Paced by a three gold medal performance from junior Austin Benda, the Hemingford boy’s track team repeated as Western Conference champs on Monday at a meet in Bayard. Benda won the 800, mile, and 2 mile to lead the Cats. HHS also got a strong effort from sophomore Jayce Haas who won both the 200 and 400 and placed second in the 100 and long jump. The Bobcats netted first with 132 tallies. Mitchell took second with 107 with Bridgeport placing third with 82. Seven schools competed.
Mitchell was first on the girl’s side with 147.5. Runner up honors went to Kimball who scored 84. Bayard was third with 77.5. The Lady Cats scored 13 points which was good for seventh overall. Top finishers for Hemingford were Teagen Thompson who was fourth in the mile and Teagan Yale who ended fourth in the long jump.
Girl’s results Hemingford 13 points seventh overall
top 10 finishers
100
10 Yale 14.4
200
9 Anna Anderson 30.8
400
8 Anderson 1:10
800
5 Desilee Hinman 2:53
mile
4 Thompson 6:32
2 mile
6 Ainslee Woltman 16:25
400 relay
5 Hemingford 58.3 Kail Miles Anderson Hinman Yale
shot
8 Dawn Runkle 30’5
long jump
4 Yale 15’1
Boy’s results Hemingford 132 points first overall
top 10 finishers
2 Jayce Haas 11.3
6 Tayten Haas 11.7
200
1 Jayce Haas 23.88
3 Tayten Haas 24.7
4 Lucas Sulzbach 25.2
400
1 Jayce Haas 53.9
2 Tayten Haas 54.5
7 Sulzbach 55.9
800
1 Benda 2:06
mile
1 Benda 4:50
2 mile
1 Benda 10:55
4 Fletcher Moseman 11:46
110 hurdles
5 Carson Haas 18.2
300 hurdles
3 Carson Haas 46.4
4 Keirith Yale 47.3
6 Gus Butler 48.7
400 relay
4 Hemingford 47.9 Eli Hunter Yale Sulzbach Kaiden Casey
mile relay
4 Hemingford 3:58 Carson Haas Yale Casey Butler
2 mile relay
3 Hemingford 9:14 Gaige Thompson Benda Moseman Andrew Miller
shot
8 Cash Keane 37’1/4
discus
4 Tayten Haas 129’4
high jump
2 Yale 6’0
8 Casey 5’4
pole vault
5 Hunter 11’6
8 Butler 10’0
8 Carson Haas 8’0
long jump
2 Jayce Haas 20’2
triple jump
5 Sulzbach 37’8
The Cats will journey to Chadron on Friday.