Crusaders Take Second at Conference Meet

By MARK GLESINGER

Coach

The Panhandle Conference track meet was hosted on Thursday in Morrill with seven teams competing in the event. And for the second year in a row the Alliance St. Agnes boy’s squad ended as the runner up. The Crusaders tallied 176 points just Hemingford who finished with 177 points.

On the girl’s side, Alliance also had a nice showing. The Lady Crusaders ended up fourth with 75 points. Morrill won the girl’s division with 100 points.

Top finishers for St. Agnes were gold medal performance from: Alexis Libsack, Asher Saka, Andrew Benzel, Devin Graham, Mason Hamilton and the mile relay. Relay champ members were Saka, Benzel, Isaac Baker, and Tanner Salcido. Graham was a double gold medalists winning both the long and triple jumps. St. Agnes then traveled Saturday to Scottsbluff. Top performers were Saka who won both the 800 and mile and Hamilton who won the long jump. Libsack was third in the girl’s high jump.

Results from conference meet in Morrill:

Girls:

1st

Alexis Libsack triple jump 28’4

2nd

Paz Cody 800 2:53

Alexis Libsack 100 hurdles 20.3

Jozlin Dexter triple jump 25’11

Alexis Libsack 200 hurdles 33.9

Jozlin Dexter high jump 4’2

3rd

Hannah Benzel triple jump 24’0

Alexis Libsack high jump 4’2

4th

Jozlin Dexter 100 hurdles 20.6

one mile relay 5:29 Paz Cody, Kaitlyn Shannon, Hadley Shrewsbury and Amora Gonzalez

5th

Hannah Benzel 200 hurdles 37.4

400 relay 1:08 Ande Girard, Amora Gonzalez, Dawsyn Higgins and Hannah Benzel

6th

Paz Cody 400 1:12

Boys:

1st

Asher Saka 800 2:21

Andrew Benzel 100 hurdles 18.3

Devin Graham long jump 15’3

Mason Hamilton high jump 5’0

Devin Graham triple jump 32’6

one mile relay 4:48 Asher Saka, Tanner Salcido, Andrew Benzel and Isaac Baker

2nd

Garrett Myers triple jump 32’1

Garrett Myers 200 27.07

Asher Saka 400 1:00.2

Asher Saka mile 5:34

Holden Libsack 100 hurdles 18.6

400 relay 57.5 Isaac Baker, Andrew Benzel, Coy Childers and Garrett Myers

Caysen Robertson 200 hurdles 31.8

3200 relay 12:15 Wyatt Stabnow, Jett Childers, Jackson Devlin and Isaac Baker

3rd

Mason Hamilton 100 13.1

Caysen Robertson 100 hurdles 18.9

Mason Hamilton triple jump 31’10

Holden Libsack 200 hurdles 32.4

4th

Devin Graham 800 2:41

Ethan Schulze discus 74’8

Garrett Myers 200 hurdles 33.1

Coy Childers pole vault 6’2

5th

Tanner Salcido mile 6:29

Devin Graham high jump 4’8

Ethan Schulze shot 29’9

Jackson Devlin pole vault 5’8

6th

Mason Hamilton 400 65.2

Jackson Devlin mile 6:35

Jett Childers pole vault 5’8

Caysen Robertson high jump 4’6

Results from meet in Scottsbluff:

Girls:

3rd

Alexis Libsack high jump 4’6

4th

Hannah Benzel triple jump 24’8

Alexis Libsack triple jump 28’0

6th

400 relay 1:09 Ande Girard, Amora Gonzalez, Kaitlyn Shannon and Hannah Benzel

Boys

1st

Asher Saka 800 2:30

Mason Hamilton long jump 16’3

Asher Saka mile 5:30

2nd

Coy Childers 100 hurdles 18.9

3rd

mile relay 4:28 Asher Saka, Tanner Salcido, Mason Hamilton and Devon Graham

Mason Hamilton high jump 4’10

5th

Holden Libsack 200 hurdles 31.7

Garrett Myers 200 26.8

Wyatt Stabnow 100 hurdles 20.1

Devin Graham high jump 4’8

Devin Graham triple jump 30’5

6th

Garrett Myers triple jump 32’5

Coy Childers 200 hurdles 35.01

Coach Mark Glesinger said, “Very proud of all our athletes for great efforts at both Morrill and Scottsbluff! The girls had a nice showing at conference, ending in fourth place. Due to sickness and injuries we had only 4 girls that scored in non relay events, yet we competed well. It’s a numbers game and the winner, Morril, has over 20 girls out. Our boys were amazing totally 176 points. Last year we took second with 91 points so a great improvement. I knew it would be a two man race with Hemingford. We were able to put 3 in each event and have members in all 3 relays, taking 1st in the mile relay and second in both the 400 relay and 2 mile relay. It was also neat to watch our boys compete in the pole vault! Many thanks to all the parents for driving to our meets and to JJ and Justine who helped run the events. We also had a good day in Scottsbluff with Saka winning two events.”

The St. Agnes year comes to end Friday when the Crusaders travel to Gering.