Hitchcock boys run away with home invite title

Hitchcock County senior Travis Neben (right) sets a fast pace ahead of Southwest challenger Austin Thompson (center) and McCook’s Joshua Wilkinson (left) during the 1600-meter run at Trenton on Wednesday.

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TRENTON, Neb. —Hitchcock County senior Travis Neben won three races and a relay to lead the champions at Wednesday’s annual home invitational.

Team scores, all champions and top four placers on Wednesday. Teams: 1. Hitchcock County 117, 2. Southwest 74,3. McCook JV 73, 4. Medicine Valley 49, 5. Wauneta-Palisade 39.

100 meters: 1. Grant Walker, W-P, 11.61; 2. Van Keslin, MC, 11.64; 3. Colten Hagan, HC, 12.10; 4. Hunter Cunningham, SW, 12.13. 110-hurdles: 1. Braydn Hutto, HC, 15.96; 2. Hayden Kramer, MV, 16.56; 3. Mykuh Hanson, MC, 18.45; 4. Kyle Jutten, W-P, 18.87. 200 meters: 1. Van Keslin, MC, 23.9 (PR); 2. Hagan, HC, 24.83l 3. Cunningham, SW, 24.98; 4. Alex Landry, MC, 25.52. 300-hurdles: 1. Cole Barnett, SW, 43.79; 2. Hutto, HC, 44.39; 3. Nate Renner, MC, 47.06 (PR); 4. Keegan Shuler, HC, 47.95 (PR). 400 meters: 1. Trent Kisker, HC, 55.75 (PR); 2. Joe Barenburg, MC, 56.32 (PR); 3. Keynan Gaston, HC, 57.18 (PR); 4. Nathan Rippe, SW, 57.71. 800: 1. Travis Neben, HC, 2:16.55; 2. Jaxon Unrein, HC, 2:22.61 (PR); 3. Jacob Kerns, SW, 2:25.29 (PR); 4. Landon Tines, HC, 2:25.75 (PR). 1600: 1. Travis Neben, HC, 5:07.88; 2. Austin Thompson, SW, 5:31.27; 3. Joshua Wilkinson, MC, 5:39.92; 4. Ryan Hixon, MC, 5:45.89 (PR). 3200: 1. Travis Neben, HC, 11:54.48; 2. Thompson, SW, 12:25.45; 3. J. Wilkinson, MC, 12:46.43; 4. Caleb Wilkinson, MC, 13:01.25.

Wauneta-Palisade senior Grant Walker (left) won the 100 meters ahead of McCook 200-champ Van Keslin.

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Top two relays

400-meters: 1. McCook 46.44 (Van Keslin-Alex Landry-Ethan Schmidt-Adyn Meyer); 2. Medicine Valley 46.7 (H. Kramer-Kamreyn Bonini-Austin Roblee-Sebastian Kramer). 1600: 1. Hitchcock County 3:49.14 (Colten Hagan-Trent Kisker-Travis Neben-Braydn Hutto); 2. Southwest 3:49.49 (Barnett-Kaden Day-Rippe-Carter VanPelt). 3200: 1. Southwest 9:29.27 (Cole Barnett-Nathan Rippe-Carter VanPelt-Austin Thompson); 2. McCook 10:11.4 (J. Wilkinson-C. Wilkinson-Grant Wells-Hixon).

Shot put: 1. Sebastian Kramer, MV, 49’11”; 2. Jacksen Littrel, W-P, 123’1”; 3. Aidan Kennicutt, W-P, 110’7: 4. Shuler, HC, 103’11”. High jump: 1. Hayden Kramer, MV, 6’2”; 2. Jutten, W-P, 5’8”; 3. Bonini, MV, 5’8”; 4. Unrein, HC, 5’6”.

Pole vault: 1. Kaden Day, SW, 11’; 2. Kerns, Sw, 11’; 3. Aiden Jones, MV, 10’6”; 4. Jutten, W-P, 10’. Long jump: 1. Hunter Cunningham, SW, 19’1”; 2. Meyer, MC, 18’1 1/4”; 3. Kisker, HC, 17’9 1/4”; 4. Gaston, HC, 17’4 1/2” (PR). Triple jump: 1. Trent Kisker, HC, 36’11”; 2. Gaston, HC, 36’5 3/4”; 3. Grayden Sutherland, W-P, 36’5 1/4”; 4. James Neel, MC, 36’3 1/4”.