Paced by three first place finishes by Penn Vergil, the Alliance St. Agnes seventh grade girl’s team was the runner up at the Perkins County Spartan Invite track meet held in Grant on Wednesday. Vergil claimed gold in the mile, long jump, and high jump. Chase County was first in the team race with 163 points while the Academy was second with 80 points. Twelve teams took part in the event. Taking first in the pole vault was Alexis Shlemadine. St. Agnes’ 8th grade girl’s team netted 45 points and came in sixth. Chase County was first with 104 points with Dundy County Stratton second with 72 points. The Academy had a pair of first place finishes with Maslin Breen winning the high jump and Reese Armstrong winning first in the triple jump. Breen’s leap of 4’11 broke the school record. In last week’s meet in Chadron, Vergil broke the school record in the mile with a time of 5:56.
Top scorer for the Academy boy’s club was 8th grade Tripp Johnson who won both the mile and 800. Overall, the 8th grade boys ended with 45 points which was good for fourth overall. Winning the boy’s 8th grade division was Chase County who garnered 126 points with Garden County second with 69 points. Chase County also won on the 7th grade boy’s side with 140 points while Perkins County was second with 75 points. The Academy seventh graders scored 28 points which was good for 7th place. St. Agnes was especially strong in the pole vault, finishing second, fourth, and fifth. Tatum Devlin was second, Tee Johnson was fourth, and Ashton Weingart was fifth.
Boy’s results SA 7th grade 28 points 7th overall top 6 placers
mile Tee Johnson 5th 6:20
400 relay SA 3rd 57.9 Devlin Mason Conyers Weingart Declan Kirchner
mile relay SA 3rd 4:51 Conyers Kirchner Devlin Tee Johnson
pole vault Devlin 2nd 6’6 Tee Johnson 4th 6’0 Weingart 5th 5’6
SA 8th grade 45 points 4th overall top 6 placers
200 Braden Myers 6th 27.5
400 Cisco Cody 3rd1:01
800 Tripp Johnson 1st 2:28
mile Tripp Johnson 1st 5:06
400 relay SA 3rd 54.6 Grayson Dibrito Cody Myers Tripp Johnson
high jump Danny Jelinek 4th 5’0
long jump Cody 6th 14’10
triple jump Cody 3rd 33’11 Dibrito 5th 31’11
Girl’s results SA 8th grade 45 points 6th overall top 6 placers
200 Armstrong 2nd 29.7
100 hurdles Breen 5th 19.8
400 relay SA 3rd 57.8 Armstrong Shelmadine Vergil Quinn Robertson
pole vault Armstrong 2nd 7’6
long jump Breen 6th 12’3
high jump Breen 1st 4’11 new school record
triple jump Armstrong 1st 28’5
SA 7th grade 80 points 2nd overall top 6 placers
100 Shlemadine 3rd 14.02
800 Aubrey Dudden 4th 3:06
mile Vergil 1st 6:06
100 hurdles Shelmadine 2nd 18.1 Robertson 4th 19.7
200 hurdles Robertson2nd 34.5
shot Delaney Jelinek 4th 21’3
high jump Vergil 1st 4’10 Dudden 3rd 4’6
pole vault Shelmadine 1st 8’0
long jump Vergil 1st 14’6
St. Agnes will have a pair of home meets next week with a quad scheduled for Tuesday and a conference meet on Saturday.