Temperature in the 80s welcomed track fans on Monday to Alliance with schools competing in the Steve Nelson Invite. AHS took advantage of the good conditions with strong showings by both squads. With 236 points, the Bulldogs won the boy’s team title with Chadron second at 99. The Lady Cardinals of Chadron won the girl’s trophy with 156 points while Alliance was second with 130. Alliance’s boys and Chadron’s girls also won the Division 2 event. Overall, there was 8 schools participating in the event which was held at Bulldog Stadium. Scottsbluff and Alliance also had athletes competing in the unified category.
Seventeen events were on the schedule with the Alliance’s boys club winning 12. The Bulldogs got first place efforts in Division 1 from: Jackson Shelmadine in the 200 and pole vault, Eddie Red Nest in the 400, Asher Saka in the mile, Trevor Zurn in the 2 mile, Eladio Campos in both the shot and the discus, Devin Graham in the high jump and Tanner Salcido in the triple jump. AHS won the 400, mile, and 2 mile relays. Winning gold for the girls in division 1 were: Danielle Cole in the 100, Brooke Bailey in the 200, Kimber Freiberger in the mile, Maslin Breen in the high jump, Reese Armstrong in the pole vault, and Lexi Lopez in the long jump. AHS also won the mile relay.
Division 2 winners were: Xander Narjes in the 110 hurdles and discus, Colter Tolstedt in the shot, Traysn Best in the high jump, and the mile relay. Aiden Johnson won 2 golds in the unified division in the 100 and long jump while also getting first place were Espen Lanik in the shot, Alexis Libsack in the long jump, Brinlee Lanik in the 100, and Amilya Lopez in the shot.
Girl’s results Division 1 Alliance 130 points 2nd overall top 10 finishers
100
1 Cole 13.1
3 Lexi Lopez 13.5
6 Armstrong 14.4
200
1 Bailey 27.6
2 Lexi Lopez 28.1
3 Kaelyn Mazanec 29.1
800
3 Paz Cody 2:48
7 Lluvia Acosta 3:17
mile
1 Freiberger 5:54
2 mile
7 Acosta 17:55
100 hurdles
5 Breen 18.8
300 hurdles
5 Breen 55.3
400 relay
2 Alliance 51.9 Mazanec Bailey Lexi Lopez Cole
mile relay
1 Alliance 4:29 Bailey Cody Armstrong Cole
shot
5 Paige Jensen 29’2
discus
6 Jensen 74’6
high jump
1 Breen 4’11
2 Freiberger 4’11
pole vault
1 Armstrong 9’0
2 Bailey 8’0
long jump
1 Lexi Lopez 16’2
5 Mazanec 14’4
9 Breen 12’9
Division 2 results Alliance 22 points fourth overall
top 10 finishers
100
7 Hannah Benzel 15.8
200
6 Alexie Solis 31.7
400
5 Benzel 1:14
100 hurdles
5 Solis 21.1
long jump
5 Amora Gonzalez 13’0
6 Solis 11’9
triple jump
2 Gonzalez 28’6
3 Solis 26’10
Boy’s results Division Alliance 236 points first overall
top 10 finishers
100
2 Trini Trejo 11.5
4 Red Nest 12.03
7 Riley Best 12.3
200
1 Shelmadine 23.8
2 Trejo 23.9
4 Riley Best 26.1
400
1 Red Nest 53.7
2 Jackson Devlin 54.09
5 Mason Winter 55.6
800
4 William Zurn 2:14
5 Preston Flores 2:17
mile
1 Saka 4:48
2 mile
1 Trevor Zurn 10:22
2 Saka 10:58
5 Andrew Benzel 11:54
300 hurdles
2 Benzel 48.8
400 relay
1 Alliance 45.1 Trejo Red Nest Salcido Devlin
mile relay
1 Alliance 3:33 Shelmadine Devlin Grahan Trevor Zurn
2 mile relay
1 Alliance 8:37 William Zurn Saka Graham Trevor Zurn
shot
1 Campos 44’5
2 Lucas Weber 41’6
4 Jadon Guerra 35’6
discus
1 Campos 131;6
2 Guerra 122’8
3 Weber 121’3
high jump
1 Graham 5’11
2 Riley Best 5’7
pole vault
1 Shelmadine 11’0
long jump
2 Riley Best 19’10
3 Salcido 19’9
4 Shelmadine 19’7
triple jump
1 Salcido 40’1
3 Winter 37’7
Division 2 results Alliance 155 points 1st overall
top 10 finishers
100
3 Traysn Best 12.3
200
3 Traysn Best 24.9
800
2 Cisco Cody 2:23
6 Graydon Zahn 2:27
mile
2 Gabe Busch 5:28
2 mile
2 Zahn 12:44
3 Busch 12:45
4 Paxton Richey 13:00
110 hurdles
1 Narjes 20.2
300 hurdles
2 Narjes 49.9
mile relay
1 Alliance 3:46 Winter Flores Guerra William Zurn
2 mile relay
2 Alliance 9:53 Cody Zahn Richey Busch
shot
1 Tolstedt 39’4
4 Colton Johnson 33’6
5 Narjes 33’3
discus
1 Narjes 120’1
2 Tolstedt 106’9
3 Johnson 101’7
10 Leyton Cordell 67’11
high jump
1 Traysen Best 5’7
pole vault
2 Richey 8’6
long jump
3 Dan Kaiser-Pfannenstiel 17’2
9 Jordan Chubick Schneider 15’1
triple jump
2 Kaiser-Pfannenstiel 34’7
Girls unified
100
1 Lanik 15.9
2 Amilya Lopez 16.8
3 Libsack 21.6
4 Carson Graham 26.2
5 Jersey Morrison 29.3
shot
1 Amilya Lopez 23’2
2 Lanik 21’3
3 Libsack 20’10
4 Graham 15’3
5 Morrison 9’4
6 Neji Dahl 2’4
long jump
1 Libsack 13’3
2 Lanik 12’3
3 Amilya Lopez 11’7
4 Graham 4’1
5 Morrison 3’5
6 Sophia Lundy 3’1
Boys unified
100
1 Aiden Johnson 13.5
2 Lickliter 16.5
5 Talan Johnson 22.7
shot
1 Lanik 31’7
2 Lickliter 29’0
3 Aiden Johnson 23’9
5 Talan Johnson 15’2
long jump
1 Aiden Johnson 14’11
2 Lickliter 10’5
3 Lanik 9’8
6 Talan Johnson 4’7
Alliance goes to Scottsbluff on Friday.