On Thursday, the Hemingford junior high track teams hit the road for a meet in Kimball. Nine schools took part in the event. The Bobcats had another solid showing. Hemingford finished fifth on the boy’s side with 62 points while the Lady Cats had 34 points which was good for 8th. Both squads brought home 2 gold medals each. Seventh graders Emerson Horstman and Kamryn Haas were first place finishers in the girl’s 100 and 200 hurdles events. For the boys, the Cats got a first place effort by Andrew Miller in the 800 and a gold medal performance from Fletcher Moseman in the mile. Mitchell captured first in both the boys and girl’s team race. The Tigers netted 104 points in winning the boy’s division with Bayard second with 99 points. With 112 points, the Mitchell girls were first with Pine Bluffs second with 85 points.
“JH T&F had another opportunity to compete. We had many exciting performances and some major PRs in some areas. It has been fun to see the athletes grow from the work they are putting in at practice,” said Coach Joshua Dean.
Girl’s results Hemingford 34 points 8th overall top 6 placers
100 Horstman 1st 13.9 Teagan Yale 6th 14.5
200 Horstman 5th 30.2 Yale 6th 30.7
100 hurdles Haas 3rd 19.5
200 hurdles Haas 1st 34.02
pole vault Horstman 5th 6’8
long jump Yale 5th 12’11
Boy’s results Hemingford 62 points 5th overall top 6 placers
800 Miller 1st 2:32 Moseman 3rd 2:33
mile Moseman 1st 5:46
110 hurdles Miller 3rd 18.05
200 hurdles Cooper Galles 4th 32.6 Gus Butler 6th 34.05
400 relay Hemingford 2nd 52.6 Zane Frost Galles James Lanier Rye Jespersen
mile relay Hemingford 2nd 4:28 Miller Frost Lanier Trydon Sorensen
pole vault Miller 2nd 8’2 Dallas Woltman 6th 7’2
New Junior High School ALL-TIME TOP 10 performances from Kimball Invite:
-Andrew Miller now #7 in the Pole Vault, passing Jacob Clouse.
-Emerson Horstman now #5 in the 100m, passing Shaina Giorgi, Brooke Turek.
-Emerson Horstman now #5 in the Pole Vault, passing Catherine Bryner, Jori Stewart, Josie Stewart, Karly Ragsdale, Teagan Yale.
On Tuesday, the Best of the West meet will be held in Scottsbluff for the area’s top performers while the next meet for all the Cats were be Friday in Morrill at the Panhandle Conference gathering.