Good Thursday: Bison girls take home the title!

McCook freshman Sienna Dutton smiles while gaining ground on a Holdrege Duster and helping the Bison rally to win Thursday's 1600-meter relay.

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McCOOK, Neb. — What a way to move into the holiday weekend!

The McCook High girls earned both a team title and top individual honors while outperforming six visiting teams at Thursday’s Leroy Hoehner Invitaitonal.

Final results showed it wasn’t even that closer.

McCook's Grace Cappel keeps pace with several runners during the 800-meter race on Thursday.

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McCook finished 42 points in front of top challenger Holdrege as sophomore Shanwa Wilkinson claimed Hoehner “Most Outstanding Athlete”.

Besides winning both the 200 and 400-meter runs, Wilkinson entered her first high school long jump where she captured a top four place.

McCook’s leading basketball scorer capped her day with running the anchor leg on a champion mile relay.

Southern Valley's Brianna Quinn builds distance from top contenders en route to her 800-meter varsity victory on Thursday.

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Wilkinson passed her Holdrege foe en route to about a three-second victory.

Junior Sierra Kotschwar was surely one of the day’s best field athletes. She hit personal bests during both her discus and shot put championships.

VARSITY

Team scores: 1. McCook 136, 2. Holdrege 94, 3. Hays (Kan.) 93.5, 4. Lexington 89.5, 5. Cambridge 41, 6. Colby (Kan.) 40, 7. Southern Valley 28.

All top six Bison and Gazette-area placers along with McCook personal records (PRs):

100 meters: 1. A. Bliven, HOLD, 12.81; Abby Boner, MHS, 14.05. 100-hurdles: 1. Emma Dutton, MHS, 16.91 (PR); 5. Ainsley Taylor, MHS, 18.08 (PR). 200 meters: 1. Shawna Wilkinson, MHS, 26.14 (PR); 5. Jalen Kent, CAM, 28.2; 6. Paige Sickels, CAM, 28.2; Xyanthia Bair, MHS, 28.84 (PR); Samantha Messinger, MHS, 32.82 (PR).300-hurdles: 1. B. Schaffer, Hays, 48.63; 2. Emma Dutton, MHS, 50.61 (PR); 6. Ainsley Taylor, MHS, 54.11. 400 meters: 1. Shawna Wilkinson, MHS, 1:01.15; 2. Brianna Quinn, SV, 1:03.29; Abigal Boner, MHS, 1L11.17 (PR). 800: 1. Brianna Quinn, SV, 2:35.88; 2. Izzy Renner, MHS, 2:43.98 (PR); 3. Leah Spencer, MHS, 2:44.05 (PR). 1600: 1. L. Murdock, Colby, 5:37.72; 2. Samantha Rodewald, MHS, 5:39 (PR); 4. Grace Cappel, MC, 6:01.89 (PR); Abigail Nielson, MHS, 7:28.19 (PR); Sandra Hixon, MHS, 7:30.8 (PR). 3200: 1. Murdock, 12:17.04.

400-relay: 1. Hays 51.91; 5. MHS 56.31 (Xyzanthia Bair-Abigail Boner-Grace Wilhelmson-Sienna Dutton); 6. SV 57.18 (Krista Best-Diera Dingman-Liz Meyers-Brianna Russell). 1600-relay: 1. MHS 4:23.12 (Emma Dutton-Sienna Dutton-Ainsley Taylor-Shawna Wilkinson); 5. CAM 4:40.87 (Paige Sickels-Breelle Miller-Brenna Deterding-Autumn Deterding). 3200-relay: 1. MHS 10:48.75 (Samantha Rodewald-Izzy Renner-Leah Spencer-Sienna Dutton); 3. CAM 11:43.35 (Brenna Deterding-Breelle Miller-Kori Koeppen-Jalen Kent).

Shot put: 1. Sierra Kotschwar, MHS, 38’7” (PR); 2. Brittni Kinne, MHS, 35’3 1/2” (PR); 4. Schyler Hobarty, CAM, 33’11”. Discus: 1. Sierra Kotschwar, MHS, 124’4” (PR); 4. Lainey Schmidt, MHS, 108’4” (PR); 6. Alexis Hanson, MHS, 103’8” (PR). High jump: 1. Brianna Russell, SV, 5’. Pole vault: 1. B. Medina, HOLD, 9’6”; 2. Hannah Crow, MHS, 9’6” (PR); 4. Autumn Deterding, CAM, 8’. Long jump: 1. R. Green, HOLD, 17’; 4. Shawna Wilkinson, MHS, 15’3” (PR); 5. Xyanthia Bair, MHS, 14’6 3/4” (PR). Triple jump: 1. Green 34’10”; 3. Jacey Kent, CAM, 31’8”; 4. Autumn Deterding, CAM, 31’2 1/2”.

JUNIOR VARSITY

Champions and top four Gazette-area placers:

100 meters: 1. F. Caballero, LEX, 14.03. 200 meters: 1. J. Quinonez, Lex, 29.88. 100-hurdles: 1. L. Droegemeier, Hays, 18.26. 300-hurdles: 1. A. Jaeger, Colby, 53.72; 4. Cierra Dringman, SV, 57.12. 400 meters: 1. E. Ford, Lex, 1:05.16; 2. Grace Wilhelmson, MHS, 1:17.24 (PR). 800: 1. C. Brown, Colby, 2:44.41. 1600: 1. J. Zandina, Hays, 6:31.3; 3. Laurel Stalder, SV, 7:29.76.

400-relay: 1. Hays 55.91. 1600-relay: 1. MHS 4:47.37 (Madison Tarencz-Rasmusen-Leah Spencer-Shayli Wilkinson-Izzy Renner). 3200-relay: 1. MHS 12:05.22 (Grace Cappel-Madison Tarencz-Rasmusen-Abigail Nielson-Sandra Hixon).

Shot put: 1. Lainey Schmidt, MHS, 30’4 1/4” (PR); 2. Abigail Degnan, MHS, 29’9” (PR); 3. Gracelyn Wiemers, MHS, 27’10 1/4” (PR). Discus: 1. M. Lindenmeyer, Hays, 87’2”; 2. Gracelyn Wiemers, MHS, 86’ (PR); 3. Makynna Cunningham, MHS, 85’5” (PR); 4. Abigail Degnan, MHS, 83’ (PR). High jump: 1. L. Denny, Colby, 4’10”. Pole vault: 1. Cierra Dringman, SV, 8’; 3. Laurel Stalder, SV, 7’. Long jump: 1. L. Biggs, Hays, 13’5 1/2”; 3. Grace Wilhelmson, MHS, 13’3.