Cold and very windy conditions greeted track athletes from Alliance and Hemingford Friday in a triangular meet held at Bulldog Stadium. Chadron also competed in the event as all the schools started their seasons. No team scores were compiled. Winning golds for the Alliance girl’s squad were: Macey Seebohm in the 800, Josie Sanders in the 300 hurdles, Shyla Salcido in the shot put, Alexis Libsack in the long jump, and the 400 relay. Team members in the relay: Sanders, Lexi Lopez, Kaelyn Mazanec, and Brooke Bailey. The Hemingford girls had a pair of gold medalists in Aurora Hinman in the 400 and Dakota Horstman in the pole vault.
On the boy’s side, the Bobcats had many first place finishers. They were: Jayce Haas in the 200, Boady Hunter in the 800, Austin Benda in the mile and 2 mile, Gavin Bell in the 110 hurdles. Zaine Feist in the 300 hurdles, Michael Helmink in both the shot and discus, Gattlen Bell in the unified shot, Kaiden Casey in the high jump, and Eli Hunter in the pole vault. Alliance ended the meet with 6 first place finishers with senior Peyton Boyer leading the way. Boyer claimed gold in both the long and triple jumps. Also taking home a pair of golds was Jordan Chubick-Schneider who won the unified 100 and long jump. Freshman Jackson Shelmadine took first in the 400 while the Bulldogs also won the 3200 relay. Team members in the 2 mile relay were: Devin Graham, Asher Saka, Will Zurn, and Preston Flores.
Girl’s results top 6 placers from Alliance and Hemingford
100
3 Lopez 13.9 4 Mazanec 14.05 5 Izzy Tallon 14.5 Hem
200
3 Emma Machado 30.7 All 4 Lilah Bair 31.2 All 5 Jade Sorenson 31.6 Hem 6 Tallon 32.04
400
1 Hinman 1:06 2 Bailey 1:06.6 5 Desilee Hinman 1:18 Hem 6 Bethany Kresl 1:19 Hem
800
1 Seebohm 2:37 3 Horstman 2:50 4 Teagan Thompson 3:04 Hem
1600
2 Horstman 6:27 3 Ainslee Woltman 6:32 Hem 4 Thompson 6:43 5 Lluvia Acosta 7:41 All 6 Bayje Neal 7:55 Hem
3200
2 Woltman 14:32
100 hurdles
2 Hinman 17.6 4 Sanders 17.9 6 Ashley Carr 19.0 All
300 hurdles
1 Sanders 54.3 2 Carr 57.7 3 Mekayla Chatterton 1:09 All 4 Ella Diaz 1:10 All
400 relay
1 Alliance 56.09 Sanders, Lopez, Mazanec, Bailey 2 Alliance 1:03 Hannah Benzel, Alonna Escamilla, Amora Gonzalez, Bair
shot put
1 Salcido 36’6 5 Kyra Jespersen 31’3 Hem
Discus
2 Jespersen 90’2 4 Salcido 81’11 6 Emma Hitchcock72’6 Hem
high jump
2 Thompson 4’0
pole vault
1 Horstman 7’6 2 Karly Ragsdale 7’0 Hem 3 Woltman 6’6 4 Escamilla 6’0 5 Tehya Bauer 6’0 All 6 Acosta 5’6
long jump
1 Libsack 14’11 2 Machado 14’7 3 Bair 14’1 4 Mazanec 13’10 6 Carr 13’8
triple jump
2 Libsack 30’10 3 Escamilla 27’6 4 Sofia Gomez 23’6 Hem 5 Taryn Erickson 23’5 All 6 Fiath Ann Sherlock 22’5 All
Boys results top 6 placers from Alliance and Hemingford
100
2 Jayce Haas 11.7 3 Trini Trejo 11.8 All 4 Tayten Haas 12.01 5 Jett Herin 12.2 All
100 Unified
1 Chubick-Schneider 18.1 2 Logan Vogel 19.08 All
200
1 Jayce Haas 24.5 3 Trejo 25.2 4 Tayten Haas 25.5 5 Lucas Sulzbach 25.7 Hem 6 Jackson Devlin 26.1 All
400
1 Shelmadine 1:00 2 Devlin 1:01 3 Tanner Salcido 1:01.8 4 Grayson Hunter 1:03 Hem
800
1 Boady Hunter 2:15 3 Keirith Yale 2:40 Hem 4 Casey 2:48 5 Jordan Vergil 2:50 All 6 Cody Penaluna 2:55 Hem
mile
1 Benda 5:04 3 Saka 5:28 5 Gabe Busch 6:17 All 6 Aiden Johnson 6:22 All
2 mile
1 Benda 11:05 2 Will Zurn 11:10 4 Busch 13:17
110 hurdles
1 Gavin Bell 17.1 3 Carson Haas 19.4 Hem 4 Grayson Hunter 21.5
300 hurdles
1 Feist 49.2 2 Carson Haas 51.9
400 relay
2 Hemingford 48.5 Feist Jayce Haas Sulzbach Tayten Haas 3 Alliance 49.5 Trejo Herian Espen Lanik Carson Swenson
4 Alliance 51.8 Aiden Machado Traysn Best Dan Kaiser-Pfannenstiel Kaleb Premo
5 Alliance 53.4 Ethan Schulze Bryce Wade Lucas Weber Jadon Guerra
6 Alliance 1:02 Alex Lara Lylend DuBray Raael Itavo Eladio Campos
3200 relay
1 Alliance 9:33 Saka Graham Zurn Flores 2 Hemingfornd 10:33 Boady Hunter Yale Casey Penaluna
shot put
1 Helmink 43’7 2 Weber 43’0 3 Campos 39’11 5 Colter Tolstedt 37’4 All
shot put unified
1 Gattlen Bell 30’6 2 Jonathan Moreno 25’7 Hem 3 Talen Johnson 17’9 All 4 Chubick-Schneider 17’8 5 Vogel 14’9
discus
1 Helmink 141’2 2 Campos 133’10 4 Joshua Miller 111’0 Hem 5 Guerra 104’11 6 Schulze 104’11
high jump
1 Casey 5’8 2 Graham 5’6 3 Boyer 5’4 4 Yale 5’2 4 Traysn Best 5’2
pole vault
1 Eli Hunter 10’0 2 Shelmadine 9’0 3 Miller 8’0 4 Joshua Picket Pen 7’0
long jump
1 Boyer 20’8 3 Lanik 18’10 4 Graham 18’4 5 Gavin Bell 18’2 6 Machado 17’8
long jump unified
1 Chubick-Schneider 10’0 2 Vogel 9’3 3 Talen Johnson 3’5 All
triple jump
1 Boyer 39’8 2 Salcido 38’4 3 Mason Winter 37’11 All 4 Feist 37’6 5 Sulzbach 36’4 6 Anthony Haas 36’1 Hem
Hemingford High School Coach Joshua Dean said, “We were very thankful for the opportunity to compete at the Alliance Triangular. Alliance runs a great meet and has fantastic facilities.”
New Hemingford High School ALL-TIME TOP 10 performances from the meet:
-Michael Helmink Jr. now #10 in the Shot Put (43’7.75), passing Gene Fosket (1955).
-Ainslee Woltman now #9 in the Pole Vault (6’6”), passing Rylie Wright (2021) and Lilli Hasenauer-Brown (2021).
-Aurora Hinman now #7 in the 100mH (17.68), passing Kamryn Ash (2019).
-Eli Hunter now tied for #6 in the Pole Vault (10’ 0”), passing Gavin Bell (2023), Kade Weber (2015), Carson Haas (2024), and Talon Payne (2024).
-Kaiden Casey now tied for #5 in the High Jump with Brandon Chancellor and John Manning, passing Joe Planansky (1962), Keirith Yale (2024), and Rick Sper (1962).
Alliance will go to Pine Bluffs on Friday while the Cats will travel to Morrill on Saturday.
(Photos by Mark Glesinger)
