Lady Jeffs Win SNC Title…Again

Fairbury Lady Jeffs make it back-to-back SNC Conference ChampionsThe Lady Jeffs have done it again. On Saturday, April 27 the Fairbury Lady Jeffs track and field team made it interesting until the end as they awaited until the final tally of team scores and erupted with cheer as the final announcement came with Fairbury taking first place at the SNC Conference track meet scoring 81 points as a team. The effort from Fairbury would make it two years in a row for the lady Jeffs to take the top spot at SNC.For field events, the notable performances for Fairbury came by way of Regan Kapke taking first in the triple jump reaching a distance of 33’2”. Lily Davis was able to place third in the pole vault reaching a height of 10’.Autumn L’Ecuyer was second in the shot put with a distance of 39’ and Evelyn Timmons was sixth in the long jump.The racing portion of the day is where Fairbury excelled and got the momentum needed to take first place.The 4x800-meter relay found themselves back on top again as they ran a time of 10:04.30 taking first place with the team consisting of Micah Friesen, Lily Davis, Annka Mueller, and Sam Starr.The 4x400-meter relay team of Micah Friesen, Lily Davis, Regan Kapke and Sam Starr were able to place second (4:20.14).For the long distance Annka Mueller was first in the 3200-meter run (12:27.45) and placed second in the 1600-meter run. In the 800-meter run the trio of Sam Starr, Lily Davis and Micah Friesen rounded out the top five as Starr took third, Davis grabbed fourth and Friesen was able to take fifth.Sam Starr was also able to place second in the 400-meter dash (1:00.41).The boys were able to score 29 points giving them a team placing of sixth.Top efforts came by Nic Smith taking third in the 100-meter dash (:11.49), fourth in the 200-meter dash with a time :23.66), and fourth in the triple jump (40’).Gavin Gerths placedin the top five of the 110-meter hurdles, taking fourth (:17.13).Rene Monterroso fifth in the shot put, and Dalton VanLaningham was second in the pole vault (12’6”).Fairbury will be on the road at Raymond Central to close out the regular season on Thursday, May 2. Wolverines Second At SNCThe Wilber-Clatonia Wolverines competed at the SNC conference with a great showing as the boys would score a team total of 91 points taking second and the girls scored 39 points good for sixth place.Noteworthy performances from W-C girls came by Diamond Thompson taking first in the 400-meter dash with a time of 1:00.15. Haleah Schuerman was third in the 300-meter hurdles (:52.60) and Lauren Kuhlmann was sixth in the 100-meter hurdles.Jera Schuerman finished first in the discus throwing a winning distance of 114’8.5”.Madison Vogel was able to take third in the high jump while Valerie Ninneman was able to take fourth in triple jump and fifth in the long jump.For the W-C boys, top performances came by Carter Skleba taking first in the long jump (20’7.5”) and took second in the triple jump (40’9”).Jorge Vazquez was able to place third in the shot put, and placed second in the discus along with Grant Kuhlmann who was able to take third in discus. The 4x800-meter relay with Aiden Wright, Evan Odvody, Grayson Vlcan, and Grant Eschiti were able to place second (8:48.23), the 4x400-meter relay with Cash Keslar, Grayson Vlcan, Aiden Wright and Grant Eschiti was second (3:39.40) and the 4x100-meter relay with Henry Prokop, Roberto Torres, Carter Skleba and Aiden Zajicek were able to take third place running the time :46.05.The 110-meter hurdles had Cash Keslar take second (:16.67) and in the 300-meter hurdles Henry Prokop took fifth running :44 flat. Evan Odvody managed sixth in the 1600-meter run and took third in the 3200-meter run as he clocked in at 11:09.14. The 800-meter run had the duo of Grant Eshciti and Cash Keslar medaling as Eschiti took fourth, and Keslar was able to take sixth.Keslar found himself among the top five placing fourth in the 400-meter dash.Wilber-Clatonia will be back in competition on Thursday, May 2 at the JCC Invite.Vorderstrasse Sets Records For Titans At SuttonThe Thayer Central Titans had some solid showings at the Sutton Invite on April 27.Notable performances for the girls came by Josey Welch taking second in the 100-meter hurdles (:17.19).Isabella Escritt was able to place third in the 200-meter dash (:27.49) and fifth in the 100-meter dash.For the Thayer Central boys, top efforts came by Cole Vorderstrasse as he would go on to set two new school records. Vorderstrasse would take first in the discus throwing a distance of 160’6” and in shot put surpassed the 50-foot mark throwing a distance of 51’4”.The duo of Colter Sinn and Bradley Neff were able to round out the top five of the pole vault as Sinn would take fourth (11’6”) and Neff would take fifth (11’).The 4x100-meter relay with Brady Degenhardt, Dylan Williams, Julian Ortiz and Cole Vorderstrasse would take fifth as they ran the time 47.34. Murphy Sudbeck in the 110-meter hurdles placed himself among the top three with third as he ran the time 16.81 while Brady Degenhardt was able to take fifth running a time 17.22. Adam Lukert was among the top runners in the distance events as he took second in the 3200-meter run as he ran the time 10:49.93 and snagged fourth in the 1600-meter run with a time of 5:04.80. Colter Sinn was able to place fifth in the 400-meter dash with a time of 53.71. Thayer Central will gear up to hit the road on Thursday, May 2nd as they’ll compete at Fillmore Central. Unfortunately for the Pioneer Conference, weather related issues would cause a cancellation of the meet after the boys 800-meter run and therefore, no team standings were given, but individual results for events that already took place still stand. For the Diller-Odell Griffins, notable performances came by Myleigh Weers taking first for both individual races as Weers ran 2:22.93 bettering her school record, and would then set a school record in the 400-meter dash with a time of 59.48. The 4x800-meter relay of Keira Hennerberg, Kenzie Strein, Gabby Long, and Kaiyln Dendinger would take third running a time 11:08.34.For the boys Callan McKinney was able to take first in both field events as he reached a distance of 19-2.25 in the long jump and in the triple jump would reach a distance of 40-7.5 In the 3200-meter run Drake Day was able to place fifth running the time 11:19.54. The CRC invite was at Osceola as Meridian looked to put a solid effort to wrap up the season. Top performances for the boys came by Mario Escobar taking third in the 200-meter dash running a time of 24.53, and Jackson Huls took sixth in the 1600-meter run with a time 5:21.11.For the girls, Tyleiah Gooding was able to take the top prize in the 100-meter hurdles as she ran a time of 16.46. Kendall Filipi was able to place third in the 300-meter hurdles running the time 51.98. The 4x100-meter relay with McKenzie Hofstetter, Saege Barnell, Braxtyn Rut, and Tyleiah Gooding was able to place third with a time 53.49. The 4x400-meter relay with McKenzie Hofstetter, Avery Harrington, Kendall Filipi, and Evelyn Woitalewicz were able to place third running the time 4:31.55. The 4x800-meter relay with McKenzie Hofstetter, Evelyn Woitalewicz, Kendall Filipi and Taelyn Filipi were able to take third as well as they ran the time 11:10.06. Jaylee Sobotka was able to place fifth in the discus as she threw a distance 103-08. Tyleiah Gooding was able to set a PR distance and take third in the long jump with 15-05.75.

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