Lady Crusaders Cruise to Conference Championship

With 163 points, the Alliance St. Agnes are the 2023 Pan Handle conference champions. St. Agnes outdistanced second place Hay Springs who tallied 91 points. The Crusaders got a double gold medal performance from Paz Cody who won both the mile and 800. Cody’s time of 2:41 in the 800 bested her school record time by 3 seconds. Also bringing home gold for the Lady Crusaders was Lilah Bair in the triple jump. St. Agnes also had a great day in the boy’s division, scoring 188 points which was good for second. Hemingford won the boy’s side with an impressive 200 points. The Crusaders won eight events on the day. Placing first were: Asher Saka in both the 800 and mile, Mason Hamilton in both the long and high jump, Devin Graham in the triple jump, Coy Childers in the pole vault, Ethan Schulze in the shot, and the 2 mile relay team. Its members were Saka, Tanner Salcido, Gabe Busch , and Jackson Devlin. Their time of 10:23 was a new school record while Saka’s mile time of 5:14 was also a new record.

Results from Friday’s conference meet held in Morrill

Girls 163 points 1st overall

1st

Paz Cody 800 2:41 new school record

Lilah Bair triple jump 28’10

Paz Cody mile 6:27

2nd

Paz Cody 400 1:09

Kimber Freiberger 800 2:53

Lilah Bair 100 hurdles 19.7

Kimber Freiberger high jump 4’3

Amora Gonzalez triple jump 27’5

Kenley Jelinek pole vault 6’6

400 relay Aubree Shrewsbury Amora Gonzalez Ella Wirth Hadley Shrewsbury 1:00

3rd

Lilah Bair 200 31.1

Kimber Freiberger mile 6:37

Maslin Breen high jump 4’1

Hannah Benzel triple jump 27’3

Ande Girard shot 23’4

Ande Girard discus 63’7

Reese Armstrong pole vault 6’0

mile relay Kaitlyn Shannon Maslin Breen Reese Armstrong Aubree Shrewsbury 5:18

3rd

2 mile relay Emily Coleman Reese Armstrong Maslin Breen HadleyShrewsbury 13:37 new school record

4th

Hannah Benzel 100 hurdles 20.8

Lilah Bair 200 hurdles 37.9

Hadley Shrewsbury long jump 12’5

5th

Hadley Shrewsbury 200 31.9

Ella Wirth 100 hurdles 20.9

Aubree Shrewsbury 200 hurdles 38.2

Amora Gonzalez long jump 12’3

Emily Coleman shot 21’11

6th

Hannah Benzel 200 hurdles 39.4

Boys 188 points second overall

1st

Asher Saka mile 5:14 new school record

Asher Saka 800 2:21

Mason Hamilton long jump 16’9

Devin Graham triple jump 35’4

Coy Childers 100 hurdles pole vault 8’7

Mason Hamilton high jump 5’1

Ethan Schulze shot 35’11

2 mile relay Asher Saka Tanner Salcido Gabe Busch Jackson Devlin 10:23 new school record

2nd

Asker Saka 400 1:01

Devin Graham 800 2:23

Coy Childers 100 hurdles 18.3

Tanner Salcido triple jump 30’7

3rd

Mason Hamilton 100 13.09

Mason Hamilton 200 26.8

Caysen Robertson 400 1:02

Jackson Devlin mile 5:58

Jay Shelmadine 100 hurdles 19.7

Coy Childers 200 hurdles 32.5

Caysen Robertson high jump 4’11

400 relay Paxton Richey Ethan Schulze Cisco Cody Coy Childers 57.8

mile relay Cisco Cody Jay Shelmadine Gabe Busch Jackson Devlin 4:35

4th

Tripp Johnson mile 6:06

Ethan Schulze discus 87’1

5th

Caysen Robertson 100 13.3

Caysen Robertson 200 27.2

Jay Shelmadine 200 hurdles 33.4

Devin Graham long jump 15’2

Jackson Devlin triple jump 26’8

Jay Shelmadine pole vault 7’7

6th

Danny Jelinek high jump 4’1

Jett Childers pole vault 6’7

St. Agnes then traveled to Scottsbluff on Saturday

7th grade girls

2nd

Reese Armstrong pole vault 6’6

3rd

400 relay Dawsyn Higgins Amora Gonzalez Lilah Bair Reese Armstrong 1:00

Lilah Bair triple jump 27’9

4th

Lilah Bair 100 hurdles 19.2

6th

Hannah Benzel triple jump 25’9

8th grade boys

2nd

Asher Saka 800 2:25

Asher Saka mile 5:14

4th

Devin Graham triple jump 33’11

6th

Gabe Busch mile 6:08

7th grade boys

1st

Coy Childers pole vault 8’6

2 mile relay Jett Childers Jackson Devlin Tripp Johnson Tanner Salcido 11:35

2nd

400 relay Coy Childers Tanner Salcido Caysen Robertson Jay Shelmadine 53.4

3rd

Jackson Devlin mile 6:06

Coy Childers 100 hurdles 18.04

Coy Childers 200 hurdles 32.6

Tanner Salcido triple jump 31’2

4th

Tripp Johnson mile 6:06.4

Jay Shelmadine pole vault 7’0

5th

mile relay Caysen Robertson Jay Shelmadine Tanner Salcido Jackson Devlin 4:40

Coach Mark Glesinger said, “Scoring a combined 351 points at the conference meet was fun to watch!! By far the most combined points we have ever had! The girls used their depth to overtake Hay Springs who had 4 very talented athletes. On the boy’s side it was the same as last year, a dual between us and Hemingford. They would score big in an event and we would answer right back with a bunch of points in another event. Scoring 188 points usually wins a lot of meets so the coaches are happy with that. The girls have won seven conference titles in the last 17 opportunities while the boys have 6. Great Job to all!”

The season concludes Saturday in Gering.