; 7. Gage Schutz, Arapahoe, 44.0; 8. Jeffrey Bantam, Alma, 44.1.

1,600-meter run -- 1. Brock Taute, Bertrand, 4:48.5; 2. Koby Archuletta, Paxton, 4:50.2; 3. Brian Custer, Cambridge, 4:53.3; 4. Austin Blume, Hitchcock Co., 4:57.2; 5. Tyler Freeland, DCS, 4:57.4; 6. Garrett Perlinger, Paxton, 5:03.3; 7. Levi White, Maywood, 5:03.7; 8. Maclane Scott, Arapahoe, 5:04.5.

400-meter relay -- 1. Cambridge, 45.4; 2. Alma, 45.6; 3. Wallace, 45.7; 4. Dundy County-Stratton, 46.0; 5. Medicine Valley, 46.2; 6. Bertrand, 48.3; 7. Southwest, 48.4; 8. Paxton, 49.8.

1,600-meter relay -- 1. Bertrand, 3:35.8; 2. Medicine Valley, 3:37.3; 3. Paxton, 3:38.7; 4. Dundy County-Stratton, 3:39.3; 5. Alma, 3:49.0; 6. Arapahoe, 3:51.1; 7. Hitchcock County, 3:54.0; 8. Cambridge, 3:57.1.