Morrill High School again hosted the Panhandle Conference track meet on Friday with 8 high school attending. And when the smoke cleared, it was the both Hemingford teams coming out on top. The Cats easily won the boy’s division with an impressive 246 points with Hyannis second with 149 points. Scoring 157 points and winning the girl’s crown were the Bobcats while Morrill took second with 97 points. Hemingford won firsts for the boys in 12 events in taking home the trophy. On the girl’s side, the Cats claimed gold in 5 events. Senior Michael Helmink won both the shot and discus for the Cats while Austin Benda captured gold in both the mile and 2 mile races. The Bobcats were also first in both the 400 and mile relays. Other first place finishers were: Jayce Haas in the 100 Gavin Bell in the 200 Tayten Haas in the 400 Boady Hunter in the 800 Keirith Yale in the high jump and Eli Hunter in the pole vault. Winning first for the Lady Cats were: Ainslee Woltman in the 2 mile Aurora Hinman in the 800 and Karly Ragsdale in the pole vault. Hemingford was also the winner in the girl’s mile and 2 mile relays. In the unified division, the Cats got a strong performance from Gattlen Bell and Jonathan Moreno who finished first and second in the 100 long jump and shot.
“We were very proud of the way our athletes competed and represented Hemingford Track and Field. HS Boys, HS Girls, JH Boys all earned 1st as a team. JH Girls earned 2nd as a team,” said Coach Joshua Dean.
Girl’s results Hemingford 157 points 1st overall top 6 placers.
100 Jade Sorensen 5th 14.8 Libby Sorensen 6th 14.9
200 Jade Sorensen 5th 30.5
400 Tehya Bauer 3rd 1:16 Charlea Fancher 4th 1:17 Kail Miles 6th 1:18
800 Aurora Hinman 1st 2:32 Dakota Horstman 2nd 2:36 Teagan Thompson 4th 2:42
mile Horstman 2nd 6:12 Aurora Hinman 3rd 6:14 Thompson 4th 6:17
2 mile Woltman 1st 12:53 Horstman 3rd 14:07 Bayje Neal 5th 13:15
400 relay Hemingford 2nd 58.4 Desilee Hinman Jade Sorensen Libby Sorensen Miles
mile relay Hemingford 1st 5:21 Desilee Hinman Jade Sorensen Miles Tehya Buser
2 mile relay Hemingford 1st 11:57 Aurora Hinman Desilee Hinman Thompson Horstman
shot 4th Kyra Jespersen 4th 32’7 Alexis Stricker 5th 31’1 Taylor Swanson 6th 30’1
discus Jespersen 2nd 108’6 Emma Hitchcock 5th 97’3
high jump Desilee Hinman 2nd 4’4 Thompson 3rd 4’2
pole vault Ragsdale 1st 7’3 Buser 2nd 6’9 Woltman 3rd 6’9
Boy’s results Hemingford 246 points 1st overall top 6 placers
100 Jayce Haas 1st 11.9 Tayten Haas 2nd 11.9 Anthony Haas 5th 12.5
200 Gavin bell 1st 24.7 Anthony Haas 5th 25.6 Eli Hunter 6th 26.3
400 Tayten Haas 1st 53.8 Jayce Haas 2nd 54.2 Lucas Sulzbach 3rd 54.2
800 Boady Hunter 1st 2:11 Yale 3rd 2:26 Kaiden Casey 6th 2:33
mile Benda 1st 4:48 Cody Penaluna 6th 6:10
2 mile Benda 1st 10:30
110 hurdles Gavin Bell 3rd 17.2 Carson Haas 4th 18.7 Grayson Hunter 5th 19.9
300 hurdles Carson Haas 4th 48.6 Zaine Feist 5th 48.7 Grayson Hunter 6th 51.2
400 relay Hemingford 1st 45.4 Sulzbach Cody Galles Tayten Haas Jayce Haas
mile relay Hemingford 1st 3:41 Tayten Haas Boady Hunter Sulzbach Jayce Haas
2 mile relay Hemingford 3rd 9:55 Penaluna Casey Grayson Hunter Yale
shot Helmink 1st 47’11 Cash Keane 2nd 36’1 Joshua Miller 3rd 35’10
discus Helmink 1st 147’10 Miller 2nd 119’6 Keane 5th 93’2
high jump Yale 1st 5’10 Helmink 2nd 5’8 Casey 4th 5’8
pole vault Eli Hunter 1st 10’9 Carson Haas 2nd 10’3 Miller 3rd 9’3
long jump Feist 3rd 17’2 Gavin Bell 4th 16’11
triple jump Sulzbach 4th 37’7 Anthony Haas 36’1 5th Feist 6th 34’5
Unified boy’s results
100 Gattlen Bell 1st 13.8 Moreno 2nd 16.5
long jump Gattlen Bell 1st 13’11 Moreno 2nd 9’6
shot Gattlen Bell 1st 33’11 Moreno 2nd 28’3’4
New High School ALL-TIME TOP 10 performances from PAC:
-Josh Miller now #10 in the Pole Vault, passing Kade Weber.
-Lucas Sulzbach, Cody Galles, Tayten Haas, Jayce Haas now #8 in the 4x100m Relay, passing teams from 2012, 2019, 2004.
-Emma Hitchcock now #8 in the Discus, passing Joni Roes.
-Michael Helmink Jr. now tied for #6 in the High Jump, passing Rick Sper, Joe Planansky.
-Michael Helmink Jr. now #5 in the Shot Put, passing Brody Roes.
New Junior High School ALL-TIME TOP 10 performances from PAC:
-Zane Frost now #9 in the 800, passing Toby Phillips, Jason Randolph.
-Dallas Woltman now tied for #8 in the Pole Vault, passing Connor Butler.
-Kamryn Haas now #4 in the 100m Hurdles, passing Kyla Walker, Aurora Hinman.
-Taya Hruby, Emerson Horstman, Kamryn Haas, Teagan Yale now #3 in the 4x100m Relay, passing teams from 2017, 1999, 2011.
-Grace Helmink now tied for #3 in the High Jump, passing Megan Jones, Madi Hiemstra, Brooke Turek, Amelia Ludlow, Kaite Heitz.
-Emerson Horstmand and Taya Hruby now tied for #2 in the Pole Vault, passing Alyson Turek, Ainslee Woltman
Hemingford will compete in a quad meet on Monday in Alliance and go to Bayard for a meet on Friday.