Big Seven League Track Meet Results (5-12-16) - click here

The Big Seven League schools have been putting together strong performances in track and field all season and that didn't stop when they competed against each other at the League meet on Thursday with Hiawatha playing host. 

The strongest performance perhaps came from Nemaha Central as the Thunder sounded quite loud claiming the Big Seven League track titles for the girls and the boys. In the girls competition a total of 179.5 points earned Nemaha Central first place by 90 points as no other team registered over 100 total points. Jeff West girls snagged second place by 5.5 points over Sabetha who finished third as a team. The rest of the girls team standings had Hiawatha take fourth, Royal Valley finished fifth, Holton sixth, ACCHS seventh, Perry Lecompton eighth and Riverside ninth. 

In the boys competition the margin at the top was not as wide as the girls but the Thunder still took home the Big Seven League title by 41.5 points scoring 130.5 total points. Sabetha boys edged Perry Lecompton for second place by just 2.5 points giving the Kaws third place. The rest of the boys teams standings had Riverside claim fourth place, Holton fifth, Royal Valley sixth, Jeff West seventh, Hiawatha eighth and ACCHS ninth. 

Twelve first place event wins paced the Thunder to the League titles for the girls and the boys. On the boys side of action Jacob Koelzer continued to dominate the competition as sprinted to first place again in the 100 and 200 meter dashes posting times of 10.78 and 22.98, while leaping to the long jump title again posting a leap of 20'08. Caleb Bradley and Dalton Schmelzle joined Koelzer on the winners stand as Bradley won gold in the pole vault (12'06) and Schmelzle won the triple jump (37'09). 

Nemaha Central ladies had a trio of gals that each won two events themselves at League. Allison Rottinghaus brought home gold in the long jump (16'01) and 200 meter dash (27.49), while Kaley Dalinghaus tossed her way to first in the shot put (43'11.50) and javelin (129'00) and Rachael Baumgartner won the 300 meter hurdles (49.14) and pole vault (10'00) titles. 

The Hiawatha Red Hawks had the second most event wins on the day with six and five cam in the girl’s competition. Elizabeth Kettler won both the 1600 and 3200 meter runs after posting times of 5:47.84 and 12:20.86, while the lady Red Hawks also took first in the 4x800 meter relay (10:26.87). In the field events Emily Gartner won another Big Seven League discus title (131'08) and Cariann Kunkel took first in the high jump (5'00). Gavin Lierz was the lone Hiawatha boy’s athlete to win an event taking first in the 300 meter hurdles with a time of 40.93. 

Michael Majors and Mariah Murdie each won a pair of events for the Jeff West Tigers at League. Majors with tosses of 147'04 and 51'01.50 won the boys discus and shot put, while Murdie earned first in the girl’s 100 meter hurdles (15.46) and triple jump (36'08). 

Sabetha, Riverside and Holton each had three event wins at the Big Seven League track meet. For the Bluejays Abby Hinton sprinted to the girls 100 meter dash crown (12.92), while the lady Bluejays 4x400 meter relay (4:23.33) took first and the boys 4x800 meter relay (8:56.96) placed first. 

Riverside had all three of their first place finishes come in the boys competition as Tre Wilkinson won the 400 meter dash (51.55), Tristan Hinton took first in the 3200 meter run (10:36.84) and the Cyclones 4x400 meter relay (3:36.99) team earned first place. 

Mason Strader led Holton at the League meet winning the boys 800 and 1600 meter runs with times of 2:05.74 and 4:40.86, while the Wildcat boys took first in the 4x100 meter relay with a time of 44.81. 

Lucas Broxterman and Jarrett Roy each won an event for Royal Valley claiming first in the boys high jump (6'06) and javelin (154'01), respectively. 

For ACCHS it was Madison Bissell and Jaycee Ernzen leading the way on the day as they won the girls 800 meter run (2:25.02) and 400 meter dash (1:01.27). 

Perry Lecompton had one winner on the day as Tornin Vannest raced to the time of 15.74 to win the boys 110 meter hurdles. 

The Big Seven League teams now turn their attention to Regional action coming up next Friday, May 20th as they will try and compete for a spot at State. Hiawatha, Sabetha, Nemaha Central, ACCHS will all be at the Class 3A Regional hosted by fellow Big Seven League school Royal Valley, while both Holton and Jeff West will all compete at the Class 4A Regional hosted by Eudora.