With the season winding down, Arlington High School seniors experienced their final home track and field meet Thursday evening.
The Eagles secured third in the girls' team standings with five event wins, while the boys earned seventh with one. Fort Calhoun, however, won five events overall, claiming second on the boys' side and fourth on the girls' as it, too, prepares for district competition.
Incidentally, Stokely Lewis and Hannah Goodwater were among the AHS 12th-graders experiencing a first during their last home meets. Both were on their respective squads' 400-meter relay teams.
“First race since eighth grade,” said Lewis, who'd only participated in field events during his two seasons as a high school track athlete. “It was pretty fun. I want to do it again.”
Goodwater, meanwhile, has four years of track experience, but none on the sprinters' relay squad.
“It was really scary getting out of those blocks. I almost jumped straight out of them,” she said. “But it was really fun and, even though we didn't place, we still did really good.”
For both Eagles, it was a unique and enjoyable event for one last night around their home track. Lewis said he quite enjoyed the cheers as he finished up his leg of the race.
“We always seem to do better when we're at home,” Goodwater added. “We always seem to jump better. Throw further. Vault higher. Run faster.”
No team ran faster than Arlington in the girls' 1,600 and 3,200 relays. Seniors Whitney Wollberg, Kelise Krivohlavek and Hailey O'Daniel won those races alongside freshman Corinne May, while O'Daniel also won the individual 1,600 in 5:25.26.
Sophomore Hayley Arp finished first in the shot put and discus, too, while senior Dallin Franzluebbers won the 400-meter dash for the Eagles in 50.67 seconds.
Fort Calhoun, meanwhile, won three races and two field events on its trip across Washington County to Arlington. Seth Waters was first in the 800 run, while Matthew Kelly and Raeann Massey won the 300 hurdles and 3,200 run, respectively.
The Pioneers' Kaylee Taylor added a triple jump victory with a 35-foot effort, while Afton Byelick bested second- and third-place Eagles — Wollberg and Rylie Kyloo — in the pole vault with a 10-6 showing.
FCHS next competes today during the 11 a.m. Class B District 3 Meet in Blair, while AHS contends for its own state qualifications at the C-2 Meet in Oakland on Thursday. It starts at 11 a.m., too.
ARLINGTON INVITE
Thursday at Arlington High School
BOYS
Team standings: Wahoo 122 points, Fort Calhoun 89, Yutan 81.5, Platteview 59, Douglas County West 55.5, Fremont 44 JV, Arlington 37, Howells-Dodge 36.
Top-6 Washington County Finishers
100-meter dash: 2, Clay Bohnenkamp, Fort Calhoun, 11.3 seconds. 5, Alex Schuler, FC, 11.66.
200 dash: 3, Michael Maxon, FC, 22.66.
400 dash: 1, Dallin Franzluebbers, Arlington, 50.67.
800 run: 1, Seth Waters, A, 2:00.43.
1,600 run: 4, Kolby Tighe, A, 4:48.75.
3,200 run: 4, Brayden Bessey, FC, 11:27.36. 5, Maddox Nelson, FC, 11:33.79.
400 relay: 2, FCHS (Schuler, Bohnenkamp, Conner Hart, Maxon), 43.93. 6, AHS (Jack Blake, Franzluebbers, Cooper Staats, Stokely Lewis), 47.64.
1,600 relay: 3, FCHS (Logan Brewer, TJ DeMilt, Blake Welchert, Matthew Kelly), 3:39.1.
3,200 relay: 2, AHS (Ashton Vollmer, Gus Burns, Landon Shada, Tighe), 9:01.37. 6, FCHS (Landyn Urwiller, Nelson, Cooper Daude, Sean Waters), 9:25.02.
110 hurdles: 2, Kelly, FC, 15.76. 4, Trey King, FC, 17.09.
300 hurdles: 1, Kelly, FC, 41.44. 2, Franzluebbers, A, 41.6. 6, Schuler, FC, 44.78.
Long jump: 2, Maxon, FC, 20 feet, 4 inches.
Triple jump: 5, Hart, FC, 37-2.5.
Pole vault: 3, DeMilt, FC, 12-6. 5, Cameron Hancock, A, 11.
Shot put: 4, Lewis, A, 46-11.25.
Discus: 5, Dylan Keyser, FC, 141-6. 6, Andrew Namuth, FC, 140-2.
GIRLS
Team standings: Yutan 151 points, Wahoo 97, Arlington 83, Fort Calhoun 79, DC West 40, Platteview 33, Howells-Dodge 28, Fremont JV 13.
Top-6 Washington County Finishers
100-meter dash: 6, Rylie Kyllo, Arlington, 13.58 seconds.
200 dash: 3, Maelie Nelson, Fort Calhoun, 26.96. 4, Ari Nelson, FC, 28.04.
400 dash: 4, Whitney Wollberg, A, 1:02.07.
800 run: 5, Anna McMahon, FC, 2:33.96.
1,600 run: 1, Hailey O'Daniel, A, 5:25.26.
3,200 run: 1, Raeann Massey, FC, 13:57.52. 2, Lauren Lammers, FC, 14:04.62.
400 relay: 3, FCHS (M.Nelson, A.Nelson, Kaylee Taylor, Madi Larrick), 51.81.
1,600 relay: 6, FCHS (Emma Ochoa-Gomez, Kamie Nelson, Ali Dill, Emilee Thayer-Mencke), 4:47.57.
1,600 relay: 1, AHS (Wollberg, Kelise Krivohlavek, Corinne May, O'Daniel), 4:14.79.
3,200 relay: 1, AHS (Wollberg, May, Krivohlavek, O'Daniel), 10:00.49.
300 hurdles: 3, Kaylee Taylor, FC, 48.88.
Long jump: 5, O'Daniel, A, 15 feet, 1 inch.
Triple jump: 1, Taylor, FC, 35. 4, A.Nelson, FC, 33-9.
High jump: 2, Thayer-Mencke, FC, 5-1.
Pole vault: 1, Afton Byelick, FC, 10-6. 2, Wollberg, A, 10. 3, Rylie Kyllo, A, 9. 5, Ali Dill, FC, 8.
Shot put: 1, Hayley Arp, A, 37-6.5. 5, Britt Nielsen, A, 32-9.5. 6, Jaydin Allen, A, 32-3.75.
Discus: 1, Arp, A, 120. 2, Nielsen, A, 111-2. 5, Isabel Wray, FC, 103-2. 6, Lillian Lang, A, 96-6.
