The Blair girls track and field team dominated the competition Tuesday during the Plattsmouth Invite, winning nine events.
The Bears scored 192 team points, besting second-place Bennington by 104. Coach Bryan Soukup said the total is 25 more than any BHS girls team has scored during the past 15 years.
The coach's boys team, meanwhile, added three event wins. It finished fifth, while Omaha Skutt earned the invite title.
BHS senior Hailey Baker broke records to lead the way. The thrower set her school's mark in a first-place discus effort, clearing 134 feet, 3 inches. The previous school record — 132-1 by Gretchen Andersen — was 23 years old.
Baker also won the shot put, while Lance Hume did in the boys' event. Nolan Slominski (800-meter run), Reese Beemer (100- and 200 dashes), Tessa Villotta (100 hurdles), Erika Roehrs (300 hurdles) and Grace Galbraith (pole vault) also won individual events.
The Bears also claimed gold medals in three relays. Dawson Fricke, Nick Wayman, Zach Keeling and Mason Bell won the boys' 3,200 team-up in 8:53.59, while Greta Galbraith, Beemer, Roehrs and Grace Galbraith won the girls' 400 relay in 51.29. The 1,600 girls relay team — Makayla Baughman, Roehrs, Hailey Amandus and Reece Ewoldt — won its in 4:19.4, too.
PLATTSMOUTH INVITE
Tuesday at Plattsmouth
TEAM SCORES
Boys: Omaha Skutt 134, Bennington 112, Plattsmouth 98, Auburn 72, Blair 53, Elkhorn Mount Michael 37, Omaha Gross 18, Plattsmouth JV 1
Girls: Blair 192, Bennington 88, Skutt 85, Plattsmouth 63, Gross 35, Auburn 31, Omaha Mercy 24, Boys Town 6
TOP 6 BHS FINISHERS
Boys
400-meter dash: 5, Zach Keeling, 54.74 seconds.
800 run: 1, Nolan Slominski, 2:04.13.
3,200 run: 2, Dawson Fricke, 10:11.05.
1,600 relay: 3, BHS (Gage Casanova, Ben Holcomb, Keeling, Slominski), 3:41.86.
3,200 relay: 1, BHS (Fricke, Nick Wayman, Keeling, Mason Bell), 8:53.59.
110 hurdles: 6, Toby Ray, 18.5.
300 hurdles: 5, Ray, 46.54.
High jump: 6, Ethan Belsky, 5-6.
Discus: 6, Lance Hume, 115-11.
Shot put: 1, Hume, 41.
Pole vault: 5, Belsky, 9-6.
Girls
100-meter dash: 1, Reese Beemer, 12.75. 3, Grace Galbraith, 13.11.
200 dash: 1, Beemer, 27.12. 4, Galbraith, 28.34.
400 dash: 3, Makayla Baughman, 1:03.78. 5, Mary Roskens, 1:05.18. 6, Schuyler Roewert, 1:05.32.
800 run: 2, Hailey Amandus, 2:28.84. 5, Roskens, 2:34.14.
3,200 run: 2, Chloe Schrick, 12:23.31.
400 relay: 1, BHS (Greta Galbraith, Beemer, Erika Roehrs, Grace Galbraith), 51.29.
1,600 relay: 1, BHS (Baughman, Roehrs, Amandus, Reece Ewoldt), 4:19.4.
3,200 relay: 2, BHS (Ewoldt, Schrick, Maggie Valasek, Kaitlynn Amandus), 10:32.55.
100 hurdles: 1, Tessa Villotta, 16.67. 2, Sami Cemer, 17.72.
300 hurdles: 1, Roehrs, 49.56. 2, Villotta, 51.24.
Long jump: 2, Beemer, 15-6.75. 5, Kaitlynn Amandus, 14-10.
High jump: 2, Roskens, 4-8. 6, Villotta, 4-6.
Discus: 1, Hailey Baker, 134-3. 6, Baughman, 101-4.
Shot put: 1, Baker, 40-3.5. 2, Kylie Quick, 36-1. 5, Baughman, 34-6.5.
Pole vault: 1, Grace Galbraith, 9. 2, Cemer, 9. 4, Greta Galbraith, 8.
Arlington, Fort Calhoun compete at Logan View
Arlington and Fort Calhoun shared a track Tuesday during the Logan View Invitational.
The Eagles and Pioneers combined for seven event wins.
AHS won five events, finishing third in the girls' team standings and fifth on the boys' leaderboard. Junior Kailynn Gubbels won three, sweeping the hurdle events and claiming first in the high jump with a leap of 5 feet, 4 inches. Her winning times in the 100-meter and 300-meter hurdles were 14.85 seconds and 48.09.
Senior Jesse Thompson, meanwhile, won the Logan View shot put competition, clearing 44-8.5 on his winning throw. The Eagle was also second in the discus.
Ryann Kirchmann, meanwhile, was second to no one in the pole vault. She set the standard, clearing 6-6.
In addition, Arlington's Barrett Nielsen, Kaden Foust, Colby Grefe, Sebastyen Taylor, Connor Flsner, Nolan May, Keelianne Green, Austyn Flesner, Chase Andersen and Cadie Robinson were among the day's silver medalists.
Fort Calhoun's Jacob Rupp notched two golds, helping the Pioneer boys to seventh in the team standings. The girls, meanwhile, were eighth.
Rupp won the 1,600 run in 4:56.78 before claiming the 2-mile race in 10:37.85.
The Pioneers' Bria Bench added her own second-place finish in the 3,200-meter run. The freshman clocked in at 12:49.29.
LOGAN VIEW INVITATIONAL
Tuesday at Logan View
TEAM SCORES
Boys: Wahoo Neumann 124, DC West 86, North Bend Central 77, West Point-Beemer 75, Arlington 63, Logan View 50, Fort Calhoun 43, Tekamah-Herman 8
Girls: North Bend 115.5, Neumann 106, Arlington 104, DC West 58.5, Tekamah-Herman 37, West Point-Beemer 36, Logan View 28, Fort Calhoun 20
TOP 6 COUNTY FINISHERS
Boys
200-meter dash: 5, William Eppenbaugh, A, 24.46.
400 dash: 5, Sebastyen Taylor, A, 55.64.
800 run: 4, Colby Grefe, A, 2:16.36.
1,600 run: 1, Jacob Rupp, FC, 4:56.78. 6, Nolan May, A, 5:06.3.
3,200 run: 1, Rupp, FC, 10:37.85. 3, Lance Olberding, FC, 11:09.64. 5, John McKennan, FC, 12:01.66.
400 relay: 5, FCHS (Tristen Hansen, Luke Gustafson, Aaron Duros, Michael Pratt), 50.2.
1,600 relay: 2, AHS (Barrett Nielsen, Kaden Foust, Grefe, Taylor), 3:48.73. 6, FCHS (Grayson Bouwman, Wyatt Appel, Hansen, Rupp), 3:57.42.
3,200 relay: 2, AHS (Taylor, Connor Flesner, May, Grefe), 9:12.1. 3, FCHS (Appel, Olberding, McKennan, Rupp), 9:20.98.
110 hurdles: 5, Nielsen, A, 17.75.
300 hurdles: 3, Nielsen, A, 46.08. 5, Appel, FC, 46.91.
High jump: 3, Nielsen, A, 5-6. 4, Appel, FC, 5-4.
Discus: 2, Jesse Thompson, A, 117-6. 4, Kyle Quinn, A, 110-10.5. 5, Jacob Hoefs, A, 109-6.
Shot put: 1, Jesse Thompson, A, 44-8.5. 6, Michael Pratt, FC, 38-8.
Girls
100-meter dash: 5, Dala Drowne, FC, 13.66 seconds.
200 dash: 3, Chase Andersen, A, 27.82. 4, Keelianne Green, A, 27.92. 5, Drowne, FC, 28.48.
400 dash: 4, Andersen, A, 1:06.02. 5, Kiersten Taylor, A, 1:09.59.
800 run: 5, Brooke Hilgenkamp, A, 2:48.7.
1,600 run: 5, Bria Bench, FC, 6:09.87.
3,200 run: 2, Bench, FC, 12:49.29.
400 relay: 5, FCHS (Jessyka Winterberg, Olivia Quinlan, Riann Wells, Raegen Wells), 1:02.
1,600 relay: 2, AHS (Green, Austyn Flesner, Andersen, Kailynn Gubbels), 4:28.8.
3,200 relay: 4, AHS (Hilgenkamp, Brynn Eckhart, April Klein, Elisabeth Meyer), 12:14.75. 5, FCHS (Wells, Katie Barta, Kylie Perfetti, Kierra Weaver), 13:45.89.
110 hurdles: 1, Gubbels, A, 14.85. 5, Flesner, A, 18.39.
300 hurdles: 1, Gubbels, A, 48.09.
Long jump: 2, Green, A, 16-1.25.
High jump: 1, Gubbels, A, 5-4.
Triple jump: 2, Green, A, 33-11. 5, Drowne, FC, 30-5.
Discus: 4, Taylor Arp, A, 97-6.5. 6, Cadie Robison, A, 92-5.5.
Shot put: 2, Robinson, A, 33-5.75. 5, Arp, A, 32-3.75. 6, Kali Thomsen, A, 32-2.
Pole vault: 1, Ryann Kirchmann, A, 6-6.
